Burnout among veterinary anaesthesia specialists: time to 'rock the boat' (part 1).

Objective: To determine the prevalence of burnout among veterinary anaesthesia specialists and explore correlations with sociodemographic variables.

Study Design: Cross-sectional, online, anonymous, voluntary survey.

Population: A total of 530 worldwide veterinary anaesthesia specialists affiliated to American (ACVAA) and/or European (ECVAA) Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia Colleges.

Extended oxygen supplementation after thoracotomy in rats may improve welfare.

A retrospective comparison of welfare indicators in male rats undergoing thoracotomy for intrapleural dosing is presented. The initial cohort ( = 7) breathed room air after recovery from anaesthesia, while later cohorts ( = 12) had oxygen supplementation for up to 48 h post-surgery. Rats breathing room air sustained a statistically significant average body-weight loss of -1.

Update on surgical cosmetic solutions in equine ophthalmology.

Following eye removal surgery, ocular cosmetic solutions exist for the equine patient. The objective of this review is to summarize the current best evidence on equine ophthalmic cosmetic solutions. A literature review of ophthalmic cosmetic solutions in horses was conducted.

Investigation of glucagon-like peptide-1 response to six oral carbohydrates in ponies.

Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), the principal incretin in horses, may play a role in the pathophysiology of insulin dysregulation (ID). This study aimed to describe its concentration in response to three preserved forages and four dynamic tests for ID in ponies. Twelve adult ponies of mixed ID status were given a meal of hay, soaked hay or haylage, an in-feed oral glucose test (OGT), oral sugar test (OST), an oral test using a proprietary breakfast cereal (WEET) or a combined glucose-insulin tolerance test (CGIT) weekly in a randomised cross-over study.

Comparison of one novel and four established diagnostic tests for insulin dysregulation in ponies.

Several tests have been advocated for diagnosis of insulin dysregulation (ID). Tests using simple sugars may not reflect the response to naturally ingested carbohydrates. This study aimed to evaluate agreement between the oral glucose test (OGT), the oral sugar test (OST), a novel oral test using a proprietary cereal (WEET), the IV combined glucose-insulin tolerance test (CGIT) and fasted basal insulin (FI) for diagnosis of ID.