Christina McCowan

Protocol for assessment of the pupillary light reflex in dogs without chemical restraint: preliminary investigation

KL Graham, C McCowan, A White

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF SMALL ANIMAL PRACTICE

OBJECTIVE: To explore the use of a modified pupillometry technique in dogs without chemical restraint. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Foll..

A technique for shotgun proteomic analysis of the precorneal tear film in dogs with naturally occurring primary glaucoma

Kathleen L Graham, Eve Diefenbach, Christina I McCowan, Andrew JR White

Journal article  |  2020  |  VETERINARY OPHTHALMOLOGY

OBJECTIVE: To introduce a protocol for the characterization of protein patterns in tears of dogs with primary angle closure glauco..

Development of a vision impairment score for the assessment of functional vision in dogs: Initial evidence of validity, reliability, and responsiveness

Kathleen L Graham, Jacky Reid, Cameron JG Whittaker, Evelyn JS Hall, Kelly Caruso, Christina I McCowan, Andrew White

Journal article  |  2019  |  VETERINARY OPHTHALMOLOGY

AIM: To describe the development and initial validation of a questionnaire measuring functional vision in dogs. METHODS: A 17-item..

Bovine digital dermatitis in Victoria, Australia.

J Hesseling, AR Legione, MA Stevenson, CI McCowan, MF Pyman, C Finochio, D Nguyen, CL Roic, OL Thiris, AJ Zhang, G van Schaik, JE Coombe

Journal article  |  2019  |  Australian Veterinary Journal

AIMS: The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of digital dermatitis (DD) in Victoria, Australia, and to inves..

Optical coherence tomography of the retina, nerve fiber layer, and optic nerve head in dogs with glaucoma

Kathleen L Graham, Christina I McCowan, Kelly Caruso, F Mark Billson, Cameron JG Whittaker, Andrew White

Journal article  |  2019  |  VETERINARY OPHTHALMOLOGY

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the retina and optic nerve head (ONH) in canine eyes predisposed to glaucoma using optical coherence tomogr..

A forced-choice preferential looking task for the assessment of vision in dogs: pilot study

KL Graham, S-E Byosiere, LC Feng, M Sanders, PC Bennett, K Caruso, CI McCowan, A White

Journal article  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF SMALL ANIMAL PRACTICE

OBJECTIVES: To describe preliminary use of a forced-choice preferential looking task for the clinical assessment of vision in dogs..

Bone marrow fat analysis as a diagnostic tool to document ante-mortem starvation.

Troy I Raglus, Bert De Groef, Simone Rochfort, Grant Rawlin, Christina McCowan

Journal article  |  2019  |  The Veterinary Journal

Veterinary diagnostic clinicians are increasingly presented with emaciated animals involved in suspected neglect cases. A rise in ..

Feline leprosy due to Candidatus "Mycobacterium lepraefelis': Further clinical and molecular characterisation of eight previously reported cases and an additional 30 cases

Carolyn R O'Brien, Richard Malik, Maria Globan, George Reppas, Christina McCowan, Janet A Fyfe

Journal article  |  2017  |  JOURNAL OF FELINE MEDICINE AND SURGERY

OBJECTIVES: This paper, the last in a series of three on 'feline leprosy', provides a detailed description of disease referable to..

Feline leprosy due to Mycobacterium lepraemurium: Further clinical and molecular characterisation of 23 previously reported cases and an additional 42 cases

Carolyn R O'Brien, Richard Malik, Maria Globan, George Reppas, Christina McCowan, Janet A Fyfe

Journal article  |  2017  |  JOURNAL OF FELINE MEDICINE AND SURGERY

OBJECTIVES: This paper, the second in a series of three on 'feline leprosy', provides a detailed description of disease referable ..

Feline leprosy due to Candidatus "Mycobacterium tarwinense': Further clinical and molecular characterisation of 15 previously reported cases and an additional 27 cases

Carolyn R O'Brien, Richard Malik, Maria Globan, George Reppas, Christina McCowan, Janet A Fyfe

Journal article  |  2017  |  JOURNAL OF FELINE MEDICINE AND SURGERY

OBJECTIVES: This paper, the first in a series of three on 'feline leprosy', provides a detailed description of disease referable t..