Neutralising antibody responses in cattle and sheep following booster vaccination with two commercial inactivated bluetongue virus serotype 8 vaccines     

David J. Bartram  Lindsay Heasman  Carrie A. Batten  Christopher A.L. Oura  Joan Plana-Durn  Ho Ming Yuen  Andrew D.M. Wylie 《Veterinary journal (London, England : 1997)》2011,188(2):193-196

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Fecal steroid analysis for evaluating ovarian function in the greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) and lesser kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis)     

Black PA  Trent AM  Bauman JE  Farnsworth RJ  Monfort SL 《Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine》2011,42(4):558-564

Seasonal reproductive-endocrine norms have not been described for the genus Tragelaphus, which consists of seven species of African antelope. Longitudinal patterns of progesterone metabolite excretion were assessed by radioimmunoassays in fecal samples collected noninvasively (three to seven samples per week) from greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros, n = 4) and lesser kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis, n = 4). Progesterone metabolite excretion patterns revealed seasonal estrous cycles in both species, and discrimination of pregnant versus nonpregnant females was achieved in lesser kudu. These data reveal the value of fecal progesterone metabolites for establishing reproductive-endocrine norms in both zoo-maintained and free-living antelopes of the genus Tragelaphus.  相似文献   

Cluster analysis applied to the exploratory analysis of commercial spanish olive oils by means of excitation-emission fluorescence spectroscopy     

Guimet F  Boqué R  Ferré J 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》2004,52(22):6673-6679

Olive oil fluorescence is related to oil composition. Here it is shown that the natural clustering of different types of commercial Spanish olive oils depends on their fluorescence excitation-emission matrices (EEMs). Fifty-six commercial samples of olive oil (29 virgin olive oils, 20 pure olive oils, and 7 olive-pomace oils) were used. The clustering method was hierarchical agglomerative clustering using the Euclidean distance as a similarity measure and the average linkage. Two spectral ranges were considered (which either contained the fluorescence peak of the chlorophylls or did not), and various methods for preprocessing the fluorescence spectra were compared. The oils were clearly distinguished using the unfolded EEMs measured between lambda(ex) = 300-400 nm and lambda(em) = 400-600 nm. The optimal preprocessing was normalization of the unfolded spectra followed by column autoscaling. Also shown are the advantages of using second-order data (EEMs) instead of first-order data (a single fluorescence spectrum) for each sample.  相似文献   

Electron microscopical studies of the colonization of conidia of Cochliobolus sativus by soil microorganisms     

Joan N.F. Wong  K.M. Old 《Soil biology & biochemistry》1974,6(2):89-96

Conidia of Cochlioholus sativus were placed onto natural soil, incubated for periods up to 100 days, recovered and examined by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Lysis of conidia and their colonization by soil microorganisms were studied.  相似文献   

Natural emissions of oxidant precursors     

Joan H. Novak  Thomas E. Pierce 《Water, air, and soil pollution》1993,67(1-2):57-77

This paper provides an overview of the sources, the estimation methodology, and the relative amounts of natural hydrocarbon and NO_x emissions. The most recent estimate of natural nonmethane hydrocarbon (NMHC) emissions for the United States is 28 Tg yr^?1. This compares with 20 Tg yr^?1 for anthropogenic NMHC sources. The southeastern and southcentral portions of the United States account for approximately 43% of the annual U.S. natural NMHC estimate. These emissions exhibit strong diurnal and seasonal dependencies related to temperature, solar radiation, and active biomass. Forests are the primary vegetative source of hydrocarbons. The major sources of natural NO_X emissions in North America are biomass burning, lightning, and microbial activity in soil. We present a comparison of hourly gridded NO_X emissions from lightning, soil, and man-made sources for the northeastern United States. We also provide results from preliminary investigations of the sensitivity of O₃ predictions from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Regional Oxidant Model to natural NMHC and nitric oxide emissions.  相似文献   

CAUDAL VENOUS RETURN THROUGH A LEFT AZYGOS VEIN IN A DOG     

Carl D.  Sammarco  BVSc  Joan  Regan  VMD  Cynthia R.  Ward  VMD  PhD  James D.  Buchanan  DVM  M Med Sci 《Veterinary radiology & ultrasound》1995,36(6):517-518

The Clinical, radiologic and echocardiographic findings in a one-year old dog with mild subvalvular aortic stenosis and aberrant caudal vena circulation are described. Aberrant systemic venous return to the right side of the heart usually has little clinical significance, but the unusual features in survey radiographs, contrast angiograms and contrast echocardiograms constitute the reasons for this report.  相似文献   

COLOR DOPPLER AND DOPPLER SPECTRAL ANALYSIS IN THE SPINAL CORD OF NORMAL DOGS     

Judith A.  Hudson  DVM  PhD  Susan T.  Finn-Bodner  DVM  MS  Joan R.  Coates  DVM  Donald C.  Sorjonen  DVM  MS  Stephen T.  Simpson  DVM  MS  James C.  Wright  DVM  PhD  Jan E.  Steiss  DVM  PhD  Nancy R.  Cox  DVM  PhD  Dana M.  Vaughn  DVM  PhD  Starr C.  Miller  BS  Scott A.  Brown  DVM  PhD  Phillip D.  Garrett  DVM  MS 《Veterinary radiology & ultrasound》1995,36(6):542-547

Doppler ultrasonography of the spinal cord was performed in 34 normal, anesthetized dogs following hemilaminectomy. This study was part of an investigation to evaluate the efficacy of a 21-aminosteroid compound and high dose methylprednisolone for the treatment of spinal cord trauma. Grey-scale images of the canine spinal cord were similar to those described for the spinal cord of people. Doppler waveforms of intraparenchymal spinal arteries exhibited high end diastolic blood flow velocities, indicating low resistance to flow. Doppler values (mean ± SD) for arteries immediately ventrolateral to the central canal were: Peak Systolic Velocity = 5.78 ± 2.5 cm/sec, Minimum Diastolic Velocity = 3.5 ± 1.62 cm/sec, Mean Velocity = 4.45 ± 1.96 cm/sec, Minimum Diastolic Velocity = 3.5 ± 1.62 cm/sec, Mean Velocity = 4.45 ± 1.96 cm/sec, Systolic/Diastolic ratio = 169 ± 0.19, Pulsatility Index = 0.53 ± 0.09, and Resistance Index = 0.4 ± 0.06.  相似文献   

Impact of diets varying in dietary fibre characteristics on gastric emptying in pregnant sows.     

N Miquel  K E Knudsen  H J?rgensen 《Archives of Animal Nutrition》2001,55(2):121-145

The effects of feeding two fibre-rich diets with contrasting solubility and a concentrated low dietary fibre on the rate of gastric emptying were examined in six gastric cannulated pregnant sows. Additionally, it was examined whether any effect could be related to the physico-chemical properties of digesta, i.e. viscosity and/or water binding capacity. The sows were fed each diet for one week in a 3 x 3 Latin Square design and the samples were taken in a randomised order 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 5 and 15.5 h after the morning meal. The stomach contents were evacuated through the gastric cannula once daily. The evacuated gastric digesta was quantified and a representative sample was taken to determine its viscosity, water binding capacity and its content of dry matter, dietary components and solid (Cr2O3) and liquid (polyethylene glycol) phase markers. The flow of liquid digesta was calculated as the difference between digesta and dry matter. Increasing the content of dietary fibre in the diet led to higher recovery of liquid digesta but did not have any significant effect on the gastric emptying of dry matter and dietary components. The effect of dietary fibre could not be attributed to the viscosity of the liquid phase of digesta but might be related to the ability of the increased gastric dietary fibre content to hold water. The stomach selectively retained the insoluble dietary fibre components most noticeably seen with the bran-supplemented diet where the concentration of insoluble NSP in digesta increased significantly from 2 hours and onward.  相似文献   

Autochthonous visceral leishmaniasis in dogs in North America     

Schantz PM  Steurer FJ  Duprey ZH  Kurpel KP  Barr SC  Jackson JE  Breitschwerdt EB  Levy MG  Fox JC 《Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association》2005,226(8):1316-1322

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Myasthenia gravis and hypothyroidism in a dog with meningomyelitis     

Levine JM  Bergman RL  Coates JR  Shelton GD 《Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association》2005,41(4):247-251

A 12-year-old, spayed female miniature poodle was evaluated because of a 4-day history of paraparesis, dysuria, and tenesmus. Neurological assessment suggested peripheral nervous system dysfunction, predominantly pelvic limb weakness with a possible concurrent sixth lumbar (L(6)) to second sacral (S(2)) myelopathy. Further studies supported the diagnoses of myasthenia gravis, hypothyroidism, and meningomyelitis. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of concurrent myasthenia gravis and meningomyelitis in the dog. It was unclear whether the identified conditions evolved from a shared etiopathogenesis or were merely coincidental.  相似文献