Nonsurgical management of inflammatory periimplant disease caused by food impaction: a clinical report.

The incidence, etiology, diagnosis, and management of infections and inflammatory disease around dental implants continue to be controversial. Although various researchers have described different etiologies and their ensuing treatments, none have proven to be definitive. Terms such as periimplant mucositis and periimplantitis have gained popularity. Food impaction into the periimplant sulcus and its role in inflammatory periimplant disease has not been previously reported in the literature. This article describes the nonsurgical management of a patient with a maxillary implant-supported overdenture, a recent history of pain, and suppuration around one of the implants. A detailed analysis of the patient's history and clinical findings indicated a differential diagnosis of impaction of husks of masticated sunflower seeds into the periimplant sulcus. The situation was successfully resolved in 1 week by local irrigation with 0.12% chlorhexidine gluconate and the use of systemic antibiotics.

[Diet consisting mainly of sunflower seeds and chicken as the cause of small bowel obstruction in a bodybuilder].

Diet-induced small bowel obstruction is a rare condition in young, healthy patients. We describe a case of a 26-year-old man, who presented with acute small bowel obstruction. During a period of eight days prior to admission the patient had been eating an extremely restricted diet along with a regulated intake of fluids. The diet was part of a preparation for a major fitness contest. We chose a conservative treatment of IV fluids and laxatives, and the patient recovered uneventfully.

Sunflower meal as cause of chronic copper poisoning in lambs in southeastern Spain.

Sunflower meal with a copper/molybdenum ratio of 10 caused copper toxicosis in lambs. Copper must be analyzed on a dry matter basis in liver and renal cortex. Oral administration of molybdenum and thiosulfate had a certain effectiveness in sick animals. Care must be taken with feedstuffs made from copper-dependent plants.

Surto de compactação primária de abomaso em bovinos leiteiros associado ao consumo de silagem de girassol / Outbreak of primary abomasal impaction in dairy cattle associated with consumption of sunflower silage

Um surto de compactação primária de abomaso associada ao consumo de silagem de girassol ocorreu num rebanho bovino leiteiro do estado de Minas Gerais, do qual seis de 21 vacas secas em fase final de gestação e que recebiam silagem de girassol morreram. Os bovinos que adoeceram apresentaram distensão abdominal, fezes ressecadas e escassas e, nos bovinos que morreram, eram pastosas, escuras e fétidas; nesses havia também desidratação acentuada e palidez de mucosas. Três bovinos foram necropsiados e os achados patológicos eram constituídos principalmente por distensão acentuada do abomaso associada a grande quantidade de conteúdo alimentar ressecado coberto por coágulos de sangue. No abomaso havia úlceras, com perfuração da parede em um dos bovinos. A alimentação de bovinos de maior exigência nutricional com silagem de girassol de características indesejáveis como única fonte de volumoso foi o principal fator para a compactação de abomaso nos casos apresentados.

An outbreak of primary abomasal impaction associated with consumption of sunflower silage occurred in a dairy cattle herd from the state of Minas Gerais. Six of 21 dry cows in late pregnancy fed with sunflower silage died. Cattle that became ill presented abdominal distension and scant and dried feces. In the animals that died, severe dehydration, pale mucous membranes, dark, sticky and stinking feces were seen. Three cows were necropsied and the main pathological findings consisted of severe abomasal distension associated with a large quantity of dried alimentary content covered by bloody clots. Ulcers were found in abomasum, with perforation in one cow. Feeding cattle with high nutritional needs, with sunflower silage of undesirable characteristics as unique source of roughage was the main cause for the abomasal impaction.

Silagens de girassol e de milho em dietas de vacas leiteiras: consumo e digestibilidade aparente / Sunflower and corn silages in lactating cow diets: intake and digestibility

Avaliaram-se o consumo e a digestibilidade aparente de dietas, contendo diferentes proporções de silagem de girassol em substituição à silagem de milho, para vacas leiteiras em lactação. Foram utilizadas cinco vacas da raça Holandesa, que produziam 25kg leite/dia, distribuídas em um delineamento em quadrado latino 5´5. Os tratamentos foram compostos por: 100 por cento de silagem de girassol e concentrado (100SG), 66 por cento de silagem de girassol mais 34 por cento de silagem de milho e concentrado (66SG), 34 por cento de silagem de girassol mais 66 por cento de silagem de milho e concentrado (34SG), 100 por cento de silagem de milho e concentrado (100SM) e 100 por cento de silagem de milho mais caroço de algodão (16,5 por cento da matéria seca) e concentrado (SM+CA). A ingestão de matéria seca (17,8kg para 100SG e 21,6kg para 100SM), a ingestão de matéria orgânica (15,5kg para 100SG e 20,2kg para 100SM), a ingestão de fibra insolúvel em detergente neutro (8,1kg para 100SG e 9,9kg para 100SM), a digestibilidade aparente da fibra insolúvel em detergente neutro (30,7 por cento para 100SG e 51,4 por cento para 100SM) e da fibra insolúvel em detergente ácido (28,4 por cento para 100SG e 49,4 por cento para 100SM) foram menores para a dieta 100SG comparada à dieta 100SM (P<0,05). A substituição parcial da silagem de milho pela silagem de girassol pode ser uma alternativa viável na alimentação de vacas leiteiras.

The intake and the apparent digestibility of dry matter, organic matter, neutral detergent fiber, acid detergent fiber and the intake of crude protein were evaluated in lactating Holstein cows fed sunflower silage (SS) in replacement of corn silage (CS) in their diets. Five ruminal cannulated cows, 60 to 82 days in milk, were arranged in a 5 x 5 latin square design. The treatments werethe following: 100 percent corn silage (100CS) and concentrate; 34 percent sunflower silage plus 66 percent corn silage (34SS) and concentrate; 66 percent sunflower silage plus 34 percent corn silage (66SS) and concentrate; 100 percent sunflower silage (100SS) and concentrate;and 100 percent corn silage plus whole cotton seed (CS-WCS) and concentrate. Dry matter (17.86kg for 100SS and 21.62kg for 100CS) and organic matter intake (17.5kg for 100SS and 20.2kg for 100CS), intake and apparent digestibility of neutral detergent fiber and acid detergent fiber were lower for 100SS compared to 100CS (P<0.05). Apparent digestibility of organic matter for treatment 100SS was the lowest (54.8 percent). Increasing levels of corn silage in the diets increased the dry matter intake, the organic matter intake and the apparent digestibility. Parcial replacement of the corn silage with sunflower silage could be a viable option for lactating cows diets.