Canine dysautonomia is a sporadic, generally fatal disease that rarely affects groups of related animals. Four 10-week-old Havanese puppies from a litter of 5 developed clinical signs of canine dysautonomia. The 4 affected dogs were exposed to an outdoor environment, whereas the fifth littermate...
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Hull, N. C.; O'Toole, D.; Miller, M. M.; Shoults, H.; Deck, R.; Jones, W.; Johnson, G. C.; Shaw, D. P.; Schumaker, B. A.
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American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Davis, USA
Citation
Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 2015, 27, 5, pp 627-631
Background: Dysautonomia is a disease characterised by degeneration of autonomic neurons. Methods: The aim of this study was to perform a retrospective multicentre review of clinical data relating to cats and dogs diagnosed with dysautonomia and to evaluate their outcome. Results: Cats (n=34) and ...
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Clarke, K. E.; Sorrell, S.; Breheny, C.; Jepson, R.; Adamantos, S.; Milne, E. M.; Gunn-Moore, D.
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BMJ Publishing Group, London, UK
Citation
Veterinary Record, 2020, 187, 12, pp e118-e118
Leporine dysautonomia (or dysautonomia of hares) is an idiopathic disorder associated with degeneration of neurons of the peripheral nervous system with loss of sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve function. The disease has so far been described in rabbits and hares from Great Britain, and a...
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Huber, D.; Kurilj, A. G.; Šoštarić-Zuckermann, I. C.
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Fakultet Veterinarske Medicine, Univerziteta u Beogradu, Belgrade, Serbia
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Acta Veterinaria (Beograd), 2022, 72, 1, pp 118-123
Background: Hypothyroidism is an endocrine disease that leads to a reduction in the hormones thyroxine (T3) and triiodothyronine (T4), which therapy with levothyroxine restores the clinical signs related to the metabolic rate. Due to the influence of thyroid hormones on the heart, which is under...
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Costa, P. P. C.; Waller, S. B.; Rocha, M. M.; Rocha, D. G.; Alves, C. C.; Soares, M. de A.; Silva, E. G. da; Vasconcellos, A. L. de
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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Veterinária, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Acta Scientiae Veterinariae, 2020, 48, (Suppl 1): 572,
Ileus or intestinal distention can be caused by inflammation (adynamic/functional) or by obstruction (dynamic/mechanical). Adynamic ileus is a common sequela to parvoviral enteritis, abdominal surgery, pancreatitis, peritonitis, endotoxemia, hypokalemia and dysautonomia, Radiographically functional ...
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Deepa Chirayath
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Indian Veterinary Association, Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, India
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Journal of Indian Veterinary Association, Kerala (JIVA), 2017, 15, 1, pp 42-43
A case report is presented of a 6-year-old castrated female Labrador with dysautonomia. Symptoms included absence of anus reflex, low tear production, and mydriasis. The dog was euthanized after 17 days. A postmortem examination confirmed the diagnosis.
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Vuerstaek, L. M. J.; Grinwis, G. C. M.; Bergknut, N. P.; Mandigers, P. J. J.
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Koninklijke Nederlandse Maatschappij voor Diergeneeskunde, Houten, Netherlands
Citation
Tijdschrift voor Diergeneeskunde, 2016, 141, 2, pp 24-27
The interaction of the anti-beta1-adrenergic receptor autoantibodies (β1ARAb) and the anti-muscarinic M2 receptor autoantibodies (M2RAb) with cardiac neurotransmitter receptors were identified in human chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy (CCC) related to the ECG and dysautonomia disturbances. Dogs are...
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Wallukat, G.; Botoni, F. A.; Rocha, M. O. da C.; Louise, V.; Müller, J.; Talvani, A.
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Frontiers Media S.A., Lausanne, Switzerland
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2022, 13, October,
Objective - To describe echocardiographic findings in dogs with dysautonomia. Design - Prospective case series. Animals - 20 dogs with dysautonomia (13 confirmed during necropsy and 7 with results of antemortem testing [tear production, pilocarpine response test, atropine response test, and ID...
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Harkin, K. R.; Bulmer, B. J.; Biller, D. S.
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American Veterinary Medical Association, Schaumburg, USA
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Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 2009, 235, 12, pp 1431-1436
Heart rate variability is an established risk factor for mortality in both healthy dogs and animals with heart failure. The aim of this study was to compare short-term heart rate variability (ST-HRV) parameters from 60-min electrocardiograms in dogs with sick sinus syndrome (SSS, n=20) or chronic...
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Bogucki, S.; Noszczyk-Nowak, A.
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Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee of Veterinary Sciences, Olsztyn-Kortowo II, Poland
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Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2017, 20, 1, pp 167-172
The megaesophagus a dilatation of the whole or some portions of esophagus, an unusual cat disease can be seen more frequently in dogs is classified as congenital or acquired. The acquired form usually presents in adult dogs from eight years of age, secondary to other disorders, mainly to diseases...
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Souza, M. T. de; Reis, P. A. V.; Molinari, P. H.; Alberto, M. L. V.; Torres, M. L. M.
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Conselho Regional de Medicina Veterinária do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Citation
Revista de Educação Continuada em Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia do CRMV-SP, 2018, 16, 3, pp 52-58