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Surgical valvulotomy for tricuspid valve stenosis in a dog (2019)
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Bristow, P. C., Kurosawa, T. A., Fuentes, V. L., Rutherford, L., & Brockman, D. J. (2019). Surgical valvulotomy for tricuspid valve stenosis in a dog. Journal of Veterinary Cardiology, 23, 142-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvc.2019.04.002

A 2 year 4 month old female neutered Labrador retriever was presented for evaluation right sided congestive heart failure. Echocardiographic examination revealed tricuspid valve dysplasia with only two small orifices in the valve resulting in severe... Read More about Surgical valvulotomy for tricuspid valve stenosis in a dog.

The modern UK veterinary profession: photo-elicitation interviewing reveals that small animal and surgical images dominate (2019)
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Ward, A., & May, S. A. (2019). The modern UK veterinary profession: photo-elicitation interviewing reveals that small animal and surgical images dominate. Veterinary Record, 184(21), https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.105046

More than 80 per cent of vets are employed in clinical practice but other veterinary roles are vital for society. However, even clinical practice does not seem to fulfil some modern graduates, and an increasing number of veterinarians are leaving the... Read More about The modern UK veterinary profession: photo-elicitation interviewing reveals that small animal and surgical images dominate.

Faculty Perception of an Embedded Research Project in the Undergraduate Veterinary Curriculum (2019)
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Cehrs, E., Pelligand, L., & Weller, R. (2019). Faculty Perception of an Embedded Research Project in the Undergraduate Veterinary Curriculum. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education,

In this article, we describe faculty’s perception of a research project embedded in the final year of the undergraduate veterinary curriculum and look at factors associated with overall perceptions of the project. We hypothesized that faculty would h... Read More about Faculty Perception of an Embedded Research Project in the Undergraduate Veterinary Curriculum.

Intra-Vitreal Administration of Microvesicles Derived from Human Adipose-Derived Multipotent Stromal Cells Improves Retinal Functionality in Dogs with Retinal Degeneration (2019)
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Cislo-Pakuluk, A., Smieszek, A., Kucharczyk, N., Bedford, P. G. C., & Marycz, K. (2019). Intra-Vitreal Administration of Microvesicles Derived from Human Adipose-Derived Multipotent Stromal Cells Improves Retinal Functionality in Dogs with Retinal Degeneration. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 8(4), 510. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm8040510

This study was designed to determine the influence of microvesicles (MVs) derived from multipotent stromal cells isolated from human adipose tissue (hASCs) on retinal functionality in dogs with various types of retinal degeneration. The biological pr... Read More about Intra-Vitreal Administration of Microvesicles Derived from Human Adipose-Derived Multipotent Stromal Cells Improves Retinal Functionality in Dogs with Retinal Degeneration.

Spontaneous dog osteoarthritis — a One Medicine vision (2019)
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Meeson, R. L., Todhunter, R. J., Blunn, G., Nuki, G., & Pitsillides, A. A. (2019). Spontaneous dog osteoarthritis — a One Medicine vision. Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 15(5), 273-287. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41584-019-0202-1

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a global disease that, despite extensive research, has limited treatment options. Pet dogs share both an environment and lifestyle attributes with their owners, and a growing awareness is developing in the public and among rese... Read More about Spontaneous dog osteoarthritis — a One Medicine vision.

DIVERSITY OF STAPHYLOCOCCAL SPECIES CULTURED FROM CAPTIVE LIVINGSTONE’S FRUIT BATS (PTEROPUS LIVINGSTONII) AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT (2019)
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Fountain, K., Roberts, L., Young, V., Barbon, A., Frosini, S.-M., Lloyd, D. H., & Loeffler, A. (2019). DIVERSITY OF STAPHYLOCOCCAL SPECIES CULTURED FROM CAPTIVE LIVINGSTONE’S FRUIT BATS (PTEROPUS LIVINGSTONII) AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 50(1), 266-269. https://doi.org/10.1638/2018-0121

Livingstone's fruit bats (Pteropus livingstonii) are critically endangered and a captive population has been established as part of the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Action Plan. The largest colony, in Jersey Zoo, was sampled... Read More about DIVERSITY OF STAPHYLOCOCCAL SPECIES CULTURED FROM CAPTIVE LIVINGSTONE’S FRUIT BATS (PTEROPUS LIVINGSTONII) AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT.

Clinical features, anaesthetic management and perioperative complications seen in three horses with pheochromocytoma (2019)
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Norgate, D. J., Foster, A., Dunkel, B., Spiro, S., & Veres-Nyeki, K. O. (2019). Clinical features, anaesthetic management and perioperative complications seen in three horses with pheochromocytoma. https://doi.org/10.1136/vetreccr-2018-000744

Three horses presenting with colic signs to the Equine Referral Hospital at The Royal Veterinary College underwent general anaesthesia between September 2013 and November 2017 for emergency exploratory laparotomy. No obvious cause for the colic signs... Read More about Clinical features, anaesthetic management and perioperative complications seen in three horses with pheochromocytoma.

The use of contextualised standardised client simulation to develop clinical reasoning in final year veterinary students (2019)
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Vinten, C. E. K., Cobb, K. A., & Mossop, L. H. (2019). The use of contextualised standardised client simulation to develop clinical reasoning in final year veterinary students. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 47(1), 56-68. https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme.0917-132r1

Clinical reasoning is an important skill for veterinary students to develop before graduation. Simulation has been studied in medical education as a method for developing clinical reasoning in students, but evidence supporting it is limited. This stu... Read More about The use of contextualised standardised client simulation to develop clinical reasoning in final year veterinary students.

Occurrence of Rhabditid Nematodes in the Pet Giant African Land Snails (Achatina fulica) (2019)
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D'Ovidio, D., Nermut, J., Adami, C., & Santoro, M. (2019). Occurrence of Rhabditid Nematodes in the Pet Giant African Land Snails (Achatina fulica). Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 6(88), https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2019.00088

Gastropods comprise nearly 60,000 species of aquatic as well as terrestrial mollusks, primarily snails and slugs. The giant African land snail (Achatina fulica) is one of the most popular pet snails worldwide. This gastropod mollusk is known as the i... Read More about Occurrence of Rhabditid Nematodes in the Pet Giant African Land Snails (Achatina fulica).

Functional Electrical Stimulation following nerve injury in a Large Animal Model (2019)
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Cercone, M., Jarvis, J., Ducharme, N., Perkins, J. D. M., Piercy, R. J., Willand, M., Mitchell, L., Sledziona, M., Soderholm, L. V., & Cheetham, J. (2019). Functional Electrical Stimulation following nerve injury in a Large Animal Model. Muscle & Nerve, 59(6), 717-725. https://doi.org/10.1002/mus.26460

Introduction: Controversy exists over the effects of functional electrical stimulation (FES) on reinnervation. We hypothesized that intramuscular FES would not delay reinnervation after recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLn) axonotmesis. Methods: RLn cryo‐i... Read More about Functional Electrical Stimulation following nerve injury in a Large Animal Model.

Relating neuromuscular control to functional anatomy of limb muscles in extant archosaurs (2019)
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Cuff, A. R., Daley, M. A., Michel, K. B., Allen, V. R., Lamas, L. P., Adami, C., Monticelli, P., Pelligand, L., & Hutchinson, J. R. (2019). Relating neuromuscular control to functional anatomy of limb muscles in extant archosaurs. Journal of Morphology, 280(5), 666-680. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20973

Electromyography (EMG) is used to understand muscle activity patterns in animals. Understanding how much variation exists in muscle activity patterns in homologous muscles across animal clades during similar behaviours is important for evaluating the... Read More about Relating neuromuscular control to functional anatomy of limb muscles in extant archosaurs.

Survey of surgical specialists’ content preferences in radiology reports for extrahepatic portosystemic shunts (2019)
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Plested, M. J., & Drees, R. (2019). Survey of surgical specialists’ content preferences in radiology reports for extrahepatic portosystemic shunts. https://doi.org/10.1111/vru.12730

The aim of this prospective, survey study was to assess the opinions of specialist surgeons as to the preferred content, nomenclature, and classification of extrahepatic portosystemic shunts for inclusion in radiology reports. A link to an online sur... Read More about Survey of surgical specialists’ content preferences in radiology reports for extrahepatic portosystemic shunts.