{"title":"Clinical approach to a rare case of hydrallantois in bitch","authors":"Akshay Sharma, Pururava Sharma, Jahanvi Sharma, Pravesh Kumar, Ankit K. Ahuja, Pankaj Sood, Rakesh Kumar","doi":"10.1002/vrc2.937","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/vrc2.937","url":null,"abstract":"The present case describes the clinical, sonographic and histopathological findings of hydrallantois in bitch. After 55 days of the first mating, nulliparous Golden Retriever bitch was presented with a primary complaint of perceptible abdominal distension and dyspnoea for the last 3‒4 days. Ultrasonography revealed marked uterine distension with well appreciable anechoic to hypoechoic allantoic regions along with fetal stress. During caesarean section, a cumulative 2.75 L of placental fluid was recovered from allantoic portion with an altered electrolyte profile in comparison to maternal plasma. The histopathology examination of one fetal kidney corroborated tubular degeneration, suggesting nephrosis to be the concomitant aetiology. In conclusion, the clinical examination and ultrasonography provided provisional diagnosis of the condition; caesarean section proved to be an ideal option in order to prevent the dystocia or any other complication during whelping in a bitch even if none of the puppies survived. This approach, with supportive therapy ensures comprehensive care post‐treatment.","PeriodicalId":23496,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary Record Case Reports","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141575091","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical management and case review of a presumptive novel clinical presentation of protothecosis in donkeys causing ulcerated nodular lesions in the ear pinnae of 18 animals","authors":"Gigi Kay, Derek Knottenbelt, Caroline Millins, Noursaid Tligui, Rabia Azelhak","doi":"10.1002/vrc2.930","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/vrc2.930","url":null,"abstract":"This is a retrospective case series that describes a novel syndrome seen in 18 donkeys in Morocco that presented to this author,'s clinic with ulcerated nodular lesions of the ear pinnae. In the majority of cases, the lesions are confined to the ears, they are always bilateral and can occasionally progress to other areas of the body. Macroscopically, the lesions in all 18 donkeys are very uniform in presentation, even if the size of the nodules varies. This case series reviews the presentation, investigation, treatment and outcome for 18 cases presented to these authors’ clinics from 2011 to 2021. Skin biopsies from a subset of eight cases showed similar changes in chronic pyogranulomatous, dermatitis with myriad intra‐ and extra‐histiocytic organisms, the morphology of which is most consistent with that of <jats:italic>Prototheca</jats:italic> spp. infection. This is a novel presentation that represents a significant welfare issue for donkeys, as well as having important economic consequences for owners in the developing world.","PeriodicalId":23496,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary Record Case Reports","volume":"148 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141575092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kelechi T. Jeremiah, Tolulope G. Ogundipe, Ugonna H. Uzoka
{"title":"Dystocia management in a 1‐year‐old primiparous West African Dwarf Doe","authors":"Kelechi T. Jeremiah, Tolulope G. Ogundipe, Ugonna H. Uzoka","doi":"10.1002/vrc2.942","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/vrc2.942","url":null,"abstract":"Dystocia or difficulty in parturition in a doe may need veterinary assistance for successful parturition. This is a case of dystocia in a 1‐year‐old primigravid West African Dwarf doe managed under free range. The dystocia was as a result of fetal mal‐positioning in which the right forelimb was extended while the left was flexed. Feto‐maternal disproportion also played a role in this case probably due to underdeveloped birth canal, as the doe was a primi. The dystocia was managed surgically, as all efforts to manage it conservatively proved futile. The doe made an uneventful recovery.","PeriodicalId":23496,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary Record Case Reports","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141575096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recurrent infiltrative lipoma of the thoracic and abdominal wall in a young dog","authors":"Manuel Vega‐Sillero, Elisabeth R. Henderson","doi":"10.1002/vrc2.929","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/vrc2.929","url":null,"abstract":"A 1‐year and 8‐month‐old neutered male English Cocker Spaniel was presented with a large subcutaneous mass in the right ventrocaudal thoracic region, which was firmly adhered to the deeper tissues. An adipose tissue mass had been excised from the same region 12 months previously. Investigation included a computed tomography scan of the thorax and abdomen, which revealed a fat‐attenuating mass. The mass was both extra and intrathoracic and encompassed the ventrocaudal thoracic wall and infiltrated surrounding musculature. Marginal en bloc resection was performed. A right intercostal thoracotomy allowed resection of the intercostal component. Postoperative radiation therapy was recommended; however, it was declined by the owners. Nine months after surgery, recurrence of the mass was identified; however, the mass was small (2 cm diameter) and present within the extrathoracic subcutaneous region. The dog was reported to be clinically well with no associated clinical signs. Further treatment inclusive of revision surgery and postoperative radiation was declined.","PeriodicalId":23496,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary Record Case Reports","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141575093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jessica Y. Heinz, Michael Wenninger, Jennifer Nollman, Emily C. Vincent, Kathryn E. Seeley
{"title":"Successful whole blood transfusion in an aardvark (Orycteropus afer)","authors":"Jessica Y. Heinz, Michael Wenninger, Jennifer Nollman, Emily C. Vincent, Kathryn E. Seeley","doi":"10.1002/vrc2.927","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/vrc2.927","url":null,"abstract":"Aardvarks (<jats:italic>Orycteropus afer</jats:italic>) are a unique species kept in zoological institutions that are often affected by chronic dental disease. Molar abscessation can become severe enough to cause bone lysis and haemorrhage or fistula formation into the maxillary bone and sinuses. An 18‐year‐old, entire, female aardvark presented for maxillary molar abscessation, which led to haemorrhage and an oronasal fistula. Epistaxis resulted in severe anaemia with a packed cell volume of 6%, requiring a blood transfusion from an unrelated aardvark. No transfusion reaction was observed, and the transfusion resulted in clinical improvement and adequate packed cell volume (28%–39%), which was maintained for at least 15 months. The aardvark appeared to demonstrate a delayed regenerative response to anaemia, likely due to its comorbidities. This case represents the first successful whole blood transfusion in an aardvark.","PeriodicalId":23496,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary Record Case Reports","volume":"52 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141575095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eugenio Gaudio, Elizabeth Baines, Emma Scurrell, Stephen Baines
{"title":"Development of sialocoele following a mandibular rim excision for treatment of an oral fibrosarcoma in a dog","authors":"Eugenio Gaudio, Elizabeth Baines, Emma Scurrell, Stephen Baines","doi":"10.1002/vrc2.928","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/vrc2.928","url":null,"abstract":"A 12‐year‐old, neutered female, Labrador Retriever was referred to the Willows Veterinary Centre & Referral Service with a history of an oral mass adjacent and distal to 309 causing odynophagia. Biopsy of the mass resulted in an oral fibrosarcoma, which was subsequently removed via mandibular rim excision. Histology of the excised mandible confirmed removal with tumour‐free margins. Two months after surgery, the dog presented again with a 1.5 cm diameter pedunculated soft tissue lesion that had formed at the same location. Excision and histological examination confirmed a sialocoele, likely due to iatrogenic damage to a minor salivary gland of the oral cavity. Two years following the second surgery, no recurrence of the fibrosarcoma or the sialocoele was documented.","PeriodicalId":23496,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary Record Case Reports","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141575097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicholas Goody, Tobias Schwarz, Cody Alcott, Rainier Ko, Bunita Eichelberger
{"title":"Clinical and imaging features of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ventriculitis with suspected obstructive hydrocephalus in a German Shepherd dog","authors":"Nicholas Goody, Tobias Schwarz, Cody Alcott, Rainier Ko, Bunita Eichelberger","doi":"10.1002/vrc2.933","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/vrc2.933","url":null,"abstract":"A 5‐year‐old male neutered German Shepherd dog was evaluated following a seizure for acute and rapidly progressive obtundation, vertical nystagmus and ataxia. Magnetic resonance imaging exhibited marked hydrocephalus in the lateral ventricles with cerebellar herniation through the foramen magnum. In the periventricular tissues, T2‐weighted fluid‐attenuated inversion recovery hyperintensity was present, representing periventricular oedema. The ventricular walls were multifocally thickened and contrast enhancing, indicating ventriculitis. There was mild multifocal asymmetric enhancement of the meninges of the left rostroventral calvarial margin and cervical spinal cord, with cervical syringomyelia. The patient was not able to self‐ventilate and was euthanased within 24 hours of starting supportive treatment. Necropsy findings were consistent with ventriculitis, meningitis, hydrocephalus and cerebellar herniation. A moderate yield of <jats:italic>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</jats:italic> was detected on cerebrospinal fluid culture and postmortem brain tissue culture.","PeriodicalId":23496,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary Record Case Reports","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141575094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clara Danière, Marie‐Pierre Callait‐Cardinal, Frédéric Grenouillet, Karin Lemberger, Benoit Quintard
{"title":"Taenia martis in an Alaotran gentle lemur (Hapalemur alaotrensis): The importance of molecular identification","authors":"Clara Danière, Marie‐Pierre Callait‐Cardinal, Frédéric Grenouillet, Karin Lemberger, Benoit Quintard","doi":"10.1002/vrc2.915","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/vrc2.915","url":null,"abstract":"The cestode <jats:italic>Taenia martis</jats:italic> is a common parasite affecting mustelids, with rodents serving as intermediate hosts. However, infections with the larval stage have seldomly been described in primates. This report describes a case in an Alaotran gentle lemur (<jats:italic>Hapalemur alaotrensis</jats:italic>) that died of chronic kidney disease, and in which <jats:italic>Taenia</jats:italic> cysticercosis was discovered at postmortem examination. Microscopic examination of the cysts attached to the mesentery and the inner side of the ribs, combined with the epidemiology of <jats:italic>Taenia</jats:italic> cysticercosis in France, pointed to <jats:italic>Taenia crassiceps</jats:italic> as the most probable aetiology. However, molecular identification, undertaken 3 years later during a global study on <jats:italic>T. crassiceps</jats:italic> in lemurs in France, identified the larval cestode as <jats:italic>T. martis</jats:italic>. This report is the first record of <jats:italic>T. martis</jats:italic> infection in an Alaotran gentle lemur and shows the importance of molecular identification in cysticercosis diagnosis.","PeriodicalId":23496,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary Record Case Reports","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141526052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Katerina Holenova, Chiara Giannasi, Elizabeth Alloway, Aaron Harper
{"title":"Hepatic T‐cell lymphoma in a dog with chronic hepatitis and presence of Leptospira spp. in hepatic tissue","authors":"Katerina Holenova, Chiara Giannasi, Elizabeth Alloway, Aaron Harper","doi":"10.1002/vrc2.926","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/vrc2.926","url":null,"abstract":"A 7‐year‐old, female, neutered Border collie was referred for investigation of increased liver enzymes, accompanied by mild non‐specific clinical signs. Investigations subsequently revealed the presence of chronic pyogranulomatous hepatitis, copper accumulation and presence of multiplying <jats:italic>Leptospira</jats:italic> spp. in the liver tissue. Following treatment with doxycycline and D‐penicillamine, the liver parameters and clinical signs improved. However, 9 months after the treatment was initiated, the dog re‐presented for overall deterioration, small intestinal diarrhoea and cough. Investigations were consistent with a hepatic large cell lymphoma. The dog was euthanased shortly after diagnosis, and histopathology of the postmortem samples taken from the liver showed presence of CD3<jats:sup>+</jats:sup>, CD11d<jats:sup>+</jats:sup> T‐cell lymphoma as well as multiplying <jats:italic>Leptospira</jats:italic> spp. in the tissue.","PeriodicalId":23496,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary Record Case Reports","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141526086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Patricia Thong, Guy Wolfenden, Dazlyn Badsha, Zoe Lenard
{"title":"Presumed intracranial and spinal subdural empyema secondary to periorbital abscesses in a golden retriever","authors":"Patricia Thong, Guy Wolfenden, Dazlyn Badsha, Zoe Lenard","doi":"10.1002/vrc2.923","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/vrc2.923","url":null,"abstract":"Intracranial and spinal subdural empyema was presumptively diagnosed in a 2‐year‐old golden retriever secondary to periorbital abscesses. The patient initially presented to the referring veterinarian for right eye conjunctivitis, intermittent left head turn and reluctance to eat on the left side. The patient then suffered neck trauma from a rope, developing neck pain, left‐sided conscious proprioceptive deficits and right‐sided Horner's syndrome. Most signs resolved with medical management at the referring veterinarian, but neck pain persisted. Severe acute neurological deterioration occurred before presentation at our hospital, culminating in decerebrate rigidity and opisthotonos. Neurological exam revealed multifocal intracranial disease. Magnetic resonance imaging showed periorbital abscesses and extensive intracranial and cervical spinal subdural empyema. The owners elected for euthanasia and declined postmortem examination. Cerebrospinal fluid sampled immediately postmortem confirmed empyema. This is the first report of a presumed case of intracranial and cervical spine subdural empyema caused by periorbital abscesses in a dog.","PeriodicalId":23496,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary Record Case Reports","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141529375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}