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| Provedor de dados: |
Arq. Bras. Med. Vet. Zootec.
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
Experimental peritonitis in horses: peritoneal fluid composition
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| Autores: |
Mendes,L.C.N.
Marques,L.C.
Bechara,G.H.
Peiró,J.R.
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| Data: |
1999-06-01
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| Ano: |
1999
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| Palavras-chave: |
Horses
Peritonitis
Escherichia coli
Bacteroides fragilis
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| Resumo: |
Sixteen adult horses were randomly divided into four equal groups of four animals and each group was injected intraperitoneally with one of the following suspension: Group I, 100×10(7) colony-forming units (CFU) of E. coli diluted in 500ml of 0.9% saline; Group II, 100×10(7) CFU of Bacteroides fragilis in 500ml of 0.9% saline; Group III, 100×10(7) CFU of E. coli in combination with 100×10(7) CFU of B. fragilis in 500ml of 0.9% saline; Group IV, 500ml of 0.9% saline. A significant increase in leukocyte number was observed in the peritoneal fluid by four hours after the inoculations in animals of Group I and II, and by eight hours in animals of Group III. The highest cell count observed was 516×10³ leukocytes/mm³. Significant increases in peritoneal fluid fibrinogen (1g/dl) and total protein (9.1%) concentrations were also observed. Horses inoculated with pure cultures of either E. coli or B. fragilis demonstrated mild and self-limiting peritonitis, while those inoculated with a combination of both bacteria demonstrated laboratory findings of higher intensity and duration.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09351999000300003
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| Editor: |
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Veterinária
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| Relação: |
10.1590/S0102-09351999000300003
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| Formato: |
text/html
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| Fonte: |
Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia v.51 n.3 1999
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| Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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