New findings on animal diseases published since 2003. 1. Dogs

This is the first article of a series of papers reviewing "new findings" on animal diseases. The articles are arranged in order of animal species. This article reviews seven publications on new findings on or directly related to dog diseases. The following seven cases are discussed: Canine sarcocystosis in Central America. Copper accumulation in a Skye terrier: Antemortem diagnosis and cytoprotective bile acid therapy. Keratinocyte culture and use of a cultured epidermal autograft. Line 1 insertion mutation in Factor IX of dogs with hemophilia B. Not previously described localization of the lesions in stifle osteochondritis dissecans. Panniculitis associated with pancreatitis: Antemortem diagnosis. Primary polydipsia associated with (and induced by?) gastrointestinal disease. After a short introduction, the bibliographical data, the abstract of the author(s) and some additional information derived from the article are given.