Publications by authors named "T Blackwelder"

Lateral digital flexor tendonitis is a rarely reported cause of hind limb lameness in performance horses. The purpose of this retrospective study was to describe clinical and diagnostic imaging findings for a group of horses with lateral digital flexor tendinitis within the tarsal sheath. Equine cases with a diagnosis of lateral digital flexor tendonitis and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of the affected region were retrieved from North Carolina University’s medical record database.

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Objective: To compare the safety and efficacy of 0.75% metronidazole vaginal gel (MGV) administered QD for 5 days to MGV administered BID for 5 days for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis (BV).Methods: Nonpregnant women 18 years or older with a diagnosis of BV were enrolled into this trial.

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Background And Objectives: Bacterial vaginosis is the most common cause of vaginal symptoms in women and has potential complications. Efforts to improve treatment of this disease process are warranted.

Goal Of This Study: The goal of this study was to compare the safety and efficacy of once-daily intravaginal administration of 0.

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In order to describe the timing and extent of accelerated pubertal weight gain in female rhesus, we examined a large colony data base consisting of over 10,000 weight records for animals between 1.5 and 3.0 years of age (menarche occurs at about 2.

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