Publications by authors named "Nanelle R Barash"
Background: Bone foreign bodies are commonly encountered in small animal practice. Esophageal bone foreign bodies (E-bFBs) warrant removal, whereas gastric bone foreign bodies might not.
Objectives: Describe management and outcomes for dogs with esophageal or gastric bone foreign bodies.
Article Synopsis
- Babesiosis, caused by the Babesia vulpes parasite, leads to serious blood conditions like thrombocytopenia and hemolytic anemia in dogs, but it is rarely documented in North American domestic dogs.
- In a study of 9,367 dog blood or tissue samples tested from June 2015 to June 2018, 2.9% were found to have Babesia DNA, including both mono and co-infections with other pathogens.
- The majority of B. vulpes infections were found in American Pit Bull Terriers, often linked to dog fighting history, highlighting the role of co-infections and significant clinical symptoms like anemia and low platelet counts.
Bloodstream infections are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in critically ill dogs, but due to cost and difficulties in sample acquisition, blood cultures are infrequently obtained. In ill dogs, urine cultures may be recommended as surrogates for blood cultures. In order to determine the outcome agreement between parallel urine and blood cultures, we retrospectively analyzed parallel blood and urine specimens submitted for culture from dogs at the NC State Veterinary Hospital between 2011 and 2016.
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