[Compilation of antibiotic use in farm animals via veterinary surgeries]. / Erfassung des Antibiotikaeinsatzes bei Lebensmittel liefernden Tieren in der tierärztlichen Praxis.

A feasibility study with 20 voluntarily participating veterinary surgeries was carried out in order to test, if the consumption of antibiotics in livestock can be determined systematically. Information about the statutory documents on the application of drugs of the participating surgeries were entered in a central database and analysed systematically. Surgeries that treat only livestock used significantly more antibiotics (number of treatment units per veterinarian) per veterinarian than surgeries that treat also small animals. The comparison of small and large surgeries showed that veterinarians in small surgeries treated fewer pigs and more cattle than their colleagues in large surgeries (number of treatment units per veterinarian). All in all, tetracyclines counted for more than 50% of all substances used (regarding the amount), followed by beta-lactams (25%) and sulfonamides incl. trimethoprim (11%). In poultry, polypeptides and beta-lactams were used most frequently. While cephalosporines were used only in cattle in a noteworthy frequency, fluoroquinolones were applied to poultry in almost 12% of all applications (application of one substance to one animal at one day). In total, it was shown, that harmonized documentation of consumption of antibiotics is feasible, but the relation of antibiotics to the treated population is problematic which has to be considered in the future.The number of applications is more suitable to assess the antibiotic use than the amount in kg, because the latter is dependent of the dosage. The impact of highly dosed substances like e.g. tetracyclines is overestimated by regarding the amount, while substances with low dosages are underestimated.

Hospital Escolar Veterinário

No hospital pode-se ter acesso a consultas de primeira opinião, a consultas de referência e a consultas de 2ª opinião, sendo suportado por uma extensa equipa multidisciplinar, estando deste modo disponíveis diversas especialidades, assim como vários meios de diagnóstico, entre eles, análises clínicas, imagiologia (RX, TAC,Ecografia), etc... O hospital possui ainda serviço de internamento que funciona durante todo o ano.Para além do horário de consultas normal o hospital estreia agora serviço de urgências, 24 horas por dia durante todo o ano.

Blog CRV Imagem

Blog que aborda o diagnóstico por imagem em medicina veterinária. Com várias fotos, há descrições das doenças e traumas com base nas imagens apresentadas.

Oncolink Vet

OncoLink is designed to make it easy for the general public to navigate through the pages to obtain the information that they want. The home page has buttons and hypertext links. If you click on the buttons or the underlined text with your mouse, you will go directly to your area of interest.

Veterinária Atual

Revista de conteudo médico veterinária. Site trás notícias e reportagens sobre o assunto.

Peritoneal adhesions in human and veterinary medicine: from pathogenesis to therapy. A review.

Any peritoneal inflammatory process consequent to infections or surgical injuries may induce abdominal adhesion formation. Peritoneal adhesions are connective laciniae that develop among abdomino-pelvic organs that limit physiologic visceral motion. Consequently, fertility may be impaired, and intestinal obstruction and pelvic pain may develop, mainly in subjects that had undergone gynaecological surgery. This review illustrates the pathogenic steps of adhesiogenesis and the therapeutic scenario that evolved over the years to tackle the threat of peritoneal adhesions, both in domestic animals and in women.

Sterilization of companion animals: exploring the attitudes and behaviors of Latino students in south Texas.

A sample of 131 Latino students attending a university in south Texas near the United States-Mexico border completed a self-administered questionnaire regarding their companion animals (pets). Compared with dog caregivers (owners) (n = 106), cat caregivers (n = 25) were significantly more likely to favor early spay/neuter of pets and to report that the primary benefit received from their own pet was relational (for example, companionship) rather than functional (for example, sense of safety). The rate of sterilization was significantly higher for cats (60%) than for dogs (26.4%). Sterilization rates were significantly higher for cats whose owners favored early spay/neuter and had accurate knowledge about sterilization of female cats and dogs. Sterilization rates were significantly higher for dogs whose owners had a veterinarian, favored early spay/neuter, and valued relational benefits of guardianship more than functional benefits. Approximately 41% of owners whose pets were not sterilized reported that they wanted puppies or kittens, and 25% reported that the cost of the procedure was the primary barrier. Sterilization programs must include both education about the benefits of sterilization and low-cost spay/neuter services.

Vertically integrated educational collaboration between a college of veterinary medicine and a non-profit animal shelter.

The College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS) at Texas A&M University (TAMU) has developed a multifaceted program in partnership with the Brazos Animal Shelter to provide teaching opportunities with shelter animals during all four years of the professional curriculum. In the first three semesters of the professional program, students working in small groups spend two hours per semester at the shelter performing physical examinations, administering vaccinations and anthelmintics, completing heartworm or FeLV/FIV testing, and performing simple medical treatments. In an expanded fourth-year program, groups of six students spend 16 contact hours at the shelter during two-week rotations, completing similar tasks. Through this program, each student practices animal-handling skills and routine procedures on an average of 150 to 200 dogs and cats. In addition, during third- and fourth-year surgery courses, student teams spay or neuter an average of 12 to 18 dogs or cats each week. More than 800 animals are spayed/neutered annually through this program, and each student directly participates in 12 to 15 spay/neuter survival surgeries. The program represents a creative approach to veterinary training that conscientiously uses animal resources in a positive fashion. We believe that this is a successful partnership between a state-supported veterinary college and a non-profit shelter that benefits both agencies. We encourage other veterinary colleges to explore similar partnership opportunities to provide optimal training for professional students while using animal resources efficiently.

Death or declaw: dealing with moral ambiguity in a veterinary hospital.

The medical practice of declawing has received much political debate over the past few years. Yet, empirical and theoretical research on how this practice is maintained and the ethical positions of those who actually participate in this work is lacking. Drawing from 9 months of ethnographic fieldwork in a feline-specific veterinary hospital and open-ended interviews with veterinarians and staff, this study examines veterinary staff members' attitudes toward, and strategies for, dealing with the medical practice of declawing. Specifically, findings show that a number of staff felt uncomfortable with their participation in onychectomy (declawing) and relied heavily on organizational support structures to cope both with these feelings and the moral ambiguity about the practice. Relying on these structures, the veterinarians and their staff are able simultaneously to define felines as subjects worthy of respect for their quality of life, protect their own self-identity as people who work toward the best interest of animals, and paradoxically support action toward felines that they find morally objectionable.

Simple and surgical exodontia.

Preemptive and postoperative pain management is part of patient care when performing extractions. Simple extractions can become complicated when tooth roots are fractured. Adequate lighting,magnification, and surgical techniques are important when per-forming surgical (complicated) extractions. Radiographs should be taken before extractions and also during the procedure to assist with difficult extractions. Adequate flap design and bone removal are necessary when performing surgical extractions. Complications, including ocular trauma, jaw fracture, and soft tissue trauma, are avoided or minimized with proper patient selection and technique.

A comparison of the surgical caseloads of selected companion animal hospitals and a veterinary academic hospital in South Africa.

Educational institutions should be aware of the frequency of surgical procedures in private practice, to assist both the student and the lecturer in evaluating the relative importance of procedures and to structure training programmes accordingly. The surgical caseload for 1 year at a veterinary academic hospital and 13 private companion animal hospitals registered with the South African Veterinary Council were compared. Surgical records were entered into a spreadsheet and sorted according to 96 selected surgical procedures to facilitate comparisons. Surgical procedures were in turn grouped according to date, species, degree of difficulty and frequency of occurrence. Feline procedures were more commonly performed in private hospitals. The academic hospital's caseload was dominated by major and advanced procedures while the private hospitals carried out more minor procedures. At the private hospitals more general surgery, and ear, nose and throat surgery as well as dental procedures were performed, while at the academic hospital more ophthalmic, orthopaedic, thoracic and neurosurgical procedures were carried out. The most commonly performed procedures at the academic hospital differed from those at the private hospitals. No seasonal trends were evident.

Encyclopedia of Canine Veterinary Medical Information

It presents information related to canine veterinary medical issues (from Acepromazine to White dog shaker syndrome).

Attitudes of owners regarding tendonectomy and onychectomy in cats.

OBJECTIVE: To compare the incidence of behavior problems following tendonectomy or onychectomy in cats, as well as attitudes of owners following these procedures. DESIGN: Nonrandomized clinical trial. ANIMALS: 18 cats that underwent tendonectomy and 39 cats that underwent onychectomy. PROCEDURE: Owners of cats that underwent tendonectomy or onychectomy between February 1993 and May 1998 were contacted by telephone and asked several questions regarding reasons for surgery as well as complications and behavioral changes in cats following surgery. RESULTS: The most common reason for considering tendonectomy or onychectomy was to avoid damage caused by the cat scratching household materials. Avoidance of injury to humans or animals was chosen more often by owners whose cats underwent onychectomy than those that underwent tendonectomy. Tendonectomy was more likely to have been recommended by veterinarians than onychectomy. Significantly more cats that underwent tendonectomy (67%) than onychectomy (44%) returned to normal activity within 3 days after surgery. Significant differences were not detected regarding behavior problems after surgery. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Although tendonectomy and onychectomy involved some medical complications and behavior changes following surgery, owners had positive attitudes regarding both surgeries after the immediate postoperative period. Tendonectomy may be a humane alternative to onychectomy, although owners need to be advised that nail trimming is still necessary in cats after surgery.

Anatomía del cerdo aplicada a la experimentación en cirugía general / Anatomy of the pig applied to experimental general surgery

Basándonos en la experiencia personal de cirugía experimental durante 10 años en 170 cerdos de raza Large-White, realizamos una extensa exposición de los conocimientos anatómicos adquiridos con especial referencia a su aplicación en cirugía experimental, con detalles prácticos de manejo anesté sico y quirúrgico de algunos procedimientos técnicos. La información está referida siempre a cerdos jóvenes (de 20 a 40 kg de peso). En el artículo se pueden distinguir las siguientes partes: a) anatomía del cuello, con especiales referencias a la intubación orotraqueal, a la realización de traqueotomía para ventilación, y a accesos venosos centrales y arteriales en el cuello y en otras regiones anatómicas del animal; b) anatomía de las vísceras y estructuras vasculares del tórax: el corazón con los troncos supraaórticos y sus ramas, la anatomía del retoro venoso, del árbol traqueobronquial, de los pulmones y del mediastino; c) anatomía vascular del abdomen: sistema arterial del abdomen (con todas sus ramas viscerales), sistema venoso portal y sistema venoso de la cava inferior; d) anatomía del aparato digestivo, que es la parte más extensa, y se compara específicamente frente a la anatomía humana: intestino delgado y grueso: el colon con grandes diferencias morfológicas; estómago y bazo: con algunas diferencias de vascularización; hígado: importantes diferencias en segmentación, fijación al retroperitoneo, anatomía del hilo hepático y epiplón gastrocólico, ramificación portal y de las venas suprahepáticas, y páncreas y duodeno: vascularización y drenaje venoso, situación parcialmente intraperitoneal, y e) anatomía del sistema genitourinario: genitales internos de la hembra, riñones, uréteres, vejiga y uretra.Para mejorar las descripciones anatómicas, los aspectos de mayor interés se ilustran con dibujos (AU)