Retropharyngeal lymph node infection in horses: 46 cases (1977–1992)     

LC GOLLAND  DR HODGSON  RE DAVIS  RJ RAWLINSON  MB COLLINS  SA McCLINTOCK  DR HUTCHINS 《Australian veterinary journal》1995,72(5):161-164

SUMMARY A retrospective study of 46 horses with retropharyngeal lymph node (RPLN) infection presented to the Rural Veterinary Centre between 1977 and 1992 was undertaken. Horses aged less than one year were most commonly represented (46%). Thirty-nine percent of cases had been exposed to horses with confirmed or suspected strangles (Streptococcus equi subsp equi infection) within the previous 8 weeks. Most frequent signs were unilateral or bilateral swelling of the throat region (65%), respiratory stertor/dyspnoea (35%), purulent nasal discharge (20%), inappetence and signs of depression (15%), and dysphagia (9%). All horses had a soft tissue density in the retropharyngeal region on radiographs. Rhinopharyngoscopy, ultrasonography, haematology as well as cytological and microbial analysis of material aspirated from the soft tissue swelling facilitated diagnosis in some horses. Fifteen horses (33%) were treated with procaine penicillin intramuscularly for 4 to 7 days followed by oral trimethoprim-sulphadimidine for 7 to 14 days. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs were administered to 6 horses. Four required tracheostomy for severe respiratory distress. The 15 horses treated medically responded to treatment and were discharged from hospital. Three horses (6%) with mild signs received no treatment and recovered uneventfully. Twenty-eight horses (61%) underwent general anaesthesia and surgical drainage of a RPLN abscess. Nineteen received procaine penicillin G for 4 to 7 days. Four of the nine horses that did not receive antibiotic treatment after surgery required further surgical drainage 10 days to 7 weeks after the initial surgery . Limited follow-up information was available for 37 horses. Thirty-two horses were considered to have made complete recovery, 3 horses had died through misadventure and 2 had been euthanased because of chronic ill-thrift .  相似文献   

Half-Body Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Canine Lymphoma     

Elizabeth J. Laing DVM  DVSc    Peter J. Fitzpatrick MB  BS  FRCP  FRCR    AIlen G. Binnington DVM  MSc    AIan M. Norris DVM    AIlen Mosseri MSc    Walter D. Rider MB  FRCP  FRCP    V. E. Valli DVM  PhD  Angela Baur BVSc 《Journal of veterinary internal medicine / American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine》1989,3(2):102-108

In a Phase I-II study, half-body radiotherapy was used to treat 14 dogs with multicentric lymphoma. Using this technique, a radiation dose of 7 Gray (Gy) was delivered to one half of the body in a single exposure. The other half of the body was treated approximately 28 days later. Of 14 treated dogs, 11 (79%) had a measurable decrease in tumor size. Five dogs achieved a complete or partial remission with a mean duration of 102 and 54 days, respectively. In predicting response to therapy, poor prognostic factors included large tumor burdens, advanced disease stage, and chemotherapy-resistant tumors. Side effects of treatment were divided chronologically into acute (radiation sickness, tumor lysis), subacute (bone marrow suppression), and chronic (radiation pneumonitis, lymphoma-cell leukemia) syndromes. Complications were more severe in tumor-bearing dogs when compared with healthy control animals. Dogs with small tumor burdens and minimal internal disease had fewer complications compared with those with more advanced disease.  相似文献   

Pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis in an adult horse with enteric Salmonellosis     

Imogen C. Johns  BVSc  DACVIM    Sophy A. Jesty  DVM    Frances M. James  MA Vet MB 《Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care》2006,16(3):219-223

Objective: To report a case of enteric Salmonellosis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia in an adult horse. Case summary: A 7‐year‐old mare presented for signs of acute abdominal pain. Exploratory laparotomy allowed surgical correction of right dorsal displacement of the large colon with a 180° volvulus at the cecocolic ligament. Postoperatively, the mare developed fevers, leukopenia, and diarrhea. Salmonella newport was cultured from the feces and P. aeruginosa from 2 consecutive blood cultures. The mare responded well to intensive medical therapy. New or unique information provided: Bacteremia associated with colitis is unusual in an adult horse, although the percentage of animals that may be bacteremic is unknown. The bacteria isolated, P. aeruginosa, a common pathogen of other sites in the horse, has not, to our knowledge, been previously reported as a cause of bacteremia and septicemia in an adult horse.  相似文献   

Primary appendicular hemangiosarcoma and telangiectatic osteosarcoma in 70 dogs: A Veterinary Society of Surgical Oncology retrospective study          下载免费PDF全文

Michelle A. Giuffrida VMD  MSCE  DACVS  Debra A. Kamstock DVM  PhD  DACVP  Laura E. Selmic BVetMed  MPH  DACVS  William Pass DVM  Anna Szivek DVM  DACVIM  Michael B. Mison DVM  DACVS  Sarah E. Boston DVM  DVSc  DACVS  Leslie E. Fox DVM  MS  DACVIM  Cecilia Robat DrMedVet  DACVIM  Janet A. Grimes DVM  MS  DACVS  Karl C. Maritato DVM  DACVS  Nicholas J. Bacon MA  VetMB  DECVS  DACVS 《Veterinary surgery : VS》2018,47(6):774-783

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