Variability in the performance of juvenile Chinook salmon is explained primarily by when and where they resided in estuarine habitats          下载免费PDF全文

Paul Chittaro  Lyndal Johnson  David Teel  Paul Moran  Sean Sol  Kate Macneale  Richard Zabel 《Ecology of Freshwater Fish》2018,27(3):857-873

Estuarine habitats provide rearing opportunities for the juvenile life stage of anadromous fishes. Because survival is positively correlated with juvenile performance, these estuarine habitats play an important role in population abundance and productivity. To provide information for the recovery of several depressed stocks of Chinook salmon in the Columbia River Basin, we sought to identify the factors that explain variability in performance. Using otolith‐derived estimates of juvenile somatic growth rate as an index of recent performance, we observed a negative nonlinear relationship between growth rate and day of year, and a decreasing and increasing trend of growth rate over the 8 years of this study and distance from the river mouth respectively. Using a generalised linear modelling approach, we found that variability in juvenile somatic growth rate was best explained by where and when individuals were collected, their body size, contaminant loads, stock of origin, and whether a fish was hatchery produced or unmarked. Lastly, we argue that a considerable improvement to the growth rate of juveniles in estuarine habitats is physiologically possible. The results of this 8‐year study provide a baseline of the performance of juvenile Chinook salmon to evaluate habitat restoration programs and to compare against future anthropogenic conditions.  相似文献   

Neurological Manifestations of Niemann-Pick Disease Type C in Cats   总被引：3，自引：1，他引：2  

Karen R. Muñana  Patricia J. Luttgen  Mary Anna Thrall  Thomas W. Mitchell  David A. Wenger 《Journal of veterinary internal medicine / American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine》1994,8(2):117-121

Seven Domestic shorthair cats with a lysosomal storage disorder analogous to human Niemann-Pick disease type C, from a breeding colony were studied to characterize the neurological manifestations of this disorder. Affected cats were identified by means of liver biopsies at 4 to 6 weeks of age. Neurological examinations were performed at 2 week intervals from the onset of clinical signs. All cats displayed signs referrable to the cerebellum, with a subtle intention tremor noticed initially at 8 to 12 weeks of age; the disease was rapidly progressive. The tremor became more pronounced, menace response was lost, and severe dysmetria and ataxia developed. Three cats also had signs referrable to other areas of the central nervous system. Cats died or were euthanized between 12 and 43 weeks of age. Pathological findings included accumulation of substrate within neurons throughout the central nervous system, and axonal spheroid formation. The clinical and pathological findings in these cats are comparable to those in the human form of the disease.  相似文献   

A simple field method for spinal cord removal demonstrated in the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus).     

Christian Walzer  Anna Kübber-Heiss  Nadia Robert 《Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation》2002,14(1):76-79

Removal of the spinal cord is considered time consuming and difficult. A delay in the necropsy procedure, especially in the central nervous system, can result in significant tissue autolysis and subsequent diagnostic difficulties. In the field, where many necropsies are performed, suitable electric saws are mostly unavailable. A technically simple and rapid method for spinal cord removal, requiring only a straightforward tool, has been devised. No necropsy-induced structural damage has been noted on histopathologic examination.  相似文献   

Diagnosis of mastitis for therapy decisions.   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Philip M Sears  Kate K McCarthy 《Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice》2003,19(1):93-108, vi

Identifying specific groups of mastitis pathogens by their growth on selective agars can help identify the pathogens that are present in mastitic milk samples. This article addresses issues that are essential in making good use of diagnostic procedures to improve udder health on dairies.  相似文献   

What Is Your Diagnosis?     

Walton RM  Thrall MA  Wheeler S 《Veterinary clinical pathology / American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology》1994,23(4):117-118

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Use of space by bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) in a polish farm landscape     

Michŀ Kozakiewicz  Anna Kozakiewicz  Aleksy Łukowski  Tomasz Gortat 《Landscape Ecology》1993,8(1):19-24

Movements of bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) were studied in a farmland mosaic in Poland. Distances crossed by animals in short-time periods are significantly longer in heterogenous than in homogenous habitats. In long-time and large-spatial scales, a significant portion of the animals in a population travel among habitat elements of the mosaic, reducing the degree of isolation of patch populations and decreasing the probability of local extinction.  相似文献   

Management of atrial fibrillation.     

Anna R M Gelzer  Marc S Kraus 《Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice》2004,34(5):1127-44, vi

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common clinically important arrhythmia in veterinary medicine. Electrical cardioversion of AF to sinus rhythm is feasible, but pharmacologic rate control is an effective and achievable treatment strategy for most veterinary patients. Recent human trials suggest that rate control and rhythm control are almost equally beneficial. Nevertheless, AF can be a challenging arrhythmia to manage, because most affected animal shave numerous other concurring problems associated with the underlying heart disease that dictate or influence the clinician's choice of treatment and monitoring strategy for each patient.  相似文献   

Molecular diagnosis of paramyxovirus infection in snakes using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and complementary deoxyribonucleic acid:ribonucleic acid in situ hybridization.     

Matthew A Sand  Kenneth S Latimer  Christopher R Gregory  Pauline M Rakich  Elliott Jacobson  Kate E Pennick 《Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation》2004,16(5):442-448

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Changes in D‐dimer concentration after soft tissue and orthopedic surgery in dogs          下载免费PDF全文

Anna Shipov DVM  PhD  Diplomate ECVS  Josh Milgram BVSc  Diplomate ECVS  Nitzan Shalev DVM 《Veterinary surgery : VS》2018,47(3):406-411

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Synovial cell sarcoma in a dog: A misnomer—Cytologic and histologic findings and review of the literature          下载免费PDF全文

Paola Monti  Darren Barnes  Anna M. Adrian  Roberta Rasotto 《Veterinary clinical pathology / American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology》2018,47(2):181-185

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