Membrana nictitans gland cyst in a dog     

Latimer CA  Wyman M  Szymanski C  Werling K 《Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association》1983,183(9):1003-5, 965

A cyst involving the gland of the 3rd eyelid was removed from an 8-year-old dog. Clinically the circumscribed mass resembled a pigmented neoplasm. Histologically the cyst was multiloculated, with homogeneous eosinophilic periodic acid-Schiff-positive content. Melanin pigment was present in epithelial cells and cystic lumens. Protective functions of the 3rd eyelid were retained following excisional biopsy.  相似文献   

Comparison of plasma aldosterone concentration among clinical status groups of dogs with chronic heart failure     

Knowlen GG  Kittleson MD  Nachreiner RF  Eyster GE 《Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association》1983,183(9):991-996

The plasma aldosterone concentration (PAC) among clinical status groups of 23 dogs with chronic heart failure was compared at various times after diagnosis of the problem. Eighteen dogs admitted in New York Heart Association (NYHA) class IV clinical status had significant elevations in PAC (P<0.0001), when compared with clinically normal dogs. Five dogs admitted in NYHA class III status and 4 dogs that responded with a change to NYHA class III status had significant elevations in PAC (P<0.01), when compared with clinically normal dogs. In patients with NYHA class IV status, the PAC was significantly greater (P<0.01) than in patients in NYHA class III status. For patients with the poorest prognosis, ie, severe signs of NYHA class IV status, the PAC was not markedly different, when compared with that for patients with a favorable prognosis, ie, recent onset of signs of NYHA class IV status. Patients treated with captopril had significantly lower PAC after therapy (P<0.01), whereas patients treated with hydralazine had significantly higher PAC (P<0.05) after therapy. It was concluded that heart failure in the dog increases PAC, most likely because of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-system activation, and that the increase is related directly to the clinical status of the patient. Further, it was concluded that treatment of dogs in heart failure with captopril causes a decrease in circulating PAC, whereas treatment with hydralazine causes an increase in circulating PAC.  相似文献   

Epithelia     

Dibona DR 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1983,220(4593):190-191

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Suspect Terranes and Continental Growth: The dissection of western North America is forcing geologists to decide exactly what they know about the travels of continental rocks     

Kerr RA 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1983,222(4619):36-38

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Biotechnology in the marine sciences     

Colwell RR 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1983,222(4619):19-24

Genetic engineering applied to the production of fish, molluscs, algae, algal products, and crustaceans in natural environments and hatchery systems is still at the rudimentary stage. Cloning systems for producing commercially important chemicals, pharmacologically active compounds, and metamorphosis-stimulating substances present in marine organisms are being sought. Attempts are being made to develop useful drugs from the sea, including antineoplastic, antibiotic, growth-promoting (or -inhibiting), analgesic, and antispasmodic agents. Immediate commercial applications can be expected from engineered systems involving polysaccharide and specialty chemical production, with marine microorganisms as the source of genetic material.  相似文献   

Competition is important in plant extinctions     

Lewin R 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1983,220(4602):1140

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Hunter-gatherers in modern settings     

Tonkinson R 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1983,220(4602):1143-1144

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Field trials with a bivalent vaccine (HVT and SB-1) against Marek's disease   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

B W Calnek  K A Schat  M C Peckham  J Fabricant 《Avian diseases》1983,27(3):844-849

White leghorn chickens on five farms were given a bivalent Marek's disease (MD) vaccine consisting of turkey herpesvirus (HVT) and SB-1 (a nononcogenic MD virus); other chickens received only HVT. The farms had histories of "vaccination failures," presumably owing to an exceptionally virulent challenge MD virus. The bivalent vaccine uniformly protected chickens better than HVT alone between 12 and 16-20 weeks of age, when serious MD losses occurred. During that period, total mortality in groups given both viruses ranged from 0.39 to 1.26% (mean 0.86%), whereas that in HVT-vaccinated groups not exposed to SB-1 varied from 1.92 to 7.44% (mean 3.43%). Chickens in pens or rows with close contact to those given bivalent vaccine also had low MD mortality rates (0.46-1.06%, mean 0.77%), probably from the spread of SB-1.  相似文献   

The activities of amylase and a trypsin‐like protease in the gut contents of germ‐free and conventional chickens     

Sally M. Philips  R. Fuller 《British poultry science》1983,24(1):115-121

1. Proteolytic and amylase activities were assayed in the gut contents of germ‐free and conventional chickens aged 3 and 14 d.

2. The tendency was for the proteolytic activity to be increased and the amylase activity to be decreased in conventional chicks. These differences were statistically significant in the caecum.

3. All of the additional proteolytic activity detectable in the caecum of conventional chicks was inhibited by soyabean trypsin inhibitor. However, the increased activity was not detectable in the small intestine and was, therefore, not due to pancreatic trypsin.

4. Attempts to demonstrate in vitro bacterial production of a trypsin‐like enzyme were unsuccessful.  相似文献   

A note on the structure and iron‐binding properties of egg‐shell membranes     

H. S. Tranter  N. H. C. Sparks  R. G. Board 《British poultry science》1983,24(1):123-130

1. When a solution of ferric ammonium sulphate was added to shell membranes of the domestic fowl, iron infiltrated the mantle (cortex) surrounding the cores of the individual fibres of the membranes.

2. Contraction of warm eggs in ice‐cold colloidal iron caused flooding of pore canals and contamination of the underlying shell membranes with this element.

3. Appreciable contamination of the inner shell membrane with iron persisted for 25 d in infertile eggs stored at 37.5 °C.  相似文献