phaidra.vetmeduni.ac.at o:3957 DOI 10.3390/agriculture15030286 Effects of Lameness on Milk Yield, Milk Quality Indicators, and Rumination Behaviour in Dairy Cows During dental scaling in dogs under general anaesthesia, contamination of the peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) is unavoidable due to splatter and the generated aerosol. Bacterial contamination was compared between two commonly used PIVC placement sites. Thirty-nine client-owned dogs with a minimum length from their nose to their tail base of 50 cm were randomly assigned to receive a PIVC in either their cephalic or saphenous vein. Irrespective of the PIVC placement site, brain heart infusion agar dishes were placed in the cephalic and saphenous vein areas. Their lids were closed 0, 5, and 10 min into the procedure. Contamination was measured by counting the colony-forming units after incubation on different substrates. The data were analysed with descriptive statistics, ANOVA, and ANCOVA (p< 0.05). The cephalic vein area showed a significantly higher bacterial load than the saphenous vein area (p ≈ 0.0) regardless of the length of the dog. Furthermore, the dorsal PIVC injection ports were sampled before and after scaling, and the colonies isolated were counted and subjected to MALDI-TOF-MS for identification. The bacteria mainly belonged to the genera Staphylococcus, Neisseria, and Bacillus. Our results suggest that for dental scaling in dogs, the PIVC should be placed in the pelvic limb whenever possible to reduce the potential risk of contamination. eng Scoring System Digital Dermatitis Health Disorders Locomotion Score Associations Fertility Diseases Impact Cattle Time 2025-03-21T10:05:06.582Z LOMv1.0 Author BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Džermeikaite;Karina; FN:Karina Džermeikaite X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5343-6590 END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Krištolaityte;Justina; FN:Justina Krištolaityte X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0462-1463 END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Anskiene;Lina; FN:Lina Anskiene X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8333-3086 END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Šertvytyte;Greta; FN:Greta Šertvytyte X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4801-3814 END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Lemboviciute;Gabija; FN:Gabija Lemboviciute END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Girdauskaite;Akvile; FN:Akvile Girdauskaite END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Rutkauskas;Arunas; FN:Arunas Rutkauskas END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Baumgartner;Walter; FN:Walter Baumgartner X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7366-7242 END:VCARD BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Antanaitis;Ramunas; FN:Ramunas Antanaitis X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9993-2224 END:VCARD https://w3id.org/kim/hcrt/scheme https://w3id.org/kim/hcrt/text Textdokument Text LOMv1.0 yes https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 application/pdf 238888 https://phaidra.vetmeduni.ac.at/o:3957 https://phaidra.vetmeduni.ac.at/api/object/o:3957/thumbnail LOMv1.0 discipline