Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
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J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. · Jan 2010
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyMulticenter veterinary practice assessment of the effects of omega-3 fatty acids on osteoarthritis in dogs.
To assess the effect of food containing high concentrations of fish oil omega-3 fatty acids and a low omega-6-omega-3 fatty acid ratio on clinical signs of osteoarthritis in dogs. ⋯ Ingestion of the test food raised blood concentrations of omega-3 fatty acids and appeared to improve the arthritic condition in pet dogs with osteoarthritis.
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J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. · Jul 2008
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyMulticenter, randomized controlled trial of pain-related behaviors following routine neutering in dogs.
To evaluate the degree of postoperative pain in dogs undergoing elective castration or ovariohysterectomy (OHE); determine whether an association exists between surgeon experience, incision length, or surgery duration and degree of postoperative pain; and determine whether analgesic treatment decreases expression of postoperative pain behaviors. ⋯ Results suggested that dogs expressed behaviors suggestive of pain following OHE and castration, that analgesic treatment mitigated the expression of pain-related behaviors, and that surgeon experience and surgery duration did not have any effect on expression of pain-related behaviors.
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J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. · Jun 1996
Multicenter StudyFactors associated with perioperative mortality in dogs with surgically managed gastric dilatation-volvulus: 137 cases (1988-1993).
To evaluate factors associated with perioperative mortality in dogs with gastric dilatation-volvulus and to determine the influence of treatment differences between university and private specialty practices on outcome. ⋯ Patient management differences between practices did not seem to influence survival in dogs with surgically managed gastric dilatation-volvulus. Signalment, including age, did not influence mortality. Gastric necrosis, gastric resection, splenectomy, and preoperative cardiac arrhythmias were associated with mortality > 30%.
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J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. · May 1994
Multicenter StudyAnalysis of risk factors for gastric dilatation and dilatation-volvulus in dogs.
The Veterinary Medical Data Base was usd to conduct an epidemiologic study of gastric dilatation and dilatation-volvulus (GDV) to describe changes over time in frequency of canine hospital admissions, to identify risk factors, and to estimate their relative importance. Cases in this case-control study included 1,934 dogs with GDV that were admitted to 12 participating veterinary hospitals from 1980 to 1989. The controls were 3,868 dogs with other diagnoses that were randomly selected from the same hospitals. ⋯ Significant association of GDV risk with sex or neuter status was not found. The 5 breeds having at least 10 cases and 8 controls and with the highest risk of GDV were Great Dane (OR, 10.0; 95% CL, 6.4, 15.6), Weimaraner (OR, 4.6; 95% CL, 2.3, 9.2), Saint Bernard (OR, 4.2; 95% CL, 2.3, 7.4), Gordon Setter (OR, 4.1; 95% CL, 1.8, 9.3), and Irish Setter (OR, 3.5; 95% CL, 2.4, 5.0). The effect of increasing body weight on GDV risk was less than that of increasing ideal adult breed weight, determined by published breed standards.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)