Effect of institutional antimicrobial stewardship guidelines on prescription of critically important antimicrobials for dogs and cats.

Background: Veterinary hospital antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) guidelines might help combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

Objectives: Determine the conditions and types of infection for which antimicrobial drugs (AMDs) deemed critically important (CIA) by the World Health Organization (WHO) were prescribed and assess the effect of hospital AMS guidelines on adherence to International Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases published guidelines for the treatment of superficial bacterial folliculitis, respiratory tract disease and urinary tract infection in these cases.

Animals: Dogs and cats managed at an academic veterinary hospital from 1/21 to 6/21 and 9/21 to 6/22.

Impact of Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Grading on Student Motivation to Learn, Academic Performance, and Well-Being.

Satisfactory/unsatisfactory (S/U) grading is often proposed to ameliorate stress by reducing the competitive nature of letter grading. Though explored considerably in human medical programs, minimal literature focuses on the veterinary school setting. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of S/U grading on veterinary students' motivation to learn, academic performance, and well-being.

Serial analysis of blood biomarker concentrations in dogs with pneumonia, septic peritonitis, and pyometra.

Background: Prolonged antimicrobial drug (AMD) treatment is associated with antimicrobial resistance development. Biomarker measurement may aid treatment decision-making.

Objectives: Investigate temporal changes in blood biomarker concentrations in dogs undergoing treatment for pulmonary and intra-abdominal infections; compare time to biomarker concentration normalization with duration of clinician-directed AMD treatment.

Antimicrobial Prescribing Practices in Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care.

Antimicrobial use contributes to emergence of antimicrobial resistance. It was hypothesized that antimicrobial prescribing behavior varies between the emergency (ER) and critical care (CC) services in a veterinary teaching hospital. This study aimed to: (i) describe antimicrobial prescribing patterns in the ER and CC services; (ii) assess adherence to stewardship principles; (iii) evaluate the prevalence of multidrug resistant (MDR) bacterial isolates.