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de Moura CEB, Francelino LEC, da Silva GRV, Júnior CA, Façanha DAE, Nunes TL, de Paula VV. A combined treatment for self-traumatic chronic skin lesions associated with post-surgical neuropathic pain in a domestic cat: a pharmacological and cold atmospheric plasma approach. Vet Res Commun 2024:10.1007/s11259-024-10499-6. [PMID: 39133400 DOI: 10.1007/s11259-024-10499-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2024] [Accepted: 08/06/2024] [Indexed: 08/13/2024]
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Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) has been employed as a therapy against both acute and chronic skin lesions, contaminated or not, and has effects on angiogenesis and reepithelialization promoting healing. In this context, the present study aimed to evaluate the effects of a CAP jet associated with pharmacological treatment described by the 2015 AAHA/AAFP pain management guidelines and the 2022 WSAVA guidelines for the recognition, assessment, and treatment of pain, on the healing of chronic skin lesions caused by a pruritic reaction resulting from post-surgical neuropathic pain. To this end, a single CAP application was performed on a feline patient with a 6 months old recurrent contaminated cervical skin lesions along with administration of ketamine (10 µg/kg/min) following the prescription of prednisone (1 mg/kg, SID, 6 days), gabapentin (8 mg/kg, BID, 60 days) and amitriptyline (0.5 mg /kg, SID, 60 days). A single application of plasma associated with an NMDA antagonist, anti-inflammatory steroid, tricyclic antidepressant and gabapentinoid thus provided a significant improvement in the macroscopic appearance of the lesion within 10 days, and the owner reported the cessation of intense itching within the first four hours after treatment and a consequent improvement in the animal's quality of life. The medical treatment was finished almost a year since the writing of this paper, without clinical or reported recurrent signs of the condition. Therefore, we observed that single dose CAP application associated with ketamine, gabapentin, amitriptyline and prednisone leads to significant healing of chronically infected skin lesions resulting from post-surgical neuropathic pain.
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- Carlos Eduardo Bezerra de Moura
- Departamento de Ciências Animais, Universidade Federal Rural Do Semi-Árido - Ufersa, Av. Francisco Motta, 572, Costa e Silva, Mossoró, RN, Brazil.
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Animal, Universidade Federal Rural Do Semi-Árido - Ufersa, Av. Francisco Motta, 572, Costa e Silva, Mossoró, RN, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Ciências Animais, Universidade Federal Rural Do Semi-Árido - Ufersa, Av. Francisco Motta, 572, Costa e Silva, Mossoró, RN, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Animais, Universidade Federal Rural Do Semi-Árido - Ufersa, Av. Francisco Motta, 572, Costa e Silva, Mossoró, RN, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência e Engenharia de Materiais, Universidade Federal Rural Do Semi-Árido - Ufersa, Av. Francisco Motta, 572, Costa e Silva, Mossoró, RN, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Animal, Universidade Federal Rural Do Semi-Árido - Ufersa, Av. Francisco Motta, 572, Costa e Silva, Mossoró, RN, Brazil
- Instituto de Desenvolvimento Rural, Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira - Unilab, Rua José Franco de Oliveira, s/n, Redenção, CE, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Animais, Universidade Federal Rural Do Semi-Árido - Ufersa, Av. Francisco Motta, 572, Costa e Silva, Mossoró, RN, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Animais, Universidade Federal Rural Do Semi-Árido - Ufersa, Av. Francisco Motta, 572, Costa e Silva, Mossoró, RN, Brazil.
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Animal, Universidade Federal Rural Do Semi-Árido - Ufersa, Av. Francisco Motta, 572, Costa e Silva, Mossoró, RN, Brazil.
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Emotional Arousal Impacts Physical Health in Dogs: A Review of Factors Influencing Arousal, with Exemplary Case and Framework. Animals (Basel) 2023; 13:ani13030465. [PMID: 36766354 PMCID: PMC9913250 DOI: 10.3390/ani13030465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Revised: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/27/2023] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Excessive emotional arousal has been shown to impact physiological health in both veterinary species and human animals. The focus of work in many models of veterinary behavioural medicine has predominantly been associated with reducing activation of the protective emotional systems; in particular, fear-anxiety. The management of the engaging emotional systems of desire-seeking, social play, care and lust has not traditionally been considered in the treatment of physiological health of veterinary species. This article reviews the literature in both veterinary and human fields on the relationship between emotional arousal of both protective and engaging emotional systems and physical health conditions. The current literature describing the regulatory control of sleep on emotional arousal is also discussed. An exemplary case report of a seven month old male entire Cocker Spaniel showing fly-snapping behaviour which had been non-responsive to leviteracetam (Keppra) is presented. The emotional health assessment and treatment of this case is described along with the short and long term (fourteen month follow up) outcomes to demonstrate that some patients presenting in this way can be effectively managed with an appropriate behavioural medicine treatment plan. The authors put forward the argument that an emotional health assessment should be considered an essential component of the work up of all such cases.
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Garbiec A, Zieliński D, Wojtaś J, Krupa W, Goleman M, Karpiński M. Behavioural changes in the course of homelessness and dermatological disease – case report. J Vet Behav 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jveb.2021.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Kupfer TR, Fessler DMT. Ectoparasite defence in humans: relationships to pathogen avoidance and clinical implications. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2019; 373:rstb.2017.0207. [PMID: 29866920 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Currently, disgust is regarded as the main adaptation for defence against pathogens and parasites in humans. Disgust's motivational and behavioural features, including withdrawal, nausea, appetite suppression and the urge to vomit, defend effectively against ingesting or touching sources of pathogens. However, ectoparasites do not attack their hosts via ingestion, but rather actively attach themselves to the body surface. Accordingly, by itself, disgust offers limited defence against ectoparasites. We propose that, like non-human animals, humans have a distinct ectoparasite defence system that includes cutaneous sensory mechanisms, itch-generation mechanisms and grooming behaviours. The existence of adaptations for ectoparasite defence is supported by abundant evidence from non-human animals, as well as more recent evidence concerning human responses to ectoparasite cues. Several clinical disorders may be dysfunctions of the ectoparasite defence system, including some that are pathologies of grooming, such as skin picking and trichotillomania, and others, such as delusory parasitosis and trypophobia, which are pathologies of ectoparasite detection. We conclude that future research should explore both distinctions between, and overlap across, ectoparasite defence systems and pathogen avoidance systems, as doing so will not only illuminate proximate motivational systems, including disgust, but may also reveal important clinical and social consequences.This article is part of the Theo Murphy meeting issue 'Evolution of pathogen and parasite avoidance behaviours'.
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- Tom R Kupfer
- School of Psychology, Keynes College, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NP, UK
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- Department of Anthropology and Center for Behavior, Evolution and Culture, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1553, USA
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Talamonti Z, Cannas S, Palestrini C. A Case of Tail Self-Mutilation in a Cat. MACEDONIAN VETERINARY REVIEW 2017. [DOI: 10.1515/macvetrev-2016-0098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The present report describes a case of distal tail self-mutilation in a 5-year-old neutered male domestic short-hair cat. The cat started licking his tail few months before the behavioural visit. Because of the severity of the self-induced injuries, the veterinarian performed a surgical partial caudectomy. After 3 months, the excessive self-grooming of the tail recurred. Neurological and dermatological examinations, radiographs, urine and blood tests did not show any abnormalities. During the behavioural visit, through direct observation of the cat’s posture and behavioural history, the pet received a diagnosis of psychogenic alopecia. The cat was treated with clomipramine for 2 months (0.5 mg/kg/PO SID) along with behaviour modification and environmental changes. After 1 month, the cat no longer showed excessive self-grooming. Even if no other systemic pathologies were identified, it is always recommended to address these patients with a multidisciplinary approach.
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- Zita Talamonti
- Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria (DiMeVet) , Università degli Studi di Milano Via Celoria 10, 20133 Milano , Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria (DiMeVet) , Università degli Studi di Milano Via Celoria 10, 20133 Milano , Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria (DiMeVet) , Università degli Studi di Milano Via Celoria 10, 20133 Milano , Italy
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