ACE inhibition in goats under fixed‐time artificial insemination protocol increases the pregnancy rate and twin births          下载免费PDF全文

VP Fernandes Neto  MNN Silva  AS Costa  D Kunkel  AS Júnior  LCS Feitosa  MCS Muratori  APR Costa 《Reproduction in domestic animals》2018,53(4):1006-1008

To assess the effect of the angiotensin‐converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition on the efficiency of the fixed‐time artificial insemination (TAI), 69 goats were divided randomly into two groups: enalapril (n = 35) and control (n = 34). In the experiment, all animals underwent the protocol of fixed‐time artificial insemination for 12 days. Enalapril group received enalapril maleate dissolved in saline (Enalapril, Lab Teuto Ltda) subcutaneously at the following doses: 0.2 mg/kg/day in D0‐D2; 0.3 mg/kg/day in D3‐D6 and 0.4 mg/kg/day in D7‐D11. The control group received the corresponding volume of 0.9% saline solution. We performed a single insemination 36 hr after sponge removal using frozen semen from two adult male goats with recognized fertility. The ultrasound pregnancy diagnosis was 30 days after the artificial insemination (AI). There was significant increase in pregnancy rates and twinning as well as a decrease in foetal loss in animals receiving enalapril (p < .01). The use of ACE inhibitors during the TAI protocol was shown to be a promising alternative to increase the efficiency of such reproductive biotechnology.  相似文献   

CORNEAL ULCERS IN THE DOG     

Virginia P.  Studdert B.S.  D.V.M. 《Australian veterinary journal》1967,43(10):466-470

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Polymerase chain reaction tests for the identification of Ross River, Kunjin and Murray Valley encephalitis virus infections in horses   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Studdert MJ  Azuolas JK  Vasey JR  Hall RA  Ficorilli N  Huang JA 《Australian veterinary journal》2003,81(1-2):76-80

OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate specific, sensitive and rapid diagnostic tests using RT-PCR for the detection of Ross River virus (RRV), Kunjin virus (KV) and Murray Valley encephalitis virus (MVEV) infections in horses. METHODS: Primer sets based on nucleotide sequence encoding the envelope glycoprotein E2 of RRV and on the nonstructural protein 5 (NS5) of KV and MVEV were designed and used in single round PCRs to test for the respective viruses in infected cell cultures and, in the case of RRV, in samples of horse blood and synovial fluid. RESULTS: The primer pairs designed for each of the three viruses amplified a product of expected size from prototype viruses that were grown in cell culture. The identity of each of the products was confirmed by nucleotide sequencing indicating that in the context used the RT-PCRs were specific. RRV was detected in serums from 8 horses for which there were clinical signs consistent with RRV infection such that an acute-phase serum sample was taken and submitted for RRV serology testing. The RRV RT-PCR was analytically sensitive in that it was estimated to detect as little as 50 TCID50 of RRV per mL of serum and was specific in that the primer pairs did not amplify other products from the 8 serum samples. The RRV primers also detected virus in three independent mosquito pools known to contain RRV by virus isolation in cell culture. Samples from horses suspected to be infected with KV and MVEV were not available. CONCLUSION: Despite much anecdotal and serological evidence for infection of horses with RRV actual infection and associated clinical disease are infrequently confirmed. The availability of a specific and analytically sensitive RT-PCR for the detection of RRV provides additional opportunities to confirm the presence of this virus in clinical samples. The RT-PCR primers for the diagnosis of KV and MVEV infections were shown to be specific for cell culture grown viruses but the further validation of these tests requires the availability of appropriate clinical samples from infected horses.  相似文献   

Veterinary perspective on gene therapy with adenoviruses     

Studdert MJ 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2000,287(5455):973-974

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Bovine encephalitis herpesvirus is different from bovine herpesvirus 1 and from other ruminant herpesviruses     

M J Studdert  F Brake  G F Browning 《Australian veterinary journal》1985,62(S1):149-150

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Thiamin deficiency in cats and dogs associated with feeding meat preserved with sulphur dioxide     

VP STUDDERT  RH LABUC 《Australian veterinary journal》1991,68(2):54-57

Thiamin deficiency was diagnosed in cats and dogs being fed fresh minced meat, which contained sulphur dioxide as a preservative and less than 0.5 mg/kg thiamin. Thiamin in the meat and in added dietary ingredients, including a supplementary vitamin mixture, was destroyed by the sulphur dioxide.  相似文献   

Antibody and cell-mediated immune responses to feline calicivirus following inactivated vaccine and challenge     

K M Tham  M J Studdert 《Zentralblatt für Veterin?rmedizin. Reihe B. Journal of veterinary medicine. Series B》1987,34(9):640-654

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Development and preliminary testing of an inactivated equine adenovirus vaccine     

A M Lew  H V Smith  M J Studdert 《American journal of veterinary research》1979,40(12):1707-1712

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Latency of equine herpesvirus 4 (equine rhinopneumonitis virus)     

G F Browning  D M Bulach  N Ficorilli  E A Roy  B H Thorp  M J Studdert 《The Veterinary record》1988,123(20):518-519

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EQUINE HERPESVIRUSES: 5. Epizootiology of slowly cytopathic viruses in foals   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

C. R. Wilks  M.V.Sc. M. J. Studdert  M.V.Sc.  Ph.D. 《Australian veterinary journal》1974,50(10):438-442

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