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🔹History: working female Saker falcon, 5 years old, wild-caught, has been laying eggs; never previously examined; body condition score 5, weight 1,400 g.

According to the owner, she had trichomoniasis twice in the past, which he treated on his own. Her condition recently deteriorated-she developed severe wheezing, dyspnea, and stopped eating. She passed away upon arrival at the clinic.

🔹Necropsy findings: Fibrinous pneumonia, fibrinous helminthic airsacculitis (Serratospiculum seurati), necrotizing ingluvitis (associated with trichomoniasis), oophoritis, and hepatitis. Serratospiculiasis is a parasitic disease caused by filarial nematodes of the Serratospiculum genus.

It can lead to aspergillosis and secondary bacterial infections.
In captivity, it is transmitted through ingestion of infected beetles or other insects.

🖋Author: Kuklin Kai https://www.facebook.com/tori.ko.ku?mibextid=wwXIfr&mibextid=wwXIfr

🐹 Why Is Breed Knowledge Important for Veterinarians?

🔹 Although all domestic guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) belong to the same species, different breeds have distinct coat characteristics, body types, and genetic traits that may influence health risks, clinical examination, and husbandry requirements.

🔹 Knowledge of breed-associated conditions helps veterinarians recognize potential health problems earlier and provide appropriate preventive care. For example, long-haired breeds are more prone to coat matting and soiling, while Satin guinea pigs may be predisposed to fibrous osteodystrophy. Hairless guinea pigs also require particular attention to skin health and thermoregulation.

🔹 Understanding breed characteristics helps veterinarians tailor clinical examinations, nutritional and husbandry recommendations, and client education to each patient’s needs. This supports early disease recognition, improves welfare, and promotes individualized veterinary care.

⚠️The main contraindications or precautions include:

🔹Suspected or confirmed gastrointestinal obstruction
🔹Severe gastric distension/bloat
🔹Ileus with marked gastrointestinal distension
🔹Severe respiratory distress
🔹Reduced consciousness or inadequate airway protection
🔹Repeated regurgitation or reflux
🔹Critical metabolic instability

🩺🔬Not every mass is cancer! Understanding the differences between benign and malignant neoplasms helps:
🔹assess tumor behavior
🔹choose appropriate diagnostic tests
🔹plan treatment and discuss prognosis.

Features such as cellular differentiation, tumor margins, growth pattern, metastatic potential and recurrence risk provide important clues, but cytology and histopathology are essential for definitive diagnosis.

🦎Systemic CD3+ T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia in a Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps): Clinical, Therapeutic, and Pathological Findings

This report describes a case of systemic T-cell lymphoblastic leukaemia in a bearded dragon, including clinical presentation, treatment and pathological findings. It may be useful when considering unusual causes of anorexia or systemic illness in lizards.

🔹Authors: Miljković J, Jonker A, Đuričić D, Horvatek Tomić D, Belić M, Faraguna S, Pavić Vulinović M, Shek Vugrovečki A, Lukač M, Šoštarić-Zuckermann IC, Šmit I.
🔹Magazine: Animals (2025)
🔹Link: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12466454

📌 The standard anesthetic protocol includes:
🔹Midazolam 0.25-0.5 mg/kg
🔹Ketamine 10 mg/kg
🔹Isoflurane 3-1% 11/min.

📌In addition, we used:
🔹Maropitant 2 mg/kg
🔹famotidine 2 mg/kg
🔹Lidocaine 30 ug/kg/minute
🔹Amoxicillin 12.5 mg/kg
🔹Metronidazole 20 mg/kg
🔹crystalloid infusion.

Gastric Trichobezoar in a Galago 🐒
A 13-year-old female galago (960 g) was diagnosed with a large gastric trichobezoar during routine examination, confirmed by ultrasound and radiography, despite the absence of vomiting or other clinical complaints. Gastrotomy was performed to remove the hairball, with multimodal anaesthesia, analgesia, antimicrobial therapy and fluid support, and the patient is now recovering.

🖋Author: Anastasia Vysokikh (https://www.instagram.com/anastasia_vysokikh?igsh=cHE4eG5qbGw0ZGY5)