The infection with Malassezia pachydermatis was diagnosed in 73 different dog breeds: West Highland White Terrier (12/73), crossbreed (7/73), German Shepherd (6/73), Shar Pei (5/73), Labrador Retriever (4/73), Bichon (4/73), Caniche (4/73), German Shorthaired Pointer (3/73), Bulldog (3/73), Mops (3/73), American Staffordshire Terrier (2/73), Beagle (2/73), Boxer (2/73), Spaniel Cocker (2/73), G...

A 20 kg German shepherd dog was presented to a French veterinary teaching hospital for seizures and hyperthermia. The dog had returned 1 month previously from a six-month stay in Senegal and sub-Saharan Africa. Biochemistry and haematology showed severe hypoglycaemia (0.12 g/L), anaemia and thrombocytopenia. Despite administration of large amounts of glucose (30 mL of 30% glucose IV and 10 mL o...

A dog was presented with history of progressive generalized subcutaneous emphysema and exercise intolerance secondary to dog fight. Radiographic evaluation confirmed extensive subcutaneous emphysema, pneumomediastinum and pneumoretroperitoneum. Surgical exploration revealed cricoid cartilage longitudinal fracture and cricotracheal detachment. The fractured cartilage was sutured and the cricoid ...

Anatolian Shepherd Dog (Asd) is recognised by International Cynologic Federation with the standard number 331 [4, 8]. Asd is also called as Turkish Shepherd Dog or Kangal Dog in Turkey [13, 14]. Besides their high sensitivity for hearing and smelling, their strength, courage, loyalty and intelligence make them to be exceptionally talented in guarding flocks. Because of these qualities, some ind...

Shepherding with a dog presents an interesting challenge for artificial intelligence, with multiple intelligent systems assessing and interacting with each other in order to achieve a variety of goals. We present a solution to this problem, which consists of a dog AI making use of influence mapping, state machines and A* pathfinding to respond intelligently to real-life shepherding commands iss...

A 6-year-old neutered male German shepherd dog was evaluated for obtundation, blindness, and bilateral exophthalmos. magnetic resonance imaging scan of the brain performed identified an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) with several feeding arterial branches, venous drainage through cavernous sinus. Venous vessels rostral to AVM were severely distended extended into retrobulbar spaces. Liquid em...

OBJECTIVES This study focuses on the pattern of incidence, mechanisms, and circumstances of accident and injury in a series of pediatric patients who sustained dog bites. METHODS In our retrospective survey, the medical charts of all children who were younger than 17 years and sought medical attention after a dog bite between 1994 and 2003 were reviewed. To obtain the total number of each dog...

An eleven-year-old Doberman-German Shepherd mixed bitch was presented with vulvar enlargement, vaginal discharge, and bleeding for two months and a week before, respectively. The dog was operated for routine ovariohysterectomy. During the surgery, a liquid-filled sac was observed on the ventrolateral border of the right uterine horn. The sac was ligated and excised. The uterine horns and ovarie...