The Abdominal Incision The caudal ventral median celiotomy is the most popular approach because it is simple and allows access to most of the equine abdomen. This incision extends for 25 cm or more from a point 2.5 cm cranial to the umbilicus. A more cranial approach would also be indicated if preoperative information suggested a lesion in the cranial part of the abdomen, such as diaphragmatic ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the protective effect of celecoxib in the esophageal mucosa in rats undergoing esofagojejunostomy. METHODS Sixty male Wistar rats from the vivarium of the University of Health Sciences of Alagoas were used for the experiment. The animals were divided into four groups: Group I, 15 rats undergoing esofagojejunostomy with the use of celecoxib postoperatively; Group II, 15 r...

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the prokinetic effects of mosapride with non-invasive assessment of myoelectrical activity in the small intestine and caecum of healthy horses after jejunocaecostomy. Six horses underwent celiotomy and jejunocaecostomy, and were treated with mosapride (treated group) at 1.5 mg/kg per osos once daily for 5 days after surgery. The other six horses ...

Horses that survive to discharge have serum cortisol concentrations that gradually decrease during hospitalization and are significantly lower on the day of discharge than they were at admission. In contrast, horses that do not survive to discharge have persistently high serum cortisol levels that remain elevated on the day of death or euthanasia. Evaluation of serum cortisol concentrations dai...

Abstract A one-year-old European shorthair feral cat with signs of heat was presented at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital Las Palmas de Gran Canaria University. After physical exam, histology, hormonal analysis, ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) studies were performed. Examination external genitalia revealed absence one testes in scrotal sac presence a structure whose appearance could sug...

Gastric dilatation and volvulus (GDV) is a progressing bloat condition in dogs characterized as followed by rotation of stomach. A sevenyear old 18 kg black colour female non-descriptive dog presented, with history difficulty respiration within half an hour after feeding curd meals. With the general clinical examination case tentatively diagnosed gastric dilatation. After unsuccessful advanceme...

A 10-month-old, 580 kg, hand-reared white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) calf was presented for emergency exploratory celiotomy. Anaesthesia was safely induced with three successive intravenous (IV) boluses of diazepam (10 mg) and ketamine (100 mg) until the trachea could be intubated. Anaesthesia was adequately maintained with isoflurane-inoxygen (mean end-tidal isoflurane concentration o...