Turtles occasionally emerge as patients in clinics that are not specialized in exotic animals. This article provides guidance on handling, examination and investigation when there is no opportunity to refer the patient further. This is about the practical way to handle an unusual patient. This...

A herd rearing pigs outdoors from the age of 11 weeks until market weight was affected by a severe outbreak of respiratory illness in an enclosed pasture With 131 pigs aged five months. At necropsy, Mycoplasma lzyoprzeumom'ae and Pasteurella multocida was diagnosed in the lungs, as well as...

This article examines the epidemiology, prevalence, and aetiology of animal parasitic nematode infections in wild boar, but also from horses and domestic pigs in Sweden. After the host ingests the infected meat, the three-chambered ants enter the intestines where they multiply, causing diarrhea and ...

The history, epidemiology, prevalence, transmission, diagnosis, prevention and control of paratuberculosis in Sweden are presented.

It is recognised that in the course of their practice veterinarians will be asked to treat wild animals or birds and the issues involved are discussed. These include how to deal with young birds that are assumed to have been deserted and wild animals brought in after having been found in poor...

In Sweden 692 reports of adverse drug reactions were sent to the Swedish Medical Products Agency during 2017. Most reports concern dog, followed by cat, horse and cattle. There were a few reports in swine, sheep, rabbit, mink, goat, rat and hedgehog. Eight reports concern adverse reactions in...

In October 1991 an outbreak of disease among captive psittacines in Kolmården zoo resulted in the death of 5 Amazon parrots (Amazona ochrocephala) and 1 cockatoo (Cacatna sulphurea); morbidity among the other birds was seen. PM examination of dead birds showed necrotic and inflammatory changes in...

Finland has been free from rabies since 1971, but the introduction of domestic animals and free-living small wild animals from areas where the disease is endemic is a constant threat. Vaccination of incoming animals, and aerial spreading of vaccine are carried out routinely. Separate sections deal...