Contents page of the issue June 2006




EQUINE
F. Tóth, R. Cole: Epiglottic augmentation surgery for the treatment of intermittent dorsal displacement of the soft palate in the horse / 323
B. Wollanke, H. Gerhards: Clinical picture and macroscopic pathomorphology of acute typhlocolitis / 328

PORCINE
J. Fodor, K. Meyer, M. Riedlberger, J. Bauer, R. Pósa, P. Horn, F. Kovács, M. Kovács: The distribution and elimination of fumonisins after oral administration of Fusarium verticillioides fungal culture / 334

POULTRY
Cs. Nemes, R. Glávits, M. Dobos-Kovács, É. Ivanics, É. Kaszanyitzky, A. Beregszászi, L. Szeredi, L. Dencső: Colitis connected to Spirochaeta infection in goose flocks. Secondary communication / 343
I. Héjja, E. Várkonyi, L. Zöldág, J. Barna: Significance of chimerism in domestic fowl. Part 2. Possibility for gene preservation in turkey by chimerism. Preliminary communication / 351

SMALL ANIMALS
P. Csébi, A. Arany-Tóth, V. Sére, Cs. Jakab: Intracranially spreading nasal adenocarcinoma in a Caucasian shepherd dog. Case report and literature review / 358
Á. Pákozdy, M. Leschnik: Aspects of the differential diagnosis of granulomatic meningoencephalomyelitis (GME) and corticosteroid-sensitive meningitis arteritis (SRMA) in connection to a case report in a dog. Secondary communication / 367
K. Trasch, A. Wehrend, H. Borstedt: Follow-up of health state of pyometric dogs after conservative treatment with antigestagene / 372

WILD ANIMALS
J. Gál: European Brown Hare Syndrome epidemic in hares (Lepus europaeus) in Hungary / 375

ACADEMIC REPORTS, 2006
Veterinary research in 2005 in the light of academic reports. Part 1 / 380

BOOK REVIEW
M. Bodó, J. Honti, J. Sugár, D. Tanka: History of Hungarian pathology (D. Karasszon) / 357

IN MEMORIAM
Ferenc Bokori (1919–2005) (Z. Balogh) / 371
Tibor Antal (1928–2005) (J. Joó) / 384

F. Tóth – R. Cole:
EPIGLOTTIC AUGMENTATION SURGERY FOR THE TREATMENT OF INTERMITTENT DORSAL DISPLACEMENT OF THE SOFT PALATE IN THE HORSE

A three years old TWH horse stallion was admitted to the University of Tennessee Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital for evaluation of exercise intolerance and coughing during exercise. The endoscopic examination revealed intermittent dorsal displacement of the soft palate due to a flaccid, hypoplastic epiglottis. The radiologic examination of the throat and larynx showed 7.3 mm epiglottic length from the body of the thyrohyoid cartilage to the tip of the epiglottis.
Epiglottic augmentation surgery was elected to correct the problem. During the surgical procedure, after laryngotomy, teflon paste was injected submucosally into the ventral surface of the larynx in 5 rows. The cricothyroid ligament and subcutis was closed and the skin incision was left open to heal by second intention.
The etiopathogenesis, clinical aspects and different treatment options for DDSP in horses are also discussed in the paper.

J. Fodor – K. Meyer – M. Riedlberger – J. Bauer – R. Pósa – P. Horn – F. Kovács – M. Kovács:
THE DISTRIBUTION AND ELIMINATION OF FUMONISINS AFTER ORAL ADMINISTRATION OF FUSARIUM VERTICILLIOIDES FUNGAL CULTURE

The publication presents the distribution and elimination of fumonisins after oral administration of 50 mg FB1, 20 mg FB2 and 5 mg FB3/animal/day for 22 days in weaned barrows. Lung, heart, liver, kidney, spleen, brain, serum, bile, muscle, fat, urine and faeces samples were collected and content of fumonisins was analysed by LC–MS.
The highest FB1 concentrations were found in the liver (99.4 ng/g±37.5) and kidneys (30.6 ng/g±10.1), while the highest average amount of FB2 was found in the liver (1.4 ng/g±2.3) and the fat (2.6 ng/g±4.8) samples. Comparing the FB1/FB2 ratio in different organs (19/1) it was found that the ratio in the abdominal and subcutaneous fat samples (4/1) was markedly different from those in all other tissues, namely the relative proportion of FB2 was higher in latter cases.
13% of the total quantity of FB1 taken up during 5 days was excreted unchanged with faeces and urine. In average, in the urine and in the faeces FB1 was detected in 9- and 14-fold quantities, as compared to FB2.

I. Héjja – E. Várkonyi – L. Zöldág – J. Barna:
SIGNIFICANCE OF CHIMERISM IN DOMESTIC FOWL. PART 2. POSSIBILITY OF GENE PRESERVATION BY CHIMERISM IN TURKEY. PRELIMINARY REPORT

Chimera turkeys were produced to study the possibilities of ex situ gene preservation. 5–10 µl blastodermal cell suspension gained from 79 bronze-turkey eggs was injected into 107 recipient BUT big No.6 white-feathered meat-hybrid turkey-eggs with a concentration of about 1000 cells/µl. Chimerism was identified phenotypically by different feather colour of donors and recipients. The small windows of air chamber were sealed with parafilm, and the eggs were incubated according to the needs of the breed until hatching. From the 107 eggs, 31 hatched (29%) and among them two (6.5%) proved to be phenotypical chimera according to feather colour. Dead embryos were deep frozen for further DNA examination, among them a phenotypical chimera was also found. The hatched and viable individuals have been raised up.

P. Csébi – A. Arany-Tóth – V. Sére – Cs. Jakab:
INTRACRANIALLY SPREADING NASAL ADENOCARCINOMA IN A CAUCASIAN SHEPHERD DOG. CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW

The authors present a study on the clinicopathological aspects of an invasive, intracranially spreading nasal adenocarcinoma in a 9 year old Caucasian shepherd dog. Patient history and symptomes on presentation included chronic left side nasal discharge and episodes of epistaxis followed by ipsilateral exophtalmus, blindness, loss of olphactory sense and acute CNS signs such as generalized epileptic seizures and finally stupor. Computer tomography revealed an iv. contrast medium enhancing soft tissue mass that arose the nasal cavity and extended laterally into the retrobulbar space, caudally to sinus frontales and the cranium across the cribriform plate, resulting in the compression of the brain. The diagnosis of a desmoplastic high grade nasal adenocarcinoma originating from the nasal mucous membrane and metastatizing to the sinus frontales, forebrain and lungs was established by post mortem examination.

J. Gál:
EUROPEAN BROWN HARE SYNDROME EPIDEMIC IN HARES (LEPUS EUROPAEUS) IN HUNGARY

The author detected the significant decrease (68–72%) in hare population in 2001 and 2002 in Northwest-Hungary, near to Hungarian–Austrian–Slovakian border. During the dissection of hare carcasses dead in summer and early autumn he found haemorrhages on the serous membrane of the caecum and colon (Figure 1), and normal spleen and kidneys. In the submucosa of the trachea and under epicardium of the heart haemorrhages were visible (Figure 3 and 4), which indicated European Brown Hare Syndrome (EBHS). ELISA examination of the serum of 23 hares shot during hunting in autumn gave positive result above a titre of 1:1280 in 13 cases (56%) to antibodies against EBHS.