Gamification as a tool to engage the next generation of vets with large animal medicine

2021 ◽  
Vol 188 (10) ◽  
pp. 388-390
Author(s):  
Maarten Oosterlinck ◽  
Annelies Decloedt
Keyword(s):  
Large Animal ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Animal Medicine

scholarly journals Modification of empirical antimicrobial regimens in large animal medicine

2020 ◽  
Vol 187 (9) ◽  
pp. e78-e78
Author(s):  
Laurel Redding ◽  
Haley Grunwald ◽  
Stephen Cole ◽  
Shelley Rankin ◽  
Rose Nolen-Walston
Keyword(s):  
Disease Prevention ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Empirical Therapy ◽  
Antimicrobial Use ◽  
Large Animal ◽  
Disease Treatment ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Lengths Of Stay ◽  
Animal Medicine

BackgroundEmpirical antimicrobial regimens can be modified following new diagnostic information or when empirical treatment fails. Little is known about the frequency or clinical context in which these modifications occur. We characterised these modifications in a large animal hospital to identify when antimicrobial use could be optimised.MethodsChart reviews were performed for all inpatients and outpatients administered antimicrobials at a large animal veterinary referral and teaching hospital in 2017–2018 (n=1163 visits) to determine when and why empirical regimens were modified. Multinomial logistic regression was performed to identify factors associated with reasons for modification.ResultsEmpirical antimicrobial regimens were modified in 17.3 per cent of visits. The main reasons were parenteral-oral conversions in horses and failure of disease prevention or treatment in ruminants. Empirical therapy for disease prevention was more likely to be modified because of complications in ruminants and in animals on the emergency/critical care service. Empirical therapy for disease treatment was more often modified for reasons other than de-escalation in ruminants and in animals with longer lengths of stay.ConclusionsEmpirical antimicrobial regimens were modified infrequently and mostly for purposes of parenteral-oral conversion in horses and lack of response in ruminants. De-escalation of antimicrobials administered for disease treatment, when guided by diagnostics, is a major tenet of judicious antimicrobial use. However, more research is needed to determine when and how antimicrobial regimens administered for disease prevention should be modified.

Role of Lung Surfactant in Respiratory Disease: Current Knowledge in Large Animal Medicine

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Christmann ◽  
V.A. Buechner-Maxwell ◽  
S.G. Witonsky ◽  
R.D. Hite
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Disease ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Lung Surfactant ◽  
Large Animal ◽  
Animal Medicine

Use of a Non-traditional University Ambulatory Practice to Teach Large Animal Medicine

2004 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 380-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret A. Masterson ◽  
Bimbo Welker ◽  
Lowell T. Midla ◽  
Richard W. Meiring ◽  
Kent H. Hoblet
Keyword(s):  
Large Animal ◽  
Animal Medicine ◽  
Ambulatory Practice

Large animal medicine

2017 ◽  
Vol 180 (6) ◽  
pp. 152.1-152
Author(s):  
Mike Evans
Keyword(s):  
Large Animal ◽  
Animal Medicine

scholarly journals Application of a Dry Chemistry Blood Analyser in Large Animal Medicine

1992 ◽  
Vol 45 (11) ◽  
pp. 845-848
Author(s):  
FUMIO HOSHI ◽  
SEIICHI KAWAMURA ◽  
SEIICHI HIGUCHI
Keyword(s):  
Large Animal ◽  
Animal Medicine
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