Possible Brainstem Anaesthesia in a Cat after Ultrasound-Guided Retrobulbar Block.

A 13-year-old neutered, blue-eyed female Siamese cat with a bodyweight of 4.8 kg was admitted for enucleation of the right eye. An ultrasound guided retrobulbar block with 1 mL of ropivacaine was performed under general anaesthesia.

Severe Hypercapnia during Anaesthesia under Mechanical Ventilation in Two Paediatric Patients.

A 2-month-old male 1.56 kg Yorkshire terrier (Case No. 1) and a 3-month-old male 2.

64-multidetector CT anatomical assessment of the feline bronchial and pulmonary vascular structures.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to provide a detailed anatomical study of the feline bronchial and vascular structures by using CT angiography (CTA).

Methods: Adult cats with no respiratory clinical signs were enrolled in a CTA protocol to provide an anatomical study of the thorax. The dimensions, number of branches and branching pattern (monopodial vs dichotomic) of both bronchial and pulmonary vascular structures were evaluated under positive inspiration apnoea.

Multidetector computed tomographic pulmonary angiography in a cat with fatal heartworm disease.

A 17-month-old neutered male domestic shorthair cat was referred for a computed tomographic (CT) study of the thorax due to respiratory distress. Multidetector CT angiography showed a multifocal interstitial ground glass opacity, tortuous and blunted pulmonary arteries consistent with thromboembolism with perivascular lung infiltration and hypoventilation in multiple lung lobes. A blood antigen test was positive for Dirofilaria immitis.

The effect of butorphanol on the incidence of dexmedetomidine-induced emesis in cats.

Objective: Τo evaluate the antiemetic effect of butorphanol (BUT) when co-administered with dexmedetomidine (DEX) in cats.

Study Design: Double-blind, randomized controlled cross-over experimental study.

Animals: Fourteen purpose-bred healthy Domestic Short Hair cats, seven females and seven males, aged median (range) 14-84 (78) months and weighing 1.

Aspergillus fumigatus Bronchopneumonia in a Hellenic Shepherd Dog.

A 3 yr old intact female Hellenic shepherd dog was referred due to depression, partial anorexia, fever, and a mild productive cough of 2 mo duration. Thoracic radiographs showed increased opacity of all of the left lung lobes. Upon bronchoscopy, a sanguineous, purulent discharge was detected in the tracheal lumen with hyperplastic tissue narrowing the left main stem bronchus.