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  1. Anaplasma phagocytophilum is the causative agent of human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) in humans and tick-borne fever (TBF) in ruminants. The bacterium invades and replicates in phagocytes, especially in polym...

    Authors: Erik G Granquist, Mona Aleksandersen, Karin Bergström, Stephen J Dumler, Wenche O Torsteinbø and Snorre Stuen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:43
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  2. Reproduction is the single greatest factor limiting beef cattle production. Previous research on beef suckler luteal activity has largely focused on the mechanisms, and duration, of postpartum anoestrus. Howev...

    Authors: Adam D Martin, Marit L Lystad, Olav Reksen, Erik Ropstad, Andres Waldmann, Ola Nafstad and Knut Karlberg
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:42
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  3. The aim of the study was to compare the effect of two acute puerperal metritis (APM) treatment protocols on uterine condition during the late puerperal period (5th to 7th week). Late gestation healthy cows (n = 2...

    Authors: Julia Jeremejeva, Toomas Orro, Merle Valdmann and Kalle Kask
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:41
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

  4. The major horse breeds in Finland are the Finnhorse (FH) and the American Standardbred (SB). The foaling rates of the FH have consistently been lower than those of the SB. During the last years, a decreasing t...

    Authors: Terttu Katila, Tiina Reilas, Kaisa Nivola, Terttu Peltonen and Anna-Maija Virtala
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:40
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  5. The bladderworm Pearsonema (syn Capillaria) plica affects domestic dogs and wild carnivores worldwide. A high prevalence in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) has been reported in many European countries. P. plica inhabit...

    Authors: Xavier Fernández-Aguilar, Roland Mattsson, Tomas Meijer, Eva Osterman-Lind and Dolores Gavier-Widén
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:39
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

  6. During the last decade, thromboelastography (TEG) has gained increasing acceptance as a diagnostic test in veterinary medicine for evaluation of haemostasis in dogs, however the use of TEG in cats has to date ...

    Authors: Clara B Marschner, Charlotte R Bjørnvad, Annemarie T Kristensen and Bo Wiinberg
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:38
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  7. Bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV) and bovine corona virus (BCV) affects cattle worldwide. Our objective was to evaluate the effects of these infections on general health and reproduction parameters mea...

    Authors: Anna Ohlson, Ulf Emanuelson, Madeleine Tråvén and Stefan Alenius
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:37
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  8. Doppler ultrasonography is an important tool for evaluating hepatic portal hemodynamics. However, no study in dogs of different body weights, in the range encountered in routine clinical veterinary practice, h...

    Authors: Raquel Sartor, Maria J Mamprim, Regina F Takahira and Mariana F de Almeida
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:36
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  9. In the period of 3 years, 9 tumours of chemodectoma were supravitally diagnosed and histopathologically verified in dogs. In this period 15 351 dogs were admitted to the Clinic of Dogs and Cats and 2 145 dogs wer...

    Authors: Agnieszka Noszczyk-Nowak, Marcin Nowak, Urszula Paslawska, Wojciech Atamaniuk and Jozef Nicpon
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:35
    Content type: Case study Published on:

  10. Previous studies indicated that the iron (Fe)/manganese (Mn) ratio in forage of sheep was significantly higher on scrapie-afflicted farms than on farms in other scrapie categories. This study was conducted to ...

    Authors: Tryggvi Eiríksson, Hólmgeir Björnsson, Kristín Björg Gudmundsdóttir, Jakob Kristinsson and Torkell Jóhannesson
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:34
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  11. Both bovine coronavirus (BCV) and bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV) infections are currently wide-spread in the Swedish dairy cattle population. Surveys of antibody levels in bulk tank milk have shown ...

    Authors: Francois Beaudeau, Camilla Björkman, Stefan Alenius and Jenny Frössling
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:33
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  12. Authors: Tanja Sigl, Gregor Schlamberger, Hermine Kienberger, Steffi Wiedemann, Heinrich HD Meyer and Martin Kaske
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:32
    Content type: Erratum Published on:

    The original article was published in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:16

  15. The applicability of an electronic monitoring system using microchip transponders for measurement of body temperatures was tested in 6-week-old conventional Danish weaners infected with classical swine fever v...

    Authors: Louise Lohse, Åse Uttenthal, Claes Enøe and Jens Nielsen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:29
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  16. The prevalence of influenza A virus infection, and the distribution of different subtypes of the virus, were studied in 1529 ducks and 1213 gulls shot during ordinary hunting from August to December in two con...

    Authors: Anna Germundsson, Knut I Madslien, Monika Jankowska Hjortaas, Kjell Handeland and Christine Monceyron Jonassen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:28
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

  17. Canine babesiosis is an important worldwide, tick-borne disease caused by hemoprotozoan parasites of the genus Babesia. Babesia gibsoni is the predominant species that causes canine babesiosis in Taipei, Taiwan. ...

    Authors: Ming-Yu Lin and Hui-Pi Huang
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:27
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

  18. Every year many dogs in Sweden are bitten by Vipera berus, the only venomous viper in Sweden. This prospective study investigated clinical signs, some biochemical parameters, treatment, and progress of disease af...

    Authors: Jessica Berger Lervik, Inger Lilliehöök and Jan HM Frendin
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:26
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  19. Anaplasma phagocytophilum is the causative agent of tick-borne fever in ruminants and human granulocytotropic anaplasmosis (HGA). The bacterium is able to survive for several months in immune-competent sheep by m...

    Authors: Erik G Granquist, Kjetil Bårdsen, Karin Bergström and Snorre Stuen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:25
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  20. An association between the occurrence of calcified discs, visible on radiographic examination (CDVR), and disc extrusions has been suggested in published literature over the past 10-20 years, mainly from Nordi...

    Authors: Cecilia Rohdin, Janis Jeserevic, Ranno Viitmaa and Sigitas Cizinauskas
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:24
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  21. The prevalence of pleurisies recorded at slaughter is increasing in Sweden, and acute outbreaks of actinobacillosis that require antimicrobial treatments have become more frequent. As an increased use of antim...

    Authors: Marie Sjölund and Per Wallgren
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:23
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  22. Despite that PMWS commonly affects pigs aged eight to sixteen weeks; most studies of PMWS have been conducted during the period before transfer to finishing herds. This study focused on PCV2 load and antibody ...

    Authors: Inger M Brunborg, Caroline Fossum, Bjørn Lium, Gunilla Blomqvist, Elodie Merlot, Anne Jørgensen, Lena Eliasson-Selling, Espen Rimstad, Christine M Jonassen and Per Wallgren
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:22
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  23. Animal mycobacterioses are regarded as a potential zoonotic risk and cause economical losses world wide. M. avium subsp. hominissuis is a slow-growing subspecies found in mycobacterial infected humans and pigs an...

    Authors: Taneli Tirkkonen, Jaakko Pakarinen, Elina Rintala, Terhi Ali-Vehmas, Harri Marttila, Olli AT Peltoniemi and Johanna Mäkinen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:21
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  24. Accurate early diagnosis of lung metastases is important for establishing therapeutic measures. Therefore, the present study aimed to compare survey thoracic radiographs and computerized tomography (CT) scans ...

    Authors: Carolina C Otoni, Sheila C Rahal, Luiz C Vulcano, Sérgio M Ribeiro, Khadije Hette, Tatiana Giordano, Danuta P Doiche and Renée L Amorim
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:20
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  25. The abolition of in-feed antibiotics or chemotherapeutics as growth promoters have stimulated the swine industry to look for alternatives such as organic acids, botanicals, probiotics and tannin. The objective...

    Authors: Marina Štukelj, Zdravko Valenčak, Mladen Krsnik and Alenka Nemec Svete
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:19
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  26. The purpose of this study was to apply an arbitrarily primed methylation sensitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay called Amplified Methylation Polymorphism Polymerase Chain Reaction (AMP PCR) to investi...

    Authors: Nawapen Phutikanit, Junpen Suwimonteerabutr, Dion Harrison, Michael D'Occhio, Bernie Carroll and Mongkol Techakumphu
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:18
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  27. Porcine proliferative enteropathy in pigs is caused by the obligate, intracellular bacterium Lawsonia intracellularis. In vitro studies have shown close bacterium-cell interaction followed by cellular uptake of t...

    Authors: Torsten S Boutrup, Kirsten Schauser, Jørgen S Agerholm and Tim K Jensen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:17
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  28. Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is a collective term for isomers of octadecadienoic acid with conjugated double-bond system. Thus, it was the objective to investigate whether milk composition and metabolic key ...

    Authors: Tanja Sigl, Gregor Schlamberger, Hermine Kienberger, Steffi Wiedemann, Heinrich HD Meyer and Martin Kaske
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:16
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:32

  30. According to the Norwegian animal welfare regulations, it has been forbidden to build new tie-stall barns since the end of 2004. Previous studies have shown that cow performance and health differ between housi...

    Authors: Egil Simensen, Olav Østerås, Knut Egil Bøe, Camilla Kielland, Lars Erik Ruud and Geir Næss
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:14
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  31. Llamas (Lama glama) are induced ovulators and the process of ovulation depends on dominant follicular size. In addition, a close relationship between behavioural estrus and ovulation is not registered in llamas. ...

    Authors: María V Cavilla, Carolina P Bianchi and Marcelo A Aba
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:13
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  32. Macrophages may play a prominent role in defense of the bovine mammary gland, and their functionality is necessary for successful eradication of bacterial pathogens. In contrast to necrosis, however, apoptosis...

    Authors: Zbysek Sladek and Dusan Rysanek
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:12
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  33. The objectives of this study were to investigate whether there were differences between Norwegian Red cows in conventional and organic farming with respect to reproductive performance, udder health, and antibi...

    Authors: Randi T Garmo, Steinar Waage, Ståle Sviland, Britt IF Henriksen, Olav Østerås and Olav Reksen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:11
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  34. Thoracolumbar disc extrusions were diagnosed in three chondrodystrophic dogs with paraparesis of up to three days duration. All cases were managed by hemilaminectomy and removal of extruded disc material. In o...

    Authors: Øyvind Stigen, Nina Ottesen and Karin H Jäderlund
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:10
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  35. The involvement of placental lactogen (PL) in the regulation of foetal growth has been investigated in different species by in vivo immunomodulation techniques. However, when circulating antibodies are present to...

    Authors: Andrea Vivian Alvarez-Oxiley, Noelita Melo de Sousa, Jean-Luc Hornick, Kamal Touati, Gysbert C van der Weijden, Marcel AM Taverne, Otto Szenci and Jean-François Beckers
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:9
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  37. After 27 years with no detected cases, an outbreak of anthrax occurred in a beef cattle herd in the south of Sweden. The outbreak was unusual as it occurred in winter, in animals not exposed to meat-and-bone m...

    Authors: Susanna Sternberg Lewerin, Marianne Elvander, Therese Westermark, Lisbeth Nisu Hartzell, Agneta Karlsson Norström, Sara Ehrs, Rickard Knutsson, Stina Englund, Ann-Christin Andersson, Malin Granberg, Stina Bäckman, Per Wikström and Karin Sandstedt
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:7
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  38. The Danish Veterinary Cancer Registry (DVCR) was established in May 2005 to gather information about neoplasms in the Danish dog and cat populations. Practitioners from more than 60 clinics throughout Denmark ...

    Authors: Louise B Brønden, Thomas Eriksen and Annemarie T Kristensen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:6
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  39. During recent years in Denmark higher rates of antibodies to Coxiella burnetii have been detected in animals and humans than previously reported. A study based on bulk tank milk samples from 100 randomly selected...

    Authors: Jens F Agger, Anna-Bodil Christoffersen, Erik Rattenborg, Jørgen Nielsen and Jørgen S Agerholm
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:5
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

  40. Insulin secretion and tissue sensitivity to insulin is considered to be one of the factors controlling lipid metabolism post partum. The objective of this study was to compare glucose-induced blood insulin and me...

    Authors: Hanno Jaakson, Katri Ling, Jaak Samarütel, Aire Ilves, Tanel Kaart and Olav Kärt
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:4
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  41. Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Anaplasma phagocytophilum are able to infect horses. However, the extend to which Danish horses are infected and seroconvert due to these two bacteria is unknown. The aim of th...

    Authors: Marie GB Hansen, Mette Christoffersen, Line R Thuesen, Morten R Petersen and Anders M Bojesen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:3
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:49

  42. Reproductive disorders associated with chlamydial infection have been reported worldwide in cattle and there are indications of potential venereal transmission.

    Authors: Ann-Charlotte Karlsson, Stefan Alenius, Camilla Björkman, Ylva Persson and Stina Englund
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:2
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  43. The descriptive distribution and phylogeny of feline coronaviruses (FCoVs) were studied in cats suspected of having feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) in Malaysia. Ascitic fluids and/or biopsy samples were su...

    Authors: Saeed Sharif, Siti S Arshad, Mohd Hair-Bejo, Abdul R Omar, Nazariah A Zeenathul, Lau S Fong, Nor-Alimah Rahman, Habibah Arshad, Shahirudin Shamsudin and Mohd-Kamarudin A Isa
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 52:1
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

  44. Large regions of central and eastern Europe are recognized as areas where tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is endemic, including countries neighbouring Denmark. It is therefore timely and relevant to deter...

    Authors: Katherine ES Lindhe, Danny S Meldgaard, Per M Jensen, Geoffrey A Houser and Mette Berendt
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2009 51:56
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  45. The presence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, an Ixodes ricinus transmitted bacterium, was investigated in two flocks of Danish grazing lambs. Direct PCR detection was performed on DNA extracted from blood and serum...

    Authors: Anne M Kiilerich, Henrik Christensen and Stig M Thamsborg
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2009 51:55
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

  46. Head and neck cancers (HNC) are relatively common and often very serious diseases in both dogs and humans. Neoplasms originating in the head and neck region are a heterogeneous group. HNC often has an unfavour...

    Authors: Louise B Brønden, Thomas Eriksen and Annemarie T Kristensen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2009 51:54
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  47. Several studies have been published where sperm plasma membrane integrity correlated to fertility. In this study we describe a simple fluorometer-based assay where we monitored the fluorescence intensity of ar...

    Authors: Neringa Sutkeviciene, Vita Riskeviciene, Aloyzas Januskauskas, Henrikas Zilinskas and Magnus Andersson
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2009 51:53
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  48. Nickel (Ni) and zinc (Zn) are trace elements present at low concentrations in agroecosystems. Nickel, however, may have toxic effects on living organisms and is often considered as a contaminant. This study re...

    Authors: Monika Martiniaková, Radoslav Omelka, Birgit Grosskopf, Hana Chovancová, Peter Massányi and Peter Chrenek
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2009 51:52
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  49. Exposure to xenoestrogens in humans and animals has gained increasing attention due to the effects of these compounds on reproduction. The present study was undertaken to investigate the influence of low-dose ...

    Authors: David Gunnarsson, Gunnar Selstam, Yvonne Ridderstråle, Lena Holm, Elisabeth Ekstedt and Andrzej Madej
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2009 51:51
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  50. Computerized diagnostic information offers potential for epidemiological research; however data accuracy must be addressed. The principal aim of this study was to evaluate the completeness and correctness of d...

    Authors: Johanna C Penell, Brenda N Bonnett, John Pringle and Agneta Egenvall
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2009 51:50
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