Companion AnimalPub Date : 2024-07-02DOI: 10.12968/coan.2024.0027
Justine Shotton
{"title":"Sustainability in practice: an overview for small animal veterinary professionals","authors":"Justine Shotton","doi":"10.12968/coan.2024.0027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/coan.2024.0027","url":null,"abstract":"This article will focus on what individuals can do in practice and when talking to clients to help combat the climate crisis. It will discuss actions that individuals can take at home and at work, and look at ways that practices can become more sustainable through their operations, responsible resource use and responsible medicine use. The article will cover how to inspire the team and engage with management on this topic and signposts to further helpful resources. The article also explores some of the main elements of the ‘carbon pawprint’ of pet ownership, and how to have conversations with clients to help them understand these impacts and reduce them – which often has additional benefits of improving animal welfare and saving clients money.","PeriodicalId":504129,"journal":{"name":"Companion Animal","volume":"22 16","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141685057","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}
Companion AnimalPub Date : 2024-07-02DOI: 10.12968/coan.2024.0003.2
S. Miles
{"title":"A surgical approach the rabbit patient: part 2","authors":"S. Miles","doi":"10.12968/coan.2024.0003.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/coan.2024.0003.2","url":null,"abstract":"When performing any rabbit surgery, understanding the unique anatomical and physiological differences between rabbits and more frequently seen mammalian patients is essential. This article continues to take the reader through various surgical procedures that are performed in rabbits, including thoracic, abdominal, endoscopic and orthopaedic surgeries. The specifics of rabbit postoperative care are also discussed. The essential techniques discussed in the first part of this series of articles are also relevant to the second part.","PeriodicalId":504129,"journal":{"name":"Companion Animal","volume":"34 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141687639","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}
Companion AnimalPub Date : 2024-07-02DOI: 10.12968/coan.2024.0002
Heather Jones, Eva Garcia Juarez, Mary Tonge
{"title":"Anaesthetic management of feline patients diagnosed with hyperthyroidism","authors":"Heather Jones, Eva Garcia Juarez, Mary Tonge","doi":"10.12968/coan.2024.0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/coan.2024.0002","url":null,"abstract":"Cats with hyperthyroidism may need sedation or general anaesthesia for a variety of reasons, including elective procedures such as blood sampling, dental procedures and radiographs, as well as for surgical excision of all or part of the thyroid. The clinical implications of hyperthyroidism make sedation and general anaesthesia of these patients challenging. When formulating an appropriate anaesthetic plan, an understanding of thyroid physiology and pathophysiology is essential. An appreciation of how comorbidities associated with hyperthyroidism, such as senior or geriatric status, chronic kidney disease and thyrotoxic cardiomyopathy, affects anaesthesia is important. This article discusses these topics, as well as drug choices, analgesia, monitoring and fluid therapy.","PeriodicalId":504129,"journal":{"name":"Companion Animal","volume":"4 17","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141684551","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}
Companion AnimalPub Date : 2024-01-02DOI: 10.12968/coan.2023.0040
Samantha Taylor
{"title":"Managing the inappetent hospitalised cat: International Society of Feline Medicine guidelines","authors":"Samantha Taylor","doi":"10.12968/coan.2023.0040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/coan.2023.0040","url":null,"abstract":"Inappetence (also called hyporexia or anorexia) is a common presenting symptom in cats, but suboptimal nutrition can have many negative effects on feline patients, including prolonged hospitalisation and shortened survival. Cats are strict carnivores with a high protein requirement, and when starvation is combined with the hypermetabolic state found in sick cats, a loss of lean body mass can occur. This can have negative effects on wound healing, immune function and gut function. Inappetence in hospitalised cats is not just caused by the underlying illness; it can be exacerbated by stress, as well as factors such as pain, nausea, ileus, constipation and the adverse effects of medication. All contributing factors should be managed, along with the primary disease process, to correct malnutrition. Nutritional assessment of each hospitalised cat allows the identification of patients who require prompt intervention. Appetite stimulants can encourage voluntary food intake and feeding tubes allow provision of nutrition, fluids and medications, and can be managed at home to expedite discharge. The food intake of hospitalised cats should be closely monitored and inappetence should not be ignored, nor intervention delayed.","PeriodicalId":504129,"journal":{"name":"Companion Animal","volume":"104 27","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139391315","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}
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