Small animal disease surveillance : Pruritus and Pseudomonas skin infections

Arsevska, E. and Singleton, D.A. and Jewell, C. and Paterson, S. and Jones, P.H. and Smyth, S. and Brant, B. and Dawson, S. and Noble, P.J.M. and Sánchez-Vizcaíno, F. and Radford, A.D. (2018) Small animal disease surveillance : Pruritus and Pseudomonas skin infections. Veterinary Record, 183 (6). pp. 182-187. ISSN 0042-4900

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Abstract

Report Summary: • Presentation for investigation and/or treatment of gastrointestinal (GI) disease comprised 3.0 per cent, 2.0 per cent and 1.9 per cent of total dog, cat and rabbit consultations respectively between 1 April 2017 and 31 October 2018 • Diarrhoea and vomiting without blood were the most frequently reported GI disease clinical signs (43.0 and 36.6 per cent in dogs, and 35.9 and 37.7 per cent in cats respectively) • The proportion of GI disease consultations which prescribed antibiotics authorised for systemic administration (including oral and injectable formulations) decreased between April 2014 and October 2018 • The proportion of GI disease consultations which dispensed nutraceutical products advertised as being effective at managing primary GI disease (including prebiotics, probiotics etc.) increased between April 2014 and October 2018 • Between January 2011 and August 2018, 13.5 per cent of 20,194 feline faecal samples submitted to UK-based diagnostic laboratories tested positive for presence of Tritrichomonas foetus • The proportion of feline sample submissions testing positive for T.foetus decreased between 2011 and 2018

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Journal Article
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Veterinary Record
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This article has been accepted for publication in Vet Record, 2018 following peer review, and the Version of Record can be accessed online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/vr.k3462 © British Vetinary Association
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23 Jan 2019 14:05
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