Clinical findings, diagnostic test results, and treatment outcome in cats with hiatal hernia: 31 cases (1995-2018).

Background: Information regarding clinical signs, assessment, treatment, and outcome in cats with hiatal hernia (HH) is limited.

Objectives: To characterize the clinical presentation of HH and medical and surgical outcomes in a cohort of affected cats.

Animals: Thirty-one client-owned cats with HH.

Shunt tube placement for amelioration of cerebrospinal fluid flow obstruction caused by spinal cord subarachnoid fibrosis in dogs.

Objective: To describe a novel technique for ameliorating cerebrospinal fluid flow obstruction secondary to pia-arachnoid fibrosis in dogs and report outcome.

Study Design: Descriptive report and retrospective case series.

Animals: Dogs with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow obstruction (n = 7).

The Association of Specific Constituents of the Fecal Microbiota with Immune-Mediated Brain Disease in Dogs.

Meningoencephalomyelitis of unknown origin (MUO) is a common, naturally-occurring, clinical disease of pet dogs. It is an immune-mediated condition that has many similarities with experimental autoimmune encephalitis (EAE) in rodents and so investigation of its pathogenesis may aid in understanding factors that contribute to development of multiple sclerosis in people. Gut microbiota are known to modulate immune responses that influence susceptibility to immune-mediated brain disease.