What is Veterinary Clinical Sciences?

Veterinary Clinical Sciences: Research & Overview | Veterinary Healthcare

Overview

Veterinary clinical sciences comprise the applied disciplines of veterinary medicine concerned with the direct diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease in animal patients, as distinct from the basic preclinical sciences. The field encompasses internal medicine, surgery, anesthesiology, emergency and critical care, diagnostic imaging, clinical pathology, cardiology, dermatology, neurology, and oncology, and it applies physical examination, laboratory and imaging investigation, and evidence-based therapeutics across companion, production, and exotic species. Clinical reasoning integrates knowledge of comparative anatomy, physiology, and pharmacology with species-specific disease patterns to reach diagnoses and design medical or surgical management, while also addressing perioperative care, pain control, and prognosis. The peer-reviewed research in this area reflects this clinical orientation, addressing neoplastic disease in companion animals such as canine mammary tumors and osteosarcoma and their immunohistochemical and phylogenetic characterization, surgical management including comparison of laparoscopic and open techniques and evaluation of cardiorespiratory parameters under anesthesia, regenerative approaches such as platelet-rich fibrin for bone defects, diagnostic microbiology including dermatophyte identification and carbapenem-resistance detection, and infectious disease such as contagious bovine pleuropneumonia. By translating diagnostic investigation into therapeutic decision-making, veterinary clinical sciences underpin the practical care of animal patients and connect laboratory findings to bedside outcomes in veterinary practice.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2020

Investigation of Neoplastic Cells in the Bone Marrow of Female Dogs with Mammary Gland Tumors

R.R. Moreira PamelaCorresponding author

Veterinary Healthcare doi:10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-20-3434

2019

Relationship Between the Immunodetection of Alpha-Smooth Muscle Actin and the Aggressiveness of Mammary Papillar Tumors in Female Dog

Rodrigues Reina Moreira PamelaCorresponding author

Department of Veterinary Pathology, UNESP – FCAV – Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Jaboticabal city, São Paulo State, Brazil.

Veterinary Healthcare doi:10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-19-3101

2021

Comparative Healing Efficacy of Platelet Rich Fibrin and Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles on Critical-Sized Ulnar Bone Defects in Rabbits

Zalama EsraaCorresponding author

Department of Surgery, Anesthesiology, and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, 35516 Mansoura, Egypt.

Veterinary Healthcare Cited by 3 doi:10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-21-3873

2017

Canine Periosteal Osteosarcoma

Noronha de Toledo GabrielaCorresponding author

Department of Clinic and Veterinary Surgery, School of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences (FCAV), Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP, Campus Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil.

Veterinary Healthcare Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-17-1574

2017

Relationship Between Inflammatory Infiltrate Canine Mammary Carcinomas.

Caroline ROSOLEM MayaraCorresponding author

Students of the Postgraduate Program in Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (Unesp) Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV), Campus de Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brasil.

Veterinary Healthcare Cited by 5 doi:10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-17-1586

2018