Les milieux de contraste en radiographie: Propriétés, applications, indications et contre-indications, II

The author describes the contrast media most commonly used in veterinary radiography. Emphasis is given to their physical properties and their applications rather than examination techniques. There is also a reminder of the indications and contra-indications for each examination using a given contrast medium.     

Les milieux de contraste en radiographie: propriétés, applications, indications et contre-indications, I

The author describes the contrast media most commonly used in veterinary radiography. Emphasis is given to its physical properties and applications rather than examination techniques. There is also a reminder of the indications and contraindications for each examination using a given contrast medium.     

Adjuvants et stimulants de l'immunité: propriétés immunorégulatrices du muramyl-dipeptide, des corynébactéries anaérobies et du diéthyldithiocarbamate de sodium

Several immunomodulator agents may influence the host immune system. Among them there are the adjuvants and the immunostimulant agents. In this paper, after a brief review of the mechanism of action of adjuvants, we have described the adjuvant and stimulant properties of muramyl-dipeptide, anaerobic corynebacteria and sodium diethyldithiocarbamate.     

La gestion sanitaire des élevages de rongeurs utilisés en recherche biomédicale: I. La nécessité de disposer d'animaux homogènes dans leur réaction

The necessity for the disposal of homogeneous reacting animals     

Physiopathologie et thérapeutique de l'utérus en période puerpérale chez la vache laitière: revue

Accurate diagnosis and effective therapeutics of uterine pathologies in cattle represent some of the daily preoccupations for the veterinarians involved in herd health medicine. A rational approach requires a competence based on fundamental and clinical knowledge.

The physiological aspects of the uterine involution in cattle are reviewed with emphasis about the in utero bacteriological dynamic and the endocrinological evolution during this period. The pathogenesis of uterine pathologies is discussed following new research results and new knowledge on the mechanisms of uterine defense. The value and limitations of the clinical diagnosis is briefly reviewed. The therapeutics of uterine pathologies is debated in relation with the pathophysiology of the uterine involution and with the rational of the traditional and new concepts of the treatment of the postpartum uterine pathologies.