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Theses and Dissertations (Companion Animal Clinical Studies): Recent submissions
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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, ...
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(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 ...
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(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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(University of Pretoria, 2024)Objective To describe and compare the efficacy in treatment between a single peri-lacrimal gland injection of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (Stem Cells group) and a twice-daily application of tacrolimus eyedrops ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024)Background During June-July 2021, the Onderstepoort Equine Clinic experienced an increase in diffuse faecal small colon impactions (SCI). Typically, SCI is diagnosed in 1.3–3% of horses admitted to referral centres for ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Objective: To compare the effect of chemical and mechanical stimulation on arytenoid cartilage motion in healthy dogs during anaesthetic induction with alfaxalone, thiopentone or propofol for induction of anaesthesia. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020-01)Since 2008 there has been a dramatic increase in poaching of rhinoceroses in Africa. Today, the southern white rhinoceros is classified as Near Threatened with less than 20000 individuals left. The ear of the rhinoceros ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-07-03)ABSTRACT Title: Ocular biometry and pathology in captive and free-ranging southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) and south-central black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornus minor) in South Africa. Background: The ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-06-18)Background: Spontaneous chronic corneal epithelial defects (SCCED) are a common finding in canine patients referred for non-healing corneal ulceration. Various names have been used for this condition historically. The ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021-07)Objective To ascertain the efficacy of a single circuit, in vitro extracorporeal membrane model at oxygenating blood and removing carbon dioxide (CO2) with ultra-low blood flow, in replicates either exposed to room air ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021-04)Canine parvovirus (CPV) is a debilitating disease affecting young wild and domestic canines. Canine parvovirus attacks rapidly dividing cells including intestinal epithelium, lymphoid tissue and bone marrow. The most common ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021-03)Background: Babesia rossi, the most virulent canine Babesia parasite, causes severe clinical disease and death in dogs in sub-Saharan Africa. Complications and multiple organ dysfunction seen with babesiosis are likely ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021-05)Objective To compare the immobilisation time and cardiopulmonary effects of zolazepam-tiletamine-medetomidine (ZM) and butorphanol-azaperone-medetomidine (BAM) in captive leopards (Panthera pardus). Study design ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021-07)Diabetic cats can benefit from a high-protein and low-carbohydrate diet in terms of higher diabetic remission rates, lower fructosamine concentrations and improved glycaemic control. Hypercholesterolaemia in cats with ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-11-01)Surgical site infection (SSI) is a significant cause of postoperative morbidity following exploratory laparotomy as a means of investigation and treatment for equine colic. If risk factors can be identified for the development ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-11-12)Dogs are atypical host species for some of the most economically important orbiviral diseases, African horse sickness (AHS) and bluetongue (BT). Dogs are the only non-equid species to develop the severe fatal form of AHS, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)African horse sickness (AHS) is an infectious, often fatal viral disease of equids with a severe impact on the equine industry in sub-Saharan Africa. Clinicopathological mechanisms are poorly understood, and there is limited ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-09-21)Background: Medial patellar luxation is a common cause of hindlimb lameness in dogs, affecting both small and large breeds. The condition arises from developmental abnormalities and anatomical irregularities in the hindlimb. ...
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