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Theses and Dissertations (Companion Animal Clinical Studies): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Wildlife is naturally exposed and infected with numerous microbials. Wildlife could act as asymptomatic carriers of pathogens critical to animal and/or public health. Literature reported that more than half of emerging ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020-02)Objective: To determine the prevalence of ocular abnormalities in Warmblood horses (Equus caballus) in South Africa. Background: Warmblood horses have become one of the most popular horse breeds around the world, as ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014-10)Lameness in the horse is one of the most common clinical entities encountered in equine veterinary practice. Obscure lamenesses, equivocal radiographic findings or non–definable lameness that does not respond to regional ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Objective To compare the effect of invasive continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), pressure-controlled ventilation with positive end expiratory pressure (PCV+PEEP) and spontaneous breathing (SB) on carbon dioxide ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)The objective of this study was to describe the macroscopically observed horn growth of sable antelope and to evaluate several horn measurements in terms of its suitable use for accurate, individual age determination in ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Canine parvoviral enteritis (CPE) is a serious disease characterised by systemic inflammation and immunosuppression. The function of circulating phagocytes (neutrophils and monocytes) in affected dogs has not been fully ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Purpose. To perform a descriptive investigation of the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) eye, conduct selected ophthalmic diagnostic tests, document intraocular measurements and determine the intraocular lens (IOL) power for ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Despite haemolytic anaemia being the main consequence of Babesia rossi infection in dogs, the bone marrow response has been reported to be mild in the face of severe anaemia. A similar finding has been described in ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021-08)The aim of this study was to determine whether three acupuncture treatments affected thoroughbred racehorses in training. Heart rate variability (HRV) at rest and stride parameters (SP) during a 600m gallop were measured. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Objective To compare physiological and time variables of etorphine-azaperone (EA) to etorphine-midazolam (EM) immobilisation in African buffalo bulls. Study design Randomised crossover study Animal population A group of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)Lameness in the horse is one of the most common clinical entities encountered in equine veterinary practice. Obscure lamenesses, equivocal radiographic findings or non–definable lameness that does not respond to regional ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)Dental care is an integral part of equine veterinary practice and increased focus has been put on the implications of dental disorders on equine welfare. In South Africa limited reports on dental disorders in the equine ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Objective To determine the cardiopulmonary and blood gas status of elephants during chemical capture (immobilisation) with a thiafentanil-azaperone drug combination kept in lateral recumbency. Study design Prospective ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Objective To compare ketamine-butorphanol-medetomidine (KBM) to butorphanolmidazolam- medetomidine (BMM) for chemical capture (immobilisation) of serval (Leptailurus serval). Study design Blinded, randomised immobilisation ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Thoracic injuries caused by blunt trauma are commonly encountered emergencies in veterinary medicine. However, no literature exists comparing radiography to computed tomography (CT) in blunt thoracic trauma caused by motor ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Thromboelastography (TEG) is an assay that (to date) provides the most extensive analysis of haemostasis. Accessibility of TEG to general practitioners is limited by short sample storage times (30 minutes) and storage ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)If the number of events alone is considered, endurance riding is the fastest growing Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) discipline and the second most popular FEI discipline. To the author's knowledge, no studies ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Objective To determine the effects of acepromazine and detomidine standing sedation on haematological and biochemical variables in horses. Study design A blinded randomised, comparative study. Animal population Twelve ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)This study investigated the presence and prevalence of radiographic changes in the carpus and proximal metacarpus of endurance horses in South Africa during the 2018 endurance season. These regions were identified as areas ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Introduction Reason for performing the study: This research was performed to determine whether a novel ECG device, that uses smartphone technologies and applications, can be used to obtain electrocardiogram (ECG) readings ...
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