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“Ultrasound investigation of abdominal organs in the eurasian buzzard(Buteo buteo)”
No full textUltrasound is an investigation imaging technique routinely performed in mammal medicine. In the avian patient the aerodynamic anatomy of the body with the presence of the air sacs makes this diagnostic tool a challenging investigations technique to perform. However, several organs can be visualized and checked in the abdomen of the bird, like the liver, the spleen, the proventriculus, the gizzard, the intestinal tracts, the cloaca and sometimes the kidneys and the gonads. In this work ultrasound investigation of the abdominal organs was performed on 6 healthy specimens of Eurasian Buzzard (Buteo buteo). The aim of this study was to obtain standard imagines of the abdominal organs in these specie of raptors and to gain knowledge regarding the normal appearance of coelomic ultrasound imagines in the avian patient.
. The main acoustic window used was the liver and with this trans-abdominal approach it was not necessary to remove any feather. Abdominal organs of the raptors were observed and checked regarding their shape, their content and their echogenic appearance. The liver is, at the present knowledge, the easiest organ to be investigated: it appears well divided in lobes and its echogenic imagine pattern is similar to the one of mammals. The proventriculus and the gizzard can be visualizes both empty or filled with water previously given by forced feeding (20 ml/bird half an hour before the investigation). The gut was seen with occurring peristalsis. The cloaca was very interesting to observe: it appears usually filled with echogenic feaces and not echogenic urates. Sometimes it is possible to see the urates and feaces passing from urinary and intestinal tract to the cloaca. The kidneys are still challenging organs to check, although parts of can be seen both with trans-hepatic or lateral approach.
Although ultrasound investigation in avian medicine it is still in its infancy, this imagine technique, so challenging in such an aereodynamics patient could really be a powerful diagnostic tool
BEHAVIORAL COMPLAINTS AND OWNERS’ SATISFACTION IN RABBITS, MUSTELIDS AND RODENTS KEPT AS PETS
No full textThe aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of behavioral complaints in rabbits, mustelids, and rodents that were kept as pets, to help veterinary practitioners while counseling prospective owners toward an informed and responsible choice of a pet. A total of 193 owners participated in the study, filling in a questionnaire, for a total of 371 pets (184 rabbits, 59 mustelids, 128 rodents). The prevalence reported by owners of behavioral complaints was 31.3% (29.3%, 52.5%, and 20.3% for rabbits, mustelids, and rodents, respectively; chisquare = 19.6; P = 0.001). Aggression toward people was reported in 13.2% of the sample (13.0%, 30.5%, and 5.5% for rabbits, mustelids, and rodents, respectively; chisquare = 9.4; P = 0.009). Stereotypic behavioral patterns were reported by owners in 26.4% of the cases (28.3%, 16.9%, and 28.1% for rabbits, mustelids, and rodents, respectively). The owners reported that the prevalence of stereotypies was higher in pets housed more restrictively (Fisher’s exact test; P = 0.001). The overall level of satisfaction was quite high (i.e., 8.6 ± 1.84 points out of 10), but was lower in pets declared to have unwanted behavioral patterns (P = 0.05)
Studio contrastografico dell’apparato gastroenterico del furetto (Mustela putorius furo): tecnica e dati di riferimento.
No full textTwo-Dimensional and Doppler Echocardiographic findings in healthy non-sedated red-eared slider terrapins (Trachemys scripta elegans)
No full textEchocardiographic evaluation was performed in six healthy young adult non-sedated terrapins (Trachemys scripta elegans). The best imaging quality was obtained through the right cervical window. Base-apex inflow and outflow views were recorded, ventricular size, ventricular wall thickness and ventricular outflow tract were measured, and fractional shortening was calculated. Pulsed-wave Doppler interrogation enabled the diastolic biphasic atrio-ventricular flow and the systolic ventricular outflow patterns to be recorded. The following Doppler-derived functional parameters were calculated: early diastolic (E) and late diastolic (A) wave peak velocities, E/A ratio, ventricular outflow systolic peak and mean velocities and gradients, Velocity-Time Integral, acceleration and deceleration times, and Ejection Time. For each parameter the mean, standard deviation and 95% confidence interval were calculated. Echocardiography resulted as a useful and easy-to-perform diagnostic tool in this poorly known species that presents difficulties during evaluation
Serum Biochemical and electrphoretic patterns in the Eurasian Buzzard ( Buteo Buteo). Reference values
No full textManagement of unexposed fractures in deer by the use of a polyurethane resin impregnated fiberglass tape: a case series.
No full textHEMATOLOGIC AND BIOCHEMISTRY REFERENCE INTERVALS FOR RESCUED RED FOXES (VULPES VULPES)
No full textAlthough the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is a widespread free-living species in Europe and is often treated as a patient in wildlife rescue centers, peer-reviewed published reference intervals (RI) for hematologic and biochemistry variables are not available. The aim of this study was to determine routine RI for common clinical analyses for this species. After rescue events, single blood samples were collected from 14 female and 18 male adult red foxes and submitted for standard hematologic and biochemistry analyses. The RI were determined by either parametric (normally distributed data) or robust (nonnormal data) statistical methods and showed values close to those reported for specimens of similar fox species, but they were not comparable to historical veterinary clinical data gathered from animals following surgeries or pathology sample collections. Sex did not significantly affect the blood variables, except for iron, which was higher in males. This is the first study reporting RI for a large number of blood analytes in free-living red foxes in Italy. The proposed hematologic and serum chemistry RI, which are specific to red foxes that have recovered after veterinary treatments, represent a set of healthy clinical values that will be helpful for both veterinary care and environmental monitoring
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