Anti-predator behaviour of adult red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa) tutors improves the defensive responses of farm-reared broods     

C. Sánchez-García  M.E. Alonso  E.J. Tizado  J. A. Pérez  J. A. Armenteros  V. R. Gaudioso 《British poultry science》2016,57(3):306-316

1. The aim of this work was to improve natural anti-predator behaviour of farm-reared gamebirds.

2. We evaluated the anti-predator behaviour of reared red-legged partridge Alectoris rufa chicks kept in brooder houses in large groups (>350 chicks), trained and not trained by parent red-legged partridges acting as experienced tutors.

3. The experiment consisted of two conditioned tests (a raptor model and a human) and two control tests, which were conducted during three consecutive phases of life (1–4, 15–17 and 30–32 d after hatching). The motor anti-predator behaviour, its duration, the intensity of response in chicks and alarm calls elicited by adults were recorded.

4. Tutors elicited aerial alarm calls (76% of tests) and showed prolonged crouching (59% of tests) in response to the raptor model whereas uttering the ground alarm call (73% of tests) and showing vigilance behaviour (78% of tests) was the main pattern during the human test.

5. Trained and not trained chicks showed similar motor behaviour in response to the raptor model (crouching) and the human test (escaping), but frequency of strong responses (all chicks responding) from chicks trained with tutors was double that of chicks trained without them, and chicks trained with tutors showed a higher frequency of long responses (41–60 s).

6. This study indicates that anti-predator training programmes before release may improve behaviour of farm-reared partridges which may confer benefits to survival of birds.

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Canine parvovirus type 2b is the most prevalent genomic variant strain found in parvovirus antigen positive diarrheic dog feces samples across Canada     

Carl A. Gagnon  Véronique Allard  Guillaume Cloutier 《The Canadian veterinary journal. La revue veterinaire canadienne》2016,57(1):29-31

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Focal intestinal lipogranulomatous lymphangitis in 10 dogs          下载免费PDF全文

A. Lecoindre  P. Lecoindre  J. L. Cadoré  M. Chevallier  S. Guerret  G. Derré  S. P. Mcdonough  K. W. Simpson 《The Journal of small animal practice》2016,57(9):465-471

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Herd-level prevalence and risk factors for bovine viral diarrhea virus infection in cattle in the State of Paraíba,Northeastern Brazil     

Leise Gomes Fernandes  Adriana Hellmeister de Campos Nogueira  Eliana De Stefano  Edviges Maristela Pituco  Cláudia Pestana Ribeiro  Clebert José Alves  Tainara Sombra Oliveira  Inácio José Clementino  Sérgio Santos de Azevedo 《Tropical animal health and production》2016,48(1):157-165

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The Effects of Mepivacaine Hydrochloride on Antimicrobial Activity and Mechanical Nociceptive Threshold During Amikacin Sulfate Regional Limb Perfusion in the Horse          下载免费PDF全文

Aimée C. Colbath  Luke A. Wittenburg  Jenifer R. Gold  C. Wayne McIlwraith  Valerie J. Moorman 《Veterinary surgery : VS》2016,45(6):798-803

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Canine fetal echocardiography: correlations for the analysis of cardiac dimensions     

Amália Turner Giannico  Elaine Mayumi Ueno Gil  Daniela Aparecida Ayres Garcia  Marlos Gonçalves Sousa  Tilde Rodrigues Froes 《Veterinary research communications》2016,40(1):11-19

The aim of this study was to develop regression models for correlation of canine fetal heart development with body size to characterize normal development or suggest cardiac anomalies. Twenty clinically healthy pregnant bitches, either brachycephalic and non-brachycephalic, were examined ultrasonographically. Transabdominal fetal echocardiography was conducted every 4 days from the beginning of cardiac chambers differentiation until parturition. Ten cardiac parameters were measured: length, width and diameter of the heart; heart area; left and right ventricular dimensions; left and right atrial dimensions; and aortic and pulmonary artery diameter. Femoral length, biparietal diameter and abdominal cross-sectional area were also recorded. Regression equations were developed for each parameter of fetal body size, and linear and logarithmic models were compared. The model with the highest correlation coefficient was chosen to produce equations to calculate relative dimensions based on the correlations. Only the left-ventricular chamber differed between the two racial groups. Biparietal diameter was the independent parameter that produced the highest correlation coefficient for the most fetal cardiac dimensions, although good correlations were also observed using femoral length and abdominal cross-sectional area. Heart width and heart diameter were used as surrogates of cardiac development, as these measurements showed the best statistical correlation. Quantitative evaluation of fetal cardiac structures can be used to monitor normal and abnormal cardiac development.  相似文献   

Surgical Correction of Traumatic Lateral Patellar Luxation          下载免费PDF全文

Emma Marchionatti  André Desrochers  Ashley D. Sheen  Hélène Lardé  Marie Babkine 《Veterinary surgery : VS》2016,45(1):121-124

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Anatomical and Scanning Electron Microscopic Study of the Tongue in the Meerkat (Suricata suricatta,Schreber, 1776)          下载免费PDF全文

S. Erdoğan  M. Lima  W. Pérez 《Anatomia, histologia, embryologia》2016,45(1):51-59

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Marked hyperphosphatasemia associated with an acute leukemia in a Great Dane          下载免费PDF全文

Rémi Froment  Christian Bédard 《Veterinary clinical pathology / American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology》2016,45(3):459-465

This is the report of a 5‐year‐old male neutered Great Dane with an extreme leukocytosis (544.9 × 10⁹ cells/L; RI 5.2–13.9 × 10⁹ cells/L) characterized by highly atypical round cells. Cellular morphologic features such as cytoplasmic membrane blebs, a high nuclear‐to‐cytoplasmic ratio, and nuclear indentations and irregularities and large nucleoli, as well as immunocytochemistry for CD3 and CD79, myeloperoxidase cytochemistry, and clonality testing were not conclusive for myeloid or lymphoid origin. Marked alkaline hyperphosphatasemia was present at the first visit (2783.0 U/L; RI 6–80.0 U/L), followed by a 5‐fold increase (14,000 U/L) a week later, identified as being mostly contributed by the bone‐ALP isoform (11,062 U/L; RI 0–30 U/L). In addition, the atypical leukocytes were strongly positive for cytoplasmic ALP activity. In vitro lysis of a heparin blood sample resulted in a 1.7‐fold increase of ALP activity, supporting the origin of the hyperphosphatasemia at least in part from the leukemic cell population. To the authors’ knowledge, this is a unique case of alkaline hyperphosphatasemia, due at least to a leukemic cell population producing a bone‐ALP isoform, regardless of the exact nature of the leukemia.  相似文献   

Catecholamine Metabolism in a Shetland Pony with Suspected Pheochromocytoma and Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction          下载免费PDF全文

N. Fouché  V. Gerber  D. Gorgas  V. Marolf  E. Grouzmann  J.H. van der Kolk  C. Navas de Solis 《Journal of veterinary internal medicine / American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine》2016,30(6):1872-1878

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