Spontaneous pneumothorax in two cats with small airway disease

Two adult domestic shorthair cats were examined because of pneumothorax. Neither had a history of trauma, and spontaneous pneumothorax secondary to small airway disease was diagnosed. In both cats, treatment consisted of thoracocentesis for evacuation of air and administration of anti-inflammatory agents. One cat had multiple episodes of pneumothorax and eventually died; the other had only a single episode of pneumothorax. Small airway disease should be considered as a potential underlying cause in cats that develop spontaneous pneumothorax. Additionally, the potential for pneumothorax should be considered in cats with small airway disease, particularly when clinical signs suddenly become much worse.     

Adverse effect of complete thoracic evacuation during chronic pneumothorax in a dog

OBJECTIVE: To describe an unusual response to evacuation of a chronic pneumothorax in a dog. CASE: Resolution of a pneumothorax is usually associated with lung expansion and a marked improvement in pulmonary function. In the case presented here, evacuation of a chronic pneumothorax improved oxygenation, but markedly impaired ventilation. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: This is a previously unreported complication associated with the treatment of pneumothorax in dogs. It suggests that in some cases of chronic pneumothorax, total evacuation of the pleural air pocket may improve oxygenation but ventilation deteriorates and increases PCO2, causing further complications.     

Pneumothorax in dairy cattle: 30 cases (1990-2003)

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the features, underlying causes, results of diagnostic testing, and treatment of pneumothorax in dairy cattle. DESIGN: Retrospective study. ANIMALS: 30 dairy cattle. PROCEDURE: Medical records of all cattle with a diagnosis of pneumonia were reviewed. For cattle with pneumothorax, information was obtained pertaining to signalment, anamnesis, diagnosis, treatment, and outcome. Survival data were compared between cattle with pneumonia with or without pneumothorax. RESULTS: Pneumothorax was associated with bronchopneumonia in 18 cattle, interstitial pneumonia in 7 cattle, pharyngeal or laryngeal trauma in 3 cattle, and neonatal respiratory distress in 2 calves. Bovine respiratory syncytial virus was the most commonly detected infectious agent. Eighteen of 30 (60%) cattle survived; 8 were euthanatized and 4 died. Survival rate was 81% for cattle with pneumonia without pneumothorax during the same time period. Pneumothorax was a significant risk factor for failure to survive to discharge from the hospital for cattle with underlying chronic bronchopneumonia. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Pneumothorax in dairy cattle appears to occur most commonly in association with chronic bronchopneumonia. Cattle of both sexes and all ages can be affected.     

Comparison of techniques for transdiaphragmatic thoracic drainage after diaphragmatic defect closure in dogs: a cadaveric study

Four thoracic evacuation techniques for pneumothorax elimination after diaphragmatic defect closure were compared in 40 canine cadavers. After creating a defect in the left side of the diaphragm, thoracic drainage was performed by thoracostomy tube insertion through the defect and a small (DD-SP) or large (DD-LP) puncture created in the caudal mediastinum, or through both the diaphragmatic defect and intact contralateral diaphragm with a small (DI-SP) or large (DI-LP) puncture in made in the caudal mediastinum. Differences in intrapleural pressure (IPP) between the right and left hemithoraxes after air evacuation along with differences in IPP before making a defect and after air evacuation in each hemithorax were calculated. A difference (p ≤ 0.0011) in IPP between the left and right hemithoraxes after air evacuation as well as before making a defect and after air evacuation in the right hemithorax was detected for the DD-SP group. No significant differences (p ≥ 0.0835) were observed for the DI-LP, DD-LP, or DI-SP groups. Creation of a large mediastinal puncture or thoracic evacuation through both a diaphragmatic defect and intact contralateral diaphragm can facilitate proper pneumothorax elimination bilaterally after diaphragmatic defect closure in dogs with a small puncture in the caudal mediastinum.     

牛出血性肠炎的治疗

牛出血性肠炎又称牛便血病、急性出血性肠炎,通常指牛在排便的过程中出现血液或者血凝块,是一种由细菌或者病毒引起的常见的兽医临床急性传染病。在养牛生产中较为多见,多发生于冬季。通常在健康牛的呼吸道里有病菌存在,当气候冷热突变、饲养管理不好、使役过度、身体抵抗力减弱时,病菌就可能大量繁殖,导致牛发病。羊也可感染该病。病牛发病率初为10～20%,后期达100%,死亡率很高,给饲养业和养牛户带来了一定经济损失。笔者在诊疗期间,成功诊治了数例。现将治疗体会总结如下：     

牛羊魏氏梭菌病的诊断及综合防治

由产气荚膜梭菌引起的牛羊魏氏梭菌病是一种急性传染病,常引起羊肠毒血症、羊猝狙、羔羊痢疾、牛猝死症等疾病,该病发病急、死亡快、死亡率高,给牛羊养殖业造成重大经济损失。对牛羊常见的魏氏梭菌病的诊断与综合防治措施进行综述,以期为牛羊魏氏梭菌病的防治提供参考。     

牛流行热病的诊治

牛流行热(又名三日热)是由牛流行热病毒(Bovine Ephemeral Fever Virus,BEFV,又名牛暂时热病毒)引起的一种急性热性传染病。其特征为突然高热,呼吸促迫,流泪和消化器官的严重卡他炎症和运动障碍。感染该病的大部分病牛经2~3日即恢复正常,故又称三日热或暂时热。该病病势迅猛,但多为良性经过。过去曾将该病误认为是流行性感冒。该病能引起牛大群发病,明显降低乳牛的产乳量。     

The induction of a protective immunity against Jembrana disease in cattle by vaccination with inactivated tissue-derived virus antigens

The ability to induce a protective immunity against Jembrana disease, an acute lentivirus disease of Bali cattle (Bos javanicus) present in Indonesia, was investigated. A protective immune response was induced in cattle by vaccination with virus-containing plasma and spleen tissue derived from acutely affected cattle. The virus was inactivated with Triton X-100 and emulsified in either incomplete Freund's adjuvant or a mineral oil adjuvant (MOA). The vaccination procedure suppressed the duration and severity of the disease but did not completely prevent the development of disease in animals challenged with 100 infectious doses of virus.     

牛结节性皮肤病疫苗的研究进展

牛结节性皮肤病是由牛结节性皮肤病病毒引起的一种急性、亚急性或慢性传染病。患病牛的临床症状主要为发热、消瘦、淋巴结肿大、皮肤水肿、局部形成结节或溃疡,影响肉牛增重、奶牛产奶量等,对牛养殖业可造成严重经济损失。疫苗防控动物疫病是一种高效、可控措施,对疫病的预防发挥重要作用。近年国内外研究人员对牛结节性皮肤病疫苗进行研究,取得一定成绩。本文对牛结节性皮肤病疫苗研究进行综述,为后续牛结节性皮肤病疫苗研发提供参考。     

牛传染性鼻气管炎诊断方法的研究进展

牛传染性鼻气管炎是由牛传染性鼻气管炎病毒引起的一种牛的热性、急性、接触性传染病。该病是世界动物卫生组织(OIE)规定的必须上报的疾病之一,在我国也被列为二类疫病。牛传染性鼻气管炎可降低牛的肥育率、繁殖率和产奶量,给养牛业造成了重大经济损失。从病毒的分离鉴定、血清学以及分子生物学等方面对该病的诊断方法进行综述,以期为牛传染性鼻气管炎的检测和防控提供参考。     

Bovine virus diarrhoea – Mucosal disease complex. A clinician's review of the history and current status of a fascinating disease

Summary: The diseases caused by bovine virus diarrhoea virus are reviewed in the light of the new information emerging on its pathogenesis and epidemiology. In addition to the well known congenital defects caused by the virus, it is now clear that infection of the foetus before immunocompetence (125 days of gestation) can result in persistent viral infection and immunotolerance of the foetus which can be continued into postnatal life. Such cattle may be clinically normal, or unthrifty and may survive for up to 2 to 3 years of age or until they develop acute fatal mucosal disease following superinfection disease following virus, usually at 6 to 18 months of age. Persistently infected breeding females can give birth to persistently infected cattle and establish infected maternal families.
The evidence for the role of the BVDV in reproductive failure in cattle, calf diarrhoea, pneumonia and immunosuppression is reviewed briefly.
Prevention of the economically important diseases caused by BVD virus is dependent on detection of persistently viraemic cattle and vaccination of immunocompetent breeding females well before breeding.     

Resistance to anaplasmosis after elimination of latent Anaplasma marginale infections

Ten 30-month-old cattle (group 2) were inoculated with Anaplasma marginale 6 months after the latent A marginale infection was eliminated by oral chlortetracycline therapy. In addition, 4 cattle (group 1) with no record of infection and 4 cattle (group 3) of equivalent age previously vaccinated with a killed antigen were similarly inoculated. Moderate to severe clinical signs of acute anaplasmosis occurred in the group 1 (previously uninfected) cattle, whereas only 1 of the chlortetracycline-treated cattle (group 2) and none of the vaccinated cattle (group 3) had clinical evidence of disease.     

Evidence for immunosuppression associated with Jembrana disease virus infection of cattle.

Jembrana disease virus (JDV) is a newly recognised bovine lentivirus causing an acute disease syndrome in Bali cattle (Bos javanicus) in Indonesia. We evaluated the effect of JDV infection on the antibody response to chicken ovalbumin (cOVA) and Brucella abortus Strain 19 in Bali cattle. In infected cattle the IgG and IgM response to cOVA was suppressed and delayed and the IgG response to B. abortus Strain 19 was delayed. The results indicate that the humoral immune response is suppressed and delayed in JDV infected cattle.     

牛传染性鼻气管炎防治措施

牛传染性鼻气管炎是由疱疹病毒感染引发的一种急性传染性疾病,临床上以呼吸道黏膜出现严重水肿、充血、坏死、形成浅表性溃疡病灶为主要特征。根据发病部位的不同,主要表现为阴道炎、结膜炎、脑膜炎、流产等其他病症,因此该类疾病属于一病因引发的多病症的传染性疾病。临床上牛传染性鼻气管炎只发生于牛,不会发生于其他动物,病毒的传播流行具有专一性。近年,随牛养殖业的不断向前发展,传染性鼻气管炎的发生率呈现逐渐升高趋势,虽然造成的死亡率较低,但是会严重影响牛群正常生长发育,甚至会造成繁殖母牛严重流产,使繁殖母牛的利用年限极大缩短,引发严重的繁殖障碍。该文主要论述牛传染性鼻气管炎的诊断和防治措施。     

黄牛吸入性异物肺炎的诊治

黄牛吸入性异物肺炎,是因吸入尘埃、饲草和刺激性气体或灌药误入气管所致的以剧烈咳嗽为特征的肺部疾病。论文通过对一起群发本病的重危病例临床诊治,认为抓住最佳治疗时机与实施合理的治疗方案,对于避免急性死亡、控制病情恶化和实现康复颇有意义。     

Risk factors for epidemic respiratory disease in Norwegian cattle herds

An epidemic of acute respiratory disease associated with bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV) occurred during the winter and spring of 1995 in two neighbouring veterinary districts in the south-eastern part of Norway.The objective of this study was to describe the time course of the outbreak associated with BRSV in the cattle herds, and to determine the association between selected herd factors and the risk of experiencing a herd outbreak of acute respiratory disease.Data from 431 cattle herds on the dates of disease occurrence, location of the farms, herd size, age profile and production type were collected retrospectively for 1995. The risk of acute respiratory disease occurring in a cattle herd was related to the herd size as well as the type of production, with an expressed interaction between these two variables. From the Cox proportional-hazards model, the risk of a herd outbreak in a mixed herd of 20 animals was estimated to be 1.7-times greater than in a dairy herd and 3.3-times greater than a beef herd (reference category) of a comparable size. On increasing the herd size to 50 animals, the risk increased 1.3-fold for a mixed herd, 3.3-fold for a dairy herd, and 2.1-fold for a beef herd, compared to the risk for a corresponding type of herd of 20 animals.     

Observations on the pathogenicity for sheep and goats and the transmissibility of the strain of virus isolated during the rinderpest outbreak in Sri Lanka in 1987

The pathogenicity for sheep and goats of the virus strain that caused acute rinderpest in cattle and domestic buffalo in Sri Lanka after an interval of over 40 years has been examined. The results show that it can cause overt clinical disease in goats, but only mild or unapparent infection in sheep. The disease was transmitted from infected sheep to in-contact susceptible sheep and calves.     

牛食道阻塞防治

牛食道阻塞又被称为食道梗塞,是因为食道中被大块食物堵塞,难以下咽所引发的一种急性食道疾病。按照阻塞程度的不同划分为完全阻塞和不完全阻塞2种。按照阻塞部位的不同可以划分为颈部食道阻塞、胸部食道阻塞和腹部食道阻塞3种。因阻塞性质和阻塞程度不同,会继发不同程度的瘤胃臌气。牛食道阻塞具有发病急、发病突然、发病过程快、致死率高的特点,发生后如果不能立即采取措施抢救,患病牛在短时间内会死亡。为提高食道阻塞救治成功率,该文主要探讨牛食道阻塞的诊断和防治过程。     

牛传染性鼻气管炎诊断和防治

牛传染性鼻气管炎又被称为坏死性皮鼻炎,是由牛传染性鼻气管炎病毒感染引发的一种急性呼吸道疾病。不同年龄的牛感染传染性鼻气管炎病毒后表现的临床症状存在一定差异,年龄较小的牛会表现为明显的临床症状,年龄较大的牛呈现隐性感染或持续性感染,患病牛长时间或终生携带病毒,污染周围环境后造成病情反复流行,病情难以控制、难以消灭。牛传染性鼻气管炎造成的死亡率相对较低,但是会严重影响牛群正常生长与采食,需要掌握该类传染性疾病的流行特点,并进行严格诊断,然后构建有效的防控措施,降低发病率。该文分析牛传染性鼻气管炎的流行病学、临床症状、病理变化、诊断方法和防治措施。     

Haptoglobin comprises about 10% of granule protein extracted from bovine granulocytes isolated from healthy cattle

Haptoglobin (Hp) is a plasma protein with haemoglobin binding capacity important in maintaining the iron homeostasis and in disease processes influenced by iron metabolism. In cattle Hp is one of the major acute phase proteins, and increases rapidly during infectious disease. At acute clinical mastitis in dairy cows the Hp concentration increases markedly both in blood and milk. Hepatocytes are considered to be the main origin of Hp, but expression of Hp mRNA has also been found in the mammary gland and leukocytes in healthy cattle. In the present study we show that bovine granulocytes, isolated from peripheral blood of healthy cattle, contain abundant amounts of Hp within the granules. As shown by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) in combination with matrix assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight-mass spectrometry (MALDI-ToF-MS) bovine granulocyte Hp consists of two sets of peptides ca. 20 kDa (alpha-chains) and ca. 40 kDa (beta-chains) with multiple iso-forms.