• Prevalence of radiographic changes in forelimb digits and metacarpophalangeal joints of South African endurance racehorses 

  Hollenbach, Elza; Robert, M.P.; Le Roux, Christelle; Smit, Yolandi (Medpharm Publications, 2022)

  If the number of events alone is considered, endurance riding is the fastest growing and the second-most popular Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) discipline. Lameness is the most common cause of elimination from ...
• Sources of error in acid-base analysis from a blood gas analyser result 

  Kadwa, Abdur R.; Grace, Justin Frederick; Zeiler, Gareth Edward (Medpharm Publications, 2022)

  Preservation of blood pH within a narrow range is essential to optimal physiological function. This narrow pH range is maintained via the interactions of various buffer systems. Blood gas analysis is thus essential in the ...
• Temporally specific adrenocorticotropic hormone reference intervals for horses in South Africa 

  Fisher, Diana; Schliewert, Eva-Christina; Hooijberg, Emma Henriette (Medpharm Publications, 2022)

  An endogenous adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) concentration above the reference interval (RI) is commonly used as means for diagnosing equine pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID). Basal ACTH concentrations are ...
• The clinical presentation and management of a naturally occuring Bluetongue virus infection in a pregnant Rottweiler dog 

  Hanekom, Josef; Hoepner, S.N.; Du Preez, Kelly; Leisewitz, Andrew L. (Medpharm Publications, 2022)

  Few reports of clinical Bluetongue virus (BTV) infections have been described in dogs. Most cases were linked to inoculation with a BTV-contaminated canine modified live vaccine. In dogs, cases have only been described ...
• The effects of feeding and transport length on the welfare of white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum simum) during long-distance translocations : a preliminary study 

  Leiberich, Marion; Pohlin, Friederike; Hooijberg, Emma Henriette; Hofmeyr, M.; Cooper, D.; Reuben, M.; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney (Medpharm Publications, 2022)

  Translocation is a valuable conservation tool, but poses significant risks for the transported rhinoceroses. Interventions reducing these risks are required to ensure positive welfare during transportation. The aim of ...
• Ketamine-medetomidine compared to tiletamine-zolazepam-medetomidine for immobilisation of semi-captive cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) 

  Buck, Roxanne; Tordiffe, A.S.W. (Adrian Stephen Wolferstan); Zeiler, Gareth Edward (Medpharm Publications, 2022)

  The immobilisation time and cardiopulmonary effects of ketamine-medetomidine (KM) and tiletamine-zolazepam-medetomidine (TZM) were compared in semi-captive cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus). Seven healthy adult cheetahs were ...
• A new era for the Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 

  Tordiffe, A.S.W. (Adrian Stephen Wolferstan) (Medpharm Publications, 2022)

  No abstract available.
• Circulating markers of endothelial activation in canine parvoviral enteritis 

  Atkinson, Brogan; Goddard, Amelia; Engelbrecht, Monique; Pretorius, S.; Pazzi, Paolo (Medpharm Publications, 2022)

  BACKGROUND : Canine parvovirus (CPV) is a common cause of enteritis, immune suppression and systemic inflammation in young dogs. Endothelial markers, such as intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) and vascular cell ...
• Nemaline myopathy in a six-month-old pomeranian dog 

  Bester, Elizabeth G.; Kitshoff, Adriaan Mynhardt; Botha, W.J.; Van Wilpe, Erna; Du Plessis, Lizette; Williams, J.H. (June Heather) (Medpharm Publications, 2022)

  Nemaline myopathy - a clinically and genetically complex heterogenous group of disorders - is described uncommonly in humans and rarely in animals, and is characterised by progressive muscle weakness. The diagnosis is ...
• Introducing the special issue on acute phase proteins in veterinary medicine 

  Cray, Carolyn; Hooijberg, Emma Henriette; Bassols, Anna; Jacobsen, Stine; Saco, Yolanda (Wiley, 2023-02)

  Measurement of acute phase proteins (APPs) has now become part of routine laboratory testing for companion animals in many areas of the world. As useful markers of infectious and inflammatory diseases, APPs have been shown ...
• Guidelines for resident training in veterinary clinical pathology. IV: Laboratory quality management—teaching domains, competencies, and suggested learning outcomes 

  Flatland, Bente; Dehghanpir, Shannon D.; Evans, Samantha J.M.; Freeman, Kathleen P.; Grimes, Carolyn; Hancock, Tamara; Hollinger, Charlotte; Hooijberg, Emma Henriette; Korchia, Jeremie; Lawson, Cheryl; Matlow, Jennifer R.; Sample, Saundra; Viall, Austin (Wiley, 2023)

  BACKGROUND : The 2019 ASVCP Education Committee Forum for Discussion, presented at the annual ASVCP/ACVP meeting, identified a need to develop recommendations for teaching laboratory quality management principles in ...
• Experimental infection with African horse sickness virus in horses induces only mild temporal hematologic changes and acute phase reactant response 

  Schliewert, Eva-Christina; Hooijberg, Emma Henriette; Steyn, Johannes S.; Potgieter, Christiaan; Fosgate, Geoffrey Theodore; Goddard, Amelia (American Veterinary Medical Association, 2022-10)

  OBJECTIVE : African Horse Sickness (AHS) is a vector-borne disease endemic to sub-Saharan Africa caused by African Horse Sickness Virus (AHVS). Infections in naïve horses have high morbidity and mortality rates. AHS ...
• Quality assurance for veterinary in-clinic laboratories 

  Hooijberg, Emma Henriette (Elsevier, 2023-01)

  • Quality assurance and the implementation of a quality management system are as important for veterinary in-clinic laboratories as for reference laboratories. • Elements of a quality management system include the formulation ...
• Acute phase reactants in nondomesticated mammals—a veterinary clinical pathology perspective 

  Hooijberg, Emma Henriette; Cray, Carolyn (Wiley, 2023-02)

  Applications for acute phase reactants (APRs) in nondomesticated mammals include identifying inflammatory disease, monitoring the course of specific disease processes and recovery during rehabilitation, detecting preclinical ...
• Markers of inflammation in free-living African elephants (Loxodonta africana) : reference intervals and diagnostic performance of acute phase reactants 

  Steyrer, Christine; Miller, Michele; Hewlett, Jennie; Buss, Peter; Hooijberg, Emma Henriette (American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 2023-02)

  INTRODUCTION: Acute phase reactants (APRs) have not been investigated in free-living African elephants (Loxodonta africana), and there is little information about negative APRs albumin and serum iron in elephants. OBJECTIVES: ...
• Comparison of three hematocrit measurement methods in the southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) 

  Steyrer, Christof; Pohlin, Friederike; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney; Buss, Peter; Hooijberg, Emma Henriette (Wiley, 2022-06)

  BACKGROUND: Hematocrit (HCT) determination is an integral part of health and disease assessments in captive and wild white rhinoceroses. Several affordable automated hematology analyzers have been developed for in-clinic ...
• Editorial : Veterinary dentistry and oromaxillofacial surgery in wild and exotic animals 

  Steenkamp, Gerhardus; Tordiffe, Adrian Stephen Wolferstan; Nemec, Ana (Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-03-11)

  No abstract available.
• Effects of storage time and temperature on thromboelastographic analysis in dogs and horses 

  Lemon, Ashleigh Valarie; Goddard, Amelia; Hooijberg, Emma Henriette (Wiley, 2021-03)

  Please read abstract in the article.
• Anaesthetic management of a cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) for caesarean section 

  Kadwa, Abdur Rahmaan; Brown, Geoffrey James; O'Dell, Jacques Henry; Zeiler, Gareth Edward; Buck, Roxanne Kate (Wiley, 2021-12)

  After delivering a single stillborn cub, a 4-year-old, semi-feral, captive cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) presented at full-term pregnancy with either suspension of labour or uterine inertia and a caesarean section was performed. ...
• Anaesthetic management of a bovine for ventral midline coeliotomy approach to hysterotomy 

  Kadwa, Abdur Rahmaan; Brown, Geoffrey James; Buck, Roxanne Kate (Wiley, 2021-03)

  An eight-year-old, multiparous Chianina cow presented for the removal of a term, emphysematous calf following a dystocia. Delivery of the calf trans-vaginally intact or piecemeal by fetotomy was impossible due to the ...

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