Transmissible venereal tumor (TVT) is a widely reported transplantable tumor in dogs, with no breed or sex predilection and with a low metast.tic rate. This retrospective st.dy conducted from 2005 and 2011 sought to e...
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Transmissible venereal tumor (TVT) is a widely reported transplantable tumor in dogs, with no breed or sex predilection and with a low metast.tic rate. This retrospective st.dy conducted from 2005 and 2011 sought to evaluate the total number of TVT cases, and to report extragenital TVT lesions in dogs from the small tropical island of grenada, West.Indies. Evaluation of the biopsy and necropsy specimens from dogs with TVT was carried out by cytological and hist.pathological methods. In the present st.dy, we observed a total of 78 dogs with TVT, comprising 40 male and 38 female dogs. Most.cases were from dogs between 3 and 6 years;less frequently from older dogs (over 6 years) or younger dogs (1 - 2 years of age). In the present st.dy, we report 15 cases (19.2%) of dogs with TVT in extragenital sites. Tumors were noted in the nasal cavity, eye orbit, spleen, liver, skin, ribs, subcutaneous, and submandibular, cervical and inguinal lymph nodes. There was also evidence of metast.sis to the ovaries in 2 dogs. The most.interest.ng finding was the presence of extragenital lesions without primary genital involvement in 4 cases (5.1%). Our findings emphasize the need to consider TVT on the list.of differential diagnosis for masses in extragenital sites in dogs from geographic regions where TVT is prevalent.
We conducted a cross-sectional st.dy to est.blish the effect of proximity of livest.ck to a wildlife-livest.ck interface on the relative abundance of intra-erythrocytic hemoparasites in cattle. Blood samples were obta...
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We conducted a cross-sectional st.dy to est.blish the effect of proximity of livest.ck to a wildlife-livest.ck interface on the relative abundance of intra-erythrocytic hemoparasites in cattle. Blood samples were obtained from 131 randomlyselected cattle raised around Queen Elizabeth National Park. Cattle-farm location was determined by using Global Positioning syst.m device from an arbitrarily reference point. Giemsa-st.ined blood smears were examined microscopically for intra-erythrocytic hemoparasites. Correlational analysis was used to examine the relationship between farm location and prevalence, whereas risk ratios were used to determine the st.ength of mixed hemoparasitic infections among cattle, using a significant level of α = 0.05. The location of a cattle farm significantly predicted the prevalence of Anaplasma (rs = 0.33, p 0.05) and Theileria (rs = 0.57, p 0.01) but, farm’s proximity to QENP did not explain the variation in the prevalence of Babesia (rs = 0.14, p 0.2). Although mixed infections occurred in 15% of sampled cattle, concurrent infection of cattle with A. marginale and B. bigemina [RR = 36;95% CI (7.191);p which was recorded. This st.dy demonst.ated that unlike the prevalence of B. bigemina, the prevalence of T. parva and A. marginale in livest.ck significantly increased with close proximity to a wildlife-livest.ck interface.
BACKGROUND Violence against.healthcare workers(HCWs)in the Caribbean continues to prevail yet remains *** aim is to determine the cause,traits,and consequences of violence on HCWs in the *** To determine the cause,tra...
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BACKGROUND Violence against.healthcare workers(HCWs)in the Caribbean continues to prevail yet remains *** aim is to determine the cause,traits,and consequences of violence on HCWs in the *** To determine the cause,traits,and consequences of violence on HCWs in the *** This research adopted an online cross-sectional survey approach,spanning over eight weeks(between June 6th and August.9th,2022).The survey was generated using Research Electronic Data Capture forms and followed a snowballing st.ategy to contact individuals using emails,social media,text messages,*** regression analysis was performed to evaluate the variables that influence violence,including gender,age,years of experience,inst.tution type,and night shift *** The survey was completed by 225 *** comprised 61%.Over 51%of respondents belonged to the 21 to 35 age ***(n=61),Haiti(n=50),and grenada(n=31)had the most.*** HCWs(49%)worked for government academic inst.tutions,followed by community hospitals(23%).Medical st.dents(32%),followed by attending physicians(22%),and others(16%)comprised the most.common cadre of *** 39%of the participants reported experiencing violence themselves,and 18%reported violence against.colleague(s).Verbal violence(48%),emotional abuse(24%),and physical misconduct(14%)were the most.common types of *** 63%of respondents identified patients or their relatives as the most.frequent *** logist.c regression analyses demonst.ated that female gender(OR=2.08;95%CI:1.16-3.76,P=0.014)and higher frequency of night shifts(OR=2.22;95%CI:1.08-4.58,P=0.030)were associated with significantly higher odds of experiencing *** than 50%of HCWs felt less motivated and had decreased job satisfaction post.violent *** A large proportion of HCWs in the Caribbean are exposed to violence,yet the phenomenon remains *** a result,HCWs’job s
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