The Australian Veterinary Practitioner is the official journal of the Australian Small Animal Veterinary Association and is an independently refereed and internationally abstracted clinical journal for Australian practitioners. The AVP is published quarterly and includes clinical and investigative papers, reviews, clinical communications and current scientific abstracts.
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The Australian Veterinary Practitioner (AVP) and The Companion reach veterinarians in all parts of Australia . The ASAVA has member veterinarians in every state and major city. The ASAVA has a non-geographical bias and represents the mixed practitioner as well as small animal veterinarians.
IN THIS ISSUE (Volume 41):
SCIENTIFIC
- Magnetic resonance imaging findings, treatment and survival in dogs with central nervous system disease and inflammatory cerebrospinal fluid
- Hyperbilirubinaemia in dogs with acute pancreatitis
- Clinical characteristics and outcome after treatment of shaker dog syndrome in 90 dogs
- Combined thoracoscopic-assisted and laparoscopic approach for the surgical treatment of chylothorax in dogs: a cadaver study
- Congenital hepatic fibrosis with polycystic kidney disease in a Persian cat from New Zealand
- Statistics, probability and the P value
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in dogs with central nervous system disease is compared between those with inflammatory cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and those with normal CSF. The MRI findings show similar features across CSF categories and do not discriminate between these dogs.1
The occurrence and mortality associated with hyperbilirubinaemia in dogs with acute pancreatitis is presented. Despite being a significant risk factor for mortality in this population, hyperbilirubinaemia resolved in most dogs after supportive care.2
The features and long term outcome of shaker dog syndrome in a large case series is presented. Long term outcome with prednisolone treatment offers a good prognosis despite relapse in almost 50% of the dogs. Most dogs with relapse responded to re-institution of prednisolone treatment.3
A combined thoracoscopic and laparoscopic procedure to allow thoracic duct ligation, subtotal pericardectomy and mesenteric lymph node injection was developed in a cadaveric study. This approach appears feasible and would allow minimally invasive, surgical treatment of chylothorax.4
A case of polycystic kidney disease in a Persian cat from New Zealand is presented, documenting the presence of the disease in this country. The case is unusual with clinical signs of hepatic disease due to fibrosis being the key clinical feature.5
The application of statistical testing and interpretation of the P value is often misunderstood. The concepts of significance testing, statistical inference and interpretation of the P value is presented.6
REFERENCES
1. Brown JS, Allan GS, Bennett PF. Magnetic resonance imaging findings, treatment and survival in dogs with central nervous system disease and inflammatory cerebrospinal fluid. Aust Vet Practit 2011;41(4):152-158.
2. Swift IM, Hazell KLA, Morton JM. Hyperbilirubinaemia in dogs with acute pancreatitis. Aust Vet Practit 2011;41(4):160-165.
3. Hazell KLA, Child G, Chin G. Clinical characteristics and outcome after treatment of shaker dog syndrome in 90 dogs. Aust Vet Practit 2011;41(4):167-171.
4. Laksito MA, Chambers BA, Yates GD. Combined thoracoscopic-assisted and laparoscopic approach for the surgical treatment of chylothorax in dogs: a cadaver study. Aust Vet Practit 2011;41(4):172-176.
5. Witham AI, Chou CY, Hartman A, Munday JS, French AF, Hill KE. Congenital hepatic fibrosis with polycystic kidney disease in a Persian cat from New Zealand. Aust Vet Practit 2011;41(4):178-181.
6. Hosgood G. Statistics, probability and the P value. Aust Vet Practit 2011;41(4):183-185.
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