Dogs and cats with prepubic hernia often have concurrent injuries and a good short-term outcome.

Objective: To describe clinical presentation, concurrent injuries, common imaging findings, and short-term outcome of dogs and cats diagnosed with prepubic hernia (PPH).

Animals: 71 dogs and 16 cats.

Clinical Presentation: Medical records were searched at 2 academic referral institutions from August 1, 2008, to August 31, 2023, for dogs and cats diagnosed with PPH.

Acute kidney injury is common in dogs with septic peritonitis and is associated with increased mortality.

Objective: To identify the frequency of and risk factors for acute kidney injury (AKI) in dogs undergoing abdominal surgery for septic peritonitis, and to evaluate outcome and kidney-related risk factors for survival to discharge in those dogs.

Animals: 77 dogs that underwent abdominal surgery for septic peritonitis.

Methods: Medical records of dogs that underwent surgery for septic peritonitis from 2012 through 2022 were reviewed.