Thurid Johnstone

Use of feline herpesvirus as a vaccine vector offers alternative applications for feline health

Ellen Cottingham, Thurid Johnstone, A Carol Hartley, M Joanne Devlin

Journal article  |  2021  |  VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

Herpesviruses are attractive vaccine vector candidates due to their large double stranded DNA genome and latency characteristics. ..

Hierarchical modelling of immunoglobulin coated bacteria in dogs with chronic enteropathy shows reduction in coating with disease remission but marked inter-individual and treatment-response variability

Lina Maria Martinez-Lopez, Alexis Perez-Gonzalez, Elizabeth Ann Washington, Andrew P Woodward, Alexandra Jazmin Roth-Schulze, Julien RS Dandrieux, Thurid Johnstone, Nathalee Prakash, Aaron Jex, Caroline Mansfield

Journal article  |  2021  |  PLOS ONE

Chronic enteropathies are a common problem in dogs, but many aspects of the pathogenesis remain unknown, making the therapeutic ap..

Urine creatinine concentration and urine protein-to-creatinine ratios in healthy nonracing Greyhounds

Rebekah Liffman, Natalie Courtman, Brett Tennent-Brown, Thurid Johnstone

Journal article  |  2020  |  VETERINARY CLINICAL PATHOLOGY

BACKGROUND: Serum creatinine concentrations are higher in Greyhounds when compared with nonsighthound breeds. Greyhounds might als..

A clinical approach to multidrug-resistant urinary tract infection and subclinical bacteriuria in dogs and cats

T Johnstone

Journal article  |  2020  |  New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Multidrug-resistant bacteria are increasingly isolated from the urinary tract of pets, particularly those that suffer from concurr..

Assessment of serum symmetric dimethylarginine and creatinine concentrations in hyperthyroid cats before and after a fixed dose of orally administered radioiodine

Lucia Yu, Lauren Lacorcia, Sue Finch, Thurid Johnstone

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Background: Serum symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA) is a sensitive renal biomarker for detecting early chronic kidney disease (CKD..

Assessment of treatment outcomes in hyperthyroid cats treated with an orally administered fixed dose of radioiodine

Lucia Yu, Lauren Lacorcia, Sue Finch, Thurid Johnstone

Journal article  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF FELINE MEDICINE AND SURGERY

OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were to describe the treatment outcomes following oral administration of a fixed dose (138 MBq;..

Hypernatraemia following surgery for a congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunt in a Shih Tzu presenting with marked polyuria and polydipsia

Valentina Andreoni, Thurid Johnstone, Robert Furneaux

Journal article  |  2019  |  VETERINARY RECORD CASE REPORTS

A 3-year-old male Shih Tzu was referred to the University Veterinary Hospital of the University College Dublin with a suspicion of..

Appraisal of the Australian Veterinary Prescribing Guidelines for antimicrobial prophylaxis for surgery in dogs and cats

LY Hardefeldt, HK Crabb, KE Bailey, T Johnstone, JR Gilkersoe, H Billman-Jacobe, GF Browning

Journal article  |  2019  |  Australian Veterinary Journal

The Australian Veterinary Prescribing Guidelines for antimicrobial prophylaxis for surgery on dogs and cats are evidence-based gui..

Toxoplasmosis as a cause of life-threatening respiratory distress in a dog receiving immunosuppressive therapy

Amy Pepper, Caroline Mansfield, Andrew Stent, Thurid Johnstone

Journal article  |  2019  |  CLINICAL CASE REPORTS

Disseminated toxoplasmosis is a potentially fatal complication in dogs receiving immunosuppressive therapy, particularly if multip..

Establishment of reference intervals for serum symmetric dimethylarginine in adult nonracing Greyhounds

Rebekah Liffman, Thurid Johnstone, Brett Tennent-Brown, Graham Hepworth, Natalie Courtman

Journal article  |  2018  |  VETERINARY CLINICAL PATHOLOGY

BACKGROUND: The reference intervals (RIs) for the renal biomarkers urea and creatinine, in Greyhounds, are higher than those for n..