02 November 2023 02 Nov 2023

Volume 14 | Issue 9

ISSN (Print): 2044-0065

ISSN (Online): 2052-2959

Fireworks and chocolate season

It's the time of year many pet owners dread – firework season. Stretching across an extended period from around Halloween until the new year, it can be a difficult time for many owners and their animals, particularly as it can be impossible to know when fireworks are about to start throughout this time. There was a huge firework display in a field behind my house at 11pm on a Tuesday – not something I had anticipated!

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Figure 4. The energy generated by magnetic resonance imaging scans is transformed into heat in the patient's tissues, which can lead to hyperthermia in large patients or those undergoing prolonged scans

The importance of peri-anaesthetic temperature management: part 2

Figure 1. a) Echocardiography image showing a normal canine heart in a right parasternal long axis four chamber view. b) Echocardiography image showing a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel's heart at stage B2, in a right parasternal long axis four chamber view. Note the left-sided dilation and diseased mitral valve (arrowed)

Identifying and treating heart disease in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels

Figure 1. Life cycle of canine hookworm, Ancylostoma caninum (image reproduced with permission of MARS Pet Care/Antech Diagnostics, Education).

Updates on emerging and evolving gastrointestinal parasites in dogs and cats

Senior nutritional requirements for cats and dogs

Figure 1. A lack of scrotal sac and testicle can be observed on the right side, consistent with either cryptorchidism or monorchidism. Clinical examination alone cannot differentiate between the two conditions unless a second testicle can be palpated in the inguinal canal or abdominally.

A case of monorchidism in a domestic rabbit

The impact environmental variance in waiting rooms has on the expression of fear in canine patients