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Information about heart diseases and their treatment is still sparce for rabbits and rodents. Dilated cardiomyopathy seems to occur more frequently in rabbits, whereas in guinea pigs pericardial effusion is often diagnosed. There are still no available therapeutic studies for heart diseases in rabbits and rodents, and treatment is often extrapolated from dogs and cats. Consideration should be given to the off-label use of drugs, mostly not licensed in the species mentioned in this article.
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Cardiologia , Doenças do Gato , Doenças do Cão , Cardiopatias , Doenças dos Roedores , Animais , Doenças do Gato/terapia , Gatos , Cães , Cobaias , Cardiopatias/terapia , Cardiopatias/veterinária , Coelhos , RoedoresRESUMO
The order Rodentia comprises more than 2000 species divided into 3 groups based on anatomic and functional differences of the masseter muscle. Myomorph and sciuromorph species have elodont incisors and anelodont cheek teeth, unlike hystrichomorph species which have full anelodont dentition. Diseases of incisors and cheek teeth of rat-like and squirrel-like rodents result in a wide variety of symptoms and clinical signs. Appropriate diagnostic testing and imaging techniques are required to obtain a definitive diagnosis, formulate a prognosis, and develop a treatment plan. A thorough review of elodontoma, odontoma, and pseudo-odontoma is provided, including treatment of pseudo-odontomas in prairie dogs.
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Boca/anatomia & histologia , Ratos/anatomia & histologia , Doenças dos Roedores/patologia , Sciuridae/anatomia & histologia , Doenças Estomatognáticas/veterinária , Animais , Doenças dos Roedores/diagnóstico por imagem , Doenças Estomatognáticas/diagnóstico por imagem , Doenças Estomatognáticas/patologia , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X/veterináriaRESUMO
Elisabetta Mancinelli is the first vet in Europe to embark on, and pass by examination, the European Diploma in Zoological Medicine with a specialty in small mammals. Having qualified in Italy, she came to the UK nine years ago to pursue further studies in exotic animal medicine.
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Escolha da Profissão , Especialização , Medicina Veterinária , Zoologia , Animais , Animais Exóticos , Credenciamento , Educação em Veterinária , Europa (Continente) , HumanosRESUMO
An 18-month-old castrated male ferret (Mustela putorius furo) was presented to the veterinary hospital for acute collapse but died despite initiation of emergency treatment. The body was submitted for a complete postmortem examination. The pathologist determined the ferret was suffering from severe necrotizing encephalitis, necrogranulomatous mediastinal lymphadenitis, and ulcerative dermatitis attributable to systemic Candida parapsilosis. This is the first report of systemic Candida parapsilosis in a ferret.
