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In 53 racehorses with a mean age of 4.5 years old presented for poor performance, Small Airway Inflammatory Disease (SAID) was diagnosed by bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). Thirty of these horses (58.5%) had arterial pCO2 above normal range (> 46 mmHg), while pO2 was within normal range (> 80 mmHg) in both hypercapnic (group A) and normocapnic (group B) horses although pO2 was significantly lower in group A horses. The horses were subsequently subdivided into two groups according to the duration of symptoms (group 1: less than 4 weeks; group 2: longer than 4 weeks). Horses from group 2 had significantly higher values of pCO2 (p < 0.01) , HCO3- (p < 0.01) and TCO2 (p < 0.05) when compared to horses from group 1. It was concluded that the duration of the inflammatory process may play a role in the alteration of blood/alveolar gas exchanges and acid-base status in SAID affected racehorses.  相似文献   

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In a series of experiments the effect of administering KNO2 was studied, during parturition, on the capability of oxygen transport of maternal blood and on oxygen transfer to foetal blood. The following blood parameters were analysed, MHb percentage, pO2, O2‐saturation, pH, pCO2, and (NO2) in maternal arterial blood (carotid art.) and venous blood (jugular vein) and in foetal arterial blood (umbilical art.) and venous blood (umbilical vein). The relative O2‐saturation was calculated from the estimated O2‐saturation by multiplying with the factor Hb (mmol/1) minus MHb (mmol/1), divided by Hb (mmol/1). In addition, blood pressure in the carotid artery, heart rate, and respiration rate in the dam were continuously recorded for some hours.

A dosage of 9 to 12 mg of NO2/kg body weight intravenously or of 30 mg of NO2/kg body weight orally to the dam caused much higher MHb percentages and NO2 contents in the maternal blood than in the foetal blood. In maternal blood the ratio of NO2 content td MHb percentage was proportional to that in foetal blood. In the arterial blood, MHb percentages were almost as high as in the venous blood. After administering of nitrite, relative O2‐saturation dropped simultaneously with the increase in methaemoglobin.

Nitrite treatment caused a drop in the maternal blood pressure; heart rate and respiration rate increased. O2‐saturation in the blood in the umbilical vein was much lower in the animals with nitrite treatment than in those without. These experimental results show clearly that the oxygen capacity of the blood decreases after nitrite treatment. In pregnant cows the oxygen supply to the foetus will be adversely affected after nitrate intake, especially by the lower oxygen transfer via the placenta, though hardly at all by methaemoglobin formation in the foetal blood.

When the oxygen transfer to the foetal blood decreases too sharply, intra‐uterine death and ultimately abortion may result.  相似文献   

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A method of percutaneous arterial blood sampling in piglets has been developed and determinations of arterial pH, pCO2, pCO2, BE, HGO3 , LA and Hb have been performed in 121 piglets 1–3 days of age. The validity of these measurements has been tested and proved valid for clinical practice with the exception of pO2 and LA values. The correlations with age were statistically significant but poor and therefore the mean values are presented as reference values. These were: pH: 7.423±0.082, PCO2: 4.98±0.74 kPa, BE: 0.4±4.1 mmol/1, HCO3‒: 23.0+3.2 mmol/1 and Hb: 88±14 g/1.  相似文献   

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A 6‐week feeding trial was conducted to determine the effects of varying dietary electrolyte balance (DEB) on growth performance and physiological responses in broiler chicks reared during hot summer months (26.1–37.5 °C). The average minimum and maximum room temperatures recorded from 14 to 42 days of age were 26.1 and 37.5 °C, respectively, with relative humidity ranging from 51% to 55%. Five DEB treatments supplying 0, 50, 150, 250 and 350 (Na++K+–Cl?) mEq/kg of diet were prepared by adding NaHCO3 and/or NH4Cl to basal diet that contained 185 mEq/kg from 1 to 28 days and 172 mEq/kg from 29 to 42 days. These DEB diets were randomly offered to six experimental units of 20 chicks each. Improved 42‐day body weight gain (BWG), feed:gain (F:G) and reduced mortality was noted with DEB 50, 150 and 250 mEq/kg compared to DEB 0 and 350 mEq/kg. A quadratic effect of increasing DEB level was observed on BWG and F:G, whereas the effect was linear for feed intake, water intake and litter moisture. The DEB 50, 150 and 250 maintained better blood pH, pCO2 and HCO3 concentrations during acute heat stress periods than that of 0 and 350. The blood heterophil and lymphocyte percent as well as heterophil:lymphocyte were remained unaffected. The lowest DEB (0 mEq/kg) diet reduced the feed intake and promoted metabolic acidosis. At 350 mEq/kg DEB, water intake and metabolic alkalosis were promoted probably due to high levels of dietary NaHCO3. The study concluded that overall better performance was recorded with DEB 50, 150 and 250 mEq/kg. These results indicated that single optimal DEB value could not be recommended to combat heat stress in broilers.  相似文献   

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Six mature horses were used in a 6×6 Latin Square design experiment to study the effects of varying dietary cation-anion differences (DCAD) on the acid-base status and energy digestibility of horses fed varying levels and sources of starch. Rolled corn, whole oats, or dehydrated alfalfa meal were used to make up the concentrate portions of the diets. Three diets had a DCAD above 300 meq/kg DM, and three below 160 meq/kg DM. This trial consisted of 11-day adjustment periods followed by 72-hour experimental collection periods. During that time, venous blood samples were drawn for analysis of pH, pCO2, HCO3−, pO2, and lactate concentrations. Total urine was collected and measured for pH and mineral content. Representative feed and fecal samples were taken to determine energy digestibility. Blood lactate concentration showed no variation among treatments. Energy digestibility showed no variation with respect to DCAD, but did vary with starch intake. Urine pH, blood pH and blood HCO3− concentrations were significantly lower for horses consuming diets with a low DCAD as compared with high DCAD diets regardless of starch source or intake. Thus, it may be possible to reverse any metabolic acidosis caused by high starch intake by increasing the DCAD of the diet.  相似文献   

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Hy-Line Brown, W36, and W98 hens were housed for 2 wk at 22°C, exposed to 35°C heat stress (HS) for 2 wk, and had 2 wk of recovery at 22°C. Production parameters (egg production, feed intake, egg quality measures, and mortality), acid-base status (pH, pCO2, HCO3−, pO2), intestinal calcium uptake, and expression of hepatic heat shock protein-70 were measured. All production parameters except mortality were reduced by HS in all 3 strains. There were strain × temperature interactions for egg production, feed intake, shell thickness, specific gravity, and yolk weight, with the least severe reduction in W98 hens. The W36 hens were intermediate for egg production and feed intake, and the Brown and W36 hens were equivalent for shell thickness, specific gravity, and yolk weight. There were no interactions for egg, albumen, and shell weights, Haugh units, and intestinal calcium uptake, and all were reduced by HS. Blood pH and pCO2 were reduced by HS, and hepatic heat shock protein-70 was increased, with no differences among strains. Mortality rates during HS were 16, 8, and 4% for the Brown, W98, and W36 hens, respectively, but were not subjected to statistical analysis. The results suggest a mechanism in the W98 bird that appears to confer an advantage during HS with regard to egg production.  相似文献   

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Butorphanol has been used clinically to provide analgesia in alpacas, but cardiovascular effects have not been reported. Using a randomized cross‐over design, eight healthy, young adult female alpacas (3 ± 1 SD years) weighing 64 ± 9 SD kg were anesthetized with isoflurane by mask followed by tracheal intubation and maintenance of anesthesia with 1.75% et (isoflurane) in oxygen. Two treatments, butorphanol (0.1 mg kg–1 IV) and control (saline, IV) were assigned to the animals in a randomized manner allowing a minimum of two weeks between treatments. While anesthetized, animals were instrumented for measurement of cardiovascular variables including systolic, diastolic, and mean arterial blood pressure, pulmonary arterial pressure, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, central venous pressure, cardiac output (CO) and pulmonary temperature (TEMP). CO was measured via thermodilution using 5 mL of iced 5% dextrose and recording the average of three replicate measurements. Cardiac index, systemic vascular resistance (SVR) and pulmonary vascular resistance were also calculated. Arterial and mixed venous blood samples were collected for blood gas analysis [pH, pO2, pCO2, (HCO3?), BE, Hbsat]. Variables were collected at baseline (time 0) and at 5, 10, 15, 30, 45, and 60 minutes following injection. Variables were analyzed by anova for repeated measures with post‐hoc differences between means identified using the Bonferroni comparison (p < 0.05). SVR decreased five minutes after administration of butorphanol (Huynh Feldt corrected p = 0.045) and remained decreased for 60 minutes. TEMP decreased with time in both groups (Huynh Feldt corrected p = 0.000027), but groups were not different between each other. Other cardiovascular and blood gas variables were not different between groups. We conclude that butorphanol (0.1 mg kg–1 IV) had minimal effects on the cardiovascular system of these alpacas, causing a mild decrease in SVR.  相似文献   

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Abstract— The effect of combined fluid treatment (dextran, bicarbonate, physiological sodiumchloride and aminoacid-glucose solutions) on the lactate-pyruvate metabolism was studied in seven dogs. Tissue damage including fractures of the femur and tibia with soft tissue injuries were produced. The common iliac veins and the abdominal aorta were cannulated. Blood samples were drawn through each catheter prior to trauma in order to obtain basal values and at 1/2, 1, 3, 12 and 24 hours after trauma. The following parameters were determined; pH, standard bicarbonate, PCO2, base excess, paO2, lactate, pyruvate, haemoglobin and haematocrit. A favourable effect of fluid treatment on the lactate-pyruvate ratio and the blood gas values was observed. Résumé— On a étudié sur 7 chiens I'effet du traitement par un ensemble de solutés (dextran, bicarbonate, chlorure de sodium physiologique, solutions d'amino-acide et de glucose) sur le méta-bolisme lactate pyruvate. Des léions tissulaires comprenant des fractures du fémur et du tibia avec atteinte des tissus mous ont été produites. La veines iliaques communes et l'aorte abdominale ont été catheterisées. Des échantillons de sang ont été prélevés au niveau de chaque cathetère avant le traumatisme afin d'obtenir des valeurs de base et à 1/2, 1, 3, 12 et 24 heures après le traumatisme. On a determiné les paramètres suivants; pH, concentration en bicarbonate, pCO2, réerve alcalinc pO2, lactate pyruvate, hémoglobine et hématocrite. II a été observé une action favorable du traite-ment par un ensemble de solutés sur le rapport lactate pyruvate et sur les valeurs des gaz sanguins. Zusammenfassung— Der Einffuss einer kombinierten Flüssigkeitsbehandlung (Dextran, Bicarb-onat, physiologische Kochsalzlösung und Aminosäure-Glucose-Lösung) ad den Lactat-Pyxuvat-Stoffwechsel wurde an sieben Hunden untersucht. Gewebeschädigungen einschliesslich Femur-und Tibiafrakturen mit Weichteilverletzungen wurden erzeugt. In die Vena iliaca communis und die Aorta abdominalis wurden KanuIen eingefuhrt. Vor dem Trauma wurden Blutproben durch jedes Katheter entnommen, um Ausgangswerte und Werte 1/2, I, 3, 12 und 24 Stunden nach dem Trauma zu erhalten. Es wurden die folgenden Werte bestimmt; pH, Standardbicarbonat, pCO2, Basenüberschuss, pO2 Lactat-Pyruvat, Hämoglobin und Hämatokrit. Ein günstiger Einfluss der Flüssigkeitsbehandlung auf das Lactat-Pyruvat-Verhältnis und die Blutgaswerte wurde beo-bachtet.  相似文献   

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A 42‐day trial was conducted to compare the effects of the following seven experimental diets, which varied in black seed, cumin seed, probiotic or prebiotic concentrations, on the broiler chicks: control (no additives), diet BS1 (4 g/kg black seed), diet BS2 (8 g/kg black seed), diet CS1 (4 g/kg cumin seed), diet CS2 (8 g/kg cumin seed), diet Pro (1 g/kg probiotic Primalac®) and diet Pre (2 g/kg prebiotic Fermacto®). A total of 420 1‐day‐old male broiler chicks, initially weighing an average of 43 g, were distributed into 28 floor pens at a stocking density of 15 birds per pen. At 28 day of age, the body weight in the birds fed diets BS2, CS2 and Pro was significantly higher than in the control group, but final body weight was not affected. Additionally, the birds fed diets BS2, Pro and Pre exhibited better feed conversion ratio than control birds from 0 to 42 day of age. Diets BS2, CS2 and Pro also statistically increased the relative weight of thymus and bursa of Fabricius, whereas only diet Pro decreased the abdominal fat percentage compared with control diet. Regarding the haematological parameters, feeding diet BS2 yielded a significant increase in red blood cell count, haemoglobin concentration and haematocrit percentage compared with control diet. Serum total cholesterol and low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in the birds fed diets BS2, Pro and Pre were also significantly lower than in the birds fed the control diet. Without exception, no diets affected feed intake, internal organs weights, carcass characteristics, antibody titres against Newcastle and influenza viruses and leucocyte subsets. In general, current study showed promising results regarding the use of spice additives as growth and health promoters, especially at higher levels of their incorporation in the diets, which were comparable to the probiotic‐ or prebiotic‐containing diets.  相似文献   

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The aim of this study was to evaluate if hypoxia in feline fibrosarcomas can be detected. This was done using positron emission tomography (PET), two hypoxia tracers and polarographic pO2 measurements. Of the seven cats included, five received [18F]‐fluoromisonidazole and two 2‐(2‐nitro‐1H‐imidazol‐1‐yl)‐N‐(2,2,3,3,3‐pentafluoropropyl) acetamide. Perfusion was evaluated with [15O]‐H2O (n = 4) and with contrast‐enhanced power Doppler ultrasonography (n = 5). Hypoxia was detected in three cats. Polarographic pO2 measurements did not confirm PET results. In the ultrasonographic evaluation, low vascularity and low perfusion were seen with a peripheral vascular pattern and no perfusion in the centre of the tumour. This was in contrast to the [15O]‐H2O scans, where central perfusion of the tumour was also found. In conclusion, it appears that hypoxia exists in this tumour type. The presence of tumour necrosis and heterogeneous hypoxia patterns in these tumours may explain the found discrepancies between the applied techniques.  相似文献   

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ObjectiveEvaluation of the reliability of pulse oximetry at four different attachment sites compared to haemoglobin oxygen saturation measured by a co-oximeter and calculated by a blood gas analyser in immobilized impala.Study designRandomized crossover study.AnimalsA total of 16 female impala.MethodsImpala were immobilized with etorphine or thiafentanil alone, or etorphine in combination with a novel drug. Once immobilized, arterial blood samples were collected at 5 minute intervals for 30 minutes. Then oxygen was insufflated (5 L minute−1) intranasally at 40 minutes and additional samples were collected. A blood gas analyser was used to measure the arterial partial pressure of oxygen and calculate the oxygen haemoglobin saturation (cSaO2); a co-oximeter was used to measure the oxygen haemoglobin saturation (SaO2) in arterial blood. Pulse oximeter probes were attached: under the tail, to the pinna (ear) and buccal mucosa (cheek) and inside the rectum. Pulse oximeter readings [peripheral oxygen haemoglobin saturation (SpO2) and pulse quality] were recorded at each site and compared with SaO2 and cSaO2 using Bland-Altman and accuracy of the area root mean squares (Arms) methods to determine the efficacy. P value < 0.05 was considered significant.ResultsPulse quality was ‘good’ at each attachment site. SpO2 measured under the tail was accurate and precise but only when SaO2 values were above 90% (bias = 3, precision = 3, Arms = 4). The ear, cheek and rectal probes failed to give accurate or precise readings (ear: bias = −4, precision = 14, Arms = 15; cheek: bias = 12, precision = 11, Arms = 16; and rectum: bias = 5, precision = 12, Arms = 13).Conclusions and clinical relevanceIn order to obtain accurate and precise pulse oximetry readings in immobilized impala, probes must be placed under the tail and SaO2 must be above 90%. Since SaO2 values are usually low in immobilized impala, pulse oximeter readings should be interpreted with caution.  相似文献   

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Cardiopulmonary effects of thoracoscopy in anesthetized normal dogs   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  
Objective To evaluate the effect of an open‐chest condition on oxygen delivery in anesthetized dogs. Study design Prospective, controlled experimental study. Animals Eight clinically normal adult Walker Hound dogs weighing 25.6–29.2 kg. Methods Eight anesthetized dogs underwent an open‐chest operation after the insertion of thoracoscopy cannulae in the lateral chest walls . A Swan Ganz catheter was used to both measure hemodynamic parameters and obtain mixed venous blood samples for blood gas analysis. A dorsal pedal catheter was placed to both measure arterial blood pressure and obtain blood samples for blood gas analysis. Oxygen delivery index and oxygen extraction ratio were calculated. A randomized block anova for repeated measures was used to evaluate the effect of the treatment on hemodynamic and pulmonary parameters. Results Creation of an open chest did not significantly affect oxygen delivery index (DO2I; p = 0.545). It induced a significant decrease in arterial oxygen partial pressure (PaO2; p = 0.018) and arterial oxygen content (CaO2; p = 0.025). It induced a significant increase in shunt fraction (p = 0.023), physiologic dead space (p = 0.015), and alveolar‐arterial oxygen difference (p = 0.019). Arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2; p = 0.766) and arterial hemoglobin oxygen saturation (SaO2; p = 0.178) were not significantly affected. Diastolic (DPAP; p = 0.050) and mean (MPAP; p = 0.033) pulmonary arterial pressures were significantly increased by opening the chest. Other hemodynamic parameters were not significantly affected. Conclusions Opening the thoracic cavity is not detrimental to hemodynamic function and oxygen delivery in normal dogs, although impaired gas exchange does occur. Clinical relevance Close monitoring of patients is recommended during open‐chest thoracoscopy as adverse effects on gas exchange can contribute to hypoxemia.  相似文献   

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ObjectiveTo assess the accuracy and trending capability of continuous measurement of haemoglobin concentration [Hb], haemoglobin oxygen saturation (SaO2) and oxygen content (CaO2) measured by the Masimo Radical-7 pulse co-oximeter in horses undergoing inhalational anaesthesia.Study designProspective observational clinical study.AnimalsA group of 23 anaesthetized adult horses.MethodsIn 23 healthy adult horses undergoing elective surgical procedures, paired measurements of pulse co-oximetry-based haemoglobin concentration (SpHb), SaO2 (SpO2), and CaO2 (SpOC) and simultaneous arterial blood samples were collected at multiple time points throughout anaesthesia. The arterial samples were analysed by a laboratory co-oximeter for total haemoglobin (tHb), SaO2 and manually calculated CaO2. Bland-Altman plots, linear regression analysis, error grid analysis, four-quadrant plot and Critchley polar plot were used to assess the accuracy and trending capability of the pulse co-oximeter. Data are presented as mean differences and 95% limits of agreement (LoA).ResultsIn 101 data pairs analysed, the pulse co-oximeter slightly underestimated tHb (bias 0.06 g dL–1; LoA –1.0 to 1.2 g dL–1), SaO2 (bias 1.4%; LoA –2.0% to 4.8%), and CaO2 (bias 0.3 mL dL–1; LoA –2.1 to 2.7 mL dL–1). Zone A of the error grid encompassed 99% of data pairs for SpHb. Perfusion index (PI) ≥ 1% was recorded in 58/101 and PI < 1% in 43/101. The concordance rate for consecutive changes in SpHb and tHb with PI ≥ 1% and < 1% was 80% and 91% with four-quadrant plot, and 45.8% and 66.6% with Critchley polar plot.ConclusionsPulse co-oximetry has acceptable accuracy for the values measured, even with low PI, whereas its trending ability requires further investigation in those horses with a higher [Hb] variation during anaesthesia.  相似文献   

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1.?Because CO2 during the second half of incubation is known to influence air cell and blood gases, and embryo development, it is postulated that post-hatch development and ascites sensitivity could also be influenced.

2.?An ascites susceptible (A) and an ascites resistant (E) broiler line were incubated under standard incubation or high CO2 conditions (up to 4%) from embryonic day (ED) 10 onwards. The embryonic development and the hatching process of these two lines were compared when incubated under standard or high CO2 conditions from over the second half of incubation.

3.?The A line, selected for high post-hatch growth rate, exhibited a higher relative embryo weight from ED10 until ED16, which was supported by a higher air cell pCO2, lower air cell pO2, higher corticosterone and thyroid hormones and earlier hatching time.

4.?Incubation under high CO2 increased air cell pCO2, retarded yolk consumption, and decreased glycogen concentration in the liver at hatch. Hatchability decreased in both lines when incubated under high CO2, due to an increased late mortality of embryos that died before IP.

5.?These results suggest that the development and metabolism of CO2-incubated embryos differ from control incubated embryos.  相似文献   


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ObjectivesTo determine the reliability of peripheral oxygen haemoglobin saturation (SpO2), measured by a Nonin PalmSAT 2500A pulse oximeter with 2000T transflectance probes at four attachment sites (third eyelid, cheek, rectum and tail), by comparing these measurements to arterial oxygen haemoglobin saturation (SaO2), measured by an AVOXimeter 4000 co-oximeter reference method in immobilized white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum).Study designRandomized crossover study.AnimalsA convenience sample of eight wild-caught male white rhinoceros.MethodsWhite rhinoceros were immobilized with etorphine (0.0026 ± 0.0002 mg kg–1, mean ± standard deviation) intramuscularly, after which the pinna was aseptically prepared for arterial blood sample collection, and four pulse oximeters with transflectance probes were fixed securely to their attachment sites (third eyelid, cheek, rectum and tail). At 30 minutes following recumbency resulting from etorphine administration, the animals were given either butorphanol (0.026 ± 0.0001 mg kg–1) or an equivalent volume of saline intravenously. At 60 minutes following recumbency, insufflated oxygen (15 L minute–1 flow rate) was provided intranasally. In total, the SpO2 paired measurements from the third eyelid (n = 80), cheek (n = 67), rectum (n = 59) and tail (n = 76) were compared with near-simultaneous SaO2 measurements using Bland-Altman to assess bias (accuracy), precision, and the area root mean squares (ARMS) method.ResultsCompared with SaO2, SpO2 measurements from the third eyelid were reliable (i.e., accurate and precise) above an SaO2 range of 70% (bias = 1, precision = 3, ARMS = 3). However, SpO2 measurements from the cheek, rectum and tail were unreliable (i.e., inaccurate or imprecise).Conclusions and clinical relevanceA Nonin PalmSAT pulse oximeter with a transflectance probe inserted into the space between the third eyelid and the sclera provided reliable SpO2 measurements when SaO2 was > 70%, in immobilized white rhinoceros.  相似文献   

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Fourteen sheep were used on an acute halogeton toxicity feeding experiment. Seven sheep were fed a lethal dose of Halogeton glomeratus, an oxalate-producing plant, 7 served as controls. Various serum and tissue electrolytes and enzymes were measured. Sesum calcium decreased while magnesium and phosphorus increased. Although a severe hypocalcemia resulted from the feeding of halogeton tetany was not observed.

Blood pH, pCO2 and pO2 measurements demonstrated that alkalosis did not develop.

Serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase, serum glutamic oxalacetic transaminase, and lactic dehydrogenase all increased. Succinic dehydrogenase was inhibited in the rumen wall but not in other tissues according to the methods used. This finding, as well as other work cited, indicates a possible interference with carbohydrate metabolism.

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In newly-weaned 3–4 week old piglets (n=29) diarrhoea (100%) and vomiting (65%) were induced by inoculation with transmissible gastroenteritis virus and enterotoxigenic E. coli strains (0149:K91:K88ac; LT, STa and STb enterotoxin positive). This combined infection resulted in pronounced mortality within 7 days. During this period the piglets had decreases in body weight, arterial pressure and leucocyte count and increases in heart rate and in total plasma protein concentration. The plasma pH and lactic acid concentration decreased, whereas the values for pO2, pCO2 and frequency of respiration did not change significantly. No significant changes in the serum concentrations of potassium, chloride or calcium were observed, whereas sodium concentration revealed a transient increase. In shocked and dying piglets an increase in haematocrit was observed, whereas base excess and bicarbonate concentration decreased.Flurbiprofen, a potent non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, administered intramuscularly on 3 successive days following the combined infection at a dosage of 1 mg/kg/12 h was without beneficial effect on diarrhoea or mortality.  相似文献   

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The effect of age and sex on blood acid-base and plasma electrolyte values was determined in venous blood samples from 45 clinically healthy ostriches (Struthio camelus) from 26 days to 6 years of age. Animals were divided by age into four groups and the group of adults was divided by sex into two subgroups. Blood samples were collected without sedation. There was a significant (P < 0.05) age difference in blood values of base excess (BE), plasma , total CO2 (TCO2), Na+, K+, Cl− and anion gap (AG). The highest plasma concentrations of Na+, Cl− and value of AG were found in adult ostriches with a steady decrease to chicks. A significant (P < 0.05) sex difference in adult animals with higher blood pH, lower blood values of pCO2, BE, plasma concentrations of , TCO2 and K+ was found in females. We concluded that blood acid-base values and plasma electrolyte concentrations in ostriches are affected by age and sex.  相似文献   

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1. Genetically fat and lean adult broiler breeder females were fed ad libitum or restricted throughout life. At one year of age, comparisons of blood viscosity and haematology and changes in blood chemistry after exposure to thermal stress were conducted.

2. Whole blood viscosity was more than twice as high, and plasma triglyc‐eride and haemoglobin concentrations were over 30% higher in fat line than in lean line females fed ad libitum or in restricted birds of both genotypes.

3. Mean cell haemoglobin concentration was higher and mean cell volume lower in fat compared with lean line females.

4. Food restriction was associated with lower plasma triglyceride concentrations, lower numbers of heterophils and monocytes and a lower heterophil‐lymphocyte ratio.

5. Fat line birds had a higher blood pCO2 and lower pH than lean line birds.

6. Thermal stress was associated in ad libitum‐fed birds with a rise in blood pH and a decrease in pCO2, and in restricted birds with a decline in blood pH and an increase in pCO2.

7. Blood creatine kinase activity increased in all groups under thermal stress.  相似文献   


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