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New Abstracts of the week

Biomechanical evaluation of two plating configurations for fixation of a simple transverse caudal mandibular fracture model in cats

Greiner CL, Verstraete FJM, Stover SM, Garcia TC, Leale D, Arzi B. Am J Vet Res. 2017 Jun; 78 (6): 702-711. d

Both fixation constructs were mechanically inferior to intact mandibles

Small animal: Fracture Fixation and Implants - Skull

Evaluation of interobserver agreement for postoperative pain and sedation assessment in cats

Benito J, Monteiro BP, Beauchamp G, Lascelles BDX, Steagall PV. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2017 Sep 1; 251 (5): 544-551.

Interobserver differences in assessing pain can lead to different conclusions regarding treatment effectiveness

Small animal: Anesthesia

Refinement of the Montreal Instrument for cat arthritis testing, for use by veterinarians: detection of naturally occurring osteoarthritis in laboratory cats

Klinck MP, Monteiro BP, Lussier B, Guillot M, Moreau M, Otis C, Steagall PV, Frank D, Martel-Pelletier J, Pelletier JP2 Del Castillo JR, Troncy E. J Feline Med Surg. 2017 Sep 1 [Epub ahead of print]

The revised scale detected naturally occurring osteoarthritis, but not treatment effects, in laboratory cats

Small animal: Arthritis

Incoming meetings and courses

December 10, 2017 to December 14, 2017

AOVET Course - How to avoid, recognize and manage complications in small animal fracture management

Davos Platz (CH)

Full paper offered by V.C.O.T.

Vcot

Computed tomographic evaluation of femoral and tibial conformation in English Staffordshire Bull Terriers with and without congenital medial patellar luxation

Objective: To compare hindlimb conformation of English Staffordshire Bull Terriers with and without medial patellar luxation using computed tomography.