A controlled vaccination trial for Newcastle disease under village conditions     

J. G. Bell  D. Ait Belarbi  A. Amara 《Preventive veterinary medicine》1990,9(4):295-300

All the poultry in each of four distinct Moroccan villages were vaccinated against Newcastle disease using Hitchner B1 and inactivated vaccines. Poultry in a fifth village were monitored as controls. Mortality in the poultry was followed for 20 weeks after the first vaccination and blood samples were taken every 4 weeks from chickens for estimation of antibodies against Newcastle disease virus. Sixty-three percent of the chicken population and 60% of the turkey population in the control village died during the 20 weeks of observation. Necropsied birds showed lesions consistent with Newcastle disease. Mortality did not exceed 22% in the vaccinated villages.  相似文献   

Reproductive failure in mink and ferrets after intravenous or oral inoculation of Campylobacter jejuni.   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1       下载免费PDF全文

J A Bell  D D Manning 《Canadian journal of veterinary research》1990,54(4):432-437

Four pregnant mink and seven pregnant ferrets, including five with previous exposure and specific antibody, were injected intravenously with 10(8)-10(10) colony-forming units of Campylobacter jejuni. All 11 pregnancies failed 1-16 days after infection, with results ranging from fetal resorption to expulsion of dead or premature living kits. In every case, uterine contents (placenta, uterine fluid and/or kits) were culture-positive for C. jejuni. Three pregnant mink and nine pregnant ferrets, including four with previous exposure and antibody, were fed 10(9)-10(11) C. jejuni. Two of the mink aborted; kits of all three were culture-positive, but those of one female survived. Seven of the nine ferrets aborted, with two having culture-positive uterine contents. None of 28 uninfected ferret control pregnancies ended in abortion. The most prominent histological feature observed was severe placentitis, which appears to be a more likely cause of Campylobacter-induced abortion than direct pathogenic effects on infected kits. These results suggest that infection of mink or ferrets with C. jejuni during pregnancy poses a serious risk of reproductive failure, even for previously exposed females.  相似文献   

Comparison of artificial light sources and lighting programmes for laying hens on long ahemeral light cycles   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

S P Rose  M Bell  W Michie 《British poultry science》1985,26(3):357-365

Three lighting treatments were given to laying hens, for which the bright and dim light of 28-h ahemeral light cycles was provided by incandescent (tungsten filament) lamps only or by combinations of tubular fluorescent or compact gas-discharge lamps with incandescent lamps. There were no differences in entrainment (the proportion of eggs laid in 4, 6 or 8 h modal periods) between the three bright:dim treatments. A fourth ahemeral lighting treatment in which the dim lights were extinguished except during a designated work period (09.00 h to 12.00 h daily) was termed bright:dim:dark. Hens given the bright:dim:dark treatment showed an increased entrainment compared with the three bright:dim light treatments. There were no differences (P greater than 0.05) in egg numbers or mean egg weight between all 4 lighting treatments. Birds given the bright:dim:dark treatment tended to have a lower (P greater than 0.05) food intake compared to the three bright:dim treatments.  相似文献   

Red cell population distributions in healthy dogs     

G M Bell  J S Fowler 《Research in veterinary science》1985,38(2):220-225

Red blood cells population distributions were studied in puppies and in mature beagle dogs using the Coulter Channelyzer C-1000. Weekly measurements over a period of six months indicated that only minor fluctuations in population distribution indices occurred. Normal range studies showed that although mean cell volume was similar in young and older dogs, young dogs showed an approximately 12.5 per cent greater volume range due to an increased presence of both larger and smaller cells. The red cell population distributions conformed to a single log normal distribution. A mild anaemia was induced in mature dogs. Compensation for this led to transient changes from the usual log normal shape of the red cell population distribution.  相似文献   

Juvenile renal disease in miniature schnauzer dogs     

L D Morton  R K Sanecki  D E Gordon  R L Sopiarz  J S Bell  P S Sakas 《Veterinary pathology》1990,27(6):455-458

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Marked struvite crystalluria and its association with lower urinary tract signs in a cat with feline idiopathic cystitis          下载免费PDF全文

ET Bell  JP Lulich 《Australian veterinary journal》2015,93(9):332-335

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Association of key foods and beverages with obesity in Australian schoolchildren   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

Sanigorski AM  Bell AC  Swinburn BA 《Public health nutrition》2007,10(2):152-157

OBJECTIVE: To examine the pattern of intake of key foods and beverages of children aged 4-12 years and the association with weight status. DESIGN AND SETTING: A computer-assisted telephone interview was used to determine the intake of fruit, vegetables, packaged snacks, fast foods and sweetened drinks 'yesterday' and 'usually' as reported by parents/guardians of a representative sample of 2184 children from the Barwon South-Western region of Victoria, Australia. RESULTS: Children who consumed >2-3, >3-4 and >4 servings of fruit juice/drinks 'yesterday' were, respectively, 1.7 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.2-2.2), 1.7 (95% CI 1.2-2.5) and 2.1 (95% CI 1.5-2.9) times more likely to be overweight/obese compared with those who had no servings of fruit juice/drink 'yesterday', adjusted for age, gender and socio-economic status (SES). Further, children who had > or = 3 servings of soft drink 'yesterday' were 2.2 (95% CI 1.3-3.9) times more likely to be overweight/obese compared with those who had no servings of soft drink 'yesterday', adjusted for age, gender and SES. In addition, children who 'usually' drank fruit juice/drinks twice or more per day were 1.7 (95% CI 1.2-2.4) times more likely to be overweight/obese compared with those who drank these beverages once or less per week, adjusted for age, gender and SES. Although fast foods and packaged snacks were regularly eaten, there were no associations between weight status and consumption of these foods. CONCLUSIONS: Intake of sweetened beverages was associated with overweight and obesity in this population of Australian schoolchildren and should be a target for intervention programmes aimed at preventing unhealthy weight gain in children.  相似文献   

IHHN virus: Infectivity and pathogenicity studies in Penaeus stylirostris and Penaeus vannamei     

T.A. Bell  D.V. Lightner 《Aquaculture (Amsterdam, Netherlands)》1984,38(3):185-194

Infectivity studies of infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV) were conducted on Penaeus stylirostris and P. vannamei (representing species highly susceptible and highly refractory to the disease) via intramuscular injections of the virus. Distinctive histological lesion patterns were observed between species. Six target organ systems were compared interspecifically. The gills and nerve cord/ganglia were shown to undergo significantly higher degrees of tissue damage in infected P. stylirostris compared with infected P. vannamei. Pathogenetic differences correlated well with observed differences in epizootiology between the two species.The infectivity study confirmed that IHHN disease is virus-caused. Cell-free extracts from IHHNV-infected shrimp, when injected into healthy, susceptible shrimp, produced mortalities and Cowdry type A intranuclear eosinophilic inclusion bodies presently considered pathognomonic for the disease.  相似文献   

Development of a behaviour‐based measurement tool with defined intervention level for assessing acute pain in cats     

G. Calvo  E. Holden  J. Reid  E. M. Scott  A. Firth  A. Bell  S. Robertson  A. M. Nolan 《The Journal of small animal practice》2014,55(12):622-629

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Evaluation of facial expression in acute pain in cats     

E. Holden  G. Calvo  M. Collins  A. Bell  J. Reid  E. M. Scott  A. M. Nolan 《The Journal of small animal practice》2014,55(12):615-621

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