Thrombocytopaenia (low platelet count; less than 200 × 109/L) is the most common acquired haemostatic disorder of dogs and cats2. Its prevalence is higher in dogs, with an apparent higher incidence in certain breeds, including cocker spaniels, poodles and old English sheepdogs3. The condition can occur for many reasons (Table1) and patients ...
The GI tract of the rabbit is designed for a near constant intake of low-quality, highfibre, low-carbohydrate diet. High fibre levels drive optimal gut motility, due to increased motilin production by the small intestine, and also provide the optimum environment for caecal microflora. A low-fibre diet can, therefore, result in gut hypomotility.
Opioid analgesics are often the mainstay of perioperative pain management, but have become increasingly popular for longer term use at home and for chronic pain management. Table 1. Licensed opioids for use in animals in the UK. Over the past few years a number of opioids have also been licensed for use in dogs and cats in the UK (Table 1).
Generally, the prognosis is good. MASTICATORY muscle myositis (MMM) is a common idiopathic inflammatory myopathy in the dog. It is characterised by a focal inflammation of the masticatory muscles digastricus, pterygoid, temporalis, and masseteric. The masticatory muscles are composed of a specific type of myofibres, namely type 2M myofibres.
The only thing SQPs working in veterinary practice can do, in addition to what their non-SQP colleagues can do, is prescribe and supply POM-VPS and NFA-VPS products without recourse to the vet. SQPs can supply NFA-VPS medicines and prescribe and supply POM-VPS medicines to animals in their category. POM-VPS medicines are usually those used to ...
intervertebral disc disease, methylprednisolone sodium succinate, MRI INTERVERTEBRAL disc disease (IVDD) is a common cause of pain and neurologic signs in dogs. Fortunately, the majority of dogs affected by IVDD can be treated successfully with either conservative therapy or surgery.
Date : February 23, 2015. The major underpinning principles of effective postoperative pain management are attention to pre and intraoperative pain management and robust pain assessment in the postoperative period. Thus postoperative analgesia should be a continuation of intraoperative analgesia strategies adjusted on the basis of pain assessment.
GERARD MCLAUCHLAN provides an update on developments in diagnosis, medical management and surgical options for this canine endocrinopathy. NATURALLY occurring canine hyperadrenocorticism (HAC), or Cushing’s disease, is a commonly seen endocrinopathy in small animal medicine. Eighty-five per cent of cases are attributed to excessive ...
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Dietary management of PPID cases follows the same general principles of dietary quality as aforementioned for EMS, although may create the additional challenge of catabolism associated with PPID per se and/or associated co-morbidities in older horses (for example, dental disease or parasitism). Thus, where low body condition is a concern ...