• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.443-448
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• 2008

Beak trimming in laying hens is a routine practice in which about 1/3-1/2 of the upper and lower beak is removed with the aim of reducing cannibalism. This experiment aimed to identify if this procedure causes pain by examining self-administration of an analgesic (carprofen) and pecking behaviour in 80 laying pullets beak-trimmed by two different methods at one day of age using hot-blade cauterisation or infra-red cauterisation. We also tested a control treatment, pullets with intact beaks, and a positive control treatment of pullets beak trimmed at 10 weeks of age which were expected to experience some pain due to recent severing of the underlying nerves in the beak. At 11 weeks of age birds trimmed at 10 weeks of age pecked more (p<0.001) gently ($0.6{\pm}0.06N$) at a disc attached to a force-displacement transducer than birds trimmed at 1 day of age with an infra-red machine ($0.9{\pm}0.1N$) or a hot blade ($1.1{\pm}0.07N$) and intact birds ($1.2{\pm}0.1N$). Maximum force of pecks recorded was also lower (p<0.001) in birds trimmed at 10 weeks of age than birds trimmed at 1 day of age with an infra-red method or a hot blade and intact birds. However, the pecking force in birds trimmed at 10 weeks of age was not increased by providing them with analgesic-treated feed, though birds that ate more carprofen had a higher maximum force of peck (p = 0.03). Pecking force in birds beak-trimmed at 1 day of age was the same as the pecking force of intact birds, and was unaffected by feeding pullets carprofen. A method of self-administration of an analgesic had previously revealed that chickens in neuromuscular pain arising from lameness consumed more of a feed containing carprofen than healthy chickens. However, we found no evidence that beak-trimmed pullets consumed more carprofen-treated feed than pullets with an intact beak. It should be noted that the three beak trimming methods resulted in an average 34% reduction in beak length, considered a light trim, and is perhaps not representative of commercial birds where greater portions of the beak are removed. We conclude that although carprofen has been reported to have an analgesic effect on neuromuscular pain in chickens, it appears to have no analgesic effect on potential neuropathic pain arising from the nerves severed by a light beak trim.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.36-41
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• 2006

Objective. The objective of this study was to examine the hypothesis that inflammatory synovial fluid from TMJ internal derangement initiates a transient increase in intracellular calcium concentration ([$Ca^{2+}$]i) in chondrocytes and the induced Ca2+ signaling affects iNOS/COX-2 gene expression patterns following exposure to inflamed synovial fluid. Materials and Methods. Two female adult patients with symptoms of TMD who agreed to participate in the study were selected for this study. Immortalized human juvenile costal chondrocyte C-28/I2 was grown to 80% confluency and synovial fluids from two patients were added respectively to culture media for 24 hours at the concentration of 100ng/10ml. Confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM) was used to examine changes of intracellular calcium concentration ([$Ca^{2+}$]i). RT-PCR was performed to identify the expression profile of IL-1${\alpha}$, iNOS, COX-2. Results. Increased [$Ca^{2+}$]i was observed in chondrocytes subjected to inflamed synovial fluid compared to control cultures and in respective cultures exposed to inflamed synovial fluids from each patient, IL-1${\beta}$, COX-2 mRNA were detected. However, in neither case iNOS mRNA was expressed. IL-1${\alpha}$, COX-2, and iNOS mRNA were expressed in control culture. Conclusion. Our results show that immortalized chondrocytes cultured with inflamed synovial fluids from patients diagnosed as disc displacement without reduction and limitation in mouth opening showed increased calcium concentration and expression of COX-2 while inhibiting the production of iNOS, which in turn could adversely affect the chondrocytes in at least short term by hindering physiologic role of NO against inflammatory cascades. These findings suggest that inflamed synovial fluid may differentially regulate the transcriptomes of relevant inflammatory mediators, especially iNOS/COX-2 axis in chondrocytes through adjusting calcium transients.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.155-165
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• 2006

본 연구는 단국대학교 치과대학 부속병원 구강내과에 내원한 측두하악장애 환자를 포함한 구강안면동통 환자들을 대상으로 치료의 결과와 예후를 평가하기 위하여, 2002년 1월부터 2004년 12월까지 3년간 (치아질환을 제외한) 구강안면동통 환자 6300명 중에서 진료기록부 상에서 경과기록을 확인할 수 있는 환자들을, 측두하악장애, 신경병성동통장애, 연조직질환 및 이 중 둘 이상을 질환을 동시에 가지고 있는 복합질환으로 나누어 치료기간, 치료유형 및 치료효과를 비교하여 다음의 결과를 얻었다. 1. 평균 진료기간은 신경병성 동통장애에서 가장 길었고 연조직질환, 복합 질환, 관절장애, 근육-관절 복합장애, 근육장애의 순이었다. 2. 사용된 치료방법을 비교하면 약물요법은 연조직질환과 신경병성 동통장애에서, 장치요법은 관절장애군에서, 물리치료는 근육장애군에서 사용빈도가 높았다. 3. 진단분류별 물리치료의 사용경향은 근육장애군은 EAST와 초단파요법의 사용빈도가 높았고, 관절장애군은 초음파 치료, 신경병성 동통 장애와 연조직 질환은 저출력 레이저 요법이 많이 사용되었다. 4. 통증에 대한 치료결과는 통증이 지속되는 경향이 신경병성 동통장애에서 가장 높았으며, 완화되거나 완전 소실되는 경향은 측두하악장애에서 높았다. 5. 측두하악장애 환자에서 근육장애, 정복성 관절원판장애, 비정복성 관절원판 장애 및 근육-관절 복합장애 세분하여 치료 후 개구량의 변화를 조사하였을 때는 진단군 간에 유의한 차이를 볼 수 없었으나 개구량 측정방법간에는 무통성 최대개구량이 치료 후 가장 증가하였고, 환자 스스로가 벌리는 능동적 최대개구량은 비정복성관절원판장애에서 가장 증가하였다. 이상의 결과로 볼 때, 구강안면통증 영역에서 현재 시행하고 있는 치료법들은 측두하악장애에서는 동통조절 및 기능개선에 좋은 결과를 보여주고 있으므로 그 예후가 좋은 반면, 연조직질환이나 신경계 질환 같은 기타의 구강안면통증은 길고 지속적인 치료를 요구하는 어려운 질환이라고 할 수 있겠다.