This week’s articles cover a variety of topics. Neil et. al. describe a case series of foals with septic pedal osteitis. In adults, this is a disease that is commonly associated with penetrating wounds or laminitis. Many foals in the study had lytic lesions of the solar margin of P3, and some had sequestrum formation. Foals that had septic arthritis of the distal interphalangeal joint also had lysis of the extensor process of P3.
Scrivani et. al. found an association between small frontal sinuses and syringohydromyelia in small breed dogs. Dogs with small frontal sinuses had a 9 times greater odds of having syringohydromyelia than those with normal frontal sinuses. This association suggests that there may be a global change in skull size or conformation that contributes to spinal cord damage.
Meola SD, Swiderski JK, Randall EK, et al. What Is Your Diagnosis? Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 2007;230:1629-1630.
Witsberger TH, Cook JL, Cook CR. What Is Your Diagnosis? Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 2007;230:1631-1632.
Urie BK, Tillson DM, Smith CM, et al. Evaluation of clinical status, renal function, and hematopoietic variables after unilateral nephrectomy in canine kidney donors. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 2007;230:1653-1656.
Hurley CR, Hammer DL, Shott S. Progression of radiographic evidence of osteoarthritis following tibial plateau leveling osteotomy in dogs with cranial cruciate ligament rupture: 295 cases (2001-2005). Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 2007;230:1674-1679.
Neil KM, Axon JE, Todhunter PG, et al. Septic osteitis of the distal phalanx in foals: 22 cases (1995-2002). Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 2007;230:1683-1690.
Scrivani PV, Thompson MS, Winegardner KR, et al. Association between frontal-sinus size and syringohydromyelia in small-breed dogs. American Journal of Veterinary Research 2007;68:610-613.
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