PURPOSE To evaluate the performance of fibrin adhesive and absorbable suture thread in the repairing of hepatic injures in rabbits. METHODS New Zealand albino rabbits (n=16), males and females, from 5 to 6 months old, average weight of 2500 g, were distributed randomly in Group A (n-8) - biological adhesive and Group B (n=8) - suture thread. After anesthesia with acepromazine (1mg/Kg), ketami...

PURPOSE. To evaluate the effect of acutely elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) on retinal thickness and optic nerve head (ONH) structure in the rat eye by spectral domain-optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). METHODS. Fourteen adult male Brown-Norway rats were studied under anesthesia (ketamine/xylazine/acepromazine, 55:5:1 mg/kg intramuscularly). Both eyes were imaged by SD-OCT on two baselin...

BACKGROUND Tumescent anaesthesia (TA) is a widely used technique in oncologic surgeries necessitating large resection margins. This technique produces transoperative and postoperative analgesia, reduces surgical bleeding, and facilitates tissue divulsion. This prospective, randomised, blind study evaluated the use of TA in bitches submitted to mastectomy and compared the effect of TA with an in...

The effects of drugs that either stimulate or inhibit central opioid, dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin neurotransmitter systems were examined in horses demonstrating signs of equine self-mutilation syndrome (ESMS), a condition similar to Tourette’s syndrome in humans. Eight flankbiting horses with ESMS were recruited for the study. A series of drugs selected for their activity on the afo...

Endotracheal intubation has several indications including maintenance of a patent airway, protection of the airway from aspiration of foreign materials, administration of oxygen and inhalant anaesthetics, and application of positive-pressure ventilation (Hartsfield 2007). Oesophageal intubation is a common complication of endotracheal intubation in humans and animals. However, swallowing an end...

Thirteen pine martens (Martes americana) were sampled periodically from July 1979 to September 1980 for plague (Yersinia pestis) antibodies and their fleas collected and identified. Four individuals were positive for plague antibodies on 8 of 24 sampling occasions. Titer peaks in these individuals occurred simultaneously in early winter but fell to undetectable levels by late spring. A chipmunk...

------------------To investigate a means of rewarming individuals suffering from accidental hypothermia, five Yucatan swine were topically cooled to a core body temperature of 3QoC. No heparin or any other means of anticoagulation was administered. An extracorporeal circuit consisting of polyvinylchloride tubing, a Bio-Pump and an external stainless steel heat exchanger was utilized and primed ...

Introduction: Tumor hypoxia and its downstream effects are of considerable interest in both basic and clinical oncology research due to their negative impact on response to various cancer therapies and promotion of metastasis. Diagnosing tumor hypoxia non-invasively could provide a significant advancement in cancer treatment and will be key to implementing emerging targeted therapies that will ...

M E T H O D S Sevento 8-Hz oscillatory activity was seen during behavioral states in which the animal was immobile; any movement the animal Five female albino Sprague-Dawley rats, aged 4–10 mo, were made coincided with termination of the oscillations. However, implanted with microwire electrode arrays, either in left Crus IIa nearly one-third of oscillatory episodes appeared to cease spontane(n...

There are a number of factors that make cats different from dogs in terms of pain management, but there are more similarities than differences. The magnitude of pain experienced depends to a large extent on the type and degree of tissue injury and severity / extent of the inflammatory process. Experience has led to the generation of opinion-based tables ranking pain severity for animals, but ob...