Retrospective evaluation of plasma cholesterol concentration in septic dogs and its association with morbidity and mortality: 51 cases (2005-2015).

Objective: To determine whether plasma cholesterol concentrations in dogs with sepsis is associated with morbidity or in-hospital mortality.

Design: Retrospective cohort study from 2005-2015.

Setting: Two private referral centers.

Review of gunshot injuries in cats and dogs and utility of a triage scoring system to predict short-term outcome: 37 cases (2003-2008).

Objective: To describe the signalment, wound characteristics, and treatment of gunshot injuries in cats and dogs in urban and rural environments, and to evaluate the utility of the animal trauma triage (ATT) score as an early predictor of survival to discharge from the hospital.

Design: Retrospective case series.

Animals: 29 dogs and 8 cats.