Posterior lamellar keratoplasty for treatment of deep stromal absesses in nine horses     

Andrew SE  Brooks DE  Biros DJ  Denis HM  Cutler TJ  Gelatt KN 《Veterinary ophthalmology》2000,3(2-3):99-103

OBJECTIVE: To describe and evaluate the use of posterior lamellar keratoplasty as a surgical treatment for deep corneal stromal abscesses in horses. Animals studied Nine horses of various breeds and ages that presented with corneal stromal abscesses located in the posterior one-third of the cornea. Procedure Retrospective medical record study. RESULTS: Nine horses had deep corneal stromal abscesses that were treated with posterior lamellar keratoplasty. Median patient age was 3 years. Six patients were females and three were geldings. Medical therapy alone had been attempted prior to surgery in all nine animals. Corneal abscess culture and histopathology were performed in 8/9 horses. Cultures were positive for an infectious etiology in 4/8 (50%). Histopathology was positive for an infectious etiology in 5/8 (62.5%). Mean surgical time was 71.0 +/- 18.8 min and the average healing time was 23.7 +/- 5.2 days. Visual outcome was positive in 8/9 cases. Conclusion Posterior lamellar keratoplasty is a promising procedure for treatment of deep corneal stromal abscesses in horses. The procedure resulted in considerable shorter surgery time and healing time than had been observed with full-thickness penetrating keratoplasty. Scar formation with this procedure was not significantly different than with penetrating keratoplasty.  相似文献   

Editorial     

Gelatt KN  Brooks DE 《Veterinary ophthalmology》2000,3(2-3):55-56

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Detrimental effects on villus form during conventional oralrehydration therapy for diarrhoea in calves; alleviation by a nutrient oral rehydration solution containing glutamine     

H.W. Brooks  G.A. Hall  A.J. Wagstaff  A.R. Michell 《Veterinary journal (London, England : 1997)》1998,155(3):263-274

This paper examines the possibility that treatment of diarrhoea with conventional oral rehydration solutions (ORSs) may be detrimental to villus structure by imposing nutrient deprivation and that such detrimental effects may be reduced or avoided by using a nutrient ORS. A conventional WHO-type ORS (W) was compared with two nutrient solutions (N and G) both containing high glucose concentrations and the latter containing glutamine; their effects on enteric structure were assessed by morphometric analysis of samples obtained from diarrhoeic calves after 96h treatment. Comparisons were also made with samples from controls and diarrhoeic calves at the stage where oral rehydration would have begun in the treated groups. As in our previous ORS studies, diarrhoea was induced with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (09:K30:K99). We measured villus length and width, crypt depth and width and calculated villus surface area in proximal, mid and distal small intestine (PSI, MSI, DSI), using standard morphometric techniques. Proximal and distal spiral colon samples (PC, DC) were examined for crypt depth and width; mitoses per crypt were counted in samples from all regions. Non-diarrhoeic calves showed the expected gradient of villus length through PSI, MSI and DSI, hence data for each region are normalized as a percentage of the control value for that region. PSI showed the greatest loss of villus length and surface area (50%) with diarrhoea. In MSI and DSI the villus loss was greater with solution W and N or G, as were increased mitoses and crypt depth. Crypt depth and mitoses also increased in the colon with solution W. Colonic crypt width increased with diarrhoea and conventional oral rehydration but less so with G; there is reason to believe that such changes have functional significance. Crypt changes in colon, MSI and DSI were least with solution G. The changes developing in diarrhoeic calves prior to treatment were thus less apparent in those treated with a nutritional ORS, particularly if it contained glutamine.  相似文献   

Sectional notes     

J. H. Heckman  H. G. Zuckerman  C. H. Metzger  W. B. Ward  John S. Gardner  Frank W. Hussey  Ralph W. Donaldson  A. G. Tolaas  K. H. Fernow  E. V. Hardenburg  W. G. Been  Robert Schmidt  E. M. Gillig  E. B. Tussing  K. W. Lauer  K. H. Klages  Brooks D. Drain  H. L. Bailey  J. G. Milward 《American Journal of Potato Research》1935,12(7):196-204

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NOTES ON METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY     

Brooks CF 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1919,50(1299):483-484

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NOTES ON METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY     

Brooks CF 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1918,47(1223):565-567

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Uterine rupture as a postpartum complication in two mares     

D E Brooks  D J McCoy  G S Martin 《Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association》1985,187(12):1377-1379

Uterine rupture was diagnosed in 2 postpartum mares with hemorrhagic vaginal discharge. Both mares had abdominal pain, as evidenced by pawing, kicking at the abdomen, or attempting to roll. Peritoneal fluid analysis was useful in establishing a diagnosis. One mare had many RBC in the peritoneal fluid and was anemic; this mare was managed medically with oxytocin, antibiotics, and blood transfusion. The mare was able to raise her foal to weaning age. The second mare had many RBC, degenerate neutrophils, and intracellular and extracellular bacteria in peritoneal fluid. Surgical repair of the uterus was performed, and the mare was treated for peritonitis. The mare later became pregnant.  相似文献   

ROBERT KENNEDY DUNCAN     

Brooks BT 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1937,85(2212):489-491

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Sectional notes     

J. H. Heckman  H. G. Zuckerman  C. H. Metzger  B. A. Brown  E. R. Bennett  W. B. Ward  C. L. Fitch  O. H. Elmer  Jhon S. Gardner  Julan C. Miller  Frank W. Hussey  E. L. Newdick  Ralph W. Donaldson  Lionel Harris  H. O. Werner  Wm. H. Martin  E. V. Hardenburg  T. E. Odland  Robert Schmidt  Geo E. Prince  Brooks D. Drain  Harold L. Bailey  G. S. Ralston  Chase D. Gaines  J. G. Milward  John Tucker 《American Journal of Potato Research》1935,12(6):158-170

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Hydraulic redistribution of soil water during summer drought in two contrasting Pacific Northwest coniferous forests   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Brooks JR  Meinzer FC  Coulombe R  Gregg J 《Tree physiology》2002,22(15-16):1107-1117

The magnitude of hydraulic redistribution of soil water by roots and its impact on soil water balance were estimated by monitoring time courses of soil water status at multiple depths and root sap flow under drought conditions in a dry ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex Laws) ecosystem and in a moist Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) ecosystem. The fate of deuterated water applied to small plots to create a strong horizontal soil water potential gradient was also monitored to assess the potential for horizontal redistribution of water and utilization of redistributed water by co-occurring shallow-rooted plants. In a 20-year-old Douglas-fir stand, approximately 28% of the water removed daily from the upper 2 m of soil was replaced by nocturnal hydraulic redistribution during late August. In an old-growth ponderosa pine stand, approximately 35% of the total daily water utilization from the upper 2 m of soil appeared to be replaced by hydraulic redistribution during July and August. By late September, hydraulic redistribution in the ponderosa pine stand was no longer apparent, even though total water use from the upper 2 m of soil was nearly identical to that observed earlier. Based on these results, hydraulic redistribution would allow 21 and 16 additional days of stored water to remain in the upper soil horizons in the ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir stands, respectively, after a 60-day drought. At both sites, localized applications of deuterated water induced strong reversal of root sap flow and caused soil water content to cease declining or even temporarily increase at locations too distant from the site of water application to have been influenced by movement of water through the soil without facilitation by roots. Xylem water deuterium values of ponderosa pine seedlings suggested utilization of redistributed water. Therefore, hydraulic redistribution may enhance seedling survival and maintain overstory transpiration during summer drought. These first approximations of the extent of hydraulic redistribution in these ecosystems suggest that it is likely to be an important process in both wet and dry forests of the Pacific Northwest.  相似文献