Download PDF C.M. Borschensky¹, K. Steiger², A. Staudacher³, M. Schlitter², I. Esposito², H. Aupperle¹¹Laboklin GmbH&Co. KG, Bad kissingen, Germany²TU München, Institute of Pathology, München, Germany³Veterinary Clinic Dr. Staudacher, Aachen, Germany Pancreatic neoplasms in the cat mostly exhibit a solid growth pattern and are diagnosed as carcinomas. In contrast, only few reports about cystic pancreatic lesions […]
Download PDF I. Spalla¹, C. Locatelli¹, G. Riscazzi¹, P. Brambilla¹, C. Bussadori²¹Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy²Clinica Veterinaria Gran Sasso, Milano, Italy Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is one of the most common congenital cardiac defect in the dog. Ductal patency is associated with pulmonary overcirculation, left ventricular volume overload and can rapidly determine congestive […]
Download PDF I. Spalla¹, C. Locatelli¹, G. Riscazzi¹, P. Brambilla¹, C. Bussadori²¹Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy²Clinica Veterinaria Gran Sasso, Milano, Italy Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is one of the most common congenital cardiac defect in the dog. Ductal patency is associated with pulmonary overcirculation, left ventricular volume overload and can rapidly determine congestive […]
Download PDF S.M. Lehtinen¹, M.E. Wiberg¹, J. Häggström², H. Lohi³¹Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland²Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden³Molecular Neurology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Sighthounds are athletic dogs and they have been claimed to have larger hearts compared to similar sized breeds. The left ventricle (LV) may enlarge in […]
Remo LobettiBVSc (Hons) MMedVet (Med) PhD Dipl. ECVIM (Internal Medicine) Bryanston Veterinary HospitalPO Box 67092, Bryanston, 2021, South AfricaEmail: rlobetti@mweb.co.za Presentation done for Royal Canin FELINE IDIOPATHIC CYSTITIS Feline lower urinary tract diseases are a heterogeneous group of disorders that may result from fundamentally different causes such as anatomic defects, behaviour abnormalities, neoplasia, urolithiasis, or urinary […]
Remo LobettiBVSc (Hons) MMedVet (Med) PhD Dipl. ECVIM (Internal Medicine) Bryanston Veterinary HospitalPO Box 67092, Bryanston, 2021, South AfricaEmail: rlobetti@mweb.co.za WSAVA 2007 presentation Disorders of the prostate are fairly common in the dog with prostamegally evident in two-thirds of dogs, over five years of age. PathophysiologyAs a dog ages, spontaneous enlargement of the prostate gland occurs, […]
Remo LobettiBVSc (Hons) MMedVet (Med) PhD Dipl. ECVIM (Internal Medicine) Bryanston Veterinary HospitalPO Box 67092, Bryanston, 2021, South AfricaEmail: rlobetti@mweb.co.zaAcute pancreatitis (AP) is a common disorder which may result in death if not diagnosed in a timely fashion. This frequently encountered disease remains difficult to diagnose because the clinical signs, physical examination findings, and clinicopathologic changes […]
Remo LobettiBVSc (Hons) MMedVet (Med) PhD Dipl. ECVIM (Internal Medicine) Bryanston Veterinary HospitalPO Box 67092, Bryanston, 2021, South AfricaEmail: rlobetti@mweb.co.za Part of a local mini-congress May 2009 INTRODUCTION Respiratory diseases in dogs and cats can be classified into primary (specific abnormality of the respiratory system) and secondary (consequence of heart failure). In order to understand the […]
Remo Lobetti BVSc MMedVet (Med) PhD Dipl ECVIM (Internal Medicine)Bryanston Veterinary HospitalPO Box 67092, Bryanston, 2021, South AfricaEmail: rlobetti@mweb.co.za Presentation WSAVA 2007 IntroductionLeptospirosis is a bacterial zoonotic disease of worldwide significance in many animals and humans caused by infection with antigenically distinct serovars of Leptospira interrogans sensu lato. There is some confusion about the classification of […]
Remo LobettiBVSc (Hons) MMedVet (Med) PhD Dipl. ECVIM (Internal Medicine) Bryanston Veterinary HospitalPO Box 67092, Bryanston, 2021, South AfricaEmail: rlobetti@mweb.co.za INTRODUCTION Immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia (IMHA) is characterized by the immune destruction of erythrocytes that have been coated with immunoglobulins, complement, or both, resulting in direct destruction or phagocytosis and removal from systemic circulation. Antibodies may be […]
Remo Lobetti BVSc MMedVet (Med) PhD Dipl ECVIM (Internal Medicine)Bryanston Veterinary HospitalPO Box 67092, Bryanston, 2021, South AfricaEmail: rlobetti@mweb.co.zaPresentation WSAVA 2007 Causative Agent The organism causing feline infectious anaemia was first described in 1942 from a cat in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa and was classified as Eperythrozoon felis, a protozoan belonging to the Order Hemosporidia and Family […]