Use of Autologous Mesenchymal Stem Cells Derived from Bone Marrow for the Treatment of Naturally Injured Spinal Cord in Dogs by Euler Moraes Penha, Cássio Santana Meira, Elisalva Teixeira Guimarães, Marcus Vinícius Pinheiro Mendonça, Faye Alice Gravely, Cláudia Maria Bahia Pinheiro, Taiana Maria Bahia Pinheiro, Stella Maria Barrouin-Melo, Ricardo Ribeiro-dos-Santos, Milena Botelho Pereira Soares

“…Here, we examined the therapeutic effects of autologous bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) transplantation in four dogs with natural traumatic spinal cord injuries. …”
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Dog alerting and/or responding to epileptic seizures: A scoping review. by Amélie Catala, Hugo Cousillas, Martine Hausberger, Marine Grandgeorge

“…Most studies indicated an increase in quality of life and a reduction in the seizure frequency when living with a dog demonstrating seizure-related behavior. However, the level of methodological rigor was generally poor. …”
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Peritoneal Effusion in a Dog due to Babesia gibsoni Infection by Suresh Gonde, Sushma Chhabra, L. D. Singla, B. K. Bansal

“…The dog was found to be dull with elevated rectal temperature (104°F), heart rate (148 per minute), and respiration rate (58 per minute). …”
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Altered microbiome and metabolome profiling in fearful companion dogs: An exploratory study. by Luigi Sacchettino, Michele Costanzo, Iolanda Veneruso, Valeria D'Argenio, Maria Mayer, Francesco Napolitano, Danila d'Angelo

“…Behavioral dysfunctions in dogs represent one of the main social concerns, since they can endanger animals and human-dog relationship. …”
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A Novel Surgical Technique for Fixation of Recurrent Acromioclavicular Dislocations: AC Dog Bone Technique in Combination with Autogenous Semitendinosus Tendon Graft by Patrick Holweg, Wolfgang Pichler, Gerald Gruber, Ellen Tackner, Franz Josef Seibert, Patrick Sadoghi, Gloria Hohenberger

“…This is the first case in literature that utilizes the artificial dog bone ligament securing the autograft in an anatomic AC reconstruction.…”
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Effect of bar jump height on kinetics and kinematics of take-off in agility dogs. by Leena Inkilä, Anna Boström, Pedro Valadão, Janne Avela, Simon Walker, Johanna Mäkitaipale, Anna Bergh, Heli K Hyytiäinen

“…Sport-related injuries have been reported to occur in around one-third of agility dogs. Higher bar height in competitions has been shown to increase odds of an injury. …”
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Is increased mutation driving genetic diversity in dogs within the Chornobyl exclusion zone? by Megan N Dillon, Allison N Dickey, Reade B Roberts, Jennifer A Betz, Timothy A Mousseau, Norman J Kleiman, Matthew Breen

“…The dog populations at Chornobyl present a unique opportunity for studying the genetic effects of the long-term exposures they have encountered, and this study expands and builds on previous work done in the area.…”
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Decreased risk-proneness with increasing age in equally raised and kept wolves and dogs by Hillary Jean-Joseph, Kim Kortekaas, Friederike Range, Kurt Kotrschal

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Effect of neutering timing in relation to puberty on health in the female dog-a scoping review. by Rachel Moxon, Gary C W England, Richard Payne, Sandra A Corr, Sarah L Freeman

“…No studies were identified that examined the impacts of neutering bitches before or after puberty on atopy, DOD or obesity. One study considered bitches that were pre or post-pubertal at the time of the first treatment with deslorelin acetate for oestrus suppression and 26 examined the effects on health related to age, rather than pubertal status, at neutering.…”
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Epidemiology of gastrointestinal parasites of dogs in four districts of central Ethiopia: Prevalence and risk factors. by Kibruyesfa Bayou, Getachew Terefe, Bersissa Kumsa

“…The prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites was significantly higher (P<0.05) in female dogs (73.8%, OR = 0.4), adult dogs (55.3%, OR = 0.4), dogs that were given raw food (57.9%, OR = 2.7), and dogs kept free outdoor (60.9%, OR = 2.4). …”
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Epidemiology of gastrointestinal parasites of dogs in four districts of central Ethiopia: Prevalence and risk factors by Kibruyesfa Bayou, Getachew Terefe, Bersissa Kumsa

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From Dog Alterity to Canine Sublime: A Cross-Century Reading of Victorian Fiction by Georges Letissier

“…This reversal of perspective, whereby the animal is no longer seen as man’s adjunct, is all the more perplexing in the case of dogs, generally described through the tight bond they hold with their masters. …”
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“Hark, hark, the dogs do bark”: Is Children’s Poetry Threatening Janet Frame in An Autobiography? by Nicolas Pierre BOILEAU

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Short-term effects of argon cold atmospheric plasma on canine corneas ex vivo by Juliane Dick, Sandra Lockow, Wolfgang Baumgärtner, Holger Andreas Volk, Claudia Busse

Subjects: “…cold atmospheric plasma…”
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Shaping the human gut microbiota: The role of canine companionship, lifestyle choices, and Blastocystis sp. by Zuzana Pavlíčková, Barbora Pafčo, Vladislav Ilík, Lee O'Brien Andersen, Milan Jirků, Kristýna Brožová, David Modrý, Oldřiška Kadlecová, Christen Rune Stensvold, Kateřina Jirků

“…The Czech Republic, known for one of the highest rates of dog ownership in Europe, provides an ideal setting for studying such relationships.Here, we investigated the impact of dog ownership and lifestyle factors (residing in cities versus villages) on the gut microbiota (specifically bacteriome). …”
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At what cycle threshold level are dogs able to detect SARS-CoV-2 in humans? by Víctor M Vidal-Martínez, Juan Manuel Mancilla-Tapia, Lilia C Soler-Jiménez, Iván Velázquez-Abunader, Matilde Jiménez-Coello, Antonio Ortega-Pacheco, David Hernández-Mena

“…The remaining five dogs demonstrated sensitivity values between 67% and 87%, with none of their 95% CIs overlapping the randomness region. …”
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The effects of chicken hydrolyzed proteins in extruded diets on plasma and fecal metabolic profiles in adult dogs by Clare Hsu, Fabio Marx, Ryan Guldenpfennig, Maria R. C. de Godoy

“…In general, there were lower fecal concentrations of dipeptides and protein degradation metabolites, indicating higher protein digestibility, in dogs fed protein hydrolysate diets in contrast with CONd (q < 0.05). …”
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Effect of glyceryl trinitrate and clevidipine administration on CT angiogram findings in dogs undergoing prostatic artery embolization for prostatic carcinoma. by Maureen A Griffin, William T N Culp, Amandeep S Chohan, Eric G Johnson, Michelle A Giuffrida, Carrie A Palm, Robert B Rebhun, Michael S Kent

“…No significant difference was detected in prostatic artery diameter or peak opacification between pre- vs. post-vasodilator CTA. Good agreement in prostatic arterial branch number, origin, and course was documented between pre- and post-vasodilator CTA images.…”
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Comparison of two active warming techniques on body temperature in healthy, anesthetized dogs premedicated with acepromazine or dexmedetomidine: A pilot study. by Jacob P Rastas, Qianqian Zhao, Rebecca A Johnson

“…This pilot study aimed to compare efficacy of an innovative warming device placed on the front paws (AVAcore; AVA), with no warming methods (NONE) and conventional truncal warming methods (CONV; circulating water blanket/forced air warmer) on rectal temperature and anesthetic recovery times. …”
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Clinical, histopathological and parasitological follow-up of dogs naturally infected by Leishmania infantum before and after miltefosine treatment and associated therapies. by Amábilli de Souza Rosar, Carolina Leite Martins, Álvaro Menin, Carolina Reck, Edmundo Carlos Grisard, Glauber Wagner, Mário Steindel, Patricia Hermes Stoco, Patricia Flavia Quaresma

“…Our findings suggest that miltefosine-based combination therapies reduce skin parasite load and improve clinical outcomes, while the dogs treated with miltefosine alone showed increased parasitic load and worsened clinical staging at T2. …”
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