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Month: October 2019

 

Chronic pain in cats: Recent advances in clinical assessment

B.P. Monteiro and P.V. Steagall | Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery | July 2019
This review article considers the recent advances in the assessment of chronic pain in cats, discusses the continuing challenges and offers some thoughts on future perspectives…

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Prevalence of and risk factors for acute laminitis in horses treated with corticosteroids

K. Potter, K. Stevens and N. Menzies-Gow | Veterinary Record | July 2019
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of, and risk factors associated with, acute laminitis in horses treated with corticosteroids…

Do UK sheep farmers use orf vaccine correctly and could their vaccination strategy affect vaccine efficacy?

S. Small, L. Cresswell, F. Lovatt, E. Gummery, J. Onyango, C. McQuilkin and W. Wapenaar | Veterinary Record | September 2019
Orf is a highly contagious zoonotic disease which causes pustular dermatitis and high morbidity in sheep…

Equine cheek tooth extraction: comparison of outcomes for five extraction methods

V. Caramello, L. Zarucco, D. Foster, R. Boston, D. Stefanovski and J.A. Orsini | Equine Veterinary Journal | July 2019
The aim of this retrospective study was to compare five equine cheek tooth extraction methods, for type and incidence of complications…

Pregabalin for the treatment of syringomyelia-associated neuropathic pain in dogs: A randomised, placebo-controlled, double-masked clinical trial

S. Sanchis-Mora, Y.M. Chang, S.M. Abeyesinghe, A. Fisher, N. Upton, H.A. Volk and L. Pelligand | The Veterinary Journal | August 2019
The aim of this double-blinded, randomised, crossover placebo-controlled trial was to evaluate the efficacy of pregabalin for the treatment of central neuropathic pain (NeP) in dogs with Chiari-like malformation and syringomyelia (CM/SM)…

Age at gonadectomy and risk of overweight/obesity and orthopedic injury in a cohort of Golden Retrievers

M. Simpson, S. Albright, B. Wolfe, E. Searfoss, K. Street, K. Diehl and R. Page | PLOS ONE | July 2019
The aim of this prospective cohort study was to establish the association between gonadectomy in Golden Retrievers and two outcomes: overweight or obesity and orthopaedic injuries…