The veterinary journal
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Conventional vaccines have been used for some 200 years, primarily to control infectious diseases. It is envisaged that such vaccines will continue to be used and new ones developed using conventional technology. ⋯ These novel vaccines are not only being used to control infectious diseases, but also to improve productivity of livestock by modulating hormones, for gender selection, as well as in controlling ectoparasites. The recent developments in vaccination technology in all of these areas are described.
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The veterinary journal · Nov 2002
Clinical Trial24-hour Holter-monitoring in the perianaesthetic period in dogs premedicated with dexmedetomidine.
Baseline and perianaesthetic 24-hour Holter recordings were carried out in six healthy beagles. After dexmedetomidine premedication anaesthesia was induced with propofol and maintained with propofol infusion or isoflurane for one hour. Dexmedetomidine alone was used as control. ⋯ Most of the heart blocks were seen during the premedication period when bradycardia was most prominent. During the subsequent night, HR was similar between treatments and did not differ from that seen on the baseline recordings. In beagles treated with dexmedetomidine alone or combined with propofol or propofol/isoflurane, ventricular arrhythmias were not detected more frequently than those reported in healthy non-anaesthetised dogs.