Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is the most common cardiac disease in large breed dogs. The disease can start with arrhythmias or with systolic dysfunction of the myocardium.
To describe screening methods for DCM in various breeds and provide a new, modified staging system.
Immunoglobulin G and PS may promote destruction of nRBCs in PIMA dogs
Although precursor-targeted immune-mediated anemia (PIMA) is thought to be caused by immune targeting of erythroid precursors (nucleated RBCs, nRBCs), its pathogenesis is unknown. Immunoglobulin G...
Secondary LLT associated with underlying thoracic pathology was associated with poor outcomes
Lung lobe torsion is rare in cats. The aim of this multi-institution retrospective study was to describe clinical and diagnostic findings, treatments and outcomes of lung lobe torsion (LLT) in 10...
Background: Serum feline pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity (fPLI) and trypsin-like immunoreactivity (fTLI) concentrations are commonly used in cats for the evaluation of pancreatic disease. The...
To provide a state-of-the-art overview of the clinical diagnosis of acute pancreatitis in dogs
In the last 20 years, the diagnosis of pancreatitis has become more frequent as a result of improved diagnostic modalities such as abdominal ultrasound examination, advanced imaging, and immunoassays...
There are few studies describing characteristics of the urinary tract in rabbits using multidetector computed tomography (CT). The aim of this study was to describe the CT appearance and main...
Ultrasonographic description of splenic lesions as cavitated had poor diagnostic utility in predicting presence of hemangiosarcoma or malignancy
To assess the diagnostic value of the ultrasonographic description of a splenic mass or nodule as cavitated in dogs with nontraumatic hemoabdomen.106 dogs with a nontraumatic hemoabdomen that...
These findings are expected to support the diagnosis and treatment of cognitive diseases in cats and people.
The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies at the University of Edinburgh, in conjunction with the University of California, has found that key proteins linked to cognitive diseases are found...
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) in humans are associated with electrolyte shifts and diarrhoea. Chronic inflammatory enteropathies (CIE) in dogs produce inflammatory lesions usually located more...
Females were twice as likely to acquire infection as males
Mycoplasma haemofelis is the most pathogenic haemoplasma species that affect cats. M. haemofelis may cause an acute infection that leads to haemolytic anaemia. The objective of this study was to...
Cefovecin was the most commonly prescribed antimicrobial for all conditions, followed by amoxicillin-clavulanic acid
The aim of this study was to evaluate initial antimicrobial therapy in cats diagnosed with upper or lower bacterial urinary tract infections at veterinary practices in the USA and Canada.
Symptomatic cases had higher alkaline phosphatase, gamma-glutamyl transferase, and alanine transferase activities than did incidental cases
Ursodeoxycholic acid is used in human medicine for litholytic management of choleliths, but the efficacy of medical management in dogs with cholelithiasis is unknown.
The MPV and PVDW for CPV infected dogs were significantly higher compared to controls
Bacterial translocation from the damaged intestinal tract, reported in canine parvoviral (CPV) enteritis, is thought to be responsible for the systemic inflammatory response resulting from coliform...
To evaluate possible discriminatory clinical, laboratory and ultrasonographic features to differentiate LGITL from LPE
Low-grade intestinal T-cell lymphoma (LGITL) is the most common intestinal neoplasm in cats. Differentiating LGITL from lymphoplasmacytic enteritis (LPE) is challenging because clinical signs,...
