The aim of the present study was to assess heart rate variability (HRV) in Boxer dogs affected by arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC). Fourteen Boxer dogs classified as affected and 28 classified as unaffected were included in a prospective case-control study. Dogs underwent 24-hour ambulatory ECG and were classified as affected (>1,000 VPCs/24 hours) or unaffected (<20 VPCs/24 hours) by ARVC based on the number of ventricular arrhythmias. HRV was assessed using 24-h Holter ECG monitoring; the studied parameters were SDNN, SDANN, SDNNIDX, rMSSD and pNN50. Data were submitted to logarithmic transformation and HRV parameters were compared between groups and correlated according to the disease status, number and severity of ventricular arrhythmias using Student’s t test, linear regression and Spearman’s test. There was no interaction between the HRV parameters and the number and severity of ventricular arrhythmias. SDNNlog (2.35±0.14 vs. 2.46±0.12, P=0.01), SDNNIDXlog (2.18±0.14 vs. 2.24±0.10, P=0.002) and pNN50log (1.47±0.19 vs. 1.64±0.13, P=0.002) were significantly lower in the affected group compared with the unaffected. According to this study, HRV are different in a population of Boxers dogs affected by ARVC compared to a population of unaffected dogs, and these differences are not consequences of low cardiac output caused by ventricular arrhythmias since animals that had higher number and complexity of arrhythmias were not those who had lower values of HRV.

O controle da população de cães e gatos é uma preocupaçãopara a saúde pública. Este relato descreve as atividades realizadasno Projeto de Extensão da Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias eVeterinárias da Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de MesquitaFilho" (UNESP) de Jaboticabal, localizada no Estado de São Paulo,Brasil, que visou à esterilização cirúrgica de cães e gatos, comações sociais aliadas ao ensino e pesquisa. Em 2007, ano de implantaçãodo projeto, foram esterilizados 129 animais; já no anode 2014, entre os meses de janeiro e outubro, foram esterilizados1.538 animais, o que demonstra a evolução e aceitação do programapela sociedade local. Toda a atividade realizada colaboroupara a formação acadêmica e profissional dos alunos do projetode extensão, bem como residentes participantes do programa.Pode-se concluir que o desenvolvimento de programas para aesterilização de cães e gatos, em conjunto com instituições educacionais,aliando pesquisa às práticas de ensino e extensão, é umaopção viável para as práticas de ensino em Medicina Veterinária.

Background The mammary glands are the second most common tumor development site in female dogs. One of the ways of staging such tumors is to evaluate the presence or absence of distant metastasis, including in bone marrow. Such findings in human medicine are associated with poor survival of women with breast tumors. However, in veterinary medicine, this clinical staging is used more for patients with lymphomas and mastocytomas. Studies using bone marrow biopsies as a staging method for mammary tumors are scarce. Objectives The present study was to evaluate mammary lesions and bone marrow in 23 female dogs, searching for disseminated tumor cells or metastatic foci. Results: Grade I carcinoma in mixed tumors was the type most observed (22.4%), and there was no statistical difference in relation to tumor size or presence of metastasis in lymph nodes. In the bone marrow of one female dog with carcinosarcoma (4.35%), there was cytoplasmic marking of a probable disseminated tumor cell of epithelial origin, and immunohistochemical evaluation showed presence of cytokeratin-19 antibodies. None of the female dogs presenting reduced cellularity or medullary fibrosis, confirmed through Masson’s trichrome technique, had cell marking in immunohistochemical analyses. Conclusions Bone marrow evaluation can be used as a staging method for mammary gland tumors in female dogs, since disseminated tumor cells present the potential to become secondary lesions and to disseminate to distant foci, thereby causing tertiary metastases over an indeterminate period of time.

RESUMOEsse estudo avaliou a histomofometria dos cardiomiócitos tratados com extrato aquoso e hidroalcoólico de Azadirachta indica a 10% e da estreptozootocina 6CH em ratos com Diabetes mellitus induzido por estreptozootocina. Vinte ratos Wistar albinos machos foram distribuídos aleatoriamente em cinco grupos, sendo um grupo controle. Após indução do diabetes com estreptozootocina, os animais foram tratados durante 30 dias da seguinte forma: grupo diabético, sem tratamento; extrato aquoso de Azadirachta indica a 10%; extrato hidroalcoólico de Azadirachta indica a 10% e um grupo tratado com estreptozootocina 6CH. No 31º dia, os animais foram eutanasiados e o coração foi fixado em solução de Bouin e as secções semisseriadas foram coradas pela técnica da hematoxilina-eosina (HE) e PAS/Hematoxilina. Observou-se eosinofilia no citoplasma dos cardiomiócitos pela coloração com HE, o que demonstra a presença de glicogênio no citoplasma dos cardiomiócitos em todos os grupos. Além disso, observou-se que os grupos tratados apresentaram semelhantes áreas e diâmetros, entretanto esses parâmetros diferiram do controle. A maioria dos parâmetros morfométricos nos cardiomiócitos apresentou valores inferiores nos animais diabéticos e em todos grupos tratados. O fitoterápico com Azadirachta indica e homeopático com estreptozootocina 6CH utilizados no Diabetes mellitus induzido pela estreptozootocina não promove modificações morfométricas notáveis nos cardiomiócitos no período de até 30 dias de tratamento. PALAVRAS-CHAVE:Coração. Diabetes mellitus. Estreptozootocina 6CH. Fator forma. Nim.Wistar. SUMMARYThis study evaluates the histomorphometry of cardiomyocytes treated with aqueous and hydro-alcoholic extracts of 10% Azadirachta indica and 6CH streptozotocin in rats with streptozotocin-induced Diabetes mellitus. A total of 20 male albino Wistar rats were divided into five groups. After inducing diabetes by streptozotocin injection, 16 animals were treated for 30 days as follows: 1) diabetic-induced group was not treated; 2) group with 10% Azadirachta indica aqueous extract; 3) group with 10% Azadirachta indica hydro-alcoholic extract; and, 4) group with 6CH streptozotocin. On day 31 st , the animals were killed and the heart was fixed in Bouin's solution and histological sections were stained with Hematoxylin-Eosin (HE) and PAS/Hematoxylin. HE staining showed eosinophilia in the cytoplasm of cardiomyocytes, demonstrating the presence of glycogen in the cytoplasm of cardiomyocytes. Furthermore, it was observed that all treatment groups showed areas and diameters similars, however these parameters differ from the control. Cytoplasmic and nuclear morphometry showed that the control group had the highest values for almost all parameters measured in cardiomyocytes compared to other groups. The most of morphometric parameters in cardiomyocytes showed lower values in diabetic animals and in all treated groups. Azadirachta indica and streptozotocin 6CH used in Diabetes mellitus induced by streptozotocin not submitted morphological changes i...