Background: Ventricular tachyarrhythmias occur in association with cardiac and extracardiac disorders in many species of animals, but information identifying concurrent disorders in cats with such arrhythmias is scarce.Methods: We investigated coexisting diseases by retrospectively evaluating medica...

Lupines (Lupinus albus) collected at Ile D'Orleans and Emil Lods Seed Farm of Macdonald College in southern Quebec showed reddish brown lesions on the lower stems. Lesions originated from petiole scars and contained concentric rings of brown-black pycnidia. Similar lesions were observed on mature po...

Background A 10 week-old intact female German shepherd dog was examined because of a heart murmur.; Methods An echocardiogram revealed an extracardiac left-to-right shunt. An angiogram identified shunting between the aorta and the pulmonary artery in an unusual location.; Results Thoracotomy was per...

Epidemiology and pathobiology -- Felines and ferrets -- Vector borne diseases -- Diagnosis and prevention -- Poster session -- Panel sessios -- Recommended procedures: dogs -- Recommended procedures: cats -- Constitution and bylaws.

BACKGROUND: Cardiac disease has the potential to alter platelet function in dogs. Evaluation of platelet function using the PFA-100 analyzer in dogs of multiple breeds and with a broad range of cardiac conditions would help clarify the effect of cardiac disease on platelets. OBJECTIVES: The objectiv...

BACKGROUND: The platelet function analyzer (PFA)-100 is a point-of-care instrument previously evaluated in humans and dogs. In both species, artificially prolonged platelet closure time (CT) occurs with anemia. Reliability of the analyzer in dogs becomes a concern when the HCT is between 0.25 and 0....