An assessment of the dog's ear condition prior to attempting to take a sample is important to try to gain an understanding of the severity of the otitis. While some infections such as with Malassezia...
Veterinary practices may stock a number of different ear preparations and cleaners based on first- and second-line preferences, which may be set out by a practice protocol or guidelines. In many...
Biofilms are found on a variety of living and non-living surfaces; recent studies have shown that biofilms can present on numerous medical consumables and devices, such as urinary catheters,...
The distribution of TBEV is closely related to the activity of its tick vectors. These are Ixodes ricinus (Figure 1) in Western and Central Europe and Ixodes persulcatus in Central and Eastern Europe....
Assessing the spread, or metastasis, of a primary malignant neoplasm is known as staging. This often involves sampling or removing the drainage lymph node adjacent to the affected site in combination...
Cheyletiellosis is typically a very mild, but highly contagious skin condition caused by surface living Cheyletiella spp. mites. They can affect many species but are not thought to be host specific;...
There are several known causes of KCS in dogs, including: immune-mediated, congenital, metabolic, infectious, drug-induced, neurogenic, radiation, iatrogenic, and idiopathic (Dodi, 2015)..
Initial therapy is aimed at stabilisation prior to general anaesthesia, although a prolonged surgical delay is not recommended due to worsening gastric and splenic ischaemia (Broome and Walsh, 2003)....
An understanding of the natural lifestyle of rabbits makes it easy to see why the traditional way of keeping rabbits impacts on their welfare. What an owner considers to be a behaviour problem may...
The ICU is regarded as the most stressful place in the hospital due to the high intensity of cases, the noise of machines, and artificial lighting. A study conducted by Fullagar et al (2015) measuring...
Mariti et al (2017) discovered that dogs which were uncomfortable with their owners carrying out procedures at home would also be intolerant of the veterinary nurse or surgeon doing the same in the...
As the name suggests, this is removal of the head and neck of the affected femur with the outcome being immediate relief from the pain of OA or the prevention of symptoms of OA (Harper, 2017). The...