The projected market value of the UK CBD industry looks to hit £1 billion by 2025. The statistics for its safety in animals are not easily obtainable. Many owners could be, and are suspected to be, using CBD products without a veterinary prescription. Many are using CBD as a ‘natural’ alternative, it is important to question and explore this relatively new trend to assess if natural really does mean safe and benign, and importantly if there is enough evidence base to warrant its use in veterinary medicine.
{"title":"Cannabidiol and naturalistic fallacy: it's natural so it's safe?","authors":"Robyn Lowe","doi":"10.12968/coan.2022.0038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/coan.2022.0038","url":null,"abstract":"The projected market value of the UK CBD industry looks to hit £1 billion by 2025. The statistics for its safety in animals are not easily obtainable. Many owners could be, and are suspected to be, using CBD products without a veterinary prescription. Many are using CBD as a ‘natural’ alternative, it is important to question and explore this relatively new trend to assess if natural really does mean safe and benign, and importantly if there is enough evidence base to warrant its use in veterinary medicine.","PeriodicalId":10606,"journal":{"name":"Companion Animal","volume":"188 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135360304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The projected market value of the UK CBD industry looks to hit £1 billion by 2025. The statistics for its safety in animals are not easily obtainable. Many owners could be, and are suspected to be, using CBD products without a veterinary prescription. Many are using CBD as a ‘natural’ alternative, it is important to question and explore this relatively new trend to assess if natural really does mean safe and benign, and importantly if there is enough evidence base to warrant its use in veterinary medicine.
{"title":"Cannabidiol and naturalistic fallacy: it's natural so it's safe?","authors":"R. Lowe","doi":"10.12968/coan.2022.0039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/coan.2022.0039","url":null,"abstract":"The projected market value of the UK CBD industry looks to hit £1 billion by 2025. The statistics for its safety in animals are not easily obtainable. Many owners could be, and are suspected to be, using CBD products without a veterinary prescription. Many are using CBD as a ‘natural’ alternative, it is important to question and explore this relatively new trend to assess if natural really does mean safe and benign, and importantly if there is enough evidence base to warrant its use in veterinary medicine.","PeriodicalId":10606,"journal":{"name":"Companion Animal","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85756722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Video otoscopy is useful tool in the diagnosis and treatment of canine and feline otitis cases, providing many advantages over low magnification hand held otoscopes. This article provides a step by step practical guide to performing a video otoscopic ear flush.
{"title":"A step by step guide to a video otoscopic ear flush","authors":"Carly Mason","doi":"10.12968/coan.2021.0060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/coan.2021.0060","url":null,"abstract":"Video otoscopy is useful tool in the diagnosis and treatment of canine and feline otitis cases, providing many advantages over low magnification hand held otoscopes. This article provides a step by step practical guide to performing a video otoscopic ear flush.","PeriodicalId":10606,"journal":{"name":"Companion Animal","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77328103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Approaching orthopaedic patients represents a common challenge for first opinion practitioners. Knowledge and understanding of the correct steps necessary to narrow down the list of differential diagnoses, and selection of appropriate diagnostic modalities, is crucial to success. The approach to orthopaedic patients should comprise obtaining a history, observing the standing patient, gait analysis, orthopaedic examination and a brief neurological examination. Orthopaedic examination can be separated into palpation and manipulation. This methodical approach allows the clinician to avoid the common mistakes of delayed diagnosis and subsequent owner dissatisfaction. This article will focus on a methodical approach to orthopaedic patients, with particular attention on the common challenges encountered by first opinion practitioners.
{"title":"Approach to the orthopaedic patient","authors":"Janek Jaworski, Robert C. Dudley","doi":"10.12968/coan.2023.0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/coan.2023.0003","url":null,"abstract":"Approaching orthopaedic patients represents a common challenge for first opinion practitioners. Knowledge and understanding of the correct steps necessary to narrow down the list of differential diagnoses, and selection of appropriate diagnostic modalities, is crucial to success. The approach to orthopaedic patients should comprise obtaining a history, observing the standing patient, gait analysis, orthopaedic examination and a brief neurological examination. Orthopaedic examination can be separated into palpation and manipulation. This methodical approach allows the clinician to avoid the common mistakes of delayed diagnosis and subsequent owner dissatisfaction. This article will focus on a methodical approach to orthopaedic patients, with particular attention on the common challenges encountered by first opinion practitioners.","PeriodicalId":10606,"journal":{"name":"Companion Animal","volume":"86 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76816794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This case report details the presentation, treatment and medium-term follow up for a distal femoral physeal fracture in a miniature Rex rabbit. A 5-month-old rabbit presented with right hindlimb lameness after attempting to escape and becoming entangled in a cage. On examination, instability affecting the distal right femur was noted, and radiographs revealed a Salter-Harris type I fracture. Open reduction and internal fixation was performed under general anaesthesia using four 0.7 mm cross pins. Satisfactory clinical and radiographic progress was noted 3 weeks postoperatively. At postoperative follow up 6 weeks later, lameness was mild and by 12 weeks the lameness had resolved. Radiographs taken 12 weeks postoperatively revealed that alignment, apposition and implant placement had been maintained and there was no evidence of implant-associated complications. Clinical union had been achieved. Remote follow up with the owners 7 months postoperatively revealed that the rabbit had returned to normal activity levels and experienced no adverse sequelae following the fracture's repair. The satisfactory medium-term outcomes seen after cross-pin placement indicate that this may be an appropriate repair method for distal femoral Salter-Harris type I fractures in rabbits. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first succesful cross-pin stabilisation of a Salter-Harris type I fracture in a rabbit of this age.
{"title":"Cross-pin stabilisation of a distal femoral physeal fracture in a miniature Rex rabbit","authors":"Sydney R O'Neill, K. Perry","doi":"10.12968/coan.2022.0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/coan.2022.0003","url":null,"abstract":"This case report details the presentation, treatment and medium-term follow up for a distal femoral physeal fracture in a miniature Rex rabbit. A 5-month-old rabbit presented with right hindlimb lameness after attempting to escape and becoming entangled in a cage. On examination, instability affecting the distal right femur was noted, and radiographs revealed a Salter-Harris type I fracture. Open reduction and internal fixation was performed under general anaesthesia using four 0.7 mm cross pins. Satisfactory clinical and radiographic progress was noted 3 weeks postoperatively. At postoperative follow up 6 weeks later, lameness was mild and by 12 weeks the lameness had resolved. Radiographs taken 12 weeks postoperatively revealed that alignment, apposition and implant placement had been maintained and there was no evidence of implant-associated complications. Clinical union had been achieved. Remote follow up with the owners 7 months postoperatively revealed that the rabbit had returned to normal activity levels and experienced no adverse sequelae following the fracture's repair. The satisfactory medium-term outcomes seen after cross-pin placement indicate that this may be an appropriate repair method for distal femoral Salter-Harris type I fractures in rabbits. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first succesful cross-pin stabilisation of a Salter-Harris type I fracture in a rabbit of this age.","PeriodicalId":10606,"journal":{"name":"Companion Animal","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74435779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Georgie Hollis, Vet Wound Library, discusses some of the challenges faced following surgical resection of mast cell tumours and explores the potential benefits and risks associated with a non-surgical approach using intratumoural injection of tigilanol tiglate.
{"title":"Treating mast cell tumours in first opinion practice: is it time to put down the knife?","authors":"Georgie Hollis","doi":"10.12968/coan.2022.0041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/coan.2022.0041","url":null,"abstract":"Georgie Hollis, Vet Wound Library, discusses some of the challenges faced following surgical resection of mast cell tumours and explores the potential benefits and risks associated with a non-surgical approach using intratumoural injection of tigilanol tiglate.","PeriodicalId":10606,"journal":{"name":"Companion Animal","volume":"263 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85075209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Avian surgeries, as well as owner expectations, are constantly evolving. It is essential that the unique anatomical and physiological differences between avian and mammalian patients are fully understood by attending clinicians. All patients should undergo a full clinical examination and be stabilised wherever possible, before surgery. All essential equipment should be ready at hand. It is important to optimise patient and surgeon positioning, as well as to use appropriately sized suture material and maintain haemostasis, magnification and lighting to improve surgical technique, regardless of the procedure or organ system being operated on.
{"title":"A surgical approach to the avian patient","authors":"S. Miles","doi":"10.12968/coan.2022.0022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/coan.2022.0022","url":null,"abstract":"Avian surgeries, as well as owner expectations, are constantly evolving. It is essential that the unique anatomical and physiological differences between avian and mammalian patients are fully understood by attending clinicians. All patients should undergo a full clinical examination and be stabilised wherever possible, before surgery. All essential equipment should be ready at hand. It is important to optimise patient and surgeon positioning, as well as to use appropriately sized suture material and maintain haemostasis, magnification and lighting to improve surgical technique, regardless of the procedure or organ system being operated on.","PeriodicalId":10606,"journal":{"name":"Companion Animal","volume":"60 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88527522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pain is a common condition of dogs and cats that is managed by veterinary surgeons with variable degrees of success. The complex pathophysiology of different types of pain is a significant reason why they can be challenging to manage. It is important to consider the goals and outcomes of any intervention(s) for both acute and chronic pain, but the cornerstone of the management of both is regular objective assessment with a validated scoring system. The feasibility of any interventions should also be considered with both the owner and animal in mind. Consideration of relevant legislation must be made when prescribing pharmacological therapies. Effectively managing acute pain may reduce the incidence of chronic pain in dogs and cats.
{"title":"Acute and chronic pain in dogs and cats","authors":"Clare Dagnall, Gwen L. Covey-Crump","doi":"10.12968/coan.2022.0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/coan.2022.0014","url":null,"abstract":"Pain is a common condition of dogs and cats that is managed by veterinary surgeons with variable degrees of success. The complex pathophysiology of different types of pain is a significant reason why they can be challenging to manage. It is important to consider the goals and outcomes of any intervention(s) for both acute and chronic pain, but the cornerstone of the management of both is regular objective assessment with a validated scoring system. The feasibility of any interventions should also be considered with both the owner and animal in mind. Consideration of relevant legislation must be made when prescribing pharmacological therapies. Effectively managing acute pain may reduce the incidence of chronic pain in dogs and cats.","PeriodicalId":10606,"journal":{"name":"Companion Animal","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86591818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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