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Marcic D, Potkonjak A, Zekic Stosic M, Spasojevic-Kosic L, Pusic I, Savic S. Prevalence of Dirofilaria immitis in Dogs from Shelters in Vojvodina, Serbia. ACTA SCI VET 2020. [DOI: 10.22456/1679-9216.106140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
Background: Dirofilaria immitis is vector borne parasite of carnivores, with zoonotic potential, endemic in many parts of the world, including Europe. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Dirofilaria immitis infection in dogs from shelters, especially compared to their lifestyle. Dogs living in shelters in Serbia may be at high risk of acquiring vector borne pathogens, mainly because most of them live outside in pens and backyards, in contact with vectors. Also, dogs in shelters are not always regularly treated against ectoparasites, thus, representing an easy feeding source for the vectors. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of Dirofilaria immitis infection in dogs from 5 shelters in South Bačka and Central Banat districts, in Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Northern part of Serbia. Also, the objective was to compare the relation of infection with Dirofiaria immitis with age, sex, type of keeping the animals and preventive treatment in dogs.Materials, Methods & Results: Between May 2017 and October 2019, blood samples were collected from 336 randomly selected dogs from 5 shelters in 2 districts, South Bačka and Central Banat districts, in Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Northern part of Serbia. The epidemiological survey has been conducted with all of the dogs involved in this research. The survey was designed to collect data about sex, age, lifestyles, food type, treatment against mosquitoes with insecticides and filarioid worms with macrocyclic lactones, regular testing for Dirofilaria infections. The presence of circulating microfilariae was examined using a modified Knott’s test. For the presence of circulating adult female Dirofilaria immitis antigen, serum samples were tested by commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, which reacts to antigen of female Dirofilaria. In total, 336 dogs were examined for the presence of Dirofilaria immitis antigen. For that dog population which came from 5 shelters, total prevalence was 25.30%. Most of the positive findings were observed in a shelter where dogs lived exclusively outdoors in fenced yards in big groups and they were partly tested for heartworm infections from time to time. These dogs were not treated with macrocyclic lactones, against mosquitoes with insecticides or filarioid worms. The prevalence in this shelter was 56.36%. On the contrary to that, the lowest positive findings were detected in the shelter, where dogs were allowed to move freely between outside and indoors and they were also provided with accommodation indoors. These dogs have been regularly tested for Dirofilaria infections and treated against mosquitoes with insecticides and filarioid worms with macrocyclic lactones. In this shelter the seroprevalence was 7.69%. Microfilariae of Dirofilaria immitis were detected, by modified Knott’s test, in all of the antigen positive dog samples; except in 2 dogs from one shelter. Discussion: This study shows persistence of cardiopulmonary dirofiariosis in shelter dogs under different maintaining conditions. By comparing the data during the last 17 years, it can be stated that there is a constant increase of prevalence for Dirofilaria immitis in dogs in northern part of Serbia over the years. The results gained in this study are important from the veterinary point of view, but also from the Public Health point of view.
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Marcic D, Zekic-Stosic M, Milosevic S, Pusic I, Potkonjak A, Tasic-Otasevic S, Savic S. Seroprevalence of Leishmania spp. in dogs in northern Serbia. Vet glas 2020. [DOI: 10.2298/vetgl201030015m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Leishmaniosis is a zoonotic disease caused by Leishmania spp. Serbia was an
endemic region for this disease until the second half of the 20th century.
Nowadays, canine leishmaniosis appears to be a re-emerging vector-borne
disease in Serbia. Its spread is enabled by the presence of Phlebotomus spp.
sandflies in this region. The objective of this study was to establish the
seroprevalence of Leishmania spp. in dogs being kept in shelters in Serbia
and compare those that apply and those that do not apply prophylactic
measures against arthropod vectors. This cross-sectional study involved 336
dogs in two regions in Northern Serbia during 2019-2020. A commercial
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test was used to establish the prevalence
of seropositive dogs. In the shelters that applied prophylactic measures
against arthropod vectors, dogs were seronegative (n=52), while in those
without these measures, 2.1% (6/284) were seropositive against Leishmania
spp. In conclusion, the presence of dogs seropositive against Leishmania
spp. in shelters that did not apply prophylactic measures may indicate that
the local population of sandflies is a source of Leishmania spp. parasites.
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- Scientific Veterinary Institute Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
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- University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Department for Veterinary Medicine, Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Scientific Veterinary Institute Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
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Stojanov I, Prodanov-Radulovic J, Pusic I, Jaksic S, Zivkov-Balos M, Ratajac R. Farm water as a possible source of fungal infections. Zb Mat srp prir nauk 2017. [DOI: 10.2298/zmspn1733299s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The quality of drinking water depends on the water sources, but also on the
quality of the water distribution system which supplies the water on to the
final user. In addition, the possibility of contamination of water used for
watering animals in the farm buildings depends on the hygienic conditions on
farms. Microbiological quality of water on farms in Serbia has not been one
of the main focuses of animal breeders, although according to the Food
Safety Law water is considered as food. As feed safety for the animals,
which includes microbiological analyses, is an important concern of breeder
farmers, it is also important to control the water safety in order not to
become a cause of the animal health problems. Change of the water quality is
not important only from the sanitary epidemiological point of view, but the
presence of different microorganisms, especially fungi, can cause changes in
taste and smell, as organoleptic properties of water. According to legal
regulations, there is no difference between the quality requirements for
drinking water relative to the water supply intended for animals. For the
aforementioned reasons, the subject of this study is microbiological control
of water samples from the drinkers for animals at farms. The aim of the work
is to examine which fungi are possibly present in the water and what their
number is. In total, 35 samples of water from pig and poultry farms were
tested. The method of direct seeding and filtration was used. The presence
of different types of mold (Aspergillus sp., Penicillium sp., Alternaria
sp., Mucor sp. and Rhizopus sp., and Candida sp.) was determined. The
results indicate the necessity of microbiological control of water for
watering of farm animals, which implies the analysis for the presence of
molds.
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- Igor Stojanov
- Scientific Veterinary Institute “Novi Sad“, Novi Sad
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- Scientific Veterinary Institute “Novi Sad“, Novi Sad
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- Scientific Veterinary Institute “Novi Sad“, Novi Sad
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Gale RP, Pusic I. Transplants for MDS and quality-of-life. But whose quality-of-life? Bone Marrow Transplant 2016; 51:1066-8. [PMID: 27272450 DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2016.147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2016] [Revised: 04/12/2016] [Accepted: 04/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- R P Gale
- Haematology Research Centre, Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
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Pusic I, Rettig MP, DiPersio JF, Bauer S, McFarland K, Gale RP, Pavletic SZ. Phase-1/-2 study of pomalidomide in chronic GvHD. Bone Marrow Transplant 2015; 51:612-4. [PMID: 26657832 DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2015.298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- I Pusic
- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Haematology Research Centre, Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Lupulovic D, Maksimovic Zoric J, Vaskovic N, Bugarski D, Plavsic B, Ivanovic N, Petrovic T, Pusic I, Marcic D, Grgic Z, Lazic S. First Report on the Efficiency of Oral Vaccination of Foxes against Rabies in Serbia. Zoonoses Public Health 2015; 62:625-36. [DOI: 10.1111/zph.12196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- D. Lupulovic
- Scientific Veterinary Institute ‘Novi Sad’; Novi Sad Serbia
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- Veterinary Institute ‘Kraljevo’; Kraljevo Serbia
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- Veterinary Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection; Belgrade Serbia
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- Veterinary Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection; Belgrade Serbia
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- Scientific Veterinary Institute ‘Novi Sad’; Novi Sad Serbia
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- Scientific Veterinary Institute ‘Novi Sad’; Novi Sad Serbia
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- Scientific Veterinary Institute ‘Novi Sad’; Novi Sad Serbia
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- Scientific Veterinary Institute ‘Novi Sad’; Novi Sad Serbia
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- Scientific Veterinary Institute ‘Novi Sad’; Novi Sad Serbia
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Bhamidipati PK, Ghobadi A, Bauer S, DiPersio JF, Pusic I. Conservative management of pneumatosis intestinalis after allogeneic hematopoietic SCT. Bone Marrow Transplant 2014; 49:1436-8. [DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2014.148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Hladnik L, McBride A, Augustin K, Reichley R, Smith A, Wartman L, Pusic I, DiPersio J. A Retrospective Evaluation of Daclizumab for the Management of Steroid-Refractory Graft-Versus-Host Disease in Adults. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2010.12.599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Pusic I, Kymes S, Lambert D, Gregory M, DiPersio J. Health Economic Outcome Analysis Of Stem Cell Mobilization With Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor (G-CSF) Plus Plerixafor Versus G-CSF Alone In Preparation For Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation (ASCT) In Patients With Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas (NHL). Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2009.12.177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Pusic I, DiPersio J, Goran S, Romvari E, Bauer S, Comer H, Abboud C, Cashen A, Gale R. Pomalidomide (POM) In Advanced Corticosteroid-Resistant Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease (cGVHD). Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2009.12.462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Mobilized, peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) are increasingly used for both autologous and allogeneic transplants. Granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor is the most widely used cytokine for mobilization. Several different mechanisms of stem cell mobilization have been proposed including protease-dependent and non-protease- dependent mechanisms. In autologous transplants, the addition of chemotherapy to mobilization can enhance the yield of PBSC collected but with substantial adverse effects, and not necessarily faster engraftment. In allogeneic transplants, the use of mobilized PBSC is associated with faster engraftment and donor chimerism compared to bone marrow. In the majority of studies, the rate of acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) has not been shown to be significantly higher with PBSC, but the rate of chronic GVHD appears to be increased. Several different strategies have been proposed for patients and donors who fail initial mobilization, including the use of novel agents. AMD3100 (Plerixafor) works by directly inhibiting the interaction between stromal cell-derived factor-1 and its receptor CXCR4, and mobilizes hematopoietic stem cells within hours. It is being studied alone or in conjunction with growth factors for PBSC mobilization in both autologous and allogeneic settings. Although the use of growth factors after PBSC transplantation results in faster neutrophil engraftment its impact on treatment-related mortality and survival does not appear significant. Here, we review the biology and methods of PBSC mobilization, the effect of growth factors on normal donors and the controversies of growth factor use in the post-transplant setting. We also review the data on novel agents for mobilization of stem cells.
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- I Pusic
- Division of Oncology, Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Pusic I, Djuricic B, Lazic S, Dosen R, Prodanov J. Pathways for transfer and spreading of Aujeszky’s disease to carnivora. VET GLASNIK 2006. [DOI: 10.2298/vetgl0606369p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Aujeszky?s disease (Morbus Aujeszky) is an acute viral contagious disease occurring in a large number of domestic and wild animals. This epizootiological disease has been present in our country for quite some time now, and it has been increasingly frequently diagnosed in carnivora in the recent years. The objective of the investigations was to determine and establish the pathways for the transfer and the manner of spreading of the MA virus to carnivora. Epizootiological data on the appearance of MA, collected in the field, as well as an epizootiological report by the Serbian Ministry of Agriculture and of the Federal Ministry for Agriculture were used as material. Detailed epizootiological, clinical, pathomorphological, and laboratory analyses were performed in five critical spots for MA registered in the territory of Vojvodina province. We established the following pathways for the spread of the MA viral infection to carnivora: the consumption of thermally unprocessed swine carcasses, the consumption of thermally unprocessed pork originating from butcher shops or from regular slaughter on private farms, the consumption of viscera from emergency slaughtered sheep, cohabitation and contact with infected swine, and vaccination using a live vaccine contaminated with the MA virus.
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- Ivan Pusic
- Naučni institut za veterinarstvo Novi Sad
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- Naučni institut za veterinarstvo Novi Sad
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Pusic I, Pavletic SZ, Kessinger A, Tarantolo SR, Bishop MR. Pseudoautologous blood stem cell transplantation for refractory chronic graft-versus-host disease. Bone Marrow Transplant 2002; 29:709-10. [PMID: 12180118 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1703550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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A female patient with AML received an allogeneic BMT from her brother. She experienced two relapses managed with chemotherapy and donor leukocyte infusions. The patient subsequently developed extensive therapy-refractory chronic GVHD. Pseudoautologous blood stem cell transplantation was performed as a salvage treatment for chronic GVHD. Her blood stem cells were easily mobilized with cyclophosphamide and G-CSF. The conditioning regimen was well tolerated and consisted of 200 mg/kg cyclophosphamide and horse-derived antithymocyte globulin. A total of 4.03 x 10(6)/kg CD34+ cells were infused and hematological recovery was rapid. Chronic GVHD improved with the ability to taper steroids. Nine months post transplantation the patient died from leukemia.
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- I Pusic
- University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Oncology and Hematology, 987680 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-7680, USA
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