UK-based multicentre cross-sectional study assessing advice requests veterinary dermatologists received from general practitioners.

Background: There is little currently little information available regarding the nature of the advice requests veterinary dermatologists receive from general practitioners. Collation of such data could direct continuing veterinary development in the future.

Methods: Dermatologists completed hand-written recording sheets during or after enquiries.

Long-term management of horses with atopic dermatitis in southeastern England: a retrospective questionnaire study of owners' perceptions.

Background: Allergic pruritus and urticaria in the horse are challenging for veterinarians and owners; little is known about their long-term management.

Objectives: To summarize intradermal allergen test results (IDT), and to assess owners' perceptions of skin disease and the effects of medical treatment and management changes in their atopic horses over time.

Animals: Eighty two horses with atopic dermatitis in southeastern England between 2006 and 2011.

Functional electrical stimulation with exercises for standing balance and weight transfer in acute stroke patients: a feasibility randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: To test parameters needed for the design of a larger trial including the following: 1) identifying eligible participants, recruitment, and retention rates; 2) the feasibility and acceptability of delivering functional electrical stimulation (FES) to the gluteus maximus and quadriceps femoris for acute stroke patients in a hospital rehabilitation setting; 3) the outcome measures; 4) obtaining initial estimates of effect size; and 5) clarifying the relevant control group.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-one people with acute stroke-mean age = 68 (min to max: 33-87) years; weeks postonset = 4.6 (min to max: 1-14)-were randomized to three groups to receive two weeks of balance training with FES, balance training alone, or usual care.

Investigating head and trunk rotation in sitting: a pilot study comparing people after stroke and healthy controls.

Background And Purpose: Healthy individuals have a top-down coordination pattern when turning while walking; they first rotate the head, then the shoulders, the pelvis and, finally, the feet. The aim of this study was to compare spatial and temporal characteristics of head and trunk rotation in sitting between people early after stroke and healthy participants, and investigate change over time.

Methods: This was a pilot, quantitative, longitudinal study.

Kinematic analysis of head, trunk, and pelvis movement when people early after stroke reach sideways.

Background: Sideways reaching with the unaffected arm while seated is a component of everyday activities and can be a challenging task early after stroke. Kinematic analysis of a lateral reach task may provide potential rehabilitation strategies.

Objective: The authors examined the difference between people with stroke and healthy controls in the movement sequence of head, trunk, and pelvis, as well as the difference in angle at maximum reach and peak velocity for each body segment during reach and return.

Management of canine atopic dermatitis using the plant extract PYM00217: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study.

This study evaluated PYM00217, a proprietary blend of plant extracts, in the management of canine atopic dermatitis (AD). One hundred and twenty dogs were diagnosed with perennial AD on the basis of history, clinical signs, a positive test for perennial allergens and elimination of other dermatoses. Exclusion criteria included antimicrobials within 7 days, antihistamines within 14 days, oral/topical glucocorticoids or ciclosporin within 28 days, and parenteral glucocorticoids, essential fatty acids or immunotherapy within 56 days.

Estimation of heritability of atopic dermatitis in Labrador and Golden Retrievers.

Objective: To estimate the heritability of atopic dermatitis in Golden and Labrador Retrievers.

Animals: 429 dogs related to 13 dogs with atopic dermatitis.

Procedure: Atopic dermatitis was defined on the basis of the type and frequency of clinical signs recorded in the clinical records, and each dog was classified with atopic dermatitis or probable atopic dermatitis or as nonatopic.

Equine Cutaneous Lymphoma: A Case Report.

Résumé- Les commémoratifs, les symptômes, l'histologie et la réponse au traitement d'un cheval de 15 ans atteint de lymphome cutané sont décrits. La jument présente de multiples nodules cutanés depuis 11 ans. Un diagnostic de lymphome cutané est poséà l'examen histologique de biopsies réalisées 2 fois à 4 ans d'intervalle.