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Copaiba oil in experimental wound healing in horses

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of 10% copaiba oil in experimentally induced wounds in horses. Four wounds were made in the lumbar and metacarpal regions of eight adult horses. In the treatment group, the wounds received 10% copaiba oil and in the control group 0.9% sodium chloride, in the daily dressing for 21 days. The wounds were evaluated three, 7, 14, and 21 days postoperatively...

Age structure of owned dogs under compulsory culling in a visceral leishmaniasi...

Abstract: The age structure of the dog population is essential for planning and evaluating control programs for zoonotic diseases. We analyzed data of an owned-dog census in order to characterize, for the first time, the structure of a dog population under compulsory culling in a visceral leishmaniasis endemic area (Panorama, São Paulo State, Brazil) that recorded a dog-culling rate of 28% in the year of the st...

Tissue apoptosis in mice infected with Leptospira interrogans serovar Icterohae...

Avaliação ultrassonográfica dos efeitos da acupuntura na involução uterina em c...

O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar, por meio da ultrassonografia, os efeitos da acupuntura na involução uterina, durante período puerperal eutócico em cadelas, com estimulação elétrica (eletroacupuntura). Estudou-se o fenômeno da involução uterina eutócica, em 16 fêmeas divididas aleatoriamente em dois grupos de oito animais cada, em que o grupo 1 (G1) recebeu tratamento com estimulação elétrica (eletroacupunt...

Cryptosporidium spp. infection in mares and foals of the northwest region of Sã...

The present study aimed to analyze the occurrence of infection by Cryptosporidium spp. in mares and their respective foals. This study was carried out in 11 farms located in the municipalities of Araçatuba, Birigui, Guararapes and Santo Antônio do Aracangua, in the northwest region of the State of Sao Paulo, from November 2010 to March 2011. A total of 98 mares and 98 foals of several breeds were analyzed; amon...

Ocorrência de Leishmania spp. em felinos do município de Araçatuba, SP

Este trabalho teve como objetivo comparar a ocorrência de Leishmania spp. em gatos por dois métodos (citológico e sorológico), bem como associar a ocorrência deste protozoário com as variáveis sexo, idade e raça. Amostras séricas de 283 felinos domésticos foram testadas pela Reação de Imunofluorescência Indireta (RIFI), e o exame parasitológico direto de linfonodos também foi realizado para a verificação da pos...

Microbiological counting in lamb carcasses from an abattoir in São Paulo, Brazil

The consumption of lamb meat in Brazil has increased in the last years but little information about the microbiological quality of this product is available. To evaluate the hygienic-sanitary conditions of lamb carcasses, the quantification of microorganism populations indicators (mesophiles and psychrotrophs; total and thermotolerant coliforms; Escherichia coli; moulds and yeasts) and the pathogenic microorgan...

Morphological aspects of tympanic bulla after ventral osteotomy in cats

PURPOSE: To evaluate tympanic bulla healing after experimental ventral osteotomy in cats. METHODS: Twenty adult cats were submitted to unilateral ventral bulla osteotomy and divided into two groups: cats of A1 group (n=10) were euthanized at 8 weeks and cats of A2 group (n=10), at 16 weeks postoperative. RESULTS: Signs of Horner's syndrome or damage to the inner ear were not found. Open-mouth radiographs taken ...

Histologia e morfometria em cornos uterinos de cadelas nulíparas, multíparas e ...

Dados histológicos e morfométricos foram obtidos de útero de cadelas nulíparas (n=6), multíparas (n=6) e de cadelas tratadas com contraceptivo (n=6). Para esse fim foram usadas seis amostras de cornos uterinos, em corte médio, para cada grupo. As mensurações das espessuras da parede uterina, endométrio total, miométrio total, miométrio interno, miométrio externo, estrato vascular e diâmetro das glândulas endome...

Morphological aspects of tympanic bulla after lateral osteotomy in cats

PURPOSE: To evaluate tympanic bulla healing after experimental lateral osteotomy in cats. METHODS: Twenty adult cats were submitted to unilateral lateral bulla osteotomy and divided into two groups: cats of B1 group (n=10) were euthanized at 8 weeks and cats of B2 group (n=10), at 16 weeks postoperative. RESULTS: Oblique lateral radiographs taken immediately postoperative showed interruption in the contour of t...