I should say at the outset that the views expressed here are my own. Within our team we have a healthy spectrum of opinion. The concept of stage B2 heart disease is simple enough: we started with the idea that these are animals with cardiac enlargement who haven’t reached congestive failure. So far, so good; … Continue reading
This is the second dog I’ve seen with presumed immune-mediated thrombocytopaenia treated with high doses of prednisolone which developed marked hepatomegaly accompanied by significant volume of ascites. Both cases received a total daily oral prednisolone dose of 4mg/Kg and developed ascites consisting of modified transudate within one week. Sonographically the liver was markedly enlarged and … Continue reading
This Pug presented semi-recumbent and febrile with severe abdominal pain. On abdominal ultrasound, the dominant pattern of change involved hyperechoic peri-renal retroperitoneal fat on the left side and small pockets of peri-renal and peri-ureteral effusion. The left kidney was diffusely hyperechoic with reduced cortico-medullary distinction but of unremarkable overall size and shape. Neither renal pelvis … Continue reading
