ABSTRACT
Objetivou-se avaliar a utilização da silagem de sorgo, feno de maniçoba e duas proporções de concentrado (10 e 15% na MS) em dietas à base de palma forrageira na alimentação de vacas em lactação. Foram utilizadas oito vacas da raça Girolando, com peso vivo médio e produção inicial de 463 e 9,65kg, respectivamente, com 95 dias de lactação. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi o quadrado latino 4x4 em esquema fatorial 2x2 (feno de maniçoba e silagem de sorgo x 10% e 15% de concentrado), sendo utilizados dois quadrados simultâneos. Cada período experimental teve duração de 21 dias, sendo 14 de adaptação e sete para coleta de dados e amostras. Não houve interação entre volumosos e proporções de concentrado para nenhuma das variáveis avaliadas. Assim, os fatores foram analisados e discutidos separadamente. Os consumos de proteína bruta, fibra em detergente neutro e nutrientes digestíveis totais diferiram em função dos volumosos utilizados, com menores consumos para o feno de maniçoba (1,50; 4,10; 6,17kg/dia, respectivamente). A digestibilidade aparente da matéria seca, matéria orgânica, proteína bruta e fibra em detergente neutro diferiram de acordo com os volumosos, verificando menores valores para o feno de maniçoba (51,70; 53,91; 62,30 e 20,74%, respectivamente). A produção de leite com ou sem correção para 4% de gordura (9,65 e 9,1kg/dia, respectivamente) e composição do leite não diferiram entre os volumosos, nem entre os níveis de concentrados. A eficiência de síntese de proteína microbiana diferiu entre os volumosos, sendo menor no tratamento com silagem de sorgo (99,46g/kg de NDT). A concentração de ureia no plasma diferiu entre as proporções de concentrado, com menores valores na dieta com 15% de concentrado (31,41mg/dL). Para o atendimento das exigências nutricionais e redução dos custos com suplementação, sugere-se o fornecimento de silagem de sorgo como volumoso e a proporção de 10% de concentrado na dieta de vacas em lactação.
The trial was conducted to evaluate the use of sorghum silage, maniçoba hay, and two concentrate levels (10.0% and 15.0% DM) in diets based on spineless cactus of dairy cows. Eight Girolando cows were used with average body weight and milk yield of 463 and 9.65kg, respectively, with 95 days of lactation. The experimental design was a 4 x 4 Latin Square in a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement (maniçoba hay and sorghum silage x 10.0% and 15.0% of concentrate), two simultaneous Latin Square were used. Each experimental period lasted 21 days; 14 days for adaptation and seven for data and sample collection. There was no interaction between roughage and concentrate level for any of the variables. Thereby the factors were analyzed and discussed separately. The intake of crude protein, neutral detergent fiber and total digestible nutrients differ according to roughage used with lower intake for maniçoba hay (1.50; 4.10; 6.17kg/day, respectively). The apparent digestibility of dry matter, organic matter, crude protein and neutral detergent fiber differed according to the roughage, and lower values were found for maniçoba hay (51.70; 53.91 and 20.74%, respectively). The milk yield with and without adjustment to 4.0% of fat (9.65 and 9.1kg/day, respectively) and the milk composition did not differ between roughages or between concentrate levels. The efficiency of microbial protein synthesis differs between roughages and was lower in the treatment with sorghum (99.46g/kg TDN). The concentration of plasma urea differed between the ratios of concentrate with lower amounts in the diet with 15.0% concentrate (1.41mg/dL). To meet the nutritional requirements and cost reduction with supplementation a supply with sorghum silage as roughage and 100% of concentrate for diet of lactation cows is suggested.
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Animals , Female , Infant , Cattle , Animal Feed/analysis , Animal Feed/standards , Silage/statistics & numerical dataABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether combined treatment with a cardiovascular exercise rehabilitation program and low doses of heparin can induce changes in ergometric parameters of ischemia in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Heparin may potentiate the development of new vessels promoted by ischemia and therefore may produce important clinical improvement. Thirty-six patients with stable CAD and evidence of myocardial ischemia on exercise testing were randomized into three groups: a control group (n = 11) received the usual medical treatment; another group (n = 11) underwent three exercise sessions per week during 12 weeks; and a third group (n = 14) undertook this exercise program and also received calcium heparin 12,500 IU subcutaneously 20 to 30 minutes before each exercise session. Pretreatment and posttreatment exercise tests were compared. Patients who underwent the rehabilitation program had an increase in exercise duration and workload at the onset of 1 mm ST-segment depression, but only patients who received calcium heparin showed a significant increase in rate-pressure product at the ST-segment ischemic threshold (p = 0.035). This result suggests that higher levels of myocardial oxygen consumption were now tolerated, a change that may be related to an improvement in myocardial perfusion.
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Coronary Disease/therapy , Exercise Therapy , Fibrinolytic Agents/therapeutic use , Heparin/therapeutic use , Coronary Disease/drug therapy , Coronary Disease/physiopathology , Coronary Disease/rehabilitation , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Oxygen Consumption , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
Recurrent ischemia after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has been largely associated with a poor prognosis. This study was carried out to analyze the relationship among different clinical variables and both postinfarction angina and reinfarction after AMI. A total of 452 consecutive patients (mean age 58.2 +/- 12 years) were admitted to the coronary care unit and were studied prospectively. More than half of the patients received some type of thrombolytic therapy. Death occurred in 45 patients (9.9%) during hospital stay. Postinfarction angina was diagnosed in 81 patients (17.9%) and reinfarction in 22 (4.9%). Patients who developed reinfarction had a high mortality rate (45.5%) compared with those who did not develop such an event (8.1%) (p < 0.0001; odds ratio: 9.4; 95% confidence interval 3.5-25.4). On the other hand, postinfarction angina had no significant association with mortality. Multivariate analysis revealed that a history of angina (> 1 week) was predictive of the occurrence of postinfarction angina and that the use of fibrinolytic treatment, prodromal symptoms, and postinfarction angina were significantly related to reinfarction. We conclude that several simple clinical variables are clear independent predictors of postinfarction angina and reinfarction following AMI and should be taken into account in routine clinical practice or when planning intervention trials.
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Angina Pectoris/epidemiology , Myocardial Infarction/epidemiology , Angina Pectoris/diagnosis , Angina, Unstable/epidemiology , Coronary Care Units , Female , Humans , Incidence , Male , Middle Aged , Multivariate Analysis , Myocardial Infarction/diagnosis , Myocardial Infarction/drug therapy , Prognosis , Prospective Studies , Recurrence , Thrombolytic TherapyABSTRACT
Foi estudada em caes a acao antiarritmica de metoclopramida (Plasil) em arritmias experimentais causadas por doses toxicas de desacetil-lanatosideo C e de digitoxina Foi realizada comparacao entre a metoclopramida e a fenil-hidantoina em arritmias causadas pela digitoxina. Os resultados mostram que a metoclopramida antagonizou com eficacia as arritmias causadas pelo desacetil-lanatosideo C e reverteu temporariamente, na maioria das experienicas, aquelas decorrentes da administracao de digitoxinas. Ja a definil-hidantoina nao exerceu acao antiarritmica na maioria dos caes estudados
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Animals , Dogs , Arrhythmias, Cardiac , Deslanoside , Digitoxin , Metoclopramide , PhenytoinABSTRACT
The purpose of the present investigation was to determine the action of prilocaine as hypotensive ocular agent. Prilocaine in doses of 2.5 mg/kg, 5 mg/kg and 10 mg/kg was administered intravenously in dogs anesthetized with sodium pentobarbital (30 mg/kg). The experiments show that prilocaine when used i.v. in doses of 2.5 mg/kg and 5 mg/kg causes ocular hypotension in dogs, whereas doses of 10 mg/kg i.v. produce this effect only when artificial respiration is employed, thus preventing the increase of the pCO2 in the blood.
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Blood Pressure/drug effects , Intraocular Pressure/drug effects , Prilocaine/pharmacology , Animals , Carbon Dioxide/blood , Dogs , Female , Injections, Intravenous , Male , Prilocaine/administration & dosage , Respiration, Artificial , Time FactorsABSTRACT
The carotid occlusion response (COR) in dogs was inhibited by 50 and 58% after intracerebroventricular injection of norepinephrine and hydrochloric acid, both at the pH 2.9. After norepinephrine at pH 7, this inhibition was 22%. The COR inhibition was 24% with epinephrine solution of pH 2.4 whereas the same solution at pH 7 produced no inhibition. The injection of drugs solved in acid solution, lead to a decrease in the pH of the cerebrospinal fluid. The response to asphyxia was inhibited by 50% after injection of norepinephrine at pH 2.9, but not after epinephrine at pH 2.4 or hydrochloric acid. Bradycardia was caused by epinephrine in neutral or acid solution and a decrease of arterial blood pressure was seen after epinephrine or norepinephrine in neutral or acid solution.
