Veterinární medicína, 2020 (vol. 65), issue 7
Effects of mesquite (Prosopis laevigata) pods as a potential feed material for kidsOriginal Paper
L Pena-Avelino, I Ceballos-Olvera, J Alva-Perez, J Vicente, J Pinos-Rodriguez
Vet Med - Czech, 2020, 65(7):289-296 | DOI: 10.17221/106/2019-VETMED 
To evaluate the dietary inclusion of mesquite pods (Prosopis laevigata) on the growth performance, rumen fermentation, nitrogen balance, blood metabolites and carcass traits, 15 Creole goat kids (12.1 ± 2.8 kg body weight) were randomly assigned to one of three experimental diets with 0, 300 and 600 g of mesquite pods (dry matter basis). The study lasted 80 days. At the end of this period, the blood and ruminal fluid were sampled and the nitrogen (N) balance was calculated. The growth performance and feed intake were not affected by the mesquite pods....
Cisternal versus lumbar cerebrospinal fluid lactate concentration in healthy dogsOriginal Paper
A Galan, A Seisdedos-Benzal, BE Carletti, S Quiros, EM Martin, D Menor, MM Granados
Vet Med - Czech, 2020, 65(7):297-300 | DOI: 10.17221/136/2019-VETMED
The analysis of cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers provides a wide range of information about the neurological health of a patient. Lactate is a metabolic precursor necessary for brain gluconeogenesis. When oxidative impairment or mitochondrial damage is present, lactate alteration occurs. The rostro-caudal dynamics of cerebrospinal biomarkers along the craniospinal axis in humans and horses was demonstrated in other studies. To the authors' knowledge, no clinical study has, so far, investigated the cerebrospinal fluid lactate concentration in dogs in association...
Immunohistochemical mapping of thymic microenvironment in sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus)Original Paper
E Salkova, M Flajshans, C Steinbach
Vet Med - Czech, 2020, 65(7):301-308 | DOI: 10.17221/181/2019-VETMED
In this study, we describe the immunohistochemical characterisation of the thymus, the main lymphoid organ, in sturgeon. The wide range cytokeratin, vimentin, S-100 protein, LCA (CD45) and CD3 were selected as the immunohistochemical markers to map the thymus in juvenile sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus). The epithelial cells and Hassall's corpuscles were labelled with a wide range cytokeratin. The fibroblasts and connective tissue within the thin fibrous capsule on the thymic surface expressed vimentin positivity. The stromal reticular cells were S-100...
Metacarpophalangeal joint luxation with joint capsule rupture and bone exposure in a horseCase Report
LPB Borges, GMA Santos, RA Oliveira, LO Silva, LA de Souza, HH Perdigao, MM Guimaraes, JAS Silveira, MD Duarte, PPM Teixeira
Vet Med - Czech, 2020, 65(7):309-313 | DOI: 10.17221/170/2019-VETMED
A 300 kg, 11-month-old quarter horse filly was presented with a joint dislocation in the right anterior limb. The animal was attended at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA) Veterinary Hospital in September 2016, where it was reported that the horse was injured on a fence. On clinical examination, the dislocation of the metacarpophalangeal joint with a rupture of the joint capsule and exposure of bone surfaces was observed, however, with no rupture of the extensor and flexor tendons. Surgery was recommended and the patient was anaesthetised with detomidine...
Spontaneous rupture of the lymph nodes as a cause of haemoabdomen in two canine lymphoma patientsCase Report
T Plavec, T Svara, N Tozon, D Pavlin
Vet Med - Czech, 2020, 65(7):314-319 | DOI: 10.17221/21/2020-VETMED
Non-traumatic haemoabdomen in dogs usually occurs due to abdominal neoplasia, coagulopathies or organ torsion. The most common sources of bleeding in neoplastic cases are the spleen and liver, but other abdominal organs can also be involved. However, in the available veterinary literature, ruptured lymph nodes are not described as a cause of haemoabdomen. In the present manuscript, two canine cases of intra-abdominal haemorrhage from ruptured lymph nodes secondary to B-cell lymphoma are described.
Tetralogy of Fallot with right ventricular outflow tract obstruction and patent ductus arteriosus in a dogCase Report
S Park, MJC Ang, MD Kittleson, KO Cho, J Choi
Vet Med - Czech, 2020, 65(7):320-326 | DOI: 10.17221/76/2019-VETMED
In this study we describe the echocardiographic features of a complex cardiac defect with a right to left shunt through tetralogy of Fallot and also a left to right shunt through a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in a 3-year-old dog. The echocardiography revealed a tetralogy of Fallot with a severely hypertrophied right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT), and a left to right shunting PDA. A contrast echocardiogram showed microbubbles moving from the right ventricle to the aorta through the ventricular septal defect. They then reached...