Volume 16, Number 1

The International Journal of Applied Research in Veterinary Medicine

Table of Contents

1 Potential Zoonotic Transmission of Giardia duodenalis in Semi-rural Communities Near Quito, Ecuador
Marysol Sarzosa, Jay P. Graham, Liseth Salinas, Gabriel Trueba

7 Comparative Efficacy of fipronil/(S)-methoprenepyriproxyfen (FRONTLINE® Gold) and Sarolaner (Simparica®) Against Induced Infestations of Ixodes scapularis on Dogs
Doug Carithers, William Russell Everett, Sheila Gross, Jordan Crawford

13 Effect of a Synthetic Feline Pheromone for Managing Unwanted Scratching
Beck A., De Jaeger X., Collin J.-F., Tynes V.

28 Comparative Efficacy of Fipronil/(S)-Methoprene/Pyriproxyfen (FRONTLINE® Gold) and Sarolaner (SIMPARICA®) Against Ctenocephalides felis flea Infestations on Dogs
Doug Carithers, William Russell Everett, Sheila Gross, Jordan Crawford

33 Effects of Orvus Es Paste (OEP) on the Viability of Bull Spermatozoa After Double Freezing and Thawing
Megumi Shimazaki, Saki Urasoko, Masako Tanaka, Yoko Sato, Fuminori Tanihara, Maki Hirata, Masayasu Taniguchi, Mitsuhiro Takagi, Takeshige Otoi

40 Efficacy of FRONTLINE® Plus (Fipronil/(S)-Methoprene) and FRONTLINE Gold (Fipronil/(S)-Methoprene/Pyriproxyfen) Against Ixodes scapularis at Twenty Four Hours Following Weekly Tick Infestations on Dogs
Doug Carithers,William Russell Everett, Sheila Gross, Jordan Crawford

45 Physiology, Immunity, Stereotyped Behavior, and Production Performance of the Lactating Sows in the Enriched Environment
Honggui Liu, Ran Yi, Yanju Bi, Jianhong Li, Xiang Li, Shiwen Xu, Jun Bao

53 Assessment of FRONTLINE® Plus Efficacy at 24-Hour Counts Against Tampa 2014 Isolate Ctenocephalides felis Flea Infestations on Cats and Dogs on Days 1, 7, 14, 21, and 28
Doug Carithers, Michael Dryden, William Russell Everett, Sheila Gross, Jordan Crawford

60 A Pilot Survey of Vector-Transmitted Diseases in Cartagena and Barranquilla, Colombia
Norma Labarthe, MV, MSc, DSc, Neptali Rodriguez, MV, MSc, MBA, Guillermo Couto, DVM, DACVIM, Flavya Mendes-de-Almeida, MV, MSc, DSc, Jorge Guerrero, MV, MSc, PhD, DACVM, DEVPC

67 Prevention of Flea Egg Development in a Simulated Home Environment by Frontline® Gold (fipronil, (S)-methoprene, pyriproxyfen) Applied Topically to Cats
Wilfried Lebon, Michel Franc, Emilie Bouhsira, Emanuel Lienard, Michael Murray, Doug Carithers, Frederic Beugnet

74 Recent Trends in Systems Biology of miRNAs and RNAi in Dengue Fever: Diagnosis and Treatment
Mohamed Shahen, Akhtar Hussain Shar, Abd El-Fatah Abomohra, Zihu Guo,Yonghua Wang

81 Effectiveness of a New Dietetic Food to Achieve Weight Loss and to Improve Mobility in Client-Owned Obese Dogs with Osteoarthritis
Undine Christmann, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, Iveta Bečvářová, DVM, MS, DACVN, Stephen Werre, PhD, Hein P. Meyer, DVM, PhD, DECVIM.