Aaron C. Wey

TL;DR: The equations developed from this study appear to be applicable to adult dogs of most breeds, and appropriate mean values and prediction intervals were calculated for normal dogs, allowing veterinarians to correctly and appropriately index M-mode values.

TL;DR: The clinical and pathological characteristics of Bartonella endocarditis in dogs are similar to disease observed in humans, more often affecting the aortic valve, presenting with highly vegetative lesions with accompanying calcification, and in most instances high antibody titers.

TL;DR: It is reported the first documented case of endocarditis associated with Bartonella clarridgeiae in any species, diagnosed in a 2.5-year-old male neutered boxer with acute third-degree atrioventricular block and died of cardiopulmonary arrest prior to pacemaker implantation.

TL;DR: The first documented case of Bartonella washoensis bacteremia in a dog with mitral valve endocarditis is reported, and the dog was seronegative for all tick-borne pathogens tested, but the sample was highly positive for B. washoense.

TL;DR: The first feline case of Bartonella henselae endocarditis is reported, with small silver positive coccoid structures in endothelial cells discovered in the damaged aortic valve of a cat.