Tetracyclines and different fluoroquinolones are effective in the treatment of cats infected with Mycoplasma haemofelis. However, no treatment protocol has consistently eliminated the organism, and antimicrobial susceptibility may vary among M. haemofelis isolates. What about the fluoroquinolone marbofloxacin?
Immunophenotypic Markers of Prognosis in Canine Lymphoproliferative Disease
Canine lymphoproliferative disease often presents with lymphocytosis and is immunophenotypically diverse. This fascinating article is dealing with the question whether a prognosis in those diseases can be made via immunophenotyping.
Obligate anaerobic bacteria in ulcerative keratitis of domestic animals
Ulcerative keratitis is commonly treated with antibiotics at first, and often bacterial culture and sensitivity tests are not available when the therapy is started. How often are obligate anaerobic bacteria involved, and are there any differences between the domestic animals? A very interesting study including 330 domestic animals with ulcerative keratitis!
Idiopathic Immune-Mediated Hemolytic Anemia: An Update
Idiopathic Immune-Mediated Hemolytic Anemia is a life-threatening and often fulminant disease. How is the treatment outcome, and how are the prognostic factors. This interesting study on almost 150 dogs is a cooperation of colleagues from Belgium and the Nethterlands.
High incidence of leukemia in large animals after stem cell gene therapy
Retroviral vector-mediated HSC gene therapy has been used to treat individuals with a number of life-threatening diseases. However, some patients with SCID-X1 developed retroviral vector-mediated leukemia after treatment. Why does this happen, and can this therapy still be recommended?
Prediction of behavior of canine synovial tumors
Synovial tumors are not too common in dogs, but if they are diagnosed it is important to inform the owners about progression and prognosis. This very interesting study tried to find predictive factors...
Tunicamycin-induced liver damage in guinea pigs
Guinea pigs have become very popular pets over the last decades and are more and more owned by adults and not only by children. So the small animal practitioner must become familiar with special reactions in this species - including the apoptosis of liver cells induced by tunicamycin.
First description of a choriocarcinoma in a rabbit (case report)
A very interesting case with very unspecific clinical signs like apathy and indisposition in a middle-aged female rabbit. The paplable mass in the caudal abdomen did not origin from the ovaries but from the uterus and had already metastasized...
ECG changes in a dog with chemodectoma (case report)
A middle-aged Rottweiler presented with the non-specific signs of lethargy, anorexia, vomiting and multiple syncopal events. It also took some time for the colleagues to find the origin of the heart changes like third degree atrioventricular block and an intermittent accelerated idioventricular rhythm. A fascinating case report!
7th European Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Congress 2008 7th EVECCS Congress
29th May - 1st June 2008 Göteborg, Sweden The main aim of the European Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society is to promote the study, development, and practice of veterinary emergency medicine and critical patient care in Europe.
The Veterinary Ireland Companion Animal Society (VICAS) will host the World’s companion animal veterinarians to the 33rd WSAVA Congress and 14th European, FECAVA Congress in 2008 in Dublin, Ireland.
We look forward to welcoming you to Ireland!
Reproduction Congress: ISCFR and EVSSAR Joint Meeting 2008 6th International Symposium on Canine and Feline Reproduction (ISCFR) and 6th Biannual Congress of European Veterinary Society for Small Animal Reproduction (EVSSAR) 9 - 11 July 2008
Vienna, Austria
