Complications and outcomes of thoracoscopic-assisted lung lobectomy in dogs.

Objective: To describe complications and outcomes of dogs undergoing thoracoscopic-assisted (TA) lung lobectomy.

Study Design: Multi-institutional, retrospective study.

Animals: Client-owned dogs (n = 30).

Mild to moderate overweight in dogs: is there an impact on routine hematological and biochemical profiles, echocardiographic parameters and cardiac autonomic modulation?

Obesity is considered the most common nutritional disease of dogs. Even though overt obesity is more likely to impair health, even moderately overweight dogs are at greater risk for requiring medication for chronic health problems earlier in life. Although the number of overweight dogs far exceeds the number of obese ones, most of the studies published so far focused on derangements in a mixed overweight/obese population (Body condition score - BCS ≥7/9) rather than in separated groups.