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New Advances in Canine and Feline Diagnostics

A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Clinical Studies".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 8924

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Prof. Dr. Massimo De Majo

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Unit of Internal Medicine, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Messina University, 98168 Messina, Italy
Interests: veterinary medicine; ultrasonography; contrast-enhanced ultrasound; internal medicine
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Dr. Marisa Masucci

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Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, 98168 Messina, Italy
Interests: veterinary hematology; dog and cat vector-borne diseases; veterinary neurology
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Prof. Dr. Marco Quartuccio

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Unit of Physiopathology and Clinic of Reproduction, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Messina University, 98168 Messina, Italy
Interests: veterinary medicine; ultrasonography; contrast-enhanced ultrasound; reproduction
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Dr. Claudia Rifici

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Department of Veterinary Science, University of Messina, 98168 Messina, Italy
Interests: animal pathology; diagnosis and staging neoplastic; histopathology; immunohistochemistry/immunofluorescence
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims to provide a source for high-quality articles related to recent advances in canine and feline laboratory and imaging diagnostics that have led to substantial developments in various fields of veterinary medicine. Areas of interest in this issue include current progress and future perspectives in a variety of topics, including clinical chemistry, endocrinology, hematology, immunology, diagnosis and staging neoplastic, histopathology, and immunohistochemistry/immunofluorescence, as well as new insights into diagnostic imaging.

Dr. Massimo De Majo
Dr. Marisa Masucci
Dr. Marco Quartuccio
Dr. Claudia Rifici
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Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

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Keywords

  • clinical chemistry
  • endocrinology
  • hematology
  • immunology
  • diagnosis and staging neoplastic
  • histopathology
  • immunohistochemistry/immunofluorescence
  • diagnostic imaging

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Cardiological Reference Intervals in Adult American Staffordshire Terrier Dogs
by Oktawia Szpinda, Marta Parzeniecka-Jaworska, Michał Czopowicz, Izabella Jońska, Joanna Bonecka and Michał Jank
Animals 2023, 13(15), 2436; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13152436 - 27 Jul 2023
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The aim of this study was to determine reference intervals (RI) for echocardiography, electrocardiography (ECG), vertebral heart score (VHS) measurement, and arterial systolic blood pressure (SBP) in American Staffordshire Terrier dogs. The study population included 29 clinically healthy AST dogs of different ages, [...] Read more.
The aim of this study was to determine reference intervals (RI) for echocardiography, electrocardiography (ECG), vertebral heart score (VHS) measurement, and arterial systolic blood pressure (SBP) in American Staffordshire Terrier dogs. The study population included 29 clinically healthy AST dogs of different ages, genders, and body weights. SBP measurement, ECG, thoracic radiography, and echocardiography were performed on each dog. Compared to RIs available for the general population of dogs, the duration of the P wave and QRS complex was longer and VHS was higher. Moreover, the left ventricular dimension in diastole and systole, left atrial dimension, and end point to septal separation values were higher, while the interventricular septum in diastole and systole and aortic root diameter were lower compared to general similar average body weight. The AST breed has a different heart shape, which in this breed is more rounded compared to other dog breeds, especially the deep chest. The specific body structure and the shape of the heart had an impact on the results of the cardiological examination. Full article
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Ultrasound Evaluation of Extracranial Cerebral Circulation (The Common, External and Internal Carotid Artery) in Different Breeds of Dogs
by Marieta K. Ševčíková, Mária Figurová, Karol Ševčík, Marián Hluchý, Michal Domaniža, Mária Lapšanská, Zuzana Drahovská and Zdeněk Žert
Animals 2023, 13(10), 1584; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13101584 - 9 May 2023
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Noninvasive Doppler ultrasonography (US) examination is a standard method for the clinical evaluation of the carotid arteries. Extracranial cerebral circulation includes the common carotid artery (CCA), the external carotid artery (ECA), and the extracranial part of the internal carotid artery (ICA). The present [...] Read more.
Noninvasive Doppler ultrasonography (US) examination is a standard method for the clinical evaluation of the carotid arteries. Extracranial cerebral circulation includes the common carotid artery (CCA), the external carotid artery (ECA), and the extracranial part of the internal carotid artery (ICA). The present study was conducted with the objective of assessing physiological normative values and describing the appearance of spectral waveforms of extracranial arteries in 104 healthy dogs of eight breeds divided into four groups according to weight. We also focused on searching for correlations for carotid blood velocities with the resistive index (RI), body weight and diameter, and differences between observers and the influence of sex in the calculations of Doppler parameters. In the evaluated breeds, significant differences were found in the velocity of peak systolic velocity (PSV) and end diastolic velocity (EDV). There was a strong correlation between body weight and peak systolic velocity, the RI index and CCA diameter. The intra-observer agreement for the PSV and EDV parameters in each vessel was considered excellent reliability, and overall interobserver agreement showed very good reliability. This study could improve the descriptions of physiological values and waveforms recorded in carotid arteries. Defining the physiological values of velocity and the resistive index (RI) helps in the easier identification of pathology and diagnosis of disease. Our results may be used for further studies of vascular diseases in veterinary medicine that correlate with the pathology of neurological disorders of ischemic origin, further in thromboembolism, oncologic disease and degenerative, proliferative and inflammatory diseases of the arteries that lead to stenosis Full article
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Prevalence and Features of Incidental Findings in Veterinary Computed Tomography: A Single-Center Six-Years’ Experience
by Tiziana Caspanello, Marisa Masucci, Diego Iannelli, Nicola Maria Iannelli and Massimo De Majo
Animals 2023, 13(4), 591; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13040591 - 8 Feb 2023
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Computed tomography (CT) is an advanced imaging technique that may lead to detect “incidentalomas”, unexpected asymptomatic lesions found during unrelated examinations. Their clinical meaning and management are not clear for veterinarians, who risk unnecessary investigations that harm the patients. This study is a [...] Read more.
Computed tomography (CT) is an advanced imaging technique that may lead to detect “incidentalomas”, unexpected asymptomatic lesions found during unrelated examinations. Their clinical meaning and management are not clear for veterinarians, who risk unnecessary investigations that harm the patients. This study is a retrospective analysis that aims to investigate incidentalomas in CT exams and to describe their prevalence, location, types and follow-up, their correlations and associations with the species, breed, sex, and age of patients examined and with the kind and number of sites scanned. The reports of 561 CT scans performed in 512 dogs and 49 cats in a veterinary facility over six years were reviewed and compared to the clinical records of the patients. Eighty incidentalomas were found in 57 dogs and four cats. A significant positive correlation was found in dogs between age and the prevalence of incidentalomas. In dogs, the prevalence of incidentalomas was significantly higher in Boxers and in neck, thoracic, and abdominal scans. Spinal incidentalomas were the most common typologies in dogs. This study can represent a tool that allows clinicians to acquire greater awareness about incidentalomas and to carry out the evidence-based clinical management of them. Full article
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Ventilator-Assisted Inspiratory and Expiratory Breath-Hold Thoracic Computed Tomographic Scans Can Detect Dynamic and Static Airway Collapse in Dogs with Limited Agreement with Tracheobronchoscopy
by Alice Levy, Carol Reinero and Isabelle Masseau
Animals 2022, 12(22), 3091; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12223091 - 10 Nov 2022
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Airway collapse (AC) in dogs includes a tracheal collapse, mainstem and lobar bronchial collapse, and bronchomalacia (i.e., segmental/subsegmental bronchial collapse). The clinical presentation of AC may overlap with non-collapsible airway disease (NCAD) or another non-lower airway respiratory disease (NLARD). This study determined whether [...] Read more.
Airway collapse (AC) in dogs includes a tracheal collapse, mainstem and lobar bronchial collapse, and bronchomalacia (i.e., segmental/subsegmental bronchial collapse). The clinical presentation of AC may overlap with non-collapsible airway disease (NCAD) or another non-lower airway respiratory disease (NLARD). This study determined whether paired inspiratory (I)/expiratory (E)-breath-hold computed tomography (I/E-BH CT) can detect a static and dynamic AC in dogs with spontaneous respiratory disease and it compared the CT-derived metrics of the AC to the tracheobronchoscopy metrics. The CT-acquired I and E diameter and cross-sectional area (CSA) for the trachea, mainstem and lobar bronchi in dogs with an AC (n = 16), NCAD (16), and NLARD (19) served for a dynamic percent of the airway narrowing (%AN) calculation. A scoring system assessed the bronchomalacia. The circularity was calculated for each airway. The results were compared to the tracheobronchoscopy collapse grading. In the dogs with an AC, the %AN was larger for the trachea, right mainstem bronchus and right middle lobar bronchus when they were compared to the dogs with NCAD and NLARD. Flattening was only identified for the trachea of the AC dogs. The agreement between the CT and tracheobronchoscopy scores was 20% from trachea to the lobar bronchi and 47% for the segmental/subsegmental bronchi. Paired I/E-BH CT can detect static and dynamic AC with limited agreement with the tracheobronchoscopy metrics. Independent scoring systems that are tailored to the clinical manifestations of functional impairments are needed. Full article
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