Volume 3, Number 2
The International Journal of Applied Research in Veterinary Medicine
Table of Contents
49 Safety Profile of Moxidectin
(ProHeart 6) and Two Oral Heartwo rm Preventives in Dogs
Larry T. Glickman,VMD, DrPH, Nita W. Glickman, MPH, PhD, George E. Moore,
MS, DVM, Rami Cobb, BVSc, Stephen A. Connell, DVM, Mitch Morrison, Hugh
B. Lewis, BVMS
62 Increased Dietary Protein
Promotes Fat Loss and Reduces Loss of Lean Body
Mass During Weight Loss in Cats
Dorothy P. Laflamme, DVM, PhD, Steven S. Hannah, PhD
69 Prevention of Transmission
of Borrelia burgdorferi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum from Ticks to
Dogs Using K9 Advantix and Frontline Plus Applied 25 Days Before Exposure
to Infected Ticks
Byron L. Blagburn, PhD, Jennifer A. Spencer, PhD, Jamie M. Butler, BSTracey
M. Land, BS, Sarah A. Billeter, BS, Christine C. Dykstra, PhD, Kirby
C. Stafford, PhD, Margaret B. Pough, MA, Steven A. Levy, DVM, Michael
Endrizzi, DVM, Joseph Hostetler, DVM
76 Effect of Nitrate Adaptation
on the Bactericidal Activity of an Experimental Chlorate Product Against
Escherichia coli in Cattle
J. Trent Fox, MSc, Robin C. Anderson, PhD, Gordon E. Carstens, PhD,
Rhonda K. Miller, PhD,Yong S. Jung, PhD, Jackson L. McReynolds, PhD,
Todd R. Callaway, PhD, Thomas S. Edrington, PhD, David J. Nisbet, PhD
81 A Retrospective Study
of 87 Cases of Canine Soft Tissue Sarcomas, 1986–2001
David A. Heller,DVM, Martha E. Stebbins, DVM, PhD, Taylor L. Reynolds,
DVM,
Marlene L. Hauck,DVM, PhD
88 Prevalence and Risk Factors
for Obesity in Adult Cats from Private US Veterinary Practices
Elizabeth M. Lund, DVM, MPH, PhD, P. Jane Armstrong,DVM, MBA, Claudia
A. Kirk, DVM, PhD, Jeffrey S. Klausner, DVM
97 Comparative Study of Albendazole
and Oxfendazole in the Treatment of Cystic Echinococcosis in Sheep and
Goats
Ernest Njoroge, PhD, Peter Mbithi, PhD, Timothy Wachira, PhD, Joseph
Gathuma, PhD, Peter Gathura, PhD,T E Maitho, PhD, Japhet Magambo, PhD,
Eberhard Zeyhle,MS
102 Cardiac Cellular Transplantation:
Transarterial Myoblast Transplantation in Dogs
Mark A.Oyama, DVM,Valentina Merola,DVM,Thomas E. Eurell, DVM, PhD
116 Effects of Supplementation
with a Docosahexaenoic Acid-Enriched Salmon Oil on Total Plasma and
Plasma Phospholipid Fatty Acid Composition in the Cat
Charles R. Filburn, PhD, David Griffin, MS, DVM
124 Improved In Vitro Cultivation
of Swine Influenza Virus
Margot Herman, BSc, Sigrun Haugerud, BSc,Yashpal S. Malik, PhD, Sagar
M.Goyal, PhD
129 Serological Evidence
of Exposure to Rickettsia, Bartonella, and Ehrlichia Species in Healthy
or Leishmania infantum-Infected Dogs from Barcelona, Spain
Xavier Roura,DVM, PhD, Edward Breitschwerdt, DVM, Albert Lloret, DVM,
Lluís Ferrer, DVM, PhD, Barbara Hegarty, BA
138 Standardization and
Evaluation of Random Application of Polymorphic DNAPolymerase Chain
Reaction in Subspecies Typing of Mycoplasma gallisepticum
Elie K. Barbour, PhD, Hussam A. Shaib, MSc, Lina S. Jaber, MSc, Salma
N. Talhouk, PhD
150 Prevalence, Risk Factors,
and Strategies for Controlling Mastitis in Heifers Duringthe Periparturient
Period
Stephen Paul Oliver, PhD, Barbara Erin Gillespie, MSc, Susan Juanita
Headrick, BSc,Mark James Lewis, BSc, Henry Hamilton Dowlen, MSc
163 Use of Herbal Plants
in Poultry Health Management in the Mushagashe Small-Scale Commercial
Farming Area in Zimbabwe
Marizvikuru Mwale, MSc, Evison Bhebhe,PhD,Michael Chimonyo, PhD, Ti
nyiko Edward, alimani, MSc
171 Evaluation of Antimicrobial
Resistance Using Indicator Bacteria Isolated From Pigs and Poultry in
Chile
Betty San Martín, DVM, PhD, Lorenzo Campos,DVM,Verónica
Bravo, DVM, Miguel Adasne, DVM, Consuelo Borie,DMV