Tritrichomonas foetus causes chronic large-bowel diarrhoea in cats, complicated not only by its chronicity but for its difficulty to treat, with few registered or effective products available, subsequently resulting in ronidazole frequently used off-label. The extent of T. foetus resistance to...

Antimicrobials are widely used in veterinary medicine, so criteria are needed when prescribing these drugs in order to avoid bacterial resistance, which has become a major concern for both human health and veterinary medicine, due to its indiscriminate use. A technique widely used in routine is the ...

Ever since their discovery, antimicrobials have helped in controlling and treating infections in both humans and animals. The control of infectious diseases is endangered by the rise of microorganisms that are resistant to this group of drugs. Limited availability of authorized veterinary drugs...

The study's objective was to describe a case of a 2-year-old mixed-breed male cat with Haw's syndrome who had been castrated and was also found to have Giardia sp. Case: The Veterinary Hospital of the Federal University of Jata admitted and treated a 2-year-old male mixed-breed cat who had...

Bacterial meningitis in dogs and cats is a rare disease associated with a high lethality rate. The spectrum of causative bacteria includes a diverse set of gram positive, gram negative and anaerobic species. Currently, no veterinary medicinal product is approved for this indication in these species ...

In this study, we investigated the presence of oral Trichomonas in the dental plaque of dogs and cats using phase contrast microscopy, and examined the effect of metronidazole treatment in the positive cases. Dental plaque obtained from 65 dogs (average age 7.8 years) and 38 cats (average age 7...

A 9-month-old male neutered domestic shorthair cat presented 2 weeks after castration with a 48 h history of acute-onset lateral recumbency and severe hindlimb rigidity. Physical examination findings included hyperthermia, tachypnoea, hindlimb rigidity and a healed orchidectomy site. Neurological...

Neurotoxicity is a recognised adverse effect of metronidazole, an antimicrobial used in cats and dogs to treat a variety of conditions. By doing this module you will: Be aware of how metronidazole neurotoxicity can present in practice. Understand what is known about the relationship between ...

Background: Tritrichomonas foetus is recently found to be one of the causes of chronic diarrhea in domestic cats but there is no report of feline intestinal trichomoniasis in Iran. Case description: A 9 months female domestic short-haired cat was referred to our hospital with a history of chronic...

Obligate anaerobic bacteria (OAB) are commensals of many body sites in animals. However, OAB can also behave as opportunistic pathogens. There is a paucity of veterinary literature on the role of OAB in dogs and cats with only a low number of specific surveys on this topic, the majority of Which...