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  1. The Northwest region of Ethiopia is affected by both tsetse and non-tsetse transmitted trypanosomosis with a huge impact on livestock productivity. The objective of this experimental study was to determine cli...

    Authors: Shimelis Dagnachew, Getachew Terefe, Getachew Abebe, Asegedech Sirak, Enrico Bollo, Dave Barry and Bruno Goddeeris
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:307
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  2. The cardiopulmonary nematodes Dirofilaria immitis and Angiostrongylus vasorum are increasingly reported in dogs and are responsible for two diseases with overlapping endemic areas, especially in Europe: dirofilar...

    Authors: Luisa Del Prete, Maria Paola Maurelli, Saverio Pennacchio, Antonio Bosco, Vincenzo Musella, Lavinia Ciuca, Giuseppe Cringoli and Laura Rinaldi
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:305
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  4. Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) has been a cause for great concern to the Danish pig industry since it was first diagnosed in 1992. The causative agent of PRRS is an RNA virus which is div...

    Authors: Ana Carolina Lopes Antunes, Tariq Halasa, Klara Tølbøl Lauritsen, Charlotte Sonne Kristensen, Lars Erik Larsen and Nils Toft
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:303
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  5. Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis is an extremely rare lung disease in animals and humans. It is characterized by the deposition of a large amount of phospholipoproteinaceous material in the alveoli. There are se...

    Authors: Viktor Szatmári, Erik Teske, Peter G. J. Nikkels, Matthias Griese, Pim A. de Jong, Guy Grinwis, Dirk Theegarten, Stefanie Veraa, Frank G. van Steenbeek, Marjolein Drent and Francesco Bonella
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:302
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  6. Free-ranging brown bears exhibit highly contrasting physiological states throughout the year. They hibernate 6 months of the year, experiencing a decrease in body temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate and ...

    Authors: Anne Randi Græsli, Alina L. Evans, Åsa Fahlman, Mads F. Bertelsen, Stéphane Blanc and Jon M. Arnemo
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:301
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  7. Bovine herpesvirus 1 (BoHV1) is a member of the viral subfamily of Alphaherpesvirinae that infects various species, including cattle, sheep, and goats. The virus causes infectious bovi...

    Authors: Luigi Bertolotti, Elvira Muratore, Chiara Nogarol, Claudio Caruso, Laura Lucchese, Margherita Profiti, Laura Anfossi, Loretta Masoero, Stefano Nardelli and Sergio Rosati
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:300
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  8. Degenerative lumbosacral stenosis is a common problem in large breed dogs. For severe degenerative lumbosacral stenosis, conservative treatment is often not effective and surgical intervention remains as the l...

    Authors: Anna R. Tellegen, Nicole Willems, Marianna A. Tryfonidou and Björn P. Meij
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:299
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  9. Intra-articular injection of corticosteroids is used to treat the inflammatory pain of arthritis and osteoarthritis (OA), but our previous study found a deleterious effect of these steroids on chondrocyte cell...

    Authors: Puntita Siengdee, Tiwaporn Radeerom, Similan Kuanoon, Thippaporn Euppayo, Waranee Pradit, Siriwadee Chomdej, Siriwan Ongchai and Korakot Nganvongpanit
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:298
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  10. The aims of this field trial were to describe the clinical-pathologic findings in calves with otitis media (OM) and media-interna (OMI), to evaluate, through the development of a scoring system, the effectiven...

    Authors: I. Bertone, C. Bellino, G. L. Alborali, A. Cagnasso, G. Cagnotti, E. Dappiano, M. Lizzi, M. Miciletta, A. Ramacciotti, P. Gianella and A. D’Angelo
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:297
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  11. The role of cyclooxygenase(COX)-1 and COX-2 in the saluretic and renin-angiotensin responses to loop diuretics in the cat is unknown. We propose in vivo characterisation of isoform roles in a furosemide model ...

    Authors: L. Pelligand, N. Suemanotham, J. N. King, W. Seewald, H. Syme, K. Smith, P. Lees and J. Elliott
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:296
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  12. Clinical appearance and evolution of Canine Leishmaniosis (CL) are the consequence of complex interactions between the parasite and the genetic and immunological backgrounds. We investigated the effect of an i...

    Authors: Laura Cortese, Mariangela Annunziatella, Anna Teresa Palatucci, Sarah Lanzilli, Valentina Rubino, Alessandro Di Cerbo, Sara Centenaro, Gianandrea Guidetti, Sergio Canello and Giuseppe Terrazzano
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:295
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  13. Marbofloxacin is a third-generation fluoroquinolone developed solely for veterinary medicine with a broad spectrum of antibacterial activity against some Gram-positive and most Gram-negative bacteria, includin...

    Authors: Ying Qu, Zhenzhen Qiu, Changfu Cao, Yan Lu, Meizhen Sun, Chaoping Liang and Zhenling Zeng
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:294
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  14. Haemophilus parasuis (H. parasuis) can invade the body and cause systemic infection under stress conditions. Marbofloxacin has been recommended for the treatment of swine infections. H...

    Authors: Jian Sun, Xia Xiao, Rui-Juan Huang, Tao Yang, Yi Chen, Xi Fang, Ting Huang, Yu-Feng Zhou and Ya-Hong Liu
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:293
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  15. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the effect of different thermal manipulation (TM) protocols during embryogenesis on thermotolerance acquisition parameters during subsequent thermal challenge (TC) ...

    Authors: Mohammad-Borhan Al-Zghoul, Sabry M. El-Bahr, Raida K. Al-Rukibat, Abd Elhafeed S. Dalab, Thnaian A. Althnaian and Saeed Y. Al-ramadan
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:292
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  16. Heat stress is a physiological response to extreme environmental heat such as heat waves. Heat stress can result in mortality in dairy cows when extreme heat is both rapidly changing and has a long duration. A...

    Authors: Katherine E. Bishop-Williams, Olaf Berke, David L. Pearl, Karen Hand and David F. Kelton
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:291
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  17. Staphylococcus aureus is an important human opportunistic pathogen residing on skin and mucosae of healthy people. Pigs have been identified as a source of human colonization and infec...

    Authors: Per Skallerup, Carmen Espinosa-Gongora, Claus B. Jørgensen, Luca Guardabassi and Merete Fredholm
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:290
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  18. Predicting the ability of rams to detect, mate and fertilise ewes in oestrus accurately is certainly difficult; however, tests based on clinical examinations have been performed to assess the overall potential...

    Authors: René Mozo, Ana Isabel Galeote, José Luis Alabart, Enrique Fantova and José Folch
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:289
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  19. Domestic cavies (Cavia porcellus) are increasingly reared in rural areas of Cameroon for meat and income generation. Unfortunately, health constraints due to various pathogens including parasites stand as one of ...

    Authors: Marc K. Kouam, Felix Meutchieye, Terence T. Nguafack, Emile Miegoué, Joseph Tchoumboué and Georgios Theodoropoulos
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:288
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  20. Ivermectin is widely used in veterinary practice for the treatment of ecto- and endo-parasites. In wildlife, an extra-label use this parasiticide is sometimes associated with toxicity. Different treatment regi...

    Authors: Muhammad Saqib, Ghazanfar Abbas and Mudassar Niaz Mughal
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:287
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  21. Hemotropic mycoplasmas (hemoplasmas), bacteria belonging to the class Mollicutes, are obligatory red blood cell pathogens of a variety of animal species. They may cause acute anemia that is life-threatening or...

    Authors: Francisco de Oliveira Conrado, Naíla Cannes do Nascimento, Andrea Pires dos Santos, Cristina Kraemer Zimpel, Joanne Belle Messick and Alexander Welker Biondo
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:286
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  22. Thoracic aortic rupture and aortopulmonary fistulation are rare conditions in horses. It mainly affects Friesian horses. Intrinsic differences in biomechanical properties of the aortic wall might predispose th...

    Authors: Veronique Saey, Nele Famaey, Marija Smoljkic, Erik Claeys, Gunther van Loon, Richard Ducatelle, Margreet Ploeg, Catherine Delesalle, Andrea Gröne, Luc Duchateau and Koen Chiers
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:285
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  23. Feline herpesvirus 1 is a highly contagious virus that affects many cats. Virus infection presents with flu-like signs and irritation of ocular and nasal regions. While cats can recover from active infections ...

    Authors: Sebastiaan Bol and Evelien M. Bunnik
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:284
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  24. Herpesvirus can infect a wide range of animal species: mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians and bivalves. In marine mammals, several alpha- and gammaherpesvirus have been identified in some cetaceans and...

    Authors: Mar Melero, José Luis Crespo-Picazo, Consuelo Rubio-Guerri, Daniel García-Párraga and José Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:283
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  25. Cats with feline calicivirus (FCV)-related symptoms are commonly presented to veterinary practitioners. Various clinical manifestations have been attributed to FCV, i.e. upper respiratory tract disease (URTD),...

    Authors: Alice Berger, Barbara Willi, Marina L. Meli, Felicitas S. Boretti, Sonja Hartnack, Anou Dreyfus, Hans Lutz and Regina Hofmann-Lehmann
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:282
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  26. Isolation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in equines, has been reported for different tissues including bone marrow, adipose, umbilical cord, peripheral blood, and yolk sac. In regard to the MSCs derived from...

    Authors: Aline Ambrogi Franco Prado, Phelipe Oliveira Favaron, Luis Claudio Lopes Correia da Silva, Raquel Yvonne Arantes Baccarin, Maria Angelica Miglino and Durvanei Augusto Maria
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:281
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  27. Feline hepatic lipidosis (FHL) is a common cholestatic disease affecting cats of any breed, age and sex. Both choline deficiency and low hepatic phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PEMT) activity are...

    Authors: Chiara Valtolina, Arie B. Vaandrager, Robert P. Favier, Joris H. Robben, Maidina Tuohetahuntila, Anne Kummeling, Isabelle Jeusette and Jan Rothuizen
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:280
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  28. Certain postoperative wounds are recognised to be associated with more complications than others and may be termed high-risk. Wound healing can be particularly challenging following high-energy trauma where wo...

    Authors: Karen L. Perry, Lynda Rutherford, David M. R. Sajik and Mieghan Bruce
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:279
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  29. Avian coccidiosis is a disease caused worldwide by several species of parasite Eimeria that causes significant economic losses. This disease affects chickens development and production, that most of times is cont...

    Authors: Edgar Dantán-González, Rosa Estela Quiroz-Castañeda, Mayra Cobaxin-Cárdenas, Jorge Valle-Hernández, Yitzel Gama-Martínez, José Raunel Tinoco-Valencia, Leobardo Serrano-Carreón and Laura Ortiz-Hernández
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:278
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  30. In parallel to the increase of wild boar abundance in the past decades, an increase of exposure to the Aujeszky’s disease virus (ADV) has been reported in wild boar in several parts of Europe. Since high anima...

    Authors: Roman Kaspar Meier, Francisco Ruiz-Fons and Marie-Pierre Ryser-Degiorgis
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:277
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  31. Feline platelets are prone to clumping after blood collection, rendering the determination of accurate platelet counts difficult for clinical laboratories and resulting in a high incidence of pseudothrombocyto...

    Authors: Barbara Riond, Andrea Katharina Waßmuth, Sonja Hartnack, Regina Hofmann-Lehmann and Hans Lutz
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:276
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  32. Brucella melitensis is the most important pathogenic species of Brucella spp. which affects goats and sheep and causes caprine and ovine brucellosis, respectively. Serological tests fo...

    Authors: Ihsan Muneer Ahmed, Siti Khairani-Bejo, Latiffah Hassan, Abdul Rani Bahaman and Abdul Rahman Omar
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:275
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  33. Previous work showed that weaning stress causes gut barrier dysfunction partly by triggering the release of corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) and thereby inducing the degranulation of intestinal mast cell (...

    Authors: Alessandro Mereu, Gemma Tedó, Adam J. Moeser, Gerald Rimbach and Ignacio R. Ipharraguerre
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:274
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  34. Visceral leishmaniasis is an emerging zoonosis and its geographic distribution is restricted to tropical and temperate regions. Most of the individuals infected in Latin America are in Brazil. Despite the cont...

    Authors: Lourdes Aparecida Zampieri D’Andrea, Elivelton da Silva Fonseca, Luiz Euribel Prestes-Carneiro, Raul Borges Guimarães, Renata Corrêa Yamashita, Célio Nereu Soares, Roberto Mitsuyoshi Hiramoto and José Eduardo Tolezano
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:273
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  35. Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) causes a loss of approximately US$ 70 million every year to the South Korean pork industry. There are two distinct genotypes: European (type 1) and N...

    Authors: Kwang-Soo Lyoo, Minjoo Yeom, Jong-Young Choi, Jong-Hwan Park, Sun-Woo Yoon and Daesub Song
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:272
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  36. Negative energy balance (NEB) is a common pathological foundation of ketosis and fatty liver. Liver and fat tissue are the major organs of lipid metabolism and take part in modulating lipid oxidative capacity ...

    Authors: Chuang Xu, Qiushi Xu, Yuanyuan Chen, Wei Yang, Cheng Xia, Hongjiang Yu, Kuilin Zhu, Taiyu Shen and Ziyang Zhang
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:271
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  37. Schmallenberg virus (SBV), Akabane virus (AKAV) and Aino virus (AINV) are members of the Simbu serogroup within the genus Orthobunyavirus, family Bunyaviridae, which can cause reproductive disorders including abo...

    Authors: Ji-Hye Lee, Hyun-Ji Seo, Jee-Yong Park, Sung-Hee Kim, Yun Sang Cho, Yong-Joo Kim, In-Soo Cho and Hye-Young Jeoung
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:270
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  38. Animal behavioral responses have been recently established as a suitable tool for detecting contaminants in the environment for risk assessment in situ. In this study, we observed movement behavior of zebrafish (

    Authors: Sang-Bin Lee, Yunjeong Choe, Tae-Soo Chon and Ho Young Kang
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:269
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  39. Cephalosporins are a class of antibiotics that are active against many Gram-positive and some Gram-negative bacteria. Beyond their antibacterial activity, they are reported to have various immunomodulatory pro...

    Authors: Małgorzata Pomorska-Mól, Ewelina Czyżewska-Dors, Krzysztof Kwit, Karol Wierzchosławski and Zygmunt Pejsak
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:268
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  40. Schmallenberg virus (SBV) was first identified in November 2011. It is a novel Orthobunyavirus (family Bunyaviridae) whose main ill effect is congenital malformation of the musculoskeletal and central nervous sys...

    Authors: D. Barrett, S. J. More, R. O’Neill, B. Bradshaw, M. Casey, M. Keane, G. McGrath and D. Sammin
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:267
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  41. Prenatally stressed offspring exhibit increased susceptibility to inflammatory disorders due to in utero programming. Research into the effects of n-3 PUFAs shows promising results for the treatment and preventio...

    Authors: Rebecca E. Fisher-Heffernan, Mamun M. Or’Rashid, Ousama AlZahal, Margaret Quinton, Herman J. Boermans, Brian W. McBride, Timothy R. H. Regnault and Niel A. Karrow
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:266
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  42. Healthy farm animals have been found to act as a reservoir of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli (E. coli). Therefore, the objective of the study was to determine the input of antimic...

    Authors: Anne Beyer, Sven Baumann, Gesine Scherz, Jessica Stahl, Martin von Bergen, Anika Friese, Uwe Roesler, Manfred Kietzmann and Walther Honscha
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:265
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  43. Classical swine fever (CSF) caused by CSF virus (CSFV) is highly contagious andcauses significant economic losses in the pig industry throughout the world. Previously we demonstrated that porcine Mx1 (poMx1), ...

    Authors: Xiaomin Zhang, Jiao Jing, Wenliang Li, Ke Liu, Baojun Shi, Qianqian Xu, Zhiyong Ma, Bin Zhou and Puyan Chen
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:264
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  44. Proper blood supply is necessary for the physiological function of every internal organ. The article offers the first classification of the bovine intra-testicular arteries. A corrosive study focused on the in...

    Authors: Michał Polguj, Grzegorz Wysiadecki, Michał Podgórski, Jacek Szymański, Katarzyna Olbrych, Łukasz Olewnik and Mirosław Topol
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:263
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  45. An ovine model can cast great insight in translational neuroscientific research due to its large brain volume and distinct regional neuroanatomical structures. The present study examined the applicability of b...

    Authors: Wonhye Lee, Stephanie D. Lee, Michael Y. Park, Lori Foley, Erin Purcell-Estabrook, Hyungmin Kim and Seung-Schik Yoo
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:262
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  46. Trypanosomiasis is a disease caused by Trypanosoma (Dutonella) vivax, a hemoprotozoa that can affect bovines. In South America, the sanguineous form is mechanically transmitted from one mammalian host (ruminant) ...

    Authors: Joely FF Bittar, Paula B. Bassi, Dênia M. Moura, Guilherme C. Garcia, Olindo Assis Martins-Filho, André B. Vasconcelos, Matheus F. Costa-Silva, Cristiano P. Barbosa, Márcio SS Araújo and Eustáquio R. Bittar
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:261
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  47. Real-time three-dimensional echocardiography (RT3DE) enables accurate volume determination of the left ventricle (LV), since measurements in foreshortened depicted views are avertable. Different analyzing prog...

    Authors: Judith Eskofier, Patrick Wefstaedt, Martin Beyerbach, Ingo Nolte and Stephan O. Hungerbühler
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:260
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  48. Whether the measurement of cortisol in dairy cows can be used as a biomarker of adverse environmental or pathophysiological conditions is still under of scientific debate. In these situations, several systems ...

    Authors: Sandy Sgorlon, Marta Fanzago, Denis Guiatti, Gianfranco Gabai, Giuseppe Stradaioli and Bruno Stefanon
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:259
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  49. The main transmission route of Leishmania infantum is through the bites of sand flies. However, alternative mechanisms are being investigated, such as through the bites of ticks, which could have epidemiological ...

    Authors: Viviane Medeiros-Silva, Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves, Nadjar Nitz, Lucia Emilia D’ Anduraim Morales, Laurício Monteiro Cruz, Isabele Gonçalves Sobral, Mariana Côrtes Boité, Gabriel Eduardo Melim Ferreira, Elisa Cupolillo and Gustavo Adolfo Sierra Romero
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:258
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  50. Retropharyngeal hematoma is a rare condition that is difficult to diagnose and may progress rapidly to airway obstruction. The authors report the first known case of acute upper airway obstruction resulting fr...

    Authors: Verónica Vieitez, María Martín-Cuervo, Víctor López-Ramis and Luis Javier Ezquerra
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:257
    Content type: Case report Published on:
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