C ONTENTS / CONTEÚDO ISSN 1678-0345 (Print) ISSN 1679-9216 (Online) Acta Scientiae Veterinariae. 35(supl 2): 221-722 2007 CONFERENCES Injection-site sarcomas ....................................................................................................................... 221 Fernanda Vieira Amorim Animal welfare: what’s new? ............................................................................................................... 224 Carla Forte Maiolino Molento Canine leishmaniosis: current status in Europe, diagnosis and control .......................................... 227 Guadalupe Miró Corrales Immunonutrition: the diet’s role in the re-establishment of the natural defenses ............................ 230 Márcio Antonio Brunetto, Márcia de Oliveira Sampaio Gomes, Juliana Toloi Jeremias, Luciana Domingues de Oliveira & Aulus Cavalieri Carciofi Nutritional management of liver diseases .......................................................................................... 233 Márcio Antonio Brunetto, Eliana Teshima, Sandra Prudente Nogueira, Juliana Toloi Jeremias & Aulus Cavalieri Carciofi Parenteral nutrition: basic beginnings of administration .................................................................. 236 Márcio Antonio Brunetto, Márcia de Oliveira Sampaio Gomes, Eliana Teshima, Luciana Domingues de Oliveira & Aulus Cavalieri Carciofi Phaeohyphomycosis: an emerging animal fungal infection ............................................................. 239 Laerte Ferreiro, Andréia Spanamberg, Mauro Riegert Borba, Edna Maria Cavallini Sanches, Carlos Roehe, Janio Morais Santurio & René Chermette Transfusional therapy .......................................................................................................................... 242 Adriana López Quintana Disseminated intravascular coagulation ............................................................................................ 245 Adriana López Quintana Advantages and benefits of the phacoemulsification ........................................................................ 248 João Antonio Tadeu Pigatto, Fabiana Quartiero Pereira, Ana Carolina da Veiga Rodarte de Almeida, Cláudio Leonardo Montassieur de Menezes, Luciane de Albuquerque & Ângela Aguiar Franzen Keratoconjunctivitis in dogs and cats ................................................................................................ 250 João Antonio Tadeu Pigatto, Fabiana Quartiero Pereira, Ana Carolina da Veiga Rodarte de Almeida, Raquel Redaeli, Cláudia Skilhan Faganello & Ângela Aguiar Franzen Minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis (MIPO) ................................................................................ 252 Esteban Mele Lacrimal surgery in dogs and cats ..................................................................................................... 254 Antônio Felipe Paulino de Figueiredo Wouk Acute pain management in emergency .............................................................................................. 256 Pablo Ezequiel Otero Local anesthetic and analgesic techniques ........................................................................................ 259 Pablo Ezequiel Otero Rangeliosis .......................................................................................................................................... 261 Rafael Almeida Fighera Hemolytic anemia in dogs and cats .................................................................................................... 264 Rafael Almeida Fighera Cytology for clinicians: how to use this diagnostic tool ................................................................... 267 Roberta Fraga Graça Cystic endometrial hyperplasia complex ........................................................................................... 270 Kellen de Sousa Oliveira Ovarian remnant syndrome ................................................................................................................. 273 Kellen de Sousa Oliveira TPLO: a new and efective surgical option for CCLR .......................................................................... 275 Helia Zamprogno Use of acupuncture on the articular syndrome: first or last option? ................................................ Jean Guilherme Fernandes Joaquim I 277 Feline mammary hyperplasia .............................................................................................................. 279 Fernanda Vieira Amorim Cardiac transplant in dogs .................................................................................................................. 281 André Lacerda de Abreu Oliveira Thorax with no fear .............................................................................................................................. 283 André Lacerda de Abreu Oliveira Fungal infections of the respiratory tract of dogs and cats ............................................................... 285 Rafael Rodrigues Ferreira, Mauro Luís da Silva Machado, Andréia Spanamberg, Simone Passos Bianchi, Juliana Aguiar, Jennifer Hummel & Laerte Ferreiro Skeletal stem cells for the treatment of nonunion fractures in dogs ................................................ 289 Helia Zamprogno Small animal echocardiography ......................................................................................................... 291 Carlos José Mucha Osteosynthesis with interlocking nail ................................................................................................ 294 Esteban Mele Fungal zoonosis in dogs and cats ...................................................................................................... 296 Laerte Ferreiro, Edna Maria Cavallini Sanches, Andréia Spanamberg, Rafael Rodrigues Ferreira, Mauro Luís da Silva Machado, Carlos Roehe, Sandro Antonio Pereira, Tânia Maria Pacheco Schubach & Janio Morais Santurio MINI ARTICLES Anesthesiology Clonidine premedication before etomidate-halothane anaesthesia in dogs .................................... 300 Rafael Derossi, Joana Zafalon Ferreira, Ariane Benites, Larissa Correa Hermeto, João Marcelino Negrini Neto & Fabrício de Oliveira Frazílio Sedation with xylazine and lumbosacral epidural administration of ketamine, lidocaine and ketamine-lidocaine combination in cats ..................................................................... 302 Rafael Derossi, Ariane Benites, Joana Zafalon Ferreira, João Marcelino Negrini Neto, Larissa Correa Hermeto & Fabrício de Oliveira Frazílio Effect of etoricoxib in the powder-surgical recovery in domestic cats ............................................. 305 Lídia Fátima Barreto Rocha, Luiz Esmeraldo da Cruz Filho, Nilza Dutra Alves, Thiago Heráclito de Matos Costa, Romeika Hermínia de Macedo Assunção Pereira, Herbert Sousa Soares, Idalécio Pacífico da Silva, Sthenia Santos Albano Amóra, Kilder Dantas Filgueira & Francisco Marlon Carneiro Feijó Hemodynamic alterations in dogs undergoing pressure-controlled ventilation with positive end-expiratory pressure ................................................................................................ 307 Roberta Carareto, Celina Tie Nishimori Duque, Danielli Parilha de Paula, Paulo Sérgio Patto dos Santos, Marlos Gonçalves Sousa & Newton Nunes Controlled ventilation with positive end-expiratory pressure in dogs anesthetized with propofol and sufentanil and maintained in head-down tilt ....................................................... 309 Roberta Carareto, Danielli Parilha de Paula, Celina Tie Nishimori Duque, Paulo Sérgio Patto dos Santos, Marlos Gonçalves Sousa & Newton Nunes Anesthetic protocol in a loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) for an exploratory coelioscopy .......... 311 Ruben Lundgren Cavalcanti, Nadia Crosignani, Marcelo Mucillo, Rafael Stedile, Marcelo Alievi, Carlos Afonso Beck, Fabiana Schiochet, Fernanda Nóbrega & José Pedro Rocha Retrospective study of anesthetic proceedings in patients undergoing neurosurgeries ................ 313 Mariana Isa Poci Palumbo Antunes, Daniella Aparecida Godoi, Mônica Vicky Bahr Arias, Carmen Esther Grumadas, Angelita Zanata Reia & Julio Ken Nagashima Benzocaine hydrochloride anesthesia in carp (Cyprinus carpi) ....................................................... 315 Mariana Isa Poci Palumbo Antunes, Daniella Aparecida Godoi, Rafael Sanches Spurio, Carmen Esther Grumadas & Marco Antonio da Rocha Postoperative analgesia of epidural injection of morphine or tramadol in dogs after orchiectomy .. 317 Ricardo Miyasaka de Almeida, Samara Maguilnik & Daniel Guimarães Gerardi Anaesthesia for cataract surgery – case report .................................................................................. Gabrielle Coelho Freitas, Adriano Bonfim Carregaro, André Vasconcelos Soares & Nilson Oleskovicz II 319 Evaluation of different anesthetic protocols for tracheal wash in cats ............................................. 321 Renata Navarro Cassu, Alessandra Melchert & Daniela Alonso Favinha Severe pruritus after morphine epidural administration in cat: case report ..................................... 324 Sérgio dos Santos Souza, Tatiana Regina Intelisano, Christianni Padovani de Biaggi, Iara Tiburcio, Márcia Marques Jericó & Cláudio Alves de Moura Comparison between motor and sensitive brachial plexus blockade in chickens with 0,75% ropivacaine ........................................................................................................................ 326 Larissa Borges Cardozo, Levi de Castro Fiúza, Ricardo Miyasaka de Almeida, Paula Diniz Galera & Maria Fernanda Silva Machado Evaluation of post surgery anlagesia using intraperitoneal 2% lidocaine in dogs submitted to ovariohysterectomy ......................................................................................................................... 329 Fabíola Lopes Coelho, Marcus Vinicius de Castro Falcão, Simone Andrade da Silva, Carla Valéria Rocha Ramos & Renata Couto Rijo Electroacupuncture and morphine effects on the cardiorrespiratory parameters and anesthesic consumption in cats submitted to ovariohysterectomy .......................................... 331 Wangles Pignaton, Janaína Rodrigues Simões, Evandro Zacché, Patricia Maria Coletto Freitas, Marcelo Rezende Luz, Mariana da Silva Melo & Letícia Binda Baungarten Lidocaine in alveolar and mentonian block during dogs exodonty: preliminary study .................. 333 Wangles Pignaton, Janaína Rodrigues Simões, Evandro Zacché, Patricia Maria Coletto Freitas & Vanessa Martins Fayad Milken Use of clonidine and morphine epidural for orthopedical surgery in dog – case report ................ 335 André Vasconcelos Soares, Nilson Oleskovicz, Ademar Luiz Dallabrida, Aury Nunes de Moraes, Gabrielle Coelho Freitas & André Luís Correa Mentol use in the transportation of piauçu fingerlings (Leporinus macrocephalus) ....................... 337 Tatiana Aparecida Sartore, Eduardo Shimoda, Mário Sérgio Lima de Lavor, Bruno José Silotti Lopes, Péterson Vargas Trindade, Gilson Mendes da Cruz & Walace Fraga Rizo Study of analgesic effects and plasmatics concentrations of tramadol in female dogs submitted to ovaryhisterectomy ........................................................................................................................... 339 Augusto Cesar Dias dos Santos, Altamir Benedito de Sousa, Jorge Camilo Florio & Helenice de Souza Spinosa Surgery Hermafroditism in a 4-months-old pit bull ......................................................................................... 342 Elida Cherobini, Cristiane Beck, Juliano Bolson, Rodrigo Cardona, Cristina Krauspenhar & Guilherme P. Silveira Report of four cases of hydronephrosis secondary to ovarisohisterectomy (OSH) in bitches ........ 344 Ana Claudia Manoel Von Trompowsky, Cristina Mendes Pliego, Maria de Lourdes Gonçalves Ferreira, Viviane Alexandre Nunes & Márcia Carolina Salomão dos Santos Chronic intussusception in the dog ................................................................................................... 349 Ana Claudia Manoel Von Trompowsky, Cristina Mendes Pliego, Maria de Lourdes Gonçalves Ferreira & Viviane Alexandre Nunes Mandible reconstruction for lost bone tissue repair in feline, through osseous and adipose autogenous graft and steinmann pin .................................................................................................. 348 Eduardo Santiago Ventura de Aguiar, João Eduardo Wallau Schossler, André Silva Caríssimi & Daniel Goethel Soares Sertolioma in the rabbit (Oritolagos cuniculus) ................................................................................. 350 Ana Claudia Manoel Von Trompowsky, Cristina Mendes Pliego, Maria de Lourdes Gonçalves Ferreira, Viviane Alexandre Nunes, Phillipe Bauer de Araújo Dória & Sávio Freire Bruno Thyroidectomy with transplantation of the parathyroid gland in a cat ............................................. 352 Katia Barão Corgozinho, Heloisa Justen Moreira de Souza, Ana Maria Reis Ferreira, Adriana Neves Pereira, Simone Cunha & Mariana Pereira de Moura Determination of nosocomial infection indices in a small animal surgical center of a veterinary university ..................................................................................................................... 354 Graciane Aiello, Luana Battaglia, Mônica Vicky Bahr Arias & Julio César de Freitas Techniques for orchiectomy in cats: a comparative study ................................................................ 357 Karen Maciel de Oliveira, Leonardo Augusto Lopes Muzzi, Ruthnéa Aparecida Lázaro Muzzi, Bruno Benetti Junta Torres, Endrigo Gabellini Leonel Alves & Marcos Antônio Rossi Feliciano Modified posthioplasty to phimosis reduction in dogs ..................................................................... Luciano André Weide, Emerson Antonio Contesini, Marcio Poletto Ferreira, Elisa Barp Neuwald & Rafael Stedile III 360 Parcial glossectomy in a dog .............................................................................................................. 362 Graziela Kopinits de Oliveira, Maicon Pinheiro, Eduardo de Bastos Santos Júnior, Liandra Flores Portela & Alceu Gaspar Raiser Ocular evisceration modified technique in pediatric buphtalmia dog patient – case report ........... 364 Luciano Schneider da Silva, Ingrid Bueno Atayde, Lídia Bonach Ferreira Pires & Luciano Marra Alves Mandibular mucocele in one dog: unusual occurring sialoliths and ductal calcification ............... 366 Keyla Caribé Bassin, Rosana Pinheiro Botelho, João Telhado Pereira, Thiago Wakoff, Marta Fernanda Albuquerque da Silva & Barbara Dias Correia Isolation, quantification and viability of bone marrow whole mononuclear cell fraction in dogs ..... 368 Guilherme Kanciukaitis Tognoli, Ney Luis Pippi, Débora Cristina Olsson, Dominguita Lühers Graça, Carolina Kist Traezel, Sonia Terezinha dos Anjos Lopes, Danieli Brolo Martins, Alceu Gaspar Raiser & Alexandre Mazzanti Surgical treatment of insulinoma in a dog ......................................................................................... 370 Cristiano Gomes, Karina Magano Guimarães, Álan Gomes Pöppl, Lisiane Foerstnow, Marcelo Mucillo, Adriana Cunha Muschner & Emerson Antonio Contesini Dog owners expectancy and satisfaction in relation to bilateral complete mastectomy ................. 372 Caroline Rodrigues Pereira Martins, Marta Fernanda Albuquerque da Silva, Rosana Pinheiro Botelho, João Telhado Pereira & Sylvia Cristina Azevedo Perineal herniorrhaphy in dogs – analysis of three surgical techniques ......................................... 374 Claudia Russo, Gustavo José Von Glehn Santos, Ewaldo de Mattos Júnior, Simone Bopp & David Filinto da Silva Laparoscopic classification of intraperitoneal adhesions in bitches following ovario-salpingo-histerectomy with cotton tread or nylon tie-rap: partial results ............................. 377 Paula Marina Brito Jorge, Marco Augusto Machado Silva, Adilson Donizeti Damasceno, Naida Cristina Borges, Rogério Vieira da Silva, Lorena Karine Soares, Daniel Augusto de Medeiros Vieira & Késia Sousa Santos Sulfonamide toluene nitrocellulosis (enamel) in cats surgical wounds ........................................... 379 Patricia Maria Coletto Freitas, Raquel Sano Pereira, Duvaldo Eurides, João Batista Figueira Neto, Ana Elisa Pato Salgado, Michelle Fazanelli & Vanessa Fayad Milken Surgical treatment of ameloblastoma in dalmatian breed dog ......................................................... 382 Gabriela Silva Uchôa, Leonardo dos Reis Corrêa, Paulo Henrique Cândido Carvalho, José Belarmino da Gama Filho, Rejane Bernardes Souza Santos, Leonardo Alves Coutinho Souza & Sílvio Augusto Moreira Miranda Laparoscopy in an anorchid basset hound breed dog ...................................................................... 384 Leonardo dos Reis Corrêa, José Belarmino da Gama Filho, Gabriela Silva Uchôa, Rejane Bernardes Souza Santos, Marco Augusto Machado Silva, Leonardo Alves Coutinho Souza, Sílvio Augusto Moreira Miranda & Paulo Henrique Cândido de Carvalho Gelatin as bandaging in total thick burn: use of rabbit as an experimental model ......................... 386 Patricia Maria Coletto Freitas, Guilherme Ronceti Raft, Camila Busnardo, Louisiane de Carvalho Nunes & Duvaldo Eurides Chylous ascites in a pregnant cat ....................................................................................................... 388 Claudia Russo, Ewaldo de Mattos Júnior, Gustavo José Von Glehn dos Santos, Selwyn Arlynton Headley & David Filinto da Silva Exotic animals Blood glucose values of penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus FOSTER, 1781) (Sphenicidae-aves) in captivity ........................................................................................................... 390 Flavya Mendes-de-Almeida, Luiz Paulo Luzes Fedullo, Adriana Fromm-Trinta, Gabriella Landau-Remy, Valdir Almeida Ramos Jr. & Norma Labarthe Electroejaculation method evaluation for semen collection and analyses in coatis (Nasua nasua) in captivity ................................................................................................................... 392 Celso T. R. Viana, Felipe P. Arruda, Izabel G. Dutra, Damaris de Oliveira, Thais de O. Morgado, Nilton C. Mesquita Jr., Cristina H. Alves, Luciana K. Hatamoto & Regina C. R. da Paz Removal of esophageal foreign body through cervical esophagotomy in a female Podocnemis unifilis ............................................................................................................................. 395 Roberta Carareto, Marlos Gonçalves Sousa, Julyana Carvalho Silva, Daniel Barbosa da Silva, Larissa Graziella Caixeta de Lima, Eline Sousa de Costa & Liliane Moreira Silva First scientifical report about Chloroceryle americana (small kingfisher) in the urban area of Goiânia-GO and its relationship with the epidemic surveillance .................................................. 397 José Filho Hidasi, Hilari Wanderley Hidasi, Leila Maria Leal Parente, Marco Tulio Antônio Garcia Zapata & Flávia Gontijo Lima IV Report case of osteosarcoma in ferrets .............................................................................................. 399 Sérgio Diniz Garcia, Maristela Rodrigues Soares, Alexandre Redson Soares Silva, Talita Floreing Brêda Souza, Priscilla Mitie Matayoshi, Maria Cecília Rui Luvizotto, Paulo César Ciarlini & Luciana del Rio Pinoti Ciarlini Leptospirosis in free life no-human primates of specie Alouatta caraya from Porto Rico county, PR ................................................................................................................. 401 Francielle Gibson Silva-Zacarias, Kledir Anderson Hofstaetter Spohr, Bruna Azevedo de Carvalho Lima, Walfrido Kühl Svoboda, Luciano de Souza Malanski, Lucimara Aparecida Alves, Marcos Massaaki Shiozawa, Carmen Lúcia Scortecci Hilst, Ângela Maron, Lucas de Moraes Aguiar, Gabriela Ludwig, Fernando de Camargo Passos, Valmir Ortiz da Silva, Italmar Teodorico Navarro & Júlio César de Freitas Apocrine cystadenoma in Callithrix jaccus ........................................................................................ 403 Paloma Costa Villar, Adamas Tassinari Bonfada, Adriana de Abreu Farias Rocha, Vanessa Bastos de Castro, Marcos Borges Ribeiro, Tatiana Vieira Sinay Neves & Levi de Castro Fiuza Piometra caseosa em coelho (Oryctolagus cuniculus) ..................................................................... 405 Thalita Calvi, Tilde Froes, Rogério R. Lange, Palloma Rose & Juliano dal Pizzol Medical clinic / Internal medicine Evaluation of the auricular thermometer in normothermic dogs ...................................................... 408 Valdo Pereira Alencar-Júnior, Monally Aquino, Roberta Carareto & Marlos Gonçalves Sousa Canine meningoencephalitis caused by Cryptococcus neoformans ................................................ 410 Camila Paraboni, Polliana A. Franco, Fabiana M.M. Bergamo & Alda I. Souza Tracheobronchic washing in dogs by means of rigid endoscopy or endotracheal tube ................. 413 Paula Cristina Basso, Heloísa Helena Alcântara Barcellos, Maurício Veloso Brun, Laura Beatriz Rodrigues, Carlos Eduardo Bortolini, Luciane Melatti, João Francisco Scalco Neto, Paulo Vinícius Bastiani, Stella De Faria Valle, Luciana Ruschel dos Santos & Bianca Bertoletti Nocardiosis in dog .............................................................................................................................. 416 Giorgio Queiroz Pereira, Mariana Buffalo Biz, Patrícia Fernandes Nunes da Silva, Julieta Catarina Burke, Antonio Carlos Faria dos Reis & Patrícia Mendes Pereira Necrolytic migratory erythema in a female dog ................................................................................. 419 Fabiana Aguena Sales Lapa, Vanessa Kaneko & Silvia Franco Andrade Leiomyoma in the pelvic canal of a dog ............................................................................................ 421 Ricardo Siqueira da Silva, Aline da Silva Rosa, Cláudia Cardoso Maciel Escalhão, Alexandre Chamarelli, Eneida Rosa Assis dos Santos & Vítor Medeiros Porcino Clinics characteristics of canine otitis externa in Ilhéus/BA and in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility of the isolated bacteria ........................................................................................................................ 423 Rodrigo Mota Ramalho, Renata Grossi, João Luciano Andriolli & Roueda Abou Said Valuation of the carprofen efficacy and security ................................................................................ 425 Diego Lunelli, Peterson Triches Dornbusch, Lílian Pamela Tapia Carreño Dornbusch, Claudia Turra Pimpão & Selene Círio Leite Ovarian carcinoma in bitch ................................................................................................................. 427 Graziela Wilhelm, Isabel Cristina Pereira, Mateus Fernandes Rodrigues, Eduardo Negri Mueller, Vanessa Martins Bulling, Rose Karina Reis Corrêa, Thomas Normanton Guim, Márcia Oliveira Nobre & Josiane Bonel Raposo Inflammatory mammary carcinoma in the female dog: clinical and pathological aspects ............. 429 Eduardo Negri Mueller, Thomas Normanton Guim, Graziela Wilhelm, Fernanda da Silva Xavier, Márcia de Oliveira Nobre & Cristina Gevehr Fernandes In vitro antimicrobial activity of Bahia natural products against Staphylococcus spp and Pseudomonas spp ........................................................................................................................ 431 Renata Grossi, Rodrigo Mota Ramalho, Ademir de Jesus Silva Júnior, Rosilene Aparecida de Oliveira, Fernando Faustino de Oliveira & Roueda Abou Said Dermatology Sensitivity in vitro of the microbiota of the ear of dogs with otitis externa to five antimicrobials ..... 433 Rosângela Rodrigues dos Santos Feline demodicosis: case report in Rio de Janeiro ............................................................................ Regina Ruckert Ramadinha, Clarissa Pimentel de Souza, Guilherme Gomes Verocai, Renata Novais de Carvalho & Caroline Rodrigues Martins V 436 Epitheliotrophic lymphoma (mycosis fungoides) with a unique injury in dog ................................ 438 Erotides Capistrano da Silva, Lissandro Gonçalves Conceição & Gabriela Zorzal Biancardi Superficial pustular drug reaction ...................................................................................................... 440 Michelle Baranski Franco Zanetti, Marconi Rodrigues Farias, Luis Antonio Schenato Junior, Gilian Guelmann & Juliana Werner Generalized alopecia in a dog due to chemotherapy with vincristine .............................................. 442 Juliana Aguiar, Luciana Oliveira de Oliveira, Cristiano Gomes, Rosemari Teresinha de Oliveira, Ana Claudia Tourrucôo & Paula Becker Canine visceral leishmaniasis associated with Pemphigus foliaceus .............................................. 444 Ana Amélia Domingues Gomes, Claudio Nazaretian Rossi, Guillermo Carlos Veiga de Oliveira, Fabiana Augusta Ikeda-Garcia, Valéria Nobre Leal de Souza Oliva, Maria Cecília Rui Luvizotto, Wagner Luis Ferreira & Mary Marcondes Feitosa Stevens-Johnson syndrome – toxic epidermal necrolysis in a dog with splenic lymphoma ......... 446 Luis Felipe Neves Santos, Daniel Guimarães Gerardi, Gisele Junqueira Ribeiro Alvarenga, Helvécio Leal Santos Junior, Fabiana Elias, Rafaela Magalhães Barros & Fernanda Oliveira Torrecillas Sebaceous adenitis in dog lhasa apso ............................................................................................... 448 André Obladen, Marconi Farias, Kelly Cristina Cruz Choque, Juliana Werner & Bruno Tammenhain Cutaneous micobacteriosis in dog: report of two cases .................................................................... 450 Sabrina dos Santos Costa, G.T. D’angelo, T.D. Munhoz, T. Champion, C.F. João, A.L. Galvão & M. Tinucci-Costa Follicular pemphigus foliaceus in a dog ............................................................................................ 452 Michelle Baranski Franco Zanetti, Marconi Rodrigues Farias, Ana Carolina Benvenho & Juliana Werner Symmetric lupoid onychodystrophy in a dog .................................................................................... 454 Kelly Cristina Cruz Choque, Marconi Rodrigues Farias, Juliana Werner, Bruno Tammenhain, André Obladen & Thaís Rodrigues Macedo Endocrinology Diazoxide long term medical therapy for beta-cell neoplasia ........................................................... 456 Álan Gomes Pöppl Chromatographyc analysis of lipid fractions in obese dogs and in dogs with hyperadrenocorticism .................................................................................................................. 459 Fernanda de Camargo Chiquito, Tatiane Moreno Ferrarias, Kazuo Kajihara, Márcio Antonio Bastistela Moreira, Valéria Sutti Nunes, Edna Regina Nakandakare & Márcia Marques Jericó Hormone-receptor binding preliminary evaluation from insulin to muscles membranes and glucose tolerance in female dogs during oestrus cycle ............................................................. 462 Álan Gomes Pöppl, Tatiane da Silva Mottin, Cinthia Brum Dias, Irene Breitsmater, Carlos Afonso de Castro Beck, Camila Lasta, Félix Hilário Díaz González, Luiz Carlos Kucharski & Roselis Silveira Martins da Silva Endometrial cystic hiperplasia – pyometra complex influences in periferic insulin sensibility and diabetes mellitus predisposition: preliminary results ................................................................ 465 Álan Gomes Pöppl, Fernando Espinosa Souza, Karine da Silva Neves, Carlos Afonso de Castro Beck, Juliano de Souza Leal, David Driemeier, Camila Serina Lasta, Félix Hilário Díaz González, Sandra Costa Valle, Luiz Carlos Kucharski & Roselis Silveira Martins da Silva Feline medicine Giardia spp. in fecal samples of domestic cats from Rio de Janeiro, RJ ......................................... 468 Flavya Mendes-de-Almeida, Michelle Mattos Oliveira Silva & Norma Labarthe Feline aelurostrongilosis – case report .............................................................................................. 470 Ademir Zacarias Junior, Estevam Guilherme Lux Hoppe, Mauro José Lahm Cardoso, Rodrigo dos Reis Oliveira & Francielle Gibson Silva-Zacarias Primary extraskeletal osteosarcoma in a cat ...................................................................................... 472 Juliana Carrocino Grilo, Jacqueline Vallim Jacobina Cavalcanti, Cristiane Belchior, Heloisa Justen Moreira de Souza & Elan Cardozo Paes de Almeida Repair of the cronic oronasal fistula in the cat with a split palatal U-Flap ....................................... 474 Heloisa Justen Moreira de Souza, Vivian Fernandes Alfeld, Lília Campos Cicarella, Juliana Carrocino Grilo & Fernanda Gomes Castelan Retrospective study of feline leukemia virus from 2002 – 2006: clinical and laboratorial evaluation .. Aline Santana da Hora, Leila Taranti & Archivaldo Reche Júnior VI 476 Extracapsular thyroidectomy associated with transplantation of the parathyroid gland in a feline .. 478 Marina Gabriela Monteiro Carvalho Mori da Cunha, Heloisa Justen Moreira de Souza, Ney Luis Pippi, Adriana Pereira & Kleber Gomes Gastroenterology Detection and effects of Helicobacter spp. in healthy dogs and with signs of gastritis .................. 480 Luciana Sayuri Takemura, Alexandre Mendes Amude, Pedro Luiz de Camargo & Ana Paula Frederico Rodrigues Loureiro Bracarense Post anesthetic esophageal stricture in cats ...................................................................................... 482 Ana Carolina Rodrigues Benvenho, Michelle Baranski Franco Zanetti, César Augusto Ranzani & Lilia Mara Souza Colon preparation for rigid colonoscopy using oral monobasic phosphate and sodium dibasic solution in dogs ................................................................................................. 484 Anelise Bonilla Trindade, Maurício Veloso Brun, Virgínia Heinze Phöl, Paula Cristina Basso, Carlos Eduardo Bortolini, Viviane Oliveira Machado, Leonardo José Gil Barcellos, Raqueli Teresinha França, Auren Benck Soso, Bianca Bertoletti & Camila Basso Cartana Laparoscopic surgery in the diagnóstic of atrophic gastritis in dog followed by clinical treatment .. 487 Paula Cristina Basso, Maurício Veloso Brun, Claudete Schmidt, Heloísa Helena Alcântara Barcellos, Dominguita Lühers da Graça, Anelise Bonilla Trindade & Bianca Bertoletti Cólon preparation for rigid colonoscopy using monobasic phosphate and sodium dibasic solution with rectal route ..................................................................................................................... 489 Anelise Bonilla Trindade, Maurício Veloso Brun, Virgínia Heinze Phöl, Paula Cristina Basso, Carlos Eduardo Bortolini, Viviane Oliveira Machado, Leonardo José Gil Barcellos, Raqueli Teresinha França, Auren Benck Soso, Bianca Bertoletti & Camila Basso Cartana Endoscopic removal of esophageal and gastric foreign bodies in dogs – report of 12 cases ........ 492 Lívia de Paula Bonfá, Paulo Renato dos Santos Costa & Maria Cristina Hage Canine acidophil cells hepatitis .......................................................................................................... 495 Paulo Renato dos Santos Costa, José do Carmo Moreira Lopes & Gabriela Zorzal Biancardi Detection and effects of Helicobacter spp. in cats ............................................................................. 497 Luciana Sayuri Takemura, Pedro Luiz de Camargo & Ana Paula Frederico Rodrigues Loureiro Bracarense Diagnostic methods Influence of type of diet and period of consumption on electrolyte parameters of domestics cats (Felis domesticus, Linnaeus, 1758) ..................................................................................................... 500 Evilda Rodrigues de Lima, Antonio Tadeu de Vasconcelos, José de Carvalho Reis, Edvaldo Lopes de Almeida, Miriam Nogueira Teixeira, Eneida Willcox Rêgo, José Vieira Bezerra, Verônica Fernandes Tenório Cavalcanti, Vanessa Carla Lima da Silva, Adjanna Karla Leite Araujo, Michelle Suassuna Azevedo & Eryvelton de Souza Franco Urinary exams in domestics cats (Felis domesticus, Linnaeus, 1758) with Low Urinary Tract Disease (LUTD) ............................................................................................................................ 503 Evilda Rodrigues de Lima, José de Carvalho Reis, Edvaldo Lopes de Almeida, Miriam Nogueira Teixeira, Eneida Willcox Rêgo, Aderaldo Alexandrino de Freitas, José Vieira Bezerra, Daniela Godoy Coutinho, Márcio Apolônio Rocha Junior, Verônica Fernandes Tenório Cavalcanti, Adjanna Karla Leite Araujo, Zelia Ferraz Mendes, Michelle Suassuna Azevedo & Eryvelton de Souza Franco Exocrine pancreatic carcinoma ultrasonographic detection in an American pit bull terrier bitch ..... 505 Marcus Antônio Rossi Feliciano, Carlos Artur Lopes Leite, Tatiana Silveira & Anelise Carvalho Nepomuceno Ultrasonographic exams retrospective study of the small animal imaginology service of the Lavras Federal University (2005 till 2007) ................................................................................. 507 Marcus Antônio Rossi Feliciano, Carlos Artur Lopes Leite, Ana Julia Chaves Afonso Coutinho, Anelise Carvalho Nepomuceno & Tatiana Silveira Magnetic resonance imaging in dog’s head muscleskeletical structures identification ................. 509 Maria Cristina Ferrarini Nunes Soares Hage, Masao Iwasaki, Lilian Kamikawa, Carla Aparecida Batista Lorigados, Said Rahnamaye Rabbani, Franklin de Almeida Sterman, Jean Louis Shinohara, Hernan Joel Rodríguez, Maria Garcia Otaduy, Pedro Primo Bombonato & Hildebrando Gomes Benedicto Excretory urography as diagnostic tool of multiple tract urinary alterations in bitch ..................... 511 Maria Cristina Ferrarini Nunes Soares Hage, Paulo Renato Santos Costa, Lissandro Gonçalves Conceição, Ricardo Junqueira del Carlo, Cinthya Dessaune Neves, Maurício Correia Daltro Rodrigues, Priscila Curso Almeida & Erotides Capstrano da Silva VII The use of ultrasonography in the diagnostic approach of dogs with suspected of pancreatic neoplasm ....................................................................................................................... 513 T.R. Froes, M. Iwasaki, V.S. Galeazzi, T.S. Silva & L.N. Torres Radiographyc and ultra-sonographyc findings of paraprostatic cyst concurrente to the sertoli cell tumor in a dog with unilateral cryptorchidism ............................................................................ 516 Alinne Káttia Fernandes Dantas, Sérgio Ricardo Silva, Antônio Flávio Medeiros Dantas, Dalana Régia Melo de Souza & Cydia Mycheline Belarmino Comparison between ear conventional radiology and impedance audiometry in dogs with otitis media .................................................................................................................................. 518 Jaqueline Rodrigues Bahia, Carlos Artur Lopes Leite, Marcus Antônio Rossi Feliciano, Anelise Carvalho Nepomuceno & Tatiana Silveira Comparative study of rectal and auditive temperatures by conventional and infrared emission thermometry in healthy and otitic dogs ............................................................................................. 520 Anelise Carvalho Nepomuceno, Carlos Artur Lopes Leite, Tatiana Silveira & Marcus Antônio Rossi Feliciano Influence of the extract addition of Yucca schidigera in the parameters biochemists of adult dogs consuming two commercial diets ....................................................................................................... 522 Alessandra Aparecida Alça Alvares, Nancy Lorena Montano Rivera, Rosangela Locatelli Dittrich, Metry Bacila, Lia Fordiani Lenati & Ana Vitória Fischer da Silva Congenital type 4 hiatal hernia in a shar-pei dog .............................................................................. 524 Simone Cristine Monteiro, Ana Carolina Benvenho & Daniele Piekarz Bortoloto Pansanato Lung lobe torsion in dog: radiographic and ultrasonographic evaluation ....................................... 526 Cristiano Chaves Pessoa da Veiga, Felipe Delorme Azevedo, Juliano Pereira Chaves & Bruna Paes de Lima Cholesterol of adult dogs consuming two commercial diets with extract addition of Yucca schidigera .............................................................................................................................. 528 Alessandra Aparecida Alça Alvares, Nancy Lorena Montano Rivera, Rosangela Locatelli-Dittrich, Metry Bacila, Paula Cristina Linder Silva & Ana Vitória Fischer da Silva Tracheobronchoscopy use for diagnostic of trachea collapse and bronchial collapse .................. 530 Magyda Arabia Araji Dahroug, Làzaro Manoel Camargo, Dhagma Renata Denis Souza, Franz Naoki Yoshitoshi, Patrícia Scapucin & Claudia Gorgulho Nogueira Fernandes Canine packed cell volume (PCV) determined by impedance and microhematocrit methods (strumia) ................................................................................................................................ 532 Rafael Felipe da Costa Vieira, Tatiana Sousa Barbosa, Celina Kazue Morinishi, Paulo César Ciarlini & Suely Regina Mogami Bomfim Comparison of canine platelet counts determined by manual count and impedance methods ..... 534 Rafael Felipe da Costa Vieira, Tatiana Sousa Barbosa, Celina Kazue Morinishi, Paulo César Ciarlini & Suely Regina Mogami Bomfim Main plasma and erythrocytic alterations in dogs naturally infected by Babesia sp from Araçatuba region, São Paulo, Brasil ..................................................................................................................... 537 Rafael Felipe da Costa Vieira, Carolina Soares Soeiro, Milena Araúz Viol & Paulo César Ciarlini Serological study of Erhlichia canis, Dirofilaria immitis and Borrelia burgdorferi in dogs ............ 539 Valéria Régia Franco Sousa & Arleana do Bom Parto Ferreira de Almeida Colonoscopy in the aid of diagnosis of the chronic inflammatory diseases in cat ......................... 541 Leonardo Alves Coutinho Souza, Marcello Rodrigues da Roza, José Belarmino da Gama Filho, Paulo Henrique Carvalho, Leandro Arévalo Prieto, Fernanda Loyanne Alves da Silva & Gabriela Silva Uchoa Comparison of canine seric and plasmatic proteins measured by biuret method and refractometry ................................................................................................................................. 543 Rafael Felipe da Costa Vieira, Paulo César Ciarlini, Amanda Valéria Gasparoti Batista & Juliana Andreo Cavalcante Osteoarthritis by Leishmania sp. in a pit bull dog ............................................................................. 545 Alexandre Redson Soares da Silva, Claudio Nazaretian Rossi, Ana Amélia Domingues Gomes, Rafael Felipe da Costa Vieira, Fabiana Augusta Ikeda-Garcia, Paulo César Ciarlini, Luciana del Rio Pinoti Ciarlini & Mary Marcondes Feitosa Diagnostic of gastritis chronic by assisted endoscopy in Husky Siberian dog ............................... Leonardo Alves Coutinho Souza, Marcello Rodrigues da Roza, José Belarmino da Gama Filho, Paulo Henrique Carvalho, Leandro Arévalo Prieto & Gabriela Silva Uchoa VIII 547 A molecular diagnostic test to canine visceral leishmaniasis .......................................................... 549 Patrícia Helena Caldeira Silva, Larissa Campos Aquino, Bruna de Carvalho Cabral Lopes, Diego Batista Xavier, Maria Isabel Rao Bofill, Perecles Norimitsu Teixeira Massunaga & Giane Regina Paludo Prevalence of proteinuria and its classification in canine urinalysis of 320 dogs ........................... 551 Milena Piacitelli Sanchez, Angela Bacic, Márcio Antônio Batistella Moreira, Tatiane Moreno Ferrarias, Marilia Takada & Márcia Marques Jericó Validation of packed cell volume (PCV) obtained by impedance a blood gas analyser and microhematocrit method (strumia) .............................................................................................. 553 Tatiana de Sousa Barbosa, Rafael Felipe da Costa Vieira, Celina Kazue Morinishi, Paulo César Ciarlini & Suely Regina Mogami Bomfim Retrospective study (2006) on canine ehrlichiosis in the Laboratory of Veterinary Hospital of University of Cuiaba ........................................................................................................................ 555 Kátia Gouveia Sales, Fabiana Rangel Reis Braga, Ana Claudia Fontes Silva, Lívia Saab Muraro & Karina Bezerra Siqueira Radiographic pelvimetry in female domestic cats ............................................................................. 558 Vanessa Páfaro, Rosana Zanatta, Júlio Carlos Canola, Natália Maramarque Nespolo & Thassila Caccia Feragi Cintra Prevalence of crystalluria in dogs with urolithiasis presented to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of Anhembi-Morumbi University between september 2002 and january 2007 .................................. 560 Patricia Braconaro, Marcio Antônio Batistella Moreira, Juliana Aparecida de Oliveira, Adriane Provasi, Milena Piacitelli Sanches, Márcia Marques Jericó & Ângela Bacic Detection of Leishmania sp. in canine peripheral blood ................................................................... 562 Rafael Felipe da Costa Vieira, Claudio Nazaretian Rossi, Alexandre Redson Soares da Silva, Ana Amélia Domingues Gomes, Fabiana Augusta Ikeda-Garcia, Mary Marcondes Feitosa & Paulo César Ciarlini Use of radiology in search of pulmonar metastatic disease in female dogs with mammary tumor .. 564 Márcia Carolina Salomão Santos, Mário Antônio Pinto Romão, Maria de Lourdes Ferreira, Flavya Mendes-de-Almeida & Lyvia Cabral Ribeiro Carvalho Parosteal osteosarcoma in a dog ....................................................................................................... 567 Daniel Augusto de Medeiros Vieira, Rafael Amanso da Conceição, Naida Cristina Borges, Veridiana Maria Brianezi Dignani de Moura, Rogério Vieira da Silva & Marco Augusto Machado Silva Serology selection in dogs blood donor ............................................................................................ 569 Márcio Antônio Batistela Moreira, Caroline Aparecida Regis Sultanum, Rodrigo Gonzalez, Rubens Henrique Ramos D’Angelino, Milena Piacitelli Sanchez, Roberto Luis Chamlian Zucare & Márcia Marques Jericó Hepatic histogram in dogs subimited at prednison therapy ............................................................. 571 Bruna Junca Pereira, Michele Zafanelli, Fabiano Séllos Costa & Sebastião Matins Filho Feline blood typing: 148 domestic cats in Lacvet – UFRGS laboratory routine ............................... 573 Tatiana Amaral Guerra, Luciana de Almeida Lacerda, Simone Tostes de Oliveira, Vanessa Sinnott Esteves & Félix Hilario Diaz González Comparative evaluation between citological and histopathological examinations for mesenchimal and epithelial neoplasms – preliminary results ................................................................................. 575 Marcio Antonio Batistela Moreira, Roberto Luis Chamlian Zucare, Rubens D’Angelino, Caroline Aparecida Regis Sultanum, Adriana Tomoko Nishiya, Sérgio dos Santos Souza, Patrícia Braconaro & Milena Piacitelli Sanchez Urology / Nephrology Renal secondary hyperparathyroidism in young dog ........................................................................ 577 Maria Cristina Nobre Castro, Flavya Mendes-de-Almeida, Ana Maria Reis Ferreira, Márcia Carolina dos Santos Salomão & Elan Cardozo Paes-de-Almeida Perineal uretroplasty in a cat .............................................................................................................. 579 Marina Gabriela Monteiro Carvalho Mori da Cunha, Alexandre Mazzanti, Ney Luis Pippi, Alceu Gaspar Raiser, Charles Pelizzari, Rafael Festugato, Diego Vilibaldo Beckmann & Fernando Silvério Ferreira da Cruz Clinical, laboratorial and microbiological study of urinary infections in dogs – 14 cases ............. 581 Paulo Eduardo Ferian, Rodrigo de Castro Valadares, Guilherme Lages Savassi-Rocha, Daniele Sbraletta Lála & Roberto Baracat de Araújo Renal dysplasia in dog ........................................................................................................................ Giorgio Queiroz Pereira, Dalila Soares de Paula, Julio Ken Nagashima, Suely Nunes Estevez Beloni, Janis Regina Messias Gonzales & Antônio Carlos Faria dos Reis IX 583 Bladder uroliths of mixed composition in a german shepherd ........................................................ 586 Mariana Cristina Hoeppner Rondelli, Ana Paula Gering, Roberta Carareto & Marlos Gonçalves Sousa Evaluation of hemodialysis in a mortality risk reduction of dogs with acute renal failure ............. 588 Alessandra Melchert, André Marcelo Conceição Meneses, João Roberto Caldeira Brant & Pasqual Barretti Perineal hypospadia in male english bulldog: first report ................................................................ 591 Ana Laura Angeli, Taís Marchand Moreira Rocha, Ricardo Maia, Maria Aparecida Alcântara, Michele Frehse & Neide Mariko Tanaka Evaluation of the creatinine endogenous clearance test in healthy dogs without previous adaptation in metabolic cage .............................................................................................................. 593 Alessandra Melchert, Rafael Costa Guilhen, Cecília Braga Laposy & Rosa Maria Barilli Nogueira Retrospective evaluation of 193 bacterial cultures of urine and antibiogram in dogs and cats ...... 596 Maria Carolina Farah Pappalardo, Pedro Luis Camargo, Julio César de Freitas & Giorgio Queiroz Pereira Neurology Secondary hydrocephaly bacterial meningoencephalitis in dog ...................................................... 599 Rafael Festugatto, Alexandre Mazzanti, Fabiano Salbego, Charles Pelizzari, Rosmarini Passos dos Santos, Desydere Trindade & Diego Beckman Clinicopathological findings in dogs with distemper encephalomyelitis presented without systemic signs and myoclonus .......................................................................................................................... 601 Alexandre Mendes Amude, Noemi Rovaris Gardinali, Fernanda Abdulack, Fábio Juliano Negrão, Mônica Vicky Bahr Arias, Amauri Alcindo Alfieri & Alice Fernandes Alfieri The importance of neurological exam in the localization on spinal cord lesions ........................... 603 Desydere Trindade Pereira, Alexandre Mazzanti, Carlos Jesus Pereira Heygart, Alceu Gaspar Raiser, Marina Mori da Cunha, Rosmarini Passos dos Santos, Débora Olsson, Rafael Festugatto, Charles Pelizzari, Fabiano Zanini Salbego, Marcia Cristina da Silva & Rafael Almeida Fighera Severe lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF from a 7-month-old dog with acute distemper encephalomyelitis ................................................................................................................................ 605 Alexandre Mendes Amude, Noemi Rovaris Gardinali, Fernanda Abdulack, Fábio Juliano Negrão, Mara Regina Stipp Balarin, Amauri Alcindo Alfieri & Alice Fernandes Alfieri Evaluation of neurological clinical results in dogs submitted to decompressive surgery for the treatment of intervertebral disk disease .................................................................................. 607 Mônica Vicky Bahr Arias, Víctor José Rossetto & Natália Bianchi Lopes Aggressiveness in a dog with intracranial neoplasm ........................................................................ 610 Diego Vilibaldo Beckmann, Alexandre Mazzanti, Alceu Gaspar Raiser, Marina Gabriela Mori da Cunha, Charles Pelizzari, Rafael Festugatto, Fabiano Zanini Salbego, Rosmarini Passos dos Santos, Desydere Trindade Pereira, Tatiana Melo de Souza, Marcia Cristina da Silva & Rafael Almeida Fighera Atlantoaxial subluxation in 11 dogs: retrospective study .................................................................. 612 Diego Vilibaldo Beckmann, Alexandre Mazzanti, Alceu Gaspar Raiser, Marina Gabriela Mori da Cunha, Charles Pelizzari, Rafael Festugatto, Fabiano Zanini Salbego, Rosmarini Passos dos Santos & Desydere Trindade Pereira Mutifocal thoracic intervertebral disk disease in a cat ...................................................................... 615 Alexandre Mazzanti, Rosmarini Passos dos Santos, Alceu Gaspar Raiser, Marina Mori da Cunha, Diego Vilibaldo Beckmann, Desydere Trindade Pereira, Glaucia Denise Kommers, Maria Andréia Inkelmann, Charles Pelizzari, Rafael Festugato, Marcia Cristina da Silva & Rafael Almeida Fighera Hemorrhagic infarction of the thalamus as complications of the aortic endocarditis associated to subaortic stenosis in a dog ............................................................................................................ 617 Alexandre Mazzanti, Alceu Gaspar Raiser, Diego Villibaldo Beckmann, Marina Gabriela Mori da Cunha, Rosmarini Passos dos Santos, Charles Pelizzari, Fabiano Zanini Salbego, Rafael Festugatto, Raquel Rubia Rech, Marcia Cristina da Silva & Rafael Almeida Fighera Focal granulomatous meningoencephalitis in a dog ........................................................................ 619 Alexandre Mazzanti, Rosmarini Passos dos Santos, Alceu Gaspar Raiser, Marina Gabriela Mori da Cunha, Diego Vilibaldo Beckmann, Desydere Trindade Pereira, Luiz Francisco Irigoyen, Rafael Festugatto, Fabiano Zanini Salbego, Débora Olsson, Rafael Almeida Fighera & Marcia Cristina da Silva Microcystic meningioma in the spinal cord of a dog ........................................................................ Alexandre Mazzanti, Diego Vilibaldo Beckmann, Alceu Gaspar Raiser, Marina Mori da Cunha, Rafael Festugatto, Rosmarini Passos dos Santos, Desydere Trindade Pereira, Fabiano Zanini Salbego, Glaucia Denise Kommers, Charles Pelizzari, Adriano Ramos, Marcia Cristina da Silva & Rafael Almeida Fighera X 621 Ophthalmology Intra-ocular 41d hydrophilic acrylic lens implantation after phacoemulsification in dogs ............. 623 João Alfredo Kleiner Study of visual acuity of working dogs .............................................................................................. 626 Natasha Baumworcel, Ana Maria Barros Soares, Gustavo Helms & Flavya Mendes-de-Almeida Prevalence of ophtalmic lesions in dogs naturally infected by Leishmania (leishmania) chagasi in Belo Horizonte city – MG, Brazil ..................................................................................................... 628 Gustavo de Oliveira Fulgêncio, Marilene Suzan Marques Michalick, Fernando Antônio Bretas Viana, Raul Rio Ribeiro & Kárita Daniele Borges Intraocular melanoma in dog .............................................................................................................. 631 José Joaquim Titton Ranzani, Daniela Nogueira Cremonini, Viciany Erique Fabris, Cláudia Valéria Seullner Brandão, João Leandro Vera Chiurciu, Tiago Palmeira Peixoto & Maria Guadalupe Sereno Morphometric analysis of the corneal endothelium of turtle (Trachemis scripta) using scanning electron microscopy ............................................................................................................................ 633 Cláudia Faganello, Luciane de Albuquerque, Raquel Redaelli, Cláudio Leonardo Montassieur de Menezes, Marcos Carneiro de Andrade, Ana Carolina Rodarte, Simone Tostes Oliveira, Rafael Stedile & João Antonio Tadeu Pigatto Cataract associated with persistent pupillary membrane in a cat ..................................................... 635 Luciane de Albuquerque, Raquel Redaelli, Claudia Skilhan Faganello, Ana Carolina Rodarte & João Antonio Tadeu Pigatto Third eyelid’s neoplasms in dogs ....................................................................................................... 637 Andréia Vitor Couto do Amaral, Aline Maria Vasconcelos Lima, Nilo Sérgio Troncoso Chaves, Marina Pacheco Miguel, Veridiana Maria Brianezi Dignani de Moura & Júlia de Miranda Moraes Correction of congenital talipes equinovarus of a cat of the persian race with use of orthosis in thermoplastic material ......................................................................................................................... 640 Flávia Gontijo Lima, Poliana Amaral Lima, Marina Pacheco Miguel, Daniela Izidoro Souza, Andréia Vitor Couto do Amaral, João Fidelis Silva Neto & Hilari Wanderley Hidasi Hemangiosarcoma of the third eyelid in a dog .................................................................................. 642 Raquel Redaelli, Luciane de Albuquerque, Rubem Lundgren Cavalcanti, Ana Carolina Rodarte, Cristiano Gomes, Ângela Aguiar Franzen, David Driemeir & João Antonio Tadeu Pigatto Squamous cell carcinoma of the third eyelid in a dog ...................................................................... 644 Raquel Redaelli, Luciane de Albuquerque, Cláudia Skilhan Faganello, Ana Carolina Rodarte, Janete Maria Volpato Marques, Luciana Oliveira de Oliveira, Juliano de Souza Leal, David Driemeir & João Antonio Tadeu Pigatto Morphology of the corneal endothelial cells of chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) using scaning electron microscopy ............................................................................................................................ 646 Grazziane Maciel Rigon, Paula Stieven Hünning, Daliana Presser, João Antonio Tadeu Pigatto, Ana Cristina Pacheco de Araújo, Ana Carolina Rodarte & Amanda Santos Sartori The incidence of posterior capsule disruption during phacoemulsification in dogs ...................... 648 Cláudio Leonardo Montassieur de Menezes, Claudia Skilhan Faganello, Grazziane Maciel Rigon, Luciane de Albuquerque, Paula Stieven Hünning, Raquel Redaelli, Ana Carolina Rodarte & João Antonio Tadeu Pigatto Reproduction Identification of the main involved anaerobic microrganismos in pyometras of dogs ................... 650 Rômulo Godoi Costa, Nilza Dutra Alves, Rafaela Machado Nobrega, Cristiane Guedes Carvalho, Igo Viana Queiroz, Thiago Heráclito de Matos Costa, Romeika Hermínia de Macedo Assunção Pereira, Herbert Sousa Soares & Francisco Marlon Carneiro Feijo Uterine prolapse in domestic cat ........................................................................................................ 652 Marcelo Jorge Cavalcanti de Sá, Pedro Isidro da Nóbrega Neto, Rosileide dos Santos Carneiro, Almir Pereira de Souza, Flávio Daniel da Cruz Carneiro & Érika Christina Santos Oliveira Ultrasonographic evaluation of gestational pyometra in a yorkshire terrier bitch ........................... 654 A.P.B. Barreira, L.G. Carvalho, L.C. Gershony & A.L. Crissiuma Mammary fibroadenomatous hyperplasia and fetus maceration due to progesterone administration ...................................................................................................................................... Michele Garcia Medeiros, Tathiana Ferguson Motheo, Fabiana Azevedo Voorwald, Danilo Gama Martins, Gilson Hélio Toniollo & Wilter Ricardo Russiano Vicente XI 656 Prostatic omentalization in dog with prostatic abscess .................................................................... 658 Tathiana Ferguson Motheo, Michele Garcia Medeiros, Fabiana Azevedo Voorwald, Alexandre Pinto Ribeiro, Gilson Hélio Toniollo & Wilter Ricardo Russiano Vicente Effects of two nutritional suplementations in fresh canine seminal quality .................................... 660 Maria Isabel Mello Martins & Rebeca Cordeiro Justino Odontology / Orthopedics / Alternative Therapy & Toxicology Treatment physiotherapy postoperative of the cranial cruciate ligament in dogs ........................... 662 Giuliano Barbieri & Vanessa Vilela Monte-Raso Clinical and radiographic examination of the oral cavity of domestic felines – preliminary study ... 664 Vivian Fernandes Alfeld, Juliana Carrocino Grilo & Heloísa Justen Moreira Souza Bilateral pathological fracture of jaw in a dog with severe periodontal disease .............................. 666 Víviam Nunes Pignone & Herbert Lima Correa Study of the security of amitraz by topical route in many concentrations in cats ........................... 669 Silvia Franco Andrade, Cecília Braga Laposy, Cristiane Michelin, João Paulo Silva Smerdel, Vinicius David Zamberlan, Keila Priscilla Sakamoto, Cleber Salesse & Yudney Pereira da Motta Study of experimental amitraz intoxication reversion by topical route in cats with the use of atipamezole ................................................................................................................. 671 Silvia Franco Andrade, Cecília Braga Laposy, Regiane Menotti, João Paulo Silva Smerdel, Cristiane Michelin, Vinícius David Zamberlan & Maria Patrícia Chegança da Silva Use of the juice “cigarette-holder” (Agave angustifolia) in case of canine demodicosis ................ 673 Leila Maria Leal Parente, Maria Conceição, Patrícia Lorena da Silva Neves Guimarães & Érica Elaine do Nascimento Hip dysplasia in dogs – a retrospective study of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital Unesp São Paulo State University – campus Jaboticabal/SP, Brazil, year 2000-2006 .................................................... 675 Luis Gustavo Gosuen Gonçalves Dias, Jane Regina França Cesar, João Guilherme Padilha Filho, Nicole Maria Zanetti & Renato Barbosa da Silva Infectious & Parasitic Diseases Occurrence of Dirofilaria immitis in the neighborhood of a case found in the southern area of Rio de Janeiro/ RJ, Brazil ................................................................................................................ 678 Alexandre José Rodrigues Bendas, Jonimar Pereira Paiva, Maria Inês Doria, Flavya Mendes-de-Almeida, Aline Sericella Branco, Danielly Rosária Belmonte Silvano, Leandro Gomes Valle & Norma Vollmer Labarthe Therapeutical response of cats with sporotrichosis treated at the Zoonosis Service – IPEC/FIOCRUZ from 2002 to 2004 .................................................................................................... 680 Sandro Antonio Pereira, Jéssica Nunes Silva, Isabella Dib Ferreira Gremião, Fabiano Borges Figueredo, Vanessa Machado Dutra, Kelly Cristina Silva Nascimento, Aline da Silva Mattos, Kátia Holz & Tânia Maria Pacheco Schubach Clinical and laboratorial evaluation of dogs naturally infected with Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi (Cunha & Chagas, 1937), treated with a therapeutical protocol in a veterinary clinic of Belo Horizonte ................................................................................................................................. 683 Sydnei Magno da Silva, Vitor Márcio Ribeiro, Maria Norma Melo, Wagner Luiz Tafuri & Marilene Suzan Marques Michalick Emergency RICO Score – Emergency canine clinical and lab parameters (Complutense University of Madrid Vet Hospital) and prognostic association at 24 hours, 7 days and 28 days ..................... 686 Rodrigo Cardoso Rabelo & Cristina Fragío Arnold By night emergency care profile in a private veterinary hospital of Madrid city, Spain .................. 689 Rodrigo Cardoso Rabelo Emergency care attendance profile at the Complutense University of Madrid Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Spain ..................................................................................................................... 692 Rodrigo Cardoso Rabelo & Cristina Fragío Arnold Medical and non-medical staff training importance in preparing a thoracic drainage system ....... Rodrigo Cardoso Rabelo XII 694 Clinical Nutrition Corporal measurement of obese adult dogs fed with a diet containing conjugated linoleic acid .. 696 Nancy Lorena Montaño Rivera, Danielle Murad Tullio, Patrícia Basniak & Alex Maiorka Food consumption and fecal score on growth age beagles fed with conjugated linoleic acid ...... 698 Nancy Lorena Montaño Rivera, Mariam El-Tassé, Rosana Zanatta & Alex Maiorka Nutritional management of the lymphangiectasia intestinal in dog ................................................. 701 Juliana Toloi Jeremias, Márcio Antonio Brunetto, Sandra Prudente Nogueira, Márcia de Oliveira Sampaio Gomes, Thiago Demarchi Munhoz & Aulus Cavalieri Carciofi Sodium tripolyphosphate and sodium hexametaphosphate in preventing dental calculus accumulation in dogs .......................................................................................................................... 703 Adriana Brasil Ferreira Pinto, Flávia Maria de Oliveira Borges Saad, Adriana Augusto Aquino, Mariana Pereira Alves, Janine França & Marcus Antônio Rossi Feliciano Public Health & Zoonosis Isolation of Leptospira spp. from dogs with clinical suspect of leptospirosis in São Paulo (Brazil) .. 705 Angela Manetti Armentano Rodrigues, Silvio Arruda Vasconcellos, Zenaide Maria de Moraes & Mitika Kuribayashi Hagiwara Endoparasitosis in kennels at Uberlândia, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil .......................................... 707 Vanessa Martins Fayad Milken, Guilherme Nascimento Cunha, Aline Diniz Cabral & Dagmar Diniz Cabral Occurrence of eggs and larva of helminths in child day care of Cuiabá-MT .................................... 709 Amanda Cavalheiro Cândido, Arleana do Bom Parto Ferreira de Almeida, Valéria Régia Franco Sousa, Luciano Antunes Barros & Christiano Henrique da Silva Justino Comparison between parasitologic direct method and indirect immunofluorescence in the diagnosis of Leishmania sp. in cats ......................................................................................... 712 Claudio Nazaretian Rossi, Ludmila Silva Vicente Sobrinho, Juliana Peloi Vides, Fernando Azadinho Rosa, Daniel Leite da Silva, Denis Carvalho Costa, Fabiana Augusta Ikeda-Garcia, Maurício Franco Zanette, Elisa San Martin-Savani & Mary Marcondes Feitosa Cardiology Atrial septal defect in a cat .................................................................................................................. 715 Elisa Barp Neuwald, Simone Tostes de Oliveira, Rafael Stedile, Vivian Cristina Schwantes, Luciano André Weide, Fernanda Voll Costa Ventura & Jenifer Hummel Tetralogy of Fallot associated to aortic thromboembolism in feline ................................................ 717 Ana Paula Sarraff-Lopes, Gilian Guelmann, Simone B. Nunes, Rebeca Bacchi, Patrícia Erdman & Erly Granato Complete atrioventricular septal defect and pulmonary hypertension in feline ............................... 719 Ana Paula Sarraff-Lopes, Melody Kloss, Simone Nunes & Evandro Zacché Computerized electrocardiography in beagle dogs ........................................................................... Fábio Nelson Gava, Daniel Paulino Junior, José Darcirio Gonçalves Pereira, Gláucia Bueno Pereira Neto, João Paulo da Exaltação Pascon, Marlos Gonçalves Souza, Tatiana Champion & Aparecido Antonio Camacho www.ufrgs.br/favet/revista Acta Scientiae Veterinariae. 35(supl 2): 221-722 2007 XIII 721