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Animal Medicine (animal + medicine)
Selected AbstractsA Colour Handbook of Urinary Stones in Small Animal MedicineJOURNAL OF SMALL ANIMAL PRACTICE, Issue 12 2009Alasdair Hotston Moore No abstract is available for this article. [source] A retrospective study of the clinical presentation of 140 dogs and 39 cats with bacteraemiaJOURNAL OF SMALL ANIMAL PRACTICE, Issue 8 2008M. Greiner Objectives: To evaluate retrospective data from 140 dogs and 39 cats with positive blood cultures that were presented to the Clinic for Small Animal Medicine in Munich from 1995 to 2004. Methods: The identity of bacteria isolated from blood cultures of dogs and cats with bacteraemia was determined, and clinical and laboratory findings and outcome of animals with Gram-negative versus Gram-positive bacteraemia were compared. Results: Sepsis was diagnosed in 81·7 per cent of dogs and 59·5 per cent of cats with bacteraemia. Escherichia coli was isolated in one third of the animals. Dogs with bacteraemia more often showed monocytosis and increased alkaline phosphatase activity, while in cats, hyperglycaemia was found more commonly. Dogs with Gram-negative bacteraemia had hypoalbuminaemia significantly more often than dogs with Gram-positive bacteraemia, while among the remaining parameters, there were no statistically significant differences. Clinical Significance: Not all dogs and cats with a positive blood culture met the criteria for sepsis. Bacteraemia caused by Gram-positive versus Gram-negative bacteria cannot be distinguished based on clinical or laboratory parameters, and bacterial culture and susceptibility testing have to be performed for the right choice of antibiotic treatment. [source] Role of Lung Surfactant in Respiratory Disease: Current Knowledge in Large Animal MedicineJOURNAL OF VETERINARY INTERNAL MEDICINE, Issue 2 2009U. Christmann Lung surfactant is produced by type II alveolar cells as a mixture of phospholipids, surfactant proteins, and neutral lipids. Surfactant lowers alveolar surface tension and is crucial for the prevention of alveolar collapse. In addition, surfactant contributes to smaller airway patency and improves mucociliary clearance. Surfactant-specific proteins are part of the innate immune defense mechanisms of the lung. Lung surfactant alterations have been described in a number of respiratory diseases. Surfactant deficiency (quantitative deficit of surfactant) in premature animals causes neonatal respiratory distress syndrome. Surfactant dysfunction (qualitative changes in surfactant) has been implicated in the pathophysiology of acute respiratory distress syndrome and asthma. Analysis of surfactant from amniotic fluid allows assessment of fetal lung maturity (FLM) in the human fetus and exogenous surfactant replacement therapy is part of the standard care in premature human infants. In contrast to human medicine, use and success of FLM testing or surfactant replacement therapy remain limited in veterinary medicine. Lung surfactant has been studied in large animal models of human disease. However, only a few reports exist on lung surfactant alterations in naturally occurring respiratory disease in large animals. This article gives a general review on the role of lung surfactant in respiratory disease followed by an overview of our current knowledge on surfactant in large animal veterinary medicine. [source] In-House Caseload and Education of Veterinary Students in Production Animal MedicineJOURNAL OF VETERINARY INTERNAL MEDICINE, Issue 1 2002MMedVet, Robert O. Gilbert BVSc No abstract is available for this article. [source] Companion Animal Medicine in the Age of Medical GeneticsJOURNAL OF VETERINARY INTERNAL MEDICINE, Issue 1 2000Donald F. Patterson We'd like to explain what pathology means, In terms of what's wrong with the structure of genes; Know if a control or a structural locus Constitutes the exact pathological focus. With the help of the enzymes that slice DNA, And cloning techniques, we now have a way To study the actual sequence of bases; To know when those purines are not in their places.1 [source] | ||||||||||