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Percutaneous ultrasound-guided cholecystocentesis in cows.
1992
Braun U. | Gerber D.
A method was developed for percutaneous ultrasound-guided cholecystocentesis in cattle. The procedure was performed on the right side in the 9th, 10th, or 11th intercostal space of 30 cows. Of the 30 cows, 20 were slaughtered 24 hours after cholecystocentesis and the remaining 10 cows were slaughtered after a 10-day observation period. Changes in the peritoneum and gallbladder wall, observed at slaughter, were minimal. During the 10-day observation period, general behavior, attitude, and appetite of the 10 cows were normal. A transient, slight increase in rectal temperature was observed in 6 cows at 4, 5, or 8 days after cholecystocentesis. Total and differential WBC counts and total protein and fibrinogen concentrations, determined daily, were all within normal ranges. Bile samples from 20 cows were examined microscopically and biochemically. Fasciola hepatica and Dicrocoelium dendriticum eggs were observed in bile from 7 and 12 cows, respectively. Fecal examination revealed F hepatica eggs in 4 cows; D dendriticum eggs were not identified in any of the fecal samples. In 1 cow, F hepatica eggs were observed in the feces, but not in the bile. Bile acids concentration in bile varied from 12.5 to 68.5 mmol/L (mean +/- SD, 45.3 +/- 3.05 mmol/l) and in serum from 3.8 to 281.0 micromol/l (41.6 +/- 17.24 micromol/L). Negative correlation was obtained between bile acids concentration in bile and that in serum (r = - 0.60, P < 0.01). It was concluded that percutaneous ultrasound-guided cholecystocentesis in cows is a safe procedure and that microscopic and biochemical examinations of obtained bile can be useful diagnostic aids.
Show more [+] Less [-]Controlled test and clinical evaluation of dienbendazole against naturally acquired gastrointestinal parasites in ponies.
1989
Bello T.R.
Gastrointestinal helminth fauna of Japanese moles, Mogera spp
1989
Yokohata, Y. (Yokohama Univ. (Japan). Faculty of Engineering) | Abe, H. | Jiang, Y.P. | Kamiya, M.
Helminth parasites of the Japanese monkey, Macaca fuscata fuscata in Ehime prefecture, Japan
1988
Itoh, K. (Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo (Japan). Faculty of Veterinary Medicine) | Oku, Y. | Okamoto, M. | Ohbayashi, M. | Kitamura, Y. | Shibahara, T.
Histopathological survery of protozoa, helminths and acarids of imported and local psittacine and passerine birds in Japan
1992
Tsai, S.S. (Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo (Japan). Faculty of Veterinary Medicine) | Hirai, K. | Itakura, C.
A marine horsehair worm, Nectonema sp., parasitizing atelecyclid crab, Erimacrus isenbeckii, from Hokkaido, Japan
1983
Oku, Y. | Fukumoto, S. | Ohbayashi, M. (Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo (Japan). Faculty of Veterinary Medicine) | Koike, M.
The helminths of ranch calves in the North-eastern mountain grassland of South Africa
1999
Louw, J.P. (Pretoria Univ., Onderstepoort (South Africa). Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Research Unit)
A comparison of the helminth communities in Anas undulata, Anas erythrorhyncha, Anas capensis and Anas smithii at Barberspan, South Africa
1997
Alexander, S. (L.A.B. Pharmacological Research Intl., Inc., Quebec (Canada)) | McLaughlin, J.D.
Parasites of South African wildlife. XIV. Helminths of nyalas (Tragelaphus angasii) in the Mkuzi Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal [South Africa]
1996
Boomker, J. | Booyse, D.G. | Watermeyer, R. (Southern African Medical Univ., Medunsa (South Africa). Dept. of Medical Pathology) | De Villiers, I.L. | Horak, I.G. | Flamand, J.R.B.
Helminths in dogs belonging to people in a resource-limited urban community in Gauteng, South Africa
2001
Minnaar, W.N. | Krecek, R.C. (Pretoria Univ., Onderstepoort (South Africa). Veterinary Tropical Diseases Dept.)
