• Calcium and magnesium abnormalities in puppies with parvoviral enteritis 

  Mouton, Anneri; Celliers, Anri; Thompson, P.N. (Peter N.); Mellanby, Richard J.; Schoeman, Johan P. (American Veterinary Medical Association, 2025-01)

  OBJECTIVE : To determine the association between ionized calcium (iCa) and/or total magnesium (tMg) and the development of sepsis and to investigate whether iCa or tMg is associated with mortality in puppies with canine ...
• Computed tomographic characteristics of craniomandibular osteopathy in 20 dogs 

  Lopez, Luis A.P.; Almansa Ruiz, Jose Carlos; Steenkamp, Gerhardus; Holdsworth, Andrew (Frontiers Media, 2024-09)

  Craniomandibular osteopathy (CMO) is a proliferative, self-limiting, nonneoplastic disease of growing dogs characterised by excessive new bone formation on the skull and mandible. The radiographic findings of CMO are well ...
• Acute leptospirosis in horses : a retrospective study of 11 cases (2015-2023) 

  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 ...
• Prothrombin and activated partial thromboplastin times, thromboelastography, hematocrit, and platelet count in a feline hemorrhage/over-resuscitation model using lactated Ringer's solution or 6% tetrastarch 130/0.4 

  Zeiler, Gareth Edward; Dzikiti, Loveness Nyaradzo; Rioja, Eva; Kamerman, Peter; Buck, Roxanne Kate; Pohlin, Friederike; Fuller, Andrea (Wiley, 2024-07)

  OBJECTIVE : To describe and compare prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), thromboelastography (TEG), HCT, and platelet count measurements in a hemorrhage/over-resuscitation model. DESIGN : ...
• Effects of lead shielding on gamma radiation scatter energy spectrum during equine bone scintigraphy 

  Kafka, Ulrike; Beukes, P.; Slabbert, J.P.; Carstens, Ann (Medpharm Publications, 2024-08)

  The main aim of this pilot study was to determine how the energy spectrum of scatter radiation emitted from horses after injection of the radiopharmaceutical 99mTechnetium-methyl diphosphonate (99mTc-MDP), changed behind ...
• The time course of lactate and endocrine changes in dogs suffering from dog bite wounds 

  Van Zyl, Este; Thompson, P.N. (Peter N.); Schoeman, Johan P. (Medpharm Publications, 2024-03)

  BACLGROUND : The stress response after acute trauma in humans and animals has been well-recognised in the literature. However, data on temporal changes in endocrine parameters after acute trauma in previously healthy dogs ...
• Cytological and histopathological bone marrow findings in dogs with natural Babesia rossi infection 

  Bumby, M.M.; Clift, Sarah Jane; Hooijberg, Emma Henriette; Leisewitz, Andrew L. (Medpharm Publications, 2024-10)

  An inappropriate regenerative response to anaemia has been reported in B. rossi-associated canine babesiosis. We investigated the impact of canine babesiosis on the bone marrow by evaluating the cytological and histopathological ...
• An epidemiological study of canine lymphoma in South Africa 

  Harris, Sybrand Ben; Hooijberg, Emma Henriette; Clift, Sarah Jane; Fosgate, Geoffrey Theodore; Du Plessis, E.C.; Rautenbach, Yolandi (Medpharm Publications, 2024-10)

  Breed, age, and sex predispositions for canine lymphoma have been reported for various geographical locations. However, epidemiological information concerning canine lymphoma in South Africa is scarce. The aim of the ...
• A case report of a cementless total hip replacement performed in a pelvic limb amputee after a failed surgical reduction of a traumatic coxo-femoral luxation with a toggle rod 

  Elliott, Ross Christopher; Van de Wetering, Klaas-Jan; Kitshoff, Adriaan Mynhardt (Medpharm Publications, 2024-03)

  Coxo-femoral luxation is the most common luxation seen in dogs after road traffic accidents. There are multiple surgical techniques to repair the luxation. These range from a capsular reconstruction to a total hip ...
• A survey of ocular pathology in warmblood horses in South Africa 

  Allen, Ramona; Goodhead, Antony D. (Wiley, 2024)

  BACKGROUND: Warmblood horses are a popular breed around the world for equestrian sports. Previous studies have investigated ocular findings in other breeds of horses; however, no studies exist for the Warmblood ...
• Physiological variables for the objective detection of nerve block failure in dogs 

  Basson, Etienne P.; Kadwa, Abdur Rahmaan; Blignaut, Christiaan J.; Zeiler, Gareth Edward (Elsevier, 2024-07)

  OBJECTIVE : To identify physiological variables for objectively detecting nociception indicative of intraoperative peripheral nerve block failure. STUDY DESIGN : A double-blinded randomized clinical study. ANIMALS : A ...
• Comparing methods for detection of gastro-oesophageal reflux in anaesthetized dogs 

  Blignaut, Christiaan J.; Kadwa, Abdur Rahmaan; Basson, Etienne P.; Zeiler, Gareth Edward (Elsevier, 2024-11)

  OBJECTIVE : To compare the sensitivity and specificity of pH with multichannel intraluminal impedance (pH-MII), pHmetry (pH) alone and MII alone to direct observation of GOR by endoscopy in anaesthetized dogs. STUDY DESIGN ...
• A portable fluid administration system for prolonged intravenous fluid administration in subadult and adult white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum) 

  Leiberich, Marion; Hooijberg, Emma Henriette; Van Heerden, Bill; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney (Wiley, 2024-12)

  While translocations of white rhinoceroses have become an important conservation tool, dehydration during long-distance transports has been identified as a welfare concern. Intravenous (iv) fluid administration might ...
• Fresh tilapia fish skin graft treatment of severe skin burns in a cat 

  De Witt, Anika A.; Bester, Elizabeth G. (Wiley, 2024)

  An entire female cat presented with extensive third-degree burns covering greater than 30% of total body surface. The wound was cleaned and debrided with daily dressing management to heal with second intention. Dressing ...
• Cross‑species oncogenomics offers insight into human muscle‑invasive bladder cancer 

  Wong, Kim; Abascal, Federico; Ludwig, Latasha; Aupperle‑Lellbach, Heike; Grassinger, Julia; Wright, Colin W.; Allison, Simon J.; Pinder, Emma; Phillips, Roger M.; Romero, Laura P.; Gal, Arnon; Roady, Patrick J.; Pires, Isabel; Guscetti, Franco; Munday, John S.; Peleteiro, Maria C.; Pinto, Carlos A.; Carvalho, Tania; Cota, Joao; Du Plessis, Elizabeth C.; Constantino‑Casas, Fernando; Plog, Stephanie; Moe, Lars; De Brot, Simone; Bemelmans, Ingrid; Amorim, Renee Laufer; Georgy, Smitha R.; Prada, Justina; Del Pozo, Jorge; Heimann. Marianne; De Carvalho Nunes, Louisiane; Simola, Outi; Pazzi, Paolo; Steyl, Johan Christian Abraham; Ubukata, Rodrigo; Vajdovich, Peter; Priestnall, Simon L.; Suarez‑Bonnet, Alejandro; Roperto, Franco; Millanta, Francesca; Palmieri, Chiara; Ortiz, Ana L.; Barros, Claudio S.L.; Gava, Aldo; Soderstrom, Minna E.; O’Donnell, Marie; Klopfleisch, Robert; Manrique‑Rincon, Andrea; Martincorena, Inigo; Ferreira, Ingrid; Arends, Mark J.; Wood, Geoffrey A.; Adams, David J.; Van der Weyden, Louise (BMC, 2023-08-28)

  BACKGROUND : In humans, muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) is highly aggressive and associated with a poor prognosis. With a high mutation load and large number of altered genes, strategies to delineate key driver ...
• Physiological variables for the objective detection of intraoperative nerve block failure in dogs 

  Basson, Pierre Etienne (University of Pretoria, 2023-08)

  Objective To identify physiological variables that can be used to objectively detect intraoperative nociception to indicate peripheral nerve block failure. Study design A prospective blinded randomized clinical study. Animals ...
• Liver histopathology in dogs with naturally acquired babesia rossi infection 

  Horrell, Heidi (University of Pretoria, 2023-09)

  Canine babesiosis, which, in sub-Saharan Africa, is caused by the tick-transmitted intraerythrocytic protozoan Babesia rossi, is one of the most common, clinically important tick-borne diseases of dogs in the region. The ...
• Subtrochlear sclerosis evaluation for medial coronoid disease detection and dynamic distal ulnar ostectomy for reduction of disease progression in Labrador retriever puppies 

  Pretorius, Jandre D. (University of Pretoria, 2023-09)

  Objective To evaluate methods used in the early radiographic detection of subtrochlear ulna sclerosis (STS), which could successfully predict the development of medial coronoid disease (MCD) in four-month-old puppies, ...
• Investigation of haematologic, inflammatory, and haemostatic in horses experimentally infected with African horse sickness virus 

  Schliewert, Eva Christina (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  African horse sickness (AHS) is an infectious disease affecting equids. It is caused by the African horse sickness virus (AHSV), a double-stranded RNA Orbivirus with 9 different serotypes which is transmitted by insect ...
• Clinical signs and clinical pathology findings in horses with equine encephalosis at the Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital, South Africa 

  Piketh, Graeme (University of Pretoria, 2024-06)

  Introduction: Equine encephalosis is a systemic disease of horses caused by equine encephalosis virus. This virus is an Orbivirus that is transmitted by biting midges (Culicoides species). Equine encephalosis is ...

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