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  1. Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers (NSDTRs) are a dog breed often affected by immune-mediated rheumatic disease (IMRD), a disorder characterised by chronic stiffness and joint pain. Most, but not all, dogs wi...

    Authors: Hanna Dorotea Bremer, Anna Hillström, Malin Kånåhols, Ragnvi Hagman and Helene Hansson-Hamlin
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:21
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

  2. Mammary gland tumors are the most common tumors in sexually intact female dogs; however, they are rare in male dogs. This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between sexual hormones and mammary...

    Authors: Soon-Chan Kwon, Dae-Young Yoo, Minho Ko, Kwon-Young Lee, Ho-Hyun Kwak, In-Chul Park, In-Koo Hwang, Jung-Hoon Choi and Jin-Young Chung
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:20
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  3. This study was performed in order to gather recent epidemiological data on feline endoparasites in Swedish cats. Faecal samples from 205 outdoor cats were collected by their owners and submitted to the Nationa...

    Authors: Giulio Grandi, Arianna Comin, Osama Ibrahim, Roland Schaper, Ulrika Forshell and Eva Osterman Lind
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:19
    Content type: Research Published on:

  4. Rabies is a disease of global significance including in the circumpolar Arctic. In Alaska enzootic rabies persist in northern and western coastal areas. Only sporadic cases have occurred in areas outside of th...

    Authors: Falk Huettmann, Emily Elizabeth Magnuson and Karsten Hueffer
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:18
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  5. Slaughter reindeer are exposed to stress caused by gathering, handling, loading and unloading, and by conditions in vehicles during transport. These stress factors can lead to compromised welfare and trauma su...

    Authors: Sauli Laaksonen, Pikka Jokelainen, Jyrki Pusenius and Antti Oksanen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:17
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  6. Sonography is a convenient, non-invasive diagnostic modality in small ruminants, often used in reproductive management, internal medicine, and surgery. Pregnancy diagnostics and imaging anatomy and pathology o...

    Authors: Ammar AlLugami, Kerstin von Pückler, Axel Wehrend and Marlene Sickinger
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:16
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

  7. Equine gastric ulcer syndrome (EGUS) is common in adult horses, particularly those involved in performance disciplines. Currently, detection of EGUS by gastroscopy is the only reliable ante mortem method for d...

    Authors: Michael Hewetson, Ben William Sykes, Gayle Davina Hallowell and Riitta-Mari Tulamo
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:15
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  8. American Cocker Spaniels are overrepresented among breeds that require surgery as a treatment of end-stage otitis externa. However, the prevalence of otitis externa (OE) in this breed remains unknown. We revie...

    Authors: Mirja Kaimio, Leena Saijonmaa-Koulumies and Outi Laitinen-Vapaavuori
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:14
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  9. Outdoor production of poultry is rapidly increasing, which could be associated with increased risks for exposure to different environmental sources of Salmonella. We report a comparison on the occurrence of Salmo...

    Authors: Martin Wierup, Helene Wahlström, Elina Lahti, Helena Eriksson, Désirée S. Jansson, Åsa Odelros and Linda Ernholm
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:13
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  10. Migrating plant material is often suspected clinically to be the underlying cause of iliopsoas myositis in the dog, but cannot always be found pre- or intraoperatively. In most cases, recurrence of clinical si...

    Authors: Francesco Birettoni, Domenico Caivano, Mark Rishniw, Giulia Moretti, Francesco Porciello, Maria Elena Giorgi, Alberto Crovace, Erika Bianchini and Antonello Bufalari
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:12
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  11. Growing evidence indicates that macro- and microelements in the seminal plasma of humans and various domestic animals are of great importance due to their roles in sperm metabolism, function, survival and oxid...

    Authors: Maja Zakošek Pipan, Janko Mrkun, Breda Jakovac Strajn, Katarina Pavšič Vrtač, Janko Kos, Anja Pišlar and Petra Zrimšek
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:11
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  12. Abscesses in the neck region can result from infection associated with injection of drugs into the neck muscles. To our knowledge, there have been no reports of osteomyelitis of the cervical vertebra and spina...

    Authors: Ueli Braun, Christian Gerspach, Karolin Kühn, Julia Bünter and Monika Hilbe
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:10
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  13. Mycobacterium spp. and Rhodococcus equi are generally regarded as the main causes of lymphadenitis in pigs and wild boars. In Poland, mycobacterial submandibular lymphadenitis was first d...

    Authors: Lucjan Witkowski, Blanka Orłowska, Magdalena Rzewuska, Michał Czopowicz, Mirosław Welz, Krzysztof Anusz and Jerzy Kita
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:9
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

  14. In cattle, the prognosis of brain abscess is unfavourable and treatment is therefore not recommended. To the knowledge of the authors, there has been no report of successful treatment of a brain abscess in cat...

    Authors: Ueli Braun, Alexandra Malbon, Manon Kochan, Barbara Riond, Fredi Janett, Cornelia Iten and Matthias Dennler
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:8
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  15. Dogs develop spontaneous ischaemic stroke with a clinical picture closely resembling human ischaemic stroke patients. Animal stroke models have been developed, but it has proved difficult to translate results ...

    Authors: Barbara Blicher Thomsen, Hanne Gredal, Martin Wirenfeldt, Bjarne Winther Kristensen, Bettina Hjelm Clausen, Anders Elm Larsen, Bente Finsen, Mette Berendt and Kate Lykke Lambertsen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:7
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  16. Avian species are considered as the main reservoir of Campylobacter spp. However, few data are available on the presence of this microorganism in pet birds. This study was therefore performed to determine the pre...

    Authors: Ludovico Dipineto, Luca Borrelli, Antonino Pace, Violante Romano, Stefano D’Orazio, Lorena Varriale, Tamara Pasqualina Russo and Alessandro Fioretti
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:6
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

  17. Surgical treatment of colic is expensive and complications may occur. Information on the prognosis and the use of the horse after surgery for colic is important for surgeons and owners. Current literature on r...

    Authors: Isa Anna Maria Immonen, Ninja Karikoski, Anna Mykkänen, Tytti Niemelä, Jouni Junnila and Riitta-Mari Tulamo
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:5
    Content type: Research Published on:

  18. Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) causes significant animal and economic losses worldwide. The infection is difficult to control and PRRSV elimination at local level requires coordina...

    Authors: Poul H. Rathkjen and Johannes Dall
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:4
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  19. Cor triatriatum dexter (CTD) is a rare congenital cardiac malformation with various manifestations and has been sporadically described in dogs. Clinically the dogs present with nonspecific signs of right heart...

    Authors: Tetyda Paulina Dobak, Gregory Starrak, Kathleen Linn and Elisabeth Christine Roberston Snead
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:3
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  20. Various food-producing animals were recognized in recent years as healthy carriers of bacterial pathogens causing human illness. In northern Fennoscandia, the husbandry of semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tar...

    Authors: Sauli Laaksonen, Antti Oksanen, Jérôme Julmi, Claudio Zweifel, Maria Fredriksson-Ahomaa and Roger Stephan
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:2
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  21. The neuroendocrine glycoprotein chromogranin A is a useful biomarker in humans for neuroendocrine tumors and stress. Chromogranin A can be measured in both blood and saliva. The objective of this study was to ...

    Authors: Thanikul Srithunyarat, Ragnvi Hagman, Odd V. Höglund, Ulf Olsson, Mats Stridsberg, Supranee Jitpean, Anne-Sofie Lagerstedt and Ann Pettersson
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:1
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  22. This study investigated differences in kinematic and spatiotemporal variables in Labrador retrievers during introduction to treadmill walking, with the aim to determine the time required for them to become hab...

    Authors: Pia Gustås, Kjerstin Pettersson, Sofia Honkavaara, Anne-Sofie Lagerstedt and Anna Byström
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2016 58:87
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  24. Authors: Elodie Nemery, Annick Gabriel, Dominique Cassart, Calixte Bayrou, Joëlle Piret, Nadine Antoine, Monika Nilsson, Lars Steinwall, Inger Jacobson, Ângela Martins, Carla Carvalho, Inês Viegas, Denis J. Marcellin-Little, Ola L. A. Harrysson, Christopher S. Crimi, David Levine…
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2016 58(Suppl 2):85
    Content type: Meeting Abstracts Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 58 Supplement 2

  26. Progressive atrophic rhinitis (PAR) in pigs is caused by toxigenic Pasteurella multocida. In Switzerland, PAR is monitored by selective culture of nasal swabs and subsequent polymerase chain reaction (PCR) screen...

    Authors: Simone Scherrer, Daniel Frei and Max Michael Wittenbrink
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2016 58:83
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

  27. African swine fever (ASF) is one of the most severe diseases of pigs; it has a drastic impact on the pig industry, causing serious socio-economic consequences to pig farmers and pork producers. In Europe, ther...

    Authors: Silvia Bellini, Domenico Rutili and Vittorio Guberti
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2016 58:82
    Content type: Review Published on:

  28. Uterine disorders are common postpartum diseases in dairy cows. In practice, uterine treatment is often based on systemic or locally applied antimicrobials with no previous identification of pathogens. Accurat...

    Authors: María Jaureguiberry, Laura Vanina Madoz, Mauricio Javier Giuliodori, Karen Wagener, Isabella Prunner, Tom Grunert, Monika Ehling-Schulz, Marc Drillich and Rodolfo Luzbel de la Sota
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2016 58:81
    Content type: Research Published on:

  29. Surgery causes a stress response, a physiologic response to trauma. The intraoperative surgical stress response in dogs diagnosed with pyometra has not previously been described. The aim of this study was to i...

    Authors: Odd Viking Höglund, Johanna Lövebrant, Ulf Olsson and Katja Höglund
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2016 58:80
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  30. Acute puerperal metritis affects cows during the early postpartum period and causes fever, fetid vaginal discharge and general depression. The disease is severe and treatment with antimicrobials is often requi...

    Authors: Anna Ordell, Helle Ericsson Unnerstad, Ann Nyman, Hans Gustafsson and Renée Båge
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2016 58:79
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  31. Infections with the three feline haemotropic mycoplasmas Mycoplasma haemofelis, Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum and Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis cause feline infectious anemia. The purpose of this study wa...

    Authors: Maja Benedicte Rosenqvist, Ann-Katrine Helene Meilstrup, Jesper Larsen, John Elmerdahl Olsen, Asger Lundorff Jensen and Line Elnif Thomsen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2016 58:78
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  32. In recent years reports from a number of countries, including Sweden, describe problems with diarrhoea in newborn piglets despite the use of previously effective preventive measures. This seemingly altered dis...

    Authors: Jenny Larsson, Nils Fall, Maria Lindberg and Magdalena Jacobson
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2016 58:77
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  33. This study investigated the variation in plasma insulin concentration (PIC) in a group of Icelandic horses in training, considered to be healthy and examined possible relationships between PIC and gender, age,...

    Authors: Anna Jansson, Gudrun J. Stéfansdóttir and Sveinn Ragnarsson
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2016 58:76
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

  34. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) has been used for many thoracic diseases as an alternate approach to thoracotomy. The aim of this study was to compare the surgical outcome of pneumonectomy using VA...

    Authors: Hai-Feng Liu, Li Gao, Tao Liu, Yan-Jiang and Hong-Bin Wang
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2016 58:75
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  35. Recent epidemics of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) produced an unprecedented number of cases in mute swans (Cygnus olor) in European countries, which indicates that these birds are very sensitive to the...

    Authors: Beata Dolka, Artur Żbikowski, Izabella Dolka and Piotr Szeleszczuk
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2016 58:74
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  36. Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common cause of chronic pain and dysfunction in older cats. The majority of cats with OA do not show signs of overt lameness, yet cats with orthopaedic disease are known to redistribut...

    Authors: Sarah Stadig, B. Duncan X. Lascelles and Anna Bergh
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2016 58(Suppl 1):70
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 58 Supplement 1

  37. Dietary sugar and starch affect plasma glucose and insulin concentrations. Little information is available about the effect of dietary fibre on plasma glucose and insulin concentration. It is hypothesized that...

    Authors: Christine Brøkner, Dag Austbø, Jon A. Næsset, Dominique Blache, Knud Erik B. Knudsen, Hanne H. Hansen and Anne-Helene Tauson
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2016 58(Suppl 1):69
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 58 Supplement 1

  38. Optimal body condition in early lactation is generally accepted as a prerequisite for good reproductive performance. Examination of milk progesterone profiles offers an objective method for characterization of...

    Authors: Lisa A. O’Hara, Renée Båge and Kjell Holtenius
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2016 58(Suppl 1):68
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 58 Supplement 1

  39. Malnutrition in fetal life and during suckling have in some animal studies resulted in adaptive changes related to the fat and glucose metabolism, which in the long term might predispose the offspring for meta...

    Authors: Connie F. Matthiesen and Anne-Helene Tauson
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2016 58(Suppl 1):67
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 58 Supplement 1

  40. Insulin has been used as a stimulatory factor for in vitro cell culture since many years. Even for routine in vitro embryo production (IVP), insulin is added to the media during different steps. There is a str...

    Authors: Denise Laskowski, Ylva Sjunnesson, Hans Gustafsson, Patrice Humblot, Göran Andersson and Renée Båge
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2016 58(Suppl 1):66
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 58 Supplement 1

  41. Insulin resistance (IR) in humans is related to hypertension and impaired vasodilation. Insulin administration has been shown to lower blood pressure both in insulin resistant as well as in insulin sensitive i...

    Authors: Katarina E. A. Nostell, Sanna S. Lindåse and Johan T. Bröjer
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2016 58(Suppl 1):65
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 58 Supplement 1

  42. An oral sugar test (OST) using Karo® Light Corn Syrup has been developed in the USA as a field test for the assessment of insulin dysregulation in horses but the syrup is not available in Scandinavian grocery sto...

    Authors: Sanna Lindåse, Katarina Nostell and Johan Bröjer
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2016 58(Suppl 1):64
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 58 Supplement 1

  44. In equids, health and welfare depend on body composition. A growing number of equids are now used as leisure and companion animals, and often found overfeed. The need for a close monitoring of body fatness led...

    Authors: Severiano R. Silva, Rita Payan-Carreira, Miguel Quaresma, Cristina M. Guedes and Ana Sofia Santos
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2016 58(Suppl 1):62
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 58 Supplement 1

  45. There are Swedish animal welfare regulations concerning the body condition of horses and general advice on keeping horses including that horses should be fed so that they do not become over- or underweight rel...

    Authors: Peta L. Hitchens, Jan Hultgren, Jenny Frössling, Ulf Emanuelson and Linda J. Keeling
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2016 58(Suppl 1):61
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 58 Supplement 1

  46. Obesity and emaciation in horses have major detrimental effects on health and morbidity, reproductive failure, work performance or carcass quality. Scoring is a current management tool used to assess and monit...

    Authors: Severiano R. Silva, Rita Payan-Carreira, Cristina M. Guedes, Simão Coelho and Ana Sofia Santos
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2016 58(Suppl 1):60
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 58 Supplement 1

  47. Obesity is related to the development of several diseases like insulin resistance and laminitis in horses. The prevalence of obesity among mature Icelandic horses in Denmark has not been investigated previousl...

    Authors: Rasmus B. Jensen, Signe H. Danielsen and Anne-Helene Tauson
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2016 58(Suppl 1):59
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 58 Supplement 1

  48. Systems for estimating body condition score (BCS) are currently used in canine practice to monitor fatness levels. These tools are cheap and easy to use but lack the necessary precision to monitor small change...

    Authors: Rita Payan-Carreira, Luis Martins, Sónia Miranda, Pedro Olivério and Severiano R. Silva
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2016 58(Suppl 1):58
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 58 Supplement 1

  49. Obesity is now recognised as the most important medical disease in pets worldwide. All current strategies for weight management involve dietary energy restriction with a purpose-formulated diet. Whilst current...

    Authors: Alexander J. German
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2016 58(Suppl 1):57
    Content type: Review Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 58 Supplement 1

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