Antibiograms of field and hospital acquired equine neonatal bacterial fluid cultures in the Midwestern United States: 149 samples (2007-2018).

Background: Contemporary data reflecting local pathogens and their antibiograms is necessary to select empirical antimicrobial therapy for equine neonates.

Hypothesis/objectives: Describe bacterial isolates associated with equine neonatal infection and their antibiograms in the Midwestern United States. An increase in gram-positive infection and antibiotic resistance compared to previous literature was expected.

Treatment and outcomes of two pigs treated for hemoabdomen secondary to splenic disease.

Objective: To report the management and outcomes of two pigs undergoing emergency surgery for hemoabdomen secondary to splenic disease.

Study Design: Case report.

Animal: Two adult pigs with hemoabdomen and suspected splenic pathology.

Collection and administration of blood products in horses: Transfusion indications, materials, methods, complications, donor selection, and blood testing.

Background: Blood transfusion is a lifesaving treatment for horses with acute hemorrhage and other causes of anemia. Transfusions improve oxygen delivery to the tissues via increased blood volume and hemoglobin concentration. Certain aspects of equine blood transfusion are challenging, especially in the field situation, and practitioners may be unfamiliar or feel overwhelmed with the process.

Calculating and selecting fluid therapy and blood product replacements for horses with acute hemorrhage.

Background: Blood products, crystalloids, and colloid fluids are used in the medical treatment of severe hemorrhage in horses with a goal of providing sufficient blood flow and oxygen delivery to vital organs. The fluid treatments for hemorrhage will vary depending upon severity and duration and whether hemorrhage is controlled or uncontrolled.

Description: With acute and severe controlled hemorrhage, treatment is focused on rapidly increasing perfusion pressure and blood flow to vital organs.

Idiopathic Canine Laryngeal Paralysis as One Sign of a Diffuse Polyneuropathy: An Observational Study of 90 Cases (2007-2013).

Objective: To determine survival and incidence of complications in dogs with idiopathic laryngeal paralysis (ILP) and concurrent neurologic signs.

Study Design: Observational study.

Animals: Dogs (n = 90) with ILP.

Measurement of digital laminar and venous temperatures as a means of comparing three methods of topically applied cold treatment for digits of horses.

Objective: To compare effects of 3 methods of topically applied cold treatment (cryotherapy) on digital laminar and venous temperatures in horses.

Animals: 9 healthy adult Thoroughbreds.

Procedures: Thermocouples were placed in palmar digital veins and digital laminae of both forelimbs of horses.