by Jon Slattery | Mar 6, 2024 | Dog, Dog Asthma, Vets-News
Dog nebulisers are an underused therapeutic option for dogs with respiratory issues. While saline nebulisers may help to loosen mucus2, nebulisers can also be a valuable method of localised drug delivery. Corticosteroids are widely used to manage respiratory...
by Jon Slattery | Mar 20, 2023 | Dog, News, Vets-News
Please click here to watch a recorded webinar on Inflammatory Airway Disease in Dogs by world renowned respiratory expert Phil Madrid DVM. The webinar (1hr 15min) covers an overview of respiratory architecture, common inflammatory conditions, diagnosis and...
by Jon Slattery | Jun 16, 2020 | Vets-News
Most patients that are diagnosed with allergic or inflammatory airway disease will be initially stabilised on injectable or oral medication. Whilst this usually leads to a rapid reduction of clinical symptoms there are notable draw backs to their long term usage....
by Jon Slattery | Nov 22, 2019 | News, Vets-News
Severe equine asthma (sEA), which closely resembles human asthma, is a debilitating and performance-limiting allergic respiratory disorder which affects 14% of horses in the Northern Hemisphere and is associated with increased allergen-specific immunoglobulin E (IgE)...
by Jon Slattery | May 27, 2019 | News, Vets-News
Researchers from the University of Montreal discuss identification of blood biomarkers for the diagnosis of asthma in horses. They conclude that haptoglobin, SCGB, and SP‐D may be diagnostic aids in horses with clinical signs of lower airway disease and neutrophilic...
by Jon Slattery | Jul 4, 2018 | News, Vets-News
Haspel et. al compare the pharmokinetics and bioavailability of dexamethasone sodium phosphate (DSP) given by the intravenous and nebulised route. Their findings support similar studies in humans showing that efficacy between the two routes at reducing...
