Because hypoxia is one of the most common major stresses to which a neonate is exposed, we postulated that it alone might be the cause of intestinal bacterial translocation, which could be the underlying etiology of neonatal sepsis. An animal model, in which hypoxia is the sole stress, was developed in our laboratory and tested in 18 puppies to determine the effect of hypoxia and reoxygenation ...

Extraocular myositis (EOM) is not commonly encountered in dogs. It is generally diagnosed based on clinical features of exophthalmos without third eyelid protrusion, pain or vision loss. The traditional treatment of choice is prednisolone. This report describes a case of a mixed-breed puppy with clinical signs consistent with EOM, the use of ascorbic acid as an adjuvant to traditional corticost...

An extremely rare case of congenital oesophageal stenosis in a two-month-old, male, miniature pincher dog was reported. The puppy was presented at the Small Animal Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, with a history of an acute onset of regurgitation at the time of weaning on to solid food. Contrast radiography of the oesophagus showed that the oesophagus ...

There was vomit and loose stools everywhere. I was aghast and acted immediately. I put the puppy in the car and took her to the best veterinarian center in the city. It has specialist emergency care and is one of the teaching hospitals of the main veterinarian school of the country. She was admitted on the spot. Hypoglycemia was ruled out to begin with, together with canine distemper and other ...

A 2-month-old female local dog named Desi is experiencing skin problems with signs of itching and alopecia since she was resqueed 3 weeks before being examined. Clinical examination showed pruritus, alopecia, scales, erythema, papules pustules. On deep scrapping on the found presence Sarcoptes sp. mites amounted to one mite per field view. Hematological that animal had leukocytosis, normochromi...

A case of a Brazilian Terrier puppy presenting diabetic lens opacity that restored transparency after insulin therapy and control of blood glucose levels is reported. This entity has been rarely reported in human beings and has not been reported in dogs before. The rapid glycemic control may have been responsible for the transparency recovery.