Food-based pravastatin administration offers a practical, low-stress option for birds needing long-term statin therapy for hyperlipidemia, minimizing repeated handling. Open access article: jav.ma/pravastatin

Augmented reality technology can help optimize surface-level spatial tracking on the canine head. Open access article: jav.ma/arglasses

By connecting data across animal, human, and environmental health, integrated surveillance lays the groundwork for both infection prevention and antimicrobial resistance control. 💊 Open access article: jav.ma/multidrug2

Neither the presence of cervical compression lesions nor the anesthetic protocol used significantly affected seizure risk or recovery outcomes. Open access article: jav.ma/myelography

Using a sterile guard when placing smartphones into sterile, waterproof cases can reduce contamination risk. Open access article: jav.ma/sterile

Learn about Dr. Englar’s research on communication and relational practice in health care @uazresearch.bsky.social: jav.ma/softskill

Presurgical aquapuncture with vitamin B12 at acupoint GV-5 reduced intraoperative bleeding during canine ovariohysterectomy, offering a promising, low-cost approach to safer, faster spay surgeries. Open access article: jav.ma/acupuncture1

In critically ill dogs presenting urgently to a veterinary hospital, BUN-to-albumin ratio and creatinine-to-albumin ratio, especially when combined with albumin and BUN, offer easily calculated and superior mortality prediction compared to creatinine alone. Open access article: jav.ma/barcar

When CT isn't available, horizontal beam imaging is the recommended approach for accurately assessing proximal femoral morphology in total hip replacement planning, and it also proves superior for lateral distal femoral angle measurements used in patellar luxation surgery planning: jav.ma/aldfa

In healthy, isoflurane-anesthetized rabbits, intravenous HES delivers greater fluid potency and longer intravascular persistence than LRS. 🐇 Open access article: jav.ma/rabbit5

Understanding Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis prevalence and diagnostic test characteristics offers a clearer path to more accurate, efficient diagnosis and management of Johne's disease in small ruminants. 🐑🐐 Open access article: jav.ma/MAP

Needle lancing may offer a safe, simple, and effective treatment option for superficial vascularized corneal epithelial inclusion cysts in dogs, with advanced imaging like ultrasound biomicroscopy/optical coherence tomography helping determine cyst depth and guide the treatment approach: jav.ma/ceic

Learn how @ncstatevetmed.bsky.social is advancing its leadership in recognizing and treating pain in animals by expanding its Comparative Pain Research and Education Center to include a clinical pain consultation service and by formalizing pain education as part of its curriculum: jav.ma/cprec

A sedation protocol combining gabapentin, butorphanol, midazolam, and alfaxalone proved effective for cats with chronic kidney disease undergoing noninvasive diagnostic procedures, with no short-term impact on GFR markers. Open access article: jav.ma/gfr

The ischiopubic symphysis may offer a more reliable reference for estimating functional acetabular orientation than the lumbar spine, potentially improving preoperative planning of acetabular cup positioning in canine total hip replacement. 🐕 Open access article: jav.ma/pelvic1

Standardizing or accounting for walking speed is essential when interpreting treadmill-derived range of motion in canine gait analysis and rehabilitation follow-up. Open access article: jav.ma/ROM

Oral docosahexaeonic acid supplementation may promote an anti-inflammatory profile in the lower airway, which could be beneficial for horses with subclinical airway inflammation and horses routinely exposed to airway-triggering environments. Open access article: jav.ma/DHA

A commercial vacuum bag splint achieved different limb positioning than a traditional splint in healthy dogs, with comparable internal rotation but greater hip flexion and abduction, helping guide Ehmer sling use after hip luxation reduction: jav.ma/vbs

A commercially available heated anesthetic circuit can aid in minimizing perianesthetic hypothermia in rabbits. Open access article: jav.ma/HAC1

Over the past 5 years, the extracorporeal therapy team @tuftsvet.bsky.social have successfully treated hundreds of cases of dogs and cats with toxicities with a hemoperfusion device that uses carbon instead of charcoal to selectively extract toxins from the blood: jav.ma/ect

New study maps fetal rat stomach development, tracking tissue maturation alongside GLUT-1, GLUT-4, and IGF-1R expression across gestation. Findings offer baseline data to support future research on congenital gastric abnormalities in vet and comparative medicine: jav.ma/fetal

Electromagnetic navigation offers excellent guidance for ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery in small dogs, with promising potential for other cranial neurosurgical procedures in veterinary medicine. Open access article: jav.ma/em

Angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibitors therapy with sacubitril/valsartan in dogs appears safe and suggests median survival times that eclipse those of prior canine stage C or D myxomatous mitral valve disease. Open access article: jav.ma/arni

Our top trending #AJVR article last month was "Determinants of stride parameters in Thoroughbreds racing in Japan": doi.org/10.2460/ajvr... 🏇

Longitudinal blood biomarker trends outperform single-point measurements in distinguishing bacterial, fungal, and viral infections in bottlenose dolphins, achieving 75.8% accuracy with machine learning. The pattern matters more than the number. 🐬🔬 Open access article: jav.ma/machinelearning

Our top trending article last week was "Sacrococcygeal epidural injection of morphine and ropivacaine provides analgesia after feline ovariohysterectomy": doi.org/10.2460/ajvr...

Emerging therapies such as collagen elastin hydrogel microparticles, 2.5% polyacrylamide hydrogel, and hyaluronic acid may offer biological effects beyond mechanical support and viscosupplementation. Open access article: jav.ma/ipaag3

Located in the heart of the U.S. catfish industry, the nation’s largest aquaculture sector, @msstate.bsky.social is uniquely positioned to support commercial production and provide hands on aquatic medicine training within the veterinary curriculum: jav.ma/aquaticanimal

The lateral tripod 3-pin technique may offer a biomechanically stronger and less invasive alternative to traditional cross-pinning for the repair of canine distal femoral Salter-Harris type I fractures. Open access article: jav.ma/shi

Our top trending #AJVR article last week was "The impacts of obesity on the avian respiratory system": doi.org/10.2460/ajvr...