Evaluation of postceliotomy peritoneal drain fluid volume, cytology, and blood-to-peritoneal fluid lactate and glucose differences in normal dogs.

Objective: To describe peritoneal drain fluid volume, fluid cytology, and blood-to-peritoneal fluid lactate and glucose concentration differences after exploratory celiotomy in normal dogs.

Study Design: Prospective study.

Animals: Healthy Beagle dogs (n=10).

Establishment and characterization of a canine soft tissue sarcoma cell line.

Stringently controlled in vitro experiments are a necessary part of translational research. Cell lines are useful for exploring the underlying biology of cancer. Very few canine soft tissue sarcoma cell lines exist.

L-glutamine and L-asparagine stimulate Na+ -H+ exchange in porcine jejunal enterocytes.

L-Glutamine (Gln) is a major respiratory fuel and substrate for nucleic acid synthesis in mammalian intestinal cells. The structurally related amino acid, L-asparagine (Asn), stimulates the proliferative enzyme ornithine decarboxylase in colonocytes, an effect that is blocked by the Na+-H+ exchange inhibitor amiloride. In an epithelial cell line derived from newborn piglet jejunum (IPEC-J2 cells), we determined intracellular pH (pHi) by computer-assisted microfluorimetry in single cells loaded with pH-sensitive dye 2',7'-bis(2-carboxyethyl)5-(6)- carboxyfluorescein.

Immunoblot analysis of immunoglobulin G response to the Lyme disease agent (Borrelia burgdorferi) in experimentally and naturally exposed dogs.

Immunoblots were used to study the immunoglobulin G response to Borrelia burgdorferi in experimentally and naturally exposed dogs. Adsorption studies confirmed that the antibodies were specific for B. burgdorferi.

Tropical fish medicine. Biopsy and rapid postmortem techniques for diagnosing diseases of fish.

Biopsy and rapid postmortem techniques are simple to perform with commonly available instruments. Because the skin and gills are the target organs for so many infectious agents, biopsy is a very useful tool in pet fish medicine. The major requisite for successful diagnosis using biopsy materials is the ability to recognize different taxonomic groups of pathogens.

Gentamicin dosing strategies for dogs with subclinical renal dysfunction.

Twenty-six subtotally nephrectomized dogs were used as a model for subclinical renal dysfunction to evaluate the nephrotoxic potential of gentamicin administered according to four different dosage regimens. Dosages were individualized based on the pharmacokinetic disposition of drug in each dog. Gentamicin at 3.

Diseases of quail.

An increasing number and variety of quail are being kept for food production, experimental use, release on hunting preserves, preservation of endangered species, zoological display, and as companion birds. Quail are susceptible to a variety of noninfectious, infectious, and parasitic diseases. Because they are related to chickens and turkeys, many of the diseases in quail are similar to those in poultry.

Diseases of pigeons.

This article contains the most common bacterial, viral, protozoan, mycotic, and parasitic diseases of pigeons encountered by the practicing veterinarian. Emphasis is placed on etiology, transmission, clinical signs, postmortem lesions, treatment, and control to aid the veterinarian in assessing clinical conditions.