Volume 4, Number 1

The International Journal of Applied Research in Veterinary Medicine

Table of Contents

1 Causes and Factors Associated With Occurrence of External Injuries in
Working Equines in Ethiopia
Demelash Biffa, DVM, Moges Woldemeskel, PhD

8 Sensitivity and Specificity of Nuclear Scintigraphy for the Diagnosis of
Equine Suspensory Ligament Injuries
James A. Orsini, DVM, Tracy Norman, VMD, Michael W. Ross, DVM,
Raymond C. Boston, PhD

15 Analyzing Blood Gasometry at 3 Time Points of the Fetal-Neonatal
Transitional Period of Dogs Born by Elective Caesarean Parturition
Ana Lucia Crissiuma, DVM, MSc, Norma V. Labarthe, DVM, MSc, DSc, Carlos J.
Juppa, Jr., DVM, Rodrigo Mannarino, DVM, MSc, PhD, Ana Maria B. Soares,
DVM, MSc, PhD, Liza C. Gershony

23 Canine Lyme Disease: One-Year Duration of Immunity Elicited With a
Canine OspA Monovalent Lyme Vaccine
R.E. Wikle, MS, B. Fretwell, M. Jarecki, LAT, J.C. Jarecki-Black, PhD

29 The Efficacy of a Topically Applied Combination of Imidacloprid and
Permethrin Against Stomoxys calcitranson Dogs
Leon J. Fourie, MSc, PhD, Dorothee Stanneck, Dr. Med. Vet, Ivan G. Horak,
DVSc, PhD

34 Effect of Nutritional Interventions on Longevity of Senior Cats
Carolyn J. Cupp, DVM, MS, Clementine Jean-Philippe, DVM, PhD, Wendell W.
Kerr, MS, Avinash R. Patil, BVSc, PhD, Gerardo Perez-Camargo, PhD, MRCVS

51 Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Parasites of Ruminants in Western
Oromia, Ethiopia
Fikru Regassa, DVM, Teshale Sori, DVM, Reta Dhuguma, DVM, Yosef Kiros, DAH

58 The Prediction of Urine pH Using Dietary Cations and Anions in Cats Fed Dry
and Wet Foods
Ryan M. Yamka, PhD, MS, Kim G. Friesen, PhD, MS, Hein Schakenraad, MSc

67 Tourniquet Injury: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Melissa Hoffer, DVM, Michael Estrin, DVM

74 Evaluation of Tissumend II Sterile as a Multipurpose Absorbable Tissue
Adhesive
Patricia Tate, PhD, Bruce Anneaux, Debra Nickelson, DVM, MBA, Karen Tobias,
DVM, MS, DACVS, Shalaby Shalaby, PhD