Advances in Small Animal Medicine & Surgery RSS feed: Current Issue. Each month, Advances in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery features abstracts of material from recent publications and presentations, followed by comments from specialists in the field. Small animal veterinarians and veterinary technicians gain new insight into specific topics and increase their skills in judging how to apply new tests and treatments in practice situations.http://www.advancesinsmallanimal.com/?rss=yesElsevier Inc.en © 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Advances in Small Animal Medicine & Surgery1041-7826236June 2010 © 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. healthpermissions@elsevier.comhttp://www.advancesinsmallanimal.com/article/PIIS1041782610000666/abstract?rss=yesA blood test diagnosis of congestive heart failure (CHF) has been sought that is uncomplicated, cheap, safe, and accurate. Eliza Doolittle maybe summed it up best in My Fair Lady: “Would'n' it be loverly?”Cardiac Biomarkers: Help or Hype?Mark RishniwAdvances in Small Animal Medicine & Surgery 23, 6 (2010)2010-06-01Advances in Small Animal Medicine & Surgery2010-06-01236S1041-7826(10)X0006-8Guest Editorial13http://www.advancesinsmallanimal.com/article/PIIS1041782610000678/abstract?rss=yesIn 1991, an association between vaccine injections and the development of sarcomas in cats was first suggested. Epidemiologic studies and histologic evaluations have subsequently supported a causal role of vaccine injections in the development of sarcomas. Vaccines against the rabies virus and FeLV have been most commonly implicated. Other agents, such as FVRCP-C vaccine, long-acting penicillin, methylprednisolone, and suture material, have also been implicated.Changes in characteristics of feline injection-site sarcomasAdvances in Small Animal Medicine & Surgery 23, 6 (2010)2010-06-01Advances in Small Animal Medicine & Surgery2010-06-01236S1041-7826(10)X0006-8Clinical Pathology34http://www.advancesinsmallanimal.com/article/PIIS104178261000068X/abstract?rss=yesGastrointestinal (GI) motility disorders can be a complication of renal insufficiency in dogs. Moderate experimental chronic kidney disease alters duodenojejunal motility in dogs with an increase in the total irregular electrical activity and a reduction of duration of phase I migrating myoelectrical complexes. Less is known about GI motility disorders associated with acute kidney injury, but intussusception has been considered a possible complication of the nephritis caused by canine leptospirosis.Intussusception, renal failure, and leptospirosis in dogsAdvances in Small Animal Medicine & Surgery 23, 6 (2010)2010-06-01Advances in Small Animal Medicine & Surgery2010-06-01236S1041-7826(10)X0006-8Critical Care45http://www.advancesinsmallanimal.com/article/PIIS1041782610000691/abstract?rss=yesThe most common enamel defects in dogs are defects of a single or a few permanent teeth caused by trauma or infection. Damage to the dental organ can result in hypoplasia or hypocalcification in the permanent tooth. In these cases, the enamel hypoplasia is of localized form, irregular, and often only affecting a single tooth. Systemic factors, such as fever, hypocalcemia, nutritional deficiencies, excessive intake of fluoride, and some drugs taken during the period of enamel formation, can result in enamel dysplasia. In these cases, all teeth developing during that period are affected.Enamel defects in standard poodlesAdvances in Small Animal Medicine & Surgery 23, 6 (2010)2010-06-01Advances in Small Animal Medicine & Surgery2010-06-01236S1041-7826(10)X0006-8Dentistry55http://www.advancesinsmallanimal.com/article/PIIS1041782610000708/abstract?rss=yesCanine atopic dermatitis is an inheritable, inflammatory, and pruritic skin disease. Most cases are associated with IgE antibodies to environmental allergens. The diagnosis of atopic dermatitis is based on the patient's history and physical findings, as well as elimination of other causes for inflammatory, pruritic skin disease. Allergen avoidance is theoretically the ideal way to manage atopic dermatitis, but this is frequently impractical or ineffective. Other means of managing atopic dermatitis include allergen-specific immunotherapy, glucocorticoids, cyclosporin, antihistamines, and essential fatty acids. Immunomodulation with glucocorticoids or cyclosporin are the most effective forms of treatment. However, the potential adverse effects of glucocorticoids and the high cost of cyclosporin restrict their use. There is a need for new, effective and safe treatments.Tepoxalin treatment of atopic dermatitisAdvances in Small Animal Medicine & Surgery 23, 6 (2010)2010-06-01Advances in Small Animal Medicine & Surgery2010-06-01236S1041-7826(10)X0006-8Dermatology56http://www.advancesinsmallanimal.com/article/PIIS104178261000071X/abstract?rss=yesUrolithiasis is a common medical problem in dogs. Surgery or other recovery techniques are usually necessary to remove uroliths so that they can be submitted for quantitative crystallographic analysis. The most common uroliths of dogs are calcium oxalate (CaOx) and struvite.Trends in the incidence of urolithiasis in dogsAdvances in Small Animal Medicine & Surgery 23, 6 (2010)2010-06-01Advances in Small Animal Medicine & Surgery2010-06-01236S1041-7826(10)X0006-8Nephrology/Urology67http://www.advancesinsmallanimal.com/article/PIIS1041782610000721/abstract?rss=yesMyelography and computed tomography (CT) are used to localize disk herniation. Myelography is invasive, the radiologist and support staff are subject to radiation exposure, and adverse reactions to the contrast medium, such as seizures, asystole, and intracranial subarachnoid hemorrhage, are possible. Newer contrast media, such as iohexol and iopamidol, carry less risk of adverse reactions, but seizures are still a risk.Myelography compared to CT for evaluation of early thoracolumbar disk extrusionAdvances in Small Animal Medicine & Surgery 23, 6 (2010)2010-06-01Advances in Small Animal Medicine & Surgery2010-06-01236S1041-7826(10)X0006-8Neurology78http://www.advancesinsmallanimal.com/article/PIIS1041782610000733/abstract?rss=yesA wide range of surgical suction drain systems are available with different methods of operation. These can be categorized into systems with compressible reservoirs, which require evacuation of air by compression to create suction, and systems with rigid reservoirs, which provide suction by prior evacuation of air.Suction drain performanceAdvances in Small Animal Medicine & Surgery 23, 6 (2010)2010-06-01Advances in Small Animal Medicine & Surgery2010-06-01236S1041-7826(10)X0006-8Surgery (Soft Tissue)88