A survey study on the availability of anaesthetic breathing systems and their use in dogs weighing 5-10 kg.

Objective: To investigate which breathing systems are available and why they are selected in dogs weighing 5-10 kg.

Study Design: Anonymous online voluntary open survey.

Methods: An online survey, designed following CHERRIES guidelines, was advertised through the American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists - List, Association of Veterinary Anaesthesia and European College of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia (February-March 2022).

Perioperative anaesthetic complications in healthy cats undergoing anaesthesia for neutering in first opinion practice.

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to identify the incidence of common perioperative anaesthetic complications in cats undergoing anaesthesia for neutering in three UK first opinion practices.

Methods: A retrospective anaesthetic record analysis was performed on cats anaesthetised for neutering at practices 1 and 2 between 9 December 2017 and 2 February 2021 and practice 3 between 9 March 2020 and 7 January 2021. A search of the practice management system identified all cats that had undergone neutering in the selected timeframe.

Retrospective computed tomography analysis of endotracheal tube constriction and mispositioning in cats and dogs.

Objective: To discover the prevalence of endotracheal tube (ETT) constriction and rostral and caudal mispositioning in anaesthetized cats and dogs, and to identify associated risk factors.

Study Design: Retrospective analysis.

Animals: A total of 146 cats and 670 dogs.

Investigating the effect of anxiety on pain scores in dogs.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between anxiety and pain scores using the Glasgow Composite Measure Pain Scale-Short Form (CMPS-SF) in dogs.

Study: Prospective observational study.

Animals: A group of 18 dogs undergoing surgical management of stifle disease.