Laparoscopic bladder flap ureteral reimplantation: survival porcine study.

Purpose: The bladder or Boari flap is a useful technique for ureteroneocystostomy when the distal ureter is too short to reach the bladder without undue tension. We report our experience with laparoscopic Boari flap ureteroneocystostomy in the chronic porcine model.

Materials And Methods: Six female farm pigs underwent unilateral laparoscopic Boari bladder flap ureteroneocystostomy.

Reproductive performance and milk production of Damascus goats fed acacia shrubs or berseem clover hay in North Sinai, Egypt.

Thirty-three adult Damascus does (29 +/- 1.1 kg BW) were fed 0.6 kg per head per day of a concentrate diet plus ad libitum rice straw (Oryza sativa, control, R), or green acacia (Acacia saligna, A) or berseem clover hay (Trifolium alexandrinum, B).

Alleviation of the heat load on lactating goats with the use of diuretics and drinking cool water.

The effect was studied of different heat loads connected with the application of diuretics and of 10 to 15 degrees C drinking water on the milk production and some related physiological parameters of 19 Egyptian Baladi goats under experimental conditions. The increase in heat stress increased the respiration rate, rectal temperature, and serum prolactin concentration significantly, while it significantly decreased the milk production, the content of alkaline, and acid phosphatases creatinine, urea, red blood cells, and haemoglobin concentration. The diuretic Thiameterine and cool drinking water under hot conditions improved the milk yield and had a positive effect on the physiological status of the animals, especially their blood composition.