Genetic diversity and origin of Kazakh Tobet Dogs

Abstract The Kazakh Tobet is an indigenous Kazakh dog breed that has been used to guard livestock since ancient times.To understand the genetic structure and phylogenetic relationship of the Kazakh Tobet breed with other herding and livestock guarding dog breeds, we analysed short tandem repeat data of 107 Kazakh Tobet dogs from different regions o

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Linkage of jockey falls and injuries with racehorse injuries and fatalities in Thoroughbred flat racing in Victoria, Australia

IntroductionRacehorse and jockey incidents on race-days frequently occur together, yet risk factors for their occurrence have historically been investigated separately.Consideration of both horses and humans in tandem is required for a One Health approach to risk reduction.Our objectives were to therefore identify modifiable risk factors for advers

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Community-based transconjunctival marginal rotation for cicatricial trachoma in Indians from the Upper Rio Negro basin

The objective of the present study was to describe, for the first time in Brazil, the use by a non-ophthalmologist of a community-based marginal rotation procedure by a posterior approach in the indigenous population from the Upper Rio Negro basin.Seventy-three upper eyelids of 46 Indians (11 males and 35 females) with cicatricial upper eyelid entr

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