Smoke Inhalation in Veterinary Patients: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management.

Smoke contains a mixture of harmful gases, chemicals, and superheated particles. Inhalation of smoke causes generalized hypoxia and airway inflammation due to impaired oxygen transport and utilization, as well as thermal and chemical injury in the airways. Generally, treatment is supportive with oxygen therapy and airway management, including chest physiotherapy, bronchodilators, and nebulization.

Interstitial glucose monitoring has acceptable clinical accuracy in juvenile dogs.

Objective: To compare the performance of an interstitial glucose monitor (IGM) versus a portable blood glucose monitor (PBGM) in sick juvenile dogs in a veterinary ICU.

Animals: 16 client-owned dogs admitted to the university teaching hospital under 1 year of age with systemic illness.

Procedures: Paired interstitial and blood glucose samples were collected.

Analysis of the random distribution of station-tested pigs based on their genetic merit.

The analysis was conducted on the national database of the station tests carried out between May 1996 and February 2001, using the Hungarian Large White (LW) and Hungarian Landrace (LR) breeds, and the A-line of the Ka-Hyb hybrid (MLW). Days of test, total amount of feed consumed and valuable cuts were taken into the analysis to test the random distribution of the animals' phenotypic measurements and predicted breeding values across the contemporary groups of origin. The phenotypic measurements of all traits were clearly positively associated with the herds of origin (b = 0.