Management of acute illness in cats     

W R Hause 《Modern veterinary practice》1984,65(6):461-465

Pleural effusions can cause dyspnea and cyanosis, and are caused by cardiomyopathy, pyothorax, FIP, FeLV-related disease and trauma. Thoracentesis is used to obtain fluid samples for cytologic examination and culture. Radiographs made after thoracentesis may reveal the cause. Lymphosarcoma causes a sterile exudate containing neoplastic cells. Congestive cardiomyopathy causes a transudate or modified transudate. The sterile exudate of FIP has a proteinaceous background on cytologic examination. The exudate of pyothorax is septic. Treatment depends on the cause but generally includes thoracentesis and supportive care. Cardiomyopathy causes dyspnea, cyanosis, murmurs, gallop rhythms and other arrhythmias. Radiography reveals a globoid heart in the congestive form and a "valentine-shaped" heart in the hypertrophic form. Treatment of congestive cardiomyopathy involves use of furosemide, but is usually unrewarding. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is treated with propranolol. Fever may be caused by infection, immune-mediated disease, neoplasia and unknown causes. Treatment is aimed at removal of the underlying cause.  相似文献   

Equine hydatidosis: a new record for New Zealand     

Bowie J  Mason PC  Oudemans G  Montgomery RH 《New Zealand veterinary journal》1984,32(9):151-153

Cysts found in the liver of a horse which had never been out of New Zealand were used to infect two dogs which were slaughtered 35 days after infection. Large numbers of Echinococcus granulosus were recovered. These cestodes were compared with mature dog-sheep cestodes, using light and scanning electron microscopy and identified as the dog-horse strain of E.granulosus.  相似文献   

Canine ear cropping     

Gumbrell RC 《New Zealand veterinary journal》1984,32(7):119

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Immunization against polyandroalbumin leads to increases in lambing and tailing percentages     

Geldard H  Scaramuzzi RJ  Wilkins JF 《New Zealand veterinary journal》1984,32(1-2):2-5

A series of 10 farm trials was conducted in which the lambing performance of ewes immunised against polyandroalbumin was compared with that of untreated ewes in the same flock. The trials show that polyandroalbumin treatment is a reliable method of increasing lambing and tailing percentages in New Zealand flocks. An average of 39 extra lambs born per 100 ewes tupped was achieved on farms where ewes were given two treatments about four weeks apart and rams were introduced 18-26 days after the second dose. On farms where rams were introduced less than 12 days after this booster injection an average of 19 extra lambs born per 100 ewes tupped resulted. On farms where rams were introduced at 18-26 days post booster injection an average of 35 extra lambs were tailed for every 100 ewes tupped. The response for immunization increased in direct relation to the liveweight of the ewes at tupping.  相似文献   

Endogenous ionic currents traverse intact and damaged bone   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

R B Borgens 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1984,225(4661):478-482

Living bone drives an electric current through itself and into sites of damage. Such "fracture currents" consist of two components: an intense, decaying current dependent on bone deformation and a stable, persistent current driven by a cellular battery. The latter is carried by chloride ions and, to a lesser extent, by sodium, magnesium, and calcium ions. Endogenous fracture currents are of the same polarity and similar magnitude as clinically applied currents that are successful in treating chronic nonunions in fractured bones. This suggests that the defect in biological nonunions may reside in the electrophysiology of repair.  相似文献   

Smooth curve of evolutionary rate: a psychological and mathematical artifact   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

Gingerich PD 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1984,226(4677):994-996

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Nuclear test yields     

Evernden JF  Sykes LR 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1984,223(4637):642-644

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Britain cuts student grants to boost research     

Dickson D 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1984,226(4678):1059

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Europeans Protest U.S. Export Controls: They warn that American participation in joint research projects could be affected and that Europe and Japan may be driven closer together     

Dickson D 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1984,224(4649):579-581

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Groundwater contamination     

Bredehoeft JD  Usselman TM 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1984,224(4655):1292

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