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  1. There are multiple infectious agents of cats around the world; those transmitted by direct contact among cats, hunting, or exposure to fleas or ticks are frequently the most common. Some infectious disease age...

    Authors: Gunilla Ölmedal, Linda Toresson, Mary Nehring, Jennifer Hawley, Sue Vande Woude and Michael Lappin
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2025 67:23
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  2. Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP) is a Gram-negative bacterium that causes respiratory disease in pigs, resulting in significant economic losses and reduced animal welfare. In Sweden, the drug of choice for t...

    Authors: Marie Sjölund, Thomas Rosendal, Per Wallgren, Märit Pringle, Ulf Bondesson, Björn Bengtsson and Carl Ekstrand
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2025 67:22
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  3. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) detection in cats may be challenging. Pulmonary venous stenosis (PVS) is rare in cats and can lead to PH. The only reported PVS case received a post-mortem diagnosis. Imaging during...

    Authors: Takuma Aoki, Takashi Miyamoto, Kota Kizaki, Asuka Ueshima, Kentaro Iwasaki, Takuya Kusaka and Haruko Terui
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2025 67:21
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  4. Dystocia affects on average 3–8% of all pregnancies in purebred cats. Nonpedigree cats are also affected, but the incidence is unknown. The causes of dystocia and the optimal treatment are largely unexplored i...

    Authors: Eva Axnér, Josefine Jakobsson, Tilde Vermelin and Ulrika Hermansson
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2025 67:20
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  5. Neoplasms consisting of two or more germinal layers are classified as teratomas if benign or as teratocarcinomas if malignant. Teratomas are rare tumours occurring in a wide range of species including mammals,...

    Authors: Deborah Johanna Eikelberg, Melanie Stoff, Martin Peters, Marko Legler, Ingo Gerhauser and Peter Wohlsein
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2025 67:19
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  6. The purpose of ante- and post-mortem inspections at slaughterhouses is to ensure that meat and other relevant food products of animal origin are safe for human consumption. However, these inspections can also ...

    Authors: Josefine Jerlström, Ann-Kristina Lind, Cecilia Lindahl, Charlotte Berg and Anna Wallenbeck
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2025 67:18
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

  7. During seasonal round-ups, free-grazing reindeer are gathered from natural pastures. Reindeer bulls removed from breeding are clamp castrated, traditionally without analgesia, and then returned to the grazing ...

    Authors: Hanna Nurmi, Laura Hänninen, Sauli Laaksonen and Anna Valros
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2025 67:17
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  8. Antibiotic treatments of diarrhoea in suckling piglets and in pigs after weaning are common worldwide and contribute to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Escherichia coli from pigs. In Sweden, during the last dec...

    Authors: Estelle Ågren, Annette Backhans, Maria Lindberg, Marie Sjölund, Björn Bengtsson and Arianna Comin
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2025 67:16
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  9. Calves are born agammaglobulinemic and depend on transfer of passive immunity from colostrum. Failure of transfer of passive immunity (FTPI) and adequate transfer of passive immunity (ATPI) are defined as seru...

    Authors: Anne Marie Michelsen, Nina Dam Otten, Mogens Vestergaard, Liza Rosenbaum Nielsen, Bodil Højlund Nielsen, Henrik Laessøe Martin, Nynne Capion and Mette Bisgaard Petersen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2025 67:15
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  11. Bopivirus B is an emerging picornavirus that affects goats in China. This study aimed to establish a TaqMan real-time PCR assay for detecting Bopivirus B and conduct a preliminary survey of infection in six go...

    Authors: Kehamo Abi, Youwen Yang, Chen Yang, Kegu Ji’e and Falong Yang
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2025 67:13
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  12. Spinal neoplasms are sparsely documented in juvenile dogs. Case reports and small case series have described nephroblastomas, primitive neuroectodermal tumours, gliomas, certain sarcomas, and osteochondromas, ...

    Authors: Katrine Vestergaard Kristiansen, Anders Simon Schrøder, Dorothee Bienzle, Tanja Vedel, Jørgen Steen Agerholm and Mette Berendt
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2025 67:12
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  13. The health and welfare of pigs used in biomedical research is essential to research quality and compliance with the 3Rs (replacement, reduction, and refinement). Hematological variables are objective markers t...

    Authors: Kirstine Færgemand Præstegaard, Anne Winther-Larsen and Birgitte Saima Kousholt
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2025 67:11
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  14. Lumbosacral transitional vertebra (LTV) is a congenital anomaly in dogs and have been proposed to be associated with cauda equina syndrome (CES) in German Shepherd dogs. This prospective study, including 32 do...

    Authors: Jon Andre Berg, Bente Kristin Saevik, Frode Lingaas and Cathrine Trangerud
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2025 67:10
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  15. Biosecurity measures are essential for mitigating the risk of pathogen introduction and spread in farms. While standardised tools for monitoring biosecurity implementation exist, they are often not tailored to...

    Authors: Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Naomi P. Kemunto, Dishon M. Muloi, Anders Miki Bojesen, Theodore Knight-Jones, Dreck Ayebare, Michel Dione, Eugine L. Ibayi, Louise Ladefoged Poulsen and Arshnee Moodley
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2025 67:9
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  16. Cellulitis due to infection with clostridia has not been documented in horses in Iceland. However, clostridia are well-known pathogens in Icelandic sheep, which have traditionally shared grazing land with hors...

    Authors: Charlotta Oddsdóttir, Ólöf G. Sigurðardóttir, Vala Friðriksdóttir, Vilhjálmur Svansson, Birkir Þór Bragason and Sigríður Björnsdóttir
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2025 67:8
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    The Correction to this article has been published in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2025 67:14

  17. Information on indirect contacts (e.g. contact with visitors and non-porcine species on farms, shared staff and equipment, contact with trucks) is often poorly recorded even though it constitutes a risk in ter...

    Authors: Mette Fertner, Beate Conrady, Anne Sax Røgind, Elisabeth Okholm Nielsen and Anette Boklund
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2025 67:7
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  18. Pulse oximetry has not been thoroughly evaluated for assessment of oxygenation in conscious foals. Compared with invasive arterial blood sampling, it is a painless and non-invasive method for real-time monitor...

    Authors: Heini Sofia Rossi, Anna Kristina Mykkänen, Jouni Juho Tapio Junnila and Heli Katariina Hyytiäinen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2025 67:6
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  19. The reindeer brainworm, Elaphostrongylus rangiferi, is a protostrongylid parasite of reindeer that has caused severe disease outbreaks in reindeer husbandry. E. rangiferi is considered ubiquitous in Norway, thoug...

    Authors: Terje Domaas Josefsen, Torill Mørk, Ingebjørg Helena Nymo, Javier Sanchez Romano and Morten Tryland
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2025 67:5
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  20. A lumbosacral transitional vertebra (LTV) is a congenital anomaly of the caudal vertebral column. It has been associated with asymmetrical canine hip dysplasia (CHD) and cauda equina syndrome (CES) in German S...

    Authors: Jon Andre Berg, Bente Kristin Saevik, Frode Lingaas and Catrine Trangerud
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2025 67:4
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  21. The societal value of cats, dogs and horses is high, and the companion and sport animal health care sector is growing. Clinical research concerning cats, dogs and horses is crucial for the development of evide...

    Authors: Bodil Ström Holst, Alejandro Engelmann, Gittan Gröndahl, Lotta Gunnarsson, Anita Haug Haaland, Anna Hielm-Björkman, Lars Moe, Marie Rhodin, Henrik Rönnberg, Marie Stråhle, Ylva Toljander, Annemarie Thuri Kristensen and Malin Hagberg Gustavsson
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2025 67:3
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  22. Antibiotic resistant bacteria are a threat to both human and animal health. Of special concern are resistance mechanisms that are transmissible between bacteria, such as extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL...

    Authors: Anna Bonnevie, Mattias Myrenås and Oskar Nilsson
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2025 67:2
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  23. Prevention of iron deficiency in suckling piglets by intramuscular injection of a standardized amount of iron dextran or gleptoferron in the first days of life can lead to over- or underdosage with respective ...

    Authors: Isabel Hennig-Pauka, Martin Ganter, Dirk Bornhorn, Wesley Lyons, Enric Marco, Glen Almond, Bettina Schneider, Lothar Kreienbrock and Ken Steen Pedersen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2025 67:1
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  24. Calves rely on the passive transfer with immunoglobulins derived from colostrum. Currently, there is a lack of knowledge on colostrum management practices and colostrum quality on small scale family-owned dair...

    Authors: Katharina Lichtmannsperger, Nicole Hechenberger, Christina Hartsleben, Ariane Psenner, Maren Marseiler, Alexander Tichy, Thiemo Albert and Thomas Wittek
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2024 66:63
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  25. Rearing poultry under stressful high stocking density (HSD) conditions is a common commercial practice to increase profitability, despite its negative effects on broiler physiology and welfare. Many feed addit...

    Authors: Mohammad Alaa, Abeer Hamada Abdel Razek, Mohamed Ahmed Tony, Aya Mohye Yassin, Mohamad Warda, Mohamed Ahmed Awad and Basma Mohamed Bawish
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2024 66:62
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  26. Farm-specific management practices greatly impact calf mortality rates. This cross-sectional study aimed to analyse the association between calf mortality and management practices in large dairy farms. A total...

    Authors: Steffi Keller, Karsten Donat, Stefanie Söllner-Donat, Axel Wehrend and Anne Klassen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2024 66:61
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  28. Staggering disease (SD) is a severe neurological disease that has been regularly reported in Swedish cats since the beginning of the 1970s. The aetiology of SD has been debated, but novel rustrela virus (RusV)...

    Authors: Emma Thilén, Dennis Rubbenstroth, Sofia Tengstrand, Florian Pfaff, Jonas Johansson Wensman and Cecilia Ley
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2024 66:59
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  29. Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is common in intensively raised cattle and is often treated with antibiotics. For practitioners, knowledge of the bacteria involved in an outbreak and their antibiotic suscepti...

    Authors: Mattias Myrenås, Märit Pringle, Boel Harbom and Björn Bengtsson
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2024 66:58
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  31. Sedation and general anaesthesia of crocodilians pose unique challenges due to their aggressive nature, poikilothermic physiology, and specific anatomical and physiological characteristics, all factors that co...

    Authors: Asbjørn Onsberg Kruuse, Louise Damholt Markusen, Carsten Grøndahl and Lisbeth Høier Olsen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2024 66:56
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  32. Dystocia is rare in horses, but is life-threatening for mares and foals. Therefore, veterinary research depends on up-to-date data to optimise equine dystocia management. In addition, knowledge of the prognosi...

    Authors: Markus Ellerbrock, Judith Krohn, Kathrin Büttner and Axel Wehrend
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2024 66:55
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  33. The upsurge of diarrheagenic E. coli pathotypes carrying extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs)/plasmid-mediated AmpC β-lactamase (pAmpC) among animals constitutes an emerging threat for humans and animals. Th...

    Authors: Ahmed Samir, Khaled A. Abdel-Moein and Hala M. Zaher
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2024 66:54
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  34. Mast cell tumors (MCTs) are the most common malignant skin neoplasms in dogs. In the past, the distinction between cutaneous MCTs (cMCTs), originating from the dermis, and subcutaneous MCTs (scMCTs), originati...

    Authors: Stella Minnoye, Shana De Vos, Samuel Beck, Luc Duchateau, Mike Hubers, Sieglinde David, Ruth Fortrie and Hilde de Rooster
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2024 66:53
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  35. This study updates the knowledge of current canine and feline endoparasitic prevalence in Finland. The previous studies reported intestinal worm prevalence of 5.9% in dogs and 7.1% in cats. We also determined ...

    Authors: Pia Rapp, Eeva-Maria Williamson, Riina Uski, Inka Savikoski, Annika Pynnönen, Veera Gindonis, Antti Sukura and Anu Näreaho
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2024 66:52
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  36. Equine asthma is a common, non-infectious, chronic lung disease that affects up to 80% of the horse population. Strict phenotyping and identification of subclinically asthmatic horses can be challenging. The a...

    Authors: Lia Kristin Meiseberg, Julien Delarocque, Nicole de Buhr and Bernhard Ohnesorge
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2024 66:51
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  37. Rabbits are herbivores with a distinctive digestive strategy that differs significantly from other caecal fermenters (e.g., horses, guinea pigs) and ruminants. In view of this, the current study aimed to highl...

    Authors: Adrian Florin Gal, Maria-Cătălina Matei-Lațiu, Călin Lațiu, Sanda Andrei and Vasile Rus
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2024 66:50
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  38. Pancarpal arthrodesis (PCA) is a commonly performed procedure in the UK. However, it is not known whether working dogs in the UK and other European countries with carpal injuries that have undergone unilateral...

    Authors: Joseph Higgins and Graham Hayes
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2024 66:49
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  39. African swine fever (ASF) poses a threat to the global pig industry, leading to significant economic losses and widespread disruptions in pig farming and associated sectors. In September 2023, the first case o...

    Authors: Elisabeth Rajala, Hedvig Gröndal, Johan Eriksson and Susanna Sternberg Lewerin
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2024 66:48
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  40. Centrifugation is a common procedure to improve the quality of chilled and frozen canine semen by removing debris and seminal plasma and adding semen extenders. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effica...

    Authors: Letizia Sinagra, Angela Polisca, Giulia Donato, Tiziana Caspanello, Giorgia Pettina, Sara Pastore, Massimo De Majo, Santo Cristarella, Marco Quartuccio and Viola Zappone
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2024 66:47
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  42. To mitigate the use of antibiotics for many of the multifactorial diseases seen in pigs, horses and cattle, new diagnostic tools are needed. Acute phase protein (APP) measurements can, in humans, be used to gu...

    Authors: Nadia Jakobsen, Nicolai Rosager Weber, Inge Larsen and Ken Steen Pedersen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2024 66:45
    Content type: Review Published on:

  43. Swine dysentery, caused by Brachyspira hyodysenteriae, is a severe pig disease. Resistance to tylosins is common and resistance to tiamulin has been reported since the 1990s. Still, dysentery is not notifiable to...

    Authors: Per Wallgren
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2024 66:44
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  44. Environmental bacteria in animal healthcare facilities may constitute a risk for healthcare-associated infections (HAI). Knowledge of the bacterial microflora composition and factors influencing the environmen...

    Authors: Todd Alsing-Johansson, Karin Bergström, Susanna Sternberg-Lewerin, Anna Bergh, Emma Östlund and Johanna Penell
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2024 66:43
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  45. Within the field of clinical research, reports on the stability of avian serum amyloid A (SAA) under varying storage conditions are currently scarce. In this study, avian plasma samples were evaluated for SAA,...

    Authors: Haerin Rhim, Chaeyoung Kwag and Jae-Ik Han
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2024 66:42
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

  46. A fifteen-month-old Pembroke Welsh corgi with respiratory distress, exercise intolerance, and moderate regenerative anemia was referred to The Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Small Animal Hospital.

    Authors: Julie Robbestad, Alejandro Jiménez-Meléndez, Lucy J. Robertson, Liva I. Vatne, Mari N. Hauback and Sivert Nerhagen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2024 66:41
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  47. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a significant global health concern, necessitating the monitoring of antimicrobial usage (AMU). However, there is a lack of consensus on the standardized collection and report...

    Authors: Maj Beldring Henningsen, Jeanette Kristensen, Carsten Thure Kirkeby and Søren Saxmose Nielsen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2024 66:40
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  48. The Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever (NSDTR) has previously been highlighted as a breed at risk for developing immune mediated diseases and cancer. The immune response is of great importance for the developm...

    Authors: Malin Nilsson, Sergey V. Kozyrev, Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, Henrik Rönnberg and Helene Hansson-Hamlin
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2024 66:39
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  49. Preventing pathogens from entering the broiler premises is the main biosecurity measure at farm level. In conventional broiler production, chickens are kept indoors during the entire production period. Pathoge...

    Authors: Gunvor Elise Nagel-Alne, Ole-Johan Røtterud, Thorbjørn Refsum, Janne Holthe, Miriam Garner, Eystein Skjerve and Sigrun J. Hauge
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2024 66:38
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