Background: Limited information is known on adverse events and efficacy associated with venomous insect immunotherapy (VIT) in canine patients. Objectives: To assess adverse events associated with VIT and perceived efficacy of VIT. Animals: Records from 82 client-owned animals which received VIT...

Introduction: North Central Florida is the home to several venomous snakes. The most clinically significant pit vipers include the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake, the Water Moccasin, and less commonly the Timber Rattlesnake. Many of the dogs and cats that become envenomated by these particular...

Objective: To retrospectively compare clinical outcomes associated with 3 commercially available antivenom products (2 F[ab']2 products and 1 IgG product) in dogs with crotalid envenomation. Animals: 282 dogs with evidence of crotalid envenomation treated with antivenom at a single high-volume...

Purpose: To describe the clinical and histopathologic features secondary to ocular and periocular snakebites in dogs requiring enucleation. Methods: Retrospective review of patients with recorded snakebite envenomation from the archives of the Comparative Ocular Pathology Laboratory of Wisconsin...

OBJECTIVE: To validate that dogs become hypocoagulable following rattlesnake envenomation and to determine whether thromboelastographic abnormalities are correlated with envenomation severity for dogs bitten by rattlesnakes native to southern California. ANIMALS: 14 dogs with observed or suspected...

Medical records of 272 rattlesnake envenomations of canines from 5 veterinary emergency centers in Maricopa County, Arizona between 2010 and 2012 were investigated. The objectives were to examine the patient demographics, severity of clinical signs, and treatment modalities employed, in order to...

A 9-year old female spayed Boston Terrier was found to have a bee stinger in the left metacarpal pad and subsequently collapsed. Treatment for anaphylaxis was initiated. Haemoperitoneum was diagnosed by abdominal focussed assessment with sonography for trauma (AFAST) and abdominocentesis. Computed...

Background: The American trypanosomiasis is a zoonosis caused by the protozoa Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi). The disease is widely distributed throughout the American continent, affecting a wide range of hosts, including dogs. It is present in the canine population in the State of Yucatan, Mexico....

Objective. - To review recent (1999-2007) US mortality data from deaths caused by nonvenomous and venomous animals and compare recent data with historic data. Methods. - The CDC WONDER Database was queried to return all animal-related fatalities between 1999 and 2007. Rates for animal-related...

Objective: To describe ophthalmic abnormalities secondary to periocular and ocular snakebite in dogs. Animal Studied: Retrospective review of medical records from dogs presenting to the Small Animal Hospital at University of Florida following snakebites to the face (2012-2014). Two groups were...