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Browsing Research Articles (Companion Animal Clinical Studies) by Type "Article"
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Seddon, Philip; Els, Johannes; Steenkamp, Gerhardus; Mallon, David; Senn, Helen; May, Sarah; Budd, Jane
(Cambridge University Press, 2024-07)
No abstract available.
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Morters, Michelle K.; McKinley, Trevelyan J.; Horton, Daniel L.; Cleaveland, Sarah; Schoeman, Johan P.; Restif, Olivier; Whay, Helen R.; Goddard, Amelia; Fooks, Anthony R.; Damriyasa, I. Made; Wood, James L.N.
(Public Library of Science, 2014-11-13)
Canine rabies can be effectively controlled by vaccination with readily available, high-quality vaccines. These vaccines
should provide protection from challenge in healthy dogs, for the claimed period, for duration of ...
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Koster, Liza Sally; Schoeman, Johan P.; Meltzer, David George Anton
(South African Veterinary Association, 2007-09)
Please refer to abstract in article
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Ramsay, Lynette; Eberhardt, Christina; Schoster, Angelika
(Wiley, 2024-10)
BACKGROUND : Reports of leptospirosis in horses are limited.
OBJECTIVES : To describe the clinical and diagnostic findings of acute systemic leptospirosis
in horses.
ANIMALS : Eleven client-owned horses presented to an ...
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Hooijberg, Emma Henriette; Cray, Carolyn
(Wiley, 2023-02)
Applications for acute phase reactants (APRs) in nondomesticated mammals include identifying inflammatory disease, monitoring the course of specific disease processes and recovery during rehabilitation, detecting preclinical ...
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McClure, Vanessa; Dvir, Eran
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2013-10-25)
A 6-month-old female Staffordshire bull terrier cross presented to the Onderstepoort
Veterinary Academic Hospital with lethargy, weakness, decreased appetite, abnormal
vocalisation, twitching of the facial muscles and ...
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Saulez, Montague Newton; Gummow, Bruce; Slovis, N.M.; Byars, T.D.; Frazer, M.; MacGillivray, K.; Bain, F.T.
(South African Veterinary Association, 2007-09)
Veterinary internists need to prognosticate patients quickly and accurately in a neonatal
intensive care unit (NICU). This may depend on laboratory data collected on admission, the
cost of hospitalisation, length of stay ...
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Burchell, Richard K.; Schoeman, Johan P.
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-08-13)
A number of key questions remain unanswered in the pathogenesis of myxomatous mitral
valve disease (MMVD). As MMVD typically afflicts small-breed dogs, a genetic basis has
been implied. In addition, the fact that not all ...
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Viljoen, Adrienne; Saulez, Montague Newton; Donnellan, C.M.B. (Cynthia Mary Bridget); Bester, Lynette; Gummow, Bruce
(South African Veterinary Association, 2009-09)
Medical records of equine after-hours admissions from 1998 to 2007 are reviewed. Data extracted from the medical records included signalment, reason for admission, pre-admission treatment, clinical presentation, procedures ...
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Ferreira, Jacques Paul; Dzikiti, Brighton T.; Zeiler, Gareth Edward; Buck, Roxanne Kate; Nevill, Bruce Guy; Gummow, Bruce; Bester, Lynette
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015-06-01)
Induction of anaesthesia occasionally has been associated with undesirable behaviour in
dogs. High quality of induction of anaesthesia with propofol has been well described while in
contrast variable induction and recovery ...
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Zeiler, Gareth Edward; Stegmann, George F.
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2012-11-29)
A 10-month-old, 580 kg, hand-reared white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) calf was presented for emergency exploratory celiotomy. Anaesthesia was safely induced with three successive intravenous (IV) boluses of diazepam ...
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Zeiler, Gareth Edward; Rioja, Eva; Boucher, Charles (Charlie); Tordiffe, Adrian Stephen Wolferstan
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2013-11-08)
This case series describes the anaesthetic management of two sibling Bengal tiger (Panthera
tigris tigris) cubs that were found to have spontaneous femur fractures due to severe nutritional
secondary hyperparathyroidism. ...
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Piketh, Graeme; Williams, A.; Schliewert, Eva-Christina
(MedPharm Publications, 2023-02)
Electrocardiography is the method used to monitor the electrical impulses in the heart. These diagnostics are increasingly making
use of smartphone-based technologies.
The objective of this research was to determine ...
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Cole, Georgina C.; Tordiffe, Adrian Stephen Wolferstan; Steenkamp, Gerhardus
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2017-11-10)
Blood lactate is a predictor of mortality in critically ill humans and animals. Handheld lactate
meters have the potential to be used in the field to evaluate the condition of severely injured
rhinoceroses but have not ...
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Hooijberg, Emma Henriette; Cray, Carolyn; Steenkamp, Gerhardus; Buss, Peter Erik; Goddard, Amelia; Miller, Michele
(Frontiers Media, 2020-01-09)
Acute phase reactants (APRs) have not been investigated in white rhinoceros
(Ceratotherium simum). This study aimed to identify clinically useful APRs in this species.
Reference intervals (RIs) were generated for albumin, ...
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Le Roux, Christelle; Carstens, Ann
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2018-03-29)
Axial sesamoiditis or osteitis of the proximal sesamoid bones (PSBs) in the horse is described
as a rare condition. The cause remains unknown and speculative, with vascular, infectious
and traumatic aetiologies implicated. ...
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Lim, Chee Kin; Saulez, Montague Newton; Viljoen, Adrienne; Carstens, Ann
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2013-04-19)
A two-year-old Thoroughbred colt was presented to the Equine Clinic, Onderstepoort
Veterinary Academic Hospital for head trauma after rearing and falling backwards, hitting
his head on the ground. Following medical therapy ...
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Neville, B.G.
(South African Veterinary Association, 2010-03)
A 10-year-old greyhound-cross dog was presented with a large, chronic skin wound extending
over the interscapular region. The substantial skin defect was closed by making use of
bilateral axillary skin fold flaps. It was ...
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Kitshoff, Adriaan Mynhardt; McClure, Vanessa; Lim, Chee Kin; Kirberger, Robert M.
(South African Veterinary Association, 2011)
Cystic renal disease is rare in dogs and although infected renal cysts have been reported in humans, no report could be found in dogs. A 58 kg, 5-year-old, castrated, male Boerboel
presented with weight loss, pyrexia, ...
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Robert, Mickael Patrice; Stemmet, Gideon P.; Smit, Yolandi
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2019-03-28)
Bilateral paranasal sinus diseases are rarely reported in horses. Treatment using a bilateral
frontonasal bone flap on a standing, regular-sized adult horse has not been described
previously. A 13-year-old Thoroughbred ...