Rapid prototype modeling and customized titanium plate fabrication for correction of a persistent hard palate defect in a dog     

Kuipers von Lande RG  Worth AJ  Peckitt NS  Cave NJ  Tang L 《Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association》2012,240(11):1316-1322

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Combined xeno/auto-grafting of a benign osteolytic lesion in a dog, using a novel bovine cancellous bone biomaterial     

Worth AJ  Thompson KG  Owen MC  Mucalo MR  Firth EC 《New Zealand veterinary journal》2007,55(3):143-148

CASE HISTORY: A 4-year-old female Labrador Retriever was diagnosed with an osteolytic lesion of the right distal radius. CLINICAL FINDINGS: Radiographs indicated a well-circumscribed radiolucent area 18 x 15 x 8 mm, centred on the distal radial physeal scar. DIAGNOSIS: Histopathology, performed via Jamshidi needle biopsy and following surgical curettage, was inconclusive but suggested either an aneurysmal bone cyst or fibrous dysplasia. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: A novel processed cancellous bovine bone xenograft was used in conjunction with autogenous cancellous bone (at a ratio of approximately 4:1) to fill the curetted defect. There were no observed complications associated with the use of this new biomaterial. Osteointegration of the bone graft was followed using conventional radiographs and peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) for 10 months post-operatively. Radiographically, the osteolytic lesion modelled to resemble metaphyseal trabeculation. The cross-sectional area and the average bone density of the grafted lesion determined using pQCT data increased over time, suggesting healthy osteoconduction and native bone production.  相似文献   

Management of fractures of the long bones of eight cats using external skeletal fixation and a tied-in intra-medullary pin with a resin-acrylic bar     

Worth AJ 《New Zealand veterinary journal》2007,55(4):191-197

CASE HISTORY AND CLINICAL FINDINGS: Eight feline patients with fractures of the femur, tibia or humerus were presented non-weight-bearing, with varying degrees of soft tissue and concurrent injury. Five fractures were comminuted, two were open fractures and there was one malunion. TREATMENT: Fracture repair was performed in each case using a low-cost resin-acrylic external skeletal fixator (ESF). An open, limited open, or 'open but do not touch' (OBDNT) approach allowed intra-medullary (IM) pinning of the major fragments, establishing axial alignment and countering bending stress. Application of a unilateral, uniplanar (Type IA) ESF using small diameter half-pins provided stabilisation against rotational and compressive forces. The half-pins and IM pin (tied-in) were incorporated into a composite bar with the resin-acrylic. The single humeral construct incorporated a transcondylar pin into a Type I-II design. RESULTS: Seven cats, including all five comminuted fractures, had uncomplicated fracture healing. Median time to complete removal of the construct was 7 (range 5-12) weeks. In the eighth cat, an open fracture developed into a non-union, which required revision with a plate and bone graft. This cat and six others available for follow-up (median 6 months) were reported by their owners to enjoy normal activity. Two had a mild, intermittent lameness, one had a mild but persistent lameness, and four were sound. Six out of seven owners rated the appearance of their pet's limb as normal. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: The resin-acrylic ESF/tied-in IM pin construct was versatile and lightweight and allowed even highly comminuted non-load-sharing fracture configurations to be stabilised successfully using a biological strategy. Failure of the pin/acrylic interface did not occur and the frames provided sufficient strength as evidenced by healing without failure of the bar in these cases. A resin-acrylic ESF construct is inexpensive and affords the occasional orthopaedist the means to provide rotational stability when IM pinning has been used as the primary mode of fracture repair for short-oblique and transverse fractures. An extensive and costly clamp/bar inventory is not required, and there is greater flexibility for the orientation and placement of fixation pins than allowed by traditional linear bar systems.  相似文献   

Greenhouse gas emissions from the Canadian beef industry   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

X.P.C. Vergé  J.A. Dyer  R.L. Desjardins  D. Worth 《Agricultural Systems》2008

Commodity-specific estimates of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from Canadian agriculture are required in order to identify the most efficient GHG mitigation measures. In this paper, the methodology from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for estimating bovine GHG emissions, for census years from 1981 to 2001, was applied to the Canadian beef industry. This analysis, which is based on several adaptations of IPCC methodology already done for the Canadian dairy industry, includes the concept of a beef crop complex, the land base that feeds the beef population, and the use of recommendations for livestock feed rations and fertilizer application rates to down-scale the national area totals of each crop, regardless of the use of that crop, to the feed requirements of the Canada’s beef population. It shows how high energy feeds are reducing enteric methane emissions by displacing high roughage diets. It also calculates an emissions intensity indicator based on the total weight of live beef cattle destined for market. While total GHG from Canadian beef production have increased from 25 to 32 Tg of CO₂ equiv. between 1981 and 2001, this increase was mainly driven by expansion of the Canadian cattle industry. The emission intensity indicator showed that between 1981 and 2001, the Canadian beef industry GHG emissions per kg of live animal weight produced for market decreased from 16.4 to 10.4 kg of CO₂ equiv.  相似文献   

Percolation of core melts at lower mantle conditions   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

MC Shannon  CB Agee 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1998,280(5366):1059-1061

Experiments at high pressure and temperature to determine the dihedral angle of core melts in lower mantle phases yielded a value of approximately 71 degrees for perovskite-dominated matrices. This angle, although greater than the 60 degrees required for completely efficient percolation, is considerably less than the angles observed in mineral matrices at upper mantle pressure-temperature conditions in experiments. In other words, molten iron alloy can flow much more easily in lower mantle mineralogies than in upper mantle mineralogies. Accordingly, although segregation of core material by melt percolation is probably not feasible in the upper mantle, core formation by percolation may be possible in the lower mantle.  相似文献   

Proceedings of the 1925 annual meeting     

Worth G. Couey  F. E. Bailey  C. S. Gibson  K. W. Lauer 《American Journal of Potato Research》1926,3(10):332-332

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Effects of age on the electroencephalographic response to castration in lambs anaesthetised using halothane in oxygen     

CB Johnson  KJ Stafford  SP Sylvester  RN Ward  S Mitchinson  DJ Mellor 《New Zealand veterinary journal》2013,61(6):433-437

AIM: To use the electroencephalogram (EEG) to ascertain whether the response of the cerebral cortex to the noxious stimulus of castration varied with age in lambs.

METHODS: Two groups of East Friesian lambs were selected according to age; the mean age of the younger group (n=21) was 12 (SD 2) days and the older group (n=20) was 29 (SD 1) days. Anaesthesia was induced via mask using 4% halothane in oxygen, and maintained using 1.5% halothane in oxygen at a flow rate of 4 L/min. Once a stable plane of anaesthesia had been achieved, data collection of EEG and electrocardiographic (ECG) readings commenced, and the lambs were castrated 15 min later, using rubber rings. Median and 95% spectral edge frequencies (F95) and total EEG power (ptot) were derived from data from the EEG.

RESULTS: Following castration, there was an increase in the median frequency (F50) in the younger lambs (p=0.002), and an increase in ptot in both groups (p=0.05), which was of greater magnitude in the older lambs. There were no significant changes in the F95. Both younger and older lambs exhibited a transient bradycardia (p=0.001 and p=0.01, respectively).

CONCLUSIONS: These differences in the cortical response between the two groups suggest that 2-week-old lambs undergo a qualitatively different perception of the noxious stimulus of castration compared to 4-week-old lambs.  相似文献   

Cerebellar cortical abiotrophy in Wiltshire sheep     

AC Johnstone  RD Jolly  CB Johnson 《New Zealand veterinary journal》2013,61(1)

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Necrotising fasciitis associated with Escherichia coli in a dog     

AJ Worth  N Marshall  KG Thompson 《New Zealand veterinary journal》2013,61(4):257-260

CASE HISTORY: Lameness and limb pain associated with a laceration in the inner thigh of a Border Collie dog progressed over 4 days to extensive necrosis of the full-thickness of skin and subcutaneous (S/C) tissue. A successful outcome was achieved using surgical debridement and intensive supportive care, followed by limited local closure, axial pattern flap development, and free skin grafting.

CLINICAL FINDINGS: Clinical findings included severe pain, depression, pyrexia and hypoalbuminaemia, and full-thickness loss of skin from the caudal thigh to the hock. Histopathologically, debrided tissue showed extensive necrosis of the dermis, adipose and muscle tissues, and the presence of numerous Gram-negative rods. Escherichia coli was cultured from deep tissue samples.

DIAGNOSIS: Necrotising fasciitis (NF) associated with E. coli infection.

CLINICAL RELEVANCE: NF associated with E. coli has not been previously reported in dogs. The importance of early diagnosis and surgical debridement is noted and the relevant medical literature is reviewed.  相似文献   

Nitrite poisoning in cats and dogs fed a commercial pet food     

A.J. Worth  S.J. Ainsworth  P.J. Brocklehurst  M.G. Collet 《New Zealand veterinary journal》2013,61(5):193-195

The death of three cats, from two separate households, was linked to toxic concentrations of sodium nitriterused as a preservative, in a commercial pet food. Post-mortem examination of the three cats revealed a brownish discoloration of the blood suggestive of methaemoglobinaemia. Analysis of two samples of the pet food fed to the cats revealed a mean concentration of 2850 mg of total nitrite per kg of food (as fed). In a further incident, ataxia and weakness was noticed in two of four dogs after they were fed the same brand of pet food. One dog was successfully treated for methaemoglobinaemia with intravenous methylene blue.  相似文献