GRANULOMATOUS RHINITIS SECONDARY TO FELINE LEISHMANIOSIS: REPORT OF AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION AND THERAPEUTIC COMPLICATIONS

Granulomatous rhinitis secondary to feline leishmaniosis: report of an unusual presentation and therapeutic complications

Case summary A 12-year-old male neutered domestic shorthair cat underwent rhinoscopy due to inspiratory dyspnoea and stertor.Rhinoscopy showed signs of chronic rhinitis and a multinodular nasopharyngeal mucosa.A marked infiltrate of macrophages that contained intracellular parasitic forms morphologically compatible with Leishmania amastigotes were

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The breeding biology of erect-crested penguins, Eudyptes sclateri: Hormones, behavior, obligate brood reduction and conservation

Erect-crested penguins are the least studied of all penguins.They breed on two isolated subantarctic island groups, the Antipodes and Bounty Islands.Sporadic nest counts indicate a dramatic decline in numbers of erect-crested penguins over the last 50 years.Here we present data from a study undertaken in 1998 on the breeding biology, behavior and h

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