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  1. Many of the ultrasonographic abdominal findings of adult cattle probably also apply to calves. However, significant changes associated with ruminal growth and transition from a milk to a roughage diet occur in...

    Authors: Ueli Braun and Sonka Krüger
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:68
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  2. In spite of yearly vaccination, outbreaks of canine infectious respiratory disease are periodically seen amongst domestic dogs. These infections compromise host defense mechanisms, and, when combined with othe...

    Authors: Gry Jaeger, Hege Kippenes Skogmo, Øyvor Kolbjørnsen, Hans Jørgen Søiland Larsen, Bjarne Bergsjø and Henning Sørum
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:67
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  3. The effects of seminal plasma on the presence of the cytokines transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1, interleukin (IL)-10 and IL-6 in ovarian follicles and follicular fluid were studied shortly after inseminatio...

    Authors: Jiwakanon Jatesada, Persson Elisabeth and Dalin Anne-Marie
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:66
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  4. Leptospiral infections in poikilothermic (cold blooded) animals have received very little attention and the literature concerning natural infections of these animals is limited. The aim of this study was to de...

    Authors: Renata Lindtner-Knific, Aleksandra Vergles-Rataj, Ksenija Vlahović, Petra Zrimšek and Alenka Dovč
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:65
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  5. A litter of recently-vaccinated puppies in Sweden experienced signs of severe haemorrhagic gastroenteritis. Canine parvovirus (CPV) was suspected as the cause of this outbreak on the basis of the clinical sign...

    Authors: David Sutton, Carina Vinberg, Agneta Gustafsson, Jacqueline Pearce and Neil Greenwood
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:64
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  6. The cell invasiveness of Mycoplasma gallisepticum, the causative agent of respiratory disease in chickens and infectious sinusitis in turkeys, may be a substantial factor in the well-known chronicity of these dis...

    Authors: Ursula Fürnkranz, Karin Siebert-Gulle, Renate Rosengarten and Michael P Szostak
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:63
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  7. Dermoid sinus, a congenital malformation of neural tube development, has been reported in humans and several animal species including dogs. It is typically found in the dorsal midline and commonly occurs in th...

    Authors: Anna Perazzi, Michele Berlanda, Massimo Bucci, Silvia Ferro, Roberta Rasotto, Roberto Busetto and Ilaria Iacopetti
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:62
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  8. Methicillin-resistant staphylococci (MRS) are increasingly being isolated in bovine mastitis. The aim of our study was to evaluate the occurrence of MRS in Finnish mastitis milk samples and characterize the MR...

    Authors: Veera Gindonis, Suvi Taponen, Anna-Liisa Myllyniemi, Satu Pyörälä, Suvi Nykäsenoja, Saara Salmenlinna, Laura Lindholm and Merja Rantala
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:61
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  9. There are few studies reporting pain and postoperative analgesia associated with mastectomy in dogs. The aim of this study was to evaluate postoperative pain after unilateral mastectomy using two different sur...

    Authors: Bruno W Minto, Lisiane C Rodrigues, Paulo VM Steagall, Eduardo R Monteiro and Claudia VS Brandão
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:60
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

  10. Training of young Thoroughbred horses must balance development of cardiopulmonary function and aerobic capacity with loading of the musculoskeletal system that can potentially cause structural damage and/or la...

    Authors: Hajime Ohmura, Akira Matsui, Tetsuro Hada and James H Jones
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:59
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  12. The aim of this project was to study 14 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), 5 dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethans (DDTs), 12 organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and 6 polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDEs) in meat, liv...

    Authors: Ammar Ali Hassan, Charlotta Rylander, Magritt Brustad and Torkjel M Sandanger
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:57
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  14. Laminitis and energy-related postpartum diseases share several risk factors, indicating a common etiology. Thus, a herd’s incidence rate of energy-related postpartum diseases, such as displaced abomasum and cl...

    Authors: Christel Nielsen, Lena Stengärde, Christer Bergsten and Ulf Emanuelson
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:55
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  15. Because European-wide directives are restricting the non-clinical use of antibiotics as in-feed growth promotors in swine production, there is an intensive search for alternative strategies for control and pre...

    Authors: Hrvoje Valpotić, Gordan Mršić, Branka Gršković, Daniel Špoljarić, Dubravko Kezić, Siniša Srečec, Mirjana Mataušić-Pišl, Gordana Lacković, Darko Capak, Damir Mihelić, Ksenija Vlahović, Ivica Valpotić, Ahmed Pirkić, Deny Andjelinovic and Maja Popović
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:54
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  16. Streptococcus spp. and other Gram-positive, catalase-negative cocci (PNC) form a large group of microorganisms which can be found in the milk of cows with intramammary infection. The most frequently observed PNC ...

    Authors: Andreas Raemy, Mireille Meylan, Simona Casati, Valeria Gaia, Beat Berchtold, Renate Boss, Anja Wyder and Hans U Graber
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:53
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  17. Chronic mitral valve disease is frequently seen in the Dachshund. Dachshunds (n=207) made up 11.73% of the dogs admitted to the Cardiology Service at the Small Animal Clinic, Warsaw University of Life Sciences...

    Authors: Magdalena Garncarz, Marta Parzeniecka-Jaworska, Michał Jank and Magdalena Łój
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:52
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  18. A 10-month-old intact male cat with a clinical history of a large mass in the left perineal region was submitted to the surgery department. The mass had reportedly been present as a small swelling after birth....

    Authors: Ciprian Andrei Ober, Marian Taulescu, Liviu Oana, Lucia Bel, Cornel Cătoi, Laura Fărcas and Cosmin Pestean
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:51
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  19. A severe regenerative anemia was detected in a 12-week-old mixed breed puppy in Sweden.

    Authors: Ulrika Falkenö, Séverine Tasker, Eva Osterman-Lind and Harold W Tvedten
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:50
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  20. Milk produced by cows in receipt of antimicrobial therapy may contain antimicrobial residues. Such antimicrobial-containing waste milk must be withdrawn from human consumption and is therefore sometimes used a...

    Authors: Anna Duse, Karin Persson Waller, Ulf Emanuelson, Helle Ericsson Unnerstad, Ylva Persson and Björn Bengtsson
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:49
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  22. A six-year-old Ragdoll cat underwent examination due to a six-month history of slowly progressive gait abnormalities. The cat presented with an ambulatory tetraparesis with a neurological examination indicatin...

    Authors: Johanna M Antila, Janis Jeserevics, Mindaugas Rakauskas, Marjukka Anttila and Sigitas Cizinauskas
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:47
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  23. Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) in Swedish broiler production has been shown to persist at farms between batches. The aim of this study was therefore to determine the possibility to eliminate VRE by dis...

    Authors: Oskar Nilsson, Ivar Vågsholm and Björn Bengtsson
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:46
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

  25. In recent years, the occurrence and the relevance of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae infections in suckling pigs has been examined in several studies. Whereas most of these studies were focused on sole prevalence estima...

    Authors: Heiko Nathues, Stefanie Doehring, Henrike Woeste, Anna S Fahrion, Marcus G Doherr and Elisabeth grosse Beilage
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:44
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  26. Tie-stall housing of dairy cows is used extensively worldwide, despite of the welfare concerns regarding the restriction of voluntary movement and limitation of expression of the cows’ natural behaviour. The a...

    Authors: Silvana Popescu, Cristin Borda, Eva Andrea Diugan, Marina Spinu, Ioan Stefan Groza and Carmen Dana Sandru
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:43
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  28. Two-dimensional strain measurements obtained by speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) have been reported in both humans and dogs. Incorporation of this technique into canine clinical practice requires the av...

    Authors: Ulrik Westrup and Fintan J McEvoy
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:41
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  29. Canine generalized demodicosis associated with hyperadrenocorticism is often problematic and might be intractable. The aim of this study was to report the efficacy of a weekly application of spot-on moxidectin...

    Authors: Hui-Pi Huang and Yu-Hsin Lien
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:40
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

  30. Due to numerous complications associated to gastrointestinal augmented cystoplasty, this study aimed to analyze the anatomic repair of the bladder of 10 female dogs using grafts of porcine small intestinal sub...

    Authors: Victor JV Rossetto, Lígia SLS da Mota, Noeme S Rocha, Hélio A Miot, Fabrizio Grandi and Cláudia VS Brandão
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:39
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  31. Anaplasma phagocytophilum is a Gram-negative, obligate intracellular tick-transmitted bacterium that replicates in neutrophils. It causes tick-borne fever (TBF) in sheep and cattle, but also elicits febrile disea...

    Authors: Thomas Henniger, Pauline Henniger, Thekla Grossmann, Ottmar Distl, Martin Ganter and Friederike D von Loewenich
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:38
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    The Correction to this article has been published in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2019 61:8

  32. The mutant prevention concentration (MPC) is an important parameter to evaluate the likelihood of growth of fluoroquinolone-resistant mutants for antimicrobial-pathogen combinations. The MPCs of fluoroquinolon...

    Authors: Takae Shimizu, Kazuki Harada and Yasushi Kataoka
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:37
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  33. Functional magnetic resonance (fMR) imaging offers plenty of new opportunities in the diagnosis of central nervous system diseases. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a technique sensitive to the random motion ...

    Authors: Marc K Hobert, Veronika M Stein, Peter Dziallas, Davina C Ludwig and Andrea Tipold
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:36
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  34. An approximately 20-year-old, female Leopard tortoise (Geochelone pardalis pardalis) was presented with dypsnea, wheezing, anorexia and depression. Whole body radiographs revealed generalized diffuse unstructured...

    Authors: Chee Kin Lim, Robert M Kirberger, Emily P Lane and Dorianne L Elliott
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:35
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  35. Soundness of an individual horse is important for animal welfare and ownereconomy. However, knowledge of health status in normal horse populations islimited due to lack of systematic health recordings. The aim...

    Authors: Lina Jönsson, Lars Roepstorff, Agneta Egenvall, Anna Näsholm, Göran Dalin and Jan Philipsson
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:34
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  36. To achieve a competitive reproductive performance in organic pig farming is a major challenge for this farming practise. Practices and research data regarding conventional pig production are not always applica...

    Authors: Ylva Lindgren, Nils Lundeheim, Sofia Boqvist and Ulf Magnusson
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:33
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

  37. The objectives of this study were to investigate the differences in the characteristics of short- and long-term surviving dogs, and the factors that predict poor outcome in Shiba dogs with chronic enteropathie...

    Authors: Hiroki Okanishi, Tadashi Sano, Yoshiki Yamaya, Yumiko Kagawa and Toshihiro Watari
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:32
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  38. Non-ambulatory tetraparesis with an absence of the dens of C2 (axis) has not previously been reported in large breed dogs. An absence or hypoplasia of the dens has been reported in both small, medium and large...

    Authors: Øyvind Stigen, Mona Aleksandersen, Randi Sørby and Hannah J Jørgensen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:31
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  39. Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae is the etiologic agent of enzootic pneumonia mainly occurring in fattening pigs. It is assumed that horizontal transmission of the pathogen during nursery and growing phase starts with fe...

    Authors: Heiko Nathues, Henrike Woeste, Stefanie Doehring, Anna S Fahrion, Marcus G Doherr and Elisabeth grosse Beilage
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:30
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  40. Various physiotherapeutic evaluation methods are used to assess the functionality of dogs with stifle problems. Neither validity nor sensitivity of these methods has been investigated. This study aimed to dete...

    Authors: Heli K Hyytiäinen, Sari H Mölsä, Jouni T Junnila, Outi M Laitinen-Vapaavuori and Anna K Hielm-Björkman
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:29
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  41. Epidural spinal myelolipoma was diagnosed in an 11.5-year-old castrated male Husky-cross that was evaluated at the veterinary teaching hospital due to progressive thoracolumbar spinal hyperaesthesia and mild p...

    Authors: Marina Verena Hoffmann, Davina Claudia Ludwig, Charlotte Lempp, Verena Haist and Veronika Maria Stein
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:28
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  42. The rates of congenital disorders in Swiss sheep were determined by a questionnaire which was sent to 3,183 members of the Swiss Sheep Breeders’ Association.

    Authors: Deborah Greber, Marcus Doherr, Cord Drögemüller and Adrian Steiner
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:27
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  43. Mycobacterioses in animals cause economical losses and certain Mycobacterium avium subspecies are regarded as potential zoonotic agents. The evaluation of the zoonotic risk caused by M. avium subspecies requires ...

    Authors: Taneli Tirkkonen, Timo Nieminen, Terhi Ali-Vehmas, Olli AT Peltoniemi, Gerard J Wellenberg and Jaakko Pakarinen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:26
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  44. Previous research has indicated a breed predisposition to gastric carcinoma in dogs. However, results to date are inconsistent since several studies have failed to prove such a predisposition. Better knowledge...

    Authors: Tonje Seim-Wikse, Einar Jörundsson, Ane Nødtvedt, Tom Grotmol, Charlotte R Bjornvad, Annemarie T Kristensen and Ellen Skancke
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:25
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  45. Convincing evidence exist that carnitine synthesis and uptake of carnitine into cells is regulated by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARA), a transcription factor which is physiologically activ...

    Authors: Susann Rosenbaum, Robert Ringseis, Erika Most, Sonja Hillen, Sabrina Becker, Georg Erhardt, Gerald Reiner and Klaus Eder
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:24
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

  46. This study was conducted to evaluate the faecal occurrence and characterization of Clostridium difficile in clinically healthy dogs (N = 50) and in dogs with diarrhea (N = 20) in the Stockholm-Uppsala region of S...

    Authors: Karl-Johan Wetterwik, Gunilla Trowald-Wigh, Lise-Lotte Fernström and Karel Krovacek
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:23
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

  47. Soundness is important for welfare and utility of the riding horse. Musculoskeletal disorders are the most common causes of interruption in training and of culling. Despite great importance, heritability of a ...

    Authors: Lina Jönsson, Anna Näsholm, Lars Roepstorff, Agneta Egenvall, Göran Dalin and Jan Philipsson
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:22
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  48. Doxycyline (Dox) is a semisynthetic antibacterial drug with pharmacological advantages over its parent drug (tetracycline) in the treatment of various bacterial diseases in horses. Yet, at present a horse-cust...

    Authors: Heidi Zozaya, Lilia Gutierrez, Maria Josefa Bernad and Hector Sumano
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:21
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  49. Good quality spermatozoa are important to achieve fertilization, viable embryos and offspring. Single Layer Centrifugation (SLC) through a colloid (Androcoll-P) selects good quality spermatozoa. However, it ha...

    Authors: Ylva Cecilia Björnsdotter Sjunnesson, Jane Margaret Morrell and Raquel González
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:20
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  50. Latent equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) infection is common in horse populations worldwide and estimated to reach a prevalence nearing 90% in some areas. The virus causes acute outbreaks of disease that are c...

    Authors: Jasmin Walter, Christoph Seeh, Kerstin Fey, Ulrich Bleul and Nikolaus Osterrieder
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2013 55:19
    Content type: Case report Published on:
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