This special issue consists of 12 papers dealing with updates on canine and feline respiratory medicine. Topics include: clinical application of pulmonary function testing in small animals; laryngeal disease in dogs and cats: an update; chronic rhinitis in the cat: an update; fungal rhinosinusitis...

Background: Disseminated aspergillosis (DA) in dogs has a guarded prognosis and there is a lack of a gold standard treatment protocol. Objective To retrospectively assess survival times and factors influencing survival times. Animals Dogs diagnosed with DA from January 2007 to June 2017. Methods: ...

Fungal infection of the nasal and paranasal sinuses is an important cause of chronic rhinitis and sinusitis in dogs. It has a worldwide distribution and typically occurs in an apparently healthy, immunocompetent young to middle aged male dogs. It can be a primary infection or secondary to nasal...

Background: Diagnosis of canine systemic aspergillosis requires fungal culture from a sterile site, or confirmatory histopathology from a nonsterile site. Invasive specimen collection techniques may be necessary. Objective: To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of a serum and urine ...

Background: Disseminated mycoses other than aspergillosis are infrequently reported in dogs. Case report: A 4-year-old female Labrador retriever was evaluated because of hyperthermia, cough and intermittent lameness. Computed tomography showed a soft tissue mass in the cranioventral mediastinum,...

The genus Aspergillus is composed of more than 300 species, a fraction of which are involved in animal or human infections mostly following environmental exposure. Various risk factors (i.e., immunosuppression, tuberculosis) have been recognized for human whereas for veterinary infections,...

Background: Few effective treatments for disseminated Aspergillus infections in dogs are available. Posaconazole has potent and broad-spectrum activity against Aspergillus spp., but its use has not yet been sufficiently evaluated in dogs. Hypothesis/Objectives: The aim of this study was to...

This case series describes the ocular, clinical and histologic manifestations of disseminated Aspergillosis in two dogs. Two dogs presented for severe unilateral panophthalmitis and secondary glaucoma with positive Aspergillus spp. titers. Case 1 showed no clinicopathologic systemic symptoms of...

Disseminated aspergillosis in dogs has been associated with Aspergillus terreus or A. deflectus infection. We report a case of disseminated A. versicolor infection presenting as diskospondylitis, osteomyelitis, and pyelonephritis. The diagnosis was made based on clinical, radiographic, and...

Background: Discospondylitis is an infection of the intervertebral disc and adjacent vertebral endplates. The infectious agent is most commonly a bacterial organism and fungal causes are uncommon. Case Description: A 1.5-year-old female entire pug was referred with a 6-week history of right head...