ARTICLES, PAPERS of INTEREST

These papers contain relevance to the care of operational canines and are listed for AVMA members who have access to the on line JAVMA publications. Additional articles are open access, as well as in other journals and will be added as they are discovered.

PUBLISHED ARTICLES

K9 DEPLOYMENT MEDICAL DATA

Duhaime RA, Norden D, Corso B, et al. Injuries and illnesses in working dogs used during the disaster response after the bombing in Oklahoma City. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1998;212: 1202–1207.

Otto CM, Franz MA, Kellogg B, et al. Field treatment of search dogs: lessons learned from the World Trade Center disaster. J Vet Emerg Crit Care 2002;12:33–42.

Otto CM, Downend AB, Serpell JA, et al. Medical and behavioral surveillance of dogs deployed to the World Trade Center and the Pentagon from October 2001 to June 2002. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2004;225:861–867.

Slensky KA, Drobatz KJ, Downend AB, et al. Deployment morbidity among search-and-rescue dogs used after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2004;225:868–873.

Fox PR, Puschner B, Ebel JG. Assessment of acute injuries, exposure to environmental toxins, and five-year health surveillance of New York Police Department working dogs following the September 11, 2001, World Trade Center terrorist attack. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2008;233:48–59.

Otto CM, Downend AB, Moore GE, et al. Medical surveillance of search dogs deployed to the World Trade Center and Pentagon: 2001–2006. J Environ Health 2010;73:12–22.

Gordon LE. Injuries and illnesses among urban search-and-rescue dogs deployed to Haiti following the January 12, 2010, earthquake. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2012;240:396–403.

Migala AF, Brown SE. Use of human remains detection dogs for wide area search after wildfire: a new experience for Texas Task Force 1 search and rescue resources. Wilderness Environ Med 2012;23:337–342.

Gordon LE. Injuries and illnesses among Federal Emergency Management Agency-certified search-and-recovery and search-and-rescue dogs deployed to Oso, Washington, following the March 22, 2014, State Route 530 landslide. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2015;247:901–908.

Gordon LE, Ho B. Injuries and illnesses among human remains detection–certified search-and-recovery dogs deployed to northern California in response to the Camp Fire wildfire of November 2018. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2020;256:322-332

Niedermeyer GM, Hare E, Brunker LK, et al. A Randomized Cross-Over Field Study of Pre-Hydration Strategies in Dogs Tracking in Hot Environments. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 2020; 7:292. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00292

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS and K9 DECONTAMINATION

Otto CM DVM, PhD, DACVECC, DACVSMR , Heyer A, and Berkowitz V, BA. Voluntary head dunk: cooperative care for irrigating canine noses and eyes and rapid cooling DOI: https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.24.07.0480

Perry, E.B., Discepolo, D.R., Liang, S.Y., Scott, M., Williamson, K. and Bender, K.S., 2023. Biocidal effects of a wipe-down procedure using common veterinary cleansers on microbial burden within working canine exterior coats. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 10. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1219249

Discepolo, D., Kelley, R. and Perry, E., 2023. Assessment of the barrier function of canine skin after repeated decontamination. Journal of Veterinary Behavior, 68, pp.1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jveb.2023.08.003

Discepolo, D., Kelley, R., Watson, A. and Perry, E., 2023. Impacts to canine dermal microbiota associated with repeated bathing. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 10. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1204159

Perry, D. Discepolo, S. Liang, M. Scott, K. Williamson, and K. Bender. (2023) “Biocidal effects of a wipe-down procedure using common veterinary cleansers on microbial burden within working canine exterior coats.” Frontiers in Veterinary Science. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1219249

Discepolo, R. Kelley, E. Jenkins, S. Liang, and E. Perry. (2022) “A Comparison of Canine Decontamination Cleansers: Implications for Water Use, Dermal pH, and Contaminant Reduction.” Journal of Veterinary Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jveb.2022.07.001

Perry, D. Discepolo, E. Jenkins, K. Kelsey & S. Liang. (2021) “An assessment of working canine contamination from standing liquid hazards during a simulated disaster search scenario” Journal of Veterinary Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jveb.2021.01.004

Perry, D. Discepolo, S. Liang & E. Jenkins. (2021) “Removal of aerosolized contaminants from working canines via a field wipe-down procedure” Animals. 11(1), 120; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11010120

Perry, E.B. Powell, D.R. Discepolo, J.M. Francis, and S.Y. Liang. (2020) “An assessment of decontamination strategies for materials commonly used in canine equipment” Journal of Special Operations Medicine.20 (2) https://doi.org/10.55460/pqxv-5v3g

Powell, G. Apgar and E. Perry. 2018. Impacts of handler training and anatomical location on decontamination efforts for dogs in field conditions. Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research. 29:p 4-10. https://www.journalvetbehavior.com/article/S1558-7878(18)30111-4/pdf

Venable, Discepolo, D., Powell, E. and Liang, S.Y., 2017. An evaluation of current working canine decontamination procedures and methods for improvement. Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 21, pp.53-58. doi.org/10.1016/j.jveb.2017.07.008

K9 CARE: GUIDELINES, TACTICAL FIELD CARE, EMERGENCY

Parnes SC, BS, Mallikarjun A, PhD, Ramos MT, VMD, Capparell TR, BS, and Otto CM, DVM, PhD, DACVECC, DACVSMR. Voluntary head dunking after exercise-induced hyperthermia rapidly reduces core body temperature in dogs. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.24.06.0368

Hanel RM, Palmer L, Baker J, et al. Best practice recommendations for prehospital veterinary care of dogs and cats. JVECC 2016;166-233. doi: 10.1111/vec.12455

Palmer L, Gautier A. Clinical Update: The Risk of Opioid Toxicity and Naloxone Use in Operational K9s. JSOM 2017:4;86-92

Palmer L. Clinical Update: Concepts of Prehospital Traumatic Hemorrhage Control in the Operational K9. JSOM 2018: 18,4:123-130

Otto CM, Cohen JA, Darling T, et al. 2021 AAHA Working, Assistance, and Therapy Dog Guidelines. JAAHA 2021: 57:6;253-277

K9 PHYSIOLOGY

OLFACTION REVIEW

E.K. Jenkins, M. DeChant, and E. Perry. 2018. When the nose doesn’t know: The impact of management, medication and microbiota shifts on canine olfactory function. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. Vol 5, Article 56 https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2018.00056

TRAVEL STRESS

E. Perry, N. Gulson, T.-W. Liu, and K. S. Swanson. 2017. Physiological effects of stress related to helicopter travel in FEMA search and rescue canines. Journal of Nutritional Sciences. 6:e28 https://dx.doi.org/10.1017%2Fjns.2017.25

E. Venable, S. Bland, H. Holscher, and K. Swanson. 2016. Effects of air travel stress on the canine microbiome: a pilot study. International Journal of Veterinary Health and Science 4(6) 132-139. https://doi:10.19070/2332-2748-1600028

THERMOREGULATION

J. Baker, M. DeChant, E. Jenkins, G. Moore, K. Kelsey and E. Perry (2020) “Body temperature responses during phases of work in human remains detection dogs undergoing a simulated deployment” Animals. 10 (4) 673 https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10040673

C. Neander, J. Baker, K. Kelsey, J. Feugang, and E. Perry. (2021) “A comparison of black vs yellow coat color on rectal and gastrointestinal temperature in Labrador retrievers.” Journal of Veterinary Behavior – Clinical Applications and Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jveb.2021.03.003