This study evaluated whether one supervised simulated ovariohysterectomy (OVH) using a locally developed canine OVH model, decreased surgical time for final-year veterinary students' first live-animal OVH. We also investigated student perceptions of the model as a teaching aid. Final-year veterinary students were exposed to an OVH model (Group M, = 48) and compared to students without the exposure (Group C, = 58).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio)
September 2016
Objective: To investigate the diagnostic potential of the concentrations of acute-phase proteins serum amyloid A (SAA), haptoglobin (Hp), and fibrinogen in blood and peritoneal fluid (PF) for differentiating horses with inflammatory colic (entero-colitis and peritonitis) from those with surgical colic.
Design: Prospective observational multicenter study.
Setting: Two university referral hospitals.