Veterinární medicína, 2020 (vol. 65), issue 10
Characteristics of bacteriophages of the Staphylococcus aureus variant bovisOriginal Paper
Y Horiuk, M Kukhtyn, V Horiuk, S Kernychnyi, L Tarasenko
Vet Med - Czech, 2020, 65(10):421-426 
Bacteriophages may be an alternative method of treatment for antibiotic-resistant bacteria, including mastitis in cows. Our study describes the initial isolation and bacteriological activity of bacteriophages, circulating on dairy farms, the against S. aureus var. bovis. Samples of cow's milk secretions with signs of mastitis and sewage water were used as the study material. The isolation and production of pure bacteriophage lines were performed according to the double agar method. The method of studying a single cycle of phage...
Suckling piglet coccidiosis on farms in the Czech Republic - A pilot studyOriginal Paper
D Sperling, H Karembe, J Vanhara, B Hinney, A Joachim
Vet Med - Czech, 2020, 65(10):427-434 | DOI: 10.17221/62/2020-VETMED
Suckling piglet coccidiosis is a common diarrhoeal disease of unweaned pigs caused by Cystoisospora suis with previously reported herd prevalences of 60% and more. The parasite quickly spreads in affected herds and causes malabsorption and a reduced and uneven body weight gain. The only drug currently licenced for the control of porcine cystoisosporiasis is toltrazuril, which suppresses parasite development and the corresponding diarrhoea. A recent study detected high prevalences of C. suis on swine farms in Austria, Germany, Spain and the Czech Republic...
Analysis of a highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) virus causing the first outbreak in domestic poultry in Bulgaria in January 2015Original Paper
G Stoimenov, G Goujgoulova, K Hristov
Vet Med - Czech, 2020, 65(10):435-444 | DOI: 10.17221/148/2019-VETMED
This study documents the clinical signs, necropsy findings and viral antigen distribution of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus infection in domestic poultry (a backyard farm) and the phylogenetic analysis of the virus. On January 29, 2015, an outbreak of HPAI H5N1 in domestic poultry was reported on a backyard farm in Bulgaria. Out of the twenty-two chickens with clinical signs, twenty died while the remaining two were destroyed. The morbidity was 100%, whereas the overall mortality and lethality were 90.91%. The clinical...
Biochemical profile of urine in guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus)Original Paper
H Cernochova, A Hundakova, E Bardi, Z Knotek
Vet Med - Czech, 2020, 65(10):445-450 | DOI: 10.17221/32/2020-VETMED
Guinea pigs are common patients in veterinary clinics. Knowledge of the urine composition is necessary for the evaluation of their health. We, therefore, analysed the urine of fifty guinea pigs, thirty-two males, and eighteen females, aged between four months and seven years. None of these guinea pigs showed clinical signs of urinary tract diseases. The urine samples were obtained as part of a preventive check-up, during a regular dental check-up or another minor procedure. The urine was acquired by spontaneous micturition after inducing a short-term, light isoflurane...
Septate gallbladder in a dog with cholecystitis: A case report and literature reviewCase Report
GC Choi, JY Ko, SM Ong, JH Sur, MH Kang
Vet Med - Czech, 2020, 65(10):451-456 | DOI: 10.17221/108/2020-VETMED
A 5-year-old, Yorkshire terrier was presented due to the acute onset of vomiting and diarrhoea. The imaging studies showed an abnormally separated gallbladder with a thickened wall, a tortuous common bile duct that contained hyperechoic materials. A cholecystectomy was performed because of the failure of the conservative management. The gallbladder was partially divided by a septum and communicated with the cystic duct. Histologically, the dog was diagnosed as having cholecystitis and choledochitis. To the author's knowledge, this is the first clinical description...
Imaging findings of renal telangiectasia in a Maltese dogCase Report
D Noh, SW Lee, D Jung, JK Park, K Lee
Vet Med - Czech, 2020, 65(10):457-463 | DOI: 10.17221/87/2020-VETMED
A 13-year-old neutered male Maltese dog presented with a three-month history of haematuria. The abdominal ultrasound and computed tomography revealed a large, multifocally-calcified left renal mass that was disrupting most of the renal parenchyma. Most of the areas of this mass did not show any contrast enhancement on the CT. After a nephrectomy, renal telangiectasia was diagnosed on the histopathology. Renal telangiectasia is a hereditary dysplastic blood vessel disease only previously reported in Pembroke Welsh Corgi. This is the first diagnostic imaging report of renal...