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Equine Veterinary Journal 10/2002; 34(6):636-40. · 1.46 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: An aberrant branch of the internal carotid artery was detected by angiography in a horse with guttural pouch (auditory tube diverticulum) mycosis after the distal portion of the artery had been occluded by use of a detachable latex balloon. A second balloon was placed to eliminate retrograde hemorrhage from the aberrant branch. The horse recovered and returned to its previous activity. Vascular anomalies of the internal carotid artery my be more common than expected, and have resulted in fatal complications during and after surgical treatment in guttural pouch mycosis. Intraoperative identification of vascular anomalies by use of angiography may avoid these fatal complications.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 03/2000; 216(6):888-91, 865. · 1.79 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Chyloperitoneum is a potential cause of colic in horses. Although rare in horses, chyloperitoneum can develop secondary to tearing of mesenteric adhesions and rupture of mesenteric lymphatic vessels. The prognosis for horses with chyloperitoneum depends on the underlying cause and the response to treatment.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 10/1999; 215(5):676-8. · 1.79 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Two adult Quarter Horse geldings were evaluated for signs of abdominal pain. Both horses had signs of depression and distended small intestines on abdominal palpation per rectum. Abdominal exploratory surgery was performed on both horses. In each instance, small intestine was found to be strangulated by components of the spermatic cord. Both horses were euthanatized because of a poor prognosis. Although not commonly observed, incarceration of intestine by components of the spermatic cord should be considered as a cause of small intestine strangulation in male horses. Early recognition of this condition would have increased these horses' chances of survival.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 10/1999; 215(6):824-5, 796. · 1.79 Impact Factor
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K G Keegan,
D A Wilson,
D J Wilson,
B Smith,
E M Gaughan,
R S Pleasant,
J D Lillich,
J Kramer,
R D Howard,
C Bacon-Miller,
E G Davis,
K A May, H S Cheramie,
W L Valentino,
P D van Harreveld
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ABSTRACT: To estimate sensitivity and accuracy of subjective evaluation of mild lameness in horses during treadmill locomotion and to correlate subjective evaluation with kinematic analysis.
19 lame and 5 clinically normal horses.
Lameness was evaluated by subjective score and kinematic analysis before and after palmar digital nerve block (PDNB). Evaluations were made by 6 clinicians and 7 interns or residents. Within- and between-observer agreement analyses (kappa values) were calculated and compared, using a Student's t-test. Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficients were calculated between clinician's change in score and the change in kinematic variables after PDNB.
Within-observer agreement was within the range expected for conditions of moderate diagnostic difficulty. Within-observer agreement was higher for clinicians than for interns or residents. Between-observer agreement was acceptable for scores within 1 value of each other. Between-observer agreement of change in lameness score after PDNB was poor. When kinematic variables were ranked with each clinician's subjective change in score, only 2 were among the top 3 for the majority of clinicians. Asymmetry of vertical head movement between contralateral forelimb stance phases and the point of maximum hoof height during swing decreased as lameness subjectively improved.
Mild lameness may be difficult to evaluate during treadmill locomotion. Although clinicians were more repeatable in their subjective evaluation of lameness than interns or residents, they were not more reliable at detecting the true state of lameness.
Lack of agreement between clinician scoring of mild lameness emphasizes the need to use more objective measures for quantifying lameness.
American Journal of Veterinary Research 12/1998; 59(11):1370-7. · 1.27 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Recent reports have indicated that analysis of changes in the staining characteristics of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons and characterization of morphological plasticity of the related structural framework may help to elucidate the physiological mechanisms involved in neuroendocrine control of mammalian reproduction. Whether comparative studies will facilitate this process or simply elucidate species-specific mechanisms is not yet clear. The present study was performed in order to begin analysis of GnRH neurons in a seasonally breeding species that exhibits an unusually long ovulatory luteinizing hormone (LH) surge. To this end, light microscopy and image analysis were used to characterize distribution and morphology of GnRH neurons in 15 adult male and female ponies. Samples were collected in the middle of the normal ovulatory season. Unipolar, bipolar, and multipolar GnRH neurons were organized in a loosely defined continuum that extended from the medial septum to tuberoinfundibular areas in the medical basal hypothalamus (MBH). Most cells were bipolar, and the majority of neurons were located in the MBH. Fiber projections to the median eminence included presumptive pathways similar to those previously described in other species. Image analysis of cell size indicated that cells in the MBH were larger than those in preoptic areas and GnRH neurons in both of these locations were larger than neurons in rostral areas of the medial septum. Results from this experiment suggest that the large population of MBH GnRH neurons in the equine species is likely to be of primary importance to reproductive function, whereas cells in other areas are fewer and smaller. Further work is needed to characterize morphological characteristics that may be related to physiological fluctuations in reproductive function of the equine species.
The Journal of Comparative Neurology 02/1994; 339(2):269-87. · 3.81 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: To evaluate an occlusion technique for the internal carotid artery of horses using an intravascular, detachable, self-sealing, latex balloon distally and ligatures proximally.
Experimental study.
Six healthy adult horses.
In each horse, the left internal carotid artery was occluded by placement of an intravascular, detachable, self-sealing, latex balloon distally and two ligatures proximally. Radiographs were taken on days 2, 5, 10, and 30 after surgery to evaluate balloon inflation and position. Endoscopic examination of the left guttural pouch was performed 10 days after surgery to evaluate the integrity of the internal carotid artery and surrounding tissues. At 30 days, the left and right, common, internal, and external carotid arteries were examined grossly and then processed for histologic evaluation.
Immediate and long-term occlusion of the left internal carotid artery was achieved in all horses. The surgical procedure was technically straightforward and no intraoperative or postoperative complications were encountered. The balloons remained inflated and in their original position throughout the study. Maturing to mature, organized thrombi were present in the left internal carotid artery in all horses at 30 days. The cerebral arterial circle and common carotid artery were patent at their junctions with the internal carotid artery in all horses.
Use of an intravascular, detachable, self-sealing, latex balloon distally and ligatures proximally is an effective technique for occluding the internal carotid artery of horses.
This technique may be useful for prevention of fatal hemorrhage in horses with lesions of the internal carotid artery.
Veterinary Surgery 28(2):83-90. · 1.26 Impact Factor
