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Approccio clinico alle patologie prostatiche nel cane: Quali sono e come fare diagnosi (Clinical approach for prostatic disease in the dog: Which are and how to do diagnosis)
No full textNella pratica ambulatoriale le patologie prostatiche si osservano frequentemente,
soprattutto in cani anziani. Tra tutte le patologie prostatiche la più
frequente è rappresentata dall’iperplasia prostatica benigna, seguita dalle
prostatiti, dai tumori prostatici e dalla metaplasia squamosa. Tali patologie
non presentano una sintomatologia patognomonica rendendo pertanto difficile
ottenere una diagnosi specifica. È quindi importante effettuare una visita
clinica accurata, non solo al fine di stabilire il miglior protocollo diagnostico
con lo scopo di impostare la terapia più idonea, ma anche per eseguire una
buona prevenzione dove possibile. Lo scopo di questo lavoro è quello di
descrivere l’eziopatogenesi delle patologie prostatiche, i vari sintomi correlati
e le tecniche diagnostiche più appropriate al fine impostare il processo
diagnostico più adeguato al caso.In small animal practice, prostatic diseases are encountered frequently, especially in old dogs. The most common prostatic disease is the benign prostatic hyperplasia followed by prostatitis, prostatic neoplasia and prostate squamous metaplasia. These diseases do not have pathognomonic symptoms, and that makes difficult to do an exact diagnosis. It is therefore important to perform an accurate clinical examination, not just for the purpose of establish the best diagnostic protocol, in order to begin the most appropriate treatment, but also for doing a good prophylaxis where it is possible. The aim of these paper is to lay down the most appropriate diagnostic process describing the aetiologies of prostatic disease, their symptom and the right investigative tools
Artificial Insemination in Queens in the Clinical Practice Setting: Protocols and challenges
No full textPractical relevance: Despite substantial advances in assisted reproductive techniques having been recently reported in cats, the use of these is limited and routine application is still far from being a reality in veterinary clinics. Nevertheless, there is an increasing demand from domestic cat breeders for artificial insemination (AI) techniques that are already commonly used in dogs. Where natural breeding is not possible in tom cats and queens of high breeding value, AI could offer a solution. Clinical challenges: AI in cats is more difficult than in other species - both in terms of semen collection/handling and oestrous cycle management given that ovulation must be induced. Aim: For practitioners wishing to perform AI in queens, there are challenges to overcome, and a good understanding of the techniques and procedures involved is pivotal. This review aims to contribute to improved knowledge by providing an overview of AI protocols, encompassing choice of breeding animals, procedures for semen collection, oestrus and ovulation induction, AI techniques and equipment. Equipment and technical skills: Depending on the animals involved and the specific AI technique chosen, essential equipment may include an artificial vagina, electroejaculator, endoscope (sialendoscope, which can be fairly expensive) and special catheters for transcervical insemination. Other instrumentation and materials needed are typically readily available in a veterinary clinic. In general, no particular skills are needed to perform the procedures described in this review, with the exception of endoscopic transcervical catheterisation, where the ability to use an endoscope is required. Evidence base: The information and advice/recommendations provided are based on specific feline research and reviews published in scientific peer-reviewed journals, animal reproduction textbooks, and presentations at national and international congresses. The authors also drew on their own clinical experience with regard to the choice of protocols and procedures presented in this review
Lo Cunto de li Cunti: variazioni europee di un prototipo ‘degenere’
No full textThe singular literary career of Giambattista Basile was divided between his prolific but mediocre production in Italian, obedient to the Petrarchan canon of Pietro Bembo, and his work in Neapolitan dialect, composed under the pseudonym of Gian Alesio Abbattutis and published only posthumously. On one hand Basile demonstrated a prudent, classicist ‘normality’; on the other, an outright rejection of convention and irreverent experimention with the literary potentialities of dialect.
Among the latter, the most remarkable is Lo Cunto de li Cunti overo lo trattenemiento de’ peccerille (The Tale of Tales, 1634-36), recognized as Europe’s first collection of fairy tales, the founding text of a new genre. The Cunto is a clamorous example of how the survival of a work over time and space, even when it constitutes the model of a new genre, depends on its recodification through a process of violation and misunderstanding even of its most essential characteristics.
Basile’s tales are often salacious, dense with stylistic eccentricity and erotic metaphor, and his complicated literary adaptation of the dialect of Naples obviously contradicts his claim that the work is intended for children. Once purified of its baroque Neapolitan roots (especially in France), it was nevertheless destined to become the prototype of the European literary fairy tale. In this way the Cunto is a ‘de-generate’ prototype, whose disordinate form establishes a literary model, only to sabotage it from within.
As Paolo Bagni has written, a genre’s identity reveals itself only in its transformation. Unlike the archetype, the prototype is by definition incomplete and subject to protean development, always becoming other than itself
Influenza del diluitore e della temperatura sulla conservazione a breve termine dello sperma di gatto
No full textPooled semen from 8 electroejaculated domestic cats was stored at 5, 18 or 30°C for 48 h after dilution in saline, M 199, egg-yolk lactose, egg-yolk Tris or egg-yolk BF5. Motility, acrosome status and viability were evaluated. The results showed that 5°C is the best temperature for short term spermatozoa preservation and egg-yolk Tris and egg-yolk BF5 are the most suitable extenders for cat semen
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