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Veterinary Medicine and Science is a peer-reviewed, open access journal for the rapid dissemination of research in all areas of veterinary medicine and science. The journal aims to serve the research community by providing a vehicle for authors wishing to publish good quality research in both fundamental and clinical veterinary medicine and science. We publish original research articles, reviews, and case reports, along with editorials, commentaries and opinion pieces. Original research papers must report well-conducted research with conclusions supported by the data presented in the paper.

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Effect of sage (Salvia officinalis L.) extract in antioxidant status and intestinal morphology of pulmonary hypertensive chickens
  • &nbsp11 April 2022

Abstract

Dietary supplementation of sage (0.2%) could modulate pulmonary hypertensive response; improve antioxidant status (enzymatic activity), intestinal morphometry and absorptive surface in the broiler chickens.

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Choline diet improves serum lipid parameters and alters egg composition in breeder ducks
  • &nbsp5 April 2022

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Dietary choline supplementation had a beneficial effect on lipid parameters and cardiovascular health of older breeder ducks, as it decreased atherosclerosis index, a predictor of cardiovascular disease risk. Furthermore, although it increased the egg yolk trimethylamine levels in ducks, it did not alter the egg yolk cholesterol concentration.

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Phylogenetic analysis of Eimeria tenella isolated from the litter of different chicken farms in Mymensingh, Bangladesh
  • &nbsp5 April 2022

Abstract

Neighbor joining phylogeny of 66 ITS1 gene sequences of E. tenella. The analysis involved 66 nucleotide sequences (7 studied genotype sequences and 59 reference sequences, retrived from GenBank database). The sequences were aligned and constructed a neighbor joining tree. The percentage of replicate trees in which the associated taxa clustered together in the bootstrap test (1000 replicates) are shown next to the branches. The tree is drawn to scale, with branch lengths in the same units as those of the evolutionary distances used to infer the phylogenetic tree. Red bullets indicate studied genotype sequences.

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Detection of canine distemper virus in cerebrospinal fluid, whole blood and mucosal specimens of dogs with distemper using RT‐PCR and immunochromatographic assays
  • &nbsp1 April 2022

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Rapid kit results were positive for mucosal swabs in 10 cases (50%) and for CSF in 17 cases (85%); RT-PCR results from whole blood were positive in 11 cases (55%) and CSF in 16 cases (80%). All mucosal swabs, whole blood and CSF are good samples for diagnosing CDV in a dog that has neurological signs with systemic symptoms of distemper, while the CSF is good sample in dogs that show only neurological signs of distemper without systemic symptoms.

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Understanding the canine intestinal microbiota and its modification by pro‐, pre‐ and synbiotics – what is the evidence?
  • &nbsp71-94
  • &nbsp11 January 2016

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This review summarises the current knowledge about the intestinal microbiome composition in the dog and evaluates the evidence for probiotic and prebiotic use in dogs to date. It wishes to provide veterinarians with evidence-based information on when and why these products could be useful in preventing or treating canine gastrointestinal diseases. It also outlines knowledge about safety and approval of commercial probiotic and synbiotic products, and the potential use of faecal microbial transplantation, as they are related to the topic of probiotic usage.

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Local and regional anaesthesia in dogs and cats: Overview of concepts and drugs (Part 1)
  • &nbsp209-217
  • &nbsp21 January 2020

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This manuscript, Part 1 of a two-part instalment, emphasizes the importance of using local and regional anaesthesia as a component of multimodal analgesia, provides a review of the basic pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of local anaesthetic drugs in general, lists information on commonly used local anaesthetic drugs for local and regional blockade in dogs and cats, and briefly introduces the novel liposome-encapsulated bupivacaine.

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Gut microbiota composition may relate to weight loss rate in obese pet dogs
  • &nbsp252-262
  • &nbsp3 November 2017

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Obese dogs seem to have a different gut microbiota composition compared to lean dogs, and in humans, gut microbiota composition negatively impacts the ability to lose weight in some individuals. During a 12-week weight-loss intervention in dogs, weight loss rate seemed to be related to the composition of the gut microbiota and its production of metabolites.

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Neutering of German Shepherd Dogs: associated joint disorders, cancers and urinary incontinence
  • &nbsp191-199
  • &nbsp16 May 2016

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Spay or neuter of German Shepherd Dogs before they reach one year of age is associated with a threefold increase in the incidence of one or more joint disorders above the 5–7% incidence level in males and females left gonadally intact. The main joint disorder evidently increased by neutering is cranial cruciate ligament tears rather than hip dysplasia which is more prevalent in intact dogs.

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Grapiprant: an EP4 prostaglandin receptor antagonist and novel therapy for pain and inflammation
  • &nbsp3-9
  • &nbsp21 December 2015

Abstract

This article will include basic physiology of arachidonic acid, prostanoids and piprants, will review available evidence for the relevance of EP4 PRAs in rodent models of pain and inflammation, and will reference available data for an EP4 PRA in dogs and cats.

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