Amera K. Remick

MeSH headings : Animals; Bone Neoplasms / complications; Bone Neoplasms / diagnosis; Bone Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging; Bone Neoplasms / surgery; Bone Neoplasms / veterinary; Bone Screws / veterinary; Camelus; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Fracture Fixation, Internal / veterinary; Fracture Healing; Osteosarcoma / complications; Osteosarcoma / diagnosis; Osteosarcoma / diagnostic imaging; Osteosarcoma / surgery; Osteosarcoma / veterinary; Radiography; Ulna Fractures / complications; Ulna Fractures / diagnosis; Ulna Fractures / diagnostic imaging; Ulna Fractures / surgery; Ulna Fractures / veterinary

TL;DR: This short communication describes a case of pathological fracture secondary to osteosarcoma in an Arabian camel, a seven-year-old intact female Arabian camel presented to the North Carolina State University's College of Veterinary Medicine Veterinary Teaching Hospital for evaluation of a left forelimb lameness of three days’ duration. (via Semantic Scholar)

MeSH headings : Animals; Animals, Newborn; Camelids, New World / abnormalities; Colon / abnormalities; Diagnosis, Differential; Fatal Outcome; Intestinal Atresia / diagnosis; Intestinal Atresia / pathology; Intestinal Atresia / veterinary

TL;DR: Gross postmortem examination revealed no additional abnormal findings, but defined the extent of the atresia, which is poor to fair for animals undergoing surgery, with short-term survival rates of 43 to 71 per cent. (via Semantic Scholar)

author keywords: adenoma; corticotrophin; cynomolgus monkey; immunohistochemistry; Macaca fascicularis; pituitary neoplasms; primate diseases; prolactin

MeSH headings : Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / biosynthesis; Animals; Female; Follicle Stimulating Hormone / biosynthesis; Human Growth Hormone / biosynthesis; Immunohistochemistry / veterinary; Luteinizing Hormone / biosynthesis; Macaca fascicularis; Male; Monkey Diseases / metabolism; Monkey Diseases / pathology; Pituitary Neoplasms / metabolism; Pituitary Neoplasms / pathology; Pituitary Neoplasms / veterinary; Prevalence; Prolactin / biosynthesis; Prolactinoma / metabolism; Prolactinoma / pathology; Prolactinoma / veterinary; Retrospective Studies; Thyrotropin / biosynthesis

TL;DR: It is indicated that macaque pituitary adenomas frequently had mixed histologic appearance and hormone expression, and that, similar to human pituitaries, prolactin-secreting neoplasms were the most prevalent type. (via Semantic Scholar)

author keywords: amphibian; cytology; mycobacteriosis; Xenopus

MeSH headings : Animals; Fatal Outcome; Female; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnosis; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / pathology; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / veterinary; Mycobacterium marinum / isolation & purification; Polymerase Chain Reaction / veterinary; Staining and Labeling / methods; Staining and Labeling / veterinary; Xenopus laevis / microbiology

TL;DR: Cytologic examination of coelomic effusion fluid at the NCSU veterinary teaching hospital revealed a mixed population of inflammatory cells, including heterophils and a predominance of large mononuclear cells (macrophages) that often contained intracytoplasmic, negatively-stained, rod-shaped to filamentous organisms consistent with Mycobacterium sp. (via Semantic Scholar)