BACKGROUND This case report describes the clinical and ultrasonographic findings in a Swiss Braunvieh cow with lymphosarcoma of the abomasum. CASE PRESENTATION The main clinical findings were vomiting in response to eating and melena. The results of serum biochemistry and rumen fluid analysis were indicative of abomasal reflux syndrome. The main ultrasonographic findings were two enlarged lym...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether patients with suspected heart failure but preserved systolic function, as determined by conventional echocardiographic measures (often said to have "diastolic heart failure), might have subtle left ventricular systolic dysfunction detectable by a new measure of left ventricular systolic function-left ventricular systolic atrioventricular plane displacement. DES...

Figure 1: A. (Top Left) Coronal T2 MRI: Arrowhead showing right cavernous carotid displacing optic chiasm superiorly. Arrow highlighting left ACA displacing the left portion of the optic chiasm inferiorly. Also note focal hyperintensity in the right chiasm. B. (Top Right) Coronal T2 MRI: Arrowhead showing displacement of optic chiasm superiorly by supraclinoid cavernous carotid. C. (Bottom Left...

This review explores the practical use of (Observer)—Reporter—Interpreter—Manager—Expert ((O)RIME) model in assessment clinical reasoning skills and for potential to provide effective feedback that can be used teaching veterinary learners. For descriptive purposes, we will examples bovine left displaced abomasum apparently anestric cow. Bearing mind primary purpose is prepare graduates a succes...

The effect of thoraco-vagotomy on the distribution and frequency of chromogranin-, serotonin-, somatostatin- and gastrin-immunoreactive cells in the abomasum of the calf were investigated by immunohistochemistry. Calves were vagotomized at 1 week old and sampled 2 and 4 weeks later. The endocrine cells generally decreased in number in vagotomized calves as compared to non-operated control calve...

Introduction: The UK FMD epidemic of 2001 was the largest the world had ever experienced (Rossides, 2002), resulting in the slaughter of over 4 million animals in support of the control strategy and a further 2.5 million on welfare grounds (Kitching et al 2005). Inevitably a tragedy on this scale ushers in an era of change.Impact analysis assesses the response in a time series to a discrete eve...

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