Craig W Stevens
Craig W Stevens
Preclinical studies of analgesia in amphibians or recommendations for clinical use of analgesics in amphibian species are extremely limited. This article briefly reviews the issues surrounding the use of analgesics in amphibians, starting w...
E Scott Weber rd
E Scott Weber rd
The increasing use of fish resources and a greater understanding of aquatic animal medicine demands providing evidence-based veterinary care for these animals. Because fish are aquatic as well as being pokilothermic, there are several uniqu...
Clinical interpretation of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic data in zoologic companion animal species [0.03%]
药动学和药效学数据的临床解读在兽医伴侣动物品种中的应用
Butch Kukanich
Butch Kukanich
The treatment and prevention of pain in zoologic companion animals is difficult because of the lack of data available on the safety and efficacy of analgesics. Pharmacokinetic (PK)-pharmacodynamic (PD) studies integrate changes in drug conc...
Joanne Paul-Murphy
Joanne Paul-Murphy
Katrina D Ramsell,Michael M Garner
Katrina D Ramsell
First described in 2003, disseminated idiopathic myofasciitis (DIM) has emerged as a new disease in young, domestic ferrets. DIM is a severe inflammatory condition that affects primarily muscles and surrounding connective tissues. The disea...
Jerry Murray,Matti Kiupel,Roger K Maes
Jerry Murray
A novel coronavirus of ferrets was first described in 1993. This coronavirus caused an enteric disease called epizootic catarrhal enteritis (ECE). Recently, a ferret systemic coronavirus (FRSCV)-associated disease was discovered. This new s...
Marla Lichtenberger,Angela Lennox
Marla Lichtenberger
Gastrointestinal stasis is currently a vaguely defined term for decreased gastrointestinal motility. The term gastric stasis syndrome was previously proposed, but falls short of an accurate description, as in many cases portions of the gast...
Advanced diagnostic approaches and current management of thyroid pathologies in Guinea pigs [0.03%]
豚鼠甲状腺疾病的高级诊断方法和目前的治疗方案
Jörg Mayer,Robert Wagner,Olivier Taeymans
Jörg Mayer
The authors have encountered multiple clinical cases of clinical hyperthyroidism in the guinea pig, which responded positively to clinical treatment. Hyperactive thyroids in the guinea pig appear to exist causing typical clinical signs. An ...
The isolation, pathogenesis, diagnosis, transmission, and control of avian bornavirus and proventricular dilatation disease [0.03%]
禽bornavirus的隔离、致病性、诊断、传播及控制和法氏囊膨胀疾病的关系研究
Sharman Hoppes,Patricia L Gray,Susan Payne et al.
Sharman Hoppes et al.
Proventricular dilatation disease (PDD) is a common infectious neurologic disease of birds comprising a dilatation of the proventriculus by ingested food as a result of defects in intestinal motility, which affects more than 50 species of p...
Advanced diagnostic approaches and current management of proventricular dilatation disease [0.03%]
前肠膨大症的先进诊断方法和现有管理措施
Ady Y Gancz,Susan Clubb,H L Shivaprasad
Ady Y Gancz
Proventricular dilatation disease (PDD) is a fatal inflammatory disease that affects mainly, but not exclusively, psittacine birds (Order: Psittaciformes). PDD has long been suspected to be a viral disease, but its causative agent, a novel ...