A surgical technique was developed for implanting a flexible polyurethane cannula in a lateral ventricle in the brain of calves. Initially, measurements were made on 25 calves at necropsy to develop equations for calculating coordinates for cannula placement. The distance (cm) caudal, in the sagittal plane, from the coronal suture line to the center of a hole to be drilled in the parietal bone of the skull was: 0.73 + (0.00925 X body weight [kg]). The distance (cm) lateral from the midline to the center of the hole to be drilled was: 0.018 + (0.6464 X distance caudal). The depth (cm) from the surface of the skull to the dorsal surface of the lateral ventricle was: 2.29 + (0.0159 X body weight [kg]). Surgery was subsequently performed on 17 calves. A 5-mm-diameter hole was drilled through the skull with a hand trephine at coordinates derived from the aforementioned regression equations. A polyurethane cannula (total length, 30 cm; 1 mm ID; 2 mm OD) covering a stainless-steel 20-gauge blunt-tipped needle (stylet) was lowered through the brain and into a lateral ventricle at an angle of 20.5 degrees relative to the frontal bones of the skull. The blunt-tipped needle was then removed, and CSF was allowed to drip from the cannula to verify placement. One stainless-steel screw was inserted 0.6 cm medial, and another was inserted 0.6 cm caudal to the hole in the skull. The area around the cannula, bone screws, and hole in the skull was covered with dental acrylic (approx 2 cm in diameter) to stabilize the cannula. With minimal restraint of calves, injection of substances into and withdrawal of CSF from a lateral ventricle of the brain were possible in most calves for at least 6 weeks after surgery was performed.

Clinical findings indicate that canine eyes tolerate implantation of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) intraocular lenses (IOL) well, although inflammation and ocular damage attributable to the implants is not known. The use of silicone or polyhydroxyethylmethacrylate (HEMA) IOL has not been reported in dogs. In this study, 15 conditioned, mixed-breed dogs were allotted to 3 groups: 5 received PMMA IOL; 5 received silicone IOL; and 5 received HEMA IOL. The IOL optic was inserted into the anterior chamber of the right eye and anchored to the cornea. An identical surgical procedure was done on the left eye, except that no lens optic was inserted. Clinical examination and measurement of corneal thickness were done immediately prior to and after surgery. Aqueous humor samples were collected at the time of surgery and 28 days after surgery. Only mild and transient inflammation was observed in IOL-implanted eyes. On several postoperative days, it was found that PMMA IOL induced significantly greater corneal thickness, aqueous flare, anterior uveal irritation, and corneal edema than did other IOL. Significantly more anterior uveal irritation and increased aqueous humor protein concentration was observed with HEMA IOL than with PMMA or silicone IOL. Silicone IOL induced significantly less fibrin deposition than did PMMA or HEMA IOL.

A mucosal lesion was created in the center of each test sinus of 6 mature, healthy, nonlactating Holstein cows by resecting a circumferential band of mucosa. Each lesion was then treated by implantation of strip grafts of autogenous oral mucosa, temporary silastic tube implant, or a combination of strip grafts and temporary silastic tube implant. All teats were evaluated for patency 6 weeks after treatment, and tube implants were removed through a second thelotomy incision. All teats were reevaluated for gross and radiographic patency 12 weeks after treatment, and teats were collected for histologic evaluation of lesions. All 4 teats treated with grafts only were obstructed at 6 and 12 weeks after treatment. Incomplete coverage of the lesion with mucosa was observed in all 4 teats. The major source of obstruction was proliferation of epithelium and keratin into the lumen. All 8 teats treated with temporary silastic tube implants alone were patent at 6 weeks after treatment, but were obstructed at 12 weeks after treatment. Foci of mucosa at the lesion site were detected in only 2 of the 8 teats. Obstruction resulted from proliferation of granulation tissue into the lumen. All 12 teats treated with grafts and a temporary tube implant were patent at 6 weeks after treatment and 11 of 12 were patent at 12 weeks after treatment, although marked luminal narrowing was evident in 9 of 11 teats. Partial to complete coverage of the lesion with mucosa was seen in all teats. Proliferative granulation tissue, epithelium, and keratin contributed to luminal narrowing in 10 of 11 patent teats. Bacteriologic culture of quarters from 6 of the 11 teats patent at the final evaluation yielded pathogens.

A study was designed to determine the effect of Pasteurella haemolytica infection on the rate and extent of penetration of sulfadiazine and trimethoprim into tissue chambers implanted SC in cattle. Thermoplastic tissue chambers were implanted SC in 6 calves. At 35 days after implantation, sulfadiazine (25 mg/kg of body weight) and trimethoprim (5 mg/kg) were administered IV to 5 of the calves. Chamber fluid and blood samples were collected from each animal at various time intervals for 24 hours after administration. Ten days later, all chambers were inoculated with P haemolytica serotype 1. At 36 hours after inoculation, a second pharmacokinetic study was conducted, using sulfadiazine and trimethoprim. Drug doses and sampling schedules were identical to those used prior to inoculation. A histologic study of infected chamber tissue was conducted, using the calf not included in the pharmacokinetic studies. Disposition curves of antimicrobials in serum and chamber fluid were well described by 2-compartment and 1-compartment pharmacokinetic models, respectively. Inoculation of P haemolytica into tissue chambers was accompanied by marked changes in the composition of chamber fluid. Increased total protein and albumin concentrations, decreased pH, and disruption of chamber tissue vasculature were associated with a significant increase in the penetration of sulfadiazine and trimethoprim into infected tissue chambers, compared with that in noninfected chambers. This increased penetration was accompanied by increases in the apparent volume of distribution for sulfadiazine and trimethoprim.

At initiation of a 140-day postweaning weight gain test, Angus bulls were assigned in equal numbers (n = 5) to 1 of 3 treatment groups to determine effects of implantation with zeranol, an estrogenic growth promotant, on selected reproductive characteristics. The bulls, whose age (mean +/- SD) was 233 +/- 20 days at initiation of the test (day 0), were implanted with 36 mg of zeranol on day 0, on days 0 and 60, or were not implanted. At day 140, scrotal circumference and testicular consistency were unaffected by zeranol implantation. Zeranol implantation did not affect the morphologic characteristics of semen samples collected by electroejaculation on day 139. There was no effect of zeranol treatment on paired weights of testes, epididymides, or vesicular glands from bulls at slaughter 47 to 68 days after day 140. Microscopic lesions associated with estrogenic exposure were not observed in accessory sex glands or epididymides of any bull. Histopathologic changes in the seminiferous epithelium were not induced by zeranol treatment. Implantation with zeranol did not affect body weight or hip weight at day 140 or carcass weight at slaughter. Plasma concentration of luteum hormone was increased (P = 0.04), whereas testosterone concentration tended to be less (P = 0.08) in both groups of zeranol-implanted bulls after administration of gonadotropin-releasing hormone on day 140.

Modular, porous-coated, titanium segmental endoprostheses were implanted bilaterally in the femoral diaphysis of 7 adult mixed-breed dogs. Autogenous bone graft in particle form was placed around the implant and bone. In 1 limb, homologous fibrin adhesive was mixed with the graft in situ before soft tissue closure. The contralateral limb was grafted in identical manner, but without fibrin adhesive, and served as a control. Radiography was performed immediately after surgery and 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 weeks later to assess callus area and bone remodeling. At 12 weeks, dogs were euthanatized and bone/ implant fixation strength was tested under torsion and compared with values for 6 in vitro controls. Histomorphometric and microradiographic analyses of transverse sections of the distal portion of the implanted femurs were performed. Radiographic callus area was significantly (P < 0.05) smaller in the femurs grafted with fibrin adhesive, compared with the contralateral control. New bone formation (21.4 +/- 1.8% vs 19.2 +/- 2.4%), unlabeled bone (64.8 +/- 3.0% vs 67.9 +/- 4.2%), porosity (13.9 +/- 0.7% vs 12.9 +/- .8%), and bone ingrowth into the porous coating (10.3 +/- 0.9% vs 10.0 +/- 1.2%) were not significantly different between fibrin- and nonfibrin-grafted implants, respectively. There were no significant differences in torsional strength of implant fixation between the fibrin- and nonfibrin-grafted femurs or between the in vivo implanted femurs and the in vitro controls. These data indicate that fibrin adhesive may have been advantageous in maintaining apposition of bone graft adjacent to the endoprosthesis, but it probably did not have an enhancing effect on extracortical bone bridging or ingrowth over a porous-coated segmental bone replacement endoprosthesis.

Fourteen adult beavers (Castor canadensis) weighing 16.5 +/- 4.14 kg (mean +/- SD) were anesthetized for surgical implantation of radio telemetry devices. Beavers were anesthetized with diazepam (0.1 mg/kg) and ketamine (25 mg/kg) administered IM, which provided smooth anesthetic induction and facilitated tracheal intubation. Anesthesia was maintained with halothane in oxygen via a semiclosed circle anesthetic circuit. Values for heart rate, respiratory rate, esophageal temperature, direct arterial blood pressure, end-tidal halothane concentration, and end-tidal CO2 tension were recorded every 15 minutes during the surgical procedure. Arterial blood samples were collected every 30 minutes to determine pH, PaO2, and PaCO2. Values for plasma bicarbonate, total CO2, and base excess were calculated. Ventilation was spontaneous in 7 beavers and controlled to maintain normocapnia (PaCO2 approx 40 mm of Hg) in 7 others. Vaporizer settings were adjusted to maintain a light surgical plane of anesthesia. Throughout the surgical procedure, all beavers had mean arterial pressure < 60 mm of Hg and esophageal temperature < 35 C. Mean values for arterial pH, end-tidal CO2, PaO2, and PaCO2 were significantly (P < 0.05) different in spontaneously ventilating beavers, compared with those in which ventilation was controlled. Respiratory acidosis during halothane anesthesia was observed in spontaneously ventilating beavers, but not in beavers maintained with controlled ventilation. All beavers recovered unremarkably from anesthesia.

Ultrasonography was used to determine whether there is embryo reduction in mares iwth unilaterally fixed twins when a major portion of the vascularized area of the wall of one of the embryonic vesicles is in apposition with the wall of the adjacent vesicle, rather than with the endometrium (deprivation hypothesis). In addition, the effect of ovulatory pattern (synchronous and asynchronous) on the incidence of embryo reduction was studied. Twin vesicles were ultrasonically detected on days 11 to 15 (ovulation = day 0) and were examined daily until there was embryo reduction or until day 40. In 31 mares with twin embryonic vesicles, unilateral fixation (71%) was more frequent (P less than 0.05) than was bilateral fixation (29%). In 28 mares with known ovulatory patterns, synchronous ovulations did not affect the type of fixation (9/17 unilateral and 8/17 bilateral); however, for asynchronous ovulators the frequency of unilateral fixation (10/11) was greater (P less than 0.01) than the frequency of bilateral fixation (1/11). The incidence of embryo reduction was greater (P less than 0.01) for unilateral fixation (14/19) than for bilateral fixation (0/9) and was greater (P less than 0.05) for asynchronous ovulators (9/11) than for synchronous ovulators (5/17). In mares with embryo reduction, the reduction was complete before detection of both embryo propers (early reduction) in 10/14 and after detection of both embryo propers (late reduction) in 4/14. For 17 synchronous ovulators, fewer underwent early embryo reduction (0 mares) than late reduction (5 mares) or no reduction (12 mares; 4 unilateral and 8 bilateral), whereas in the 11 asynchronous ovulators, more underwent early reduction (8 mares) than late reduction (1 mare) or no reduction (2 mares; 1 unilateral and 1 bilateral; P less than 0.01). In mares with early embryo reduction, the orientation and spatial relationship of one vesicle relative to the other was not determinable until the embryo proper was detected. In the 2 mares in which the embryo proper of the survivor was detected before embryo reduction was complete, the embryo proper was located opposite to the site of reduction, ie, the vesicle that was to be eliminated impinged on the thin-walled area of the yolk sac wall of the survivor. The position of the embryo proper and its emerging allantoic sac seemed to determine whether a given conceptus survived or underwent late embryo reduction. The embryo proper, the vascularized wall of the yolk sac adjacent to the embryo proper, and the emerging allantoic sac were exposed to the endometrium (uterine lumen) in the surviving vesicles; in the vesicles that underwent reduction, much of the corresponding area of the vesicle wall was covered by the wall of the adjacent survivor. The results supported the deprivation hypothesis.

The degree and type of tissue reactivity and the absorption of a new suture material was determined by implantation within rat gluteal muscles. Amount and type of tissue inflammatory reaction was compared among the new suture material, polypropylene, and coated polyamide. Histologic evaluation of the tissues in which sutures were implanted indicated that the new suture material, polypropylene, and coated polyamide had similar amounts and types of reaction at 30 days or less after implantation, but differed after 30 days. The new suture material and polypropylene had an inflammatory reaction zone measuring less than 25% of the high-power field after 60 days, but the coated polyamide still induced reaction greater than 45% of the field at 90 days. At 60 and 90 days after implantation, the new suture material and polypropylene induced a mature fibrous reaction; the reaction to coated polyamide was either immature fibrous or granulomatous, depending on whether there was rupture of the suture coat. There was no observable absorption of the new suture material at 90 days. This study indicated that the new suture material is nonabsorbable and is minimally reactive in rat muscle. The tissue reactions induced by this suture material are similar to those of polypropylene and significantly less than those induced by coated polyamide after 30 days following implantation.

This study was performed to investigate the reproductive performanceand spontaneous malformations of female Sprague Dawley (SD) rats obtained from the Animal Resource Unit, Institute for Medical Research for their use in reproductive toxicity assessment. Onehundred and thirty-five virgin female rats with a body weight ranging between 190 g and 210 g were randomly caged overnight with 60 fertile male rats in 1:1 basis. Vaginal smear was performed the next morning and the day of sperm positive was considered as estational day (GD) 0. On GD21 caesarean hysterectomy was performed to examine the outcome of each pregnancy. The female fertility index (sperm positive) was 90.5% and the pregnancy index was 100%. Thepercentage of pre and post-implantation loss were 1.96 and 7.48 respectively with the number of early resorption out numbered the late resorption (0.56 ± 1.0 and 0.36 ± 1.5 respectively). Out of1,234 foetuses examined, only 5 foetuses (0.41%) presented with gross congenital malformation. The female SD rats obtained from the Institute demonstrated high fertility and pregnancy indexes with lowincidence of resorption and malformation, therefore suitable to use for reproductive toxicity assessment.