Preface; Characterization of the Extracellular Matrix Metabolism in Normal Mitral Valves & Chronic Valve Disease (CVD) (syn. endocardiosis) in Dogs: Morphology, Immunohistochemistry & mRNA Analyses; How the Past Affects the Present: A Genetic History of the Irish Wolfhound; What Do Dogs Understand About Human Communicative Gestures? A Novel Synthesis; Canine Leishmaniosis: An Expanding Disease; Dogs as Reservoirs & Transmitters of the Rabies Virus; Dog Bites to the External Genitalia in Children: Review of Pediatric Literature; Cataracts in Large & Small Dogs: A Biomarker for Life Span; Knowing Human Gaze; Strategies for Dog Rabies Control: An Example of Bolivia; Diagnosis of Brucella Canis by Polymerase Chain Reaction; A Study on Cardiac Enzyme in Dog Heart Worm Infection; Genetics of Dog Behavior; Index
Explores the biology, behaviour and health disorders of dogs. This book discusses such topics as: chronic valve disease in dogs; Canine Leishmaniosis; dogs as the reservoirs and transmitters of the rabies virus; dog bites to the external genitalia in children; understanding the human gaze in dogs; and, more.