Veterinary professionals are well aware of the differences between medications and supplements, but it may be important to highlight this to owners when having these discussions. It should not be as...
The aetiology of mitochondrial diseases classically involves inheritable genetic mutations in mtDNA and nDNA coding for mitochondrial components, as well as de novo mutations within the individual...
Most of the studies described were performed in healthy research animals. Thus far, only one clinical study performed in dogs has been published. It remains unclear whether vatinoxan should be used in...
Patients presenting with an open fracture must be carefully assessed. Open fractures are typically the result of high-energy trauma (Anderson and Gustilo, 1980), such as automobile accidents, so any...
The classification of E. cuniculi is controversial. Previously classed as a protozoal parasite, and oft en still referred to as this, the current categorisation of E. cuniculi microsporidia is an...
There are several factors that need to be considered when choosing behavioural medication. These fall into three separate categories: legal constraints, considerations relating to the problem...
The People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) annual Animal Wellbeing (PAW) Report series provides useful comparative statistics on the amount of time that dogs were left alone pre- and...
Searches were carried out on 30 September 2020 in MEDLINE via PubMed and CAB Abstracts (1973–present). To the authors' knowledge, there is no published data as to which flea products are purchased the...
The true prevalence of cutaneous adverse food reactions in dogs and cats is unknown. A critically appraised review of more than 30 articles describing these reactions in dogs and cats found that,...
Following the huge outbreak in the early 1960s in England, it was suspected that deaths in large numbers of turkey poults in the late 1950s had also been a result of aflatoxicosis. Similarly, a...
Three dietary options can be considered when trying to diagnose a food-responsive chronic enteropathy or selecting a diet that may help support a cat with chronic enteropathy (Box 1):.
The term nutraceutical is derived from the combination of the word nutrition and pharmaceutical and is oft en used in the literature. However, its definition lies in a grey area between food, food...