Long‐Term Outcome after Arthroscopic Debridement of Distal Phalanx Extensor Process Fragmentation in 13 Horses     

OLIVER M. CROWE  BVSc Cert ES    RICHARD J. HEPBURN  BVSc Cert EM Diplomate ACVIM    SVEND E. KOLD  DVM PhD    ROGER K. SMITH  MA Vet MB PhD DEO Diplomate ECVS 《Veterinary surgery : VS》2010,39(1):107-114

Objective— To report long-term outcome after arthroscopic removal of fragmentation of the extensor process of the distal phalanx in horses.
Study Design— Case series.
Animals— Adult horses (n=13).
Methods— Medical records (2003–2004) of horses that had arthroscopic debridement of fragmentation of the extensor process of the distal phalanx were reviewed. Inclusion criteria included: lameness localized to the foot, fragmentation of the extensor process of the distal phalanx debrided arthroscopically, and a follow-up period of ≥4 years.
Results— Of the 13 horses, lameness was resolved in 11 (85%) initially but distal interphalangeal joint pain recurred in 2 (15%) within 1 year of surgery. Three (23%) other horses were retired because of lameness at other sites during the follow-up period resulting in 46% (6/13) being not lame and in full work after 4 years. Substantial changes were identified at surgery in the contralateral joint of 7 horses, even when fragments were only present unilaterally.
Conclusions— Arthroscopic debridement of fragmentation of the extensor process of the forelimb distal phalanx has a good short-term prognosis for resolution of lameness and return to work but a more guarded prognosis for long-term soundness.
Clinical Relevance— These results allow for more accurate prognostication preoperatively and may support early debridement of fragmentation of the extensor process of the distal phalanx.  相似文献   

Carbon and water footprints of major crop production in India     

Amaresh Kumar NAYAK  Rahul TRIPATHI  Manish DEBNATH  Chinmaya Kumar SWAIN  Biswaranjan DHAL  Shanmugam VIJAYKUMAR  Anshuman Debasis NAYAK  Sangita MOHANTY  Mohammad SHAHID  Anjani KUMAR  Manoj RAJAK  Khitish Chandra MOHARANA  Dibyendu CHATTERJEE  Susmita MUNDA  Pravat GURU  Rubina KHANAM  Banwari LAL  Priyanka GAUTAM  Suschismita PATTANAIK  Arvind Kumar SHUKLA  Nuala FITTON  Pete SMITH  Himanshu PATHAK 《土壤圈》2023,33(3):448-462

Scarcity of water and emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) are the two key environmental issues affecting crop production in India.Reducing the carbon footprint (CF) and water footprint (WF) of crop production can help to mitigate the environmental hazards that stem from GHG emissions and water scarcity.The CFs and WFs of three major cereal crops,rice,wheat,and maize,were estimated for the year 2014 under the environmental conditions in India,based on national statistics and other data sources.To...  相似文献   

Net production of herbage from a continuously stocked Lolium perenne-dominated sward in late autumn     

R. G. GUNN  W. F. SMITH  R. D. M. AGNEW  A. D. M. SMITH  D. A. SIM 《Grass and Forage Science》1991,46(4):437-439

Preliminary studies were carried out on the effect of stocking rate during late autumn on a continuously stocked Lolium perenne -dominated sward at an upland site in central Scotland. Measurements were made of L. perenne tiller population density on 29 September and 2 November and of L. perenne net production, mean sward height and total herbage mass in early and late October and early and late November. Stocking rates were 12 ewes per ha during October and 8 and 16 ewes per ha during November. Sward height and herbage mass declined with time and more rapidly at the higher stocking rate. L. perenne growth per tiller and per unit area was influenced by time but not by stocking rate and was closely related to the 5·5°C soil temperature at 10 cm depth. Tiller senescence was greatly reduced at the higher stocking rate and/or the consequentially lower sward height and herbage mass. Tiller net production was therefore sustained at a positive level on the higher stocked sward throughout November while on the lower stocked sward it fell below zero early in November.  相似文献   

Hepatomas in Atlantic tomcod Microgadus tomcod (Walbaum) collected in the Hudson River estuary in New York     

C. E. SMITH  T. H. PECK  R. J. KLAUDA  J. B. MCLAREN 《Journal of fish diseases》1979,2(4):313-319

Abstract. Incidental observations of Atlantic tomcod during routine laboratory processing revealed that a portion of the adult population collected during the 1977–78 spawning season had enlarged livers containing dark coloured tumours and other abnormalities. Of the total of 264 livers collected between 16 January and 27 February 1978 and grossly examined for prevalence of abnormalities, 25% appeared to contain neoplastic nodules and hepatocellular carcinoma. One liver contained a massive tumour (7 × 12 mm) that involved approximately 60% of the liver. The exact causes of the high prevalence of hepatocellular carcinoma are unknown but poly-chlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are suspected of having a possible role. The Hudson River is known to contain elevated concentrations of PCBs. Twelve tomcod livers from the 1977–78 spawning population representing both normal and hepatoma conditions contained concentrations of PCBs ranging from 10–9 to 98–2 ppm (mean of 37–5 ppm).  相似文献   

Effects of Nitrogen Fertilizer and Current Climate on Wood Properties of Corsican Pine (Pinus nigra var maritima (Ait.) Melv.)     

SMITH  C. J.; WELLWOOD  R. W.; ELLIOTT  G. K. 《Forestry》1977,50(2):117-138

Selected wood and cell characteristics were examined in incrementcores from two 46-year-old pines that had been fertilized withammonium sulphate 37, 38 and 39 years after planting. Fertilizationincreased the ring-width and greatly reduced the latewood percentand the bulk density of both early and late wood; the effectswere greatest shortly after the last application of fertilizer,but remained apparent for at least five further years. Thoughboth trees produced more early wood cells only one of the twoproduced more latewood. The average tracheid diameter was not changed, though its rangewithin the annual ring was increased. There were decreases intracheid wall-thickness and length, and in wall volume per tracheid.These changes were greatest in latewood, so that the differencebetween early and latewood was reduced, while the characteristicsof the earlywood were exaggerated. Resin canal radial (but nottangential) diameter and cross-sectional area increased, thoughnumber of canals per unit area of ring was unchanged. Correlations with temperature, insolation and rainfall in March-Juneand July-October suggest that (1) wood properties are influencedby the weather of both the current and the previous growingseasons; (2) the climatic optima for the fertilized and unfertilizedtrees are different and consequently (3) the weather influencesthe effect of fertilization on wood properties.  相似文献   

The Effect of Gravity on Root Emergence from Cuttings of Some Tree Species     

SMITH  N. G.; WAREING  P. F. 《Forestry》1971,44(2):177-187

Poplar shoots trained horizontally and normally growing shootswere used to compare the effect of horizontal and vertical orientationin summer on the subsequent rooting of terminal cuttings; asignificantly greater number of preformed roots emerged fromcuttings of vertical shoots. This difference in rooting abilitymay be due to the lower concentration of indolyl-acetic acidin the upper than in the lower half of horizontal poplar stemsas shown by Leach and Wareing (1967). Decapitation of a seriesof these poplar cuttings (Populus ? robusta Schn.) showed thatwound-root production was influenced by the larger terminalbuds on vertical than on horizontal shoots. From a comparison of horizontal and vertical storage of applerootstock cuttings at 45 ?F in the autumn, 29 per cent moreof the horizontal cuttings than the vertical ones had a basalcallus in the following February. Of these cuttings which madesatisfactory shoot growth (over 5 cm) in the following summer,horizontal cuttings exceeded vertical ones by 80 per cent; aresult which was correlated with root production. In a second experiment with M II apple rootstocks in which cuttingswere both stored and grown at the same angle more roots occurredon cuttings placed horizontally rather than vertically, andthis orientation also induced the rootings of a greater proportionof leafy Worcester Pearmain apple cuttings.  相似文献   

Regional and Global Plant Quarantine Strategies with Special References to Developments within EPPO     

G. MATHYS  I.M. SMITH 《EPPO Bulletin》1984,14(2):83-95

In formulating a harmonized plant quarantine strategy for the European and Mediterranean region, EPPO has found it useful to define and list the organisms to be considered as quarantine pests for the region (so-called A1 and A2 lists, corresponding to those entirely absent and those with a restricted distribution respectively). The criteria for the selection of quarantine pests are outlined. These are also applied in regular revision of the lists. For each organism on the A1 and A2 lists, appropriate prohibitions or restrictions to be addressed to exporting countries are worked out (specific quarantine requirements); collectively, these form the basis for a set of phytosanitary regulations in which each requirement is specifically linked to at least one known quarantine pest. Each A1 and A2 organism is also the subject of an illustrated data sheet. Such an approach is considered necessary to focus attention on the organisms most likely to cause problems and ensure that countries take relevant and sufficient measures when certifying material for export. It does not alter exporting countries' responsibilities, or importing countries' rights to inspect and intercept, with respect to pests not specifically listed.  相似文献   

Two distinct gel diffusion precipitiu tests for the diagnosis of retrovirus infection in goats   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

A. S. GREWAL  I. R. LITTLEJOHNS  J. E. SMITH 《Australian veterinary journal》1986,63(3):86-88

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Protection of recently shorn sheep against adverse weather using plastic coats     

T. ELLIS  A. BRADLEY†  F. WATSON‡  K. ELLIOTT  G. SMITH  M. McGRATH  M. DOLLING 《Australian veterinary journal》1985,62(7):213-218

Sheep cold stressed for 10.5 h had plastic coats applied then the cold stress was continued. In 9 of 10 sheep (test group) showing hypothermia at the time coats were applied, body temperatures had returned to near normal 2.5 h later and to normal in 13.5 h. One sheep severely hypothermic before the coat was applied did not improve and was killed after 2.5 h. Sheep that were cold stressed without coats (wet controls) developed marked hypothermia and were killed between 10.5 h and 21 h. Rectal temperatures remained normal in controls that were cold stressed with coats on (coated wet controls) and in the controls not subjected to wetting (dry controls). Plasma cortisol increased markedly in the cold stressed sheep until plastic coats were applied, but the levels had fallen to normal levels 20 h later. Serum thyroxine levels increased at a faster rate in the test group and in wet controls than in the dry controls and coated wet controls during the first 9 h of cold stress. In 4 sheep of the test group energy utilisation increased markedly and remained high for a variable time after coats were applied then gradually returned to pre-cold stress levels. Liver tyrosine aminotransferase levels of the wet controls were markedly elevated compared to levels found in the test group sheep killed 79.5 h after coats were applied. Histological changes in the spleen and liver of wet controls was absent or only mildly present in the test group sheep. There was severe depletion of muscle and liver glycogen in the wet controls compared with the test group sheep, which were similar to the dry controls and coated wet controls.  相似文献   

Postoperative Analgesia for Stifle Surgery: A Comparison of Intra-articular Bupivacaine, Morphine, or Saline     

JILL L. SAMMARCO BVSc    MICHAEL G. CONZEMIUS DVM    SANDRA Z. PERKOWSKI VMD  PhD    M. JOY WEINSTEIN VMD  Diplomate ACVS    THOMAS P. GREGOR BSc  GAIL K. SMITH VMD  PhD 《Veterinary surgery : VS》1996,25(1):59-69

A prospective study was undertaken to compare the analgesic effect of intra-articular bupivacaine, morphine, or saline in the 24-hour period following cranial cruciate ligament repair in dogs. Thirty-six clinical patients with ruptured cranial cruciate ligaments were randomly assigned to one of three groups. After surgical stabilization, and before skin closure, an intra-articular injection was given; group one (n = 12) received 0.5% bupivacaine HCl at 0.5 mL/kg, group two (n = 12) received morphine at 0.1 mg/kg diluted with saline to a volume of 0.5 mL/kg, and group three (n = 12) received saline at 0.5 mL/kg. Heart rate, respiratory rate, mean arterial blood pressure, cumulative pain score, visual analog pain score, and pain threshold test on both stifles were recorded preoperatively and at 0 to 6 and 24 hours postoperatively. Surgeons and pain scoring investigators were unaware of the intra-articular medication given. Supplemental analgesia, if needed, was provided in the postoperative period according to subjective assessment of patient discomfort. Postoperative pain scores were lowest in the bupivacaine group and highest in the saline group. Pain threshold, measured by applying calibrated loads to the knee, was higher postoperatively in the bupivacaine group than in the saline group. Dogs in the morphine and bupivacaine groups required less supplemental analgesia than dogs in the saline group. The local provision of analgesia reduces the need for systemic drugs with potential side effects. Both intra-articular morphine and intra-articular bupivacaine provided better postoperative analgesia than intra-articular saline, with intra-articular bupivacaine showing the greatest effect.  相似文献