Rabbits, guinea pigs, rats, and other small animals are popular pets and daily patients in our small animal practices. As in all animals, mycoplasmas are also of great importance in small mammals.
Can a single blood sample simplify the invasive and expensive work-up of tumour patients? This is a question frequently faced by both owners and veterinarians.
At the Laboklin expert panels, renowned experts provide answers to questions on exciting and current topics. We have summarised the highlights from the panel on CKD for you.
Feline coronaviruses (FCoV) are distributed worldwide and commonly seen in veterinary practice.
Small mammals are fleeing and prey animals. Serious illnesses must remain unrecognised for a long time, otherwise the animals can easily become victims of predators!
Rodenticides (‘rat poisons’) are repeatedly the cause of life-threatening poisoning in dogs and cats.
The gold standard in the diagnosis of mast cell tumours (MCT) is cytology and histopathology. Clinical staging is based on the clinical picture including the lymph node status (cytological/ histological).
Infections with Echinococcus are some of the most important zoonoses caused by cestodes.
Is the animal neutered or not? This question always arises when stray or shelter animals with missing neutering scars and unclear neutering status are presented or older, supposedly neutered animals start showing typical sexual behaviour such as mounting, barking, chasing and increased aggression.
The most important lungworm species belong to the helminth superfamily Metastrongyloidea, the adults of which live in the lungs of their vertebrate hosts.
The Laboklin expert "Round Tables" have become a well-known event, whereby invited experts engage in a moderated in-depth discussion with questions from the audience.