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G Paton

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Prophylactic subcutaneous heparin does not increase operative blood loss in transurethral resection of the prostate.

A prospective randomised study of subcutaneous heparin compared with no heparin was performed in 60 patients undergoing transurethral resection of the prostate. Operative blood loss in the irrigation fluid was measured using a haemoglobinometer. Blood loss correlated with the amount of prostate resected and the duration of the procedure. Subcutaneous heparin had no significant effect on the measured blood loss in transurethral resection of the prostate and can be used as a safe means of prophylaxis against thrombo-embolic complications.

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Forecasting parasitic gastroenteritis in lambs.

Incorporating estimated temperature data and assuming non-limiting rainfall, a simulation model was used to compare forecast and actual pasture counts of sheep nematode larvae over a 2-year period. The results indicate that the first possible date of the summer larval rise can be predicted up to 6 weeks in advance of its actual occurrence, enabling control measures to be planned and implemented. Rainfall variation had a marked effect on the degree of disparity between the predicted and actual timing of the rise, indicating the importance of this factor.

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A model for predicting parasitic gastroenteritis in lambs subject to mixed nematode infections.

A model previously developed for the prediction of parasitic gastroenteritis in lambs arising from infection by the nematode parasite Ostertagia circumcincta has been adapted to consider mixed infection and retested. The importance of the lambs as a contributing source to the summer wave of infective larvae is highlighted as are certain apparent deficiencies in the use of grass sampling techniques as a means of assessing pasture larval contamination.

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The application of a simulation model to control strategies in ovine gastro-intestinal parasitism.

A simulation model which describes the pattern of increase in Ostertagia circumcincta infective larvae on pasture grazed by ewes and lambs, was used to test the effect of anthelmintic treatment at different times in the grazing season. Treatment generally resulted in a delay in the rise to peak larval count, and marked differences were recorded in two successive years, which were related to a combination of time of treatment and weather conditions.

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