This study records the clinical findings in nine hunting dogs showing systemic illness associated with trombiculids and identifies the mite species involved. In fall, coinciding with the seasonality of mites, all dogs were infested with mites and had been in the risk area (Sierra Cebollera Natural...
Author(s)
Areso Apesteguía, M.; Areso Portell, J. B.; Halaihel Kassab, N.; Gracia Salinas, M. J.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Cary, USA
Citation
Journal of Medical Entomology, 2019, 56, 5, pp 1389-1394
The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is one of the shock organs in dogs. GI dysfunction in critically ill veterinary patients manifests in mild problems such as hypomotility, anorexia, and nausea to more serious problems such as intractable vomiting, severe diarrhea, and septicemia. Septicemia is a...
Publisher
W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, USA
Citation
Veterinary Clinics of North America, Small Animal Practice, 2011, 41, 4, pp 759-766
This study aimed to evaluate if veterinary clientele could differentiate between emergencies and non-emergencies, to discover if a similar situation to that observed in human medicine exists within the veterinary industry. Retrospective call and subsequent case records (n=1000) from one small...
Author(s)
Williams, J. M.; Jones, D.; Thornton, C.
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group, London, UK
Citation
Veterinary Record, 2017, 181, 4, pp 90
Marine sponges have a wide variety of biological properties and their extracts are being researched as possible chemotherapeutic agents. Some are known to cause myelosuppression and gastrointestinal signs. This case documents a dog which was suspected of eating a marine sponge and then developed...
Author(s)
Brown, J. S.; Meffert, F. J.; Bennett, P. F.; Labuc, R. H.; Merrett, D. J.
Publisher
Australian Small Animal Veterinary Association, St. Leonards, Australia
Citation
Australian Veterinary Practitioner, 2009, 39, 4, pp 156-160
The medical records and histopathological sections of 29 dogs diagnosed with a unique eosinophilic dermatitis resembling Wells' syndrome were reviewed in an attempt to elucidate the pathogenesis of this syndrome. The medical records were reviewed for information on dermatological lesion appearance, ...
Author(s)
Mauldin, E. A.; Palmeiro, B. S.; Goldschmidt, M. H.; Morris, D. O.
Publisher
Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK
Citation
Veterinary Dermatology, 2006, 17, 5, pp 338-347
Four mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) fawns and one white-tailed deer (O. virginianus) fawn were inoculated intranasally with the New York-1 strain of bovine diarrhoea virus (BDV) originally isolated from cattle. None of the animals developed clinical signs of illness. Virus was isolated from...
Author(s)
Campen, H. van; Williams, E. S.; Edwards, J.; Cook, W.; Stout, G.
Citation
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 1997, 33, 3, pp 567-573
Campylobacter jejuni can cause a spectrum of diseases including gastroenteritis, proctitis, septicaemia, meningitis, abortion, and autoimmune diseases such as Reiter's arthritis and Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). The most common clinical syndrome seen in humans infected with C. jejuni is...
Author(s)
Young, V. B.; Mansfield, L. S.
Publisher
Horizon Bioscience, Wymondham, UK
Citation
Campylobacter: molecular and cellular biology, 2005, pp 1-12
The clinical and pathological features of systemic mastocytosis in 16 dogs are reported. There was no apparent breed or sex predilection, and the median age at presentation was 9.5 years. In 14 of 16 cases there was a primary cutaneous mast cell tumour (MCT). When cutaneous tumour location was...
Author(s)
O'Keefe, D. A.; Guillermo Couto, C.; Burke-Schwartz, C.; Jacobs, R. M.
Citation
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 1987, 1, 2, pp 75-80
Cryptosporidiosis is caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Cryptosporidium (family Cryptosporidiidae, order Eucoccidiorida, subclass...
Rotaviruses are the commonest cause of severe, acute viral gastroenteritis in man, mammals and birds worldwide, with most of cases occurring in young...