Parasiticide use and obesity in dogs with sudden acquired retinal degeneration syndrome.

Objective: To investigate parasiticide use and describe signalment features in patients with sudden acquired retinal degeneration syndrome (SARDS).

Animals: Retrospective case-control study of dogs with (n = 71) and without (136) SARDS.

Methods: Parasiticide use, presentation season, weight, body condition, and signalment were compared between dogs diagnosed with SARDS and the reference population by use of descriptive statistics and logistic regression.

Progressive ulcerative keratitis in dogs in the United Kingdom: Microbial isolates, antimicrobial sensitivity, and resistance patterns.

Objectives: The objective of the study was to identify bacterial pathogens and their antimicrobial sensitivity profile associated with cases of canine progressive ulcerative keratitis.

Materials And Methods: Analysis of microbial culture and sensitivity results from dogs with progressive ulcerative keratitis presenting to a UK referral practice between December 2018 and August 2020.

Results: Positive bacterial cultures were obtained from 80/148 (54%) of the canine ulcers sampled with 99 bacterial isolates cultured.

Lower lid entropion in dogs: A modified technique of the combined Hotz-Celsus and wedge resection procedure.

Background: This study aimed to describe a modification of the combined Hotz-Celsus and wedge resection technique for the treatment of lower lid entropion in dogs and evaluate its success rate.

Methods: To reduce tissue trauma, facilitate tissue handling and shorten the surgical time, shortening of the eyelid was performed by excising a rectangular piece of the eyelid margin only, in the central section, extending to but not below the first Hotz-Celsus incision. The eyelid margin surgical wound was then sutured before excision of the Hotz-Celsus crescent which had been surgically scored at the start of surgery.

Assessment of the inter-rater agreement of corneal cytology and culture findings in canine ulcerative keratitis.

Objectives: To assess the inter-rater agreement of corneal cytology findings in canine ulcerative keratitis by veterinary surgeons of different training levels and the agreement of corneal cytology with culture.

Materials And Methods: Dogs with progressive ulcerative keratitis were prospectively recruited for corneal cytology and culture. Corneal cytology slides were reviewed by veterinary surgeons of different training levels (three general practitioners, three ophthalmologists and three pathologists).

Use of subdermal hyaluronic acid injections and a free labial mucocutaneous graft for the repair of feline eyelid agenesis.

Objective: To describe a technique to repair feline eyelid agenesis using a hyaluronic acid (HA) subdermal filler injection to allow for acute soft tissue expansion, followed by a free labial mucocutaneous graft.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-nine colobomatous eyelids in 24 feline patients with secondary keratitis were recruited to the study group.

Results: Keratitis and trichiasis were markedly resolved in 27/39 (69.

Bilateral enucleation in dogs: A review of owner perceptions and satisfaction.

Purpose: To evaluate owner perceptions of the quality of life of their dogs before and after bilateral enucleation and to assess owner satisfaction with the procedure.

Methods: Medical records of 72 dogs from the Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service (49 dogs) and the Royal Veterinary College (RVC, 23 dogs) that had undergone bilateral enucleation, either in one procedure or at different times, between April 2008 (Willows) or 2012 (RVC) and April 2017, were reviewed. Owners were initially telephoned to determine owner satisfaction, followed by a postal visual analogue scale (VAS) questionnaire evaluating perceptions of their dog's quality of life before and after the bilateral enucleation.

Clinical and pathological findings in three dogs with a corneocentric presentation of nodular granulomatous episcleritis.

Purpose: To describe the clinical signs, management, histopathologic findings, and outcome of three dogs with a corneocentric presentation of nodular granulomatous episcleritis (NGE).

Methods: Three dogs of varying breeds were presented for a unilateral, nonpainful, and infiltrative corneal lesion in the dorsal aspect of the eye. Clinical response to symptomatic topical treatment directed at a presumed inflammatory or immune-mediated cause was poor.

Clinical signs, imaging findings, and outcome in twelve cats with internal ophthalmoparesis/ophthalmoplegia.

Objective: To retrospectively evaluate the clinical signs, imaging findings, and outcome of feline internal ophthalmoparesis/ophthalmoplegia.

Procedure: Medical records were reviewed from 2008 to 2015. Inclusion criteria included cats that presented with internal ophthalmoparesis/ophthalmoplegia, underwent diagnostic imaging, and had follow-up information available.

Thromboelastographic assessment of the contribution of platelets and clotting proteases to the hypercoagulable state of dogs with immune-mediated hemolytic anemia.

Background: Hypercoagulability is a well-known feature of canine immune-mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA) and is believed to increase the risk of thrombosis. This study was undertaken to differentiate the relative contribution of platelets and clotting proteases to this hypercoagulability using thromboelastography (TEG).

Study Design: Retrospective observational study.