Use of intranasal povidone-iodine packing in the management of infectious rhinosinusitis in three cats.

Case Series Summary: Described are three cats diagnosed with rhinosinusitis secondary to , species and species, respectively. Medical records were retrospectively reviewed to identify cats with decreased nasal airflow and mucopurulent discharge that failed to improve on antibiotic therapy of 3 months or longer duration. Surgical debridement was followed by nasal packing using 5% povidone-iodine saturated umbilical tape, which was replaced at 24 h postoperatively.

Short-term severe polyuria responsive to vasopressin after hypoglycaemia and hypotension in a domestic shorthair cat.

Case Summary: An 8-month-old male neutered domestic shorthair cat presented for acute vomiting. Abdominal ultrasound examination revealed a jejunal foreign body, which was removed via enterotomy. Preoperatively, the patient was hypoglycaemic and, intraoperatively, a dopamine infusion was required to maintain a mean arterial pressure >60 mmHg.

Grading Habitats for Ticks by Mapping a Suitability Index based on Remotely Sensed Data and Meta® population dataset in Aosta Valley, NW Italy.

Ticks represent a reservoir of zoonotic pathogens, and their numbers are increasing largely in wildlife. This work is aimed at producing maps of suitable habitats for ticks in Aosta Valley, Italy based on multitemporal EO data and veterinary datasets (tick species and distribution in wild hosts). EO data were processed in Google Earth Engine considering the following inputs: A) Growing Degree Ticks (GDT), B) NDVI from MOD09GA, C) NDVI entropy, D) distance from water bodies, E) topography, F) rainfalls from CHIRPS as monthly composites along the 2020, 2021 and 2022 years.

The First Dog Doctors: Canine Healthcare Practitioners in the Eighteenth-Century Medical Marketplace.

The question of when dogs became the recipients of veterinary care has long been debated; current scholarship does not acknowledge the long tradition of canine healthcare provided by irregular specialists prior to the late nineteenth century. This article reveals, however, that eighteenth-century Britain was home to a thriving canine medical marketplace. Among its key actors were 'dog doctors'-individuals without formal healthcare training who regularly treated and healed dogs.

Outcomes and Perioperative Complications of Surgical Resection on Canine Carotid Paragangliomas (21 Cases): A Veterinary Society of Surgical Oncology Study.

Carotid body paragangliomas represent an uncommon neoplasm in dogs. The objective of this study was to report outcomes and complications associated with surgical excision of carotid body paragangliomas in 21 dogs. Cases were recruited retrospectively via medical record review from 9 veterinary speciality centres.

ACVECC-Veterinary Committee on Trauma registry report 2020-2021.

Objective: To report summative data from the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (ACVECC)-Veterinary Committee on Trauma (VetCOT) registry, with further individual evaluation of university and private practices and level I and II Veterinary Trauma Centers (VTCs).

Design: Multi-institutional registry data report, January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2021.

Setting: VTCs identified and verified by ACVECC-VetCOT.

Near real-time severe acute respiratory illness surveillance characterising influenza and COVID-19 epidemiology in hospitalised adults, 2021-22.

Objectives: We report the findings of a novel enhanced syndromic surveillance that characterised influenza- and SARS-CoV-2-associated severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) in the 2021/2022 winter season.

Methods: Prospective cohort study of adults admitted to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, with a severe acute respiratory illness. Patient demographics, clinical history, admission details, and outcomes were recorded.

Embryotrophic effect of exogenous protein contained adipose-derived stem cell extracellular vesicles.

Background: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) regulate cell metabolism and various biological processes by delivering specific proteins and nucleic acids to surrounding cells. We aimed to investigate the effects of the cargo contained in EVs derived from adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) on the porcine embryonic development.

Methods: ASCs were isolated from porcine adipose tissue and characterized using ASC-specific markers via flow cytometry.

Outcome, Complications, and Follow-Up in Dogs Treated with Pancarpal Arthrodesis Stabilized with Orthogonal Plates.

Pancarpal arthrodesis was performed in 21 dogs, using orthogonal (cranial/dorsal and medial) plates without postoperative rigid external coaptation. Short-term and long-term outcomes, arthrodesis progression, and complications were assessed using a retrospective review of case records and radiographs. Three of 21 (14.

Veterinary neurology residency training in Europe-A survey on preparation and plans.

Introduction: Difficulties in recruitment of veterinary specialists to academia is an ongoing problem for university teaching hospitals. The aim of this study was to determine the proportion of veterinary neurology specialists that plan to work in academia after their residency training and identify the main factors that may influence that decision.

Methods: An electronic survey was distributed to European College of Veterinary Neurology (ECVN) residents in training and those that completed their residencies within the previous 12 months.

Seasonal Variability of Human Enteric Viruses Discovered in Food Production Mussels () Farmed in the Central Adriatic Sea (Italy).

Among the different naked and quasi-enveloped viruses, the hepatitis A virus (HAV), hepatitis E virus (HEV), and norovirus genogroups I and II (NoV GI and NoV GII) are considered the main microbiological noxae involved in foodborne outbreaks. Mussels can harbor pathogens in their tissues. In addition to epidemiological attention, marine water temperature changes are considered a crucial variable influencing viral loads.

Antibacterial Effects of Thermosonication Technology on Strains Identified from Swine Food Chain: An In Vitro Study.

Among innovative food technologies, ultrasounds have demonstrated physical damages (provided by frequency and intensity factors) on bacterial structures while determining the microbiological stabilization of many foodstuffs. This study tested the efficacy of the thermosonication process on 16 strains belonging to the academic biobank (isolated from swine slaughterhouses). All strains were exposed to focused ultrasounds, generated by the Waveco system (Milan, Italy), with the following settings: 40 KHz coupled with 80 W at different 5 min intervals starting from 5 to 15 ones, and focusing on two different temperatures: 40 °C and 50 °C.

Effects of Pirimiphos-Methyl on Non-Target Invertebrates.

The effects of pirimiphos-methyl have previously been assessed on blood-sucking insect species, pollinating insects, and target crop pest species. The sensitivity of non-target zoophagous and saprophage species to this insecticide remains largely unstudied. In laboratory conditions, we assessed the susceptibility of 43 species of invertebrates to pirimiphos-methyl.

Surgical excision and omentalisation of mineralised paraprostatic cysts with concurrent ureteroneocystostomy and perineal herniorrhaphy in a 9-year-old male entire Bearded Collie.

This case report describes the diagnosis, management and the short- and long-term outcomes of a dog with paraprostatic cysts and associated perineal herniation. A 9-year-old male entire Bearded Collie was referred for a caudal abdominal mass and right perineal hernia noted on routine examination. Computed Tomography (CT) imaging of the abdomen demonstrated a large bilobed fluid filled structure adjacent to the prostate, extending into the peritoneal cavity and the right perineal space, causing perineal herniation and partial obstruction of the right ureter.

Computed tomographic characteristics of craniomandibular osteopathy in 20 dogs.

Craniomandibular osteopathy (CMO) is a proliferative, self-limiting, non-neoplastic disease of growing dogs characterised by excessive new bone formation on the skull and mandible. The radiographic findings of CMO are well described; however, limited reports of the computed tomographic (CT) appearance are available. This paper aims to characterise the spectrum of CT findings that can occur with CMO.

Myofascial pain syndrome in small animal practice.

This capsule review is a discussion of myofascial pain syndrome in small animals. The history of myofascial pain syndrome is discussed as well as facts and theories behind the aetiology and treatment of this syndrome. Diagnostic techniques are both discussed and illustrated.

The evolution of thermal performance curves in fungi farmed by attine ant mutualists in above-ground or below-ground microclimates.

Fungi are abundant and ecologically important at a global scale, but little is known about whether their thermal adaptations are shaped by biochemical constraints (i.e., the hotter is better model) or evolutionary tradeoffs (i.