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During a survey of preweaning mortality 538 piglets which died between birth and weaning were autopsied. The results of laboratory examinations permitted a division of the findings into a number of syndromes which were considered to be associated with the immediate cause of death. The non-infectious conditions such as trauma, starvation and suffocation were the most common. Seventy-eight piglets were included in the trauma group because of depressed cranial bone fractures or visceral rupture leading to haemorrhage into the serous cavities. An absence of alimentary tract contents was detected in each of the 92 cases of starvation, fatty metamorphosis of the liver was found in 28 while the hepatocyte cytoplasm of the remainder stained uniformally. Cyanosis and visceral congestion and haemorrhage were the main features observed in the 159 deaths ascribed to suffocation. Bacterial septicaemias and infections with enterotoxic strains of E. coli were the most prevalent infectious conditions. E. coli and beta haemolytic streptococci were the most common causes of septicaemia, being isolated from 36 and 25 cases, respectively. The post-mortem findings in these cases were non-specific except for fibrinous polyserositis which was observed in 11 of the carcasses from which E. coli was recovered. Twenty-six piglets yielded E. coli in heavy pure culture from the upper small intestine and the most common serogroup involved was 08. Encephalomyocarditis virus infection was associated with the deaths of 19 piglets. Pathologically, it was characterised by myocardial degeneration and a variable influx of mononuclear inflammatory cells. No significant lesions were found in 41 piglets.
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PMID:Preweaning mortality in the pig. Pathological findings in piglets dying between birth and weaning. 20 Feb 12

Prenatal starvation causes pulmonary hypoplasia in newborn guinea pigs, and is associated with postnatal cyanosis, hypothermia, and respiratory failure. To determine the effects of such starvation on ventilation, neonates from litters either fed ad libitum throughout gestation (control) or given 50% rations in the last trimester of pregnancy (starved) were studied at 29 degrees C by plethysmography in 21, 11, and 5% O2. After 15 min (steady-state) in 11% and then 5% O2, 13 of 14 controls (mean = 95 g) sustained increases in weight-specific minute ventilation of 46 and 75% compared to values in air (p less than 0.01), due to increases in respiratory frequency. Seven of 11 starved neonates (mean = 76 g) also sustained increases in respiratory frequency and weight-specific minute ventilation in 11 and 5% O2 similar in magnitude to those of the normal controls, although at higher weight-specific tidal volumes. One abnormal control (85 g) and four starved neonates (mean = 70 g) hyperventilated in air, did not respond to 11% O2, and then hypoventilated in 5% O2 due to a reduced weight-specific tidal volume. Neonates with normal ventilatory patterns did not alter weight-specific minute ventilation in 100% O2 and did not show a biphasic response in acute (1-5 min) exposures to moderate hypoxia, as noted for newborn of other species. Thus, hypoxia identified those starved neonates in which pulmonary immaturity or other starvation-induced pathologies necessitated a maximal ventilatory effect in air. The sustainable hyperventilation among normal guinea pigs during hypoxia emphasizes the precocial development in this species at birth, which may be compromised by intrauterine starvation.
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PMID:Prenatal starvation retards development of the ventilatory response to hypoxia in newborn guinea pigs. 377 4

The time interval between ingestion and regurgitation and the stage of digestion in regurgitated food may be factors helpful in diagnosing disease of the esophagus. In most cases diagnosis can be made by x-ray alone, but where x-ray evidence is insufficient esophagoscopy is often justified.X-ray investigation for foreign bodies should include films of the neck. Cough is a common symptom of the presence of foreign bodies; obstruction may result from inflammation or edema. Perforation is most often caused by foreign bodies or by instrumentation. Esophagoscopy is hazardous in this condition and the findings are not likely to affect the course of treatment. Hiatal hernia, although probably occurring to some degree in 10 per cent of adults, seldom causes symptoms. Inflammation resulting from hernial obstruction may be mistaken for carcinoma. Esophageal carcinoma occurs most frequently in elderly persons and in men more than in women. Operation is necessary in many cases to prevent starvation. The postoperative mortality rate is as low as 11 to 24 per cent, and the proportion of five-year survivals is increasing. Achalasia or cardiospasm can generally be recognized by x-ray appearance. Bouginage is the usual treatment, but operation may be necessary. Late regurgitation of food is a common symptom of esophageal diverticulum. Atresia in a newborn infant is a dangerous condition. The effect of any of the four types of anomaly is the same: diversion of fluids from the stomach to the bronchi. Coughing, choking and cyanosis are the common symptoms in a newborn infant. Hematemesis may arise from a number of causes; esophageal hemorrhage most commonly is owing to varicosity from portal hypertension. Esophagoscopy is the quickest and safest method of determining whether hematemesis is of esophageal origin.
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PMID:Differential diagnosis of operable disease of the esophagus. 1305 38