Se describe un caso de insulinoma en un perro. La presentación clínica inicial, algo oscura, perm... more Se describe un caso de insulinoma en un perro. La presentación clínica inicial, algo oscura, permite realizar un protocolo diagnóstico diferencial primero del síndrome de debilidad, luego de hipoglucemia, y finalmente confirmar el insulinoma por las correspondientes pruebas endocrinológicas, incluido el test de la fructosamina, y visualización de nódulos característicos en páncreas gracias a la exploración ecográfica. HISTORIA CLÍNICA. Un perro Pointer, macho, entero, de 11 años de edad, vino a nuestra consulta con un problema, según el propietario, de debili-dad del tercio posterior. Según se nos comen-tó, el animal tenía dificultad para andar y no podía subir al coche al faltarle fuerza en el ter-cio posterior desde hacía ya unos meses. Antes de venir a nuestra consulta el animal había visitado otras clínicas recibiendo dife-rentes tratamientos con antiinflamatorios, miorrelajantes e incluso digitálicos sin resul-tado positivo. A la vez se había descartado moquillo y leishmaniasis...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of transport duration on some welfare and ... more The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of transport duration on some welfare and meat quality parameters. For the study 144 pigs were used. One group of 72 animals was subjected to 15 min and the others to 3 h transport time. Blood from all animals was analysed in order to detect stress-susceptible pigs and assess pre-slaughter stress. Meat quality parameters were analysed from Longissimus thoracis and Semimembranosus muscles. It was concluded that under normal Spanish commercial conditions, pigs subjected to short transport showed a more intense stress response and poorer meat quality than pigs subjected to moderately long transport when they were immediately slaughtered on arrival at the slaughterhouse. Transport of 3 h might have allowed the animals to adapt to transport conditions and then could act as a resting period like a lairage time. The effect of transport time on welfare and meat quality parameters was more important than genotype and sex. Nevertheless, f...
El Síndrome de Disfunción Cognitiva es un desorden neurodegenerativo que afecta a la capacidad co... more El Síndrome de Disfunción Cognitiva es un desorden neurodegenerativo que afecta a la capacidad cognitiva de algunos perros geriátricos. Aunque es una enfermedad poco considerada en la clínica diaria, los estudios indican que la prevalencia de este síndrome se sitúa en torno al 25%. El objetivo de este artículo es revisar los principales aspectos diagnósticos y terapéuticos de esta patología.
The Cognitive Dysfunction syndrome is a neurodegenerative disorder which goes with changes in fou... more The Cognitive Dysfunction syndrome is a neurodegenerative disorder which goes with changes in four categories of behaviour: sleep/wake cycles, changes in social interaction, breakdown in house training and disorientation. The aim was to value nicergoline, which increase oxygen supply to the brain, in the treatment of the syndrome. The results shown an improvement in the quality of life of treated dogs contributing to improve dog-owners interaction and can be useful to delay clinical signs. E l Síndrome de Disfunción Cognitiva (SDC) es una alteración neurodegenerativa que afec-ta a la capacidad cognitiva de perros geriá-tricos [11] . En los cerebros de perros afectados por el SDC se han identificado depósitos del péptido ß-amiloide en el parénquima y en los vasos san-guíneos cerebrales. Los depósitos del péptido en el parénquima cerebral se asocian con el declive cognitivo, ya que el hipocampo y la corteza cerebral son los lugares más afectados [4,5,6,11,12,25,26,29] , mientras que l...
Las mordeduras de animales a personas suponen un importante problema de salud pública. Dentro de ... more Las mordeduras de animales a personas suponen un importante problema de salud pública. Dentro de éstas, las más frecuentes son las producidas por perros. Un primer paso necesario en la prevención de este tipo de accidentes es conocer los factores de riesgo ...
Changes in social interactions with owners and other dogs are frequently observed in dogs with co... more Changes in social interactions with owners and other dogs are frequently observed in dogs with cognitive dysfunction syndrome (CDS). The aim of this work was to assess the effect of age and severity of CDS on social responsiveness. This is the second part of a 2-part report on spontaneous activity in pet dogs. A human interaction test and a mirror test were administered at baseline and 6 months later to assess social responses to humans and conspecifics, respectively, to four groups of privately-owned dogs: young (n=9), middle-aged (n=9), cognitively unimpaired aged (n=31), and cognitively impaired aged (n=36). The severity of cognitive impairment was considered in the last group and dogs were categorised as having either mild or severe CDS. The influence of the person and the mirror on locomotion and exploratory behaviour was also studied. Dogs were recorded in a testing room and the video recordings were subsequently analysed. Young dogs displayed more interactions involving physical contact with a person. Young and middle-aged dogs showed more vocalisations in response to social isolation. In contrast, aged animals spent more time in front of the mirror. Changes in social responsiveness associated with severe CDS included decreased response to social isolation and human interaction and increased time in front of the mirror, suggesting a deficit in habituation. Testing of spontaneous activity might help to characterise CDS in aged dogs, a condition increasingly diagnosed in veterinary clinics and a potentially useful natural model of Alzheimer's disease in humans.
Dog bites in humans are a complex problem embracing public health and animal welfare. To prevent ... more Dog bites in humans are a complex problem embracing public health and animal welfare. To prevent dog bites it is necessary to have comprehensive epidemiological data that allow the identification of associated risk patterns. This study was aimed at investigating the problem posed by dog bites in Spain. The epidemiology of medically attended dog bite-related incidents reported in Aragón was analysed from 1995 to 2004. Bite incidents were mostly associated with: (1) low-population areas (71.3/100,000 inhabitants); (2) males and children, particularly those aged 5-9; (3) single injuries directed to the head and neck area in children and to the extremities in adults; (4) young, male, medium to large, owned dogs that were known to the victim; (5) summer months, and (6) specific circumstances such as human interference with knocked down and fighting dogs. In the light of these risk patterns, a wide range of specific preventive measures could be proposed.
Se describe un caso de insulinoma en un perro. La presentación clínica inicial, algo oscura, perm... more Se describe un caso de insulinoma en un perro. La presentación clínica inicial, algo oscura, permite realizar un protocolo diagnóstico diferencial primero del síndrome de debilidad, luego de hipoglucemia, y finalmente confirmar el insulinoma por las correspondientes pruebas endocrinológicas, incluido el test de la fructosamina, y visualización de nódulos característicos en páncreas gracias a la exploración ecográfica. HISTORIA CLÍNICA. Un perro Pointer, macho, entero, de 11 años de edad, vino a nuestra consulta con un problema, según el propietario, de debili-dad del tercio posterior. Según se nos comen-tó, el animal tenía dificultad para andar y no podía subir al coche al faltarle fuerza en el ter-cio posterior desde hacía ya unos meses. Antes de venir a nuestra consulta el animal había visitado otras clínicas recibiendo dife-rentes tratamientos con antiinflamatorios, miorrelajantes e incluso digitálicos sin resul-tado positivo. A la vez se había descartado moquillo y leishmaniasis...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of transport duration on some welfare and ... more The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of transport duration on some welfare and meat quality parameters. For the study 144 pigs were used. One group of 72 animals was subjected to 15 min and the others to 3 h transport time. Blood from all animals was analysed in order to detect stress-susceptible pigs and assess pre-slaughter stress. Meat quality parameters were analysed from Longissimus thoracis and Semimembranosus muscles. It was concluded that under normal Spanish commercial conditions, pigs subjected to short transport showed a more intense stress response and poorer meat quality than pigs subjected to moderately long transport when they were immediately slaughtered on arrival at the slaughterhouse. Transport of 3 h might have allowed the animals to adapt to transport conditions and then could act as a resting period like a lairage time. The effect of transport time on welfare and meat quality parameters was more important than genotype and sex. Nevertheless, f...
El Síndrome de Disfunción Cognitiva es un desorden neurodegenerativo que afecta a la capacidad co... more El Síndrome de Disfunción Cognitiva es un desorden neurodegenerativo que afecta a la capacidad cognitiva de algunos perros geriátricos. Aunque es una enfermedad poco considerada en la clínica diaria, los estudios indican que la prevalencia de este síndrome se sitúa en torno al 25%. El objetivo de este artículo es revisar los principales aspectos diagnósticos y terapéuticos de esta patología.
The Cognitive Dysfunction syndrome is a neurodegenerative disorder which goes with changes in fou... more The Cognitive Dysfunction syndrome is a neurodegenerative disorder which goes with changes in four categories of behaviour: sleep/wake cycles, changes in social interaction, breakdown in house training and disorientation. The aim was to value nicergoline, which increase oxygen supply to the brain, in the treatment of the syndrome. The results shown an improvement in the quality of life of treated dogs contributing to improve dog-owners interaction and can be useful to delay clinical signs. E l Síndrome de Disfunción Cognitiva (SDC) es una alteración neurodegenerativa que afec-ta a la capacidad cognitiva de perros geriá-tricos [11] . En los cerebros de perros afectados por el SDC se han identificado depósitos del péptido ß-amiloide en el parénquima y en los vasos san-guíneos cerebrales. Los depósitos del péptido en el parénquima cerebral se asocian con el declive cognitivo, ya que el hipocampo y la corteza cerebral son los lugares más afectados [4,5,6,11,12,25,26,29] , mientras que l...
Las mordeduras de animales a personas suponen un importante problema de salud pública. Dentro de ... more Las mordeduras de animales a personas suponen un importante problema de salud pública. Dentro de éstas, las más frecuentes son las producidas por perros. Un primer paso necesario en la prevención de este tipo de accidentes es conocer los factores de riesgo ...
Changes in social interactions with owners and other dogs are frequently observed in dogs with co... more Changes in social interactions with owners and other dogs are frequently observed in dogs with cognitive dysfunction syndrome (CDS). The aim of this work was to assess the effect of age and severity of CDS on social responsiveness. This is the second part of a 2-part report on spontaneous activity in pet dogs. A human interaction test and a mirror test were administered at baseline and 6 months later to assess social responses to humans and conspecifics, respectively, to four groups of privately-owned dogs: young (n=9), middle-aged (n=9), cognitively unimpaired aged (n=31), and cognitively impaired aged (n=36). The severity of cognitive impairment was considered in the last group and dogs were categorised as having either mild or severe CDS. The influence of the person and the mirror on locomotion and exploratory behaviour was also studied. Dogs were recorded in a testing room and the video recordings were subsequently analysed. Young dogs displayed more interactions involving physical contact with a person. Young and middle-aged dogs showed more vocalisations in response to social isolation. In contrast, aged animals spent more time in front of the mirror. Changes in social responsiveness associated with severe CDS included decreased response to social isolation and human interaction and increased time in front of the mirror, suggesting a deficit in habituation. Testing of spontaneous activity might help to characterise CDS in aged dogs, a condition increasingly diagnosed in veterinary clinics and a potentially useful natural model of Alzheimer's disease in humans.
Dog bites in humans are a complex problem embracing public health and animal welfare. To prevent ... more Dog bites in humans are a complex problem embracing public health and animal welfare. To prevent dog bites it is necessary to have comprehensive epidemiological data that allow the identification of associated risk patterns. This study was aimed at investigating the problem posed by dog bites in Spain. The epidemiology of medically attended dog bite-related incidents reported in Aragón was analysed from 1995 to 2004. Bite incidents were mostly associated with: (1) low-population areas (71.3/100,000 inhabitants); (2) males and children, particularly those aged 5-9; (3) single injuries directed to the head and neck area in children and to the extremities in adults; (4) young, male, medium to large, owned dogs that were known to the victim; (5) summer months, and (6) specific circumstances such as human interference with knocked down and fighting dogs. In the light of these risk patterns, a wide range of specific preventive measures could be proposed.
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