新世纪兽医之永续医学

随着时间的飞逝 ,兽医学也如其他专业学问一样快速进展。最近的 1 0年间 ,一些关于人或动物的新式医学已经蓬勃的发展开来。在现代医学 (mod-ern medicine;MM)之外 ,可择医学 (alternativemedicine)或辅助医学 (complementary medicine)为最被认同的新式医学名词。就在最近 ,可择医学或辅助医学已经开始和现代医学并用或配合使用。现今 ,美国国家医学会已承认并推荐辅助与可择医学(complementary and alternative medicine;CAM) ,为 2 0世纪末形成的新式治疗体系 ,当 CAM获得人类医学接受之后 ,兽医团体也逐渐注意其重要性。在 1 996年 …     

A model for teaching raptor medicine in the veterinary curriculum

Injured or sick wild avian species, especially raptors (birds of prey, including hawks, owls, falcons, and eagles), can present different challenges to veterinary students and veterinarians who are trained in companion avian medicine (e.g., parrot medicine). Proper capture and restraint, feeding, housing, and certain diagnostic and treatment techniques involving raptors require different skills, knowledge, and resources than working with parrots. We developed an innovative raptor medicine program that enables students to acquire proficiency in safe capture, restraint, and examination techniques and in common diagnostic and treatment procedures. A self-assessment survey was developed to determine students' confidence and proficiency in 10 procedures taught in the lab. Groups were compared by class status (Year 1 vs. Year 2 and 3) and level of prior raptor experience (non-experienced or experienced). In surveys conducted before and after teaching two sets of raptor training labs, students rated themselves significantly more proficient in all 10 diagnostic and treatment procedures after completing the two raptor laboratories. The greatest improvements were observed in technical skill procedures such as fluid administration, intramuscular injections, cloacal swabs, venipuncture, and bandaging. Our approach to incorporating elective wildlife learning experiences into the veterinary curriculum may be replicable in other veterinary schools, with or without a wildlife rehabilitation program.     

细胞因子与兽医学

综述和分析了细胞因子是免疫活性细胞和其它细胞分泌的具有多种生物活性的多肽或蛋白质，它们对兽医临诊中的各种感染症和炎症病的诊断、治疗和控制有重要作用；细胞因子表达异常是引起哺乳动物流产的原因之一；许多中草药的应用会影响细胞因子的产生。     

兽药制剂新工艺开发过程中相关问题的探讨

对兽药制剂新工艺开发过程中所面临的产品安全性、有效性、设备要求、检测方法的建立、产品的价格及市场接受程度等问题进行了探讨,以期为兽药制剂新工艺的开发提供参考。     

Videoconferencing in a veterinary curriculum

Videoconferencing is a powerful and versatile method for distance learning. Videoconferencing incorporates real-time video and audio into connections with distant sites and, when combined with simultaneous Internet transmission of high-resolution images, enables veterinary educators to expand the classroom to include students and faculty from remote sites. The University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine (UTCVM) has used videoconferencing to deliver and receive entire courses, virtual rounds, seminars, journal clubs, and small meetings and for in-house transmission from one area of the campus to another. Responses from faculty and students at UTCVM indicate that videoconferencing technology will be a permanent part of the academic mission of the college for years to come. This article describes a number of veterinary school applications using distance-learning approaches that the authors hope will serve as examples upon which others can build.