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 ...

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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Osteoarthritis of the metacarpo/metatarsophalangeal joint is a major cause of lameness in the horse. Magnetic resonance imaging and particularly delayed gadolinium enhanced imaging of cartilage (dGEMRIC) and T2 cartilage ...

The clinical use of xylazine may result in morbidity and mortality in small ruminants, and it was suspected that exposure to changes in environmental temperature may contribute to these effects. Xylazine hydrochloride was ...

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 ...

It is important to manage potential stress experienced by animals used in teaching veterinary students various clinical procedures so as to not compromise animal welfare standards. In this study the potential stress ...

Between 1973 and 1975, 21 outbreaks of ASF were confirmed in the endemic area of the northern Transvaal after an interval of 10 years in which the disease was silent. The new series of outbreaks coincided with the isolation, ...