The Vet Record Flashcards
Cognitive Dysfunction in Cats: Update on Neuropathological and Behavioural Changes Plus Clinical Management. Sordo et al. 2021
-VISHDAAL
Vocalisation, altered Interaction affection/attention, altered Sleep-wake cycles, House-soiling, Disorientation alterations in Activity, Anxiety, and/or Learning/memory deficits
Clinical manifestations, laboratory findings, treatment and outcome of acute organophosphate or carbamate intoxication in 39 cats. Klainbart et al. 2022
- Mortality in intoxicated cats was 15%.
- Low respiratory rate and low rectal temperature at presentation were associated with death.
-biochemical abnormalities included decreased serum butyryl-choline esterase activity, acidaemia, hypercarbaemia and total hypocalcaemia, and increased creatine kinase activity and total plasma protein
-The secondary complications of the intoxication included pneumonia (10%), acute kidney injury (10%) and pancreatitis (8%). - No specific treatment changed survival
Thoracic to lumbar vertebral column length and length ratios in miniature dachshunds with and without thoracolumbar intervertebral disc extrusion. Fletcher et al. 2023
The thoracic to lumbar vertebral column length ratio and absolute thoracic vertebral column length were significantly smaller in miniature dachshunds with IVDE than in those without IVDE (p < 0.0001 for both). There were no significant differences in lumbar vertebral column length, age, sex or neuter status between the two groups.
Complications associated with CSF collection in dogs. Fentem et al. 2023
-CSF sampling was attempted on 108 occasions, and CSF was acquired on 100 occasions (92.6%).
-Collection from the CMC was more likely to be successful than that from the LSAS.
- No dogs exhibited neurologic deterioration following CSF collection. - There was no significant difference between pre- and post-CSF collection short-form Glasgow composite measure pain scores in ambulatory dogs (p = 0.13).
Respiratory compromise in French Bulldogs presented with IVDE. Foster et al. 2023
A total of 306 dogs diagnosed with IVDE were included. Sixty dogs (19.6%) experienced respiratory compromise, of which 31 dogs (10.1%) progressed to cyanosis, collapse or respiratory arrest.
- 1 in 5 Frenchies will have resp problems
Incidence and clinical characterisation of TL IVDE in Basset Hounds compared with Dachshunds. Thatcher et al. 2024
The study found that only 36.2% of Basset Hounds compared with 77.4% of Dachshunds had presented with IVDE.
Basset Hounds were older (median 87.5 months), compared with Dachshunds (66.5 months).
They also had a greater proportion of midlumbar[iii] IVDE and were more frequently ambulatory at discharge than Dachshunds.
Bacterial meningitis secondary to otogenic infection in 10 French Bulldogs: A retrospective study. Butterfield et al. 2023
- Dogs presented with acute onset (median 2 days), progressive history of vestibular signs and/or intra-oral or cervical pain.
- 50% concurrent otitis externa.
- MRI = material within the tympanic bulla with adjacent meningeal enhancement.
- CSF pleocytosis in 80%, intracellular bacteria seen in 30% with positive bacteriological culture in 20% dogs.
- Nine remaining dogs received antimicrobial therapy and six underwent surgical management.
- 3 dogs treated surgically were neurologically normal within 2 weeks
- Two dogs treated medically improved and one had complete resolution reported within a 4-week follow-up period.
Neurological adverse effects of isoxazoline exposure in cats and dogs. Bates et al. 2024
- Toxin mostly with fluralaner or sarolaner.
- Both groups, muscle tremors and convulsions were the most common signs.
-In dogs, neurological signs occurred with oral therapeutic dose and overdosage. - In cats, most fluralaner cases involved therapeutic topical exposure, and all sarolaner cases involved oral exposure.
- The delay between the administration and onset of signs can be long, and the association may be missed.
