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Dogs and humans have lived closely together for at least 15,000 years and various studies have been undertaken to explore their unique bond. These studies have shown that short-term stress appears to be contagious between the species but, to the author’s knowledge, this is the first time that long-term stress interspecific synchronization hypothesis is explored. […]

Vision is crucial to all species to help avoid threats and to navigate. As vision varies between species, this must be taken into account when creating sporting, training and housing environments – an issue that is particularly important when considering sport horses as the safety of both the horses and their riders is crucial. The […]

Beta coronaviruses (BCoV) are often associated with gastrointestinal diseases in young horses but there have also been reports of outbreaks in adult horses in racing and boarding stables. To the author’s knowledge, this is the largest BCoV outbreak reported in a single, closed herd situation. The index cases were two three-year old mares with fever, […]

Hi I am Charalampos from Cyprus, I am a Veterinary Clinical Pathologist currently based at Malawi, and lucky enough to have worked/studied in 6 different countries. I studied veterinary medicine at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and during my undergraduate studies I did a Wellcome Trust internship at Cambridge University UK where I caught […]

I graduated from the University of Liège in Belgium in 2012. I became a diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2019. Since July 2018 I have been a member of the Surgical Team at the Alliance Veterinary Clinic in Bordeaux (France). I am also an engineer in surgical biomaterials at CIC IT […]

My name is Justine. I was born in the US but have lived most of my life in Spain. I studied veterinary medicine at UCM in Madrid then had the opportunity to work in small animal practices in Spain, Austria and Portugal. I also had the chance to volunteer with elephants in Thailand and Cambodia […]

My name is Joana and I am Portuguese. I qualified in July 2017 and started my first job in October 2017 in Galway, Ireland, in a mixed practice in which 90% of the work was related to equine medicine – specifically reproduction. It was not easy at first. I couldn’t always understand the accent and […]

The first report of episodic muscle hypertonicity in Norwich terrier (NT) dogs was first reported in 1984. Since then, our knowledge has advanced little. Paroxysmal dyskinesias (PxDs) can be inherited or acquired and can be primary or secondary to other disorders. In dogs, primary PxDs reports have been increasing in various breeds and are characterized […]

We have a lot to learn about Feline Hyperaesthesia Syndrome (FHS), a complex disorder characterized by clinical signs including skin rippling, episodes of running and jumping, excessive vocalization and tail chasing. Some veterinarians consider tail mutilation as a clinical sign although others associate it with neuropathic pain. This retrospective study took an integrated multi-disciplinary approach. […]

Lymphangiosarcomas are aggressive, rare malignant tumours that originate in the endothelial cells of the lymphatic vessels. In veterinary medicine they have been reported in dogs, cats, horses, a cow and an Asian otter. A study has now reported a possible first case in a rat. An adult intact female rat (Rattus norvegicus) was presented with […]

Pangolins were included in the Appendix I of CITES in 2016 and, since then, global awareness of the importance of conserving these unusual mammals has increased. They are the most trafficked animals in the world, commonly poached in Africa and Asia.  Projects are now running in these regions to rescue live animals and release them […]

Giraffe numbers have decreased around 40% over the last thirty years, mainly because of anthropogenic causes, primarily poaching and habitat destruction.  Diseases, including giraffe skin disease (GSD), however, also play a role in their decreasing numbers so are of concern to conservationists. The first signals of GSD are small nodules with raised hair that develop […]

Forget about the myths and legends that have besmirched their reputation – bats play an important role in the ecosystem! Bat species represent a quarter of all mammalian species. Each is individual in terms of its hunting strategies and use of bio sonar – but it is true to say that most of them intensify […]

The European Food Safety Authority has published an open-access report with a description of parasites not routinely controlled in food: Cryptosporidium spp., Toxoplasma gondii and Echinococcus spp. Each of these parasites can be transmitted by ingesting contaminated foods – often fresh produce not cooked before consumption. Individual methods of identification and recording currently exist for […]

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin which means that when it is ingested to excess, it is not promptly excreted in urine and is, instead, stored in fat and hepatic tissues. The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has been analyzing the presence of potentially toxic levels of Vitamin D in various dry pet foods, following […]

As oceans continue to warm, harmful algal blooms (HABs) are becoming more frequent, more toxic and longer lasting. This is affecting the safety of our seafood as domoic acid (a neurotoxin produced by some diatoms) produced by these events accumulates in feeding fish and shellfish. High levels of domoic acid (DA) can lead to gross […]