FDA Approves First Drug to Treat Urinary Incontinence in Female Dogs
July 27, 2011
The Food and Drug Administration today announced the approval of Incurin (estriol), the first drug approved for urinary incontinence in dogs. Incurin is indicated for the control of estrogen-responsive urinary incontinence in spayed female dogs. Continue reading FDA Approves First Drug to Treat Urinary Incontinence in Female Dogs
Medical News Today Lymphoma Drug Shrinks Tumors In Dogs, Could Lead To Human Treatment
18 Jul 2011
There are many kinds of cancers of the immune system, but one, Activated B-Cell Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma, or ABC-DLBCL, is particularly common and pernicious. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine have shown for the first time that dogs that develop this disease spontaneously share the same aberrant activation of a critical intracellular pathway with humans. They also found that a drug designed to disrupt this pathway helps to kill tumor cells in the dogs’ cancerous lymph nodes.
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Gould LH, Pape J, Ettestad P, Griffith KS, Mead PS.
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Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Bacterial Diseases Branch, Fort Collins, CO, USA. lgould@cdc.gov
Abstract
Plague is a rare but often fatal zoonosis endemic to the western United States. Previous studies have identified contact with pets as a potential risk factor for infection. We conducted a matched case-control study to better define the risks associated with pets at both the household and individual levels. Continue reading Dog-associated risk factors for human plague
State health dept. confirms plague case in Rio Rancho dog
Alamogordo Daily News http://www.alamogordonews.com/ci_18373276
Daily News Report
Posted: 06/28/2011 10:01:36 PM MDT
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Health’s Scientific Laboratory Division confirmed plague this week in a dog in Rio Rancho.
The dog was most likely infected when running in open fields on the north end of the city and encountering sick or dead rabbits and other rodents, health officials said. Continue reading New Mexico: plague in Dog confirmed
Penny Watson [Penny Watson of the Cambridge Veterinary School and a European diplomate in internal medicine] Explores Liver Disease And Canine Pancreatitis, UK
Liver disease is one area where knowledge has advanced at a particularly rapid rate and has overturned many of the old certainties about the diagnosis and management of the condition.
Like all students of her 1980s generation, Dr Watson was told in her undergraduate course that steroids are a frontline treatment in the care of patients with chronic liver disease. Continue reading Liver disease & Pancreatitis
Canine IBD, UK
When a dog turns up in their consulting room with chronic diarrhoea, vomiting and weight loss, then it is quite likely that the vet will call it a case of inflammatory bowel disease. But that is probably the only thing that they can say with any confidence after identifying one of the most enigmatic and frustrating conditions seen in small animal practice. Continue reading IBD : inflammatory bowel disease
Atopic dermatitis is a chronic, pruritic inflammatory skin disease. Its severity can range from an annoyance in the form of mild itching through to debilitating extensive lesion coverage that has a profoundly negative impact on the quality-of-life. The prevalence of canine atopic dermatitis is poorly defined but it is well recognized that dogs suffering from this condition will be regularly presented to veterinary practitioners and that is likely to be a life-long condition. A commonly cited rate of incidence is 10%, whilst others have ranked it as the second most common cause of canine pruritus. Therapeutic options for treating generalized canine atopic dermatitis are currently limited to oral glucocorticoid steroids and calcineurin inhibitors such as oral ciclosporin. However, both are associated with numerous detrimental side effects and may be ineffective for a notable proportion of dogs (resistant or intolerant population). Continue reading About canine atopic dermatitis