[Hypotrichosis and oligodontia, combined with an Xq-deletion, in a calf of the Swiss Holstein breed].

Hypotrichosis and oligodontia associated with a chromosomal anomaly (Xq-deletion) are described in a 11-month old cattle (Simmenthal/Red Holstein cross-breed). This chromosomal anomaly was accompanied with hairlessness and grievous teeth abnormalities. The animal had a very thin haircoat, had only one incisor and between one to three molars per mandible or maxilla.

[The Weaver syndrome in cattle. Clinical, biochemical and pathologico-anatomic studies in a Braunvieh/Brown Swiss cow with bovine progressive degenerative myeloencephalopathy].

The clinical signs and pathological lesions, consistent with Bovine Progressive Degenerative Myeloencephalopathy (BPDME), are described in a heifer. The animal was an 18-month-old Braunvieh-/Brown Swiss crossbreed with 50% Brown Swiss. Both the sire as well as the dam were related to the bull "B.

[Fenoterol (Partusisten)-associated lung edema. A case report].

The side effects of a beta 2-mimetic tocolytic therapy are of importance for anaesthesiologists who administer anaesthesia for obstetric operations, as our case report illustrates. In a healthy 28 year old pregnant woman during the 32nd week of pregnancy i.v.

[Lugol's solution and thyroid gland activity in cattle. Determination of the total thyroxine in blood plasma as a method for evaluating thyroid gland activity].

The aim of the present investigations was to examine if an intrauterine treatment with Lugol's solution in cows influences the activity of the thyroid gland. The thyrotropin-stimulation test was used to evaluate the function of the thyroid gland. An injection of 10 I.

[Immunohistochemistry: theoretical potentials and practical application].

Immunhistochemical methods are increasingly used and their application in surgical pathology is obvious. Nine different immunohistochemical techniques are compared in this review article. The peroxidase anti-peroxidase method of Sternberger et al.

[Sonography in the diagnosis of acute abdomen].

A prospective study with 466 patients demonstrated high value of sonography in combination with radiological methods in acute diagnosis of the abdomen. It is shown that sonography and radiology complement each other excellently. In 23% of the cases the examination, which resembles screening, indicates the quickest and most economic way through diagnostic procedures.

[Rewarming from moderate to deep hypothermia: plasma catecholamine content, metabolism and circulatory function. 2 case reports].

Two patients were rewarmed from hypothermia (esophageal temperature 27.2 degrees C, 27.5 degrees C respectively).

Investigations concerning the correlation between liver cell proliferation, production of alpha-fetoprotein, and DNA-synthesis of lymphocytes in the spleen of NMRI-mice. An autoradiographic and immunohistochemical study.

To obtain more information concerning the correlation between liver cell proliferation, production of alpha-Fetoprotein (AFP) and DNA-synthesis of lymphocytes in the central and peripheral parts of periarteriolar lymphatic sheaths ( PALS ) of the spleen, these parameters were monitored in intervals of 12h after CCl4-poisoning of NMRI-mice using autoradiographic and immunohistochemical methods. The results indicate that synthesis of AFP is not linked closely to proliferation of hepatocytes because in contrast to DNA-synthesis the production of AFP was only detectable in a very small subpopulation of liver parenchymal cells reaching a peak before the majority of hepatocytes was found to enter the S-phase of the cell cycle. Beyond this, in vivo no general suppressive effect of AFP on proliferation of lymphocytes in preferably T-dependent areas of the spleen could be detected since the 3H-TdR-labeling index in these compartments increased, reaching a peak 48h after the maximum of hepatocytes producing AFP had occurred.

Metabolic and hemodynamic response to hyperventilation in patients with head injuries.

The effects of controlled moderate hyperventilation (paCo2 approximately 31 mmHg) on cardiovascular parameters and whole-body-oxygen-uptake (VO2) was studied in 10 patients with head injuries, who were unconscious and artificially ventilated at the time of the investigation. VO2 was measured with the Beckmann Metabolic Measurement Cart and also calculated from cardiac output and arterio-mixed venous oxygen content difference. A mean increase in VO2 (+ 19.

[Intersexuality in the horse. Morphologic, hormone analytic and cytogenetic studies in an Arabohaflinger horse].

A case of intersexuality in an arabo-haflinger horse is described. The external genitalia consisted of mammary gland, vulva and hypertrophic clitoris; the inner genitalia of rudimental testes. The sexual behaviour was typically male-like.

[Whole body oxygen uptake in coronary artery bypass surgery (author's transl)].

In 10 patients who underwent aorto-coronary bypass operations haemodynamic parameters and whole body oxygen uptake were monitored, beginning after induction of anaesthesia, during extracorporeal circulation and the postoperative period up to 5 h. In the intensive care unit a new device for the continuous measurement of whole body oxygen uptake from expired gases was used. For anaesthesia constant doses of fentanyl (10 micrograms/kg/h) and nitrous oxide were given.

[A method for the determination of O2-uptake and CO2-elimination from the respiratory gases in mechanically ventilated patients (author's transl)].

A method for the assessment of O2-uptake and CO2-elimination from respiratory gases in mechanically ventilated patients is presented, the Beckman metabolic measurement cart. It was designed for exercise measurements. In patients under respirator treatment, there are problems resulting from the pressure sensitivity of the polarographic O2-electrode.

Distribution of lysozyme in synovial tissue of patients with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis demonstrated by different enzyme histochemical methods.

Lysozyme-producing cells were analysed by enzyme histochemistry in paraffin sections of synovial tissue of 60 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 20 patients with osteoarthritis (OA). For lysozyme detection three enzyme histochemical systems - peroxidase-anti-peroxidase, alkaline phosphatase and biotin-avidin - were used in parallel experiments. Lysozyme was found to be produced by polymorphonuclear cells, mononuclear phagocytes and part of synovial lining cells.