Objective: To collect baseline descriptive data on the anaesthesia and analgesia protocols used by New Zealand veterinarians in first-opinion practice when performing routine canine and feline ovariohysterectomies. Study design: Cross-sectional survey. Animals: Not applicable. Methods: An online...

Introduction and objective of the study: The mininvasive laparoassisted ovariohysterectomy in dogs, has been associated with reduction in pain and postoperative complications with a subsequent promptly recovery. In this paper we describe a laparoassisted ovariohysterectomy tecnique with two or...

This study evaluates the analgesic efficacy of low-dose hydromorphone administered via pharmacopuncture at Governing Vessel 20 (GV20) for postoperative pain management following canine ovariohysterectomy. Fifty clinically healthy female dogs undergoing ovariohysterectomy were allocated to receive...

An approximately 6-year-old, obese, deep-chested dog presented to a sterilisation clinic for a routine ovariohysterectomy surgery. Significant intraoperative haemorrhage was observed from one of the ligated ovarian arteries. Exploratory surgery was performed to locate the bleeding tissue and...

Quadratus lumborum block (QLB) is used to provide analgesia for abdominal surgery in humans. The aim of this study was to assess an anaesthetic protocol involving the QLB for canine ovariohysterectomy. Ten dogs were included. Anaesthetic protocol consisted of premedication with IM medetomidine (20...

A retrospective study was used to investigate the prevalence, mortality rate, treatment outcomes, risk factors for death, and accompanying costs for canine pyometra cases reported in 2016 to 2018 from a single vet teaching hospital in Thailand. The prevalence of canine pyometra was 375 cases from...

This study evaluated and compared the sedative and analgesic effect of acepromazine-butorphanol (ACE-BUT), midazolam-BUT, dexmedetomidine (DEX, i.m.)-BUT and DEX (i.v.)-BUT pre-medication following induction with propofol and maintenance with isoflurane for elective ovariohysterectomy of...

Background: Meloxicam is an analgesic agent with anti-inflammatory properties, commonly used in veterinary practices to treat a variety of different long-term medical conditions and is also used as a short-term pain relief following particularly traumatic surgeries. Aims: An observational study was ...

Apoptosis is the cellular mechanism of ovarian follicular atresia in mammals; the aim of this study was to examine the apoptosis-related cyclic changes in follicular cells of different-sized antral follicles throughout the oestrous cycle in canines. Ovaries were collected from 26 adult female dogs...

The present study was conducted in 12 intact female dogs presented for elective ovariohysterectomy. Animals were randomly divided into two groups of six each. Group I animals were subjected to conventional ventral midline ovariohysterectomy and in Group II animals, right flank ovariohysterectomy...