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A JAVMA study found that neurologic examination findings in guinea pigs require species-specific interpretation and reported no meaningful difference between client-owned and laboratory animals in the examination framework studied.

A prospective randomized double-blinded placebo-controlled study enrolled 80 male cats after first-time urethral obstruction. Among cats completing follow-up, recurrent obstruction occurred in the placebo group but not the lorazepam group; ataxia was the statistically significant adverse effect reported more often with lorazepam.

A JAVMA study quantified the financial impact of surgical site infections after clean-contaminated abdominal surgery in dogs and evaluated perioperative risk factors in that patient population.

A JAAHA study evaluated 59 extraction sites in 47 client-owned dogs across 10 practices and compared sockets treated with a regenerative bone adhesive with untreated controls. AAHA reports that treated sites maintained significantly more alveolar ridge dimensions, including nearly 2 mm more buccal ridge height at long-term follow-up.

A JAVMA study found poor-to-fair agreement between cytology and histopathology when classifying splenic masses or nodules in dogs as neoplastic or nonneoplastic.

An American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists Hookworm Task Force review summarizes best practices for diagnosing and treating multidrug-resistant canine hookworms, a growing problem that can involve persistent infection despite commonly used anthelmintics.

A JAVMA study described gastrointestinal signs in dogs undergoing ventral slot decompression for cervical intervertebral disc herniation and reported that postoperative GI complications occurred but were mostly self-limiting.

A multicenter JAVMA study reported favorable short- and long-term outcomes in cats treated surgically for biliary cystadenomas.

A JAVMA study reported diagnostic limitations of oropharyngeal swab cultures in dogs with aspiration pneumonia and found that secondary bacterial infection was not consistently present across cases.

A JAVMA evidence review concluded that available evidence did not show a definitive advantage for immediate surgical intervention over short stabilization before surgery in small-animal pyometra.

A JAVMA review describes liquid-biopsy technologies being explored for canine cancer detection and management, including analysis of tumor-derived material circulating in blood and other body fluids.

A pragmatic randomized clinical trial in dogs evaluated wound-healing complications under a lower-cost outpatient wound-management protocol, addressing how resource-conscious care can be studied against clinical outcomes.

A retrospective study compared survival, tumor reduction, and relapse outcomes after oclacitinib and CCNU treatment in dogs with canine epitheliotropic T-cell lymphoma.