Epidemiology and diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus).     

S K Mikota  L Peddie  J Peddie  R Isaza  F Dunker  G West  W Lindsay  R S Larsen  M D Salman  D Chatterjee  J Payeur  D Whipple  C Thoen  D S Davis  C Sedgwick  R J Montali  M Ziccardi  J Maslow 《Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine》2001,32(1):1-16

The deaths of two Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in August 1996 led the United States Department of Agriculture to require the testing and treatment of elephants for tuberculosis. From August 1996 to September 1999. Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection was confirmed by culture in 12 of 118 elephants in six herds. Eight diagnoses were made antemortem on the basis of isolation of M. tuberculosis by culture of trunk wash samples; the remainder (including the initial two) were diagnosed postmortem. We present the case histories, epidemiologic characteristics, diagnostic test results, and therapeutic plans from these six herds. The intradermal tuberculin test, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay serology, the blood tuberculosis test, and nucleic acid amplification and culture are compared as methods to diagnose M. tuberculosis infection in elephants.  相似文献   

Physical characteristics and chemical composition of Greater Rhea (Rhea americana) eggs from wild and captive populations.     

J L Navarro  M L López  D M Maestri  D O Labuckas 《British poultry science》2001,42(5):658-662

1. Eggs from wild and captive populations of Greater Rhea (Rhea americana) were studied to determine their physical and chemical characteristics. 2. Significant differences were found among populations in almost all chemical parameters studied, whereas within physical parameters only shell weight (as a proportion of the entire egg) and density showed differences. 3. Eggs from wild populations had the highest protein and linolenic acid and the lowest total lipid contents, while cholesterol levels of these eggs and of those from the largest captive area were the lowest.  相似文献   

Does not believe there is an ovarian remnant syndrome.     

F A Bonsack 《Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association》2001,219(12):1675-1676

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The disposition of suxibuzone in the horse     

F. T. DELBEKE  L. VYNCKIER  M. DEBACKERE 《Journal of veterinary pharmacology and therapeutics》1993,16(3):283-290

A high performance liquid chromatographic method is described to determine the anti-inflammatory drug suxibuzone (SXB) and its major metabolites phenylbutazone (PBZ) and oxyphenbutazone (OPBZ) in equine plasma and urine. When suxibuzone (6 mg/kg) was administered intravenously (i.v.) or orally (p.o.) no parent drug was detected in plasma or in urine. The disposition of the metabolite PBZ (i.v.) could be described by a 2 compartment model with a P half-life varying from 7.40 to 8.35 h. Due to severe side effects the use of i.v. suxibuzone should not be encouraged in the horse. PBZ and OPBZ were detected in plasma and urine after p.o. SXB administration. Peak plasma PBZ concentrations (8.8 ± 3.0 μg/ml) occurred 6 h after oral dosing and the terminal exponential constant was 0.11 ± 0.01 h^-1. Phenylbutazone and oxyphenbutazone were detectable in urine (> 1 μg/ml) for at least 36 h, after p.o. administration.
SXB was not hydrolyzed in vitro by horse plasma. Equine liver homogenates however appeared to have a very high capacity for hydrolysing SXB, indicating that first-pass effect could be responsible for the rapid disappearance of this NSAID in the horse.  相似文献   

Duration of antigen-induced hyperresponsiveness in horses with allergic respiratory disease and possible links with early airway obstruction     

S. M. FAIRBAIRN  P. LEES  C. P. PAGE  F. M. CUNNINGHAM 《Journal of veterinary pharmacology and therapeutics》1993,16(4):469-476

Fairbairn, S.M., Lees, P., Page, C.P., Cunningham, F.M. Duration of antigen-induced hyperresponsiveness in horses with allergic respiratory disease and possible links with early airway obstruction. J. vet. Pharmacol. Therap. 16, 469–476.
Antigen-induced airway hyperresponsiveness in allergic horses has previously been demonstrated when clinical signs of acute airway obstruction were apparent, as a consequence of exposure of animals to hay and straw for variable periods of time, and repeat measurements of hyperresponsiveness have been made no earlier than 1 week after challenge. In the present study airway responsiveness to methacholine has been measured in normal horses and allergic horses in clinical remission before and 24, 48 and 72 h after a hay and straw challenge of fixed, short, duration (7 h). Correlations between early increases in interpleural pressure and hyperresponsiveness have also been investigated. As in other studies, the mean airway responsiveness of groups of normal and allergic horses in clinical remission was not significantly different. The responsiveness to methacholine of allergic, but not normal, horses was increased after antigen challenge and was significantly greater than that of normal horses at 48 and 72 h after challenge (log PD _{8 cm}: -0.77 ± 0.28 vs. 0.27 ± 0.14 at 48 h and -0.6 ± 0.25 vs. 044 ± 01 at 72 h; P < 0.05). There was also a significant correlation between interpleural presssure at the end of the 7-h challenge in allergic horses and the increase in responsiveness to methacholine at 24, 48 and 72 h. These results demonstrate that antigen induces an increase in airway responsiveness in allergic horses that persists for up to 3 days and which may be linked to the initial increase in interpleural pressure.  相似文献   

An Epidemiologic and Economic Study of Respiratory Diseases in Two Conventional Danish Swine Herds. I: Prevalence of Respiratory Lesions at Slaughter and Their Effects on Growth     

L. G. Paisley  L. Vraa-Andersen  L. Dybkjr  K. Mller  G. Christensen  J. Mousing  J. F. Agger 《Acta veterinaria Scandinavica》1993,34(4):319

A total of 578 slaughter pigs from 2 Danish conventional farrow-to-finish operations (Herds A and B) were followed from an age of 14 days to slaughter. Pigs were weighed at 3 weeks intervals and at slaughter and an extended post mortem examination of the plucks was done. Comparison of growth rates in pigs with and without specific types of lesions by the t-test and those with multiple lesions with regression models demonstrated that Mycoplasma-like pneumonia, complicated pneumonia, anterio-ventral pleuritis, fissures and atrophic rhinitis significantly reduced mean daily gain and increased the time required to reach slaughter weight. The total impact of the lesions in Herd A was an estimated reduction in mean daily gain of 27 grams and a 2 day increase in the interval from 14 days of age until slaughter (MDG14). Decreases in MDG14 in Herd B were more substantial, 98 grams and 16.7 days. Reductions in mean daily gains during the interval from the fourth weighing until slaughter were 31 grams in Herd A and 137 grams in Herd B. Chronic dorso-caudal and parietal pleuritis, without other lesions present, had no significant adverse effects on growth rates in either herd. Interactions between lesions did not significantly alter the estimates. The R² values obtained for the regression models showed that the presence, absence or extent of lesions at slaughter explained only 13-27% of the variations in growth rates in the 2 herds.  相似文献   

Radiographic interpretation of normal skeletal variations and pseudolesions in the equine foot.     

J L Becht  R D Park  S L Kraft  P F Steyn  R H Wrigley 《Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice》2001,17(1):1-18

Effective radiographic interpretation requires a veterinarian who is knowledgeable of equine limb anatomy and the various principles that affect the resulting image. The normal and its variations must be recognized and understood before the abnormal can be confidently identified as pathologic. Proper patient positioning and sound radiographic technique are mandatory if reliable diagnostic radiographs are to be produced. This review emphasizes equine foot radiographic variations of normal and pseudolesions that occur with commonly used radiographic views performed in equine practice.  相似文献   

Which evidence permits a liver cell smear in cattle with metabolic disorders?]     

H Frerking  J Hecking  F J Kaup  H Ernst 《Tier?rztliche Praxis》1991,19(6):624-629

The technique of liver puncture as described by Holtenius (1961) was assessed with regard to its practicability and safety in a preliminary study of 26 cattle and a follow-up study of 108 German black pied cattle. The sample material was smeared, stained and examined by light microscope. All animals with changes of grade 5 had to be slaughtered. Liver puncture is a simple, quick and safe technique which supplies useful information about the various stages of hepatic fatty degeneration in individual cattle.  相似文献   

Transmural intestinal penetration of polyester fibers as an uncommon cause of peritoneal adhesions in a dog.     

G C Johnson  F A Mann  N Fair  S W Casteel 《Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation》1992,4(4):473-476

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Nitrogen uptake by ryegrass from organic wastes applied to a sandy loam soil     

C. M. D. S. Cordovil    F. Cabral    J. Coutinho  & M. J. Goss 《Soil Use and Management》2006,22(3):320-322

Sandy‐textured Mediterranean soils are invariably depleted in organic matter and supply only small amounts of N to crops. To compensate for these deficiencies, we tested the N supply from six organic wastes applied to a Cambic Arenosol in pots growing ryegrass. The results showed that the behaviour of the wastes in supplying N to a ryegrass crop grown in this soil can be predicted by observing their performance in laboratory aerobic incubations. The N made available during these incubations fitted well to a one‐pool kinetic model.  相似文献