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11704, PresidentE. Mosier, College of Veterinary Medicine,

State Univ6rsity, Manhattan, KS 66502, Presi-

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\bterinorions Are Top Blood DonorsDec 19, 1980

Dear Sir:In the calendar year 1980, our community

average of eligible blood donors actually donatingblood was about LVo.

However, 2 groups of veterinarians and staffhadl00%o participition, 5 times, giving them D-500status. This is the best participation that can beachieved in this blood region, since only 5 donationsper year are allowed. To the best of our knowledge,ittiris not only a first ever for the county, but also forthe region, the state of New York, and the UnitedStates.

We would appreciate it very much if you wou!{recognize these 2 groups ofveterinarians and staff,perhlps by a letier' If you give certificates foroutstahding community service, that would beappropriate.- -Th;

2 groups are: Homer Animal Clinic (which

was the firit), William P. Cadwallader, Jr, DVM, 66 SWest St, Homer, NY 13077, and Cortland AnimalHospital (following within minutes!), Edward F.Steinfeldt, DVM, West Rd and Madison, Cortland,NY 13045.

Manoen EonmtPrNThe American Red Cross

Cortland, NY 13045

Theropy of Demodicosis in Snow Leopord ChollengedJan 15, 1981

Dear Sir:This is in regard to the clinical report (JAVMA'

Nov 1, pp 89L898) by Kenneth C. Fletcher entitled"Demodicosis in a Group of Juvenile Snow Leop-ards." While we are pleased that the cubs are nolonger affiicted, we do have some questions regard-ing the therapy employed'

First, the choice of amoxicillin as an antibiotic inthe treatment, of Staphylococeus aureu's pyodoermasmay have certain drawbacks. Extrapolating frgmcanine data, there is at least an 80Vo chance thisbacteria is a penicillinase producer'; amoxicillin isnot penicillinase-resistant and thus is likely to beineffective. A more appropriate antibiotic wouldhave been oxacillin or one of the macrolides. Morethan likely the povidone scrubs and solutions werethe effective antimicrobial agents in the cub sotreated.

Second, while lime sulfur is a safe topicalmedication for cats,3 it has been shown to be in'effective in canine demodicosis.' The acaracidalsolution does not penetrate the hair follicle wherethe mites reside. Although the mites are transmit-ted from the dam to her neonatal offspring,' the

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Of ADDRESSs oddress (ond moring dote) 45 doys before moving.

oddress os it oppeored on previous issues (if possible sendmt depend on others to forword the JOURNA|'

Vepn milGG

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;;;;-;;t;"tt and resolves itself spontaneouslv in

L"i\oq" of cases, regardless of tlre type of therapy'

Afiir""gn ih" dtt. presented in the article are new

.na irrt""r"rting, we feel the author's premise that

tfr" *"ut*enttffected the cure should not go un-

LETTERS-from Page 877 able to man' I spent a great deal of time

d;;; p"o""*, ls-not contagious'; therefo-re' the .ii-"i. ittuftrt"v had nothilg to worry aboul

". itt"v practiced- good hygienic r^outing1disease process is not contagrous"; tnererore' uu

ireatment of the unaffected cubs was-unnec€ssary'

Cii" -.L"aiiion

deseribed q?rallels canine and ru;;"t-;itr' tn"9 dogs; -feces'

A: 1,::"*JXiMI-

"rticle, I tent fot a r^en;ifjThe condition desenbed parallets -carrrle

a'u

felinelocalizeddemodicosis'"Thisusuallyoccu'rsln ;;;ri""" Journal of Diseases -of. Childrcn

l-gi8l ""titled

"Visceral Larva Mi A1978) entitled "Visceral Larva Mrgrans' A

;;; R"-;;;;ssment Indicating Two.Forms of

E;;;;i;;, Vi'."'"I and ocular," bY T'Zilkh; This author states "Reasons forrent image of visceral larva migranq.a-s an iltr

infrequeit occurrence are unclear'" -Il--gEr.;;;;;;-dtnt.ottiut in defining parasites in

Ji"s".tii. -"thods, prejudices, t"?,q!t:l{:;i-*o;;;."d man, and climactic and enYirou

tlii"i.. N"t mentioned but obvioustf q.fgh;;;;th oi t<nowledge among and . indiffr

tached to the disease by vetennarlans' r

h;;";at myself and many of my fellow.prad

*tt-o u"" ott th" firing line, but the ultim&

must be pointed at our veterinary scho

purusitolosy departmentt, lh9 g9-t-"-1T:*

lealth dep-artments' our veterinary :

ties, and iast but certainly the most

;ir;';6i"ary literature sources' A case in

e" i".tu.tingly important zoonosis that I hl

;fi; ;;p;"t"atv i" the Iast few m.onths rs,t

il;;; pl;il" irom bites of fleas harboretI""T.

"tia J6metimes on pets' The veterinrT

media and literature have kePt- us

i"iot*ud about this disease while almost

i*oti"e a much more common disease'i?rr"i ttiigtans in children, coming frgm dqro""a*oi- s Toxacara canis and ? suis' req--Tugt""

completely with the authors' wl

that ""Veterinaiy awareness of ttt: q"b\u.p".t. of toxocariasis is needed before

Ji,i;td public can be educated''WhetherAifiA; *h"tu almost half of retinal di

;hildt"; are related to ocular larval mi

Davis. CA 95616

- ,l-tn"t. PJ, Halliwell REW, Deubler IWI: Canine pyoderma'

i" -dir"ii

iii"irnrv rherapv V/' Philadelphia' WB Saunders

Qo, t977, PP 517-518.2. Scott DW: Canine demodicosis' Vet Clin North Am [Srnall

Anim Practl 9:80, 85, 87, 88' 1919''^'"s." Si.tlbw, li"li"" d""*aiologv 1900-19?8: A monograph' J

Ai Anim Hosp Assoc 16:356, 367-368' 1980'

Public Heolth Aspects of RoundwormsJan 26' 1981

Dear Sir:- Not in 21 years of practice ha,s an article in

UiUte att cted me as much as the one entitled;V;t"t#t-

""a p"fUc Health Considerations in

Cu"i"" noitndworm Control: A Survey of Practicing

V;;;i;;;iil," bv Drs. Arnold Kornblatt and Peter

Schantz (Dec 15, L980, P l2l2)'This article implied some very. serlous conse-

ouences of human -exposure

to c,anine roundworm

;;;. ^i"[J

il"""-rua t'o believe that the danger of

ft"*"" infection called visceral larval migrans was

it*i""in*"t and, even if contacted, caused little or

;;iil;. i; reviewing mv school parasitologY -not-e;'ihe subject was coveied-in 1 short paragr-aph' My

;;ll;"g"; ;nd associate, a 1"978 graduate, also could

""i-*Lff any major significanle being placed on

this zoonosis' His parasitology notes, altrougn

e*panded to 2 paragiaphs, did mention the disease

""ial"*" public healttr-dangers, but the disease was

not emphasized.----l,"tt i"ff the NBC television news program "60

Minut"s; had a program on dog parasites transfer-

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"a".ute veterinarians and veterinary

"i""iCtt" public health aspects of such a

condition ai toxocariasis, which is con

in our practices.

ChipPewa Falls,

Pregnoncy Toxemio in o Biich

Dear Sir:I read with great interest Dr' R' F

Bitch" in JA.Dluulr LLL UAv Lf ' ,zLt vev

attempting to refute the analogY, - r a L : ^ L : l ^ l

"r""ito"J*ia ilewes and this bitch, the

was made that "there was no known stre*Continued n

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