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Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 1990 31:BF03547552
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Vitamin E Status in Newborn Lambs with Special Reference to the Effect of dl-α-Tocopheryl Acetate Supplementation in Late Gestation
Pregnant ewes were supplemented with dl-α-tocopheryl acetate, either as a single intramuscular dose (500 mg two weeks before lambing) or perorally (150 mg daily during 3–4 weeks before lambing). Ewes without s...
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Endotoxin-induced Abortion in Early Pregnant Gilts and its Prevention by Flunixin Meglumine
The objective of the study was to examine the effect of endotoxin on early pregnancy in gilts and to test the potential of flunixin meglumine (FM), a cyclooxygenase inhibitor, to counteract abortifacient actio...
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Ovine White-Liver Disease (OWLD). Pathology
Microscopic liver changes could earliest be found after 1 month on OWLD pasture, and included extensive fatty change with large spherical vacuoles in hepatocytes, varying size of hepatocytes and nuclei, and fo...
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Ovine White-Liver Disease (OWLD). Serum Copper and Effects of Copper and Selenium Supplementation
Serum copper was generally higher in lambs affected with ovine white-liver disease (OWLD) than in cobalt/vitamin B12 supplemented lambs grazing the same pastures. Although the copper content of the grass was very...
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Ovine White-Liver Disease (OWLD). Changes in Blood Chemistry
Changes in blood chemistry were examined in vitamin B12 deficient lambs which developed ovine white-liver disease (OWLD), and were compared with values of cobalt/B12 supplemented lambs on the same pastures, as we...
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Inheritance of Bovine Spinal Muscular Atrophy
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The Effect of Fractionated Weaning on Reproductive Performance in Primiparous Sows on a Commercial Farm
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Possible Effect of Vaccination against Trichophyton mentagrophytes Infection in a Swedish Fox Farm
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The Effect of Protein Source in Late Pregnancy Feed on the Occurrence of Agalactia Post Partum in the Sow
The effect of an all vegetable protein diet on the occurrence of agalactia was studied. The experiment was performed in a commercial one thousand sow unit with an average frequency of agalactia of 50%. The all...
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The Effect on Late Pregnancy Feed Allowance on the Composition of the Sow’s Colostrum and Milk
The composition of colostrum and milk of sows fed either 3.4 kg or 1.0 kg daily of a conventional sow diet during the last 14 days of gestation was investigated. The fat content of colostrum of the very restri...
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Experimentally Induced Testicular Alterations in Boars: Hormonal Changes in Mature and Peripubertal Boars
Eleven sexually mature boars and 10 peripubertal boars were used to study the effects of elevated testicular temperature on plasma hormonal levels. The scrotum of the boars was covered with a textile-aluminium...
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Phagocytosis Induced by Yeast Cells in Canine Granulocytes: A Methodological Study
A phagocytic function assay of canine granulocytes was established. This method allows the proportion of active granulocytes to be estimated as well as the number of adhered and ingested yeast cells. The influ...
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Chemiluminescence and Chemotaxis Assay of Canine Granulocytes: A Methodological Study
Chemiluminescence (CL) of isolated granulocytes and of whole blood from dogs was evaluated. Chemiluminescence of whole blood samples created an undesired quenching effect by the red blood cells which makes the...
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Hepatic Lipofuscinosis in Healthy Norwegian Sheep
Sheep livers with environmental pigmentation were examined histochemically and by electron microscopy. The pigment granules in hepatocytes and Kupffer cells had abundant lipid droplets; they were interpreted a...
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Medetomidine- and Medetomidine-Ketamine-induced Immobilization in Blue Foxes (Alopex lagopus) and its Reversal by Atipamezole
The sedative and immobilizing effects of the alpha2-adrenoceptor agonist medetomidine alone or combined with the dissociative anesthetic ketamine, were studied in blue foxes. Medetomidine at doses of 25 and 50 μg...
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Ovine White-Liver Disease (OWLD) in Norway: Clinical Symptoms and Preventive Measures
During 6 years, altogether 458 twin lambs of the Dala and Rygja breeds with their dams were put on ovine white-liver disease (OWLD) pastures which were moderately, heavily or not cobalt fertilized, or on contr...
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Plasma Progesterone in Reindeer in Relation to Ovariectomy and Hysterectomy
Four semi-domesticated reindeer were ovariectomized and 3 both ovariectomized and hysterectomized, 30-70 days before expected parturition. Anaesthesia with etorphine/propyonylphenthiazine was followed by an in...
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The Prevalence of Yersinia enterocolitica 0:3 in Finnish Pigs and Pork
One hundred and forty seven samples of pig faeces collected from 14 herds located in different parts of Finland were examined for Yersinia enterocolitica biotype 4 serotype 0:3. Twenty six (17.7%) animals and 5 h...
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Investigation of the Possible Role of Endotoxin, TXA2, PGI2 and PGE2 in Experimentally Induced Rumen Acidosis in Cattle
Rumen acidosis was induced experimentally with 70 g barley/kg b.w. in 2 rumen fistulated cows. The cows were followed for 80 h after the grain engorgement. Endotoxin was monitored in cell-free ruminai fluid an...
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Parapoxvirus Papillomatosis in the Muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus): Genetical Differences between the Virus Causing New Outbreak in a Vaccinated Herd, the Vaccine Virus and a Local Orf Virus
Since 1981 a domesticated muskoxen herd had been successfully vaccinated against papillomatosis with homogenated, glutaraldehyde inactivated papilloma tissue. In the fall of 1985 a new clinical outbreak of dis...
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Plasma Glucose, Ketone Bodies, Insulin, Glucagon and Enteroglucagon in Cows: Diurnal Variations Related to Ketone Levels Before Feeding and to the Ketogenic Effects of Feeds
Ingestions of a moderately ketogenic silage twice daily were followed by transient increments in plasma insulin and ketone bodies and decreases in plasma glucose. Ketone bodies and glucose were negatively corr...
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Latex Test for Rapid Rotavirus Diagnosis in Calves
A latex agglutination test (LA) was compared with direct electron microscopy (EM) for detection of rotavirus infection in calves. A total of 375 samples from 62 calves were collected. Samples were taken when t...
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Pregnancies from Bovine Oocytes Matured and Fertilized in vitro
Production of transgenic animals and embryo cloning are only a few examples of new biotechnological methods applied to animal embryos. All these techniques require large amounts of oocytes and early embryos. I...
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Potential of Differential Somatic Cell Counts as Indicators of Mastitis in Quarter Milk Samples from Dairy Cows
Bacteriological status, somatic cell counts and proportions of lymphocytes, granulocytes and monocytes were determined in 1,659 quarter milk samples from 39 dairy cows. Discriminant analysis was performed in o...
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Effects of Systematic Influences and Intramammary Infection on Differential and Total Somatic Cell Counts in Quarter Milk Samples from Dairy Cows
Effects of bacteriological status, stage of lactation, parity and season of sampling on differential and total somatic cell counts were estimated in quarter milk samples taken from 39 dairy cows. Log somatic c...
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Plasma Lipids in Normal Cows around Partus and in Cows with Metabolic Disorders with and without Fatty Liver
Free fatty acids, cholesterol and phospholipids in plasma were studied from 6 weeks before to 6 weeks after calving in 16 normal multiparous cows. The same plasma lipids were studied the day after calving in 2...
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The Effect of Active Immunization of Ewes against Androstenedione on Lambing Rate and Production
Active immunization of sheep of the Dala breed against androstenedione caused a mean increase in number of lambs born (live-born and stillborn) of 0.29 (p < 0.01). In yearlings the difference was 0.43 lambs (p...
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Investigation on Trichothecene-Stimulated Lipid Peroxidation and Toxic Effects of Trichothecenes in Animals
Three experiments were performed with mice intoxicated with trichothecene-contamined feed or directly into the stomach. Lipid peroxidation was estimated by the TBA value from liver samples, but since such a te...
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Organophosphate Poisoning of Atlantic Salmon in Connection with Treatment against Salmon Lice
Three incidents with high mortality in Atlantic salmon after trichlorfon treatment against salmon lice are described. All 3 incidents occurred at water temperatures of 12°C or higher. The mean brain acetylchol...
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Histopathological Changes in Canine Allergic Contact Dermatitis Patch Test Reactions
The histopathology of allergic patch test reactions in dogs with spontaneous allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) was investigated. Epidermal necrosis was present in half of the biopsies and neutrophilic granuloc...
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Excessive Dietary Selenium to Primiparous Sows and their Offspring
The effect of high dietary selenium (Se) on the reproductive performance, growth and health in pigs was examined. Addition of 0 to 16 mg Se per kg feed to sows and their piglets up to nine weeks of age did not...
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Pancreatic Enzyme Supplementation in Normal and Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficient Pigs
The effect of pancreatic enzyme preparation (Combizyme Forte granulate® ) on the growth rate of normal, sham-operated and pancreatic duct ligated growing pigs was studied in 2 trials. In the first trial 6 norm...
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Epidemiological and Genetical Studies in Norwegian Pig Herds
The study was based on 70 pig herds in the south-eastern part of Norway during the period from 1984 to 1986. The purpose was to design a health card system based on individual disease records covering diseases...
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A Study on Primiparous Sows of the Ability to Show Standing Oestrus and to Ovulate after Weaning. Influences of Loss of Body Weight and Backfat during Lactation and of Litter Size, Litter Weight Gain and Season
The ability to show standing oestrus and to ovulate within 10 days of weaning was studied in 240 purebred Swedish Yorkshire primiparous sows, fed according to a conventional feeding regime during lactation. Th...
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Antibodies against Staphylococcus aureus DNase in goat serum
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A Method for Monitoring Antibodies against Staphylococcal DNases
When small amounts of DNase produced by Staphylococcus aureus, S. intermedius or S. hyicus were added to Toluidine Blue DNA Agar (TDA), a medium for demonstration of staphylococcal antiDNases was produced. By app...
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Prevalence of Antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in Cats, Dogs and Horses in Sweden
Samples of serum or plasma taken during 1986 and 1987 from 244 pet cats, 303 dogs and 219 horses, randomly selected among animals referred to the Animal Clinics of the Swedish University of Agricultural Scienc...
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Some Effects of Gram-negative Bacterial Endotoxin and its Importance as a Contaminator of Biological Preparations
The purpose of this study was to establish a model which can be used to examine the biological response to Salmonella typhimurium endotoxin in both anaesthetized and unanaesthetized rabbits, and then compare this...
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Biological Responses of Sheep treated with Endotoxin-Contaminated Superoxide Dismutase and Endotoxin Preparations
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the biological response of sheep to different doses of endotoxin and endotoxin-contaminated enzyme preparations. The enzyme used in this experiment was superoxide dism...
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A Preliminary Study of Uterine Derived Polymorphonuclear Cell Function in Mares with Chronic Uterine Infections
From 6 mares with chronic uterine infection, polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) were obtained from the uterus. In order to recover an adequate number of viable PMNs, 0.1 % oyster glycogen was infused into th...
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Uterine Involution in Finnish Dairy Cows
The effect of parity on the cervical and uterine involution was studied in 79 Finnish dairy cows on a research farm. The cows were examined clinically by rectal palpation 3 times a week during 8 weeks postpart...
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Persistent Activity of a Single Late-Season Treatment with Ivermectin against Gastrointestinal Trichostrongyles and Lungworm in Young Calves
The present study was designed to assess the persistent efficacy of ivermectin against gastrointestinal trichostrongyles and lungworm (Dictyocaulus viviparus) when given late in the season to young calves natural...
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Three Types of Acrosomal Aberrations of Bull Spermatozoa and their Relation to Fertility
The effect of acrosomal aberrations of the spermatozoa of Finnish Ayrshire bulls on the corrected non-return rate within 60 days of the first 500 inseminations was studied. The material consisted of sperm samp...
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Growth Characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli in Whey from Sequentially Infected Milk
The growth of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli was followed in bovine whey samples which had been prepared from milk previously incubated with cultures of S. aureus or E. coli Staphylococcal strains wer...
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Bovine Cysticercosis in Denmark
Epidemiological studies were made on 14 farms from which, during a 2 year period, 38 cattle had been condemned at slaughter, due to massive infections with Cysticercus bovis. By on-site investigations and intervi...
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A Study on the Survival of Taenia saginata Eggs on Soil in Denmark
The infectivity of Taenia saginata eggs exposed to environmental conditions on a natural soil surface in Denmark was studied by feeding the eggs to susceptible calves, followed by determination of the number of c...
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Adenosine Deaminase and Porcine Meat Quality
The adenosine analogues 5’-(N-ethyl) carboxamidoadenosine (NECA) and N6-(phenylisopropyl) adenosine (R-PIA) were shown to differ in their effect on the plasma level of free fatty acids (FFA), glucose and lactate ...
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Adenosine Deaminase and Porcine Meat Quality
The effect of dipyridamole - an adenosine uptake inhibitor - on the plasma concentration of free fatty acids (FFA), glucose, lactate and cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) has been examined in 2 groups of L...
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The Vitamin E Distribution in Serum, Liver, Adipose and Muscle Tissues in the Pig during Depletion and Repletion
This study was designed to examine the storage capacity for vitamin E in liver, adipose tissue and skeletal muscle of growing pigs during a period of supplementation and of depletion. Therefore, biopsy specime...
Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 1989 31:BF03547553
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