McMillan et al (2024) performed a retrospective study using a large UK database to describe variation in longevity estimates based on parentage (purebreed or cross-breed), breed, body size, sex and...
Pancreatitis is a serious and common disease in dogs. Chronic disease can cause repeated bouts of abdominal pain and anorexia, acute cases are associated with vomiting and the most severe cases can...
Ophthalmic problems are common and often challenging presentations in veterinary practice, and although they rarely result in death, they can lead to serious quality of life issues including chronic...
Spinal problems resulting from intervertebral disc extrusion or protrusion are commonly encountered in clinical practice, with presentations ranging from chronic pain and paresis to acute paraplegia....
Knowing the risk factors for disease can help understand pathogenesis, which can potentially inform the development of treatments. Further, knowledge of risk factors can help in prevention of...
Donati et al (2022) gathered all the available information on the use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEis) in preclinical myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) in dogs. They performed...
Oetelaar et al (2022) reported the results of a retrospective multi-centre case series describing the computed tomography (CT) appearance of sialocoeles in dogs. Previous publications on this subject...
One of the group's latest papers examines the prevalence of commonly diagnosed disorders in UK dogs under primary veterinary care. O' Neill et al (2021) randomly sampled approximately 2.5% of dogs...
The danger of inbreeding has long been recognised. While it can be a useful technique for breeders to concentrate desirable traits, such as coat colour or limb length, within a breed and help...