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...
Hyper-attachment is no longer described in literature about human separation; instead, such literature focuses on different forms of attachment (Ainsworth, 1979), focusing less on specific ‘disorders’...
This case concerns a young female entire Border Collie who initially presented for reduced appetite and weight loss, and shortly thereafter developed bloody diarrhoea. Clinical history revealed that...
The previous definition of canine atopic dermatitis was of a ‘genetically predisposed inflammatory and pruritic allergic skin disease with characteristic clinical features associated with...
Not only can owner behaviour (such as inappropriate introductions to separation or inadequate preparation of dogs to experience a sense of safety whilst alone) predispose dogs towards...
Hyperthyroidism is rare in dogs compared to cats. The most common cause of hyperthyroidism in dogs is a functional thyroid tumour, either benign or malignant, whereas cats and humans are more often...
A 9-month-old, female, spayed, German shepherd cross-breed dog was presented for management of a left-sided, traumatic, closed comminuted scapula fracture that had occurred 8 days prior to...
Most cases of salbutamol toxicosis in dogs are due to puncturing an asthma inhaler. In cases where the salbutamol dose was estimated, 0.33–0.72 mg/kg caused restlessness, tachycardia, tachypnoea,...
Sociality and social connectedness are considered to be adaptive (McMillan, 2016), bringing benefits such as safety, parental care, improved food acquisition and mate procurement. For social species,...