PubMed Health⌕ Search

Biomedical subjects

J Brewińska

Publications and source records attributed to J Brewińska.

3 recordsLinked to original sources

[Experimental studies on using new Polish polyester threads as suture materials].

In order to study suitability of new Polish polyester thread in surgery, experimental studies were carried out on rats. Torlene threads were used as sutures of fascia and skin. The process of healing was estimated by microscopic studies from 1 week to 2 months. The low inflammatory reaction around the sutures and good healing up of the thread after 2 months allow them to be used in clinical practice as deep and skin sutures.

Animals↗

The effect of stimuli emitted by sucklings on the course of their feeding by bitches.

A change in feeding behavior on the 15th and 16th day of the maternal cycle was observed in experimental bitches whose own litter was partly replaced, on the onset of the 15th day, by foster puppies 12-13 days younger. The number of feeding acts and the overall feeding time increased, as compared with the indices for 2 days preceding the exchange of puppies (the 13th and 14th day of the maternal cycle). In the control group, where puppies were not exchanged, no increase in the above behavioral indices was observed on the 15th and 16th day, and they remained at the level recorded on the 13th and 14th day of the cycle.

Age Factors↗

The effect of stimuli emitted by sucklings on tactile contact of the bitches with sucklings and on number of licking acts.

Bitches changed abruptly their maternal behavior on 15th and 16th day of the maternal cycle, following an exchange - on the beginning of 15th day - of some puppies from their own litter for other 2-3 days old puppies. The total time of tactile contact with puppies on days 15 and 16 greatly increased as compared with the 13th and 14th day, i.e., the days immediately preceding the exchange of puppies. The number of licking acts also increased. In control bitches, whose puppies were not exchanged, the indices of maternal behavior showed no increase on days 15 and 16, compared with days 13 and 14 of the maternal cycle. The foster 2-3 days old puppies were also a source of much stronger stimuli releasing care-giving reactions than the own, correspondingly older puppies.

Age Factors↗