Recurrent epididymitis and a history of anorectal malformation (ARM) may be secondary to an ectopic vas deferens to ureter described as persistent mesonephric duct syndrome. This is a case of a child with ARM found to have bilateral ectopic ureter to vas connection. The histopathology specimen here would suggest this is an ectopic ureter to vas. In a child with ARM that is undergoing nephrectom...

ABSTRACT Brucella ovis, a non-zoonotic species, is the etiological agent of ovine brucellosis, an infectious disease clinical or subclinical occurrence in sheep flocks. Until then, there no serological study anti-Brucella ovis antibodies purebred herds. This aimed to determine presence flocks with breeding purposes from Parana State. Blood samples 728 animals, which 563 were females and 165 mal...

ABSTRACT: Periodontitis is an inflammatory process of infectious origin affecting the teeth and their supporting structures, causing significant economic losses reducing animal welfare. Bacteria in gingival biofilm are one main factors initiating lesions. act directly on tissues or indirectly through substances that cause tissue damage. Studies etiopathogenesis periodontitis Brazilian sheep her...

BACKGROUND The growing awareness of transfusion-associated morbidity and mortality necessitates investigations into the underlying mechanisms. Small animals have been the dominant transfusion model but have associated limitations. This study aimed to develop a comprehensive large animal (ovine) model of transfusion encompassing: blood collection, processing and storage, compatibility testing ri...

Overview Excluding dermatological condit ions, testicular and scrotal lesions include hydrocele, hernia, spermatocele, varicocele, tumours, haematocele, and two painful condit ions, epididymitis/orchit is and torsion of the spermatic cord (‘testicular torsion’). These problems are commonly encountered by primary care physicians. For instance, acute epididymitis is one of the leading causes of d...

Prions are proteinaceous infectious agents responsible for fatal neurodegenerative diseases in animals and humans. They are essentially composed of PrP(Sc), an aggregated, misfolded conformer of the ubiquitously expressed host-encoded prion protein (PrP(C)). Stable variations in PrP(Sc) conformation are assumed to encode the phenotypically tangible prion strains diversity. However the direct co...