Sporotrichosisis a mycosis caused by fungi of the Sporothrix sckenkii complex that affects animals and humans.It is a zoonosis that is considered a grave threat to public health and must be notified in the state of Rio de Janeiro.This work evaluates the zoonotic transmission of sporotrichosisto patients in the city of Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, and reports mapping of the disease in the city. For that purpose, questionnaires were applied to the owners of animals positive for the disease who were also contaminated by the fungus. Of the 20 people found to be suffering fromsporotrichosis, the majority were women, and 95% of patients reported the presence of cats in their residences. Most of these cats (65%) had not been castrated, and 75% of them had disseminated lesions on the body, indicating delay in seeking veterinary treatment.According to the owners, 50% of the animals were docile, which demonstrates that cat temperament is not a risk factor for transmission of the disease. Overall, the results show that cats are important sources of transmission of sporotrichosisto humans, and there has been a change in the profile of those suffering from the disease, with its classification as job related being obsolete.
The normal arterial pressure range can vary physiologically in dogs of different breeds and ages, as well as due to some disorders. Hypertension generates progressive loss of nephrons and thus causes alterations of the serum levels of urea and creatinine. Therefore, maintenance of systolic pressure below 140 mmHg is recommended to avoid injury to target organs. Given the important association between hypertension and nephropathies in dogs, we evaluated the systemic arterial pressure (SAP) and concentrations of urea, creatinine, sodium, potassium, chloride and calcium in the serum of dogs treated at the veterinary hospital of Darcy Ribeiro Norte Fluminense State University (UENF). The pressure was measured by a Doppler meter in the palmar digital artery, at five moments, with deletion of the two most extreme values, to calculate the average of the three remaining readings. There was a correlation between the dogs’ age and SAP, but no correlation between SAP and the concentrations of urea, creatinine, sodium, potassium, chloride and calcium in the animals evaluated.
It is a novel report and presents flavonoids profile and essential oils composition of four Lamiaceae species (Stachys lavandulifolia, Teucrium polium, Thymus daenensis and Ziziphora clinopodioides) from Oshtorankoh located on Zagros Mountains, Iran for understanding these compounds roles in mint usages as food additive, edible, spices and medicine. Plants were collected during 2014-2015 and identified using available references. Plant material extracts examined using 2-DPC and TLC for their flavonoids pattern. Additionally, their essential oils composition was analyzed by GC/MS. All examined plant species had flavone C-& C-/O glucosides and flavonoid sulphates while lacked aglycones. Isorhamnetin, kaempferol, luteolin, orientin and quercetin were found in all taxa. None of them had not morin, rhamnetin and tricin. Naringenin and Carvacrol just found in Thymus daenensis and the most essential oils compounds% was observed in this species. Teucrium polium had the most total flavonoids number and Ziziphora clinopodioides had the least. Z. clinopodioides had Piperitone while other lacked. Stachys lavandulifolia had the most essential oils variation. These compounds variation can revealed similarity and relationship between very close taxa in lower taxonomic units and their importance in chemotaxonomic surveys of mint genera. Also plant flavonoids and essential oils increase their quality and antioxidant activity as edible, spices and medicinal plants.