Real-time pathologist-assisted field postmortem examinations of beef cattle.

Autor:	Davies JL; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada., Rogers L; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada., Goldsmith D; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada., Kwong GPS; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.; Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada., Legge C; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada., Zachar E; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc [J Vet Diagn Invest] 2024 Nov; Vol. 36 (6), pp. 799-803. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 17.
DOI:	10.1177/10406387241269043
Abstrakt:	Postmortem examination of deceased production animals with appropriate ancillary testing is fundamental to determining causes of morbidity and mortality. Reaching a definitive diagnosis is crucial to evidence-based herd management and treatment decisions that safeguard animal health and welfare, food safety, and human health. However, for a range of reasons, carcasses sometimes cannot be examined in a veterinary diagnostic laboratory. As a result, postmortem examinations of farmed animals, including cattle, are often performed on-farm by the referring veterinarian (rVet) with tissue samples submitted to a veterinary diagnostic laboratory for ancillary testing. For various reasons, field postmortems can be associated with lower diagnostic rates. We investigated real-time pathologist-assisted field postmortem examination (rtPAP) assistance to beef cattle rVets to gauge any improvement in attaining a final diagnosis. We found that rtPAPs improved the success of reaching a final diagnosis compared to unassisted field postmortem examinations. Both the participating bovine rVets and the pathologists saw benefits to the rtPAPs, with bovine rVets indicating that they would utilize this service in the future if available. Our proof-of-concept study demonstrated the positive role of rtPAPs in diagnosing beef cattle disease and speaks to the need for telepathology services supporting food animal rVets and producers. Competing Interests: Declaration of conflicting interestsThe authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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