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SUMMARY For the first time in Chile, cases of nymphs of the brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguin... more SUMMARY For the first time in Chile, cases of nymphs of the brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) being found on two goats (Capra hircus), and adult (one male and a gravid female) white stripped ticks (Amblyomma tigrinum) being found on cattle (Bos taurus) have been reported. The aim of this review is to discuss the importance of these findings.
Archivos de medicina veterinaria, 2006
For the first time in Chile, cases of nymphs of the brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) bei... more For the first time in Chile, cases of nymphs of the brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) being found on two goats (Capra hircus), and adult (one male and a gravid female) white stripped ticks (Amblyomma tigrinum) being found on cattle (Bos taurus) have been reported. The aim of this review is to discuss the importance of these findings.
Archivos de medicina veterinaria, 1998
Archivos de medicina veterinaria, 1998
... Respecto a la epidemiología del género de Nematodirus, Gibson (1958) y Gibson y Everett (1982... more ... Respecto a la epidemiología del género de Nematodirus, Gibson (1958) y Gibson y Everett (1982) señalan que larvas de N. spathiger ... Este aumento coincide con lo observado en la región por Valenzuela y Quintana (1995), debido al aumento de pluviosidad en este período. ...
Archivos de medicina veterinaria, 2013
The anatomical distribution and viability of cysticerci of Taenia saginata in naturally infected ... more The anatomical distribution and viability of cysticerci of Taenia saginata in naturally infected cattle slaughtered in southern Chile was determined. The cattle were inspected post mortem according to official chilean procedures, where mandatory inspection sites are: heart, tongue, masseter, oesophagus, diaphragm and superficial observation of the carcass. Twenty carcasses diagnosed as positive during inspection were chosen at random and their left half sides were separated into the 33 official meat cuts; these were completely dissected into approximately 0.5 cm thick slices and number of cysts determined by visual inspection. Lesions compatible with cysticerci of Taenia saginata were diagnosed according to official procedures in 148 cattle (0.5% prevalence) at mandatory sites, finding that 64.9% of them were located in heart, 33.8% in masseter muscles, 0.7% in oesophagus and 0.7% in the carcasses. At histological examination, 82.9% of the lesions were diagnosed as nonviable cysts and only 5.1% were viable; 10.7% corresponded to other diagnoses (mostly myositis and myocarditis, followed by schwannoma in heart and actynomycosis in tongue) and in 1.3% no alteration could be found. Fourteen cysts were found in the meat cuts of the 20 positive to cysticerci of Taenia saginata in carcasses, all were nonviable; cysts were found in tenderloin, point end brisket, rump heart, silverside, cube roll cover, ribs, topside, flanck meat, bolar and thin skirt. It is concluded that chances of finding cysticerci in meat cuts of cattle diagnosed positive to cysticerci of Taenia saginata at slaughter inspection is limited, especially when animals are infected in a mild form, as it happens in Chile.
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Revista médica de Chile, 1995
To compare the efficacy of rectal and intravenous metronidazole in the prevention of anaerobic wo... more To compare the efficacy of rectal and intravenous metronidazole in the prevention of anaerobic wound infections after appendicectomy. One hundred patients subjected to appendicectomy were randomly assigned to receive, 2 hours before operation, gentamycin 80 mg i.v. and metronidazole 1 g i.v. or the same amount of gentamycin and 1 g of metronidazole as a suppository. Surgical wounds were observed for infections until the tenth day of the postoperative period. Seven of 45 patients receiving intravenous metronidazole and six of 44 receiving the drug as suppositories had wound infection. The frequency of infections was higher among patients with gangrenous or perforated appendices. They were detected at the fifth postoperative day in 8 patients and the most frequently isolated bacteria were E coli and S aureus. Rectal metronidazole is equally effective than intravenous metronidazole in the prevention of would infections after appendicectomy.
Revista médica de Chile, 1980
The American journal of gastroenterology, 1990
Primary adrenal insufficiency is known to cause a wide spectrum of sometimes severe upper gastroi... more Primary adrenal insufficiency is known to cause a wide spectrum of sometimes severe upper gastrointestinal symptoms; however, it has not previously been shown to be the cause of reversible gastric stasis. We have documented such a case in which the symptoms and physiologic abnormalities associated with gastric stasis were reversed by steroid replacement. A follow-up radionuclide gastric-emptying study after physiologic steroid replacement showed complete normalization of gastric emptying. Although gastric stasis has long been suspected of being present with primary adrenal insufficiency, this represents the first case in which it has been documented, and so should be included in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with chronic nausea and vomiting.
Fertility and sterility, 1979
Endotoxin derived from Salmonella enteritidis-Boivin at a dose of 20 micrograms/kg intravenously ... more Endotoxin derived from Salmonella enteritidis-Boivin at a dose of 20 micrograms/kg intravenously interfered with follicular rupture normally induced by human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in rabbits. This action was greatest when the endotoxin was given 5 to 6 hours after the administration of hCG. The failure of follicular rupture resulted in entrapment of ova. Endotoxin (5 micrograms/kg) given intravenously to rabbits on day 4 of pregnancy resulted in failure of implantation. Indomethacin (2 micrograms/kg) given intramuscularly concomitantly was unable to reverse this action. Endotoxin (5 micrograms/kg) given intravenously to rabbits on day 8 of pregnancy had an immediate lethal action on embryonic development, and this effect was inhibited by concomitant indomethacin treatment. Nevertheless, most fetuses died after the indomethacin treatment. Whether this was due to a direct toxic action of indomethacin or to a secondary action of endotoxin not blocked by indomethacin is not clear...
Fertility and sterility, 1983
The in vitro production of different prostaglandins (PGs) was studied in rhesus monkey corpora lu... more The in vitro production of different prostaglandins (PGs) was studied in rhesus monkey corpora lutea incubated with labeled arachidonic acid. The percentage of conversion of the arachidonic acid to all the PGs identified was similar, but the addition of platelet lysates caused at least a sevenfold stimulation of all PGs by the corpora lutea, the greatest stimulation in production occurring in the area corresponding to PGE2 and 15-keto-PGF2 alpha. Adipose tissue by itself produced more PGs than corpus luteum (CL); but, in contrast, such production was inhibited by addition of platelet lysates to the levels of conversion of the unstimulated CL. 125I-labeled platelets bound specifically to monkey CL, but not to adipose tissue. The interaction of the platelets with the CL in the formation of PGs may be of significance in the regulation of the luteal life span.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 1983
Patients with pregnancy-induced hypertension have higher prostaglandin (PG) F concentrations in r... more Patients with pregnancy-induced hypertension have higher prostaglandin (PG) F concentrations in radial arterial blood (0.39 +/- 0.03 ng/ml) than control subjects (0.24 +/- 0.03 ng/ml) and higher (PGE plus PGF) concentrations in uterine venous blood obtained at the time of cesarean section (1.62 +/- 0.18 versus 1.03 +/- 0.12 ng/ml in the control group). The present results suggest that both PGE and PGF production by the uterus in patients with pregnancy-induced hypertension is increased but that catabolism of PGF by the lung is compromised; this permits larger quantities of the vasoconstrictor PG to pass into the systemic circulation, where it may cause hypertension directly or indirectly, by association with other vasoactive substances.
Prostaglandins, 1976
The activity of the prostaglandin synthetase system in the ampulla and isthmus of the rabbit ovid... more The activity of the prostaglandin synthetase system in the ampulla and isthmus of the rabbit oviduct has been studied in vitro. Thirty hours after an injection of estrogen the isthmus produced significantly more total prostaglandins following 9 minutes of incubation than the ampulla. These values were not, however, significantly different from those observed following 9 minutes of incubation in the same portions of the oviducts of estrous or castrate animals. Furthermore, the total yields of prostaglandins at thirty minutes did not differ significantly between treatment groups.
Prostaglandins, 1978
The effect of endotoxin (Salmonella enteritidis-Boivin) on ovum transport in the rabbit was exami... more The effect of endotoxin (Salmonella enteritidis-Boivin) on ovum transport in the rabbit was examined.
Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, 1998
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1987
Experientia, 1978
Salmonella enteritidis-Boivin endotoxin (1--20 microgram/kg) induced accelerated oviductal ovum t... more Salmonella enteritidis-Boivin endotoxin (1--20 microgram/kg) induced accelerated oviductal ovum transport in rabbits in a dose-related manner. Indomethacin prevented this effect. Levels of prostaglandin E and F in uterine vein blood increased following endotoxin injection.
SUMMARY For the first time in Chile, cases of nymphs of the brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguin... more SUMMARY For the first time in Chile, cases of nymphs of the brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) being found on two goats (Capra hircus), and adult (one male and a gravid female) white stripped ticks (Amblyomma tigrinum) being found on cattle (Bos taurus) have been reported. The aim of this review is to discuss the importance of these findings.
Archivos de medicina veterinaria, 2006
For the first time in Chile, cases of nymphs of the brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) bei... more For the first time in Chile, cases of nymphs of the brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) being found on two goats (Capra hircus), and adult (one male and a gravid female) white stripped ticks (Amblyomma tigrinum) being found on cattle (Bos taurus) have been reported. The aim of this review is to discuss the importance of these findings.
Archivos de medicina veterinaria, 1998
Archivos de medicina veterinaria, 1998
... Respecto a la epidemiología del género de Nematodirus, Gibson (1958) y Gibson y Everett (1982... more ... Respecto a la epidemiología del género de Nematodirus, Gibson (1958) y Gibson y Everett (1982) señalan que larvas de N. spathiger ... Este aumento coincide con lo observado en la región por Valenzuela y Quintana (1995), debido al aumento de pluviosidad en este período. ...
Archivos de medicina veterinaria, 2013
The anatomical distribution and viability of cysticerci of Taenia saginata in naturally infected ... more The anatomical distribution and viability of cysticerci of Taenia saginata in naturally infected cattle slaughtered in southern Chile was determined. The cattle were inspected post mortem according to official chilean procedures, where mandatory inspection sites are: heart, tongue, masseter, oesophagus, diaphragm and superficial observation of the carcass. Twenty carcasses diagnosed as positive during inspection were chosen at random and their left half sides were separated into the 33 official meat cuts; these were completely dissected into approximately 0.5 cm thick slices and number of cysts determined by visual inspection. Lesions compatible with cysticerci of Taenia saginata were diagnosed according to official procedures in 148 cattle (0.5% prevalence) at mandatory sites, finding that 64.9% of them were located in heart, 33.8% in masseter muscles, 0.7% in oesophagus and 0.7% in the carcasses. At histological examination, 82.9% of the lesions were diagnosed as nonviable cysts and only 5.1% were viable; 10.7% corresponded to other diagnoses (mostly myositis and myocarditis, followed by schwannoma in heart and actynomycosis in tongue) and in 1.3% no alteration could be found. Fourteen cysts were found in the meat cuts of the 20 positive to cysticerci of Taenia saginata in carcasses, all were nonviable; cysts were found in tenderloin, point end brisket, rump heart, silverside, cube roll cover, ribs, topside, flanck meat, bolar and thin skirt. It is concluded that chances of finding cysticerci in meat cuts of cattle diagnosed positive to cysticerci of Taenia saginata at slaughter inspection is limited, especially when animals are infected in a mild form, as it happens in Chile.
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Revista médica de Chile, 1995
To compare the efficacy of rectal and intravenous metronidazole in the prevention of anaerobic wo... more To compare the efficacy of rectal and intravenous metronidazole in the prevention of anaerobic wound infections after appendicectomy. One hundred patients subjected to appendicectomy were randomly assigned to receive, 2 hours before operation, gentamycin 80 mg i.v. and metronidazole 1 g i.v. or the same amount of gentamycin and 1 g of metronidazole as a suppository. Surgical wounds were observed for infections until the tenth day of the postoperative period. Seven of 45 patients receiving intravenous metronidazole and six of 44 receiving the drug as suppositories had wound infection. The frequency of infections was higher among patients with gangrenous or perforated appendices. They were detected at the fifth postoperative day in 8 patients and the most frequently isolated bacteria were E coli and S aureus. Rectal metronidazole is equally effective than intravenous metronidazole in the prevention of would infections after appendicectomy.
Revista médica de Chile, 1980
The American journal of gastroenterology, 1990
Primary adrenal insufficiency is known to cause a wide spectrum of sometimes severe upper gastroi... more Primary adrenal insufficiency is known to cause a wide spectrum of sometimes severe upper gastrointestinal symptoms; however, it has not previously been shown to be the cause of reversible gastric stasis. We have documented such a case in which the symptoms and physiologic abnormalities associated with gastric stasis were reversed by steroid replacement. A follow-up radionuclide gastric-emptying study after physiologic steroid replacement showed complete normalization of gastric emptying. Although gastric stasis has long been suspected of being present with primary adrenal insufficiency, this represents the first case in which it has been documented, and so should be included in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with chronic nausea and vomiting.
Fertility and sterility, 1979
Endotoxin derived from Salmonella enteritidis-Boivin at a dose of 20 micrograms/kg intravenously ... more Endotoxin derived from Salmonella enteritidis-Boivin at a dose of 20 micrograms/kg intravenously interfered with follicular rupture normally induced by human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in rabbits. This action was greatest when the endotoxin was given 5 to 6 hours after the administration of hCG. The failure of follicular rupture resulted in entrapment of ova. Endotoxin (5 micrograms/kg) given intravenously to rabbits on day 4 of pregnancy resulted in failure of implantation. Indomethacin (2 micrograms/kg) given intramuscularly concomitantly was unable to reverse this action. Endotoxin (5 micrograms/kg) given intravenously to rabbits on day 8 of pregnancy had an immediate lethal action on embryonic development, and this effect was inhibited by concomitant indomethacin treatment. Nevertheless, most fetuses died after the indomethacin treatment. Whether this was due to a direct toxic action of indomethacin or to a secondary action of endotoxin not blocked by indomethacin is not clear...
Fertility and sterility, 1983
The in vitro production of different prostaglandins (PGs) was studied in rhesus monkey corpora lu... more The in vitro production of different prostaglandins (PGs) was studied in rhesus monkey corpora lutea incubated with labeled arachidonic acid. The percentage of conversion of the arachidonic acid to all the PGs identified was similar, but the addition of platelet lysates caused at least a sevenfold stimulation of all PGs by the corpora lutea, the greatest stimulation in production occurring in the area corresponding to PGE2 and 15-keto-PGF2 alpha. Adipose tissue by itself produced more PGs than corpus luteum (CL); but, in contrast, such production was inhibited by addition of platelet lysates to the levels of conversion of the unstimulated CL. 125I-labeled platelets bound specifically to monkey CL, but not to adipose tissue. The interaction of the platelets with the CL in the formation of PGs may be of significance in the regulation of the luteal life span.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 1983
Patients with pregnancy-induced hypertension have higher prostaglandin (PG) F concentrations in r... more Patients with pregnancy-induced hypertension have higher prostaglandin (PG) F concentrations in radial arterial blood (0.39 +/- 0.03 ng/ml) than control subjects (0.24 +/- 0.03 ng/ml) and higher (PGE plus PGF) concentrations in uterine venous blood obtained at the time of cesarean section (1.62 +/- 0.18 versus 1.03 +/- 0.12 ng/ml in the control group). The present results suggest that both PGE and PGF production by the uterus in patients with pregnancy-induced hypertension is increased but that catabolism of PGF by the lung is compromised; this permits larger quantities of the vasoconstrictor PG to pass into the systemic circulation, where it may cause hypertension directly or indirectly, by association with other vasoactive substances.
Prostaglandins, 1976
The activity of the prostaglandin synthetase system in the ampulla and isthmus of the rabbit ovid... more The activity of the prostaglandin synthetase system in the ampulla and isthmus of the rabbit oviduct has been studied in vitro. Thirty hours after an injection of estrogen the isthmus produced significantly more total prostaglandins following 9 minutes of incubation than the ampulla. These values were not, however, significantly different from those observed following 9 minutes of incubation in the same portions of the oviducts of estrous or castrate animals. Furthermore, the total yields of prostaglandins at thirty minutes did not differ significantly between treatment groups.
Prostaglandins, 1978
The effect of endotoxin (Salmonella enteritidis-Boivin) on ovum transport in the rabbit was exami... more The effect of endotoxin (Salmonella enteritidis-Boivin) on ovum transport in the rabbit was examined.
Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, 1998
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1987
Experientia, 1978
Salmonella enteritidis-Boivin endotoxin (1--20 microgram/kg) induced accelerated oviductal ovum t... more Salmonella enteritidis-Boivin endotoxin (1--20 microgram/kg) induced accelerated oviductal ovum transport in rabbits in a dose-related manner. Indomethacin prevented this effect. Levels of prostaglandin E and F in uterine vein blood increased following endotoxin injection.