Comparison of digital and optical hand-held refractometers for the measurement of feline urine specific gravity     

Bennett AD  McKnight GE  Dodkin SJ  Simpson KE  Schwartz AM  Gunn-Moore DA 《Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery》2011,13(2):152-154

Measuring urine specific gravity (USG) is an important component of urine analysis as it evaluates renal concentrating capability. The objective of this study was to quantify the difference in USG values between a hand-held optical analogue refractometer and a cat-specific digital instrument. Urine samples from 55 cats were assessed. There was a statistically significant difference between these two refractometers (P<0.001), with the optical refractometer (mean USG=1.031) consistently reading higher than the digital refractometer (mean USG=1.027). Results for a random subset of the samples (n=10) were compared with urine osmolality and both the optical and digital instruments demonstrated excellent correlation. While an accurate USG reading is important, it is unlikely that the statistical significance between the two instruments is clinically significant and, therefore, unlikely to result in a change in patient evaluation or treatment plans. While both the digital and optimal refractometers are highly correlated to the urine osmolality, making both devices valid for assessment of USG in clinical practice, this digital device is easier to read and eliminates the variability of subjective interpretation.  相似文献   

Masson三色染色与HE染色在豚鼠牙齿组织石蜡切片中的比较研究及应用     

韩天龙  王敏  红敏  萨其仍贵  查干其其格  和希格  孙德欣 《中国畜牧兽医》2011,38(3):55-57

针对牙齿组织形态学研究的难点,选择适宜固定液,用EDTA-2Na进行脱钙,完成了牙齿组织石蜡切片的制作。通过确定染色程序及各种染料的最佳作用时间,分别利用Masson三色染色法、传统的苏木精和伊红（HE）染色法对牙齿组织切片进行了染色观察。染色结果表明,与HE染色法相比,Masson三色染色更能使牙齿的各主要成分以不同颜色显现出来,色彩对比鲜明,亮丽润眼,为牙齿组织生理及病理组织形态学研究奠定了基础。针对机体中硬组织的相似特性,该试验方法可以在骨骼、软骨等硬组织的形态学研究中参考、改进并推广使用。  相似文献   

骨质疏松症治疗药物的研究进展     

刘宇桐  赵晓蕾  王小瑜  鲍丽  撒楠  魏长征  金黎明 《畜牧与饲料科学》2011,(4)

骨质疏松症是以骨量减少、骨的微观结构退化为特征,致使骨的脆性增加并易于发生骨折的一种全身性骨骼疾病,是当前严重危害人类特别是绝经妇女和老人的疾病之一.近年来出现了许多预防和治疗骨质疏松症的药物,极大地推动了骨质疏松症理论基础的完善和临床治疗研究.就该领域的研究进展进行了简要综述.  相似文献   

Benefits and costs of street trees in Lisbon, Portugal     

A.L. Soares  F.C. Rego  E.G. McPherson  J.R. Simpson  P.J. Peper  Q. Xiao 《Urban Forestry & Urban Greening》2011,10(2):69

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Modelling and Mapping Ozone Deposition in Europe   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

L. D. Emberson  M.R. Ashmore  D. Simpson  J.-P. Tuovinen  H.M. Cambridge 《Water, air, and soil pollution》2001,130(1-4):577-582

A new dry deposition module has been developed for European-scale mapping and modelling of ozone deposition fluxes (Emberson et al., 2000a,b). The module is being implemented in the photochemical long-range transport model of EMEP that is currently used to estimate exceedance of the existing critical levels for ozone within the UN ECE LRTAP programme. The deposition model evaluates the atmospheric, boundary layer and surface resistances to ozone transfer with the calculation of the dry deposition velocity performed according to a standard resistance formulation. The approach differs from other existing methods through the use of a detailed stomatal uptake model that describes stomatal conductance as a function of plant species, phenology and four environmental variables (air temperature, solar radiation, water vapour pressure deficit and soil moisture deficit). Comparison of preliminary model outputs for selected land-cover types indicate that the model is capable of predicting the seasonal and diurnal range in deposition velocities that have been reported previously in the literature. The application of this deposition scheme enables calculations of ambient ozone concentrations to be made using a biologically based method that can distinguish stomatal and non-stomatal components of total ozone deposition. The ability to estimate stomatal ozone fluxes (according to vegetation type, phenology and spatial location) that are consistent with evaluations of atmospheric ozone concentrations will be helpful in future assessments of ozone impacts to vegetation.  相似文献   

Chemical stratification in the Seneca/Oswego rivers (NY)     

Steven W. Effler  James M. McCarthy  Karl W. Simpson  F. Joseph Unangst  GAry C. Schafran  William D. Schecher  Peter Jaran  Hsi-Sheng A. Shu  Magdy T. Khalil 《Water, air, and soil pollution》1984,21(1-4):335-350

The occurrence and characteristics of chemically-based density stratification in portions of the Seneca and Oswego Rivers, downstream of ion-polluted Onondaga Lake, are described for seven different days in the summer and fall of 1978 and 1981, which covered a wide range of river flows. The results indicate that chemically-based density stratification occurs routinely in the Seneca River downstream of the lake inflow, in response to a continuous chemically-based density difference between the two systems of 0.0015 to 0.0030 g cm^?3. The persistence of the phenomenon, and therefore the longitudinal range over which the river stratification occurred, was dependent on the velocity of river flow and the magnitude of the density gradient that bordered the upper river water and the lower released lake water. During the low flows common to summer the stratification extended approximately 14 km downstream to a dam, and 3 km upstream, of the lake outlet — river junction. Vertical mixing between the stratified layers increased as the flow in the Seneca River increased, and as the vertical density gradient decreased. A dimensionless group, $$\frac{D}{{V\left( {\frac{\rho }{{\Delta _\rho /\Delta _z }}} \right)}}$$ where: D = apparent vertical diffusion (m² hr^?1), V = average velocity of the overlying river flow (m hr^?1 ), p = density at the interface between the stratified layers (g cm^?3), and Ap/Az = density gradient between the stratified layers (g cm^?3 m^?1), was found to be constant for summer low flow conditions for a 6.5 km length of the Seneca River, thus quantifying the interaction between vertical mixing and the included influences for that portion of the river. The occurrence of chemical stratification in the river had dramatic implications on the corresponding distribution of dissolved oxygen (DO). The isolation of the organically enriched lake water in the lower layer enhanced the depletion of DO there, which resulted in the development of substantial (> 4.0 mg 1^?1 ) DO stratification downstream of the discharge from the lake during summer low flow periods.  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   

Practice-based health assurance.     

G J Gunn  J S Simpson  I McCulloch  A G Masson  G F Swanson  A G Rafferty 《The Veterinary record》2001,149(14):430-431

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Effect of monensin fed with forage on digestion and the ruminal ecosystem of steers.   总被引：25，自引：0，他引：25  

D A Donius  M E Simpson  P B Marsh 《Journal of animal science》1976,42(1):229-234

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Hematologic findings in certain small cetaceans   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

S H Ridgway  J G Simpson  G S Patton 《Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association》1970,157(5):566-575

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