Ranz D., Tetrick M., Opitz B., et al. J Nutr, 2002. 132(6 Suppl 2): p.1751S-3S. Feline hyperthyroidism is the most common endocrine disorder of middle-aged to old cats in the United States. In Germany, the latest investigations have shown increasing … Read More
Syme H.M., Barber P.J., Markwell P.J., et al. J Am Vet Med Assoc, 2002. 220(12): p.1799-804. OBJECTIVE: To determine prevalence of systolic hypertension and associated risk factors in cats with chronic renal failure evaluated in first-opinion practice. DESIGN: Prospective … Read More
Miyamoto T., Ikuko M., Kenji K., et al. J Jap Vet Med Assoc, 2002. 55: p.289-292.
Essman SC, Hoover JP, Bahr RJ, et al. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2002;43:255-259. A 7-year-old, neutered male Labrador Retriever presented for a persistent, productive cough and regurgitation. Radiography, ultrasonography, and computed tomography confirmed a large, smoothly marginated intrathoracic mass causing tracheal … Read More
Walker M, Phalan D, Jensen J, et al. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2002;43:249-254. Radiographs of the stifles of 6 species of 34 large, non-domestic cats were reviewed foremost for the presence of meniscal ossicles and then for the presence of the … Read More
Jones JC, Shires PK, Inzana KD, et al. Am J Vet Res 2002;63:733-737. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate computed tomography (CT) densitometry as a technique for quantifying contrast enhancement of compressive soft tissues in the canine lumbosacral vertebral canal and to determine … Read More
Nachreiner RF, Refsal KR, Graham PA, et al. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 2002;220:466-471. OBJECTIVE: To determine prevalence of thyroid hormone autoantibodies (THAA) in serum of dogs with clinical signs of hypothyroidism. DESIGN: Cohort study. SAMPLE POPULATION: 287,948 … Read More
Buffington C.A. J Am Vet Med Assoc, 2002. 220(7): p.994-1002. Owners surrender millions of cats to animal shelters each year for euthanasia. Inappropriate elimination, most commonly associated with urologic signs, was the must common reason given for abandoning the cat. … Read More
Peremans K, De Winter F, Janssens L, et al. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2002;43:178-182. This case report describes the use of the 99mTc-labeled radiopharmaceutical ciprofloxacin (Infecton) in a case of hip prosthesis loosening in a dog. Serial planar radiographs were not … Read More
Schwarz T, Weller R, Dickie AM, et al. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2002;43:85-97. The radiographic anatomy of the temporomandibular joint in the dog and cat is described in dorsoventral and oblique projections. The positioning for different oblique views in conventional radiography … Read More