Publications by authors named "Emily Jayne Blackwell"
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- Idiopathic epilepsy (IE) is a common chronic condition in dogs, and many owners report interictal anxiety (IIA) in their pets.
- A survey of 220 dog owners revealed that 83.6% experience IIA, with most (90.4%) using behavioral or training strategies to manage it.
- Only 28.5% felt fully supported by their veterinarians, indicating a need for improved veterinary guidance on managing IIA.
Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is a common infectious cause of death in cats, with heritable host factors associated with altered risk of disease. To assess the role of feline interferon-gamma gene () variants in this risk, the allele frequencies of two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (g.401 and g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In the last 20 years, two studies on the veterinary use of perioperative analgesia in small mammals reported a limited use of analgesics in rabbits but suggested an increasing use over the years. The aim of this study was to better understand how pain is treated and ameliorated in rabbits while under veterinary care.
Methods: An online survey of 60 questions was developed and advertised at national and international veterinary conferences, in veterinary publications and on social media.
Our study aimed to determine if certain early life events were more prevalent in cats presenting to veterinary practices specifically for gastrointestinal signs on at least two occasions between six months and 30 months of age. Data from an owner-completed questionnaire for 1212 cats before 16 weeks of age and subsequent questionnaires for the same cats between six months and 30 months of age were reviewed. Of the 1212 cats included, 30 visited a veterinary practice for gastrointestinal signs on two or more occasions.
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