Effect of diet on results obtained by use of two commercial test kits for detection of occult blood in feces of dogs.     

A K Cook  S D Gilson  W D Fischer  P H Kass 《American journal of veterinary research》1992,53(10):1749-1751

To evaluate the effect of diet on results obtained by use of 2 commercial test kits for detection of occult blood in feces, 5 dogs were fed 7 diets in randomized sequence. Dry and canned diets with various principal ingredients were evaluated. Each diet was offered twice over a 24-hour period, followed by a 36-hour nonfeeding period. Fecal specimens were collected twice daily, and tests for occult blood were performed within 12 hours. The dietary origin of fecal specimens was confirmed by use of colored markers fed with each diet, and was correlated with estimates of gastrointestinal tract transit time. A modified guaiac paper test and an o-tolidine tablet test were performed on each specimen. Of 59 specimens, 4 were positive for occult blood, using the o-tolidine tablet test. Three positive results were associated with a mutton-based canned diet, and 1 positive result was associated with a canned beef-based diet. Of 59 specimens, 11 were positive for occult blood, using the modified guaiac paper test. Four positive results were associated with the mutton diet, and 3 positive results were associated with the beef diet. Of the remaining 5 diets, 4 caused 1 positive reaction. Results were inconsistent with the null hypothesis that the distribution of positive occult blood test results is not affected by diet (P < 0.025), and indicate that diet can affect the specificity of peroxidase-based tests for detection of occult blood in canine feces. Diet modification prior to testing is recommended.  相似文献   

8 MEASUREMENT OF ARTICULAR CARTILAGE STIFFNESS IN THE FEMOROPATELLAR, TARSOCRURAL AND METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINTS OF HORSES AS A PREDICTOR OF CARTILAGE PATHOLOGY.     

E  Garcia-Seco  DA Wilson  K Kuroki  J Cook  J Kreeger  KG Keegan 《Veterinary surgery : VS》2003,32(6):600-600

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Responses of ponies to equid herpesvirus-1 Iscom vaccination and challenge with virus of the homologous strain     

D. Hannant  D.M. Jessett  T. O'Neill  C.A. Dolby  R.F. Cook  J.A. Mumford 《Research in veterinary science》1993,54(3):299

An experimental (Iscom) vaccine previously shown to protect hamsters from lethal challenge with equid herpesvirus-1 (Ehv-1), was tested in horses. Vaccination with Ehv-1 Iscoms induced serum antibodies to the major virus glycoproteins gp10, 13, 14, 17, 18 and 21/22a, whereas antibody responses to gp2 were weak or absent. High levels of virus neutralising antibody of long duration were induced, but did not prevent challenge infection with virus of the homologous strain. However, in the vaccinated ponies there was a significant reduction in clinical signs, nasal virus excretion and cell associated viraemia compared with age-matched unvaccinated controls. There was a strong correlation between pre-challenge levels of serum virus neutralising antibody and the duration and total amount of virus excreted from the nasopharynx.  相似文献   

Rickets in yearling steers wintered on a swede (Brassica napus) crop     

Thompson KG  Cook TG 《New Zealand veterinary journal》1987,35(1-2):11-13

Rickets was diagnosed in a group of 80 yearling Angus steers wintered for three months on a crop of swedes (Brassica napus) in the Kimbolton area. Growth rate was poor and several steers developed lameness during the final three weeks on the crop. Five animals were euthanased after developing bone fractures. Necropsy of two animals revealed soft ribs, enlarged costochondral junctions and irregularly thickened growth plates in long bones. Histologically there were islands of hypertrophic cartilage within metaphyses and disruption of metaphyseal trabeculae. Thickened, irregular, trabeculae were sometimes lined by wide osteoid seams. Phosphorus deficiency was considered to be the most likely aetiology of the osteodystrophy. The dry matter content of the swedes was only six percent, and in order to satisfy their phosphorus requirements each steer would have had to ingest approximately 330 kg of swedes per day. Rickets is an uncommon disease of grazing animals in New Zealand and to our knowledge this is the first report of its occurrence in cattle.  相似文献   

Causes of wasting in adult sheep     

B R Cook 《New Zealand veterinary journal》1964,12(1):17-18

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Minimum duration of effective head-only electrical stunning of fallow deer (Dama dama) and time to loss of consciousness following a throat-cut     

Cook CJ  Gilbert KV  Devine CE  Dean JM  Hogg B 《New Zealand veterinary journal》1994,42(4):156-157

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Courtly naturalism     

Cook HJ 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1995,267(5202):1368

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Salivary cortisol as an indicator of stress in sheep (Ovis ovis)     

Cook CJ  Jacobson LH 《New Zealand veterinary journal》1995,43(6):248

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Ecology since colonial times     

Cook RE 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1979,203(4379):429

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The susceptibility of chicken kidney and oviduct organ cultures to a vaccine strain of avian infectious bronchitis virus.     

R W Peters  J H Darbyshire  J K Cook 《Research in veterinary science》1979,26(1):38-40

The minimal infectious dose of the H52 strain of infectious bronchitis virus for organ cultures of oviduct and kidney was compared in chickens of different ages. Organ cultures of oviduct were found to be highly susceptible to infection regardless of the age of chicken and no difference in susceptibility could be demonstrated between cultures of the magnum and uterus regions of the mature oviduct. Kidney organ cultures were less susceptible and resistance to infection increased significantly (P less than 0.001) with the age of the chicken from which cultures were prepared.  相似文献