• natural hosts: wild mice [1], laboratory mice, [2] [3] [4], water , bank and meadow voles (family Microtinae) [5] [6] • positive serological reactions in laboratory rats [7] [8]; virus might be related to TMEV -virus, only one report on clinical signs and lesions in rats (MHG-strain) [9], positive serological findings may indicate the presence of a yet uncharacterised virus (?rat cardiovirus?...

As livestock production systems have changed to intensive commercial structures meet the increasing demand for animal-based products, there has been an increase in food diseases, subsequently resulting animal welfare issues. After mastitis and infertility, lameness is one of three major issues affecting dairy cattle globally, reduced productivity, economic losses, problems. Lameness associated ...

A growing concern of the dairy industry is to increase dairy cattle wellbeing in anticipation of a demand from the general public of welfare-certified dairy products. Lameness is one of the most important welfare issues of high producing dairy cows in North America (Vermunt, 2007). It is a debilitating condition that challenges sustainability of production systems used in North America because ...

This paper presents the preliminary investigation of the use of radar signatures to detect and assess lameness of horses and its severity. Radar sensors in this context can provide attractive contactless sensing capabilities, as a complementary or alternative technology to the current techniques for lameness assessment using video-graphics and inertial sensors attached to the horses’ body. The ...

Autologous stem cell therapy in the field of regenerative veterinary medicine involves harvesting tissue, such as fat, from the patient, isolating the stem and regenerative cells, and administering the cells back to the patient. Autologous adipose-derived stem cell therapy has been commercially available since 2003, and the current study evaluated such therapy in dogs with chronic osteoarthriti...

An English setter (case 1) and a Tibetan mastiff (case 2) presented with intermittent weight-bearing lameness on the right hind limb when trotting. The dogs had a history of femoral head and neck ostectomy (FHNO). Orthopedic examination revealed pain and crepitus on the right hip joint. The dogs underwent total hip replacement (THR). At the 2-year (case 1) and 1-year (case 2) follow-up, both do...

Desmitis of the collateral ligaments of the distal interphalangeal joint should be considered as a differential diagnosis for foot lameness in the horse. The diagnosis is made through ultrasonography. Although the lameness is relatively uncommon, it occurs frequently enough to be a common cause of distal interphalangeal joint injection failure. Treatment consists of rest and controlled exercise...

Fragments of the distal border of the navicular bone are identified radiologically with low frequency in horses free from lameness. There is higher frequency of occurrence in horses with foot pain, especially navicular disease. The clinical significance of a fragment per se is controversial. There is limited knowledge about the progression of the lesion and/or lameness. The pathogenesis of frag...

Tremendous growth and advancement in equine diagnostic imaging necessitates a systematic approach to the application of these modalities to lameness diagnosis. This systematic approach must include attention to the history, physical and clinical examinations, and parameters set forth by the client. It also must include an understanding of which imaging modality is most appropriate given the det...

A captive 10-year-old female northern pintail (Anas acuta) with a history of unilateral lameness was diagnosed at necropsy with polycystic disease most severely affecting the right kidney. The lameness was attributed to pressure on the sacral nerve plexus caused by the unusually large cyst arising from the right kidney. Polycystic kidney disease previously has been considered an incidental find...