The First Bacterial Endocarditis Due to in a Dog.

Infectious endocarditis (IE) in dogs is often associated with a high mortality rate as diagnostic work-up as well as antibiotic treatment might be challenging. The present case describes bacteremia in a dog caused by   leading to an infectious endocarditis. ( ) is an aerobic Gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium, which has been associated with multiple nosocomial opportunistic diseases in human medicine.

Comparison of the effects of open-tube and evacuated tube-assisted sampling methods on thromboelastography variables for blood samples from healthy dogs.

Objective: To compare the effects of open-tube blood sampling with previously investigated blood sampling methods via evacuated tube on thromboelastography variables for blood samples from dogs.

Animals: 10 healthy Beagles from the research colony owned by the Clinic of Small Animal Internal Medicine, University Veterinary of Medicine, Vienna, were used.

Procedures: In this prospective study, blood was sampled from each dog serially into citrate solution-containing tubes via 20-gauge needle.

Cytotoxicity screening of emulsifiers for pulmonary application of lipid nanoparticles.

Introduction: The pulmonary route is a non-invasive administration route that receives growing attention. The challenge for formulation development of orally inhaled formulations is, however, the limited number of approved excipients. Lipid nanoparticles are desired drug delivery systems for inhalation because lipids are biocompatible.