Urinary Cystatin B as a marker of acute kidney injury in cats.

Diagnosing acute kidney injury (AKI) might be challenging due to lack of sensitive early markers. The objective of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic utility of the urinary biomarker Cystatin B (uCysB) in cats with AKI. Seventy-six client-owned cats were included.

Serum chemistry, thyroxine concentration, and blood cell morphology of wild, young Blackchin Guitarfish Glaucostegus cemiculus sampled on the eastern Mediterranean coastline.

Objective: The Blackchin Guitarfish Glaucostegus cemiculus is endemic to the Mediterranean Sea and is critically endangered, but relevant routine laboratory data are unavailable. Our objectives were to determine the packed cell volume (PCV), comprehensive serum chemistry analytes, and serum total thyroxine (sTT4) concentration; compare serum albumin and serum globulin concentrations as measured by two different methods; and describe the blood cell morphology of healthy, free-ranging Blackchin Guitarfish.

Methods: Wild Blackchin Guitarfish were captured using a seine net.

Thromboelastometry for assessment of hemostasis and disease severity in 42 dogs with naturally-occurring heatstroke.

Background: Thromboelastometry (TEM) provides a comprehensive overview of the entire coagulation process and has not been evaluated in heatstroke-induced coagulopathies in dogs.

Objectives: To determine the diagnostic and prognostic utility of TEM in dogs with heatstroke.

Animals: Forty-two client-owned dogs with heatstroke.

Giardiasis and diarrhea in dogs: Does the microbiome matter?

Background: Giardia duodenalis (Gd) causes intestinal parasitosis. The involvement of the intestinal microbiome in determining the infection's clinical phenotype is unknown.

Objective: Investigate the fecal microbiome features in dogs with giardiasis.

Serum Cholesterol Concentration on Admission in 415 Dogs Envenomated by as a Marker of Envenomation Severity and Outcome-A Retrospective Study.

() (), accounts for most envenomations in humans and dogs in Israel. In humans envenomed by , serum cholesterol concentration (sChol) is inversely correlated with envenomation severity. This study examined the utility of sChol upon admission in dogs envenomed by as an envenomation severity and outcome marker.