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Wildlife Fund

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When people discover a supposedly orphaned or injured wild animal, they often don't know how to act. In many cases, however, intervention is not necessary, and careless action can even be harmful to the animal. An example: fawns that crouch in the grass usually wait for your mother's return and do not yet have a escape instinct - you do not need help! On the contrary: if people take a fawn, his mother may violate it because it has accepted the foreign smell. Therefore, wild animals are often the most helped when we humans leave them alone. 

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Osteoarthritis

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Osteoarthritis (OA), also called degenerative joint disease, is one of the most common chronic diseases in older dogs. It is characterized by the progressive degradation of the articular cartilage, inflammation of the synovial membrane, conversion processes in subchondral bones and the formation of osteophytes (bone growths). These structural changes lead to joint stiffness, pain and finally to restrict the movement.

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Amputation in the dog

Amputation in the dog

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In my daily work in the veterinary practice and in animal physiotherapy, I always experience situations that emotionally demanding both animals and humans. One of them is the question of whether an amputation is necessary or reasonable at all - both from a medical and an ethical point of view. Many animal owners are under great pressure in this decision, are unsure, full of fear and not infrequently also with guilt feelings. An amputation in the dog can not only be a life -saving measure, but also the beginning of a new, happy life on three legs.

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Travel sickness in dogs and cats

Travel sickness in dogs and cats

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For many pet owners, the holiday season is an occasion for anticipation - sun, beach, relaxation. But it is not uncommon for the beloved pet to come back with more than just beautiful memories. Traveling into the Mediterranean in particular mountains the risk of infectious diseases, the so -called travel sickness. These diseases primarily affect dogs, occasionally also cats, and are usually transmitted by parasites such as ticks, mosquitoes or sand flies.

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Fine needle biopsy on cytology

Fine needle biopsy on cytology

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The fine needle biopsy is used to remove diseased fabric for microscopic cell examination (ie cytology). It can be helpful in the initial or final diagnosis of infections, neoplasia or other clinical conditions. The fine needle biopsy can be carried out with a needle connected to a syringe (fine needle aspiration) or only with a needle (fine needle capillary withdrawal). The fine needle aspiration is preferred to remove tissue with normal or low vascular supply and fabric with fiber stroma. However, fine needle capillary can be used to reduce blood pollution if the lesion is presumably strongly vascularized (e.g. thyroid gland, hemangiosarcoma) or if the aspiration pressure leads to cell ruptures (e.g. thyroid cells and some lymphomas).

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happy Easter

happy Easter

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Easter is just around the corner - a time that not only reminds us of the beginning of spring, colorful eggs and rabbits, but also brings deeper values ​​and thoughts. As a small veterinarian group, we experience every day how significant compassion, care and new life are - and that is exactly what makes Easter time very special for us.

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Hepatic lipidosis in cats

Hepatic lipidosis in cats

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Cats are mandatory carnivors and need a protein -rich diet with essential amino acids for their energy metabolism. A short phase of loss of appetite or hyporexia can lead to metabolic disorders.¹, ² With negative energy balance, lipase activity is stimulated in the peripheral adipose tissue in order to release fatty acids into the blood. These are absorbed by the liver, oxidized and either installed in VLDL (very-low-density-lipoproteins) or stored as a triglycerides intracellularly.¹ In anorectic cats, most triglycerides are stored due to the limited oxidative capacity and VLDL redistribution in Lebernervakuol.

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Fall management in dogs

Fall management in dogs

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Bully, a 5-year-old castrated male Labrador Retriever, was presented due to an increasing frequency of generalized seizures. Two years ago, idiopathic/primary epilepsy was diagnosed-based on the age of the first seizures (1–6 years), normal physical and neurological examinations between the seizures and unobtrusive metabolic laboratory values ​​(e.g. large blood count, clinical-chemical profile, bile acids, urine examination).

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Acute thoracolumbal intervertebral disc extrusion

Acute thoracolumbal intervertebral disc extrusion

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The spine of a dog consists of many individual vertebrae, which are separated by intervertebral discs. These intervertebral discs act like shock absorbers and enable mobility. With a thoracolumbal intervertebral disc extrusion, the inner, gel -like material of a intervertebral disc leaves through the outer shell and presses onto the spinal cord. This can lead to pain, paralysis and in severe cases to loss of walking ability.

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Enterococcal bacteriuria in cats

Enterococcal bacteriuria in cats

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What is an enterococcal bacteriuria in cats? If an enterococcal bacteriuria has been found in your cat, this means that certain bacteria of the genus Enterococcus are in the urine. But what exactly does that mean - and does that have to be treated? What are enterococci? Enterococci are bacteria that naturally occur in the gastrointestinal tract of animals and humans. In most

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