Biomedical subjects

M Weishaupt

Publications and source records attributed to M Weishaupt.

3 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed2006

[Do we need a quality control for horse shoes and farriery].

In the past few years marked changes in the field of farriery have been noted. In addition to the classical farrier, many new occupations concerned with hoof care have emerged, such as hoof trimmer, hoof technician, hoof orthopedist and hoof naturopath. Furthermore, a tremendous number of hoof protection systems have been developed, with an ever-increasing application to horses. However, regulations regarding alternative shoeing methods are insufficient and it is not clear, who governs the quality of the work of the individuals involved. Thus, a neutral authority composed of farriers and veterinarians should be formed to develop guidelines for the education of individuals involved with hoof care and for the distribution of various farriery products.

Animal Husbandry↗

PubMed1997

[Veterinary services on the Internet].

The world wide web (www) on the internet is already a rich source of veterinary informations and offers several world wide discussion fora for problems of veterinary practice. With this article, we provide practical tips for first-time users of the www and encourage exploration of this new information technology for continuing education. The Swiss Drug Compendium is now accessible on www and-in the near future-the exchange and interpretation of laboratory results and diagnostic images via internet seems feasible.

Animals↗

PubMed1992

Capillary supply and fibre area in locomotor muscles of horse and steer--a comparison between histochemistry and electron microscopy.

In order to investigate possible differences in variables defining capillary supply of skeletal muscle derived from two methods, the electron-microscopical and the amylase-PAS histochemical methods were applied in a study of horse and steer muscles. Samples from several locomoter muscles were taken at slaughter from one horse and one steer, divided into two and prepared separately for the two techniques. It was found that there was no difference between the two methods in the values for the capillary-to-fibre ratio. Values for mean fibre area, on the other hand, were significantly higher in the histochemically treated samples (16%, p = 0.001) and hence capillary density values lower (12%, p = 0.002). It was concluded that the two methods are comparable in their capacity to visualize capillaries, but preparation of samples for electron microscopy produces an average shrinkage of 16% of muscle fibres. As a consequence capillary density is overestimated accordingly. Discrepancies were larger for steer than horse muscles.

Aminosalicylic Acid↗