A retrospective multi-center study of treatment, outcome, and prognostic factors in 34 dogs with disseminated aspergillosis in Australia.

Background: Disseminated aspergillosis (DA) in dogs has a guarded prognosis and there is a lack of a gold standard treatment protocol.

Objective: To retrospectively assess survival times and factors influencing survival times.

Animals: Dogs diagnosed with DA from January 2007 to June 2017.

Medical management of esophageal perforation secondary to esophageal foreign bodies in 5 dogs.

Objective: To describe 5 cases of conservative management of substantial esophageal perforation in dogs.

Series Summary: Five dogs presented with an esophageal foreign body (EFB) and resultant esophageal perforation. Clinical signs at presentation included tachycardia, tachypnea, and increased respiratory effort.

Bilateral phalangeal fillet technique for metacarpal pad reconstruction in a dog.

Loss of the metacarpal or metatarsal pad requires reconstruction with other pad tissue to allow functional weight-bearing on the limb. This report describes the use of a bilateral phalangeal fillet technique to reconstruct a weight-bearing surface in a dog following complete excision of its right metacarpal pad for malignant melanoma. This resulted in a functional weight-bearing limb.

Morphological and molecular characterisation of a mixed Cryptosporidium muris/Cryptosporidium felis infection in a cat.

To date Cryptosporidium muris has been identified by microscopy and genotyping in cats in two studies. We report morphological and genetic evidence of a mixed C. muris and C.

Pancreatic response in healthy dogs fed diets of various fat compositions.

Objective: To indirectly assess the pancreatic response in healthy dogs that were fed diets of different fat compositions with or without supplemental pancreatic enzymes and medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs).

Animals: 10 healthy adult dogs.

Procedures: Dogs were fed 4 diets once in random order at 1-week intervals; food was withheld from the dogs for > or = 12 hours prior to the feeding of each diet.

Development of a clinical severity index for dogs with acute pancreatitis.

Objective: To establish a clinical severity index that correlates severity of body system abnormalities with outcome in dogs with acute pancreatitis (AP) and determine the usefulness of serum C-reactive protein (C-RP) concentration as an objective measure of AP severity.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Animals: 61 client-owned dogs with ultrasonographically or histologically confirmed AP.