Small animal review

Small animal review

McMillan et al (2024) performed a retrospective study using a large UK database to describe variation in longevity estimates based on parentage (purebreed or cross-breed), breed, body size, sex and...

Small Animal Review: September 2023

Ophthalmic problems are common and often challenging presentations in veterinary practice, and although they rarely result in death, they can lead to serious quality of life issues including chronic...

Small Animal Review: June 2023

Spinal problems resulting from intervertebral disc extrusion or protrusion are commonly encountered in clinical practice, with presentations ranging from chronic pain and paresis to acute paraplegia....

Small Animal Review: December 2022

Knowing the risk factors for disease can help understand pathogenesis, which can potentially inform the development of treatments. Further, knowledge of risk factors can help in prevention of...

Small animal Review

Donati et al (2022) gathered all the available information on the use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEis) in preclinical myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) in dogs. They performed...

Small animal Review

Oetelaar et al (2022) reported the results of a retrospective multi-centre case series describing the computed tomography (CT) appearance of sialocoeles in dogs. Previous publications on this subject...

Small animal Review

Hypothermia during anaesthesia has a number of negative consequences, including increased risk of surgical site infection, bradycardia, hypotension, arrhythmia, reduced respiratory rate and poor...

Small animal Review

Additives are virtually omnipresent in processed pet foods, and a recent paper by Craig (2021) reviewed their safety, efficacy, labelling and ethical concerns regarding existing toxicity testing in...

Small animal Review

One of the group's latest papers examines the prevalence of commonly diagnosed disorders in UK dogs under primary veterinary care. O' Neill et al (2021) randomly sampled approximately 2.5% of dogs...

Small animal Review

While uroliths are a less common cause of urinary tract signs in cats in the UK compared to the USA, studies have suggested that 10–15% of urinary tract infection (UTI) cases in the UK are due to...