This is Cindy: Cindy is a cutie. She is of indeterminate age but probably between 18months -3 years. She came from Romania originally and was then found to have a loud left basilar murmur with a thrill. At the time when this murmur was discovered she was asymptomatic. However, a few months later her owner … Continue reading
This is a an adult DSH of unknown age and provenance who presented with ascites. His owner reported him as being otherwise active and well. He was not tachypnoeic or hyperpnoeic (resting respiratory rate in the clinic 26/minute). On auscultation he does have left and right-sided murmurs and a gallop sound on the left. Ultrasonographically, … Continue reading
The last cases of Angiostrongylosis we saw in the frozen north (West Yorkshire) were following the very mild winters of the mid-noughties. So it may be no coincidence that a resurgence happens now. This is a dog from earlier in the week with positive A. vasorum serology. The pulmonary hypertension is fairly standard: This pulmonary … Continue reading
