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Outbreaks of illness and deaths in sheep after the concurrent administration of a cobalt, copper and zinc mineral supplement and laevamisole are described. Clinical illness was characterised by profound dyspnoea and inability to exercise. The consistent postmortem finding was severe, necrotising tracheitis with partial occlusion of the airway. This lesion was reproduced experimentally by intratracheal administration of the mineral supplement dissolved in one particular formulation of laevamisole but not in water or another preparation of laevamisole. Further experiments revealed that combined zinc sulphate and copper sulphate dissolved in the particular formulation of laevamisole would produce the tracheal lesions.
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PMID:Tracheitis in sheep after oral administration of a mineral supplement. 51 37

To compare high-frequency jet ventilation (HFJV) with pressure-limited time-cycled conventional ventilation (CV), we randomized 41 infants with clinical and radiographic evidence of respiratory distress syndrome during the first day of life to receive either HFJV or CV. Standardized ventilatory protocols were used for 48 hours, after which CV was administered to both groups. Despite comparable oxygenation (arterial/alveolar oxygen tension ratio), mean airway pressure was lower in the HFJV group (9 +/- 2 vs 13 +/- 2 cm H2O, P less than 0.001), and thus the arterial/alveolar oxygen tension ratio corrected for mean airway pressure was improved in the HFJV group (P less than 0.05). PaCO2 was lower during HFJV (37 +/- 3 vs 42 +/- 3 mm Hg, P less than 0.05) despite a comparable peak inspiratory pressure. The incidence of air leaks, progression of intraventricular hemorrhage, and mortality during the 48-hour period did not differ between the two groups. Bronchoscopies in eight infants given HFJV and five given CV revealed no microscopic evidence of necrotizing tracheobronchitis, but one infant given HFJV had evidence of necrotizing tracheitis at autopsy. We conclude that for 48 hours during the acute stage of respiratory distress syndrome, HFJV can maintain adequate gas exchange at lower mean airway pressure than during CV, without an increase in the incidence of side effects.
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PMID:Randomized trial of high-frequency jet ventilation versus conventional ventilation in respiratory distress syndrome. 354 78

Six healthy neonatal calves were chilled with cold water and had focal tracheitis induced by spraying 5% acetic acid into the tracheal lumen. Subsequently, 20 ml of sterile saline solution was injected intratracheally. The effects of these interventions on total and differential white cell counts, plasma cortisol, histamine, and bradykinin, hematocrit, total plasma solids, and indices of the erythrocyte size and hemoglobin content were determined over the subsequent 12 hours. Cold stress increased plasma cortisol levels for less than 1 hour, but did not alter any other variable. This group of calves served as a control group for a second series of neonatal calves which were given 2 X 10(9) organisms of Pasteurella haemolytica intratracheally immediately following an identical period of chilling and acetic acid exposure. Calves given P haemolytica became neutropenic. There were increased numbers of circulating band neutrophils by 12 hours after exposure, and serum cortisol values were maintained at the same or greater than cold stress concentrations for all measurement periods subsequent to exposure. Infected calves had acute fibrinous pneumonia from which P haemolytica was isolated. Contrary to previous reports, these data may indicate a role for the neutrophil in the pathogenesis of early lesions of pasteurellosis. Although the association of circulating corticosteroids with stress and subsequent infection is clear, our data provide no evidence to indicate that circulating histamine or bradykinin are involved in the pathogenesis of the acute lesions of Pasteurella pneumonia.
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PMID:Interactions of cold stress and Pasteurella haemolytica in the pathogenesis of pneumonic pasteurellosis in calves: method of induction and hematologic and pathologic changes. 649 33

High frequency jet ventilation (HFJV) has been used in recent years in some forms of respiratory failure, where the presence of barotrauma limited the application of high peak inspiratory pressure. In the present report, the authors describe the clinical experience with 17 patients, who could not be supported with conventional mechanical support and were placed on HFJV. Rates of 100 breath/min, inspiratory/expiratory ratio of 1:2 and cannula size of 1.06--1.62 mm (18--14) gauge were used. Driving pressure required to maintain a PaCO2 of 40--45 torr was 14--45 psig; however, except in 2 patients who developed hemorrhagic tracheitis with subtotal obstruction of both mainstem bronchi, a driving pressure higher than 27 psig was never required, even when PEEP up to 32 cm H2O was used. Of 17 patients treated, 8 survived. In all cases, alveolar ventilation could be maintained within the desired range with high frequency ventilation, even in those patients who eventually died; mechanical support never provided better oxygenation or alveolar ventilation than high frequency ventilation. Hemodynamic function was essentially unchanged with high frequency ventilation; indeed, in three cases, inotropic support with dopamine could be discontinued after initiation of high frequency ventilation.
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PMID:Clinical experience with high frequency jet ventilation. 678 Feb 63

Ethylenediamine dihydrochloride (EDA.2HCl) was incorporated into the diet and fed to Fischer 344 rats for 2 years at target doses of 0, 0.02, 0.10 or 0.35 g/kg/day (equivalent to 0.009, 0.045 and 0.158 g free EDA/kg/day). Two separate untreated control groups were used. Interim sacrifices were at 6, 12 and 18 months and the terminal sacrifice was at 24 months. Under the conditions of this study, EDA.2HCl was not carcinogenic in the Fischer 344 rat. Most toxic responses were observed at the 12-month sacrifice and thereafter. Reductions in mean body weight gain were observed in high dose group male rats throughout most of the study and in the high dose group of female rats after approximately 18 months. Conversely, there was a slight increase in the mean body weight gain for the medium level female rats from about day 21 until 21 months that was of equivocal biological significance. Increased mortality was observed in the high dose group of both sexes and the mid dose group of female rats. The cause of the decreased survival was unclear, but may have been related to the enhancement of background degenerative lesions such as chronic nephropathy. Throughout the study, male rats from the high dose group had decreased erythrocyte counts, haemoglobin concentration and haematocrit. The cause and biological significance of the haematological changes were unknown. Increased water consumption was observed in the high dose group of both sexes during the latter half of the study. Increased urine volume with concurrent decreased urine specific gravity was generally observed in the high dose group of both sexes in the last half of the study and suggested a possible alteration in kidney function. Altered urine volume and specific gravity persisted to termination in female rats only. Slight increases in absolute and relative kidney weights were also observed in the high dose group of female rats during the latter half of the study. Hepatocellular pleomorphism was observed in the high dose group of both sexes, especially the female rats, and may have contributed to increased mean liver weights observed primarily in female rats from the high dose group. Hepatocellular pleomorphism was first observed in female rats at 12 months but was not observed in male rats until the final sacrifice. Rhinitis and tracheitis were observed with greater frequency in the high dose group of male rats at 12, 18 and 24 months and in high dose group female rats at 18 months. At 24 months, rhinitis, but not tracheitis, persisted at a significantly greater frequency in high dose group female rats. The apparent no-observable-effect level (NOEL) of this study was at the lowest dose level, 0.02 g/kg/day (equivalent to 9 mg EDA/kg/day).
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PMID:Chronic toxicity and carcinogenicity studies of ethylenediamine dihydrochloride by dietary incorporation in Fischer 344 rats. 1049 79

The pathogenicity of Newcastle disease (ND) virus, isolated from ND outbreak in vaccinated chickens, was evaluated through experiments. The pathogenicity indexes (mean death time (MDT); 58 hr, intracerebral pathogenicity index (ICPI); 1.7 and intravenous pathogenicity index (IVPI); 2.51) indicated that the ND virus was velogenic. The ND virus caused lymphocytic necrosis in the spleen with fibrinous exudation and proliferation of macrophages, sinusoidal fibrin exudation in the liver, proliferation of macrophages in the lung, lymphocytic necrosis and depletion in the bursa of Fabricius, cecal tonsils and thymus, necrosis of bone marrow, tracheitis, conjunctivitis and necrosis of feather epithelial cells in specific-pathogen-free chickens. Immunohistochemically, ND virus antigens were seen in the lesions mentioned above. The ND virus could not induce the encephalitis and pancreatitis that were observed in the natural case of ND in vaccinated chickens. There was no clinical disease in vaccinated chickens after the challenge of the ND virus. In diluted ND vaccine experiments, chickens vaccinated with a high dilution of vaccine and then challenged with the ND virus showed clinical sign and mortality with pancreatic focal necrosis. Vaccine diluted with fresh tap water had no effect on protection against the challenge of the ND virus. This study suggests that improper vaccination may be involved in outbreaks of ND in vaccinated chickens.
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PMID:Pathogenesis of Newcastle disease in vaccinated chickens: pathogenicity of isolated virus and vaccine effect on challenge of its virus. 2396 12