Investigation of a second focus of equine morbillivirus infection in coastal Queensland   总被引：6，自引：0，他引：6  

RJ ROGERS  IC DOUGLAS  FC BALDOCK  RJ GLAVILLE  KT SEPPANEN  LJ GLEESON  PN SELLECK  KJ DUNN 《Australian veterinary journal》1996,74(3):243-244

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Investigations into the toxicity of Echium plantagineum in sheep: 1. Field grazing experiments     

JT SEAMAN  WS TURVEY  SJ OTTAWAY  AR GILMOUR  RJ DIXON† 《Australian veterinary journal》1989,66(9):279-285

A field grazing trial was undertaken to monitor the health and production of crossbred sheep grazing pasture where Echium plantagineum constituted a considerable proportion of the available forage. The trial, conducted for 19 months over successive grazing seasons, demonstrated a significant difference in production, with sheep on the E. plantagineum pasture being lighter and growing less wool compared with sheep on Echium-free pasture. No mortalities involving pyrrolizidine alkaloid poisoning were recorded in sheep grazing E. plantagineum, although there was histological evidence of moderately severe liver damage associated with high liver copper concentrations in at least one sheep following the grazing of large quantities of the plant.  相似文献   

Comparison of immunogenicity and virulence between Babesia bigemina parasites from continuous culture and from a splenectomised calf   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

WK. JORGENSEN  AJ. DE. VOS  RJ. DALGLIESH † 《Australian veterinary journal》1989,66(11):371-372

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An outbreak of botulism in a deer herd in Queensland     

P. CHAMBERLAIN  RJ THOMAS† 《Australian veterinary journal》1995,72(11):427-428

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Premature farrowings caused by feeding cottonseed meal   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

RJ LOVE  AJ PEACOCK  G EVANS † 《Australian veterinary journal》1990,67(6):223-226

Increasing the level of cottonseed meal (CSM) in sow diets from less than 5% to 10% increased the incidence of premature farrowings (gestation length less than 111 days) from 1.1% to 2.7% (p less than 0.001) and reduced the mean gestation length from 114.07 +/- 1.53 to 113.70 +/- 1.59 days (p less than 0.0001). Survival of piglets born prematurely was poor. After removal of CSM from the diet there was a residual effect lasting several weeks before the gestation length returned to normal. Experimental feeding of diets containing 20% and 40% CSM to small groups of sows caused significant shortening of gestation length and 3 of 26 sows fed 40% CSM farrowed prematurely. The mechanism by which CSM causes this effect has yet to be determined.  相似文献   

Review of oral rehydration solutions for horses with diarrhoea     

P. ECKE  DR HODGSON  RJ ROSE 《Australian veterinary journal》1997,75(6):417-420

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Evaluation of a modified atmometer for estimating reference ET     

I. Broner  R. A. P. Law 《Irrigation Science》1991,12(1):21-26

Summary Evaluation of a modified Bellani cup atmometer was done in two steps; theoretically to verify that it can be used as a physical model of plant transpiration, secondly and empirically, four different atmometers were compared to determine the variability among different instruments and the agreement between atmometer water loss and Penman ET. Variability among atmometers was small and the response of the instrument water loss to variations in weather conditions was similar to that predicted by the Penman equation. It was concluded that the atmometer can be used to estimate reference ET for irrigation scheduling purposes.  相似文献   

Eimeria alabamensis and Eimeria brasiliensis in cattle in northern Queensland     

RJ PARKER 《Australian veterinary journal》1991,68(11):365-366

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Experimental infection of cats with Tritrichomonas foetus.     

J L Gookin  M G Levy  J M Law  M G Papich  M F Poore  E B Breitschwerdt 《American journal of veterinary research》2001,62(11):1690-1697

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether infection with Tritrichomonas foetus causes diarrhea in specific-pathogen-free or Cryptosporidium coinfected cats. ANIMALS: 4 cats with subclinical cryptosporidiosis (group 1) and 4 specific-pathogen-free cats (group 2). PROCEDURE: Cats were infected orogastrically with an axenic culture of T. foetus isolated from a kitten with diarrhea. Direct microscopy and protozoal culture of feces, fecal character, serial colonic mucosal biopsy specimens, and response to treatment with nitazoxanide (NTZ; group 1) or prednisolone (groups 1 and 2) were assessed. RESULTS: Infection with T. foetus persisted in all cats for the entire 203-day study and resulted in diarrhea that resolved after 7 weeks. Group-1 cats had an earlier onset, more severe diarrhea, and increased number of trichomonads on direct fecal examination, compared with group-2 cats. Use of NTZ eliminated shedding of T. foetus and Cryptosporidium oocysts, but diarrhea consisting of trichomonad-containing feces recurred when treatment was discontinued. Prednisolone did not have an effect on infection with T. foetus but resulted in reappearance of Cryptosporidium oocysts in the feces of 2 of 4 cats. During necropsy, T. foetus was isolated from contents of the ileum, cecum, and colon. Tritrichomonas foetus organisms and antigen were detected on surface epithelia and within superficial detritus of the cecal and colonic mucosa. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: After experimental inoculation in cats, T. foetus organisms colonize the ileum, cecum, and colon, reside in close contact with the epithelium, and are associated with transient diarrhea that is exacerbated by coexisting cryptosporidiosis but not treatment with prednisolone.  相似文献   

Photosensitisation and crystal-associated cholangiohepatopathy in sheep grazing Brachiaria decumbens     

RJ GRAYDON †  H. HAMID  P. ZAHARI  C. GARDINER† 《Australian veterinary journal》1991,68(7):234-236

Two outbreaks of photosensitivity and jaundice in sheep grazing the grass, Brachiaria decumbens. In West Java in 1983 and 1983 and 1990 are described. Aggregates of acicular clefts and crystals were present in bile canaliculi, bile ducts, Kupffer cells, hepatocytes and in kidney tubules. The number of crystals increased with the length of exposure to the plant and sheep that died had the largest accumulations. These crystalline structures have been reported before in this syndrome, but are similar to those seen in Tribulus terrestris and Panicum spp toxicities.  相似文献