Frequência, Aspectos Clínicos, Diagnóstico e Tratamento de Tumor Venéreo Transmissível (TVT) em cães atendidos no Hospital Veterinário da UFRPE

Com o objetivo de identificar a frequência do TVT em relação as variáveis sexo, raça, idade, distribuição corporal das lesões, principais sinais clínicos, métodos de diagnóstico e tratamentos, foi realizado um estudo de frequência a partir dos registros das fichas clínicas de animais atendidos no ambulatório de Clínica Médica do Hospital Veterinário da Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco. Constatou-se uma maior incidência da doença em fêmeas, mestiços, com faixa etária de dois a quatro anos, com maior acometimento dos órgãos genitais. As técnicas diagnósticas utilizadas foram principalmente, a técnica de “imprint”, citologia aspirativa com agulha fina e exame histopatológico. A quimioterapia com sulfato de vincristina (0,025mg/kg) foi o principal tratamento instituído, com média de cinco aplicações semanais. Deve-se esclarecer aos proprietários que diminuam à exposição dos seus cães aos fatores que contribuem com a propagação do tumor venéreo transmissível

Aspectos anatomopatológicos em gatos domésticos com doença do trato urinário inferior

Com o objetivo de caracterizar as principais alterações anatomopatológicas do trato urinário inferior em gatos que foram a óbito com DTUI e obstrução urinária, foram realizados exames macro e microscópico do trato urinário destes animais. Utilizaram-se 5 gatos machos, 3 castrados  e 2 inteiros, de 2 a 7 anos, que tinham como dieta  ração seca industrializada. Os resultados evidenciaram bexigas urinárias distendidas, hemorrágicas, túrgidas, presença de equimoses, erosão, ulceração e coágulos de sangue aderidos. Além disso, foram constatados edema da mucosa e infiltração inflamatória mononuclear. Os ureteres apresentaram-se dilatados e as uretras estavam rugosas, edemaciadas e com mucosas congestas, apresentando hemorragia e filamentos mucosos, além de descamações epiteliais e infiltrados hemáticos. As principais alterações no trato urinário foram de caráter crônico e essas lesões podem ser responsabilizadas pela morte desses animais.&nbsp

Avaliação das concentrações séricas dos minerais, proteínas, enzimas e urinálise em gatos domésticos com Doença do Trato Urinário Inferior

Foram utilizados 8 gatos, de ambos os sexos, sem raça definida, de 2 a 4 anos, divididos em 2 grupos, com 4 machos e 4 fêmeas, submetidos inicialmente à dieta exclusiva de ração seca industrializada, considerada como responsável de causar Doença do Trato Urinário Inferior (DTUI). Após o desenvolvimento dos sintomas desta enfermidade utilizou-se a ração seca industrializada para controle da DTUI. Os animais foram avaliados através das concentrações séricas dos minerais, proteínas, enzimas e urinálise, mensalmente durante 6 meses. Nos resultados obtidos de acordo com a condição antes e depois da DTUI, os machos, apresentaram diferenças estatisticamente significativas para a creatinina, proteína total e pH urinário e as fêmeas, para o potássio, creatinina, proteína total, AST, magnésio, cálcio, uréia e pH urinário. Conclui-se que o uso da dieta terapêutica para DTUI teve influência nas concentrações séricas dos minerais, proteínas, enzimas, na sintomatologia dos animais,  com o desaparecimento da disúria, hematúria, cristalúria e diminuição do pH urinário.&nbsp

Perda de glicosaminoglicanas da cartilagem após ruptura do ligamento cruzado anterior: influência do tempo de ruptura e da lesão condral

OBJECTIVE: To quantify the concentration of sulfated glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) concentration in the synovial fluid (SF) of knees with chronic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture and to identify possible associations between GAG concentration in SF and the time elapsed since rupture and degree of chondral injury. METHOD: Fourteen adult male subjects with total unilateral ACL rupture, which had occurred between 5 and 144 months earlier, were assessed. All subjects underwent joint aspiration; it was possible to collect SF from ten individuals. The samples were quantified to determine the GAG concentration using dimethylmethylene blue (DMMB) staining. The degree of chondral injury was macroscopically evaluated using the modified Mankin histological scale. Spearman correlation test (< 0.05) was used to evaluate the association between GAG concentration and chondral injury, and Pearson correlation test (< 0.05) was used to evaluate the association between GAG concentration and the time elapsed since rupture. RESULTS: The GAG concentration in SF showed a mean variation of 73.84 &plusmn; 40.75 µg/ml, with a mean time of 40.4 &plusmn; 40.3 months since the rupture. There was no correlation between GAG concentration and time since the rupture (r= -0.09, p= 0.81). The chondral injury grades found were 0, 1, 4 and 5. There was no correlation between chondral injury grade and GAG concentration in SF (r= -0.41, p= 0.24). CONCLUSION: After at least 5 months, the GAG concentration in SF from knees with ACL rupture is independent of the time elapsed since rupture and/or the severity of chondral injury.OBJETIVO: Quantificar a concentração de glicosaminoglicanas sulfatadas (GAGs) no líquido sinovial (LS) de joelhos com ruptura crônica do ligamento cruzado anterior (LCA) e identificar uma possível correlação entre a concentração de GAGs no LS e o tempo pós-ruptura e grau de lesão condral. MÉTODOS: Foram avaliados 14 indivíduos adultos do sexo masculino com ruptura total unilateral do LCA, ocorrida entre cinco a 144 meses. Todos os sujeitos foram puncionados, sendo possível a coleta de LS em dez indivíduos. As amostras foram quantificadas para determinar a concentração de GAGs usando a coloração azul de dimetilmetileno, método descrito por Farndale21. O grau de lesão condral foi macroscopicamente avaliado pela escala histológica de Mankin modificada por Messner14. As correlações entre concentração de GAGs e lesão condral foram feitas pelo teste de correlação de Sperman (p< 0,05) e a concentração de GAGs e tempo pós-ruptura pelo teste de correlação de Pearson (p< 0,05). RESULTADOS: Concentração de GAGs no LS apresentou variação média de 73,84 &plusmn; 40,75µg/mL, sendo o tempo médio pós-ruptura de 40,4 + 40,3 meses. Não houve correlação entre concentração de GAGs e o tempo pós-ruptura (r= -0,09, p= 0,81). Os graus de lesão condral encontrados foram de 0, 1, 4 e 5. Não houve correlação entre grau de lesão condral e a concentração de GAGs no LS (r= -0,41, p= 0,24). CONCLUSÕES: Após no mínimo cinco meses, a concentração de GAGs no LS de joelhos com ruptura do LCA independe do tempo pós-ruptura e/ou do grau de lesão condral.646

Two rapid assays for screening of patulin biodegradation

Artículo sobre distintos ensayos para comprobar la biodegradación de la patulinaThe mycotoxin patulin is produced by the blue mould pathogen Penicillium expansum in rotting apples during postharvest storage. Patulin is toxic to a wide range of organisms, including humans, animals, fungi and bacteria. Wash water from apple packing and processing houses often harbours patulin and fungal spores, which can contaminate the environment. Ubiquitous epiphytic yeasts, such as Rhodosporidium kratochvilovae strain LS11 which is a biocontrol agent of P. expansum in apples, have the capacity to resist the toxicity of patulin and to biodegrade it. Two non-toxic products are formed. One is desoxypatulinic acid. The aim of the work was to develop rapid, high-throughput bioassays for monitoring patulin degradation in multiple samples. Escherichia coli was highly sensitive to patulin, but insensitive to desoxypatulinic acid. This was utilized to develop a detection test for patulin, replacing time-consuming thin layer chromatography or high-performance liquid chromatography. Two assays for patulin degradation were developed, one in liquid medium and the other in semi-solid medium. Both assays allow the contemporary screening of a large number of samples. The liquid medium assay utilizes 96-well microtiter plates and was optimized for using a minimum of patulin. The semisolid medium assay has the added advantage of slowing down the biodegradation, which allows the study and isolation of transient degradation products. The two assays are complementary and have several areas of utilization, from screening a bank of microorganisms for biodegradation ability to the study of biodegradation pathways

Trauma in the elderly caused by traffic accident: integrative review

OBJECTIVE To describe the scientific knowledge produced about trauma in the elderly caused by traffic accidents in healthcare area studies. METHODS Integrative review of studies from 2003 to 2013 searched in LILACS, SciELO, PubMed and CINHAL databases. We used combination of the descriptors injuries, wounds and accidents, in English, Portuguese and Spanish languages. RESULTS 32 studies were selected. In the thematic analysis, three categories emerged: epidemiological data from traffic accidents involving elderly; traffic accidents with elderly pedestrians; and trauma care in the elderly. We observed increased incidence of trauma in most countries and pedestrians represented a large part of the victims. Among these, the elderly are the most vulnerable group. CONCLUSION Studies showed that trauma care in the elderly need protocols and professionals with training in gerontology specialized in trauma care services

Stabilizing the Complex Structure in Heterotic Calabi-Yau Vacua

In this paper, we show that the presence of gauge fields in heterotic Calabi-Yau compacitifications causes the stabilisation of some, or all, of the complex structure moduli of the Calabi-Yau manifold while maintaining a Minkowski vacuum. Certain deformations of the Calabi-Yau complex structure, with all other moduli held fixed, can lead to the gauge bundle becoming non-holomorphic and, hence, non-supersymmetric. This leads to an F-term potential which stabilizes the corresponding complex structure moduli. We use 10- and 4-dimensional field theory arguments as well as a derivation based purely on algebraic geometry to show that this picture is indeed correct. An explicit example is presented in which a large subset of complex structure moduli is fixed. We demonstrate that this type of theory can serve as the hidden sector in heterotic vacua and can co-exist with realistic particle physics.Comment: 17 pages, Late

Yukawa Textures From Heterotic Stability Walls

A holomorphic vector bundle on a Calabi-Yau threefold, X, with h^{1,1}(X)>1 can have regions of its Kahler cone where it is slope-stable, that is, where the four-dimensional theory is N=1 supersymmetric, bounded by "walls of stability". On these walls the bundle becomes poly-stable, decomposing into a direct sum, and the low energy gauge group is enhanced by at least one anomalous U(1) gauge factor. In this paper, we show that these additional symmetries can strongly constrain the superpotential in the stable region, leading to non-trivial textures of Yukawa interactions and restrictions on allowed masses for vector-like pairs of matter multiplets. The Yukawa textures exhibit a hierarchy; large couplings arise on the stability wall and some suppressed interactions "grow back" off the wall, where the extended U(1) symmetries are spontaneously broken. A number of explicit examples are presented involving both one and two stability walls, with different decompositions of the bundle structure group. A three family standard-like model with no vector-like pairs is given as an example of a class of SU(4) bundles that has a naturally heavy third quark/lepton family. Finally, we present the complete set of Yukawa textures that can arise for any holomorphic bundle with one stability wall where the structure group breaks into two factors.Comment: 53 pages, 4 figures and 13 table

Wheat-barley hybridization – the last forty years

Abstract Several useful alien gene transfers have been reported from related species into wheat (Triticum aestivum), but very few publications have dealt with the development of wheat/barley (Hordeum vulgare) introgression lines. An overview is given here of wheat 9 barley hybridization over the last forty years, including the development of wheat 9 barley hybrids, and of addition and translocation lines with various barley cultivars. A short summary is also given of the wheat 9 barley hybrids produced with other Hordeum species. The meiotic pairing behaviour of wheat 9 barley hybrids is presented, with special regard to the detection of wheat– barley homoeologous pairing using the molecular cytogenetic technique GISH. The effect of in vitro multiplication on the genome composition of intergeneric hybrids is discussed, and the production and characterization of the latest wheat/barley translocation lines are presented. An overview of the agronomical traits (b-glucan content, earliness, salt tolerance, sprouting resistance, etc.) of the newly developed introgression lines is given. The exploitation and possible use of wheat/barley introgression lines for the most up-to-date molecular genetic studies (transcriptome analysis, sequencing of flow-sorted chromosomes) are also discussed