Contents
page of the issue Nov 2006
EQUINE
L. Szilvássy, A. Bánfi, Z.
Lukács, I. Boros, Z.
Sprőber: Congenital bilateral lateral patella luxation on a
newborn
Hungarian sport breed foal. Case report / 643
SMALL
ANIMALS
B. Szladovits, Zs. Szladovits, T.
Gaál, P. Sótonyi:
Significance of the analysis of cerebrospinal fluid in the
diagnostics
of central nervous system diseases in dogs. Part 2. Evaluation of
liquor analysis results. Literature review / 649
É. Balogh: Complications as
the consequence of diabetes mellitus
in humans, dogs and cats. Literature review / 655
Z. Demeter, E. A. Palade, B. Lakatos, T.
Kozma, M. Rusvai: Experiences
on the control of endemic distemper at the flaying house of Budapest /
665
K. Fodor, A. Proháczik, E.
Andrásofszky, K. Hábor,
S. Fekete: Determination of transit time in ferrets and
domestic cat /
674
FOOD-HYGIENE
I. Tenk, L. Bajnok, E. Adrián,
Á. Kostyák, D.
Mátray: Contamination of commercial table eggs with
salmonellas
and coliform / 680
PARASITOLOGY
O. Jacsó, É. Fok: Detection
of Dirofilaria repens
infection in dogs and cats by laboratory methods. Literature review /
683
PRAXIS
MANAGEMENT
L. Ózsvári, O.
Bíró, E. Tóth: Main
characteristics and expectable tendencies of the management, income and
number of patients in 33 Hungarian small animal and mixed practices /
691
IN
MEMORIAM
András Hódy
(1922–2006) (E. Fülessy)
/ 704
L. Szilvássy – A.
Bánfi – Z. Lukács – I. Boros –
Z. Sprőber:
CONGENITAL
BILATERAL LATERAL PATELLA LUXATION ON A NEWBORN HUNGARIAN
SPORT BREED FOAL. CASE REPORT
The authors diagnosed
bilateral patella luxation on a newborn Hungarian
sport breed foal.
They carried out osteotomy
on the trochlea ossis femoris in both knee
joints.
In the course of the
operation they employed trapezoidal deepening
technique to deepen the trochlea ossis femoris and put the removed part
of the cartilage back to the recess of the deepened trochlea ossis
femoris.
By the operation they found
agenesis of the lig patellae medialis.
After reposition on the
right limb they strap-like secured the
fibrocartillago patellae medialis to the tendon of the musculus
gastochemins by means of a 0 PDS thread in front of and behind the
patella, and they did not fix the patella of the left limb, because in
this case we consideredthe reposition successful.
The foal tried to stand up
after the operation and burdened the right
limb, but on the left handside luxation occurred again.
Four days later another
operation was performed after which the
vitality of the foal drastically lessened in spite of the employed
infusion therapy. They failed to stabilize its condition and on the
third day from the date of operation they euthanized the animal.
Zs. Szladovits – B.
Szladovits – T. Gaál – P. Sótonyi:
SIGNIFICANCE
OF THE ANALYSIS OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID IN THE DIAGNOSTICS
OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES IN DOGS. PART 2. EVALUATION OF
LIQUOR ANALYSIS RESULTS. LITERATURE REVIEW
The authors evaluate the
results of liquor examinations on the basis of
literature data and their own experiences. They analyse native
discoloration, and change in colour after centrifugation, and the
importance of disturbance. From the results of cytological examination
they consider that the number and quality of white blood cells are the
most important from diagnostic point of view. They deal with changes of
liquor in case of tumours of central nervous system, and present in
details the causes of change in protein content. From the other
components, they discuss the quantitative changes of macroelements and
glucose and activity of certain enzymes.
É. Balogh:
COMPLICATIONS
AS THE CONSEQUENCE OF DIABETES MELLITUS IN HUMANS, DOGS
AND CATS. LITERATURE REVIEW
Diabetes mellitus is one of
the most frequently encountered endocrine
disorders in human and in veterinary medicine. The consequential
metabolic changes can lead to complications through different
pathomechanisms.
Most diabetic complications
may need years to develop, while
hematologic abnormalities can be detected early in the course of the
disease, and usually can be diminished with metabolic control.
The article summarizes the
general mechanism of the development of
complications, and the types of complications on the basis of the human
literature, including a rewiev of the available veterinary data.
Z. Demeter – E. A. Palade –
B. Lakatos – T. Kozma – M. Rusvai:
EXPERIENCES
ON THE CONTROL OF ENDEMIC DISTEMPER AT THE FLAYING HOUSE OF
BUDAPEST
The authors carried out a
diagnostic study for the demonstration of
canine distemper virus at the flaying-house of the City Council of
Budapest, during a monitoring program started in the spring of 2005.
The investigations demonstrated that there is a high incidence of
canine distemper at the mentioned establishment: from the 99 clinically
ill dogs examined during a 16 months period, 25 turned out to be
positive for canine distemper. The analysis of the nucleotide sequence
of the viral strains proved that there is endemic infection at the
establishment. The further examinations also demonstrated that the
viral strains from the first period of examination had suffered a
homologous amino acid change till the second examination period, so the
new, mutant strain replaced the earlier virus strain. Based on the
analysis of the nucleotide sequences of the products amplified by the
PCR method, the wild-type virus strains can be reliably differentiated
from the strains currently used in vaccines.
K. Fodor – A.
Proháczik – E. Andrásofszky – K.
Hábor – S. Fekete:
DETERMINATION
OF TRANSIT TIME IN FERRETS AND DOMESTIC CAT
The aim of this study was
to determine the digestive transit time of
ferrets and cats. During the experiment the animals’ diet was a mixture
of veal and dry cat’s food containing 1% Cr2O3 as a marker.
Subsequently, the exact times of the defecations were recorded, and the
quantity of the chromium in the collected faeces was determined.
According to the results the average first appearance time in case of
ferrets was 4–8 hours, while in cats the rate of food passage was 24–37
hours. Thus, the transit time of cats is 4–5 times longer than that of
the ferrets, which must be considered when the frequency of the feeding
and the fasting time before surgery are calculated, as well as at
calculation of doses of per oral medications.
I. Tenk – L. Bajnok – E.
Adrián – Á. Kostyák – D.
Mátray:
BACTERIAL
CONTAMINATION OF COMMERCIAL TABLE EGGS WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION
TO SALMONELLAS
The authors surveyed
salmonella and coliform contamination of 4101
commercial table eggs pooled in 414 samples. They isolated Salmonella
Enteridis serovariants from two samples originating from import.
Eggshell and shell membrane coliform contamination of the eggs
originating from the independent salmonella positive batches differed
significantly from the average. One was significantly higher (92%),
while the other showed significantly lower (33%) contamination. On the
basis of their results they are satisfied with the Hungarian salmonella
control and recommend the more effective control of imported eggs.
O. Jacsó – É.
Fok:
DETECTION
OF DIROFILARIA REPENS INFECTION IN DOGS AND CATS BY
LABORATORY METHODS. LITERATURE REVIEW
The importance of
dirofilariosis is increasing in Europe and the cutan
form of dirofilariosis caused by Dirofilaria (Nochtiella) repens is
more frequently occurring in Hungary. The parasite infects the final
host carnivores, including dogs and cats by mosquitoe biting, and is
able to cause serious disease also in humans. There are different
methods available for the detection of infection with D. repens, but in
Hungary only two of them have practical importance, such as the
examination of blood smear and the modified Knott’s method. The
diagnosing of this parasite is rendered more difficult with the
presence of other filarioid species (Dirofilaria immitis,
Acanthocheilonema reconditum and Dipetalonema dracunculoides) and the
differentiation from these worms. Different methods for the detection
of D. repens considering particularly the modern diagnostic procedures
are described and their applicability discussed.
L. Ózsvári –
O. Bíró – E. Tóth:
MAIN CHARACTERISTICS
AND EXPECTABLE TENDENCIES OF THE MANAGEMENT,
INCOME AND NUMBER OF PATIENTS IN 33 HUNGARIAN SMALL ANIMAL AND MIXED
PRACTICES
The key of economic success
of private veterinary practice of a
veterinary surgery, as a enterprise is the high level professional
knowledge, good economic control and praxis management. The subject is
actual, because during the past 15 years in the Hungarian cities –
specially in Budapest – the number of veterinary surgeries
significantly increased and small animal market became covered. For
operating a surgery profitable enough, the veterinarian should know the
main market tendencies and the business and management parameters of
his praxis and their economic processes. That is why, the authors
surveyed and analysed in 2005 the main parameters of praxis management
and patient composition of 33 Hungarian small animal and mixed
practices operating (also) veterinary surgeries. They examined and
compared the main general practice management parameters, supplementary
activities, structure of income and the number of patients expected by
the surveyed veterinarians in practices in Budapest and in the village,
the purely small animal and mixed, individual and corporate practices.