Canine superficial necrolytic dermatitis (SND) is a progressive debilitating-1 skin disorder commonly associated with liver abnormalities. It is an erosive skin disease with multifocal distribution, usually in the foot pads, mucocutaneous Junctions and extremities of the limbs. The pathogenesis of...

Hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) represent an important part of hepatic diseases in dogs, correspond to more than 50% of primary neoplasms of the liver in this species. HCC affects, mainly, males over 10 years old, presenting poor prognosis in patients not suitable for surgery. Latest years, studies ...

Dogs commonly ingest tremorgenic mycotoxins because of their indiscriminate eating habits. Common sources are mouldy food, compost and rotten, fallen fruits and nuts. The mycotoxins penitrem A and roquefortine are produced by species of the mould Penicillium. Tremorgenic mycotoxicosis is...

The aim of this study was to measure total aflatoxin (AFT), aflatoxin B₁ (AFB₁), ochratoxin A (OCA) and fumonisin (FUM) concentrations in dry dog feed and to evaluate the risk to animal health posed by their increased levels. A total of 90 dry food samples, which were commercially available to the...

Background: Aflatoxins are one of the most heavily regulated mycotoxins in agriculture throughout the world. A variety of tests are used for detection, including rapid methods that are preferred when a large number of samples need to be quickly screened to implement an immediate action. However, a...

A one-year-old neutered female Labrador Retriever presented with twitches and subsequent generalised tonic-clonic seizure activity following ingestion of mouldy dog food. Further complicating factors were hyperthermia and metabolic acidosis. Initial emergency treatment involved seizure management,...

Mycotoxins, toxic secondary metabolites produced by filamentous fungus species, can contaminate a wide range of nourishments, as dog food. The ingestion of a diet contaminated with micotoxins causes mycotoxicosis, diseases which present a variety of clinical signs dependent on the amount of toxin...

A 4-year-old, neutered male Husky-mix dog weighing 29.4 kg that reportedly ingested a mushroom most likely of the genus Amanita one day prior to presentation exhibited signs of diarrhea, vomitus, inappetence and progressively worsening lethargy. Clinical chemistry revealed hypoglycemia,...

Veterinarians are faced with the challenge of understanding and discussing the wide array of commercial pet foods with their clients. To promote these discussions a pet food processing categorization system is applied to define familiar heat processed dry and can pet foods as ultra-processed...

Objective: The purpose of this study is to report the use of intravenous lipid emulsion (ILE) in dogs presenting with suspected tremorgenic mycotoxicosis based on signs of intoxication and known ingestion of mouldy food or compost. Background: ILE is being used for toxicoses associated with fat...