Imaging

Assessment of stifle effusion-synovitis as a predictor for canine cruciate disease

Diagnosis of CrCL and meniscal pathology continues to pose unique diagnostic challenges to clinicians despite being the most common orthopaedic condition affecting the pelvic limb in the dog (Bleedorn...

Non-invasive neurostimulation: an emerging therapeutic modality in veterinary neurology

An increasing number of scientific investigations worldwide are exploring non-invasive neurostimulation techniques, notably repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, for their potential in...

Incidental osteoarthritis: risk factors, prevalence and clinical evidence in rabbits

All statistical analyses were run using Minitab 20 Statistical Software. A chi-squared test was performed to evaluate association between sex and presence of osteoarthritis. The same test was run to...

Surgical treatment of a bilateral superficial flexor tendon luxation

A two-year-old, male, neutered, crossbreed dog, imported from Portugal was presented with a history of right pelvic limb lameness and intermittent skipping during walks. Gait abnormalities had been...

Advances in diagnosis and management of canine insulinoma: a review

The most common clinical signs associated with canine insulinomas are as follows, along with the corresponding percentage of cases (Dunn et al, 1993; Ryan et al, 2021):.

A study of short tibia syndrome and its association with cranial cruciate ligament degeneration in dogs

In the study group, tibial length discrepancy measurements were positively and highly correlated to cranial cruciate ligament degeneration, stifle instability and rupture. The degree of tibial length...

Radiation therapy in veterinary medicine: a practical review

Normal tissue cells, similarly to cancer cells, are susceptible to the damaging effects of ionising radiation (Ward, 1988; Stewart and Dorr, 2009; Hill and Bristow, 2013). The risk, type, and severity...

Tarsal fractures: part 1

The canine tarsus is a complex anatomical structure composed of seven tarsal bones. The term also applies collectively to the several joints between the tarsal bones, as well as the region between the...