Serum concentrations of prolactin (PRL), insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and 25 hydroxyvitamin D₃ (25-OHD₃) were analysed to investigate their possible involvement in the pathogenesis of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). For this, dogs of the Rhodesian Ridgeback (RR) breed were used because...

Objective: To compare the efficacy of fresh frozen plasma (FFP) with cryopoor plasma (CPP) to treat vitamin K-dependent factor deficiency in a canine in vitro setting. Design: In vitro laboratory study. Setting: University veterinary medical teaching hospital. Animals: Seven units of FFP and 6...

Plant-based foods intended for feeding dogs and cats are available in Canada, though few studies have examined the suitability of plant-based foods for dogs and cats. All commercial plant-based extruded and wet pet food products available in Ontario, Canada, in 2018 (n = 26) were acquired and...

This issue contains 13 topics on the definitions and clinical signs, prevention and monitoring and diagnosis and treatment of blood transfusion reactions in small animals; the role of cryoprecipitate in human and canine transfusion medicine; the effect of time on packed cell volume following packed ...

Canine visceral leishmaniasis is associated with cardiac changes. This study was designed to test the hypothesis that vitamin D and coagulation parameters, such as D-dimer, activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), partial thromboplastin time (PT), mean platelet volume (MPV), and white blood...

Progressive tissue injury in canine leishmaniosis (CL) is related to the deposition of immune complexes, which induces vasculitis and leads to endothelial dysfunction. Homocysteine (Hcy) increase may worsen endothelial dysfunction, but data concerning its concentration in different CL stages and...

Canine anaplasmosis and Canine babesiosis are diseases belong to the tick-borne disease group which are transmitted by Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Canine anaplasmosis is caused by Anaplasma platys and A. phagocytophilum. Canine babesiosis is caused by Babesia canis and B. gibsoni. A male dog...

13 year-old male dog with complaints of fever, loss of appetite, stagnation as well as respiratory signs such as purulent nasal and eye discharge, cough and neurologic signs including apathy, ataxia, quadriplegia, muscular atrophy and myoclonus which admitted to the Animal Hospital of Faculty of...

Heart failure is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in canines. With the improvement in diagnostic technology, diagnosis of heart failure has become a routine in referral clinics. Sixteen dogs diagnosed with congestive left heart failure, employing history, clinical signs, radiography...

This study evaluated the patterns of prescription/request of vitamins, minerals and vitamin-mineral formulations (V-MF) for dogs presented for veterinary care at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital Nsukka (VTHN), Nigeria, between January 2013 and December 2017. Hospital records of a total of 4074 dogs ...