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  A novel non-surgical option to preserve limbs in canine osteosarcoma

  • Date: May 25, 2021
  • Presented by: Joanne Tuohy, DVM, PhD, DACVS
  • Sponsored by: AKC Canine Health Foundation
  • Osteosarcoma (OS) is the most common bone cancer in dogs. Large and giant breeds such as Irish Wolfhound, Great Dane, Greyhound, Scottish Deerhound, Rottweiler, Boxer, Saint Bernard, and Irish Setter are most affected. Osteosarcoma is treated with a combi...  moreOsteosarcoma (OS) is the most common bone cancer in dogs. Large and giant breeds such as Irish Wolfhound, Great Dane, Greyhound, Scottish Deerhound, Rottweiler, Boxer, Saint Bernard, and Irish Setter are most affected. Osteosarcoma is treated with a combination of surgical removal of the primary tumor and chemotherapy for metastatic disease. Surgical removal of the tumor usually involves limb amputation or limb salvage surgery, which can have high complication rates, and not all dogs are suitable for limb amputation. Even after surgical tumor removal and chemotherapy, the cancer often spreads to distant organs and dogs usually die of metastatic disease spread within an average of 12 months after diagnosis. Survival times have not greatly improved over the last 30 years. Histotripsy is a precision non-thermal focused ultrasound method that mechanically breaks down tissues, can potentially induce immune activation towards an anti-OS immune response, and is an emerging modality for treating multiple cancers includi...    less
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  How to establish THC diagnosis in the emergency room

  • Date: September 14, 2021
  • Presented by: Joel Green Weltman, DVM, DACVECC, PhD
  • Sponsored by: AKC Canine Health Foundation
  • To be available for viewing On Demand. Across the United States, local jurisdictions are revisiting historic prohibitions on the sale, possession and consumption of marijuana and other products containing Δ9-tetrahydrocannabidiol (THC), the primary psycho...  moreTo be available for viewing On Demand. Across the United States, local jurisdictions are revisiting historic prohibitions on the sale, possession and consumption of marijuana and other products containing Δ9-tetrahydrocannabidiol (THC), the primary psychoactive component of the marijuana plant. Alongside this, recent reports have shown an increase in the prevalence of THC toxicosis in dogs. Dogs presenting to emergency departments with recent THC exposure demonstrate clinical signs that overlap with numerous, more grievous neurologic disorders. Despite this, an accurate point of care diagnostic test designed for canine THC exposure has yet to be designed. Historically, many emergency clinician have relied upon the urine drug screening tests designed for human THC exposure despite a divergence in drug metabolism between these two species. To date, no prospective assessment has been performed to determine the accuracy of human urine drug screening tests in canine THC toxicosis. Further, there are no veterinary stu...    less
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