In a recent case report, Marthinus Jacobus Hartman and colleagues report the successful laparoscopic removal of a thorn granuloma from the abdomen of a wild captive cheetah. An 11-year-old cheetah was presented for routine laparoscopic ovariectomy during a cheetah sterilisation project in Namibia. While under anaesthesia, a mid-abdominal mass was palpated and visualised […]
Treatment of a case of feline infectious peritonitis with cyclosporin A
Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), which is caused by certain strains of feline coronavirus, is a progressive and usually fatal disease for which there is currently no cure or effective treatment. It is a disease which continues to challenge vets and its diagnosis is a crushing blow to owners who will inevitably lose their cherished cats. […]
Nominations sought for Veterinary Record Innovation Award
Veterinary Record is launching a new award to recognise innovation in the veterinary sphere. The Veterinary Record Innovation Award is open to individuals and veterinary teams whose innovation has brought about a change or improvement in any aspect of veterinary practice. This change might relate to a particular aspect of clinical practice or have had […]
Wombat fatigue: marsupial regains mobility after pioneering surgery
If you are ever faced with a juvenile hairy-nosed wombat with a limp, the recently published case report by Gail Anderson and colleagues (published in Veterinary Record Case Reports and found here) should contain a salutary lesson. The authors were presented with a male juvenile hand-raised southern hairy-nosed wombat, which weighed 7.5 kg and was approximately 13 […]
2014 – a year of One Health
In 2014, Veterinary Record published a series of articles exploring the links between animal, human and environmental health. While the fundamental idea behind One Health is by no means new, as outlined in an article by Abigail Woods and Michael Bresalier in June, it is beginning to be taken more seriously in the veterinary […]
Shock and awn: two unusual cases of grass seed ingestion in dogs
It is well known that the common or garden grass seed is the root of many problems in veterinary practice. Two recent articles published in Veterinary Record Case Reports (here and here) describe less common, but serious consequences following the ingestion of a grass awn by dogs. Case 1 A 15-month-old female mixed-breed hunting dog weighing 16.5 kg was […]
Simply bred: could global exchange of cryopreserved canine semen be preventing genetic isolation of populations?
Is a collie from Cape Town similar to one from Carlisle? Do the genes of a dobermann in Durban resemble those of one in Durham? These were some of the questions that an international team of researchers from institutions in the UK and South Africa sought to answer in a recent study published in Veterinary Record. […]
Researchers investigate what really goes on in small animal consultations
New open access research published in Veterinary Record indicates that almost half of veterinary consultations last longer than the 10 minutes allocated and that preventive medicine consultations last just as long as consultations for a specific health problem. The results raise issues to do with practice management, as well as the importance of educating […]
Land of open glory: widening access to veterinary research
This week saw the eighth annual Open Access Week, in which academics and researchers from around the world shared expertise on open access publishing while campaigning for it to become the norm. Since its inception in the 1990s, the online open access movement has made significant headway. There are now hundreds of fully open […]
Cat’s eyes shed light on vascular anomalies
An article recently published in Veterinary Record Case Reports describes an unusual case of sudden blindness in a pet cat… When an eight-year-old female cat presented with an acute onset of blindness, lethargy and poor appetite, the first-opinion vet could be forgiven for not expecting the final diagnosis. The cat was referred to a […]