{"title":"Thoracic computed tomography in dogs with neoplasia","authors":"A. Cordella, E. Stock, J.H. Saunders","doi":"10.21825/vdt.89685","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21825/vdt.89685","url":null,"abstract":"Computer tomography has been described for the detection and characterization of different thoracic neoplastic diseases in dogs, both primary and metastatic. Its use and availability in veterinary medicine are rapidly increasing in the clinical setting, particularly in referral practices. Due to the cross-sectional nature of this modality, CT is particularly useful in the assessment of complex anatomical regions, such as the thoracic cavity. In this review, the most common applications of thoracic CT for the diagnosis and staging of different neoplastic processes in dogs are highlighted.","PeriodicalId":23487,"journal":{"name":"Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135978847","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":"Myocardial injury following acute abdominal hemorrhage and septicemia in a seventeen-month-old draft horse","authors":"E. de Bruijn, A. Dufourni, L. Lefère, G. van Loon","doi":"10.21825/vdt.89688","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21825/vdt.89688","url":null,"abstract":"A seventeen-month-old draft horse gelding was presented with acute abdominal bleeding following castration. After two blood transfusions and medical treatment, clinical parameters stabilized, and the horse seemed to recover. Four days after admission, the horse suddenly developed tachycardia, tachypnea and pyrexia. Electrocardiography revealed paroxysmal monomorphic ventricular tachycardia related to myocardial injury. The horse recovered progressively after medical treatment and returned to normal sinus rhythm. In this case report, the importance to monitor for myocardial injury and cardiac arrhythmias after acute hemorrhage is highlighted.","PeriodicalId":23487,"journal":{"name":"Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135978870","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":"Vraag & Antwoord","authors":"A. Garmyn, T. Hellebuyck","doi":"10.21825/vdt.89130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21825/vdt.89130","url":null,"abstract":"Behandeling van chronische eileg bij een grijze roodstaartpapegaai","PeriodicalId":23487,"journal":{"name":"Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135088409","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}
S. Holemans, M. Meeremans, M. Oosterlinck, C. De Schauwer
{"title":"A survey on Flemish veterinary practitioners’ experience with stem cell therapy to treat equine tendon injuries","authors":"S. Holemans, M. Meeremans, M. Oosterlinck, C. De Schauwer","doi":"10.21825/vdt.89128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21825/vdt.89128","url":null,"abstract":"Horses in all equestrian disciplines are suffering from tendon injuries followed by several months of rehabilitation. Additionally, the scar tissue formed after injury is of inferior quality, resulting in high re-injury rates. Conventional treatments include rest, controlled exercise and anti-inflammatory drugs administration. In order to improve tissue regeneration and prevent reinjury, biological treatments, such as mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are gaining popularity. In this survey, the use of MSCs as treatment for tendon injuries by Flemish equine veterinary practitioners was evaluated. Although the respondents were in general unsatisfied with conventional therapy, it remains the preferred treatment. Approximately half of the survey population (47%) have already used MSCs therapy to treat tendon injuries. The other participants reported the high costs and complexity as major limitations. According to the respondents, the availability of strong scientific evidence of the mechanisms of action, accompanied by clear practical guidelines, could help to increase the practical application of MSC therapy.","PeriodicalId":23487,"journal":{"name":"Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79632544","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":"Does laparoscopic ovariectomy in dogs prevent the development of uterine pathologies at a later age?","authors":"J. Wellens, B. van Goethem, H. de Rooster","doi":"10.21825/vdt.89125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21825/vdt.89125","url":null,"abstract":"Ovariectomy and laparoscopic ovariectomy (lap OVE) are the routine spaying procedures in many countries. With these procedures, the uterus remains in situ and later in life, a uterine pathology such as cystic endometrial hyperplasia, pyometra or uterine neoplasia, can potentially develop. The patient files of 308 clinically healthy dogs that underwent elective lap OVE, were retrospectively searched during a study period of twelve years. For 173 dogs (56%), the owners could be contacted for a telephone survey. The median age at the time of lap OVE was 1.2 years (range: 0.4-12.3 years) and median body weight was 17.0 kg (range: 2.0-65.0 kg). At a median follow-up period of 4.5 years (range: 0.2-12.3 years), in none of the dogs, any clinical signs developed related to a uterine pathology. In 14/173 dogs (median age 8.0 years (range: 2.1-11.5 years); median body weight 24.4 kg (range: 2.0-65.0 kg)), early-stage uterine changes (uterine cysts, cystic endometrial hyperplasia, and/or uterine luminal collections) were visible at the time of lap OVE. Two of these fourteen dogs underwent an abdominal ultrasound, at respectively 1.3 and 3.5 years after lap OVE, that identified regression of previous pathologies to a normal uterus. In none of the remaining twelve dogs, any sign of a uterine pathology developed at a median follow-up of 3.9 years (range: 1.1-11.1 years). In this study, it was found that advanced age and even the presence of early-stage hormonally dependent uterine changes should not be considered contraindications to perform lap OVE in clinically healthy dogs.","PeriodicalId":23487,"journal":{"name":"Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85489705","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}
L. Kiggen, J. Lannoo, P. Banchi, G. Domain, R. Van Leeuwenberg, H. Ali Hassan, A. Van Soom
{"title":"De groeicurve van kittens van populaire raskatten tijdens de neonatale periode","authors":"L. Kiggen, J. Lannoo, P. Banchi, G. Domain, R. Van Leeuwenberg, H. Ali Hassan, A. Van Soom","doi":"10.21825/vdt.89129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21825/vdt.89129","url":null,"abstract":"Dit onderzoek had als doel de normale ontwikkeling en groeicurve van kittens in kaart te brengen. De studie werd uitgevoerd bij raskatten uit België en Nederland waarin kittens werden opgevolgd tijdens de eerste vier levensweken. Het grootste deel van de kittens werd gezoogd door hun moeder, slechts enkele kregen kunstmatige bijvoeding. De kittens met een laag geboortegewicht bleken een grotere kans te hebben op het “fading kitten”-syndroom, meer bepaald als het geboortegewicht lager lag dan 90 g. Het geboortegewicht werd beïnvloed door de pariteit van het moederdier. De leeftijd van het moederdier en het geslacht van de kittens leken geen invloed te hebben op het geboortegewicht van de kittens. De kittens kwamen gemiddeld 10 g per dag aan en verdubbelden hun gewicht op de tiende dag. Op basis van gewichtskwartielen is te zien dat de kittens uit kwartiel 1 een hogere gewichtstoename hadden na 48 uur dan kittens uit de andere kwartielen. Kleinere kittens groeiden sneller dan grotere kittens, waardoor de gewichtsverschillen de neiging hadden te verdwijnen na de eerste drie levensweken.","PeriodicalId":23487,"journal":{"name":"Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75100695","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":"“Shared decision making” of gezamenlijke besluitvorming: wanneer dierenarts en eigenaar samen beslissingen nemen","authors":"A. Decloedt","doi":"10.21825/vdt.89127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21825/vdt.89127","url":null,"abstract":"De communicatie tussen dierenarts en klant evolueert naar een meer klant- of relatiegericht patroon, waarbij eigenaars inspraak wensen en het belangrijk vinden dat hun perspectief gehoord wordt. “Shared decision making” of gezamenlijke besluitvorming is een proces waarbij dierenarts en eigenaar van het dier samen tot een beslissing komen over verdere medische stappen. Dit wordt toegepast indien er meerdere evenwaardige opties qua diagnostiek of behandeling zijn. Het proces bestaat uit drie stappen. In de eerste stap (“choice of team talk”) wordt aangegeven dat een keuze moet gemaakt worden uit meerdere opties, en wordt gepeild naar de initiële voorkeur van de eigenaar. In de tweede stap (“option talk”) worden de voor- en nadelen van alle opties overlopen. In de laatste stap (“decision talk”) worden de voorkeur, waarden en overtuigingen van de eigenaar geïntegreerd bij het nemen van een finale gezamenlijke beslissing. Dit vereist excellente communicatieve vaardigheden, met nadruk op open vragen, actief luisteren en empathie.","PeriodicalId":23487,"journal":{"name":"Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74139616","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":"Electrocardiography-documented sudden cardiac death due to ventricular fibrillation in a young cat without echocardiographic evidence of severe structural heart disease","authors":"A. Hellemans, M. Skotarek, G. Mampaey, P. Smets","doi":"10.21825/vdt.89126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21825/vdt.89126","url":null,"abstract":"An asymptomatic three-year-old male European Domestic Shorthair cat was referred for an irregular heart auscultation. Apart from localized concentric left ventricular septal hypertrophy, echocardiography was normal. However, ventricular ectopy was observed on electrocardiography (ECG) during echocardiography. The cat died suddenly 55 minutes after the start of the subsequent Holter ECG. Analysis showed sinus rhythm interrupted by 192 single ventricular premature complexes, a ventricular couplet, two incidents of ventricular bigeminy and two runs of ventricular tachycardia (VT). The last run of VT deteriorated into ventricular fibrillation (VF) and ultimately cardiac arrest. Structural heart disease including mild feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or myocarditis, primary arrhythmia (channelopathy) or extra-cardiac disease were maintained as differential diagnosis. Unfortunately, a necropsy was declined leaving no definitive diagnosis available. In this case report, it is shown that VF due to ventricular ectopy is a possible cause of SCD even in asymptomatic cats with only mild echocardiographic signs of structural heart disease.","PeriodicalId":23487,"journal":{"name":"Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90686746","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}
C. Bosdriesz, N. Devriendt, H. de Rooster, M. Dekkers, D. Paepe, E. Stock
{"title":"Radiografische evaluatie van de levergrootte bij honden na chirurgische behandeling van een extrahepatische portosystemische shunt","authors":"C. Bosdriesz, N. Devriendt, H. de Rooster, M. Dekkers, D. Paepe, E. Stock","doi":"10.21825/vdt.89124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21825/vdt.89124","url":null,"abstract":"Microhepathie is een frequent voorkomende bevinding bij honden met een congenitale extrahepatische portosystemische shunt (EHPSS). Chirurgische behandeling leidt bij het overgrote deel van de honden tot volledige sluiting van de EHPSS, terwijl bij een minderheid persisterende portosystemische shunting aanwezig blijft. In deze retrospectieve studie werd nagegaan of de levergrootte op abdominale radiografieën zes maanden postoperatief is toegenomen ten opzichte van de grootte van de lever preoperatief, en of de toename groter is bij honden met een gesloten EHPSS dan bij honden met persisterende portosystemische shunting. Er was bij twee derde van alle honden een toename in levergrootte aanwezig zes maanden postoperatief, alhoewel deze toename niet statistisch significant was (p = 0,148). Er was ook geen significant verschil in toename van de levergrootte postoperatief tussen honden met een gesloten EHPSS en met persisterende shunting (p = 0,649). In deze studie werd er op basis van abdominale radiografieën geen duidelijke toename van de levergrootte waargenomen, en er kon geen informatie over het al dan niet volledig sluiten van de EHPSS verkregen worden.","PeriodicalId":23487,"journal":{"name":"Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82117465","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":"Antimicrobial prophylaxis in canine and feline surgery","authors":"N. Devriendt, F. Mortier, H. de Rooster","doi":"10.21825/vdt.87487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21825/vdt.87487","url":null,"abstract":"Antimicrobial prophylaxis aims at decreasing the risk of surgical site infections (SSI) by administration of antimicrobial drugs prior to surgery in animals at risk. Multiple risk factors for the development of SSIs have been determined in companion animals, and based on these risk factors, a flow diagram is proposed to identify dogs and cats that would benefit from antimicrobial prophylaxis. Furthermore, the most identified bacteria in healthy companion animals are listed per organ system with their recommended prophylactic antimicrobial drug(s). Besides administration of the optimal drug type, the route of administration, dose, dose interval, and duration of antimicrobial prophylaxis are important to help reduce the emergence of (multidrug-) resistant bacteria.","PeriodicalId":23487,"journal":{"name":"Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88118232","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}