The classic working farm dog, the Border Collie originated in the border country between Scotland and England. Farmers bred their own individual varieties of sheepdogs for the hilly area. As Borders often tended their flock alone, they had to think independently and be able to run around 50 miles a day in hilly country. Considered…
Tommaso Furlanello* and Ida Reale Vet Res Forum. 2019 Summer; 10(3): 261–265. Published online 2019 Sep 15. doi: 10.30466/vrf.2019.99876.2385 An eight-year old crossbreed dog was referred to San Marco Veterinary Clinic with a history of acute illness presenting a severe hemolytic anemia, and intense icterus most likely immune-mediated condition. Circulating antibodies against red blood…
Maigan Espinili Maruquin The Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) The coronaviruses are enveloped, positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses with non-segmented genomes of around 30,000 nucleotides in length (Tasker 2018)( Siddell SG, 1995). The feline coronavirus (FCoV) has two pathotypes distinguished by their biological behavior. The highly prevalent feline enteric coronavirus (FECV) is highly contagious with transmission from…
Image: zontica / stock.adobe.com dvm360 Staff Earlier this year, the company issued a major international recall after hundreds of dogs became ill or died due to aflatoxin poisoning. Just 3 months after issuing a major international recall prompted by the risk of aflatoxin poisoning associated with some of its pet food brands, Midwestern Pet Foods, Inc, has announced another…
John K Rosembert The Somali cat is often described as a long-haired African cat; a product of a recessive gene in Abyssinian cats, though how the gene was introduced into the Abyssinian gene pool is unknown. It is believed that they originated from Somalia, long lost cousin of the Abyssinian cat; which has origins in Ethiopia. If one…
Content provided by APO Group National laboratory systems play a crucial role in preventing, detecting and responding to health threats. An integral part of these systems, veterinary diagnostic laboratories are at the centre of veterinary services’ control programmes for transboundary animal diseases (TADs). TADs, including zoonosis, can have major impacts on economies, trade and food…
Fleas are thriving on UK pets, with results from The Big Flea Project showing 28.1% of cats and 14.4% of dogs to be infested (Abdullah et al, 2019). This is a concern as flea infestations are a source of diseases with both veterinary and human medical significance. Although cat fleas cannot live and reproduce on…
James Westgate Structured stewardship programmes can deliver big reductions in the prescribing of highest priority critically important antimicrobials (HPCIAs) in small animal practice. That was the headline finding from a new trial by the University of Liverpool’s Small Animal Veterinary Surveillance Network (SAVSNET), which saw a reduction of up to 40% in prescribing rates for…
