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Transferrin (Tf), arylesterase (ArE) and another esterase (Es) have been studied in sera from 1023 dogs by the use of isoelectric focusing (IEF) in polyacrylamide gels. Tf types were determined after protein s...
The ovarian follicular system was studied in 4 lactating sows (6 or 8 weeks lactation period), 4 post weaning sows (2 or 4 days after weaning) and 5 post weaning anoestrous sows (22 days after weaning) by macr...
The metabolism of PGF2α in cattle results initially in the formation of 15-keto-13,14-dihydro-PGF2α (15-ketodihydro-PGF2α) and later the 11-ketotetranor PGF metabolites. Both types of metabolites appear in the pe...
The antibody response against Babesia divergens in vaccinated calves and in unvaccinated sentinels on farms where vaccination had been practiced routinely, was investigated using a live vaccine.
The age distribution of clinical cases of babesiosis reported by local veterinary practitioners was investigated in 1976 and 1981. The first study was based on material collected primarily for identifying the ...
Transmission of Mycoplasma dispar among 33 newborn calves (nos. 1–33) on a dairy farm, transferred in order of birth into individual pens in a separate calf rearing room during a period of 50 days, was investi...
A flow cytometric method for the evaluation of the phagocytic capacity of bovine milk polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) is described. Milk PMN were isolated from stripping milk collected from udder quarters ...
Serum levels of fructosamine were assayed in 57 samples from 23 Norwegian Red Cattle dairy cows in early lactation. The animals were assigned to a 22 factorial feeding experiment. The groups differed in energy an...
Blood samples from 77 gilts were examined for HI-antibody titers to PPV, all gilts belonged to the same herd and PPV-induced reproductive failure had previously occurred in the herd. Thirty-three gilts were va...
Thirty-six gilts which had not shown oestrus at about 8 months of age or more were transported from the pig research station to the clinic, a journey of 12 km. The gilts were examined by laparoscopy and those ...
The investigation concerned variations in the plant oestrogen content of red clover-timothy swards receiving the same basic fertilization, but with different plant compositions and levels of nitrogen fertilizi...
Rehydration is a commonly neglected form of therapy in ambulatory veterinary practice. There are several reasons for this: lack of laboratory support in diagnosis of dehydration, time consumed by the procedure...
The anaesthesia of the rabbit used as a laboratory animal in experimental orthopaedics may present problems. The anaesthetic method should be easy and safe. Preferably it should not be expensive and should not...
In Finland the routinely used method to determine milk progesterone level is based on whole milk analysis (Progesterone RIA-kit for Veterinary Diagnostic use, Farmos Group ltd.). The method is standardised for...
Fortytwo calves, 28 to 117 days old, were collected from 23 dairy farms and transported in a lorry, allowing direct contact between the calves, to 8 calf rearing farms. The average transport time per calf was ...
Twenty three 1- to 18-week old Ayrshire calves were exposed to infection by Mycoplasma dispar, 1 or 2 at a time, in a series of consecutive experiments. Exposure took place either at direct contact, i. e. with...
The prevalence and level of colonisation by respiratory mycoplasmas, especially by Mycoplasma dispar (M. dispar), in calves on 24 Finnish calf rearing farms were studied by using nasal swabs. A minimum of 5 ca...
The kidney cortex of 32 Finnish horses was analysed chemically for cadmium (Cd) and selenium (Se) content and by light microscopy for histopathological changes of the tissues. Cd concentrations in kidney corte...
At post-mortem examination of a roedeer and a moose, ulcerative and necrotizing lesions were observed in the digestive mucosa.
A structural rearrangement involving three autosomes, numbers 2, 4 and 15, was transmitted from an A.I. boar of Finnish Landrace breed to its offspring. The boar was used extensively for breeding work; its phe...
Abomasum from apparently healthy Somali goats with globidiosis showed pin-head sized nodules embedded in the mucosa. The nodules consisted of encapsulated cysts, containing mature or immature schizonts. Glandu...
E. coli strains were inoculated into porcine whey samples. Replication rates and the final number of bacteria increased when grown in samples collected from sows affected by the agalactiae syndrome as compared...
Sow milk contains a high basal level of the lysosomal enzyme N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase (NAGase). The level is extremely high in colostrum. High basal levels seem to hide inflammatory changes. Therefore NAGa...
An 8-week-old male moose calf was inoculated with 360 infective third-stage larvae (L3) of E. cervi. The calf started to expel first-stage larvae (L1) of E. cervi in faeces 63 days after inoculation. The highe...
The prevalence of Elaphostrongylus cervi infection in 8–10-month-old moose calves shot in March/April in Southeastern Norway was studied. The prevalence was compared with the prevalence of infection in 4–6- an...
The objective of this work was to study the effect of mild fat infiltration in the liver on the reproductive performance of Finnish Ayrshire cows. Eighty-five multiparous and 17 primiparous cows were investiga...
The incidence and severity of fat infiltration in the liver of Finnish Ayrshire cows at 1 and 8 weeks after calving were studied. All multiparous (n = 88) and some primiparous (n = 17) cows that calved in 20 c...
Ten sows were during their last month of gestation and first 4 weeks of lactation kept on a low Se ratio (0.014 ppm Se). Their 1-3 days old piglets (n = 108) were divided in 2 groups, the experimental and the ...
The fine structure of the pig cornea in normal conditions and after being used in a perfusion apparatus, for 4 h, is described. Earlier reports on the normal morphology of the pig cornea were partly not confir...
Outbreaks of acute bovine babesiosis affecting several individuals within a herd are well known among veterinary practitioners and farmers within different parts of Sweden. Although outbreaks may not occur eve...
Thirty years have passed since it was shown that sheep have two types of haemoglobin (Hb), A and B. Since then a large number of studies have been undertaken; gene frequencies, relations and origins of breeds,...
Primary hypothyroidism in dogs is mainly caused by autoimmune thyroiditis or idiopathic follicular atrophy of the thyroid gland (Gosselin et al. 1982). Serologically, autoimmune thyroiditis can be diagnosed by de...
The results of a histological examination of organs obtained from 5 clinically and morphologically identified and described mortality groups of pigs dying during the perinatal period (0–60 h of age) were compa...
In an attempt to further elucidate the causes of perinatal mortality in pigs, a histomorphological study of organs from normal 0.4 to 60 h old euthanized piglets and from perinatal dead/euthanized pigs belongi...
Day-old White Leghorn chicks deficient in selenium (Se) were fed a low Se basal diet (containing adequate level of vitamin E) for 2 weeks depletion period before they were given the experimental diets containi...
A direct radioimmunoassay procedure for the determination of melatonin in the blood of blue fox has been validated and applied.
Serum samples from 45 hypothyroid dogs, 11 clinically healthy dogs and 31 dogs with various clinical endocrinopathies, seborrhoea and dermatitis were tested for thyroglobulin antibodies using the passive hemag...
Bulk milk samples were collected from 256 dairy herds from 4 districts in Southern Norway: Gudbrandsdal (n = 35), Bergen (n = 15), Hedmark (n = 117) and Hardanger (n = 89).
Extracellular products in culture filtrates of Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. achromogenes and Vibrio anguillarum isolated from infected fish have been shown to possess skin inflammatory factor. The extracellula...
The efficacy of leucocyte extract (LE) and sulphadimidine in preventing coccidiosis in naturally infected lambs on pasture was evaluated in 3 separate experiments, whereas the prophylactic effect of levamisole...
Glucocorticoid treatment of imported red deer (Cervus elaphus), seropositive to Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR) virus, reactivated a latent herpesvirus infection, which was transmitted to a seronegativ...
The central nervous system lesions in encephalitozoonosis were studied in 11 naturally infected blue foxes. Immunohistochemical staining was employed in the demonstration of the parasites and identification of...
In a survey on the occurrence of potential pathogenic bacteria in slurry, Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae (E. rh.) was found in samples from 49 % of 84 cattle herds, 44 % of 32 pig herds, and 39 % of 67 cattle an...
A malformed Ayrshire heifer had one additional autosome in all the lymphocyte metaphases studied. Chromosome banding techniques showed the karyotype of the calf to be 2n = 61, XX, +24.
Adult animals from 2 herds were examined clinically and serologically, 5 (Herd A) and 4 (Herd B) times during the same period of 3% years.
The precalen-ce of caseous lymphadenitis was surveyed in 36 goat herds in Northern Norway. In each herd, information concerning the occurrence of the disease was obtained from the farmer. Adult animals (1 year...
The present investigation was undertaken to study the effect of addition of dbc AMP on bovine oocyte maturation and fertilization in vitro. The bovine oocytes isolated from 2–8 mm follicles were cultured for 2...
Detomidine is a sedative-analgesic which has a pharmacological profile similar to xylazine. There is evidence that the sedative effects are mediated through alpha-2 adrenoceptors.
A total of 55 mycoplasma strains, isolated from the vagina of goats, were examined. Three strains, being arginine positive and glucose negative, could not be finally classified. Five isolates were identified a...
Recently an inherited vitamin G deficiency in the pigs presumably based on an autosomal recessive gene was decribed* Homozygotes are in contrast to heterozygotes and normal pigs unable to synthesize ascorbic a...
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