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Endocrinology
  • Almost one-quarter of diabetic cats might require cobalamin supplementation.
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common feline endocrinopathy. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to describe signalment, clinicopathological findings, management practices and the occurrence of comorbidities in feline DM in Germany.

The authors using questionnaires and laboratory submissions to a commercial laboratory, Antech Lab Germany, between May 2021 and July 2022. Inclusion criteria were diagnosis of DM by the attending vete...

Cardiology
  • Dogs in a higher disease stage had a greater trans-aortic pressure gradient
Severity of aortic stenosis (AS) in humans is classified using a staging system based on two-dimensional echocardiographic changes, which considers the extent of global cardiac damage. Currently, classification of canine AS is based on trans-aortic pressure gradient (PG) alone. This study aimed to retrospectively classify dogs with AS based on an adapted human staging system, exploring feasibility of classification and the association b...

Nursing
  • The median pulse rate was 60 beats per minute
Ad oggi, non esiste una tecnica standardizzata per misurare la frequenza del polso arterioso nei rettili. Per questo motivo, gli autori hanno studiato la possibilità di ottenere la frequenza del polso temporo-orbitale nei pitoni, al fine di valutare se tale frequenza concordasse con quella cardiaca.

La frequenza cardiaca e la frequenza del polso arterioso sono state registrate in 40 pitoni reali sani (Python regius) di peso compreso tra ...

DOG AND CAT

Internal medicine
The primary goals of this retrospective study were to describe a population of dogs with portal hypertension secondary to liver disease, and to assess whether prognosis could be inferred from historic...

Diagnostic imaging
Migrating foreign bodies is common in cats and dogs and can be challenging to retrieve. The aim of this study was to describe a minimally invasive ultrasound-guided technique for the removal of migrat...

Haematology
Myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) is the most common acquired cardiovascular disease in small breed dogs. In contrast to human patients with heart failure (HF), iron deficiency (ID) prevalence in...
HORSE

Internal medicine
Horses may be carriers of important resistant bacteria like methicillin-resistant staphylococci. Such bacteria can potentially threaten both equine and public health, but little is known about predisp...

Diagnostic imaging
Computed tomography (CT) of the axial skeleton is increasing across many equine hospitals. CT of the pelvis and caudal spine in a large group of clinical cases has not been reported previously. This r...

Dermatology
Allergen-specific immunotherapy (AIT) is the only current intervention that has the ability to modify the immune response toward a tolerogenic state. This study aimed to assess the efficacy and safety...
FARM ANIMAL

Pharmacology
Metronidazole (MTZ) is a 5-nitroimidazole compound recognized for its dual anti-bacterial and anti-protozoal properties. Non-approved in many countries for farm medicine, due to a lack of data in the ...

Clinical pathology
The presence of cortisol residue in processed dairy milk may be a good parameter for assessing the quality of dairy milk products and an alternative indicator of the overall welfare of dairy cattle. T...

Reproduction
In sheep, anatomical characteristics of the cervix and animal value limit the application of reproductive technologies; therefore, most breeding is a natural service.

Rams are selected based on desired...

EXOTIC AND WILD ANIMALS

Gastroenterology
The wild rhinoceros populations have declined drastically in the past decades because the rhinoceros are heavily hunted for their horns. Zoological institutions aim to conserve rhinoceros populations ...

Gastroenterology
Besides Helicobacter pylori, a Gram-negative bacterium that may cause gastric disorders in humans, non-Helicobacter pylori helicobacters (NHPH) may also colonize the stomach of humans and animals. In ...

Microbiology/Immunology/Infectious disease
Since 2007, African swine fever (ASF) has spread widely within Europe and beyond. Most affected countries recorded outbreaks in domestic pigs and cases in wild boar.

Outbreak data from 2014 to 2021 wer...

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