General anesthesia for the surgical repair of a tarsometatarsal fracture in a Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)

A Harris's Hawk was referred for severe lameness of the left pelvic limb. Clinical examination and radiography revealed an open transverse diaphyseal fracture in the proximal third of the tarsometatarsal bone. Anesthesia was induced and maintained with isoflurane in oxygen after premedication with buprenorphine intramuscularly. Closed reduction and stabilization using a Type IIa external skeletal fixation device was performed during anesthesia lasting 70 minutes. Recovery was fast, uneventful and complete 15 minutes after isoflurane was stopped. Meloxicam (0.5mg/kg bid) was administered as analgesic and and marbofloxacine (15mg/kg bid) as antibiotic therapy during the post-operative period

Reliability of intrasubject absolute quantification of kidney function measured with 99mTc DMSA in piglets

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Epistaxis as the primary clinical sign in canine leishmaniosis: three cases

Many differential diagnoses can be made for a dog presented with epistaxis. Canine leishmaniosis may cause epistaxis, but according to the literature it is only observed in 6 - 37% of the cases. Three patients presented with epistaxis suffered from a Leishmania infection. The pathophysiologic mechanisms of epistaxis in leishmaniosis are multiple, however, hypergammaglobulinemia with vasculitis is the most important one