Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về bệnh học thý y được đăng trên tạp chí Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về bệnh thú y đề tài: Evaluation of dog owners' perceptions concerning radiation therapy. | Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica BioMed Central Brief communication Open Access Evaluation of dog owners perceptions concerning radiation therapy Nanna Ảkerlund Denneberg 1 and Agneta Egenvall2 Address 1Jõnkõping Small Animal Hospital Oskarshallsgatan 6 SE-553 03 Jonkoping Sweden and 2Department of Clinical Sciences Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences SE-750 07 Uppsala Sweden Email Nanna Ảkerlund Denneberg - Agneta Egenvall - Corresponding author Published 29 April 2009 Received 29 January 2008 Acta Veterinaria Scandinavian 2009 51 19 doi 1751-0147-51-19 Accepted 29 April 2009 This article is available from http content 51 1 19 2009 Denneberg and Egenvall licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background External radiation therapy RT has been available for small animals in Sweden since 2006. This study was designed to obtain information on owner experiences and perceptions related to RT of cancer in their dogs. Another survey was used to determine the attitudes about use of RT in a group of Swedish veterinarians. Their responses were analyzed and compared to their level of knowledge of oncology and RT. Methods Owners of all dogs n 23 who had undergone RT for malignancy at Jonkoping Small Animal Hospital between March 2006 to September 2007 were interviewed. A questionnaire was given to a selected group of veterinarians. Results All 23 owners responded. All owners thought that their dog did well during RT and most that their dog was also fine during the following phase when acute RT-related skin reactions occur and heal. Three owners stated that their dog
