Welfare and Clinical Assessment on Physical Captures Followed by Anesthesia in Apennine Chamois ().

The Apennine chamois () is one of the rarest subspecies in Italy, listed in Annexes II and IV of the Habitats Directive and currently included as a vulnerable subspecies in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. The Maiella National Park population has recently been defined as a source population for reintroduction into other parks. Since collective captures allow for better selection of target animals for the establishment of new colonies, the aim of this study is to evaluate the physiological conditions and animal welfare in free-ranging Apennine chamois after collective physical capture followed by chemical immobilization with medetomidine 0.

Acute pancreatitis in the paediatric age group: a personal experience.

Although relatively rare, acute pancreatitis is the most common disease complex involving the pancreas in the paediatric age group. The etiology of the disease is often unknown, and Italian epidemiological data on the paediatric population and, in particular, on the etiology of the disease are not available (except for studies of prevalence). Within the field of the most frequently encountered pancreatitis in the age range of our interest (i.

Epilepsy evaluation by electroencephalography and magnetoencephalography in Lafora-body disease: a case report.

Unlabelled: Lafora-body disease (LBD) is a rare neurometabolic disorder of autosomal recessive inheritance associated with progressive myoclonic epilepsy. We report here the first description of ictal and interictal recording by electroencephalography (EEG) and magnetoencephalography (MEG) of a 15-y-old girl suffering from LBD.

Conclusions: Complementary use of MEG and EEG might be of future help to the clinician in better defining the pathophysiology of complex seizures, and also in patients with progressive neurological disorders, despite the poor prognosis of syndromes such as LBD.

Magnetoencephalographic and electroencephalographic evaluation in patients with cryptogenetic partial epilepsy.

Unlabelled: Magnetoencephalography (MEG) has been applied for more than 20 years to the localization of the epileptic focus in partial epilepsies, but correlation with electroencephalographic (EEG) data in homogeneous groups of patients is scarce.

Objective: The aim of our work was to use EEG and MEG for the study of a group of adults and children affected by cryptogenetic partial epilepsy.

Methods: We analyzed the traces obtained from electroencephalographic and magnetoencephalographic recordings of 10 patients of ages ranging from 7 to 38 years affected by cryptogenetic partial epilepsy.

Cefixime for the prophylaxis of urinary tract infections in children with malformative uropathies: an open study.

Urinary tract infections are often associated with urinary anomalies. An appropriate pharmacologic treatment may prevent, or may at least limit, any kidney damage due to pyelonephritis. The antibiotic prophylaxis plays a role as significant as early surgical therapy, taking into consideration also the present limitative trend for a softer therapeutic regimen.