ISSN:0022-4510    

DOI:10.1111/j.1748-5827.1996.tb01766.x

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年代:1996

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ABSTRACTTwenty‐four cats with clinical and, or, clinico‐pathological signs compatible with portosystemic shunting were examined prospectively using two‐dimensional grey‐scale, duplex and colourflow Doppler ultrasonography. Diagnosis of congenital portosystemic shunt was subsequently confirmed in 14 cats using operative mesenteric portography and surgery. Of the 14 affected cats, nine were purebred; eight were male and six female. The mean age at the time of diagnosis was nine months (range four to 27 months). Ultrasonographic evidence of a small liver was present in seven cats (50 per cent); visibility of intrahepatic portal vessels was reduced in three (21 per cent). An anomalous blood vessel was identified ultrasonographically in each cat; in 10 cats (71 per cent) the vessel was observed to originate from the portal vein and drain into the caudal vena cava. Abnormally variable portal blood flow waspresent in eight of the 10 cats in which it was measured. At surgery, six shunts were intrahepatic and eight extrahepatic; the ultrasonographic diagnosis of intra‐ versus extra‐hepatic shunt was correct in 13 cats (93 per cent). No anomalous blood vessels or abnormalities affecting the portal vein were detected ultrasonographically in any of the 10 cats that did not have congenital portosystemic shunting. Hence, the accuracy of ultrasonography for diagnosis of congenital portosystemic shunting in this series was 1

ISSN:0022-4510    

DOI:10.1111/j.1748-5827.1996.tb01767.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

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ISSN:0022-4510    

DOI:10.1111/j.1748-5827.1996.tb01769.x

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年代:1996

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ABSTRACTThe combination of a dopamine agonist, caber‐goline, and a synthetic analogue of prostaglandin F2a, cloprostenol, was used to induce termination of pregnancy from day 25 after the estimated luteinising hormone surge (day 27 ± 4 after the first mating) in five mature beagle bitches. Caber‐goline was administered orally at 5 μg/kg daily and cloprostenol was injected subcutaneously at 1 μg/kg every other day. Treatment efficacy, in terms of pregnancy termination, was 100 per cent. Termination always took place by resorption of the fetuses. No side effects were observed. A mean of three injections of cloprostenol and nine days of cabergoline treatment was necessary to eliminate all signs of gestation. Termination was in each case accompanied by a decline in plasma progesterone (to less than 1 ng/ml) within 72 hours of initiation of treatment. In a control group of five, untreated bitches, plasma progesterone remained elevated throughout a

ISSN:0022-4510    

DOI:10.1111/j.1748-5827.1996.tb01770.x

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年代:1996

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ISSN:0022-4510    

DOI:10.1111/j.1748-5827.1996.tb01771.x

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年代:1996

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ABSTRACTEighty‐two cases of feline pleural effusion were identified and reviewed to assess the type of fluid, underlying disease process, predisposing conditions, historical and physical examination findings, laboratory and cytology data, response to treatment and outcome. Pertinent findings included a high occurrence of pleural effusion with mediastinal lymphoma (and other types of intrathoracic neoplasia), pyothorax, cardiomyopathy and feline infectious peritonitis virus infection. Sixteen cases, eight with chylous effusion, had no underlying disease identified. Cats with pyothorax and effusion secondary to trauma had the best prognosis for complete recovery. Otherwise, the outcome was variable and the prognosis was guarded to poo

ISSN:0022-4510    

DOI:10.1111/j.1748-5827.1996.tb01772.x

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年代:1996

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Book reviewed in this article:Update on small animal medicine, Current Veterinary Therapy XII. Small Animal Practice. Edited by J. D. Bonagura and R. W. KirkOphthalmic surgery successor, Small Animal Ophthalmic Surgery. Volume 1: Extraocular Procedures ‐ A Family Affair. By K. N. Gelatt and J. P. GelattNeurology for the clinical practitioner, Manual of Small Animal Neurology. Edited by Simon J. Wheel

ISSN:0022-4510    

DOI:10.1111/j.1748-5827.1996.tb01773.x

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年代:1996

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ABSTRACTA nine‐year‐old cat was presented with a history of an acute onset of paraplegia. On the basis of the neurological examination, the lesion was localised between the fourth lumbar and third sacral segments (L4 to S3) of the spinal cord. Investigations included radiography, myelography, cerebrospinal fluid analysis, routine haematology and biochemistry, feline leukaemia virus testing and urinalysis. A definitive diagnosis was not achieved and the cat was euthanased 12 days after presentation. Post mortem examination revealed infarction of the spinal cord secondary to fibrocartilaginous embolisation. This is the first reported case of fibrocartilaginous embolism in the cat in the

ISSN:0022-4510    

DOI:10.1111/j.1748-5827.1996.tb01774.x

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年代:1996

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ISSN:0022-4510    

DOI:10.1111/j.1748-5827.1996.tb01775.x

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年代:1996

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ABSTRACTA five‐year‐old male Shetland sheepdog underwent calcaneoquartal arthrodesis for instability of the proximal intertarsal joint. A cancellous bone graft was harvested from the proximal humerus and packed around the arthrodesis site. Twenty‐four hours postoperatively the dog developed a non‐weightbearing forelimb lameness. Clinical and radiographic examination revealed a fracture of the humerus through the hole used to obtain the graft. Surgical repair of the fracture led to an uneventful r

ISSN:0022-4510    

DOI:10.1111/j.1748-5827.1996.tb01776.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

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