Oxidative Stress in Veterinary Medicine

Oxidative Stress in Veterinary Medicine

Oxidative stress can be regarded as an imbalance between prooxidant/free radical production and opposing antioxidant defenses. There is growing evidence that oxidative stress (OS) significantly impairs organic function and plays amajor role in the aetiology and pathogenesis of several metabolic diseases in veterinary medicine. In many of these cases, it is unclear if oxidants trigger the diseas...

Mycotoxicoses in veterinary medicine: Aspergillosis and penicilliosis

Molds and mycotoxins are contaminants of animal feed causing spoilage and clinical intoxication. Animal exposure to mycotoxins reflects diet composition with major differences occurring between animals kept predominantly of pastures, i.e. ruminants and horses, and those consuming formulated feed like pigs and poultry. Mixed feeds are composed of several ingredients, often sourced from different...

Veterinary Medicine

Veterinary Medicine

Bovine mastitis, which is an inflammation of the mammary gland frequently resulting from bacterial infection, causes the majority of economic losses to the dairy producers. The prevalence of mastitis in dairy cattle is relatively high. Bovine mastitis can be classified based on clinical futures as clinical or subclinical. Both forms produce significant economic losses due to rejected milk, degr...

Thromboelastography in veterinary medicine.

Thromboelastography (TEG) has been used in experimental animal studies since the early 1960s and in a routine clinical setting for the past decade. From the data currently available, it is clear that both the scope and limitations of TEG in animals resemble those observed in humans. TEG has been used to diagnose hypercoagulability in animals with disseminated intravascular coagulation, various ...