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Veterinary Sciences, Volume 8, Issue 3

2021 March - 18 articles

Cover Story: Laboratory tests can be altered in cardiovascular diseases, and the study of specific tests or biomarkers could implement information about myocardial injury. Traditional laboratory tests such as biochemical, hematological, and coagulative profile can be useful in investigating patients but are not specific. On the other hand, biomarkers such as Troponin and Natriuretic Peptides could provide information about myocardial damage and be used in both investigating and monitoring cats with cardiac disease. Moreover, the evaluation of the thyroid profile is very important as in hyperthyroid cats, concomitant cardiac pathologies are very common, and they can also be a direct consequence of endocrinopathy. The present review may be useful for the clinician, the clinical pathologist, and the researcher as it furnishes hints on the use of cardiac markers, both directly applicable and to be further investigated. View this paper
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Articles (18)

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
9,849 Views
16 Pages

A Retrospective Multicentric Study of Electrochemotherapy in the Treatment of Feline Nasal Planum Squamous Cell Carcinoma

  • Petra Simčič,
  • Alessio Pierini,
  • George Lubas,
  • Ron Lowe,
  • Valentina Granziera,
  • Raimondo Tornago,
  • Fabio Valentini,
  • Giulia Alterio,
  • Matteo Cochi and
  • Filippo Torrigiani
  • + 7 authors

22 March 2021

Feline squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is currently treated with surgery, radiation therapy and electrochemotherapy (ECT). Both the efficacy and/or safety of ECT were evaluated as a sole therapy with bleomycin to treat feline nasal planum SCC (npSCC)....

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
6,392 Views
16 Pages

Isolation and Characterization of Yeasts from Rumen Fluids for Potential Use as Additives in Ruminant Feeding

  • Chanon Suntara,
  • Anusorn Cherdthong,
  • Metha Wanapat,
  • Suthipong Uriyapongson,
  • Vichai Leelavatcharamas,
  • Jutaporn Sawaengkaew,
  • Pin Chanjula and
  • Suban Foiklang

19 March 2021

Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a yeast strain often used to improve the feed quality of ruminants. However, S. cerevisiae has limited capacity to provide biomass when inoculated with carbon sources and a low ability to produce cellulase enzymes. Here, w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,390 Views
8 Pages

Serum Concentration of Inflammatory Cytokines in Dogs with Suspected Acute Pancreatitis

  • Soon-Won Choi,
  • Yoon-Hwan Kim,
  • Min Soo Kang,
  • Yunho Jeong,
  • Jin-Ok Ahn,
  • Jung Hoon Choi and
  • Jin-Young Chung

18 March 2021

Acute pancreatitis is an acute inflammatory process in the pancreas that is common in dogs. This study was designed to compare cytokines between healthy dogs and dogs with suspected acute pancreatitis. For the canine cytokine antibody array, three he...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,136 Views
6 Pages

Phenotype of the Aging-Dependent Spontaneous Onset of Hearing Loss in DBA/2 Mice

  • Min-Soo Seo,
  • Byeonghyeon Lee,
  • Kyung-Ku Kang,
  • Soo-Eun Sung,
  • Joo-Hee Choi,
  • Si-Joon Lee,
  • Young-In Kim,
  • Young-Suk Jung,
  • Un-Kyung Kim and
  • Kil Soo Kim

17 March 2021

DBA/2 mice are a well-known animal model for hearing loss developed due to intrinsic properties of these animals. However, results on the phenotype of hearing loss in DBA/2 mice have been mainly reported at an early stage in mice aged ≤7 weeks. Inste...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,091 Views
10 Pages

Sperm Global DNA Methylation (SGDM) in Semen of Healthy Dogs

  • Giacomo Galdiero,
  • Emanuele D’Anza,
  • Cristina de Angelis,
  • Sara Albarella,
  • Vincenzo Peretti,
  • Rosario Pivonello and
  • Francesca Ciotola

17 March 2021

Male infertility is an emerging problem in both humans and animals, and the knowledge of its causes is the first step to identifying new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. In humans, alteration of sperm DNA methylation have been related to poor q...

  • Review
  • Open Access
26 Citations
14,341 Views
25 Pages

Factor Influences for Diagnosis and Vaccination of Avian Infectious Bronchitis Virus (Gammacoronavirus) in Chickens

  • Md. Safiul Alam Bhuiyan,
  • Zarina Amin,
  • Ag Muhammad Sagaf Abu Bakar,
  • Suryani Saallah,
  • Noor Hydayaty Md. Yusuf,
  • Sharifudin Md. Shaarani and
  • Shafiquzzaman Siddiquee

16 March 2021

Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) is a major economic problem in commercial chicken farms with acute multiple-system infection, especially in respiratory and urogenital systems. A live-attenuated and killed vaccine is currently immunized to control I...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,998 Views
9 Pages

Sheep as a Potential Model of Intradiscal Infection by the Bacterium Cutibacterium acnes

  • Erin C. Coscia,
  • Nader S. Abutaleb,
  • Bradley Hostetter,
  • Mohamed N. Seleem,
  • Gert J. Breur,
  • Robyn R. McCain,
  • Christa J. Crain,
  • Ondrej Slaby,
  • Manu N. Capoor and
  • Michael F. Coscia
  • + 4 authors

16 March 2021

The anaerobic bacterium Cutibacterium acnes has been increasingly linked to the development of degenerative disc disease (DDD), although causality is yet to be conclusively proven. To better study how this organism could contribute to the aetiology o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
7,809 Views
12 Pages

10 March 2021

The highly toxic Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) is most often detected in milk using an Enzyme-Linked-Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) for screening purposes, while High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Fluorescence Detector (HPLC-FL) is the reference method u...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,379 Views
9 Pages

Trends in Changes of Automatic Milking System Biomarkers and Their Relations with Blood Biochemical Parameters in Fresh Dairy Cows

  • Dovilė Malašauskienė,
  • Ramūnas Antanaitis,
  • Vida Juozaitiene,
  • Mindaugas Televičius,
  • Mingaudas Urbutis,
  • Arūnas Rutkauskas,
  • Agnė Šimkutė and
  • Giedrius Palubinskas

The aim or this study was to determine the relationship between non-esterified fatty acids and biomarkers from an automatic milking system (AMS). Fresh dairy cows (n = 102) were selected and milked in Lely Astronaut® A3 milking robots. The rumination...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,931 Views
6 Pages

A Case of Canine Polyglandular Deficiency Syndrome with Diabetes Mellitus and Hypoadrenocorticism

  • Sho Furukawa,
  • Natsuko Meguri,
  • Kazue Koura,
  • Hiroyuki Koura and
  • Akira Matsuda

This report describes the first clinical case, to our knowledge, of a dog with polyglandular deficiency syndrome with diabetes mellitus and hypoadrenocorticism. A six-year-old female Cavalier King Charles Spaniel presented with a history of lethargy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,790 Views
14 Pages

Computed Tomography Evaluation of Normal Canine Abdominal Lymph Nodes: Retrospective Study of Size and Morphology According to Body Weight and Age in 45 Dogs

  • Simone Teodori,
  • Giovanni Aste,
  • Roberto Tamburro,
  • Antonio Maria Morselli-Labate,
  • Francesco Simeoni and
  • Massimo Vignoli

The morphological characteristics of the largest lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes of the body have been described through ultrasonography, although food and gas in the gastrointestinal tract can often have negative effects on the response of small a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,447 Views
9 Pages

Reduced Efficacy of Fenbendazole and Pyrantel Pamoate Treatments against Intestinal Nematodes of Stud and Performance Horses

  • Stefania Zanet,
  • Elena Battisti,
  • Federico Labate,
  • Francesca Oberto and
  • Ezio Ferroglio

Nematodes are an important cause of disease and loss of performance in horses. Changes in the parasitic fauna of horses have occurred in the past few decades, making cyathostomins the major parasites in adult horses, while large strongyles have becom...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
8,596 Views
15 Pages

Updates on Laboratory Evaluation of Feline Cardiac Diseases

  • Alessandra Gavazza,
  • Andrea Marchegiani,
  • Lorenza Guerriero,
  • Vanessa Turinelli,
  • Andrea Spaterna,
  • Sara Mangiaterra,
  • Livio Galosi,
  • Giacomo Rossi and
  • Matteo Cerquetella

Laboratory tests can be altered in cardiovascular diseases and the investigation of specific tests or biomarkers may provide additional information about myocardial damage. Traditional laboratory tests, such as cell blood count, serum biochemistry, a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,809 Views
9 Pages

Investigation on the Prevalence of Canine Microfilaremia in Thailand Using a Novel Microfluidic Device in Combination with Real-Time PCR

  • Sumas Loymek,
  • Achinya Phuakrod,
  • Kati Zaelai,
  • Witsaroot Sripumkhai,
  • Prapakorn Vongjaroensanti and
  • Sirichit Wongkamchai

28 February 2021

We conducted a survey of canine microfilaraemia in 768 dogs in Chanthaburi, Samut Sakhon, and Narathiwat provinces of Thailand using a novel semi-automated, microfluidic device that is easy and rapid to perform. Microfilariae species were identified...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,396 Views
9 Pages

28 February 2021

Corrective osteotomy has been applied to realign and stabilize the bones of dogs with lameness. However, corrective osteotomy for angular deformities requires substantial surgical experience for planning and performing accurate osteotomy. Three-dimen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,422 Views
18 Pages

Candidate Glycoprotein Biomarkers for Canine Visceral Hemangiosarcoma and Validation Using Semi-Quantitative Lectin/Immunohistochemical Assays

  • Patharee Oungsakul,
  • Eunju Choi,
  • Alok K. Shah,
  • Ahmed Mohamed,
  • Caroline O’Leary,
  • David Duffy,
  • Michelle M. Hill and
  • Helle Bielefeldt-Ohmann

27 February 2021

Visceral hemangiosarcoma (HSA) is one of the more frequent cancers in dogs and has a high metastatic rate and poor prognosis, as clinical signs only become apparent in advanced stages of tumor development. In order to improve early and differential d...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,334 Views
7 Pages

26 February 2021

Tick-borne diseases are a major threat to both humans and their pets; therefore, it is important to evaluate the prevalence of pathogens carried by ticks on companion animals. In this study, attached and unattached Ixodid ticks were removed from comp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,925 Views
11 Pages

24 February 2021

Ticks are one of the most important arthropod vectors and reservoirs as they harbor a wide variety of viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and nematodes, which can cause diseases in human and livestock. Due to their impact on human, livestock, and wil...

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