Objectives
To report complications, clinical outcomes and CT‐imaging outcomes of a surgical system designed for the management of humeral intracondylar fissures and humeral condylar fractures.
Materials and Methods
Retrospective review of fracture healing from medical records, direct owner contact and an online data‐submission service. Follow‐up included CT scans and a calculated “bone‐opacity continuity index” to quantify bone healing.
Results
There was one major surgical complication and one major medical complication out of 34 fissure cases, and two major surgical and one major medical complication out of 14 fractures. Follow‐up times ranged from 29 to 1268 days. All cases with CT follow‐up had some continuity of bone opacity across the condyle.
Clinical Significance
In the cases included in this study, this repair system was associated with low complication rates and favourable healing rates, particularly for humeral intracondylar fissure.
Splenectomy and treatment with corticosteroids appears to have resulted in remission of clinical signs and anaemia. A reduction in the concentration of mast cells in the peripheral blood had not occurred 6 weeks postsplenectomy, but was evident by 10 months post-splenectomy.
This case report describes the management of cranial cruciate ligament avulsion from the femur of a four-year-old Norwegian Forest cat that presented with a history of lameness which had not improved with conservative treatment. During medial arthrotomy, avulsion of the cranial cruciate ligament from the caudomedial aspect of the lateral femoral condyle was suspected and the torn portion resected. A modified Maquet technique was performed on the left tibia resulting in a rapid improvement in lameness postoperatively. Histopathology of the resected cranial cruciate ligament confirmed avulsion. To the authors' knowledge this is the first reported use of this technique in the cat, and the first of stifle instability due to cranial cruciate ligament avulsion from the femur in the cat.
Prevotella oralis, an obligate Gram-negative anaerobe, was shown to be the cause of meningitis in a two-year-old crossbreed dog. The dog had a six-week history of lethargy and neck pain. On presentation, the animal was reluctant to walk, had a stiff gait and neck pain on flexion. Analysis of cerebrospinal fluid documented a neutrophilic pleocytosis (7488 cells/microl) and the presence of occasional intracellular bacterial coccobacilli. The aetiological diagnosis was confirmed by routine aerobic and anaerobic culture, and identification of the isolates. This report also reviews the literature of the documented cases of bacterial meningitis in dogs.
Objectives
To assess the effectiveness of three commonly used methods of controlling dental plaque accumulation within a general practice setting.
Materials and Methods
A blinded study, block randomising dogs at recruitment to receive one of three treatments to start after a routine scale and polish procedure: once daily tooth brushing using a toothbrush and veterinary toothpaste, once daily administration of a single dental hygiene chew or a prescription dental diet. Blinded scoring of plaque accumulation, both coverage and thickness, was performed at the end of the 6‐week study.
Results
A total of 22 dogs completed the study, which simultaneously assessed the effectiveness of the three means of plaque control. Daily tooth brushing was shown to be more than three times as effective at controlling plaque accumulation compared to using a daily dental chew or dental diet. The dental plaque scores for the diet and dental chews were not significantly different from one another and there was much greater variability in the mouth scores for these two groups of dogs compared to the tooth brushing group.
Clinical Significance
The study design has been shown to be an effective means of assessing plaque accumulation over a 6‐week period using a clean mouth model. Secondly, this study adds to the evidence which shows that daily tooth brushing is the most effective single method of reducing plaque accumulation and optimising dogs’ oral health.
SYNOPSISThe aim of this trial was to investigate ways of improving the survival of Pinus patula seedlings when planted into areas characterised by high levels of harvesting residues (slash). The trial consisted of three non-randomised planting date treatments which spanned the 1997 -1998 summer planting season. On each of these dates, trees were planted into slash lines or areas where little or no slash had been left after harvesting. Sub-plot treatments tested whether the application of insecticide, fungicide or water combinations could improve the survival of P. patula seedlings.Within two of the planting dates tested, the presence of slash was found to significantly decrease the survival of Pinus patula. The relative magnitude of these differences varied between planting dates and diminished as the summer season ended. The impact of the sub-plot treatments was minimal in the cleared areas. In contrast, some of the sub-plot treatments, particularly the insecticide and fungicide combination treatment, improved survival in the slash to a level which equalled the best survival obtained in the cleared plots on each date.Water planting in the slash areas produced particularly poor survival at each planting date.
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