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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (Companion Animal Clinical Studies) by Title
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Koma, Lee Martin Palia Koli
(University of Pretoria, 2007-03-06)
This study compared uncomplicated canine babesiosis (CB) with various grades of experimentally induced normovolaemic anaemia (EA) and the physiological state (controls) in the dog using Doppler variables of the abdominal ...
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Zeiler, Gareth Edward
(University of Pretoria, 2013)
Objectives To compare the anaesthetic, analgesic and cardiorespiratory effects of intramuscular medetomidine and ketamine administered alone or combined with morphine or tramadol for orchiectomy in cats.
Study design ...
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Piketh, Graeme
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
Introduction
Reason for performing the study: This research was performed to determine whether a novel ECG device, that uses smartphone technologies and applications, can be used to obtain electrocardiogram (ECG) readings ...
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Leiberich, Marion
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
Over the past decade, the poaching of white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) has increased dramatically. More than 7000 animals have been killed and approximately 200 animals annually survive the poaching attempts with ...
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Stead, Sarah Kofie
(University of Pretoria, 2006-11-14)
In 1998, 30 juvenile elephants were captured in Botswana and transported to a holding facility in South Africa to be trained and sold to zoos and safari parks. The welfare of the 'Tuli Elephants' as they became known, ...
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Almansa Ruiz, Jose Carlos
(University of Pretoria, 2012)
Objectives: The aims of this study was to investigate the RC microbiota in CCF canine teeth in the domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) and cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus), identify the possible factors related to the presence of ...
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Kafka, Ulrike
(University of Pretoria, 2014)
Lameness in the horse is one of the most common clinical entities encountered in equine veterinary practice. Obscure lamenesses, equivocal radiographic findings or non–definable lameness that does not respond to regional ...
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Kafka, Ulrike
(University of Pretoria, 2014-10)
Lameness in the horse is one of the most common clinical entities encountered in equine veterinary practice. Obscure lamenesses, equivocal radiographic findings or non–definable lameness that does not respond to regional ...
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Dvir, Eran
(University of Pretoria, 2012-09-21)
Spirocerca lupi is a nematode that infects the dog’s oesophagus and promotes the formation of an inflammatory fibroblastic nodule that progresses to sarcoma in approximately 25% of cases. Differentiating neoplastic from ...
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Irvine-Smith, Gregory Stuart
(University of Pretoria, 2010-02-19)
The primary objective of this biomechanical study was to investigate the effect of decompressive surgery, specifically dorsal laminectomy and discectomy, on the stability of the lumbosacral joint in the dog. Different size ...
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Koster, Liza Sally
(University of Pretoria, 2010-03-02)
Acute phase proteins (APP) are ideal biomarkers for inflammation due to their stability, relative ease of assay and apparent relation between their concentration and the extent of the insult to tissue. C-reactive protein ...
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Kadwa, Abdur Rahmaan
(University of Pretoria, 2021-07)
Objective To ascertain the efficacy of a single circuit, in vitro extracorporeal membrane model at oxygenating blood and removing carbon dioxide (CO2) with ultra-low blood flow, in replicates either exposed to room air ...
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Haig, D.A.
(University of Pretoria, 1953)
No abstract
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Nel, Johannes Jacobus
(University of Pretoria, 2016)
A biomechanical comparison was conducted on two internal spinal fixation techniques: pins
and Polymethylmethacrylate, and the String of Pearls Interlocking Plate System. Both
techniques were applied to a surgically simulated ...
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Dvir, Eran
(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-29)
Electrocardiographic (ECG) changes have never been reported in canine babesiosis. Based on the metabolic, electrolyte, and myocardial alterations described for the disease, such changes are to be expected. The purpose of ...
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Stemmet, Gideon Petrus
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
Objective To compare immobilisation efficacy of a non-potent opioid drug combination to the preferred etorphine-azaperone combination in zebras.
Study design Prospective, randomised crossover trial.
Animal population Ten ...
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Boustead, Keagan John
(University of Pretoria, 2020)
Objective To compare the effect of invasive continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP),
pressure-controlled ventilation with positive end expiratory pressure (PCV+PEEP) and
spontaneous breathing (SB) on carbon dioxide ...
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Kruger, Karin
(2009)
Phenylbutazone is one of the most widely-used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in equine practice. According to literature, it does not have cardiorespiratory effects in healthy, standing horses, but anaesthesiologists ...
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Cilliers, Ingrid
(University of Pretoria, 2010-08-13)
A retrospective investigation of Thoroughbred racehorses euthanazed as result of catastrophic musculoskeletal injury (CMI) at four racetracks in Gauteng, South Africa during the period of 1998-2004 was performed. Fifty-five ...
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Spargo, Keith Edward
(University of Pretoria, 2016)
Catastrophic musculoskeletal limb injuries on the track are disconcerting and unsettling, resulting in the immediate ending of a racehorse s career. Numerous studies on the incidence rates and factors influencing injuries ...