Several fungi contain cyclopetides but the most common are Amanita species including Amanita phalloides (death cap) (but not Amanita muscaria which is also known as fly agaric)..
Focal seizures, previously known as partial seizures, are asymmetric and only affect one part of the brain (Berendt et al, 2015). Dogs may show clinical signs of facial twitching, head shaking,...
Cystic ovarian disease is very common in sows over the age of 1.5 years, an incidence of 76% has been reported at post mortem (Keller et al, 1987). Puberty occurs at around 2 months of age in females...
Dystocia is a life threatening emergency situation which requires urgent treatment. This report aims to evaluate and critique the assessment, monitoring and nursing care given to a queen which...
Echinococcus multilocularis, the cause of cystic echinococcosis, is a severe zoonosis and considered a neglected disease by the World Health Organisation. The adult tapeworm is carried by both foxes...
Unlike bitches and humans, queens increase their food intake almost immediately on conception (Little et al, 2006) (Figure 2), and start gaining weight from around week two of their 65-day gestation...
Approximately 60% of encephalitis cases do not have a definable infectious cause (Olby and Platt, 2013). Infectious encephalitis includes: bacterial, viral, fungal, parasitic. The incidence of...
This is a common disease and occurs more frequently in dogs than cats. Signalment is strongly associated with Primary IMT (Day and Kohn, 2012). Documented breed pre-dispositions include; Cocker...
The patient was referred to the hospital for bilateral cataracts 6 months after being diagnosed with diabetes mellitus (DM). The patient was fed a raw food diet (VOM, 2018) three times daily (TID) at...
Contrary to what might be assumed, actually any patient coming in to the veterinary clinic could be an end-of-life patient. A ‘healthy’ dog with behavioural issues, or two young feline companions...
Although T. gondii can infect virtually all warm-blooded hosts, clinical outcome differs. For example, cattle and horses are more resistant than sheep and goats. A few examples are cited here in...
Pseudomonas species are Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria. They are widespread in nature but are particularly found in aquatic habitats, soil and in decaying vegetation. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is...