Volume 5, Issue 1

Margot C Labberte, Colm Reid, David Kilroy, Arun HS Kumar

pp. 1–4 · DOI: 10.5530/bems.5.1.1 · 2019

Cadaveric dissection-based anatomy teaching is being reduced or removed in several veteri- nary schools driven by infrastructural, economic and ethical issues. This may be due to a view that the learning of anatomy is pu…

Nicole Rosenberger, Erica De Capitani, Seamus Hoey, David Kilroy, Arun HS Kumar

pp. 5–9 · DOI: 10.5530/bems.5.1.2 · 2019

Lumbosacral problems are commonly encountered in canine practice. However, breed specific biometric data of the lumbosacral vertebrae are lacking. Such biometric data may be useful to assess the predisposition of an indi…

Andrew Y Kushnir, Tiffany Ng, David Kilroy, Hanne Jahns

pp. 10–12 · DOI: 10.5530/bems.5.1.3 · 2019

Duplication cysts of the gastrointestinal tract in mammals are rare congenital anomalies that arise during embryonic development. Finding these cysts in a juvenile Grey seal is also a rare observation. We report here a c…

K.S. Rao

pp. 13–13 · DOI: 10.5530/bems.5.1.4 · 2019

In this short bulleting, I wish to bring to your attention an extremely important DEPARTURE of the agency to consider non-animal data as default which can sometimes be as important or even more. This is very historic in …

K.S. Rao

pp. 14–16 · DOI: 10.5530/bems.5.1.5 · 2019

Exposure to synthetic environmental chemicals (e.g., DDT and its metabolites, especially p,p`-DDE, alkylphenol ethoxylates, PCBs and dioxins) produces reproductive problems in a variety of vertebrate species via endocrin…