A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF VETERINARY MEDICINE Edited by Carlos C. Perez-Marin A Bird's-Eye View of Veterinary Medicine Edited by Carlos C. Perez-Marin Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2012 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published by InTech, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. 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Publishing Process Manager Oliver Kurelic Technical Editor Teodora Smiljanic Cover Designer InTech Design Team First published February, 2012 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at www.intechopen.com Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@intechweb.org A Bird's-Eye View of Veterinary Medicine, Edited by Carlos C. Perez-Marin p. cm. ISBN: 978-953-51-0031-7 Contents Preface IX Part 1 Veterinary Medicine: General Aspects 1 Chapter 1 The Veterinary Business Landscape: Contemporary Issues and Emerging Trends 3 Colette Henry and Lorna Treanor Chapter 2 Artificial Insemination in Veterinary Science 17 Annett Heise Chapter 3 Steroid Hormones in Food Producing Animals: Regulatory Situation in Europe 33 Annamaria Passantino Chapter 4 How Experience Can be Useful in Veterinary Pathological Anatomy 51 Paulo Tomé and Helena Vala Chapter 5 Veterinary Dysmorphology 71 Enio Moura and Cláudia T. Pimpão Chapter 6 Use of Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA) with Non-Human Vertebrates: Application, Challenges, and Practical Considerations for Research and Clinical Practice 99 Matthew D. Stone and Alec J. Turner Part 2 Clinical Attention in Pets 117 Chapter 7 Periodontal Disease in Dogs 119 Fábio Alessandro Pieri, Ana Paula Falci Daibert, Elisa Bourguignon and Maria Aparecida Scatamburlo Moreira Chapter 8 Continuous Electrocardiography in Dogs and Cats 141 Guilherme Albuquerque de Oliveira Cavalcanti VI Contents Chapter 9 Arthroscopic Follow-Up After Rupture of the Cranial Cruciateligament 151 Cleuza Maria de Faria Rezende, Eliane Gonçalves de Melo and Natalie Ferreira Borges Chapter 10 Congenital Aplasia of the Uterine-Vaginal Segment in Dogs 165 Bruno Colaço, Maria dos Anjos Pires and Rita Payan-Carreira Chapter 11 Atresia Ani in Dogs and Cats 179 Lysimachos G. Papazoglou and Gary W. Ellison Chapter 12 Prospective Study of Tumor Markers as Prognostic Factors in the Histopathological Differential Diagnosis of Mammary Gland Neoplasms in Female Canines 199 Anna M. Badowska-Kozakiewicz Part 3 Veterinary Care in Livestock 231 Chapter 13 Local Anesthesia for Husbandry Procedures and Experimental Purposes in Farm Animals 233 Maria Laura Marongiu Chapter 14 Artificial Insemination and Its Role in Transmission of Swine Viruses 255 Tanja Opriessnig, Luis G. Giménez-Lirola and Patrick G. Halbur Chapter 15 Porcine Herd Health Management Practices for the Control of PRRSV Infection 281 V.G. Papatsiros Chapter 16 Values of Blood Variables in Calves 301 Martina Klinkon and Jožica Ježek Chapter 17 The Growth Performance Evaluation of Cattle Breeds in the South Western Agro-Ecological Zone (SWAEZ) of Uganda 321 Charles Lagu, Robert Nsubuga Mutaka, James Oluka, Steven Byenkya, Betty Laura Ayoo, Immaculate Nabukenya and Proscovia Ntakyo Chapter 18 Clinical Approach to the Repeat Breeder Cow Syndrome 337 Carlos C. Perez-Marin, Laura Molina Moreno and Guillermo Vizuete Calero Contents VII Chapter 19 Bovine Respiratory Syndrome (BRD) Etiopathogenesis, Diagnosis and Control 363 Dariusz Bednarek, Monika Szymańska-Czerwińska and Katarzyna Dudek Chapter 20 Epidemiology, Zoonotic Aspect and Current Epidemiological Situation of Q Fever in Poland 379 Krzysztof Niemczuk and Monika Szymańska-Czerwińska Chapter 21 Risk (Predisposing) Factors for Non-Infectious Claw Disorders in Dairy Cows Under Varying Zero-Grazing Systems 393 J. Nguhiu-Mwangi, P.M.F. Mbithi, J.K. Wabacha and P.G Mbuthia Chapter 22 Pharmacokinetic – Pharmacodynamic Considerations for Bovine Mastitis Treatment 423 Nora Mestorino and Jorge O. Errecalde Chapter 23 Protozoan Diseases in Farm Ruminants 473 Sima Sahinduran Part 4 Research in Veterinary Medicine 501 Chapter 24 Vitronectin and Its Receptor (Integrin α v β 3 ) During Bovine Fertilization In Vitro 503 Mirjan Thys, Hans Nauwynck, Leen Vandaele, Jo Bijttebier, Dominiek Maes, Herman Favoreel and Ann Van Soom Chapter 25 Analysis of 3’UTR of Prnp Gene in Mammals: Possible Role of Target Sequences of miRNA for TSE Sensitivity in Bovidae and Cervidae 523 Daniel Petit, Jean-Michel Petit and François Gallet Chapter 26 Causes of Death of Rhesus Monkeys Undergoing Liver Transplantation 537 Jiang-hua Ran Chapter 27 Molecular Characterization of Hypothalamo–Pituitary- Thyroid Genes in Pig (Sus Scrofa) 545 Ningying Xu and Xiaoling Jiang Chapter 28 Detection of Poxvirus Using Transmission Electron Microscopy Techniques During Outbreak in Bay-Winged Cowbird (Gnorimopsar Chopi) 557 M.H.B. Catroxo, A.M.C.R.P.F. Martins, S. Petrella and L. Milanelo VIII Contents Chapter 29 Doppler Ultrasonography for Evaluating Vascular Responses to Ergopeptine Alkaloids in Livestock 567 G.E. Aiken and J.R. Strickland Chapter 30 Pathogenicity of Avian Paramyxovirus Serotype-3 in Chickens and Turkeys 587 Sachin Kumar and Siba K. Samal Chapter 31 In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Crude Extracts of Erythrina abyssinica and Capsicum annum in Poultry Diseases Control in the South Western Agro-ecological Zone of Uganda 597 Charles Lagu and Kayanja I.B. Frederick . Follow-Up After Rupture of the Cranial Cruciateligament 151 Cleuza Maria de Faria Rezende, Eliane Gonçalves de Melo and Natalie Ferreira Borges Chapter 10 Congenital Aplasia of the Uterine-Vaginal. Colaço, Maria dos Anjos Pires and Rita Payan-Carreira Chapter 11 Atresia Ani in Dogs and Cats 179 Lysimachos G. Papazoglou and Gary W. Ellison Chapter 12 Prospective Study of Tumor Markers as. Animals: Regulatory Situation in Europe 33 Annamaria Passantino Chapter 4 How Experience Can be Useful in Veterinary Pathological Anatomy 51 Paulo Tomé and Helena Vala Chapter 5 Veterinary Dysmorphology