Esophageal ectasia in a quarterhorse colt     

Barber SM  McLaughlin BG  Fretz PB 《The Canadian veterinary journal. La revue veterinaire canadienne》1983,24(2):46-49

A one month old Quarterhorse colt was presented after a week history of bilateral nasal discharge and respiratory difficulty. The cervical esophagus was greatly dilated, tortuous and filled with diluted milk. A nasogastric tube could not be passed beyond the base of the heart. An aspiration pneumonia was found at postmortem examination and the esophageal segment from the pharynx to the base of the heart was dilated, thin-walled, had degenerative muscular changes, and a reduction in size and number of ganglion cells of the myenteric plexus. Muscular hypertrophy of the terminal esophagus had reduced its lumen size. Some similarities and disparities of this condition to achalasia of man and megaesophagus of dogs are discussed.  相似文献   

Treatment of nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism in the cat     

Watson AD 《The Canadian veterinary journal. La revue veterinaire canadienne》1983,24(4):107

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Cervical intervertebral disc protrusion in two horses   总被引：2，自引：1，他引：1  

Foss RR  Genetzky RM  Riedesel EA  Graham C 《The Canadian veterinary journal. La revue veterinaire canadienne》1983,24(6):188-191

Two horses with ataxia of all four limbs were found to have cervical intervertebral disc protrusion. Severe pelvic limb ataxia, proprioceptive deficits and spasticity were present in both horses with similar but less severe signs in the thoracic limbs. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis was within normal limits. Metrizamide myelography allowed definitive diagnosis in one case when a compression of the spinal cord was demonstrated at the level of the second intervertebral space. In the second case, an intervertebral disc protrusion between cervical vertebrae 6 and 7 was found at necropsy. Fiber degeneration with poor myelin staining characterized the spinal cords histologically.  相似文献   

The duration of immunity to an inactivated adjuvanted canine parvovirus vaccine. A 52 and 64 week postvaccination challenge study   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0       下载免费PDF全文

Povey RC  Carman PS  Ewert E 《The Canadian veterinary journal. La revue veterinaire canadienne》1983,24(8):245-248

Dogs were successfully isolated for a period of either 52 or 64 weeks following vaccination with an inactivated, adjuvanted canine parvovirus-2 vaccine. Antibody persisted in all ten vaccinated dogs, although in one case by 52 weeks postvaccination only virus neutralizing antibody, and not hemagglutination-inhibiting antibody, could be detected. Sentinel unvaccinated dogs housed alongside the vaccinated dogs throughout the study remained free of canine parvovirus-2 antibody until challenged. Upon oral challenge with canine parvovirus-2 infected material all unvaccinated dogs developed one or more signs of canine parvovirus-2 disease, shed virus and developed antibody. None of the vaccinated dogs became overtly sick. Of the five vaccinated dogs challenged 52 weeks after vaccination, three shed virus and one showed a significant rise in antibody. At 64 weeks after vaccination only one of the five challenged dogs shed virus and showed a boost in antibody titer.  相似文献   

Clostridial myositis following ivermectin administration          下载免费PDF全文

Nation PN  Frelier PF  Schoonderwoerd M 《The Canadian veterinary journal. La revue veterinaire canadienne》1983,24(9):295

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The Management of Prostaglandin-controlled Breeding Programs in Beef Cattle - A Five Year Study          下载免费PDF全文

Wenkoff M  Crowe-Swords PR 《The Canadian veterinary journal. La revue veterinaire canadienne》1983,24(2):50-53

A herd of 180 beef cows was synchronized with prostaglandin and bred by artifical insemination for five successive years. Factors influencing the success or failure of estrus synchronizing programs were identified, including the management of nutrition, postpartum interval, cow age and artificial insemination technology. Specific recommendations on the management of prostaglandin-controlled breeding programs resulted in improving the pregnancy rates from 33% in year 1 to 67% in year 5. Improved management and close veterinary supervision were shown to improve the success of an estrus synchronization program.  相似文献   

Effects of breed, diet and sex on the alkaline phosphatase activity in walls of the bovine rumen and abomasum     

J P Fay  K J Cheng  J W Costerton 《Journal of animal science》1983,56(6):1427-1433

Alkaline phosphatase (APase) activity in tissue samples, with adherent bacteria, was measured from two sites in the rumen and from two sites in the abomasum of 57 yearling Angus and Hereford bulls and heifers fed a high or a low energy diet. In the rumen, APase activity was higher at the caudoventral blind sac than at the dorsal sac in animals of both breeds fed the high energy diet and in Angus bulls fed the low energy diet, but the reverse was observed in Hereford bulls fed the low-energy diet (P less than .01). In the abomasum, APase levels were higher for bulls than heifers (P less than .01) and higher at the fundic than at the pyloric region (P less than .01). Morphological studies also showed that rumen samples from animals fed a high energy diet exhibited a more widely distributed APase activity and an increase in the digestive recycling of epithelial cells that produced some "pitting" of the tissue. The higher APase activity of the epithelial tissue of animals fed the high energy diet may be explained by the greater rate of cell death and renewal indicated by the higher mitotic index reported by other researchers who have studied the cell cycle of the rumen epithelium in ruminants fed high and low energy diets.  相似文献   

Chronic malignant catarrhal fever: a case in a sika deer (Cervus nippon)     

Wilson PR  Alley MR  Irving AC 《New Zealand veterinary journal》1983,31(1-2):7-9

A condition resembling chronic malignant catarrhal fever was seen in a 9-month-old pet sika hind (Cervus nippon). From an initial acute depression, pyrexia, and anorexia, the condition progressed to include hypopyon, keratitis, lethargy, loss of condition, sloughing of one hoof and eventually death after seven weeks. There were multiple, 5 to 8mm diameter dark-red nodules throughout the mesenteries and mediastinum, along abdominal organ ligaments, and about the uterus and kidneys. Histopathology showed the nodules to be organising vascular thrombi. Concurrent perivascular mononuclear infiltrations and intravascular thrombi in many tissues confirmed that the condition was malignant catarrhal fever.  相似文献   

Formalin and footrot in sheep     

Ross AD 《New Zealand veterinary journal》1983,31(10):170-172

Changes in formalin concentration were measured over time in uncontaminated solutions and solutions heavily contaminated by mud, faeces, wool or straw. Shallow plastic trays containing 1.11 of a 9% aqueous solution of formalin were exposed for 6 days (trial 1) or 8 days (trial 2) to windy autumn weather. Evaporation of solution volumes was high (47-73%). Concentration generally increased over time: by 13-31% in trial 1 and by 61-162% in trial 2. These figures represent actual increases in percentage formalin of up to 3.0% in trial 1 and up to 7.6% in trial 2. Exposure to mud, sheep faeces or wool did not affect the increase in concentration but there was no increase in the presence of straw. As exposure to excessively concentrated formalin solutions produces hyperaemia, cracking of interdigital skin and lameness in sheep it is recommended that footbath solutions should be diluted to 2-S%, prepared on the day of use and discarded daily whether contaminated or not. Addition of formalin or water to existing solutions of unknown strength should be avoided.  相似文献   

Field comment on anthelmintic resistance of sheep nematodes     

Hughes PL  Seifert DA 《New Zealand veterinary journal》1983,31(10):183-184

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