Première formation d’échographie FAST à la clinique vétérinaire universitaire de Liège

The aim of this article is to discuss and compare the goals and objectives for the youth and adult education (EJA) present in the National Education Plan (Law No. 10.17201), whose term ended in January 2011, with the new proposal for a National Education Plan, produced by the brazilian Ministry of Education (MEC), which is in course in Congress. Our discussion if run through by the comparison between what the goals that, in general, were reached, which were partially reached and which ones were not reached, this analysis will result, in a certain way, in a “portrait” of the current situation of youth and adult education (EJA) in Brazil.O objetivo do presente artigo é o de discutir e comparar as metas e objetivos para a Educação de Jovens e Adultos (EJA) presentes no Plano Nacional de Educação (Lei nº 10.172/01), cuja vigência se encerrou em janeiro de 2011, com a nova proposta de Plano Nacional de Educação, produzida pelo Ministério da Educação (MEC), a qual encontra-se em tramitação no Congresso Nacional. Nossa discussão se pautará pela comparação entre quais as metas que, de maneira geral, foram alcançadas, quais as que foram parcialmente alcançadas e quais as que não foram alcançadas, análise essa que resultará, de certa maneira, num “retrato” da situação atual da Educação de Jovens e Adultos (EJA) no Brasil

Assessment of Volume Status and Fluid Responsiveness in Small Animals.

peer reviewedIntravenous fluids are an essential component of shock management in human and veterinary emergency and critical care to increase cardiac output and improve tissue perfusion. Unfortunately, there are very few evidence-based guidelines to help direct fluid therapy in the clinical setting. Giving insufficient fluids and/or administering fluids too slowly to hypotensive patients with hypovolemia can contribute to continued hypoperfusion and increased morbidity and mortality. Similarly, giving excessive fluids to a volume unresponsive patient can contribute to volume overload and can equally increase morbidity and mortality. Therefore, assessing a patient's volume status and fluid responsiveness, and monitoring patient's response to fluid administration is critical in maintaining the balance between meeting a patient's fluid needs vs. contributing to complications of volume overload. This article will focus on the physiology behind fluid responsiveness and the methodologies used to estimate volume status and fluid responsiveness in the clinical setting

Comparison of Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Findings in Lateral Versus Sternal Recumbency in Cats

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Leptospirosis in dogs: a retrospective study of seven clinical cases in Belgium

Recent information regarding clinical leptospirosis in Europe is sparse in comparison with information about this disease in the United States and certain other countries. A retrospective study describing seven clinical cases of dogs diagnosed with leptospirosis on the basis of a MAT (Microscopic Agglutination Test), serology or autopsy at the Department of Medicine and Clinical Biology of Small Animals, Ghent University between Januarv 2003 and October 2005 is presented. All the dogs had non-specific clinical signs and presented with acute renal failure, with or without signs of liver insufficiency and/or bleeding tendencies. In the three dogs in which a MAT was performed, the highest antibody titers were found against Leptospira serogroup Pomona (n=2) and Javanica (n=1). It is recommended to treat every patient with clinical signs and laboratory abnormalities of acute renal failure without a known cause with penicillin derivatives until specific testing confirms or rules out leptospirosis

Focused Cardiac Ultrasound to Detect Pre-capillary Pulmonary Hypertension

peer reviewedBackgroundEarly recognition of pre-capillary (PC) pulmonary hypertension (PH) benefits dogs, allowing earlier treatment and improving prognosis. The value of focused cardiac ultrasound (FCU) to diagnose PH and assess its severity has not been investigated yet.HypothesisA subjective 10-point FCU pulmonary hypertension score (PHS) allows diagnosis and assessment of severity of PCPH.AnimalsThis study involved fifty client-owned dogs.MethodsDogs, recruited between September 2017 and February 2020, were classified into four categories (no, mild, moderate, and severe PH; C1 to C4, respectively). C1 and C2, and C3 and C4 were regrouped as group 1 and group 2, respectively. A blinded general practitioner assessed four FCU cineloops. Five echocardiographic parameters were subjectively scored, resulting in a total score of 0–10. Non-parametric tests compared global scores between categories and groups. A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve determined the cutoff value to differentiate group 1 and group 2. A gray zone approach allowed diagnosing or excluding moderate to severe PH with 90% certitude.ResultsGlobal scores were significantly higher for C4 than for C1, C2, and C3. Global scores of G2 were significantly higher than G1. The ROC curve indicated a cutoff value of 5, discriminating group 1 from group 2 with a sensitivity of 77% and a specificity of 100%. A score of ≥5/10 allowed diagnosing moderate to severe PH with ≥90% certainty while a score of ≤2/10 excluded PH with ≥90% certainty.Conclusions and Clinical SignificanceModerate to severe PCPH can be accurately detected by non-cardiologists using a 10-point FCU PHS score

Presence of the ABCB1 (MDR1) deletion mutation causing ivermectin hypersensitivity in certain dog breeds in Belgium

Hypersensitivity to ivermectin and certain other drugs in Collies and related breeds is caused by a 4-base pair deletion mutation in the ABCB1 gene, better known as the MDR1 gene, encoding P-glycoprotein. There is no information available, however, regarding the presence of this mutation in dogs in Belgium. In this study, the ABCB1 genotype was assessed in 92 dogs of breeds suspected to possess the deletion mutation. The results indicated that the mutation was present in the Australian Shepherd, Collie, Shetland Sheepdog and Swiss White Shepherd, but was not detected in the Bearded Collies, Border Collies and German Shepherds of this study, which is in accordance with the findings in similar breed populations of other countries. In Belgium it is therefore important to take the ABCB1 genotype of the breeds involved into account, in order to use drugs in a safe and efficient manner and to improve the selection procedure in dog breeding

Left Ventricular Eccentricity Index for Assessment of Precapillary Pulmonary Hypertension in Dogs

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RIGHT HEART PARAMETER SCORING TO ASSESS PRECAPILLARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN DOGS

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PILOT STUDY ON CAUDAL VENA CAVA SIZE BY FAST ULTRASONOGRAPHY THROUGH DIFFERENT VIEWS IN HEALTHY CALVES.

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