Demonstrating the importance of local culture and susceptibility data: antibiograms from dogs at a veterinary tertiary care center.

Objective: To create antibiograms for commonly cultured organisms in a small animal tertiary care hospital following Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines and to compare these local resistance patterns to published first-tier antimicrobial recommendations.

Sample: Urine (n = 429), respiratory (41), and skin (75) isolates cultured from dogs between January 1, 2019, and December 31, 2020, at the Tufts University Foster Hospital for Small Animals.

Procedures: MIC and susceptibility interpretations were recorded for multiple sites for 2 years.

Impact of antimicrobial use in dogs on antimicrobial resistance and shared flora with human owners.

Transmission of bacteria between animals and humans in domestic households is increasingly recognized. We evaluated the presence of antimicrobial-resistant fecal bacteria in 8 dog-owner-dog pairs before and after the dog received amoxicillin-clavulanate. The study identified shared flora in the humans and dogs that were affected by antimicrobial administration.

Successful treatment of suspect -induced ARDS in a dog using lung-protective positive-pressure ventilation and neuromuscular blockade.

A mixed breed dog was treated for severe hemolytic anemia secondary to infection. Within 14 hours of hospitalization, the dog developed respiratory distress and hypoxemia. The patient improved with lung-protective mechanical ventilation and neuromuscular blockade.

Prazosin administration increases the rate of recurrent urethral obstruction in cats: 388 cases.

Objective: To determine if prazosin administration decreased the rate of recurrent urethral obstruction (rUO) before hospital discharge and within 14 days.

Animals: 388 cats with urethral obstruction.

Procedures: Veterinarians who either always or never prescribed prazosin (generally, 0.

The use of caffeine as a respiratory stimulant in a cat.

Objective: To report the use of caffeine as a respiratory stimulant in a cat with hypoventilation.

Case Summary: A cat was mechanically ventilated due to persistent hypercapnia (P co  > 75 mm Hg) following median sternotomy and thymectomy. After 3 days of mechanical ventilatory support, the cat would initiate breaths but failed weaning due to persistent hypercapnia.

Patterns of bacterial culture and antimicrobial susceptibility test results for dogs with retrobulbar abscesses: 133 cases (2002-2019).

Objective: To evaluate patterns of bacterial culture and antimicrobial susceptibility test results for dogs with retrobulbar abscesses and generate recommendations for empirical antimicrobial selection.

Animals: 133 dogs examined between 2002 and 2019.

Procedures: Records were retrospectively reviewed to determine type of bacterial culture, number and type of bacterial isolates, antimicrobial susceptibility test results, concurrent and recent antimicrobial exposure, effect of culture results on antimicrobial regimen, and outcome.

Diagnostic utility of abdominal ultrasonography for evaluation of dogs with nontraumatic hemoabdomen: 94 cases (2014-2017).

Objective: To evaluate the utility of abdominal ultrasonography (AUS) to detect grossly evident masses in dogs with nontraumatic hemoabdomen.

Animals: 94 client-owned dogs.

Procedures: Electronic medical records from 2014 to 2017 were searched to identify dogs with nontraumatic hemoabdomen that had an AUS performed by a radiologist and subsequently underwent gross evaluation by surgery or necropsy.

Cataloguing the response by emergency veterinary hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic via weekly surveys.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has presented veterinary emergency hospitals with unique challenges. Rapid online surveys represent an efficient way of collating responses to rapidly shifting circumstances.

Methods: Fifty, 24-h small animal emergency veterinary hospital representatives were recruited to participate in weekly surveys in April 2020 to catalog changes due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Perceptions of Maternal Discrimination and Pregnancy/Postpartum Experiences Among Veterinary Mothers.

To describe perceptions of maternal discrimination and to begin to understand patterns around timing of starting families, infertility, and post-partum depression among veterinary mothers. Cross-sectional questionnaire with closed and open-ended questions posted to a social media platform "Moms with a DVM." 1,082 veterinary mothers in the United States.

Usage patterns of carbapenem antimicrobials in dogs and cats at a veterinary tertiary care hospital.

Background: Carbapenems are a class of antimicrobials reserved for resistant infections or systemically ill people, yet the extent and context in which they are prescribed in the small animals is understudied.

Hypothesis/objective: To describe cases in dogs and cats treated with carbapenems to establish baseline data regarding the types of infections, outcomes, and resistance profiles of target infections. We hypothesize that prescribing practices for carbapenems at a veterinary tertiary care hospital would not comply with the recommended use guidelines in human medicine.

Parenterally administered vancomycin in 29 dogs and 7 cats (2003-2017).

Background: Vancomycin is commonly used to treat resistant bacterial infections in people. Reported adverse effects of vancomycin in people include acute kidney injury (AKI), neutropenia, and systemic allergic reaction. Given the increased incidence of vancomycin-resistant bacterial infections in people, support is growing for restriction of vancomycin.

Perceptions of support and policies regarding pregnancy, parenting, and family planning during veterinary training at United States veterinary medical training institutions.

OBJECTIVE To gather information about issues associated with pregnancy, lactation, and parenting for US veterinary students and house officers (trainees) and their perception of pregnancy and parenting support services available at US veterinary training institutions. DESIGN Cross-sectional mixed-method survey. SAMPLE 2,088 veterinary students and 312 house officers from 27 US veterinary training institutions.