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Farm Animal Medicine and Animal Health
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Tohru HIGUCHI, Satoshi INOUE, Masato SATOH, Tadahiro GOTOHArticle type: Original Article
2016 Volume 69 Issue 3 Pages 133-137
Published: March 20, 2016
Released on J-STAGE: April 20, 2016
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThe arthrodesis of the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint is an indication of severe degenerative joint disease, traumatic subluxation, and articular fracture. Internal fixation using a 3-hole narrow locking compression plate (LCP) and three to four trans-articular 5.5 mm cortical screws was performed in four horses. The affected horses were three Thoroughbred broodmares and one show jumping horse. One of the horses had subluxation on the PIP joint in the front limb, one had subluxation on the PIP joint in the hind leg, and two had degenerative joint disease on the PIP joint in the front and hind limbs. Surgery was performed on dorsal recumbence under inhalation anesthesia to open the joint and remove as much articular cartilage as possible, insert trans-articular screws to compress the palmar or plantar aspect of the joint, and then fix LCP using 5.5 mm cortical screws axially on the dorsal surface and LHS to compress the entire joint space. All the horses were kept in a half limb cast for 3 to 4 weeks after the operation. The PIP arthrodesis method used in this report was extremely stable and strong. All the horses exhibited signs of gradually decreasing pain and lameness, and were back to go out to pasture and perform trot exercises within 10 to 12 weeks of the operation.View full abstractDownload PDF (1080K) -
Tadatsugu ABE, Ayako IIZUKA, Keiichiro FUJITA, Keisuke HAMATANI, Makot ...Article type: Original Article
2016 Volume 69 Issue 3 Pages 138-142
Published: March 20, 2016
Released on J-STAGE: April 20, 2016
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThis study aimed to improve the specificity and diagnostic utility of immunohistochemistry (IHC) in the diagnosis of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED). To achieve this aim, we investigated the portion of the intestine that has greatest diagnostic value and the required head count for the detection of PED using IHC. We investigated 56 piglets on 18 farms that had developed PED. We performed IHC against the PED virus in each part of the intestine, and investigated the positive rate on each farm and each part of the intestine. In addition, we calculated the ratio of length between villus and crypt (ratio of villous atrophy) and the IHC-positive area in the small intestine. The rate of positive piglets was 33% (1/3) on one farm, while it was above 60% (3/5) on all the other farms. The lower part of the ileum exhibited the highest value of IHC-positive ratio at 100%. Although there were no differences in villous atrophy between the intestines, the IHC-positive area in the ileum was significantly higher than that in the jejunum (P＜0.05). Our results suggest that PED can be diagnosed accurately and effectively by examining the lower part of the ileum of approximately three piglets.View full abstractDownload PDF (964K)
Small Animal Medicine
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Hiroaki KAWAGUCHI, Yo SASATAKE, Michiko NOGUCHI, Kohei AKIOKA, Naoki M ...Article type: Short Communication
2016 Volume 69 Issue 3 Pages 143-146
Published: March 20, 2016
Released on J-STAGE: April 20, 2016
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSIn recent years, animals are increasingly being transported by vehicle. The mitigation of stress animals are subjected to while being transported by vehicle is desirable from the perspective of animal welfare. We investigated the potential of acupuncture, which has fewer side effects than drug therapy, as a means for treating canine transportation stress. Eleven dogs which had exhibited motion sickness symptoms during transportation (vomiting, salivation, and a reduced amount of spontaneous activity) underwent an easy-to-apply acupuncture treatment. Short, ultra-thin circular transdermal needles were applied to locations corresponding to acupoints on the apical area of both ears, which are identified as Erjian Points 1 to 3 (“Jisen” in Japanese) in traditional oriental medicine. Motion sickness symptoms were suppressed in the treated dogs the next time they were transported. We consider acupuncture to be a promising potential therapeutic strategy in veterinary medicine.View full abstractDownload PDF (835K)
Veterinary Public Health, Wildlife and Environmental Conservation
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Mutsuko SAKUI, Hiroshi OONO, Ayae OONISHI, Yuzaburo OKUArticle type: Original Article
2016 Volume 69 Issue 3 Pages 147-151
Published: March 20, 2016
Released on J-STAGE: April 20, 2016
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSHepatic small nodular lesions associated with alveoral echinoccosis have been observed in the past on slaughtered pigs and horses in Hokkaido Prefecture, but no previous record exists of similar lesions on cattle. In this study, we carried out histopathological analysis of the hepatic small nodular lesions collected from 36 slaughtered cattle in Hokkaido. Histopathologically, a nematode or a nematode-like structure was detected on the center of the necrotic nest in five cases, which were suspected to be Setaria digitata, Calodium hepaticum or Calodium-like parasites, and an unidentified nematode. Also, lesions associated with botryomycosis and mycotic granuloma were found in each case. All of the other nodular lesions were diagnosed as either a parasitic eosinophilic granulomatous lesion, a micro-abscess, a lymphoid follicle formation, a cholangitis, a nodular hyperplasia, a fat necrosis, or a chronic granuloma. In this study, Echinococcus multilocularis was not detected in the hepatic nodular lesions of the slaughtered cattle in Hokkaido Prefecture.View full abstractDownload PDF (2857K)
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