August 2024 issue of the Australian Veterinary Journal

Did you know?

• Cryptococcosis can occur in reptiles?
• Chronic hepatopathies in dogs can be associated with copper toxicity?
• Advances in understanding of vaginal cytology in bitches means that it can be used to confirm the onset of dioestrus, or decline in fertility, hence retrospectively the period of optimal fertility.
• Vaginoscopy can be a vital tool in determining the need for C-section by monitoring cervical dilation in Stage 1 labour. 

Find out this and more in this month's Australian Veterinary Journal - sign in and select ‘Latest Issue’, Volume 102, Issue 8, August 2024.

There are 30 quiz questions and 3 VetEd (CPD) points available for AVA members via My Learning.

The August issue showcases the following papers:

Small Animals

• Evidence-based practice in canine artificial insemination; CJ Joonè.
• Copper hepatopathies in Australian dogs; J Mutton, S Yeomans,  J White.
• Retrospective application of a validated algorithm for estimation of adrenal gland volume after computed tomography on 46 dogs undergoing adrenalectomy; R Swepson, G Hosgood, N Stander, M Thompson.

Avian

• Virulence-associated genes in faecal and clinical Escherichia coli isolates cultured from broiler chickens in Australia; L Awawdeh, R Forrest, C Turni, R Cobbold, J Henning, J Gibson.

Production Animals

• Critically appraised topic: the use of vaccination to control the spread of foot-and-mouth disease in Australian livestock in the event of an incursion; B Humphries, MP Ward.

Wildlife & Zoos

• Diagnosis and management of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii detected in an oral mass in a pink-tongued skink (Cyclodomorphus gerarrdii); J Llinas, M Rozmanec, TH Hyndman.