Pyometra in Dogs
Pyometra is a potentially life-threatening uterine infection that commonly develops during dioestrus in entire females under progesterone influence.
Species Dogs
Protein-Losing Enteropathy in Dogs
Protein-losing enteropathy is a syndrome in which gastrointestinal loss of plasma proteins causes hypoalbuminaemia and potentially oedema, effusion, malnutrition and thrombosis.
Portosystemic Shunts in Dogs
Portosystemic shunts divert portal blood away from the liver, reducing hepatic exposure to nutrients and toxins and allowing neuroactive substances to enter systemic circulation.
Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome
Brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome is a progressive upper-airway disorder that can impair breathing, sleep, exercise and heat tolerance.
Canine Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a predisposition to recurrent unprovoked seizures; idiopathic epilepsy is common, but structural and reactive causes must be considered.
Immune-Mediated Haemolytic Anaemia in Dogs
Immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia causes immune destruction of red cells and may progress rapidly; thromboembolism is a major complication.
Hyperadrenocorticism in Dogs
Canine hyperadrenocorticism is a syndrome of chronic glucocorticoid excess, most commonly pituitary dependent but sometimes caused by an adrenal tumour or corticosteroid exposure.
Hypoadrenocorticism in Dogs
Canine hypoadrenocorticism causes deficient adrenal hormone production and may present as chronic intermittent illness or acute adrenal crisis.
Gastric Dilatation-Volvulus in Dogs
An emergency reference on rapid recognition, stabilisation, decompression and surgical management of canine gastric dilatation-volvulus.
Intervertebral Disc Disease in Dogs
A neurological reference on localisation, imaging, conservative care, surgical indications and prognosis in canine intervertebral disc disease.