The previous definition of canine atopic dermatitis was of a ‘genetically predisposed inflammatory and pruritic allergic skin disease with characteristic clinical features associated with...
The diagnostic approach and the urgency of investigation of cats with suspected urolithiasis is dependent on their clinical presentation; with obvious requirement for urgency in any cat where...
Orthostatic tremor is a rare tremor that predominantly affects the limbs, exclusively while standing with pathognomonic high-frequency muscle discharges (>12 Hz) on conscious electromyography (Liatis...
Increasing numbers of imported rescue cats and dogs have been seen over the past few years, with an associated risk of exotic pathogens entering the UK. The European Scientific Counsel for Companion...
Internal parasites live inside the animal's body, in different locations including the small intestine, the lung, the heart, the subcutaneous tissue or even inside the eye. The majority of internal...
Most cases of salbutamol toxicosis in dogs are due to puncturing an asthma inhaler. In cases where the salbutamol dose was estimated, 0.33–0.72 mg/kg caused restlessness, tachycardia, tachypnoea,...
Sociality and social connectedness are considered to be adaptive (McMillan, 2016), bringing benefits such as safety, parental care, improved food acquisition and mate procurement. For social species,...
Injudicious prescription and use of antibiotics is the main driver for the increase in resistance in human and veterinary medicine around the globe (Kpokiri et al, 2020; Taylor et al, 2020)....
The most common clinical signs associated with canine insulinomas are as follows, along with the corresponding percentage of cases (Dunn et al, 1993; Ryan et al, 2021):.
Dogs are important members of a unique interspecies relationship that involves a care and concern that permeates species boundaries. However, the various interactions that humans have with companion...
There are two main triggers of heat-related illness in dogs: environmental heat-related illness triggered by exposure to hot environments (for example, a hot vehicle, building or ambient environmental...
Both electrical impedance and flow cytometry analysers measure haemoglobin concentration, red blood cell count, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), platelet concentration (PLT) and calculate other values...