Granulomatous meningoencephalomyelitis (GME) is an inflammatory disease of the central nervous system in dogs that is characterised by focal or disseminated granulomatous lesions within the brain and/or spinal...
Authors: Emma J. O'Neill, Darren Merrett and Boyd Jones
Factors relating to the occurrence of mastitis were studied on 12 Irish dairy herds with histories of elevated somatic cell count (SCC) and/or increased incidence of clinical mastitis cases. Milk recording dat...
Authors: Damien J Barrett, Michael L Doherty and Anne M Healy
This report presented a brief overview of the literature on the perinatal asphyxia syndrome (PAS) in foals as a prelude to a description of the investigation and treatment of acute onset seizures in a 24-hour-...
Public concerns over the widespread prophylactic use of antibiotics have led to a search for alternatives to dry cow therapy for the prevention of intramammary infections. A popular alternative is to infuse a ...
Authors: Fiona Crispie, James Flynn, R. Paul Ross, Colin Hill and William J. Meaney
Tetanus with hiatal hernia was diagnosed in a four-month-old female sheepdog pup. The animal was treated with tetanus antitoxin, antibiotics, fluids and intensive nursing care for three weeks and subsequently ...
Authors: Els Acke, Boyd R Jones, Rory Breathnach, Hester McAllister and Carmel T Mooney
Sera from 1,448 adult ewes in 91 flocks, representing all 26 counties in the Republic of Ireland, were examined for pestivirus antibodies using a commercially available ELISA which detected IgG1 antibody to borde...
Authors: Ronan G O'Neill, Michael O'Connor and Patrick J O'Reilly
Right dorsal colitis (RDC) is an ulcerative inflammatory bowel disorder of the horse that has been associated with the administration of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), particularly in horses t...
Authors: Noreen Galvin, Hugh Dillon and Frank McGovern
Dry cow antibiotic therapy is used to eliminate existing intramammary infections and to prevent new infections in the dry period. It is implemented as part of a total management system known as the 'Five-Point...
Authors: Fiona Crispie, James Flynn, R Paul Ross, Colin Hill and William J Meaney
Extremophiles are organisms that can grow and thrive in harsh conditions, e.g., extremes of temperature, pH, salinity, radiation, pressure and oxygen tension. Thermophilic, halophilic and radiation-resistant o...
Friesian-type dairy cows were milked with different machine settings to determine the effect of these settings on teat tissue reaction and on milking characteristics. Three teat-cup liner designs were used wit...
Authors: David E. Gleeson, Edmond J. O'Callaghan and Myles V. Rath
Bulk tank milk samples, collected from 347 herds throughout the Republic of Ireland using a sampling frame based on seven milk-recording organisations, were tested by ELISA for antibodies to Leptospira interrogan...
Authors: Nola Leonard, John F. Mee, Sylvia Snijders and Dermot Mackie
Irish dairy herd fertility has been declining since the 1980s. The extent, nature and causes of this decline in fertility and the current status of Irish dairy herd fertility were described. An increase in cal...
Infection with Angiostrongylus vasorum was diagnosed at necropsy on a dog that died from acute pulmonary haemorrhage, and on recovery of L1 larvae by Baermann examination of faeces from two dogs, one of which had...
Authors: Sheila F Brennan, Grainne McCarthy, Hester McAllister, Hugh Bassett and Boyd R Jones
Over a seven-year period, chronic otitis externa was surgically managed in 43 dogs at the University Veterinary Hospital of University College Dublin. Lateral ear canal resection (LECR) was undertaken in nine ...
Authors: Ronan S Doyle, Cliona Skelly and Christopher R Bellenger
