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{"title":"Glossitis in four-toed hedgehogs (Atelerix albiventris): 7 cases (2003–2023)","authors":"Emma Pray ,&nbsp;Gretel Tovar-Lopez ,&nbsp;Audrey Kastner ,&nbsp;Sarah Ozawa ,&nbsp;Allison Watson ,&nbsp;Anastasia Towe ,&nbsp;Miranda J. Sadar","doi":"10.1053/j.jepm.2025.08.001","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.jepm.2025.08.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Oral masses are a common finding in four-toed hedgehogs (<em>Atelerix albiventris</em>) under human care and are often diagnosed as neoplastic. Benign oral disease has also been reported, including inflammatory lesions of the oral mucosa and gingival hyperplasia. This retrospective study aimed to investigate cases of glossitis in hedgehogs, including signalment, clinical presentation, treatment protocol, and response to treatment.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Data was collected from three institutions over a 20-year period (October 2003–2023).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>A total of 1540 hedgehogs were evaluated during this time frame from all institutions and seven were identified with glossitis (overall prevalence 0.005%). Ages ranged from six months to five years (median 2.27 years), with five male intact, one male castrated, and one female intact animal. Most cases were treated on an emergency basis (6/7, 85.7%), with the most common presenting complaint being oral hemorrhage (5/7, 71.4%). Six cases (85.7%) were either grossly or histopathologically necrotic. Of the five with biopsies performed, all had acute suppurative glossitis, and two had a combination of acute and chronic disease. Treatment protocols with antibiotics and meloxicam were used in 6/7 cases (85.7%), and 4/7 (57.1%) achieved recorded or presumed resolution of clinical signs in two to twelve weeks.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>While oral hemorrhage and swelling of the tongue are commonly associated with oral neoplasia in hedgehogs, glossitis with a more favorable outcome should also be included as a differential diagnosis and ruled out with ancillary testing.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15801,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine","volume":"55 ","pages":"Pages 4-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145044189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Review of: Ballard B and Cheek R, editors. “Exotic animal medicine for the veterinary technician”, 4th edition. Wiley Blackwell Inc, 705p; 2024","authors":"Lorelei D’Avolio","doi":"10.1053/j.jepm.2025.06.002","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.jepm.2025.06.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15801,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine","volume":"54 ","pages":"Pages 37-38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144687261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Veterinary spending patterns for pet rabbits in Spain","authors":"Miguel Gallego-Agundez ,&nbsp;Cristina Díaz-Berciano","doi":"10.1053/j.jepm.2025.07.006","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.jepm.2025.07.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15801,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine","volume":"54 ","pages":"Pages 43-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144713170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Risk and protective factors associated with clinical urolithiasis in pet guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus)","authors":"Hannah J. Dadah ,&nbsp;Michelle G. Hawkins ,&nbsp;Andrea W. Munk ,&nbsp;Jodi L. Westropp ,&nbsp;Philip H. Kass ,&nbsp;Hugues Beaufrère","doi":"10.1053/j.jepm.2025.07.005","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.jepm.2025.07.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To determine potential risk and protective factors for the development of clinical urolithiasis in pet guinea pigs.</div></div><div><h3>Animals</h3><div>Approximately 242 guinea pigs (<em>Cavia porcellus</em>).</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Signalment, dietary and medical history were recorded from urolith submissions from affected guinea pigs. The controls were identified via an online survey from owners of nonclinical pet guinea pigs, and data was collected regarding signalment, past medical history and diet. Clinical urolithiasis is defined as animals having or had the presence of uroliths identified via imaging, surgery, or manual expulsion, and control subjects may include subclinical or asymptomatic cases. Diets for control and affected subjects were assessed for percentage of pellets, hay, fruits/vegetables, high-calcium dietary items and vitamin C offered. Models were constructed with the best fit evaluated using Hosmer-Lemeshow tests. The 2 predictive models used, %hay (PH) and %pellets (PP), could not be combined due to their collinear nature.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Data from 70 affected and 172 control guinea pigs were included in the analyses. Guinea pigs ≥24 months had higher odds of developing urolithiasis (PH: OR = 30.74; 95% CI [6.26–150.9], <em>P</em> &lt; 0.001; PP: OR = 19.23; 95% CI [4.64–79.65], <em>P</em> &lt; 0.001). Animals ≥1300 grams were more protected against urolithiasis (PH: OR = 0.05; 95% CI [0.0042–0.48], <em>P</em> &lt; 0.010; PP: OR = 0.05; 95% CI [0.0045–0.47], <em>P</em> &lt; 0.009). Affected males were overrepresented (62.8%, 44/70). Diets higher in %hay (PH: OR = 0.94; 95% CI [0.91–0.97], <em>P</em> &lt; 0.001) or greater variety of fruits/vegetables (&gt;7 types) (PH: OR = 0.66; 95% CI [0.57–0.76], <em>P</em> &lt; 0.001; PP: OR = 0.69; 95% CI [0.61–0.80], <em>P</em> &lt; 0.001) were more protective; guinea pigs with diets higher in %pellets were more likely to develop urolithiasis (PP: OR = 1.05; 95% CI [1.02–1.09], <em>P</em> &lt; 0.003). High moisture (&gt;50%) food items, such as bell peppers, tomatoes and romaine lettuce were especially protective against the formation of uroliths.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions and clinical relevance</h3><div>Age, body weight, sex and dietary factors are important considerations for the development of clinical urolithiasis in guinea pigs and should be considered when tailoring preventative strategies for guinea pigs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15801,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine","volume":"54 ","pages":"Pages 28-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144687259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"AEMV 3Q Newsletter 2025","authors":"","doi":"10.1053/S1557-5063(25)00071-0","DOIUrl":"10.1053/S1557-5063(25)00071-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15801,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine","volume":"54 ","pages":"Pages I-III"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144903836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Diagnosis and treatment of an ossified auricular hematoma in a domestic rabbit","authors":"Hilary S. Stern ,&nbsp;Ethan Biswell","doi":"10.1053/j.jepm.2025.07.001","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.jepm.2025.07.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15801,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine","volume":"54 ","pages":"Pages 26-27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144687562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sex and age-specific select hematologic and biochemical reference intervals for koi (Cyprinus rubrofuscus)","authors":"Alexandra T. Troiano ,&nbsp;Melanie Ammersbach ,&nbsp;Kelsey D. Brust ,&nbsp;Kathryn L. Philips ,&nbsp;Hugues Beaufrère ,&nbsp;Esteban Soto","doi":"10.1053/j.jepm.2025.05.001","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.jepm.2025.05.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Fish are the most numerous pet throughout the United States, and ornamental Koi (<em>Cyprinus rubrofuscus</em>) are one of the most common ornamental pet fish in California, USA. Previous reference intervals have been established in a small sample size of koi but differences between age and sex in ornamental koi have not been investigated. The objective of this study was to establish hematologic and biochemical reference intervals for healthy koi stratified by age (juvenile vs adult) and sex (male vs female).</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>Blood samples were collected from 50 adult males, 50 adult females and 50 juvenile koi from a commercial vendor. Heparinized whole blood was used to perform a manual complete blood count (CBC) and biochemical parameters were analyzed from plasma samples. Reference intervals were determined using a non-parametric method to obtain the 2.5% and 97.5% percentiles following elimination of outliers.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Many of the investigated laboratory values were found to be similar between groups, but statistically significant differences were found between ages for calcium, anion gap, and thrombocyte count, and among both age and sex for phosphorus, bicarbonate, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), glucose, red blood cell count (RBC), white blood cell count (WBC), and lymphocyte count.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Statistically significant differences between ages and sexes were found to exist for various analytes, but the differences are unlikely to be clinically relevant given the large degree of overlap of the partitioned reference intervals. Overall, reference intervals for the investigated hematological and biochemical values were similar in nonbreeding koi regardless of sex and age.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15801,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine","volume":"54 ","pages":"Pages 1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144270104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Avian & Exotic News","authors":"","doi":"10.1053/j.jepm.2025.06.003","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.jepm.2025.06.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15801,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine","volume":"54 ","pages":"Pages 41-42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144696585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Surgical management of metritis, salpingitis and vaginal tubular adenocarcinoma in a sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps)","authors":"Veronica Pardini ,&nbsp;Bairon Madrigal","doi":"10.1053/j.jepm.2025.07.004","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.jepm.2025.07.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15801,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine","volume":"54 ","pages":"Pages 35-36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144687260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Malignant mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis in a 6-year-old rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus): A case report","authors":"Marie Mélin,&nbsp;Kévin Schlax","doi":"10.1053/j.jepm.2025.07.002","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.jepm.2025.07.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>A 6-year-old male rabbit presented with unilateral scrotal enlargement. Clinical examination and imaging revealed a mass within the left vaginal tunic.</div></div><div><h3>Case description</h3><div>Surgical excision was performed, and histopathology identified a malignant mesothelioma.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions and case relevance</h3><div>Immunohistochemical analysis confirmed the diagnosis with strong cytoplasmic co-expression of vimentin and pancytokeratin. This case represents a rare documentation of tunica vaginalis mesothelioma in rabbits, underlining the importance of thorough histopathological and immunohistochemical assessment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15801,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine","volume":"54 ","pages":"Pages 45-47"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144713171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}