Government Animal Health Laboratory Services in Western Australia   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

RB RICHARDS  TM ELLIS  JG ALLEN 《Australian veterinary journal》1993,70(9):321-323

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Successful rehabilitation and release of a powerful owl chick with suspected rodenticide poisoning     

R Cooke  N Carter  J Groves  N Scarfe  P Mason  JG White 《Australian veterinary journal》2023,101(11):453-459

The successful rehabilitation and release of raptor chicks can be challenging, especially when the chicks are still in the post-fledging dependency period. Here, we report on a recently fledged powerful owl chick that was held in care for 33 days before being successfully reunited with its parents. We document the steps undertaken during the entire process from collection from the wild to post-release monitoring and recommend clinical procedures for treatment of raptors entering veterinary facilities. Success of this rehabilitation was facilitated by early care and treatment for potential rodenticide poisoning, as well as the integration of citizen scientists monitoring the family unit in the field while the chick was in care and during the post-release period. Given the emerging evidence of widespread rodenticide poisoning in raptors both in Australia and globally, it is critical to suspect all raptors may have been exposed to anticoagulant rodenticides and commence treatment with vitamin K immediately. Routine treatment for rodenticides early increases the probability of successful recovery post-trauma as well as reducing the time in treatment as much as possible.  相似文献   

Quantification of Enterobacteriaceae in faeces of captive black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) in relation to dietary tannin supplementation     

Clauss M  Wittenbrink MM  Castell JC  Kienzle E  Dierenfeld ES  Flach EJ  Macgregor SK  Hoppe T  Hummel J  Streich WJ  Hatt JM 《Journal of animal physiology and animal nutrition》2008,92(1):29-34

Free-ranging browsing herbivores ingest a range of secondary plant compounds, such as tannins, with their natural diet. As many of these substances have been shown to have antibacterial properties, it could be speculated that a lack of such compounds in captive zoo diets could favour the growth of potentially pathogenic intestinal bacteria. The effect of a supplementation of a conventional diet (N, consisting mainly of grass hay and/or lucerne hay and pelleted compound feeds) fed to eight captive black rhinoceroses (Diceros bicornis) from three zoological institutions with either tannic acid (T), a source of hydrolysable tannins, or quebracho (Q), a source of condensed tannins, was investigated. The number of faecal colony forming units (CFU) of Enterobactericeae was determined by colony count of dilution series from fresh faeces applied to MacConkey agar plates. Tannins were added to the diets at approximately 5-15 g/kg dry matter, depending on the varying intake of roughage and compound feeds by the animals. There was no difference in the number of CFU between diets N (95.0 x 10(5) +/- 225.3 x 10(5)/g fresh faeces) and T (164.3 x 10(5) +/- 225.1 x 10(5)/g fresh faeces); in contrast, diet Q led to a significant reduction in CFU (4.3 x 10(5) +/- 6.5 x 10(5)/g fresh faeces) compared with the other diets. These findings suggest that condensed tannins could have the potential to reduce the number of potentially pathogenic intestinal bacteria, and that the deliberate inclusion of tannin sources in the diets of captive wild animals should be further investigated. The fact that tannic acid, shown to have antibacterial effects in various in vitro studies, did not have an effect in this study, emphasizes that the relevance of tannin supplementation for intestinal health must be verified in vivo.  相似文献   

The geographic distribution of hydatid infection in cattle in Western Australia Western Australia     

AJ LYMBERY  RCA THOMPSON  CC CONSTANTINE  JG KRUGER 《Australian veterinary journal》1995,72(11):430-432

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Veterinary Ophthalmology, 2nd edn, edited by Kirk N Gelatt, Lea and Febiger     

JG Ryan 《Australian veterinary journal》1992,69(10):264-264

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Is schizophrenia linked to chromosome 1q?     

Macgregor S  Visscher PM  Knott S  Porteous D  Muir W  Millar K  Blackwood D 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2002,298(5602):2277; author reply 2277

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Surgical management and long-term outcome of dogs with cervical spondylomyelopathy with an anchored intervertebral titanium device     

JC King  GS Corfield  JG Mouatt  CY Kan  PA Moses 《Australian veterinary journal》2020,98(4):156-163

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Effect of endogenous barley α-amylase inhibitor on hydrolysis of starch under various conditions     

Randall J. Weselake  Alexander W. Macgregor  Robert D. Hill 《Journal of Cereal Science》1985,3(3):249-259

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Plasma indicators of muscle damage in a model of nutritional myopathy in weaner sheep     

GM SMITH  JM FRY  JG ALLEN  ND COSTA† 《Australian veterinary journal》1994,71(1):12-17

SUMMARY Subclinical nutritional myopathy was induced in 5-month-old sheep by feeding them a diet low in vitamin E and selenium. Subsequently clinical myopathy was induced by dosing with protected polyunsaturated fatty acids. Plasma activities of creatine kinase (CK), pyruvate kinase, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), lactate dehydrogenase and aldolase, enzymes of muscle origin, all remained above their reference ranges in clinically affected sheep, but fluctuated widely. Similar fluctuations occurred in subclinically affected animals, resulting in some activities being within the reference ranges and some above, at different times. Plasma malondialdehyde, an indicator of lipid peroxidation, proved of no diagnostic value. Terminal plasma CK activities were significantly correlated with microscopic damage in the vastus lateralis (VL), but not the vastus intermedius (VI) or the tensor fascia lata (TFL) muscles. AST was the most highly correlated with damage in VI and VL. In two clinically affected sheep successfully treated with an oral dose of α-tocopherol actetate all enzymes decreased steadily to within their reference ranges, at rates probably related to their plasma half-lives. These results suggest that measurement of plasma CK activity would be useful in monitoring recovery of treated sheep.  相似文献   

Uptake of drugs from topically applied anti-inflammatory preparations applied to racing animals     

AD THOMAS  IC BOWATER  JH VINE  JG McLEAN 《Australian veterinary journal》1997,75(12):897-901

Objective To determine whether a drug detected in the blood or urine of a racing animal could have penetrated through the skin from a topically applied preparation.
Design Blood and urine of dogs and horses were analysed after topical administration of three common nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory preparations.
Experimental method Dimethylsulphoxide was analysed using a gas chromatograph with a flame photometric detector. Phenylbutazone, its metabolites and lignocaine were analysed using a gas chromatograph with a mass selective detector.
Results Dimethylsulphoxide, phenylbutazone and ligno-caine were detected in dog urine after muliple applications of the preparations. The maximum concentration of dimethyl-sulphoxide in dog urine correlated with the concentration of dimethylsulphoxide in the preparation. Phenylbutazone penetrated the skin more effectively from the cream than from the solution or gel preparations. This penetration was independent of the concentration of dimethylsulphoxide.
Conclusion The superior penetration of phenylbutazone from the cream can be explained by it being present as a neutral molecule in an hydrophobic medium. It is proposed that phenylbutazone penetrates the skin of greyhounds most effectively by a hydrophobic lipid route which is likely to be different from the path by which dimethylsulphoxide penetrates the skin.  相似文献