Posts by "The Improve Team"
The importance of bats
Forget about the myths and legends that have besmirched their reputation – bats play an important ro...
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Dilated Cardiomyopathy and QRS Complex Duration in Dogs
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a common cause of cardiac disease in both humans and dogs. Several s...
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Deslorelin implants in domestic rats
Most spontaneous mammary gland tumors in domestic rats are fibroadenomas. The treatment of choice is...
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CASE REPORT: Beta coronavirus outbreak on a horse breeding farm
Beta coronaviruses (BCoV) are often associated with gastrointestinal diseases in young horses but th...
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Do cats cry more at night?
Tear film production is a parameter to evaluate while performing a complete ophthalmic examination -...
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Decreased expression of caspase-14 in an experimental model of canine atopic dermatitis
Alterations in skin barrier function and filaggrin expression have been reported in atopic dermatiti...
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Hypophysectomy to treat hypersomatotropism
Hypersomatotropism is a condition increasingly seen in cats and it is caused by a growth hormone (GH...
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Dealing with Cat Scratch Disease
While there have been advances in understanding Cat Scratch Disease (CSD), relatively little is stil...
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Large bowel resection and anastomosis in a domestic rabbit
After 3 days of anorexia and lethargy, a 3-year-old, male neutered rabbit was diagnosed with rabbit ...
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Proteinuria in dogs with gallbladder mucocele formation: A retrospective case control study
Kidney disease in dogs is frequently associated with an excess of protein in the urine. Urine protei...
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CT scan ‘tree-in-bud’ pattern and bronchial disease in cats
The ‘tree-in-bud’ pattern found during Computed Tomography (CT) scans is used in human medicine to h...
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Resting and postprandial serum bile acid concentrations in dogs with liver disease
Serum bile acids (SBA) are frequently measured in dogs, but there is limited data on their efficacy ...
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Robenacoxib efficacy for the treatment of chronic degenerative joint disease-associated pain in cats: a randomized and blinded pilot clinical trial
The main objective of this pilot study was to evaluate the results obtained from the assessment of t...
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The Improve International Group Supports ATVs at IBERZOO PROPET 2023
The Improve International Group joins the Iberzoo Propet 2023 in Madrid, Spain, one of the biggest e...
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Vets against COVID-19
COVID-19 is caused by a novel coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2 and it has affected all of our lives thi...
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Progressive myelomalacia
Progressive myelomalacia (PMM) is characterized by progressive necrosis of the spinal cord after acu...
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What do you hope to get out of your Continuing Education this year?
Think about the needs of your practice as a whole. Identify any key “practice builder” skills you la...
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Dr Magdalena Doherty - Standing out in the crowd
Standing out in the crowd – how my journey to Advanced Practitioner Status opened up new opportuniti...
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The future of canine glaucoma therapy
Glaucoma, whether primary or secondary, is the main cause of blindness in dogs. The uncontrollable i...
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Progressive increases in creatine kinase (CK) activity in an anorexic cat with necrotizing myopathy
Necrotizing myopathy (NM) is not very often diagnosed in small animals, but it might be underestimat...
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Nutrition and Cognition
Aging leads to changes that can negatively affect cognition in pets (and humans) and, in fact, a dog...
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Improve International launches new online Feline Nursing programme in partnership with ISVPS
An online Feline Nursing course has been launched by Improve International in order to help nurse te...
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Buccal administration of tiletamine-zolazepam to sedate cats
The most commonly used routes to administer sedatives and analgesics in veterinary medicine are intr...
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Examining the eyes of ferrets
Ocular diseases in domestic ferrets are rarely reported. This article focused on the most frequent d...
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The use of gabapentin to reduce stress in cats
Owners’ concerns about the stress their cats suffer while being transported to vet appointments and ...
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The influence of maternal care in dogs’ development
Maternal care influences the development of the brain, behaviour, social skills and emotional system...
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Management of ccld in dogs: owner feedback
Cranial cruciate ligament disease (CCLD) is a condition that affects mostly medium- and large-breed ...
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Psittacids diet and health
Psittacids, like humans, do not select food because it’s good for them but because they like it. Mos...
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Telmisartan in cats with systemic hypertension
Pathological increases in blood pressure may lead to ophthalmic, cardiovascular and neurological inj...
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Patent ductus arteriosus in an adult cat
This article describes the clinical approach and treatment of an 8-year old female cat that presente...
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