A 46 year old man presented to the orthopaedic emergency department with history of trauma to his left foot. The patient was trying to cross a wooden bridge over a gutter, when his foot slipped and he suVered an inversion injury. On inspection, the foot was swollen, there was inversion of the heel, and adduction of the forefoot. DiVuse tenderness was present on palpation. Radiographs of the foo...

This paper describes some morphological aspects of Cylicocyclus brevicapsulatus (Ihle, 1920) (Nematoda: Cyathostominae) from Equus caballus in Brazil. The worms were studied using an optical microscope (measurements and illustrations) and a scanning electron microscope for a more detailed examination of the external morphology. The buccal capsule is very short, with a very thin wall, and the do...

In this study, quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis was used to identify candidate chromosomes and for detecting the regions that include the gene or genes causing gutter-shaped root (GSR) in AKXL recombinant inbred mouse strains. One potential QTL was detected on chromosome 5 within a region of 13.0 cM, where the likelihood ratio statistic (LRS) score was higher than a suggestive level. Thi...