SUMMARY Background: The merle colour in dogs (merle: blackbird) is caused by a retrotransposon insertion in the SILV gene, resulting in malfunction in the eumelanin producing pigment cells. In homozygous (MM) ...

SUMMARY In the present literature review, the mechanisms of xylitol toxicosis in dogs are summarized and discussed by the authors. Xylitol, which is now widely used as a sweetener in human nutrition, causes a ...

SUMMARY Background: Due to the antiapoptotic effect of pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) and its widespread presence in the organ system, PACAP is considered as a general cytoprotective peptide. ...

SUMMARY Background: The most common surgical procedures in small animals are neutering surgeries. Electrosurgical tissue-sealing can reduce blood loss, duration of surgery and anaesthesia, and thereby complication ...

SUMMARY Background: Computed tomography (CT) became an important diagnostic imaging method in the veterinary practice in the past decades. Data gained with the scanning can be used for 3D displaying of organs or body ...

SUMMARY Background: Salmonellosis is a well-known zoonotic disease in different reptilian taxa. Keeping reptiles in captivity has a high zoonotic risk because of the Salmonella bacteria, which can be found in the intestinal ...