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Abstracts: Invited review: animal-based indicators for on-farm welfare assessment for dairy goats

December 28, 2014January 8, 2015adminLeave a Comment

This paper reviews animal-based welfare indicators to develop a valid, reliable, and feasible on-farm welfare assessment protocol for dairy goats. The indicators were considered in the light of the 4 accepted principles (good feeding, good housing, good health, appropriate behavior) subdivided into 12 criteria developed by the European Welfare Quality program. We will only examine […]

Abstracts: Alcohol diluent provides the optimal formulation for calcium chloride non-surgical sterilisation in dogs

December 22, 2014January 8, 2015adminLeave a Comment

BACKGROUND: Surgical castration is widely used to sterilise male dogs, but has significant impacts on time to perform the operation, recovery of the animals as well as cost, which can limit population control programs. Previous research has shown intratesticular injection of calcium chloride dihydrate (CaCl2) in saline to be a promising alternative to surgery. However, […]

Abstracts: Smoke inhalation in dogs and cats – a retrospective study over 5.5 years

December 15, 2014January 8, 2015adminLeave a Comment

OBJECTIVE: Particularly during household fires, inhalation of hot air and smoke, and the formation of carboxyhaemoglobin and cyanide lead to respiratory tract and lung injury in small animals. Additionally, oxygenation is impaired in most cases. The aim of this retrospective study was to analyse smoke exposure, physical examination findings and clinical pathology results as well […]

Abstracts: Pawing by standardbred racehorses: frequency and patterns

December 3, 2014January 8, 2015adminLeave a Comment

The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of pawing behavior in a population of Standardbred racehorses and the relationship of pawing frequency to time of day. Standardbreds (n=41) were observed using instantaneous scan sampling twice daily, in the morning before training and in the afternoon after training. A majority of the horses, […]

Abstracts: Animals are key to human toxoplasmosis

December 1, 2014November 16, 2014adminLeave a Comment

Toxoplasma gondii is an extremely successful protozoal parasite which infects almost all mammalian species including humans. Approximately 30 per cent of the human population worldwide is chronically infected with T gondii. In general, human infection is asymptomatic but the parasite may induce severe disease in fetuses and immunocompromised patients. In addition, T gondii may cause […]