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Although mustelids occur worldwide and include a wide range of species, little is known about the diseases affecting them. Mustelids have regularly been submitted for post mortem investigation in the framework...
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Open AccessDogs as victims of their own worms: Serodiagnosis of canine alveolar echinococcosis
Besides acting as definitive hosts for Echinococcus multilocularis, dogs can become infected by the larval form of this parasite and thereby develop life-threatening alveolar echinococcosis (AE). Although AE is a...
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Validation of a Western Blot for the detection of anti-Trichinella spp. antibodies in domestic pigs
Trichinellosis is a zoonotic disease in humans caused by Trichinella spp. According to international regulations and guidelines, serological surveillance can be used to demonstrate the absence of Trichinella spp....
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Abstracts from the sixth meeting of the international association of pancreatology, November 2–4, 1994, Chicago, IL
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Opinion from the United States
In recent years improved understanding of the clinical pathological correlation and the natural history of acute pancreatitis has resulted from information acquired through computed tomography (CT) with vascul...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Local Resection of the Head of the Pancreas Combined with Longitudinal Pancreaticojejunostomy: An Update
The “ideal” operation for the patient with chronic pancreatitis should have a low mortality and morbidity, be easy to perform, provide pain relief, rectify the structural abnormalities such as common bile duct...
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Pancreatic Fistulas and Tumors of the Pancreas
Disruption of the major pancreatic duct or its tributaries may result in extravasation of pancreatic juice from the portion of the pancreas proximal to the obstruction. This juice may be locally contained and ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Why and When to Drain the Pancreatic Ductal System
The underlying assumption behind pancreatic duct drainage procedures for the relief of pain in chronic pancreatitis is the belief that in many patients pain is caused by ductal hypertension. Therefore, decompr...
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A Strategy for the Surgical Management of Gallstone Pancreatitis
There is no single test specific for pancreatitis. Therefore, in the patient with upper abdominal pain and hyperamylasemia presumed to have pancreatitis, conditions such as perforated ulcer, and acute cholecys...
