In the CKD group, more dogs developed adverse effects than in the non-CKD group.
In human medicine, doses of levetiracetam (LEV) are individualized for patients with epilepsy, depending on the status of the patient's renal function. However, there are no reports on the...
To evaluate outcomes of dogs with parathyroid carcinoma (PTC) treated by surgical excision and to describe the incidence of postoperative hypocalcemia, degree of hypocalcemia, duration of hospitalization, duration of calcium supplementation, and survival
100 client-owned dogs with PTC admitted to academic, referral veterinary institutions.
A breed is defined as a dog group from a known lineage of similar dogs, who have an agreed set of physical and behavioral attributes that will be reliably replicated in their progeny. Physical traits...
Objective: To describe clinical outcomes in cats with insulin resistance and acromegaly treated with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS).Animals: 14 client-owned cats.
ICJ removal was associated with long-term liquid feces
Objective: To evaluate outcomes in cats undergoing subtotal colectomy for the treatment of idiopathic megacolon and to determine whether removal versus nonremoval of the ileocecocolic junction (ICJ)...
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.
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...
The overall incidence rate of anomalous GB morphology was 24.61%
Morphologic anomalies of the feline gallbladder (GB) have been previously reported in the literature. These morphologic variants are frequently encountered on routine abdominal ultrasound...
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...
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.
