Veterinary Medicine - Science topic

Antibiotics that possess the capability to inhibit or eradicate bacteria have been widely employed in the fields of agriculture and veterinary medicine over the years. However, the excessive use of antibiotics has led to significant challenges regarding antibiotic pollution in food. Given the established risks of antibiotic contamination and the ne...

Diagnosis of bacteriuria in veterinary medicine is commonly based on unstained urinary sediment evaluation. Nonetheless, amorphous particles can be confused with bacteria. This study aims to investigate whether the stained sediment increases the sensitivity and specificity of bacteriuria detection. One hundred urine samples were collected, with 60...

Tumor embolization is a well-described cause of unexpected death in human oncologic patients; however, it is poorly explored in veterinary medicine. We report a case of pulmonary tumor embolization in a dog with sudden death. During necropsy, a neoplastic mass was observed replacing the left adrenal gland and forming an intravascular thrombus withi...

1. INTRODUCCIÓN En el mundo entero, el cambio contextual que representó la emergencia sanitaria por covid19 fue mayúsculo e imprevisto, por lo que exigió una pronta adaptación que posibilitara la continuidad de las actividades educativas de las instituciones de todos los niveles. Se demandó el apoyo de los profesores para abandonar las aulas y cont...

Bovine laminitis disorder results in animal welfare and economic concerns in dairy and beef farms worldwide. However, the affected metabolic pathways, pathophysiologic characteristics, and inflammatory mechanisms remain unclear, hampering the development of new diagnostics. Using cerumen (earwax) as a source of volatile metabolites (cerumenomic) th...

O consumo do alimento de origem animal é uma tendência marcante da sociedade contemporânea, que utiliza, principalmente, a carne como fonte de proteína. Por isso, este trabalho analisou a relação entre os aspectos bromatológicos e os fatores extrínsecos, como: preço, origem, marcas de qualidade. Foi realizada a seleção do mesmo corte bovino (Longis...

The COVID-19 pandemic affected employability in different measures, especially workers with a basic educational level and women, contrary to this, employment increased for workers with a higher level, the increase being greater for women. In this study we will analyze how the pandemic affected workers with higher education, identifying inequality b...

Introduction In veterinary medicine, abdominal computer tomographic (CT) examinations regularly require a minimum of two scans, with a native scan (true unenhanced, TUE) as a reference for the subsequent contrast-enhanced CT scan (CECT). Spectral detector CT (SDCT) offers the possibility to calculate virtual non-contrast (VNC) images from the post-...

The article is about main approaches of improvement of conducting classes on «Phisiology of Animals». The teaching process of this educational component has many features, that is why scientific and pedagogical workers constantly looking for the most effective and necessary methods of giving lessons on it to students of higher education. The scienc...

O presente estudo teve como objetivo verificar o conhecimento dos responsáveis de gatos sobre as necessidades ambientais felinas, organizadas em torno de cinco pilares para a obtenção de um ambiente felino saudável e a sua aplicação nas residências. A promoção dessas necessidades impacta diretamente na saúde e no bem-estar do gato, ao evitar o estr...

The article presents the results of clinical trials of veterinary medicinal selenium-containing drug in the treatment of calves with signs of white-muscular disease. The drug, a solution for oral use, was used in the recommended dosage for 5 days. Blood for laboratory research was selected from animals before and after application of the drug. Stud...

Antimicrobials are essential in veterinary medicine to treat and control bacterial disease in animals. Their prudent use in food-producing animals has been encouraged to reduce the development and spread of antimicrobial resistance. National and international guidelines for responsible antimicrobial use have been developed as tools to guide and rat...

The withdrawal period of active substance residues from the animal’s body which products are intended for human consumption is an important criterion for the safety of veterinary medicinal products. This products cannot be authorized without establishing this important parameter. There are a number of veterinary medicinal products on the market of...

Intracranial primary tumors (IPTs) are aggressive forms of malignancies that cause high mortality in both humans and domestic animals. Meningiomas are frequent adult IPTs in humans, dogs, and cats, and both benign and malignant forms cause a decrease in life quality and survival. Surgery is the primary therapeutic approach to treat meningiomas, but...

This study reports activities developed by the Veterinary Medicine Tutorial Education Program (PET Veterinary Medicine group) at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ) during the COVID-19 pandemic. This health crisis scenario has created the need to reinvent, develop, and expand pedagogical practices to disseminate health-related in...

Background In animals, the endocannabinoid system regulates multiple physiological functions. Like humans, animals respond to preparations containing phytocannabinoids for treating several conditions. In Argentina, laws 27350 and 27669 have expanded the possibility of studying beneficial and adverse effects. Materials and methods We conducted a we...

Introduction: Cannabinoids are increasingly popular in human and veterinary medicine and have been studied as an alternative treatment for a wide range of disorders. The goal of this study was to perform a pharmacokinetic analysis of oral cannabidiol (CBD)-/cannabidiolic acid (CBDA)-rich hemp oil (CBD/ArHO) in juvenile cynomolgus macaques (Macaca f...

Animals are frequently utilized as a teaching-learning tool in multiple educational settings. It is, therefore, important to understand what students think about this topic, in particular medical and veterinary students as “life caregivers” and competent people for a dynamic and responsible social intervention. In this context, this research aims t...

O aparelho reprodutor é o responsável pela sobrevivência e perpetuação das espécies, fator que determina sua grande importância. As enfermidades reprodutivas são muito comuns em fêmeas felinas, sendo os distúrbios uterinos os mais frequentes. Essas alterações não influenciam somente a capacidade reprodutiva desses animais, mas colocam a saúde geral...

The search for new biomarkers in patients with chronic inflammatory enteropathy (CIE) is ongoing in the human and veterinary medicine fields. Oxidative stress biomarkers (malondialdehyde [MDA], reduced glutathione [GSH], and albumin) have been studied in humans with chronic enteropathies, but among them, only albumin has been studied in dogs with C...

The aim of this literature review was to present the novel imaging modalities elastography and contrast-enhanced ultrasonography. We provided an overview of the concepts and applications of each technique for the investigation of neoplastic and metastatic tumors in dogs and cats. Studies with elastography are based on the elasticity and deformation...

Veterinary graduates require effective clinical communication skills for a successful transition to practice. The ways of teaching and assessing veterinary communication skills have developed and are increasingly supported by research. However, some students have difficulty applying the skills learned in a simulated consultation to working with rea...

Background and Aim: Ear disease is relatively important in veterinary medicine as it significantly affects the quality of life of pets. Two hundred and twenty-one cases of canine ear diseases were collected and collated at the Xi'an Teaching Hospital of Northwest A&F University from 2012 to 2016. An epidemiological analysis was conducted to evaluat...

DE LA TEORÍA SEGMENTADA A LA PRÁCTICA ARTICULADA: EXPERIENCIA EN LA ASIGNATURA TALLER DE INTEGRACIÓN DEL CICLO BÁSICO DE LA CARRERA MEDICINA VETERINARIA En los últimos años ha habido cambios en los enfoques destinados a eficientizar los procesos de enseñanza-aprendizaje, buscando la participación activa del estudiante, la articulación horizontal d...

Background Nonconvulsive seizures (NCS) and nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) are frequently observed in human patients. Diagnosis of NCS and NCSE only can be achieved by the use of electroencephalography (EEG). Electroencephalographic monitoring is rare in veterinary medicine and consequently there is limited data on frequency of NCS and NCS...

Background Early diagnosis of disease in calves is crucial for fast recovery and prudent use of antibiotics. The serum concentration of acute phase proteins (APPs) is up- or downregulated in response to tissue injury and has been studied widely in human medicine. There is growing interest in using APPs as biomarkers for different diseases and as a...

Adipose tissue-derived stromal cells (ADSCs) have generated considerable interest in the field of veterinary medicine, particularly for their potential in therapeutic strategies focused on bone regeneration. These cells possess unique biological characteristics, including their regenerative capacity and their ability to produce bioactive molecules....

Procalcitonin (PCT) and protein carbonylated content (PCC) are promising biomarkers for bacterial infection and inflammation in veterinary medicine. This study examined plasma PCT and PCC levels in healthy cows (H) and cows with subclinical mastitis (SCM). A total of 130 cows (65 H and 65 SCM) were included in this study. Blood samples were collect...

Caracterizar o perfil dos profissionais da vigilância sanitária dos municípios pertencentes à superintendência de Fortaleza, estado do Ceará, com a definição dos profissionais atuantes na vigilância sanitária e sua qualificação. Foi realizado estudo quantitativo descritivo e delineamento transversal. Realizado em uma área do Ceará constituída por 4...

OBJECTIVE The Lewis lead is an EGC configuration used to detect atrial activity and its relationship with ventricular activity. However, no equivalent configuration has been proposed in veterinary medicine. Therefore, this study explored new bipolar lead configurations to evaluate atrial depolarization and investigated their characteristics by comp...

One health is a collaborative, multi-sectoral, trans-disciplinary approach used to achieve optimal health and well-being outcomes that recognize the interconnections among people, animals, plants, and their shared environment. This approach is crucial because animals and people are colonized by the same bacteria species and treated with the same an...

La incertidumbre es consecuencia de la propia naturaleza de la ciencia médica. Uno de los principios básicos de la medicina es que, a pesar de las múltiples pruebas diagnósticas que se empleen, las decisiones se toman siempre en condiciones de incertidumbre. La incertidumbre en medicina veterinaria deriva entre otras razones de la variabilidad de l...

Pet transportation has become relevant. However, since adequate sanitary measures are not taken, pets can be carriers of pathogens, such as ticks which at the same time may turn into zoonotic agent vectors. Ticks are frequent ectoparasites in warm areas. However, they may be dispersed in temperate regions such as Mexico City (CDMX) and become respo...

Na medicina veterinária há inúmeros estudos que relatam os efeitos terapêuticos e tóxicos durante a associação de determinados fármacos, tanto no pré-anestésico quanto durante a anestesia geral, também chamada de manutenção. Eles podem variar de acordo com a espécie, raça, sexo, idade e condições fisiológicas do animal. O objetivo deste trabalho é...

A utilização de anestésicos em procedimentos endoscópicos apresenta diversas funções benéficas, tais como a redução da resposta ao estresse, melhora da função respiratória no pós-operatório e a diminuição da dor após a cirurgia. Por outro lado, entre suas desvantagens, pode-se mencionar a limitação da visualização do campo cirúrgico, o que pode res...

INTRODUCCIÓN En la actualidad, la industria pecuaria enfrenta grandes retos, como aumentar la producción de carne hacia el 2050, para atender una demanda de más de 9.75 mil millones de habitantes. En México, gran parte del territorio nacional se destina a la ganadería, en 2021 se produjeron 2,130,591 toneladas de carne de bovino de las cuales el es...

1 Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Veracruzana. 2 SE Las Margaritas CIRGOC-INIFAP, 3 CE Santiago Ixcuintla-CIRPAC-INIFAP , 4 CENID FyMA-INIFAP *anelledesma9@gmail.com INTRODUCCIÓN En el ganado lechero, la longevidad ha sido descrita como el tiempo que la vaca permanece produciendo en el hato y está asociada con una disminuc...

The aim was to describe the morphological aspects of the eyeball and associated anatomical components of Tapirus terrestris. The study was performed with two heads, with unknown origin, donated to the Laboratory of Morphological studies of Veterinary Medicine College in Araçatuba city. SP. External aspects revealed similarities with other mammals;...

Ksylazyna to silny agonista receptorów α2-adrenergicznych. Lek ten jest wykorzystywany wyłącznie w weterynarii; działa uspokajająco, przeciwbólowo oraz zwiotcza mięśnie szkieletowe. Ksylazyna jest stosowana u psów, kotów, królików, koni, bydła, owiec, kóz, jeleniowatych, ptaków i zwierząt laboratoryjnych w celu uspokojenia, a także przygotowania do...

Biotechnology is the manipulation of living organisms or their components to produce useful products. It is an innovative interdisciplinary field that influences many industries including agriculture, veterinary medicine, medicine, pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals. It is one of the key technologies for sustainable production. However, there are c...

Simple Summary Technological and social progress are often closely linked. There is a consensus that future medicine will benefit from the use of available health data. The form in which these health data will be available is crucial. For a comprehensive analysis, it is necessary to harmonize and link these data and enable seamless use across syste...

The increasing misuse of antibiotics in human and veterinary medicine and in agroecosystems and the consequent selective pressure of resistant strains lead to multidrug resistance (AMR), an expanding global phenomenon. Indeed, this phenomenon represents a major public health target with significant clinical implications related to increased morbidi...

Sanguinarine (SAN), as the main active component of a traditional Chinese veterinary medicine, has been widely used in the animal husbandry and breeding industry. However, the metabolites of SA are still uncertain. Therefore, this research aimed to investigate the metabolites of SA based on rats in vivo. The blood, feces, and urine of rats were col...

Introduction The field of veterinary medicine is characterized by a variety of challenging working conditions. The alarmingly low mental well-being of veterinarians has been examined from various perspectives. However, the influence of work location on the well-being of veterinary professionals has scarcely been investigated. The aim of the study w...

The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) is a widely used diagnostic assay in human medicine but nowadays poorly applied in veterinary medicine. This test measures the speed (millimeters per hour) at which red blood cells settle in a whole anticoagulated blood tube. In human medicine, high ESR values are associated with various disorders, including...

Journal of Agricultural Studies (JAS) would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Many authors, regardless of whether JAS publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in impr...

Simple Summary Weaning is a key moment in the pig’s life that is often fraught with stress and immunosuppression. Poor handling of piglets during weaning compromises their health and performance, potentially resulting in increased expenditure on veterinary medicines. Therefore, the aim of this work is to design a quick scan calculator, a multi-crit...

Importance des examens post-mortem dans la biologie des cétacés : rapport de nécropsie de deux delphinidae S. coeruleoalba et G. griseus des côtes nord de la Tunisie

OBJETIVO: evidenciar la problemática de la resistencia de antibióticos (RAM) y su relación con las especies de animales de compañía. MÉTODO: para elaborar el ensayo se revisó y leyó artículos científicos, ensayos, libros, análisis sistemáticos y datos estadísticos relacionados a la RAM en medicina veterinaria y animales de compañía. RESULTADO: a lo...

The study represent use new kind of dressing which are moist dressing in treatment of skin ulcer, the mechanism of this dressing are keeping the ulcer moist in order to facilitate and enhancing healing process. The study done in the college of veterinary medicine\ Basrah University in 2013 by making two groups of rabbits each one contain 4 individu...

Primary renal neoplasia is rare in humans and dogs, with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) being the most common form of this cancer. As RCC is often diagnosed at an advanced stage, pulmonary metastasis is frequently observed. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are the standard adjuvant treatments for metastatic RCC in humans. Similarly, in veterinary medi...

The growing interest in employing nano-sized pharmaceutical formulations in veterinary medicine has prompted the exploration of the novel nanocarriers’ ability to augment the therapeutic outcome. In this study, we harnessed niosomes, spherical nanocarriers formed through non-ionic surfactant self-assembly, to enhance the therapeutic efficacy of the...

Renal angiogram is a promising tool for diagnosing renal vasculature and structural alterations in renal diseases. In renal diseases, the vascular changes were observed earlier than the structural and other changes. However, the literature on angiograms in kidney diseases was limited. Six client-owned dogs with chronic kidney diseases with Internat...

Instructing students enrolled in animal-oriented study programs on how to analyse and issue recommendations to promote responsible human-animal interactions in cases of individuals and/or families deciding to adopt companion animals, for example, requires interdisciplinary knowledge and a multiperspective based approach. In this paper, I present se...

OBJECTIVE To describe burden transfer in a sample of veterinary workers employed by a Canadian veterinary corporation and to examine the association between different levels of burden transfer and employee burnout and perceived psychosocial work environment. SAMPLE 475 employees of small-animal veterinary hospitals owned by a corporate practice gr...

Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are becoming an important therapeutic option in veterinary medicine, and understanding the pharmacokinetic (PK) of mAbs in higher-order animal species is also important for human drug development. To better understand the PK of mAbs in these animals, here we have expanded a platform physiological-based pharmacokinetic (...

OBJECTIVE To present, analyze, and discuss stakeholders’ opinions regarding sharing antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) data from animals into a centralized database and dashboard tool that would collect, aggregate, store, and analyze this type of data from veterinary diagnostic laboratories (VDLs) across the country. SAMPLE 1 in-person foc...

Simple Summary Cosmetic and functional outcomes are of great concern for nasal planum reconstruction, and the wishes of the owner in this regard may limit the extent of the excision and risk non-curative intent surgery. In veterinary medicine, several surgical techniques have been described, depending on the type, location, and extent of the tumor....

Simple Summary Currently, there is a lack of diagnostic methods for liver fibrosis in veterinary medicine. Two-dimensional shear wave elastography is a non-invasive diagnostic technique widely used in human medicine. However, there is a limited amount of relevant research in veterinary medicine, with only a few studies available. These studies suff...

Simple Summary In our study, we investigate the relationship between sperm quality and osteopontin (OPN) in Malakli shepherd dogs, collecting sperm samples from 39 male dogs of various ages. We discovered significant differences in OPN levels between ejaculate fractions, with lower OPN concentrations being linked to poorer sperm motility and morpho...

The advances in regenerative medicine are very important for the development of medicine and the discovery of stem cells has shown a greater capacity to raise the level of therapeutic quality while their use becomes more accessible, especially in their mesenchymal form. In veterinary medicine, it is not different. The use of those cells, as well as...

Expert systems designed to identify diseases in cattle may use a variety of sources of information such as clinical data, signs of disease, medical history, laboratory results, environmental exposure and other relevant factors. They can be developed based on rules, heuristics, or machine learning, using a large amount of data to train the model. Th...

Founded in 1959, the Italian Society of Parasitology (SoIPa) includes nearly 200 researchers and professionals in the fields of medicine, veterinary medicine, biotechnology, epidemiology and environmental sciences. The diversity of its members, in a historical and continuous collaboration with other international scientific societies, embodies a br...

The perception that food supplies and any stage of manufacturing process chains can become vehicles for the intentional spread of biological, chemical, physical, and radiological contaminants took form after the September 11, 2001, attacks in the United States. Food defense thus emerged as a new area within the food safety field. Under this perspec...

The performance of antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) of bacteria and the interpretation of AST results for bacteria isolated from animals are complex tasks which must be performed using standard published methodology and overseen by experts in clinical microbiology and in consultation with clinical pharmacologists. Otherwise, AST has signi...

El objetivo principal de este estudio es conocer, a través de las percepciones de alumnos y docentes, si en la ‘Licenciatura en Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia’ impartida en la UAEH, el aprendizaje autónomo es promovido, y de ser así, hasta qué punto lo es. Para la colección de datos de este estudio cualitativo, entrevistas fueron conducidas a doc...

To increase the effectiveness of animal production, many businesses that specialize in the creation of novel nano-materials have launched poultry and cattle production systems. Metal nano-particles are sometimes added to animal diets as supplements, but the effects are not always clear-cut. The literature is replete with reports on thev aried impac...

Throughout the course of oncological disease, the majority of patients require surgical, anaesthetic and analgesic intervention. However, during the perioperative period, anaesthetic agents and techniques, surgical tissue trauma, adjuvant drugs for local pain and inflammation and other non-pharmacological factors, such as blood transfusions, hydrat...

OBJECTIVE Explore relief and mobile veterinarians’ views and experiences related to their current job. In addition, examine reasons why these veterinarians opted to pursue careers in relief and mobile practice. SAMPLE Veterinary members of the Veterinary Information Network working as relief or mobile veterinarians. METHODS An electronic survey d...

O oitavo volume desta obra é dirigido para aqueles que precisam das informações essenciais e atuais sobre a saúde das diversas espécies animais, bem como o seu bem-estar, abrangendo diversas áreas da medicina veterinária e zootecnia. Procuramos fornecer os fatos clínicos mais importantes, assim como estratégias de manejo animal para uma maior efeti...

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 pa...

O conceito de One Health (saúde única) surge com a premissa de buscar discutir de forma mais abrangente aspectos inseparáveis entre a saúde humana, animal e ambiental., sendo o Médico Veterinário capacitado para atuar nas três áreas sendo considerado pelo Sistema Único de Saúde como profissional de saúde. Diante disso, o objetivo desse estudo é evi...

Recibido: 13 de diciembre de 2022 Aceptado para publicación: 14 de junio de 2023 Publicado: 31 de octubre de 2023 ©Los autores. Este artículo es publicado por la Rev Inv Vet Perú de la Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Este es un artículo de acceso abierto, distribuido bajo los términos de la licencia Creat...

A dor é uma experiência sensitiva e emocional desagradável, exclusiva para cada indivíduo, sendo influenciada por fatores biológicos e psicológicos. Devido ao fato de a dor ser modulada pelo sistema endocanabinoide os canabinoides vem se mostrando muito eficientes para o controle dela. Desta forma, o interesse no seu uso tem aumentado. O objetivo d...

Background: One Health is a multisectoral and interdisciplinary concept that acknowledges the interconnections between people, animals and their shared environments. Understanding the views of physicians and veterinarians may help promote One Health principles. Aim: To assess the knowledge and perceptions of physicians and veterinarians about One H...

In this report, a clinical case of asymptomatic ovarian cystadenoma in a six-year-old, female Labrador retriever is described. The owner reported that the dog had been presented for routine spaying two weeks earlier in another clinic. During the operation, the veterinarian discovered a unilateral mass at the tip of the left uterine horn, which he c...

El objetivo del estudio fue determinar la frecuencia del diagnóstico ecográfico de gestación con hidropesía fetal en perras y su asociación con las variables raza de la madre, edad, paridad, tamaño de camada y año del diagnóstico. Se revisaron los informes ecográficos y las imágenes almacenadas de perras atendidas en el Servicio de Ecografía de la...

Simple Summary Cancer is the leading cause of death in dogs. Currently, researchers find long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) is a crucial regulator in the progression of various types of cancers. This article emphasizes the current and future advancements in lncRNAs as potential biomarkers for diagnosing, monitoring, and treating different types of canine...