{"title":"Les anomalies vasculaires, quelle technique pour les détecter et les reconnaître ?","authors":"É. Fauchon","doi":"10.1016/j.anicom.2024.12.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anicom.2024.12.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38077,"journal":{"name":"Revue Veterinaire Clinique","volume":"60 1","pages":"Pages 56-59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143171012","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":"Les petits organes de la cavité abdominale : échographie versus scanner chez le chien de grand format","authors":"H. Kolb","doi":"10.1016/j.anicom.2024.12.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anicom.2024.12.005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38077,"journal":{"name":"Revue Veterinaire Clinique","volume":"60 1","pages":"Pages 60-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143171004","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}
I.C. Chibuogwu , N.A. Yilah , C.C. Osemeka , J. Madukwe , J.O. Ajayi , M.A. Waziri , A.Y. Ribadu
{"title":"Traitement par orchiectomie et ablation scrotale d’un granulome scrotal chez un Berger allemand de 3 ans","authors":"I.C. Chibuogwu , N.A. Yilah , C.C. Osemeka , J. Madukwe , J.O. Ajayi , M.A. Waziri , A.Y. Ribadu","doi":"10.1016/j.anicom.2024.11.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anicom.2024.11.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A client presented a 3-year-old dog to the clinic with the primary complaint of recurrent scrotal enlargement and a request for castration. The dog had a history of infertility, recurrent scrotal enlargement and otitis externa. Microbial culture of scrotal subcutaneous fluid revealed heavy growth of <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em>. The scrotal tissue was histopathologically confirmed to be a scrotal granuloma associated with hypospermatogenesis and focal areas of epididymal tubular hyperplasia. The final diagnosis made was scrotal granuloma from chronic <em>S. aureus</em> infection. There is scarce literature on scrotal granuloma associated with <em>S. aureus</em> infection and infertility in dogs as against several cases in humans. There is often an indiscriminate preference for removing the testes and scrotum of dogs presenting chronic disease conditions of the testes and scrotum, unlike in humans. The case was managed by the removal of the testes and scrotum (orchiectomy and scrotal ablation). The dog's fertility could have been salvaged by testicular sperm extraction and in-vitro fertilisation but, the technology was not available in the dog's current location. This case reveals a need for Theriogenologists in developing countries to develop or adopt skills in testicular sperm harvest and in-vitro fertilisation of spermatozoa from hypo-spermatogenic patients.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38077,"journal":{"name":"Revue Veterinaire Clinique","volume":"60 1","pages":"Pages 24-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143171286","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}
J. Montier , C. Layssol , A. Geffré , Y. Abou Monsef , R. Lavoué , M. Mantelli
{"title":"Un cas d’infection fongique disséminée à Aspergillus terreus et Scedosporium spp. chez une chienne berger belge malinois de 4 ans","authors":"J. Montier , C. Layssol , A. Geffré , Y. Abou Monsef , R. Lavoué , M. Mantelli","doi":"10.1016/j.anicom.2024.11.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anicom.2024.11.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Une chienne berger belge malinois stérilisée de 4 ans est référée pour l’exploration d’une azotémie ne répondant pas à la fluidothérapie. Une hyperthermie ainsi qu’une douleur à la palpation rachidienne sont mises en évidence. Les analyses sanguines confirment une azotémie associée à un syndrome inflammatoire et les examens d’imagerie révèlent des anomalies rénales et vertébrales. L’analyse cytologique et la mise en culture de ces lésions et des urines permettent de diagnostiquer une infection fongique à <em>Aspergillus terreus</em> et à <em>Scedosporium</em> spp. Une aggravation de l’état de la chienne avec l’apparition d’un syndrome vestibulaire central quelques jours après son admission justifie la réalisation d’une procédure de fin de vie. L’originalité de ce cas repose sur la mise en évidence d’une infection fongique disséminée impliquant deux agents distincts chez un individu sans immunosuppression évidente. Les éléments cliniques ainsi que les examens complémentaires permettant le diagnostic d’un infection fongique disséminée sont soulignés dans cette présentation.</div></div><div><div>A 4-year-old spayed female Belgian Shepherd dog was referred for the exploration of an azotemia unresponsive to fluid therapy. Hyperthermia and pain on spinal palpation were noted on initial physical examination. Blood work was consistent with severe azotemia associated with inflammatory syndrome. Diagnosis imaging revealed vertebral and renal abnormalities. Cytological analysis and culture of both these lesions and urine specimen were consistent with fungal infection. Both <em>Aspergillus terreus</em> and <em>Scedosporium</em> spp. were identified. Clinical deterioration with central vestibular syndrome lead to a decision of euthanasia 3 days after initial presentation. This case report documents the first case of disseminated fungal infection due to both <em>Aspergillus terreus</em> and <em>Scedosporium</em> spp., in a non-immunocompromised individual. Here, are highlighted clinical features and additional tests needed to diagnose a disseminated fungal infection. The various treatment options available are also discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38077,"journal":{"name":"Revue Veterinaire Clinique","volume":"60 1","pages":"Pages 1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143170319","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":"Jaune… rouge, verte, noire : que dit la couleur de l’urine ?","authors":"P. Deshuillers","doi":"10.1016/j.anicom.2024.12.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anicom.2024.12.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38077,"journal":{"name":"Revue Veterinaire Clinique","volume":"60 1","pages":"Pages 47-49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143171001","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":"Pour une meilleure prise en charge des zoonoses affectant les professionnels de la santé animale selon une vision Une seule santé","authors":"M. Gharbi , J. Dupouy-Camet","doi":"10.1016/j.anicom.2025.01.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anicom.2025.01.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Les professionnels de la santé animale (vétérinaires et auxiliaires spécialisés vétérinaires) sont de plus en plus confrontés aux zoonoses notamment en médecine des animaux de compagnie due à plusieurs facteurs : (i) une augmentation du nombre d’animaux de compagnie ; (ii) une diversification des espèces qui comportent actuellement, en plus des espèces conventionnelles (chiens, chats et oiseaux), d’autres espèces comme les poissons, les petits mammifères et les reptiles ; (iii) une augmentation des contacts entre l’Homme et les animaux de compagnie. Ainsi, un nouveau partenariat entre les médecins et les professionnels de la santé animale permettrait, lors de zoonoses, d’améliorer leur prise en charge, leur suspicion et leur dépistage selon une approche « Une seule santé ». Cette nouvelle relation optimisera la prévention des zoonoses.</div></div><div><div>Animal health professionals (veterinarians and veterinary nurses) are increasingly facing zoonotic infections in pets. This increase is due to several factors: (i) an increase in companion animal population; (ii) a diversification of the species that nowadays include not only conventional pets (dogs, cats and birds) but also other species as fishes, small mammals and reptiles; (iii) an increase in contact between humans and pet animals. Thus, new partnership between physicians and animal health professionals will allow, during zoonotic diseases, to improve health care, their suspicion and their screening according to a One Health approach. This new relation will optimize the prevention of zoonotic diseases.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38077,"journal":{"name":"Revue Veterinaire Clinique","volume":"60 3","pages":"Pages 140-148"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144680029","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":"L’utilité des parasites ou l’utilité de l’inutile","authors":"M. Gharbi","doi":"10.1016/j.anicom.2024.12.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anicom.2024.12.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Les parasites sont des êtres vivants qui vivent aux dépens d’autres sans les tuer. Certains sont à l’origine de problèmes de santé chez l’homme et les animaux poussant les praticiens de santé à recourir aux antiparasitaires médicamenteux. Néanmoins, environ 40 % des espèces animales vivantes sont des parasites. On oublie souvent qu’ils rendent plusieurs services écosystémiques et que plusieurs d’entre eux sont peu ou pas pathogènes. Le vétérinaire doit développer une connaissance fine des parasites, de l’épidémiologie parasitaire et des méthodes modernes de lutte contre ces parasites, qui devrait reposer sur la mise en place d’un « panier d’options de lutte » et ne pas se limiter aux antiparasitaires médicamenteux classiques. Un débat doit être initié pour faire réussir cette mutation des pratiques vétérinaires.</div></div><div><div>Parasites live on other animals without killing them. Some of these parasites generate health problems for humans and animals pushing health practitioners to use antiparasitic chemical drugs. Nevertheless, approximately 40% of the living animal species are parasites and we forget that these parasites have several ecosystem services and many of them are lightly or not pathogenic. Veterinary doctor should develop his knowledge on parasites, on the epidemiology of parasitic diseases and the modern methods of fighting these parasites that could be performed using a “basket of control options” and not limited to chemical antiparasitic drugs. A debate should be initiated to succeed the mutations of veterinary practice.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38077,"journal":{"name":"Revue Veterinaire Clinique","volume":"60 2","pages":"Pages 83-88"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143882048","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}
L.K. Zegadi , M. Lubin , M. Roche-Catholy , I. Bublot , N. Zegadi
{"title":"Clinical case on the use of the Bimod Vet® on a Doberman Pinscher puppy with atrial fibrillation","authors":"L.K. Zegadi , M. Lubin , M. Roche-Catholy , I. Bublot , N. Zegadi","doi":"10.1016/j.anicom.2024.09.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anicom.2024.09.010","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Similarly as in people, the diagnosis of cardiac diseases in dogs typically relies on echocardiography and electrocardiography, examinations that are usually reserved to cardiologists. A new medical device<span><span><sup>1</sup></span></span> acquiring the electrocardiogram and phonocardiogram of dogs simultaneously and processing them with built-in algorithms has been developed to assist general practitioners in the management of cases suggestive of suffering from a cardiac disorder. This article displays the use of this device in a 5-month-old Doberman Pinscher puppy referred to a cardiologist and eventually diagnosed with cardiomyopathy of dilated phenotype with atrial fibrillation of unknown origin. In this case, Bimod Vet® enabled to acquire some cardiorespiratory parameters highly suggestive of a cardiac disorder, in a fast and stress-free manner. The rhythm analysis performed by the software lead to a suspicion of atrial fibrillation, based on a rapid and irregular rhythm, narrow QRS complexes and absence of P wave on the electrocardiogram tracing. A systolic murmur was also detected and the respiratory rate was measured. The device Bimod Vet® can therefore assist veterinarians in the detection of several abnormalities suggestive of an underlying cardiac disorder.</div></div><div><div>Comme chez l’Homme, le diagnostic des maladies cardiaques chez le chien repose généralement sur l’échocardiographie et l’électrocardiographie, examens habituellement réservés aux cardiologues. Un nouveau dispositif médical<span><span><sup>1</sup></span></span> acquérant simultanément l’électrocardiogramme et le phonocardiogramme des chiens et les traitant avec des algorithmes intégrés a été développé pour assister les vétérinaires généralistes dans la prise en charge des cas évocateurs d’un trouble cardiaque. Cet article présente l’utilisation de cet appareil chez un chiot Dobermann âgé de 5 mois référé à un cardiologue et finalement diagnostiqué avec une cardiomyopathie de phénotype dilaté avec fibrillation atriale d’origine inconnue. Dans ce cas, Bimod Vet® a permis d’acquérir de manière rapide et sans stress certains paramètres cardiorespiratoires très évocateurs d’un trouble cardiaque. L’analyse du rythme réalisée par le logiciel conduit à une suspicion de fibrillation atriale, basée sur un rythme rapide et irrégulier, des complexes QRS étroits et l’absence d’onde P sur le tracé de l’électrocardiogramme. Un souffle systolique a également été détecté et la fréquence respiratoire a été mesurée. L’appareil Bimod Vet® peut donc assister les vétérinaires dans la détection de plusieurs anomalies évocatrices d’un trouble cardiaque sous-jacent.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38077,"journal":{"name":"Revue Veterinaire Clinique","volume":"59 4","pages":"Pages 168-172"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142658236","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":"Luxation de la glande nictitante chez le Braque d’Auvergne : étude clinique et génétique chez 22 chiens apparentés","authors":"G. Chaudieu","doi":"10.1016/j.anicom.2024.09.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anicom.2024.09.011","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Au sein d’une population de 22 chiens Braques d’Auvergne (13 femelles et 9 mâles), une étude clinique et génétique de la luxation de la glande nictitante a été conduite. Chez les 16 chiots âgés de 62 à 105<!--> <!-->jours au moment du diagnostic, 13 présentaient une luxation de la glande nictitante (9 cas bilatéraux, 4 unilatéraux). Trois chiots révélaient concomitamment des signes de kérato-conjonctivite sèche, 5 chiots et 2 adultes une persistance de la membrane pupillaire, un chiot un entropion temporal inférieur. L’enfouissement de la glande nictitante luxée a été réalisé chez 11 chiots, dont 5 ont aussi subi une résection partielle du cartilage nictitant ; la kérato-conjonctivite sèche a été traitée médicalement si besoin ; l’entropion a été corrigé chirurgicalement. Aucun des chiots opérés n’a montré de récidive de la luxation de glande nictitante. La prévalence élevée de l’affection dans cette lignée était évocatrice d’un facteur de risque génétique. Son mode de transmission chez le Braque d’Auvergne semble complexe, probablement polygénique.</div></div><div><div>In a population of 22 Auvergne Pointing dogs (13 females and 9 males), a clinical and genetic study of prolapsed nictitating membrane gland was conducted. Of the puppies aged 62 to 105 days at the time of diagnosis, 13 had a prolapsed nictitating membrane gland (9 bilateral, 4 unilateral). Three puppies concomitantly exhibited clinical signs of keratoconjunctivitis sicca, 5 puppies and 2 adults a persistent pupilary membrane, and one puppy a lower eyelid temporal entropion. The pocket technique was performed to treat the nictitating membrane gland prolapse in 11 puppies, 5 of whom underwent a partial resection of the nictitating membrane cartilage; keratoconjunctivitis sicca was medically treated, if necessary; entropion was surgically corrected. None of the operated puppies exhibited a recurrence of the nictitating membrane gland prolapse. The high prevalence of the condition in this lineage is suggestive of a genetic risk factor. Its mode of transmission in the Auvergne Pointing dog seems to be complex, probably polygenic.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":38077,"journal":{"name":"Revue Veterinaire Clinique","volume":"59 4","pages":"Pages 173-183"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142658245","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}