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3.0 Materials and Methods
3.1 Ethical approval Prior to beginning this investigation, the project was approved by Nottingham Trent University School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Science ethics committee. This approval was granted following the analysis of an ethics checklist( Appendix 1), risk assessment( Appendix 2) and permission from the practice principal( Appendix 3). Once approved, the author was then able to begin logging a case load.
3.2 Study period and location The study analysed the body temperature change in dogs admitted to Wear Referrals Small Animal Hospital( part of the Linnaeus Veterinary Group) for general anaesthesia( GA) and MRI investigations. Cases were logged retrospectively from 22 nd August 2022 to 7 th December 2022 by analysing and gaining data from the patients GA monitoring record.
3.3 Animals and Consent Dogs enrolled in the study were those that had been admitted to the hospital for neurological investigations. Inclusion criteria were patients that underwent a GA and MRI investigations of the brain, spine, or shoulder( or a combination of the three), dependant on the clinician’ s neurological exam findings and localisation, with presenting problems ranging from spinal ailments such as pain or limb paresis to intracranial disease, such as neoplasia or hydrocephalus. Excluded criteria included cats, lack of consent, and dogs whom GA monitoring record was only partially complete and missing the necessary information. Client consent was obtained through the practice’ s general consent form, which contains a section for owners to tick consenting their animal for contributions to clinical research within the Linnaeus Group. 99 dogs were enrolled in the study, and their information collected included:
• Species
• Breed
• Weight
• Body condition score
• Sex( and neuter status)
• Age( years and months)
ANIM32126 – EBVN Project 14