This study aimed to investigate and compare the antagonistic effects of atipamezole, yohimbine and prazosin on medetomidine-induced diuresis in healthy cats. Five cats were repeatedly used in each of the 9 groups. One group was not medicated. Cats in the other groups received 40 µg/kg medetomidine intramuscularly and saline (as the control), 160 µg/kg prazosin, or 40, 160 or 480 µg/kg atipamezo...

Waring, Kajdi and Tappan (1945) described six cases of severe polyuria and polydipsia which showed no response to pitressin therapy. The onset was after birth and the main features were erratic fever, constipation, vomiting and hyper-electrolytaemia without acidosis. The urine was constantly of low specific gravity, and in spite of high fluid intakes it was difficult to maintain hydration. Pitr...

Phthalates are industrial chemicals widely used in many commercial applications. The general population is exposed to phthalates through consumer products as well as through diet and medical treatments. To determine whether environmental levels of phthalates are associated with altered DNA integrity in human sperm, we selected a population without identified sources of exposure to phthalates. O...

Urine samples were collected from 64 men and 88 women in shoe factories and printing plants at the end of a seven hour day shift in the latter half of a week in spring. Urine samples were also taken from 43 men and 88 women in the same factories but who were not exposed to solvents. Exposure to benzene during the shift was monitored by passive dosimeters. Both phenol in urine and benzene in act...

Laboratory examinations are carried out to determine diseases that can affect pregnancy, one of the tests is routine urine. The presence hormone HCG (Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin) in urine be used for a pregnancy test. Kidney function, known through protein test urine, leads pre-eclampsia pregnant women. High specific gravity caused by lack fluid consumption, sugar and (usually people with kid...

A comparative study of the diuretic effect of water, normal saline, palm wine and Lipton tea was carried out on forty (40) randomly selected, apparently normal undergraduate students of Medicine and Pharmacy at the University of Uyo, Nigeria. One and a half (1.5) litres of water, normal saline, palm wine and Lipton tea were given on separate days to the same subjects. The subjects were made to ...

A seven-year-old un-castrated male Shih Tzu dog was presented with signs of in appetence and dysuria for ten days. Abdominal ultrasonography noticed multiple mucosal projections, isoechoic a mildly thickened bladder wall sledge the urinary bladder. Urine analysis revealed pH 8.5, specific gravity 1.050, struvite crystals microbial culture yielded Staphycolocci Pseudomonas. Present communication...

Barite is an important additive material to increase the weight of excavation mud. It has been used extensively in the excavation mud industry. The barite particle sizes used in excavation mud is very important. There is a direct relationship between the amount on the sift of 200 and 325 mesh. By reducing particle sizes of the 200 and 325 mesh, the specific gravity of the barite power increased...

Fluoride was measured in the spontaneous urine of a group of persons (n = 397) occupationally non-exposed to fluoride. At a concentration less than 2 . 10(-4) g/kg fluoride in drinking water the mean fluoride excretion in urine is 0.61 mg/l F with an upper limit of 2.00 mg/l F. The 95-percentile of normal fluoride excretion is 1.0 mg/l F. By correcting the values for the specific gravity of 1.0...