Posts tagged "News"
The efficacy of a nutritional supplement containing green-lipped mussel, curcumin and blackcurrant leaf extract in dogs and cats with osteoarthritis
One of the most common orthopedic findings in cats and dogs is osteoarthritis (OA), with an estimate...
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Exotic Animals: pets or not?
In the recent years, having parrots, reptiles, amphibians, rabbits, and small rodents as pets, becam...
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Brain Tumors in Small Animals
Brain tumors can be divided into primary or secondary tumors, depending on their origin. Primary tum...
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Antimicrobial discontinuation in dogs with acute aspiration pneumonia
Aspiration Pneumonia (AP) is a usual cause of bacterial pneumonia in veterinary practice. It is curr...
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Canine Otitis externa – Treatment and complications
Otitis externa is a very common aliment in dogs caused by an inflammatory process of the external ea...
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CASE REPORT: Skin necrosis secondary sunburn in a brown Dachshund
Solar radiation may damage skin either directly or due to thermal injury (via thermal necrosis). The...
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Congenital hydrocephalus: surgical or medical approach?
While it is the treatment of choice for dogs with congenital hydrocephalus, ventriculoperitoneal shu...
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Raw diets for dogs
Raw meat-based diets (RMBDs) are becoming increasingly popular among pet owners. However, their real...
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Could pets help us to reduce stress-related blood pressure?
The efficacy of antihypertensives in lowering resting blood pressure is unquestionable but these dru...
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Revisiting the pathophysiology of heatstroke
Heat stroke is an extremely lethal syndrome, caused by high core body temperature. It is characteriz...
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Communication in veterinary practice
There has been an increasing interest in the role of communication in veterinary clinical practice, ...
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CASE REPORT: Suspected Radiation-Induced Osteosarcoma in a Cat
Tumours induced by radiation have occasionally been reported in humans and dogs, but no such cases h...
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Characterization of ocular melanosis in dogs
Cairn Terriers can suffer from a hereditary form of bilateral ocular melanosis (OM). It causes the a...
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Paroxysmal Dyskinesia
The first report of episodic muscle hypertonicity in Norwich terrier (NT) dogs was first reported in...
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Megaesophagus in Dogs
Megaesophagus is a disorder of the esophagus characterized by diffuse dilation and decreased to abse...
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Esophageal and gastric bone foreign bodies
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jvim.16383 Bone foreign bodies are a common emergen...
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CASE REPORT: Intraocular Setaria equina in a horse
Setaria equina parasites have a wide geographic distribution and are normally found in the peritonea...
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Safety and tolerability of escalating cannabinoid doses in healthy cats
The interest in using cannabinoids for therapeutic uses in companion animals is growing, particularl...
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Characterization of hepatic masses in dogs with CT scans and ultrasound exam
As dogs age, they can develop benign hepatic masses. Fortunately, few of these require special treat...
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The potential role of CSCs in canine mammary tumors therapies
Mammary gland tumors in dogs are dependent on estrogen and progesterone, being most frequently seen ...
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Swine Influenza in a nutshell
Influenza viruses are known to have a huge negative impact both in human and animal health as well a...
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Feline Hyperaesthesia Syndrome
Feline hyperaesthesia syndrome (FHS) was first described over 35 years ago and, unfortunately, it re...
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Surgical approaches for zygomatic sialoadenectomy in dogs
The Zygomatic gland is the least frequently salivary gland involved in glandular diseases. When affe...
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Stress and strain among veterinarians: a scoping review
Health care workers are exposed to various types of work stressors. Job inequity, pressure to prefor...
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Pangolins state of play
Pangolins were included in the Appendix I of CITES in 2016 and, since then, global awareness of the ...
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Continuous rate infusion of midazolam as emergent treatment for seizures in dogs
Cluster seizures (CS) and status epilepticus (SE) are two of the most common neurological emergencie...
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History of Sulfonamides
Since 1940, the use of antimicrobial drugs (AMD) in animals has been evolving with reports on a rang...
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How can pesticides affect honeybees?
How can pesticides affect honeybees? Pesticides are used worldwide in agriculture because of their e...
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Improve International partners with University of Cambridge in CPD first
New Veterinary Academy Series to bring the latest thinking to vets and veterinary nurses Global vete...
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Semen collection techniques in cats
This was the first study to compare the quality of fresh feline ejaculates collected by three differ...
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