Use of smartphone messaging applications to increase diagnostic efficiency in veterinary diagnostic laboratories / Uso de aplicativos de mensagens de smartphones para aumentar a eficiência diagnóstica em laboratórios de diagnóstico veterinário

Many inconclusive diagnoses have been reported in studies carried out in veterinary diagnostic laboratories (VDLs). These inconclusive diagnoses are often associated with field veterinarians sending tissue samples and carcasses for histopathological examination. The use of social media in care has the potential as a tool for improvements in animal health. We evaluated the improvement in the rate of conclusive diagnoses in the VDL when using a messaging application for smartphones as a guidance tool for field veterinarians to refer animals and sample tissues for necropsy and histopathology. Veterinarians contacted the VDL team via a messaging app and forwarded videos, images, and clinical-epidemiological history. Based on this information, guidelines were created in real-time for contacting professionals about methods for collecting samples during necropsy and making diagnoses and scheduling visits to properties. The data obtained showed that smartphone messaging applications could be useful tools to expand the performance of VDLs and improve their diagnostic efficiency, especially when sending samples of animals that died is impossible due to certain sanitary conditions.

Muitos diagnósticos inconclusivos têm sido relatados em estudos realizados em laboratórios de diagnóstico veterinário (LDVs). Esses diagnósticos inconclusivos são frequentemente associados a veterinários de campo que enviam amostras de tecidos e carcaças para exame histopatológico. O uso das mídias sociais com cuidado tem potencial como ferramenta para melhorias na saúde animal. Avaliamos a melhora na taxa de diagnósticos conclusivos no LDV ao utilizar um aplicativo de mensagens para smartphones como ferramenta de orientação para veterinários de campo encaminharem animais e amostras de tecidos para necropsia e histopatologia. Os veterinários entraram em contato com a equipe do L por meio de um aplicativo de mensagens e encaminharam vídeos, imagens e histórico clínico-epidemiológico. Com base nessas informações, foram criadas orientações em tempo real para contato dos profissionais sobre métodos de coleta de amostras durante a necropsia e realização de diagnósticos, além do agendamento de visitas às propriedades. Os dados obtidos mostraram que os aplicativos de mensagens para smartphones podem ser ferramentas úteis para ampliar o desempenho dos VDLs e melhorar sua eficiência diagnóstica, principalmente quando o envio de amostras de animais que morreram é impossível devido a determinadas condições sanitárias.

A Jakobsian analysis of communication in veterinary anatomic pathology

Since I figured out that anatomic pathology is communication (5), I got interested in this subject and If I'm assuming myself as a communicator, then, I logically need to study and understand it. When I looked for this, Jakobson's explanation (4) was the most elegant, eloquent and simplest explanation I've found. If you doubt me, just search for this in youtube, there are a lot of animated videos about it. So, Jakobson divides communication into six crucial points: adresser, message, addressee, context, code and channel. The adresser is the person who will write and send the message to the addressee, the receptor, the person who will read it. The context is what the message is about and the code is the language used. Finally, the channel is the physical channel, a way where the message is written, it may be a paper or a video or any other. Keep in mind that those points are not always isolated from each other, they are frequently overlapped, and this is just a didactic organization that is much more easily to understand in a fluxogram(AU)

Wildlife Comparative Pathology in Brazil: Where we Started, What we have Accomplished and Where we are Heading

Brazil holds one of the worlds greatest biodiversity legacies. Alongside a few other countries (Australia, Bolivia, China, Colombia, Ecuador, United States of America, India, Indonesia, Madagascar, Mexico, Peru and Democratic Republic of the Congo), we are considered Megadiverse, due to the exuberance and complexity of our ecosystems. Such lushness is not only an understandable reason of pride, but also brings responsibilities and commitment. In order to maintain it, we need the proper elements and means, as well as active and solid technical and scientific skills. This is the context in which the work of wildlife comparative pathology veterinarians is inserted into.[...]

Wildlife Comparative Pathology in Brazil: Where we Started, What we have Accomplished and Where we are Heading

Brazil holds one of the worlds greatest biodiversity legacies. Alongside a few other countries (Australia, Bolivia, China, Colombia, Ecuador, United States of America, India, Indonesia, Madagascar, Mexico, Peru and Democratic Republic of the Congo), we are considered Megadiverse, due to the exuberance and complexity of our ecosystems. Such lushness is not only an understandable reason of pride, but also brings responsibilities and commitment. In order to maintain it, we need the proper elements and means, as well as active and solid technical and scientific skills. This is the context in which the work of wildlife comparative pathology veterinarians is inserted into.[...](AU)