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...
Many initiating factors for separation-related problems have little to do with the intensity of the human–dog bond. Being alone is an unnatural state for a social species such as a dog; yet, for the...
One of the most common false claims regarding the use of alternative treatment options is the use of the antioxidant L-carnitine for the treatment of cataracts in dogs.
An increasing number of scientific investigations worldwide are exploring non-invasive neurostimulation techniques, notably repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, for their potential in...
Typically, when a dog presents to a veterinarian with a faecal examination (Zajac et al, 2002), coproantigen-detection enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test (Elsemore et al, 2017) or real-time...
Many decades of selective breeding has resulted in dogs with mediolateral widening of the skull and rostrocaudal shortening of the muzzle without a proportional reduction in soft tissues of the face....
A diagnosis of hip dysplasia can be made from a set of standard orthogonal hip radiographs (Figure 1). However, it is important to correlate imaging findings with the clinical signs demonstrated by...
Emotions are relatively short-term affective states typically occurring in situations involving (potential) rewards or punishers (Rolls, 2005). They are complex phenomena and are accompanied by...
Studies have found that 22–55% of the domestic dog population display behaviours that are problematic for their owners during owner absence (Bradshaw et al, 2002; Mills and Mills, 2003; Marques Soares...
Cases of septic arthritis commonly present with an acute, severe lameness without a known traumatic event. This often shows little improvement with rest or analgesia, unlike with lameness that occurs...
Parasites for which prophylactic and/or therapeutic drug use is common range across the spectrum of protozoa, helminths and arthropods. A non-exhaustive summary of common parasites, their geographic...
Clinical signs are primarily associated with excessive catecholamine secretion and, to a lesser extent, with the space-occupying or invasive nature of the tumour (Table 1). Clinical signs may be...
