Major crossmatch compatibility of rabbit blood with rabbit, canine, and feline blood.

Objective: To evaluate the major crossmatch compatibility between rabbit recipients, rabbit donors, and the major canine and feline blood types.

Design: Prospective in vitro study in December 2021.

Setting: Academic veterinary teaching hospital.

An 18-µm microaggregate blood filter does not cause hemolysis during in vitro whole blood transfusions in sea turtles.

Objective: Determine the hemolytic effect of an 18-µm microaggregate blood filter during in vitro sea turtle whole blood transfusions as well as describe the average diameter of leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) and Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) RBCs.

Animals: 5 green (Chelonia mydas), 5 loggerhead (Caretta caretta), and 5 Kemp's ridley sea turtles (total n = 15).

Methods: Heparinized sea turtle blood was infused at 60 mL/h through a microbore extension set without and then with a postsyringe, inline 18-µm microaggregate blood filter.

Traumatic telson avulsion and attempted external stabilization in Atlantic horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus).

Atlantic horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) are prevalent in public aquarium touch pools. Despite their popularity, the literature concerning medical management under managed care is sparse. Noninfectious conditions include trauma to the exoskeleton and compound eyes; however, injury to the soft tissue connecting the telson and opisthosoma has not been previously reported.

Diagnostic agreement between three point-of-care glucose and β-hydroxybutyrate meters and reference laboratory methods in stingrays.

Point-of-care (POC) glucose and β-hydroxybutyrate (β-HB) meters can potentially provide rapid insight into an elasmobranch's metabolic state in clinical and field research settings. This study evaluated the diagnostic agreement of three commercial POC meters against reference laboratory methods for glucose and β-HB concentrations in stingrays. Blood was collected during anesthetized exams from 28 stingrays representing four species: cownose rays (), Atlantic stingrays (), southern stingrays (), and yellow stingrays ().

An integrative review of lateral line depigmentation in marine and freshwater fish.

Objective: To qualitatively review reports on lateral line depigmentation (LLD) in marine and freshwater fish.

Sample: English-language publications concerning LLD published before March 1, 2020.

Procedures: Electronic searches of CAB abstracts, PubMed, and Web of Science databases and the proceedings of the International Association of Aquatic Animal Medicine were performed.

Effects of Deepwater Horizon oil on feather structure and thermoregulation in gulls: Does rehabilitation work?

Impacts of large-scale oil spills on avian species are far-reaching. While media attention often focuses on lethal impacts, sub-lethal effects and the impacts of rehabilitation receive less attention. The objective of our study was to characterize effects of moderate external oiling and subsequent rehabilitation on feather structure and thermoregulation in gulls.

Diagnostic Uncertainty and the Epidemiology of Feline Foamy Virus in Pumas (Puma concolor).

Feline foamy virus (FFV) is a contact-dependent retrovirus forming chronic, largely apathogenic, infections in domestic and wild felid populations worldwide. Given there is no current 'gold standard' diagnostic test for FFV, efforts to elucidate the ecology and epidemiology of the virus may be complicated by unknown sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic tests. Using Bayesian Latent Class Analysis, we estimated the sensitivity and specificity of the only two FFV diagnostic tests available-ELISA and qPCR-as well as the prevalence of FFV in a large cohort of pumas from Colorado.

Frequent cross-species transmissions of foamy virus between domestic and wild felids.

Emerging viral outbreaks resulting from host switching is an area of continued scientific interest. Such events can result in disease epidemics or in some cases, clinically silent outcomes. These occurrences are likely relatively common and can serve as tools to better understand disease dynamics, and may result in changes in behavior, fecundity, and, ultimately survival of the host.

In vitro evaluation and in vivo use of a novel surgical stent to minimize suture pressure necrosis.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of stents to distribute pressure when incorporated into tension-relieving sutures.

Study Design: An in vitro study and case report.

Animal: One common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncates).

Effects of External Oiling and Rehabilitation on Hematological, Biochemical, and Blood Gas Analytes in Ring-Billed Gulls ().

Avian species experience extensive morbidity and mortality following large-scale oil spills, often resulting in oiled birds being rescued, and admitted to rehabilitation. Our objective was to experimentally establish time-specific, descriptive blood analyte data following sublethal oil exposure and subsequent rehabilitation. Thirty wild Ring-billed Gulls () were randomly allocated to three treatment groups of 10 birds each.

Teaching Wildlife Disease Outbreak Response Through a Collaborative One Health Workshop.

Issues in the fields of wildlife disease and One Health are often difficult to address by single research groups because of the many disciplines and areas of expertise required to effectively solve complex problems. Although collaborations are becoming increasingly prevalent in the professional realm, many undergraduate, graduate, and professional students are merely introduced to the idea of collaboration without fully understanding how team-based approaches function. In this report, we describe the framework for a one-day workshop hosted by the Colorado State University student chapter of the Wildlife Disease Association (CSU WDA), where we gathered students and professionals to collectively investigate a simulated wildlife disease outbreak.

Impact of body condition on influenza A virus infection dynamics in mallards following a secondary exposure.

Migratory waterfowl are often viewed as vehicles for the global spread of influenza A viruses (IAVs), with mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) implicated as particularly important reservoir hosts. The physical demands and energetic costs of migration have been shown to influence birds' body condition; poorer body condition may suppress immune function and affect the course of IAV infection. Our study evaluated the impact of body condition on immune function and viral shedding dynamics in mallards naturally exposed to an H9 IAV, and then secondarily exposed to an H4N6 IAV.