Karen M. Park

MeSH headings : Animals; Dog Diseases / mortality; Dog Diseases / surgery; Dogs; Female; Lung / pathology; Male; Medical Records; Postoperative Complications / mortality; Postoperative Complications / veterinary; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Torsion Abnormality / surgery; Torsion Abnormality / veterinary; Treatment Outcome; United States

TL;DR: The percentage of dogs surviving to discharge after surgical treatment of lung lobe torsion was higher than previously reported and the short- and long-term prognosis was excellent with surgical treatment. (via Semantic Scholar)

author keywords: Anaplasma; Borrelia; Ehrlichia; Cats; Vector-borne pathogens

MeSH headings : Anaplasma / genetics; Anaplasma / immunology; Anaplasma / isolation & purification; Anaplasmosis / blood; Anaplasmosis / diagnosis; Anaplasmosis / microbiology; Animals; Antibodies, Bacterial / blood; Cat Diseases / blood; Cat Diseases / diagnosis; Cat Diseases / microbiology; Cats; Ehrlichia / genetics; Ehrlichia / immunology; Ehrlichia / isolation & purification; Ehrlichiosis / blood; Ehrlichiosis / diagnosis; Ehrlichiosis / microbiology; Ehrlichiosis / veterinary; Female; Male; Peptides / genetics; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Prospective Studies; Species Specificity

TL;DR: This study provides the first evidence for E.chaffeensis and E.ewingii infection in naturally-exposed cats in North America and supports the need for regional, serological and molecular FVBP prevalence studies, and the need to further optimize serodiagnostic and PCR testing for cats. (via Semantic Scholar)