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Brief communication
While fungal infections of the bovine uterus are well-known diseases in pregnant cattle, very limited knowledge exists on the presence and significance of fungi in the uterus of non-pregnant cows. Presence of ...
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:61
Published on: 16 September 2017
Research
For proper treatment of bacterial infections in mink, knowledge of the causative agents and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns is crucial. The used antimicrobials are in general not registered for min...
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:60
Published on: 13 September 2017
Research
There is some controversy about the extent of changes in different sperm cell features in stored boar semen, especially regarding the potential role of the DNA fragmentation assay for assessment of sperm ferti...
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:58
Published on: 11 September 2017
Research
Animal trypanosomosis is one of the major disease problems affecting agricultural productivity in Ethiopia. The impact of the disease is believed to vary with season and agro-ecologies in line with fly vector ...
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:59
Published on: 11 September 2017
Research
Mink are an important animal commodity group in Canada and excessive kit mortality represents a significant loss to production. National biosecurity standards have been developed for Canadian mink farms, but i...
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:57
Published on: 8 September 2017
Research
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a highly contagious viral disease of small ruminants in Asia and Africa. In 2008, a PPR outbreak was reported for the first time in Morocco and a mass vaccination campaign a...
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:56
Published on: 7 September 2017
Case report
Hypoluteoidism in the bitch is characterized by insufficient production and secretion of progesterone by the corpora lutea. It is a rare pathologic condition and during pregnancy, it leads to embryonic resorpt...
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:55
Published on: 6 September 2017
Research
In 2007, a previously unrecorded disease, fur animal epidemic necrotic pyoderma (FENP), was detected in farmed mink (Neovision vision), foxes (Vulpes lagopus) and Finnraccoons (Nyctereutes procyonoides) in Finlan...
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:54
Published on: 3 August 2017
Research
According to Swedish animal insurance data, Irish Wolfhounds (IW) are 29 times more likely to die from cardiac causes than the baseline breed. Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) has a high prevalence in the breed an...
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:53
Published on: 2 August 2017
Research
The number and spatial distribution of wild boars (Sus scrofa) has increased remarkably in Sweden as well as in other European countries. To understand the population dynamics of the wild boar, knowledge of its r...
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:52
Published on: 1 August 2017
Brief communication
Serious disease outbreaks in cattle caused by Theileria orientalis have emerged in the Asia–Pacific region. Genetic variables of the major piroplasm surface protein (MPSP) expressed on the surface of the piroplas...
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:51
Published on: 27 July 2017
Erratum
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:50
Published on: 25 July 2017
The original article was published in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:44
Research
Antibiotic resistance is a global issue that threatens public health. The excessive use of antibiotics contributes to this problem as the genes of antibiotic resistance can be transferred between the bacteria ...
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:49
Published on: 21 July 2017
Brief communication
Presence of significant quantities of gas in the intestines may hinder a proper conduction of abdominal ultrasonography. In humans, preparatory techniques are used to solve this, but measures to avoid ultrason...
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:48
Published on: 17 July 2017
Review
Feline injection-site sarcomas (FISS) are malignant skin tumours of mesenchymal origin, the treatment of which is a challenge for veterinary surgeons. The role of surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy in FISS...
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:47
Published on: 17 July 2017
Research
Severe outbreaks of interdigital phlegmon (IP) associated with a high morbidity and major economic losses have occurred in Finland in the past decade. A survey was performed to indicate the current occurrence ...
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:46
Published on: 12 July 2017
Case report
Congenital pulmonary valve stenosis and patent ductus arteriosus are common congenital heart defects in dogs. However, concurrence of atypical pulmonary valve stenosis and patent ductus arteriosus is uncommon....
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:45
Published on: 11 July 2017
Research
To evaluate intervention, implement evidence-based practice and enhance the welfare of dogs with naturally occurring osteoarthritis (OA), access to valid, reliable and clinically relevant outcome measures is c...
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:44
Published on: 1 July 2017
The Erratum to this article has been published in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:50
Research
Pre-weaning diarrhea in mink, also known as “sticky kits”, is a syndrome and outbreaks occur every year on commercial mink farms in all mink producing countries. Morbidity and mortality can be considerable on ...
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:43
Published on: 29 June 2017
Review
Parasites from the family Anisakidae are widely distributed in marine fish populations worldwide and mainly nematodes of the three genera Anisakis, Pseudoterranova and Contracaecum have attracted attention due to...
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:42
Published on: 23 June 2017
Research
Since the identity of the embryo is of outmost importance during commercial in vitro embryo production, bovine oocytes and embryos have to be cultured strictly per donor. Due to the rather low yield of oocytes...
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:41
Published on: 15 June 2017
Research
Pain accompanying mastitis has gained attention recently as a relevant welfare compromising aspect of disease. Adequate pain recognition and therapy are necessary in the context of a modern and ethically accep...
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:40
Published on: 14 June 2017
Erratum
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:39
Published on: 13 June 2017
The original article was published in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:24
Review
Somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) and motor evoked potentials (MEPs) are non-invasive neurophysiological tests that reflect the functional integrity of sensory and motor pathways. Despite their extensive...
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:37
Published on: 12 June 2017
Research
Scanning techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) are useful tools in veterinary and human medicine. Here we demonstrate the usefulness of these techniques in the study ...
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:38
Published on: 12 June 2017
