The prevalence of albuminuria in dogs and cats in an ICU or recovering from anesthesia

Objective – To evaluate the prevalence of albuminuria in dogs and cats admitted to the ICU or recovering from an anesthetic event. Design – Prospective clinical study over a 10‐week period in 2003. Setting – Veterinary teaching hospital. Animals – One hundred and five dogs and 22 cats. Interventions – Urine was collected from dogs and cats admitted to the ICU or recovering from an anesthetic event. When possible, a second urine sample was collected approximately 48 hours later from those animals that had albuminuria during the initial screening. Measurements and Main Results – All dog samples and most cat samples were screened for albumin using a commercial point‐of‐care immunoassay. Aliquots of samples that tested positive were stored at –20°C until subsequent albumin quantification via antigen capture ELISA. Albuminuria was detected in 63 of 105 (60.0%) dogs and in 14 of 22 (63.6%) cats; the prevalence was higher in animals admitted to ICU than in those recovering from anesthesia. In subsequent samples from 26 dogs, urine albumin decreased in 20 (76.9%) when compared with the first sample; urine albumin was undetectable in 5 (19.2%). In subsequent samples from 6 cats, 4 (66.7%) had decreases in urine albumin when compared with the first sample; 1 (16.7%) was negative for urine albumin. Eleven of 12 dogs (91.7%) and 3 of 4 cats (75%) that died within 3 days of admission to the ICU had abnormal urine albumin; whereas 52 of 93 (55.9%) and 11 of 18 (61.1%) dogs and cats, respectively, who survived more than 3 days had abnormal urine albumin. Dogs with albuminuria were at increased risk of death. Conclusions – The prevalence of albuminuria in animals admitted to the ICU or recovering from anesthesia is higher than reported previously and transient in some patients. The presence of albuminuria may be a negative prognostic indicator in this population.     

奶牛饲喂不同精粗料比TMR对排泄粪尿和氮磷的影响

将18头荷斯坦产奶牛随机分为试验6组,每组3头,试验Ⅰ～Ⅵ组奶牛依次饲喂不同精粗料比（精料：粗料）的TMR1（20∶80）、TMR2（30∶70）、TMR3（40∶60）、TMR4（50∶50）、TMR5（60∶40）、TMR6（70∶30）的日粮,探讨不同精粗料比TMR对奶牛粪尿、N、P的排泄量和CH4释放量的影响。结果,饲喂TMR4与饲喂TMR1和TMR6的奶牛相比,每头奶牛每年CH4释放量减少15.20Kg和89.84Kg;粪便排泄量减少1.37t和1.41t;N降低3.71kg和17.50kg;P减少2.59kg和4.07kg,比TMR1FCM提高10.54%（P〈0.05）;乳脂率增加9.67%（P〈0.05）;乳糖增加7.26%（P〈0.05）,能减少奶牛对土壤水源及空气的污染,提高奶牛的生态效益和经济效益。     

Response of Stipa bungeana and Pennisetum flaccidum to urine of sheep in steppe grassland of north‐western China

Urine [12·3 g nitrogen (N) L^?1], collected from native Tan sheep in rangeland of the Loess Plateau in north‐western China, was applied to vegetation patches dominated by Stipa bungeana (C₃ grass) or Pennisetum flaccidum, (C₄ grass) at either 0, 1·0, 2·0 or 4·0 L urine m^?2 in early‐, mid‐, or late‐growing season, and herbage mass and tiller number per sample recorded, allowing calculation of the respective contributions of increases in tiller weight and tiller density to the response from N in urine. Such records were made three times in the growing season of application of urine, and at the end of the following growing season. Responses to urine were of the order of 1 and 5 kg herbage DM kg^?1 N applied for S. bungeana and P. flaccidum, respectively. Except for early‐season application, responses of S. bungeana were mainly expressed in the season following urine application whereas responses of P. flaccidum tended to be expressed within the year of urine application, although with a residual response in the following year. The general pattern was for a tiller density‐mediated response in the period immediately after application, followed later by a tiller weight‐mediated response. Taken together with other recent research, S. bungeana can be considered a stress‐tolerating species with a limited response to N application and P. flaccidum an opportunist species able to capitalize on increased N supply.     

固相萃取-超高效液相色谱串联质谱法快速测定猪尿中的赛庚啶

建立了猪尿中赛庚啶的固相萃取-超高效液相色谱串联质谱的测定方法。猪尿样品经酸化,混合型阳离子交换固相柱萃取后,以超高效液相色谱串联质谱测定,外标法定量。本方法的测定线性范围为0.2～5.0μg/L,在0.2、0.4、2.0μg/L低、中、高三个浓度的回收率为80%～120%,批内、批间精密度小于20%。本方法简便、快速、灵敏,经实际样品分析,适用于猪尿中赛庚啶的定量测定和确证。     

Initial Experience with Norepinephrine Infusion in Hypotensive Critically III Foals

Seven critically ill foals that continued to be hypotensive despite fluid resuscitation and the infusion of dobutamine and/or dopamine were treated with an infusion of norepinephrine (noradrenaline). The norepinephrine was administered concurrently with dobutamine, and the combination therapy was titrated by use of indirect mean arterial pressure measurements. The highest dose of norepinephrine used was 1.5 mcg/kg/min. In six foals the administration of norepinephrine was associated with an increase in blood pressure. In one foal the mean arterial pressure did not increase in response to the doses of norepinephrine administered. All of the foals experienced an increase in urine output coincident with the start of the norepinephrine infusion. Three of the foal survived to hospital discharge.     

山羊亚硝酸盐中毒口液,尿液,棉签偶氮显色快速诊断方法的研究

建立山羊亚硝酸盐中毒模型,用棉签分别蘸取口液、尿液立即滴加偶氮试剂均显粉红色,中毒后１０～２０ｍｉｎ显浅粉红色;６０ｍｉｎ显深粉红色,随中毒症状加重,棉签显色相应加深,甚致变为棕红色。同时棉签显色加深和血液褐变程度加重与ＭＨｂ／Ｈｂ比值升高同步。此种诊断方法是诊断亚硝酸盐中毒的动物可靠、灵敏和快速的诊断方法。     

猪体恩诺沙星内服和肌注途径给药排泄规律的比较

给10头猪分别按体重5mg／kg单剂量内服和肌注恩诺沙星，采集自然排泄的猪粪、尿，用高效液相一荧光法测定恩诺沙星及其代谢产物环丙沙星浓度，计算采样间隔内单位时间药物排泄量占给药量的比例，比较2种不同给药途径原形药物和环丙沙星的排泄规律。结果显示，2种给药途径对恩诺沙星和环丙沙星总排泄量的影响不显著，仅对药物排泄量与时间之间的关系产生影响；2种给药途径的试验猪粪样中恩诺沙星的排泄量均高于尿样；内服与肌注给药后96h内，粪和尿中检出的环丙沙星分别占给药量的3．93％和4．02％，累积排泄的恩诺沙星和环丙沙星之和分别占给药量的9．89％（内服）和9．57％（肌注）。     

化学发光直接竞争免疫分析法检测猪尿中莱克多巴胺残留

本试验研究建立了猪尿中莱克多巴胺（Ractopamine, RAC）残留的直接竞争化学发光免疫检测方法。合成了莱克多巴胺和辣根过氧化物酶的偶联物（RAC-HRP）,方法的检测限为0.09 ng/mL,空白猪尿中添加浓度为0.5、10和100 ng/mL RAC时,检测范围为0.3～157.0 ng/mL;回收率为76.3%～87.6%,批内变异系数为10.0%～12.2%,批间变异系数为14.2%～15.2%。