Influence of canal preparation depth on the incidence of femoral medullary infarction with Zurich Cementless Canine Total Hip arthroplasty.

Objective: To determine the incidence of femoral medullary infarction after modifying the depth of femoral reaming and filing when performing total hip replacement (THR) using the Zurich Cementless Total Hip Replacement system (ZCTHR).

Study Design: Case series.

Animals: Dogs (n=31) that had ZCTHR (34).

Severe cholestatic liver disease secondary to liver fluke (Platynosomum concinnum) infection in three cats.

Three middle-aged domestic cats were presented for vomiting, lethargy, anorexia, and jaundice. Complete blood counts, serum biochemical profiles, and abdominal ultrasounds were suggestive of extrahepatic biliary obstruction in all of the cats. Infection with the liver fluke Platynosomum concinnum was confirmed by intraoperative bile cytology in three cases and by histopathology in two cases.

Use of fetal skeletal mineralization for prediction of parturition date in cats.

Objective: To determine the relationship between parturition date and fetal skeletal mineralization detected radiographically in cats.

Design: Prospective clinical trial.

Animals: 31 queens and their 49 pregnancies.