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Cluster seizures (CS) and status epilepticus (SE) are two of the most common neurological emergencies in dogs. Twenty to forty percent of dogs with epilepsy are not adequately controlled leading many patients to present to the emergency room with SE or CS. Although treatment of these conditions is required, optimal therapy is still unknown. There […]

Avian keratin disorder (AKD) is a disease characterized by debilitating beak overgrowth, often with crossing and marked curvature. These beak deformities make birds unable to properly feed, preen and cope with parasites, which compromises their survival. AKD has increasingly affected wild bird populations worldwide and is typically seen in adult birds. A wide variety of […]

The main goal of the article to which this summary refers was to evaluate the efficacy of medical dissolution for suspected struvite cystoliths in dogs. Struvite uroliths correspond to a big percentage of uroliths cases diagnosed in dogs. Currently, the recommended therapy is medical treatment, consisting of a combination of diet and antibiotics. Fifty dogs […]

C-reactive protein (CRP) is an acute phase protein used in the diagnosis of several canine inflammatory conditions which cause its increase. Diskospondylitis is defined as an infection of the intervertebral disc and the adjacent endplates of the vertebral bodies. Most of the times, it has a bacterial etiology and can take a long time to […]

Necrotizing myopathy (NM) is not very often diagnosed in small animals, but it might be underestimated because muscle biopsies are not done routinely. This disease is characterized by muscle necrosis and cats that have this condition may present paresis and increased creatine kinase (CK) activity. CK is a specific enzyme marker of myofiber damage and […]

Heart rate variability (HRV) analysis was initially carried out to identify changes in vago-symphathetic balance. More recently, taking the best advantage of the latest technology, it has been used to identify cardiac arrhythmias, particularly atrial fibrillation (AF). HRV is the term used to describe oscillations in rate between consecutive cardiac cycles, monitored by ECG, heart […]

Reptiles have been generally associated with bacterial zoonotic pathogens, such as Salmonella, but reptile-borne parasitic zoonotic diseases have received little attention over the past years. As other animals, reptiles are hosts of several pathogens. The zoonotic risk is associated with human-reptile interactions such as reptile meat consumption, keeping reptiles as domestic animals or environmental contamination. […]

The aim of this study was to report the clinical experience with fluoroscopically guided tibial apophyseal percutaneous pinning (TAPP) for tibial tuberosity avulsion fractures (TTAF). This is a retrospective case series that reviewed the medical records of skeletally immature dogs (n=25). The association of pin design [smooth (SP); negatively threaded (NTP)], pin insertion angles, TTAF-type, […]

The main objective of this pilot study was to evaluate the results obtained from the assessment of the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) robenacoxib in cats with pain due to degenerative joint disease (DJD). Otherwise healthy cats (n = 109) with DJD-pain entered a parallel group, randomized, blinded clinical trial. The groups received placebo (P) and […]

The effects of pimobendan on the heart rhythm in cats are unknown. The purpose of this pilot study is to evaluate the effect of pimobendan on cardiac rhythm and selected echocardiographic parameters of the cat. To carry out this study, six clinically healthy cats received each four medication protocols for 15 days, with a washout […]

Standing out in the crowd – how my journey to Advanced Practitioner Status opened up new opportunities and instilled a passion for career development. Dr. Magdalena (Maggie) Doherty qualified from the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences in Poland in 2003. Moving to the UK (and having learned English), she worked in small animal […]

Primary thymic epithelial tumors (TET) are rare in dogs, and little is known about their behavior. There are many recognized human histologic subtypes of TET which have a predictive value in humans but, in veterinary medicine, the classification of TET and their associated prognostic significance has been inconsistent. Therefore, the authors of this retrospective multi-institutional […]

Felids display a typical behavioral response associated to the sniffing of specific plants, such as catnip and silver vine. This reaction is well-known and includes licking and chewing the plants, face and head rubbing against the plants, and rolling over on the ground. However, the neurophysiological mechanism and biological function associates is still uncertain – […]

Since 1940, the use of antimicrobial drugs (AMD) in animals has been evolving with reports on a range of uses, misuses and abuses escalating. There are various drugs used in veterinary medicine, but we will now focus on the use of sulfonamides. The first veterinary use of sulfanilamide was for bovine mastitis therapy in 1937. […]

There has been an increasing interest in the role of communication in veterinary clinical practice, particularly regarding the ways to deliver difficult news to clients, the role of communication skills in the veterinary education curriculum and the application of client centered communication approach within the veterinarian–client relationship. This integrated analysis included 48 studies and aimed […]

Sudden acquired retinal degeneration syndrome (SARDS) is a frequent cause of irreversible blindness in dogs. It is thought to be an autoimmune disease like autoimmune retinopathies in humans (AIR). In humans, autoimmune retinopathies can develop as a form of paraneoplastic syndrome or when there is no cancer. Presentations of cancer-associated retinopathy (CAR) and SARDS (nonparaneoplastic […]