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Quality of life following mechanical ventilation in dogs and cats (2020)
Journal Article
Donaldson, R. E., & Barfield, D. (2020). Quality of life following mechanical ventilation in dogs and cats. Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care,

Background

Mechanical ventilation is frequently performed in small animal critical care medicine with well‐documented survival data; quality of life in these patients following discharge from hospital is unknown.

Key findings

Owners of patie... Read More about Quality of life following mechanical ventilation in dogs and cats.

Case Series Describing the Use of Low-Temperature Vacuum-Dehydrated Amnion (Omnigen) for the Treatment of Corneal Ulcers in Cats and Dogs: 46 Cases (2016-2017) (2020)
Journal Article
Maini, S., Hurley-Bennett, K., & Dawson, C. (2020). Case Series Describing the Use of Low-Temperature Vacuum-Dehydrated Amnion (Omnigen) for the Treatment of Corneal Ulcers in Cats and Dogs: 46 Cases (2016-2017). Topics in Companion Animal Medicine, 100474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcam.2020.100474

Amniotic membrane is widely used in the treatment of ocular surface disorders in human and veterinary patients. Preservation and storage of amnion has proven challenging, prompting the development of new preservation techniques. Omnigen®, a novel low... Read More about Case Series Describing the Use of Low-Temperature Vacuum-Dehydrated Amnion (Omnigen) for the Treatment of Corneal Ulcers in Cats and Dogs: 46 Cases (2016-2017).

The use of hydrolysed diets for vomiting and/or diarrhoea in cats in primary veterinary practice (2020)
Journal Article
Kathrani, A., Church, D. B., Brodbelt, D. C., Pegram, C., & O'Neill, D. G. (2020). The use of hydrolysed diets for vomiting and/or diarrhoea in cats in primary veterinary practice. Journal of Small Animal Practice, 61(21), https://doi.org/10.1111/jsap.13214

Objective To describe responses of cats prescribed a hydrolysed diet with or without concurrent medication for chronic vomiting and/or diarrhoea of undetermined aetiology. Materials and Methods Anonymised records of 512,213 cats under UK veterinary c... Read More about The use of hydrolysed diets for vomiting and/or diarrhoea in cats in primary veterinary practice.

Mandibular nerve block in juvenile Nile crocodile: a cadaveric study (2020)
Journal Article
Bianchi, C., Adami, C., Dirrig, H., Cuff, A., d’Ovidio, D., & Monticelli, P. (2020). Mandibular nerve block in juvenile Nile crocodile: a cadaveric study. Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaa.2020.04.016

Study design
Experimental cadaveric study.

Animals
A group of 16 juvenile Nile crocodile heads.

Methods
To study the course of the mandibular nerve, one head was dissected. Computed tomography (CT) examination was performed in two heads to i... Read More about Mandibular nerve block in juvenile Nile crocodile: a cadaveric study.

Serological markers of gluten sensitivity in Border terriers with gall bladder mucocoeles (2020)
Journal Article
Barker, L., Tivers, M. S., Kathrani, A., Allerton, F., Powell, R., Stam, L., & Black, V. (2020). Serological markers of gluten sensitivity in Border terriers with gall bladder mucocoeles. Journal of Small Animal Practice, https://doi.org/10.1111/jsap.13211

Objectives

To evaluate serological markers of gluten sensitivity in conjunction with cholecystokinin measurement in Border terriers with gall bladder mucocoeles.

Materials and Methods

Medical records from two referral hospitals were obtained... Read More about Serological markers of gluten sensitivity in Border terriers with gall bladder mucocoeles.

Factors associated with positive urine cultures in cats with subcutaneous ureteral bypass system implantation (2020)
Journal Article
Pennington, C. E., Halfacree, Z., Colville-Hyde, C., & Geddes, R. F. (2020). Factors associated with positive urine cultures in cats with subcutaneous ureteral bypass system implantation. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 1098612X2095031. https://doi.org/10.1177/1098612X20950312

Objectives
The aims of this study were to report the postoperative incidence of subcutaneous ureteral bypass (SUB)-associated bacteriuria and risk factors in a large population of UK cats, to identify the commonly implicated isolates in these cases... Read More about Factors associated with positive urine cultures in cats with subcutaneous ureteral bypass system implantation.

Biomarker changes with systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve in cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (2020)
Journal Article
Seo, J., Payne, J. R., Novo Matos, J., Fong, W. W., Connolly, D. J., & Luis Fuentes, V. (2020). Biomarker changes with systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve in cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.15807

Background

N‐terminal pro B‐type natriuretic peptide (NT‐proBNP) and cardiac troponin‐I (cTnI) are biomarkers commonly evaluated in cats with suspected heart disease. Many cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) have systolic anterior motion o... Read More about Biomarker changes with systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve in cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

One health in regenerative medicine: report on the second Havemeyer symposium on regenerative medicine in horses (2020)
Journal Article
Fortier, L. A., Goodrich, L. R., Ribitsch, I., Schnabel, L. V., Shepard, D. O., Watts, A. E., & Whealands Smith, R. K. (2020). One health in regenerative medicine: report on the second Havemeyer symposium on regenerative medicine in horses. Regenerative Medicine, 15(6), 1775-1787. https://doi.org/10.2217/rme-2019-0143

Regenerative medicine is commonly used in human and equine athletes. Potential therapies include culture expanded stem cells, stromal vascular fraction of adipose tissue, platelet-rich plasma, bone marrow concentrate, or autologous conditioned serum.... Read More about One health in regenerative medicine: report on the second Havemeyer symposium on regenerative medicine in horses.

Effect of scan plane and arthrography on visibility and inter-observer agreement of the equine distal sesamoidean impar ligament on magnetic resonance images (2020)
Journal Article
Berner, D., Mader, D., Groß, C., & Gerlach, K. (2020). Effect of scan plane and arthrography on visibility and inter-observer agreement of the equine distal sesamoidean impar ligament on magnetic resonance images. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, 103227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jevs.2020.103227

In magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations, moderate to severe changes of the distal sesamoidean impar ligament (DSIL) were found in horses with lameness localized to their feet. Histologic abnormalities were detected more commonly in lame hors... Read More about Effect of scan plane and arthrography on visibility and inter-observer agreement of the equine distal sesamoidean impar ligament on magnetic resonance images.

Hereditary cataract in the Bengal cat in Poland (2020)
Journal Article
Kucharczyk, N., Cislo-Pakuluk, A., Stefanowicz, P., & Bedford, P. (2020). Hereditary cataract in the Bengal cat in Poland. BMC Veterinary Research, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-020-02517-x

Background: This paper reports the significant prevalence of a presumed hereditary cataract in the Bengal cat breed in Poland. The nuclear part of the lens is affected and previous reports from Sweden and France for this type of feline cataract sugge... Read More about Hereditary cataract in the Bengal cat in Poland.

Investigation of factors affecting recruitment and retention in the UK veterinary profession (2020)
Journal Article
Hagen, J., Weller, R., Mair, T., & Kinnison, T. (2020). Investigation of factors affecting recruitment and retention in the UK veterinary profession. Veterinary Record,

Background
Recruitment and retention is currently of major concern and resulted in the veterinary profession being returned to the UK’s Shortage Occupation List in 2019.
Methods
An online questionnaire of veterinary employees and employers investi... Read More about Investigation of factors affecting recruitment and retention in the UK veterinary profession.

Large Animal Models in Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering: To Do or Not to Do (2020)
Journal Article
Ribitsch, I., Baptista, P. M., Lange-Consiglio, A., Melotti, L., Patruno, M., Jenner, F., Schnabl-Feichter, E., Dutton, L. C., Connolly, D. J., van Steenbeek, F. G., Dudhia, J., & Penning, L. C. (2020). Large Animal Models in Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering: To Do or Not to Do. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 8,

Rapid developments in Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering has witnessed an increasing drive toward clinical translation of breakthrough technologies. However, the progression of promising preclinical data to achieve successful clinical marke... Read More about Large Animal Models in Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering: To Do or Not to Do.

The gut microbiome in dogs with congestive heart failure: a pilot study (2020)
Journal Article
Seo, J., Matthewman, L., Xia, D., Wilshaw, J., Chang, Y., & Connolly, D. (2020). The gut microbiome in dogs with congestive heart failure: a pilot study. Scientific Reports, 10(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70826-0

Compromised gut health and dysbiosis in people with heart failure has received a great deal of attention over the last decade. Whether dogs with heart failure have a similar dysbiosis pattern to what is described in people is currently unknown. We hy... Read More about The gut microbiome in dogs with congestive heart failure: a pilot study.

Science in brief: The role of the glycocalyx in critical ill patients with reference to the horse (2020)
Journal Article
Bettina, D. (2020). Science in brief: The role of the glycocalyx in critical ill patients with reference to the horse. Equine Veterinary Journal,

The glycocalyx, a gel-like layer covering the luminal surface of vascular endothelial cells has several key functions in maintaining homeostasis in the vasculature. Interest in the glycocalyx has significantly increased in the last decades and damage... Read More about Science in brief: The role of the glycocalyx in critical ill patients with reference to the horse.

Seizure activity following atracurium continuous rate infusion in three mechanically ventilated juvenile dogs (2020)
Journal Article
Donaldson, R. E., Cortellini, S., & Humm, K. (2020). Seizure activity following atracurium continuous rate infusion in three mechanically ventilated juvenile dogs. Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, https://doi.org/10.1111/vec.12989

Objective

To describe patient recovery in dogs that had undergone mechanical ventilation (MV) and received atracurium as a continuous rate infusion (CRI).

Case series summary

Three dogs were treated with atracurium CRI while mechanically ven... Read More about Seizure activity following atracurium continuous rate infusion in three mechanically ventilated juvenile dogs.

Vestibular disease in dogs under UK primary veterinary care: Epidemiology and clinical management (2020)
Journal Article
Radulescu, S. M., Humm, K., Eramanis, L. M., Volk, H. A., Church, D. B., Brodbelt, D., & O'Neill, D. G. (2020). Vestibular disease in dogs under UK primary veterinary care: Epidemiology and clinical management. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.15869

Background

Vestibular disease (VD), central or peripheral, can be a dramatic primary‐care presentation. Current literature describes mostly dogs examined in referral centers.

Hypothesis/Objectives

Describe the prevalence, presentation, clini... Read More about Vestibular disease in dogs under UK primary veterinary care: Epidemiology and clinical management.

Vestibular disease in dogs under UK primary veterinary care: Epidemiology and clinical management (2020)
Journal Article
Radulescu, S. M., Humm, K., Eramanis, L. M., Volk, H. A., Church, D. B., Brodbelt, D., & O'Neill, D. G. (2020). Vestibular disease in dogs under UK primary veterinary care: Epidemiology and clinical management. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 34(5), 1993-2004. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.15869

Background

Vestibular disease (VD), central or peripheral, can be a dramatic primary‐care presentation. Current literature describes mostly dogs examined in referral centers.

Hypothesis/Objectives

Describe the prevalence, presentation, clini... Read More about Vestibular disease in dogs under UK primary veterinary care: Epidemiology and clinical management.

Prognostic indicators of short-term outcome in dogs undergoing surgery for brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome (2020)
Journal Article
Seneviratne, M., Kaye, B. M., & Ter Haar, G. (2020). Prognostic indicators of short-term outcome in dogs undergoing surgery for brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome. Veterinary Record, vetrec-2019

Background The aims of this study were to assess the impact of epidemiological variables, severity of presurgical respiratory signs, diagnostic findings from pharyngeal and laryngeal examination using a new grading scheme and CT scan images, on posts... Read More about Prognostic indicators of short-term outcome in dogs undergoing surgery for brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome.