Research Directions
In the United States, research examining the Foxhound and Neapolitan Mastiff is scheduled to continue into 2011 at the University of Iowa. The goals of this project are to screen for the presence of the Leishmania parasite DNA and to be a stepping stone to future research of T-cell function with the hopes of understanding canine leishmaniasis as a model for better understanding human leishmaniasis.
- Neapolitan Mastiff submission forms
- Foxhound submissions forms
Also in the United States, the CDC is monitoring Italian Spinones, with no end date indicated on sample submissions.
Read more about this topic: Canine Leishmaniasis
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