Small intestinal herniation through the epiploic foramen: 53 cases (1987-1993)

The incidence of epiploic entrapment of the small intestine in horses undergoing celiotomy for colic was 5%. The condition was more prevalent in older (mean 9.81 years) gelding and Thoroughbred horses. Preoperative peritoneal protein level was a good prognostic indicator as it was significantly greater in the nonsurvivor (39.4 +/- 5.10) group than in the survivor group (26.6 +/- 14.0) (P<0.05). Abdominal ultrasonography allowed earlier diagnosis and surgical intervention in nonpainful cases with inconclusive rectal findings. Surgery was completed in 46 horses and 44 horses recovered from anaesthesia. Nine horses were either subjected to euthanasia in surgery (7 horses) or died in recovery (2 horses). Repeat laparotomies were pursued in 27% (12/44) of the horses. Seven horses (16%) showed post operative adynamic ileus which was the most common post operative complication. The incidence (6%) of adhesion formation was lower than previously reported. Other post operative complications included gastric ulceration, liver disease, diarrhoea and weight loss. Short and long term survival rates were 79% (35/44) and 70% (31/44) respectively. Improved rates were attributed to earlier referral and diagnosis and prompt surgical intervention. The aggressive use of repeat celiotomy and a more effective treatment of the endotoxic horse in the perioperative period contributed to survival.     

Word processing for blind people

The preparation of high-quality and error-free letters, reports and similar text is a major activity in many business and commercial environments. For this reason, it is not surprising that word processors are becoming an increasingly important feature in offices. They may be found as dedicated systems or as a microcomputer with disc loading software.

A significant feature of word processing is the display of text on a screen which can be accessed or edited with the aid of a visual cursor that is controlled by the keyboard. This dependence on a visual display to manipulate and alter text assumes that the operator of the word processor is sighted. This paper considers the consequences for blind people.     

Effects of dianabol and high-intensity sprint training on body composition of rats

The practice of sequential incubation in radio-immunoassay of TSH improves the sensitivity and precision without affecting the specificity compared with the method using simultaneous incubation of the constituents of the radio-immunological reaction. The determination of basic levels of TSH is more sensitive and more precise.     

Properties and relationships of broad bean stain virus and Echtes Ackerbohnenmosaik-Virus

The effects of feeding irradiated wheat in mice on bone marrow and testis chromosomes, germ cell numbers and dominant lethal mutations were investigated. Feeding of freshly irradiated wheat resulted in significantly increased incidence of polyploid cells in bone marrow, aneuploid cells in testis, reduction in number of spermatogonia of types A, B and resting primary spermatocytes as well as a higher mutagenic index. Such a response was not observed when mice were fed stored irradiated wheat. Also there was no difference between the mice fed un-irradiated wheat and stored irradiated wheat.     

Determination of ftorafur and 5-fluorouracil levels in plasma and urine

The clinical diagnosis of meniscus lesions is often difficult. The authors have therefore used arthrograpy of the knee with double contrast medium. The fluoroscopic technique used in fifty cases is described. The results obtained are reported and compared with 105 other cases in which arthrography was carried out with standard radiological technique. The diagnostic accuracy for meniscus lesions is very high.