The challenge of obtaining reference values for use in captive animals like elephants.
Published in The veterinary quarterly
Kidney function and glucose metabolism in overweight and obese cats.
Published in The veterinary quarterly
Background: In people, obesity and prediabetes mellitus might predispose to chronic kidney disease (CKD).Aims: To assess the association of overweight [Body condition score (BCS) >5] and glucose metabolism alterations, with established or potential markers of CKD. In addition, fructosamine and fasted blood glucose were compared as predictors of ear...
Outcome of non-surgical dietary treatment with or without lactulose in dogs with congenital portosystemic shunts.
Published in The veterinary quarterly
Background: Congenital portosystemic shunts (CPSS) are vascular anomalies, allowing portal blood to bypass the hepatic parenchyma, thereby accumulating toxic substances such as ammonia in the systemic circulation resulting in hepatic encephalopathy.Aim: To evaluate the outcome of non-surgically treated dogs with a CPSS.Methods: Case records of 78 d...
Serial evaluation of cardiac biomarker NT-proBNP with speckle tracking echocardiography in a 6-year-old Golden Retriever...
Published in The veterinary quarterly
Virulence factors in coagulase-positive staphylococci of veterinary interest other than Staphylococcus aureus.
Published in The veterinary quarterly
Coagulase-positive Staphylococci (CoPS) can exist as commensals in humans, companion and food-producing animals, but can cause severe or even lethal diseases. Exchange of these bacteria between humans and animals has been described. Special attention has been focused on Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, but other CoPS can also represent ...
Polymorphic post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder in a gilt.
...Published in The veterinary quarterly
Animal mesenchymal stem cell research in cartilage regenerative medicine - a review.
Published in The veterinary quarterly
Healing of articular cartilage is a major clinical challenge as it also lacks a direct vasculature and nerves, and carries a limited number of resident chondrocytes that do not proliferate easily. Damaged articular cartilages are usually replaced by fibrocartilages, which are mechanically and structurally weaker and less resilient. Regenerative med...
Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia - a comprehensive review.
Published in The veterinary quarterly
Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP) is a serious disease of goats, occasionally sheep and wild ruminants, caused by Mycoplasma capricolum subspecies capripneumoniae (Mccp). The disease is characterized by severe serofibrinous pleuropneumonia, very high morbidity (∼100%), and mortality (80-100%). CCPP affects goats in more than 40 countries of...
Neurological abnormalities in 97 dogs with detectable pituitary masses.
Published in The veterinary quarterly
Background: Pituitary tumours are common neoplasms of the sellar region in small animals. However, detailed information regarding the spectrum and severity of possible neurological signs are lacking. Objective: To retrospectively describe the neurological abnormalities in a population of dogs with a detectable pituitary mass (DPM) and relate them w...
The equine species as Trojan horse for Borna Disease Virus-1?
Published in The veterinary quarterly
