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Welcome to the BSAVA Video Library. This page gathers together all the clinical videos that are published alongside our manual chapters and Companion articles. If you have access to the source content you will be able to play the video from this page, as long as you are logged in. If you do not have access, clicking on the video title will take you to the source article or chapter. You can either use a library pass, or buy the chapter or article, to gain access to all the videos and the full text of that chapter or article. Please note that library passes cannot be used on Companion articles - BSAVA members already have access to Companion. Alternatively you can buy the entire book to gain access to all the videos in that book. You can use the filters on the left to focus on your topics of interest and you can also search the site and filter by content type=video. Please contact us with any feedback or suggestions.
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Hamsters can be persuaded to sit quietly for a brief visual examination when tempted with food. This is a healthy, active hamster.
On anaesthetic recovery, a liquid, high caloric meal is well tolerated by hamsters.
This clip shows a large heart base mass in a dog, which expands into both the right and left atria.
Hemi-walking tests the ability of the animal to walk on the thoracic and pelvic limbs on one side whilst holding the limbs on the other side. The animal should be pushed away from the side on which its limbs are supported. The speed and coordination of the movements should be assessed. (See pages 17 and 18 in the Manual)
This clip shows the liver of the same dog as in Figure 8.27 using Colour Doppler with the sample volume placed in the caudal vena cava. The liver is enlarged and the caudal vena cava and hepatic veins are distended. Turbulent blood flow is seen in the caudal vena cava as a mosaic of colours.
Longitudinal image of the liver of the same dog as in Figure 8.16 during a contrast-enhanced ultrasound examination. Forty seconds after injection of the contrast medium, rounded hypoechoic areas are seen within the parenchyma, resembling the hypoechoic areas seen on routine ultrasonography. This is consistent with a malignant lesion and the final diagnosis was a hepatocellular carcinoma.
This clip shows a longitudinal image of the liver of the same dog as in Figure 8.18. Initially the image appears very dark. After the initial arterial phase, homogeneous enhancement of the surrounding liver parenchyma occurs.
Neurological examination of a 5-year-old male neutered Labrador Retriever with acute hindlimb paralysis.
The hopping response is tested by holding the contralateral limb off the ground and supporting the hind end of the animal (or front end if testing a pelvic limb) to put the majority of the bodyweight on the limb being tested. The animal is then pushed laterally on the side of the limb being tested. The normal response is hopping on the limb being tested to accommodate a new body position as the centre of gravity is displaced laterally. An equal response should be seen on both sides. (See page 18 in the Manual)
The pre-induction check.
The pre-procedural check - the time out.
The pre-recovery check.
Hydrocephalus can be identified using ultrasonography where an open fontanelle exists for paediatric probe placement. In this case, diffuse enlargement of the ventricular system can be seen as hypoechoic cavities contained within the thin parenchyma. (See page 146 in the Manual)
This clip shows enlargement of the right kidney in a young Exotic Shorthaired cat. There is severe fluid distension of the renal pelvis and diverticula centrally. A band of renal parenchyma surrounds the distended pelvis with little discernible distinction between the cortex and the medulla. Towards the end of the clip, an echogenic focus with acoustic shadowing is seen within the renal pelvis. Although there may well have been transient ureteric obstruction in this cat, the pelvic dilatation resolved over a period of a week with treatment for urinary tract infection. (Courtesy of F. Barr)
This clip shows hypereosinophilic syndrome in a cat with chronic vomiting. The small intestines have a generalized thickened and hypoechoic muscularis layer, which is 2--3 times thicker than the mucosa. The intestines are mildly dilated. Histopathology showed severe eosinophilic infiltration of the jejunal wall, most prominently in the muscular layer. Differential diagnoses for this finding should include lymphoma.
Spontaneous contrast (smoke-like appearance) within the left atrium of a cat.
This clip shows a right parasternal short-axis view at the level of the papillary muscles in a cat. Systolic cavity obliteration due to severe hypertrophy of the left ventricle can be seen.
A right parasternal long-axis four-chamber view of the heart in a cat with HCM, showing marked enlargement of the left atrium. The left ventricular free wall is diffusely thickened, and there is thickening of the base of the interventricular septum. Note the presence of a small pericardial effusion.