• 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 ...
• Subdiagnostic Cushing's syndrome in a Labrador retriever diagnosed with progesterone-secreting adrenocortical neoplasia and late liver metastasis 

  Celliers, Anri; Pazzi, Paolo; Mitchell, Emily P.; Lensink, Antionette; Raseasala, Nonkululeko (Wiley, 2024)

  A 5-year-old, neutered male Labrador retriever was presented for poor hair regrowth following clipping, lethargy, exercise intolerance, polyphagia, polydipsia, polyuria and heat-seeking behaviour. A bradyarrhythmia due to ...
• Orthognathic surgery to improve malocclusion in a chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) 

  Steenkamp, Gerhard; Hoogendijk, Christiaan Fritz; Ruiz, José Carlos Almansa; Koeppel, Katja Natalie (Wiley, 2024-03)

  Malocclusion is a common finding in both companion animals and humans due to dental or maxillofacial discrepancies. Treatment depends on the complications and the species it presents in. In humans, orthognathic surgery is ...
• Metastatic renal carcinoma in a horse presented for lameness examination and suspected pneumonia 

  Hollenbach, Elza; Mitchell, Emily P.; Randlehoff, Corme; Munoz, Juan Alberto (Wiley, 2024)

  Equine renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a rare and poorly understood condition, making the diagnosis challenging. We present a case of a 16-year-old Warmblood gelding referred for lameness and suspected pneumonia. The horse ...
• Malignant melanoma and lymph node metastases appearing as hyperattenuating masses on computed tomography in a dog 

  Van der Laan, Luzanne; Le Roux, Christelle (Wiley, 2024-07)

  A 16-year-old male castrated Dachshund cross dog was referred for a dental and a mass on the right side of the face. CT revealed several heterogenous precontrast hyperattenuating masses within the subcutaneous tissue over ...
• Intranasal Linguatula serrata (tongue worm) in canids and vulpids can be detected using computed tomography 

  Birckhead, Alice; Jenkins, David; Shamsi, Shokoofeh; Malik, Richard; Carstens, Ann (Wiley, 2024)

  Linguatula serrata (“tongue worm”) is a zoonotic intranasal parasite found globally in wild dogs, free-ranging dogs, some domestic dogs, and vulpids. Since there are no sensitive tests currently available, infections are ...
• Prevalence of co-infections with Ehrlichia spp. or Theileria spp. in dogs naturally infected with babesiosis in the Eastern Cape province 

  Cloete, Henry P.P.; Rautenbach, Yolandi; Leisewitz, Andrew L.; Mellanby, Richard J.; Thompson, P.N. (Peter N.); Schoeman, Johan P. (Elsevier, 2024-09)

  BACKGROUND : Canine babesiosis and ehrlichiosis are tick-borne infections of great significance in South Africa. Theileriosis in dogs in South Africa is still poorly understood. Co-infection with multiple tick-borne diseases ...
• The diverse pathogenicity of various Babesia parasite species that infect dogs 

  Leisewitz, Andrew L.; Mrljak, Vladimir; Dear, Jonathan D.; Birkenheuer, Adam (MDPI, 2023-12-11)

  Babesia species infect a very wide range of mammal hosts across the globe, and zoonotic infections are of growing concern. Several species of the Babesia genus infect dogs, and some of these cause significant morbidity ...
• Speculating on transverse grooves in African elephant tusks 

  Parker, Ian S.C.; Theleste, Erwan; Steenkamp, Gerhardus (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, 2023-10)

  No abstract available.
• Ex vivo biomechanical evaluation and comparison of lateral femoro-fabella ligament suture and lateral suture with bone anchor for cranial cruciate ligament repair in cats 

  Tassani, Chiara; De Witt, Anika A.; Fosgate, Geoffrey Theodore; Elliott, Ross C. (American Veterinary Medical Association, 2024-08)

  OBJECTIVE : To compare the biomechanical properties of lateral femoro-fabella ligament suture (FFLS) and lateral suture with a bone anchor suture (BAS) for management of feline cranial cruciate ligament disease. ANIMALS ...
• Urethral cutaneous fistula correction using an autologous tunica vaginalis pedicle flap in a four-year-old intact male German shepherd dog 

  Van de Wetering, Klaas-Jan; Elliott, Ross Christopher (MedPharm Publications, 2023-02)

  Urethral cutaneous fistulas are rarely reported in dogs. Several techniques have been described to treat urethrocutaneous fistulas with different degrees of success. This case report is on a four-year-old male intact ...
• Poikilocytosis of Angora goats is associated with erythrocyte density and reticulocytosis 

  Parsons, S.D.C.; Becks, D.; Vermeulen, A.; Hobson, M.; Warren, R.M.; Hooijberg, Emma Henriette (MedPharm Publications, 2023-02)

  Angora goats in South Africa experience several syndromes that result in notable morbidity and mortality in juveniles and adults, but not kids. Insight into their causes is hampered by the lack of normal reference values ...
• Lung pathology of natural Babesia rossi infection in dogs 

  Martin, C.; Clift, Sarah Jane; Leisewitz, Andrew L. (MedPharm Publications, 2023-02)

  A proportion of Babesia rossi infections in dogs are classified as complicated and one of the most lethal complications is acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Most dogs that die succumb ...
• Application of the Alivecor KardiaMobile smartphone modulated ECG device for use in horses 

  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 ...
• Bluetongue virus infection in farm dogs exposed to an infected sheep flock in South Africa 

  Hanekom, Josef; Ebersohn, Karen; Penzhorn, Lisa; Quan, Melvyn; Leisewitz, Andrew L.; Guthrie, Alan John; Fosgate, Geoffrey Theodore (Wiley, 2024-07)

  In 2021, a pregnant Rottweiler dog living on a sheep farm was diagnosed with clinical bluetongue (BT) infection. This study reports on the investigation of this farm where bluetongue virus (BTV) infection was diagnosed in ...
• Effects of gonadectomy on the incidence rate of babesiosis and the risk of severe babesiosis in dogs aged 6 months and older at a veterinary academic hospital in South Africa : a case-control and retrospective cohort study 

  Knobel, Darryn Leslie; Hanekom, Josef Derek; Van den Bergh, Maria C.; Leisewitz, Andrew L. (Elsevier, 2024-09)

  Gonadectomy in dogs is associated with changes in risks of a variety of non-infectious health conditions, but few studies have examined its effects on infectious disease outcomes. The objectives of our study were to estimate ...
• The use of a sling suture for ventral orbital stabilization after inferior orbitectomy in three dogs 

  Logothetou, Vasileia; Ruiz, José Carlos Almansa; Steenkamp, Gerhardus (Wiley, 2024)

  OBJECTIVE : To describe a novel surgical technique for the ventral stabilization of the orbit after inferior orbitectomy by using a sling suture and report outcomes in three dogs. ANIMALS : A 7-year-old male neutered ...
• Knowledge and perceptions of antimicrobial stewardship concepts among final year veterinary students in South Africa 

  Fick, Line; Crafford, Lucille; Schoeman, Johan P.; Schellack, Natalie (University of Toronto Press, 2024)

  Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become a major global public health crisis due to inappropriate use in humans, animals, and crops. Studies to assess the knowledge and perceptions of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) ...
• Cooling by dousing with cold water does not alter the pathophysiological biochemical changes induced by capture in blesbok (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi) 

  Leiberich, Marion; Fitte, Agustina; Burroughs, Richard E.J.; Steyl, Johan Christian Abraham; Goddard, Amelia; Haw, Anna Jean; Boesch, Jordyn M.; Kohn, Tertius Abraham; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney (Wildlife Disease Association, 2023)

  Wild animals are commonly captured for conservation, research, and wildlife management purposes. However, capture is associated with a high risk of morbidity or mortality. Capture-induced hyperthermia is a commonly encountered ...

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