Thermal stimuli acting on the skin can cause burn wounds. Clinical and experimental studies suggest a beneficial effect of the necrectomy of post burn necrosis in the hyperacute phase and in the acute phase (during the initial period of burn disease). Heat stroke causes hypovolemic shock and influences the energetic status of the liver, which is the main organ responsible for energy production and energy storage. Determination of the activity of indicator enzymes in serum makes it possible to assess the clinical condition of animals. A total of 25 White Large Landrace pigs of both sexes weighing 50 kg (± 2 kg) were used for the study. Burns were made with a software-controlled heating plate on a precisely defined contact surface of 1% of body surface. This resulted in a burn rate of 30% (± 2%) of the body surface with a lesion range between grades III and IIb. Animals from each experimental group were subjected to an infraclavicular necrectomy. Blood was collected and analyzed for AlAT, AspAT, LDH, and CK activities. In all groups, a statistically significant (p <0.05) increase in AlAT, AspAT, LDH, and CK activities was observed already 12 hours after the burn, and there was a very high correlation between the activities of parenchymal enzymes AlAT and AspAT. The study has shown an association between the moment of performing burn wound necrectomy and the activity of AlAT, AspAT, LDH, and CK.

A traumatic etiology of mechanical injury, trophic and degenerative changes are common etiopathogenesis of cranial cruciate ligament injury in cats. The aim of the study was to assess the usage of the authors own design triangular saw guide for surgery of the cranial tibial wedge osteotomy in feline patients. Cranial tibial wedge osteotomy procedures were performed in 10 cats of both genders. The appliance of a triangular saw guide and modified technique ensures meticulous orthogonal incision in the course of the cranial tibial wedge osteotomy and enables achieving a levelling of the tibial plateau precisely, reducing cortical damage and significantly decreasing the surgical time. It provides an adequate environment for bone union within three months post operatively.

Upper respiratory tract (URT) diseases are remarkably common in cats, and can be both challenging in the acute state and frustrating in the chronic state. The imaging of the feline nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses by conventional radiography is still common. However, information obtained by this technique is limited, primarily because of superimposition of anatomic structures. Radiographic findings from conventional radiography can be vastly extended with computed tomography (CT). In this article, we discuss the application of CT and the typical radiographic features of feline viral and fungal rhinitis, nasal neoplasia, inflammatory polyps, nasopharyngeal stenosis, soft palate dysgenesis, and nasal foreign bodies.