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This study aimed to evaluate the effects of tramadol on tear production, intraocular pressure (IOP) and pupil diameter (PD) in healthy dogs. Dogs were randomly assigned to receive 4mg kg-1 (n=11) and 6mg kg-1 (n=11) of tramadol hydrochloride intramuscularly. Tear production (Schirmer tear test, STT-1), IOP (applanation tonometry) and the PD (electronic pachymetry) were assessed before, 30 and 60 minutes after administration of tramadol. Data were compared by analysis of variance for repeated measures (P<0.05). Parameters evaluated before, at 30 and 60min, in dogs treated with 4 and 6mg kg-1, were respectively: (STT-1) 22.50±3.38, 21.14±3.94 and 21.09±2.99mm min-1; and 23.05±3.73,22.64±3.76 and 22.82±3.25mm min-1. (IOP) 18.14±2.68, 17.68±2.59 and 18.23±3.84mmHg; and 19.05±2.27, 18.91±2.74 and 17.64±2.34mmHg. (PD) 6.71±0.65, 7.22±1.42 and 6.90±1.39mm; and 6.25±1.08, 6.80±1.27 and 6.49±0.90mm. All parameters evaluated did not change significantly among time points and dose regimen. Based on the conditions under which the experiments were conducted, tramadol did not affect tear production, IOP and PD in dogs, and could be used as a preoperative analgesic for intraocular surgery and pain control for any cause in patients affected by uveitis, glaucoma and keratoconjunctivitis sicca.
Objetivou-se estudar os efeitos da administração sistêmica do tramadol sobre a produção lacrimal, a pressão intraocular (PIO) e o diâmetro pupilar (DP) em cães saudáveis. Os cães foram aleatoriamente tratados com 4mg kg-1 (n=11) e 6mg kg-1 (n=11) de cloridrato de tramadol por via intramuscular. A produção lacrimal (Teste da lágrima de Schirmer, TLS-1), a PIO (tonometria de aplanação) e o DP (paquimetria eletrônica) foram mensurados antes, 30 e 60min após a aplicação do tramadol. Os dados obtidos foram avaliados pelo teste de análise de variância para medidas repetidas (P<0,05). Os parâmetros avaliados antes, aos 30 e aos 60min, em cães tratados, respectivamente, com 4 e 6mg kg-1, foram de: (TLS-1) 22,50±3,38, 21,14±3,94 e 21,09±2,99mm min-1; e 23,05±3,73, 22,64±3,76 e 22,82±3,25mm min-1. (PIO) 18,14±2,68, 17,68±2,59 e 18,23±3,84mmHg; e 19,05±2,27, 18,91±2,74 e 17,64±2,34mmHg. (DP) 6,71±0,65, 7,22±1,42 e 6,90±1,39mm; e 6,25±1,08, 6,80±1,27 6,49±0,90mm. Não houve diferença significativa entre os tempos e doses estudadas para quaisquer variáveis. Nas condições deste estudo, o tramadol não alterou a produção lacrimal, a PIO e o DP de cães, podendo ser utilizado como analgésico pré-operatório em cirurgias intraoculares e no controle da dor oriunda de qualquer etiologia em pacientes acometidos por uveíte, glaucoma e ceratoconjuntivite seca.
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A leishmaniose visceral canina é uma doença grave e a morte ocorre por falência renal, considerando que os métodos diagnósticos convencionais não possibilitam a classificação clínica do animal. O objetivo deste estudo foi associar a carga parasitária renal aos achados clínicos e histopatológicos em cães com leishmaniose visceral. A análise microscópica revelou predomínio de nefrite intersticial mononuclear de graus variados em 59,3% dos cães avaliados. Entretanto, não houve diferença entre a carga parasitária renal de sintomáticos e oligossintomáticos (P= 0,35). As lesões renais foram de ordem inflamatória e a quantidade de parasitos não influenciaram na característica dessas lesões e nem nas alterações bioquímicas, mesmo em cães com diferentes classificações clínicas.
Canine visceral leishmaniasis is a severe disease and the death occurs from renal failure, whereas conventional diagnostic methods do not allow the animal clinical staging. The aim of this study was to associate the renal parasite load to clinical and histopathological findings in dogs with visceral Leishmaniasis. Microscopic analysis revealed a predominance of mononuclear interstitial nephritis of varying degrees in 59, 3% of dogs evaluated. However, no difference was found between the renal parasite load of symptomatics and oligosymptomatics (P= 0,35). Renal lesions were inflammatory order and amount of parasites not influenced the characteristics of theses lesions nor biochemical changes, even in dogs with different clinical classifications.
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In Brazil, although the domestic dog is a major target for the control actions for visceral leishmaniasis, knowledge gaps of the Leishmania species present in those animals still exist in many endemic areas. The objective of this study was the use of parasitological culture as a diagnosis tool and identification of species of Leishmania and other trypanosomatids in the canine population in the city of Cuiaba/Mato Grosso. Biological samples such as blood, intact skin fragments, cutaneous ulcers, and bone marrow were collected during a cross-sectional study and cultured on biphasic medium (Novy-MacNeil-Nicolle [NNN]/Schneider's). Leishmania isolates were characterized through isoenzyme electrophoresis. Isolates were obtained from 11.2% (n=54) of the 482 animals studied considering the different anatomical sites investigated. Leishmania chagasi was confirmed in 8.3% (n=40) dogs and Trypanosoma caninum in 2.9% (n=14). The sample of intact skin presented a higher chance of isolation of L. chagasi in symptomatic dogs and bone marrow in asymptomatic dogs (p<0.05). The results presented in this study emphasize the value of culture and confirm, for the first time, the circulation of L. chagasi in the canine population in different neighborhoods of the city of Cuiaba and broaden the knowledge of the geographical distribution of T. caninum in Brazil.