Intrathecal enalapril reduces adhesion formation in experimentally induced digital flexor tendon sheath injuries in horses.

Objective: The objectives of the study were to describe a standing percutaneous adhesion induction model in the digital flexor tendon sheath (DFTS) of horses and to evaluate the effect of intrathecal administration of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor enalapril on tendon healing and adhesion formation.

Study Design: Randomized, blinded, controlled experimental study.

Animals: Eight healthy horses.

Multicenter study of factors associated with nonsurvival in hospitalized periparturient goats.

Background: Periparturient reproductive complications appear to be common in hospitalized goats. More information is needed about periparturient reproductive complications and survival in goats with these conditions.

Objective: Identify exposure factors associated with nonsurvival in periparturient does hospitalized ≤1 day or ≥2 days.

Clinical findings and outcome in goats with discospondylitis and vertebral osteomyelitis.

Background: Vertebral infections, including vertebral osteomyelitis, septic physitis, and discospondylitis, are rarely reported in goats, and when reported, have been largely limited to necropsy case reports.

Objective: Describe clinical findings and outcome in goats with vertebral infections evaluated by computed tomography (CT).

Animals: Five goats with vertebral osteomyelitis, septic physitis, and discospondylitis evaluated by CT.

Multicenter study of uterine tears and other reproductive complications in periparturient goats presented to veterinary teaching hospitals.

Background: Goats are increasingly popular as both production animals and pets. The frequency of and factors associated with periparturient reproductive complications in goats are largely unreported.

Objectives: (1) To report the frequency of periparturient reproductive complications in does presented to university veterinary hospitals and (2) to identify factors associated with uterine tears in the study population.

Flow-controlled expiration improves respiratory mechanics, ventilation, and gas exchange in anesthetized horses.

Objective: Mechanical ventilation is usually achieved by active lung inflation during inspiration and passive lung emptying during expiration. By contrast, flow-controlled expiration (FLEX) ventilation actively reduces the rate of lung emptying by causing linear gas flow throughout the expiratory phase. Our aim was to evaluate the effects of FLEX on lung compliance and gas exchange in anesthetized horses in dorsal recumbency.

Protective effects of dexmedetomidine on small intestinal ischaemia-reperfusion injury in horses.

Background: Strangulating small intestinal lesions in the horse have increased morbidity and mortality compared to nonstrangulating obstructions due to mucosal barrier disruption and subsequent endotoxaemia.

Objectives: To investigate protective effects of dexmedetomidine on small intestinal ischaemia-reperfusion injury in the horse.

Study Design: Randomised, controlled, experimental study.

Cervical Epidural and Subarachnoid Catheter Placement in Standing Adult Horses.

Horses underwent either cervical epidural space (CES) catheterization or subarachnoid space (SAS) catheterization while restrained in stocks, under deep sedation (detomidine and morphine) and local anesthesia (mepivacaine 2%) block. Catheters were placed under ultrasound guidance with visualization of the dura, SAS, and spinal cord between the first (C1) and second (C2) cervical vertebrae. Following sedation and sterile skin preparation, operator 1 placed under ultrasound guidance, a 6- or 8-inch Tuohy needle with the bevel oriented caudally.