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  1. Selenium (Se) is important for the postnatal development of the calf. In the first weeks of life, milk is the only source of Se for the calf and insufficient level of Se in the milk may lead to Se deficiency. ...

    Authors: Petr Slavik, Josef Illek, Michal Brix, Jaroslava Hlavicova, Radko Rajmon and Frantisek Jilek
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:43
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  2. Iron-storage protein, ferritin plays a central role in iron metabolism. Ferritin has dual function to store iron and segregate iron for protection of iron-catalyzed reactive oxygen species. Tissue ferritin is ...

    Authors: Azusa Takaesu, Kiyotaka Watanabe, Shinji Takai, Yukako Sasaki and Koichi Orino
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:42
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  3. One of the semen quality parameters use to determine fertility is the percentage of sperm that express normal morphology. Sperm head morphometry is also correlated with fertility. The objectives of this study ...

    Authors: Kanittha Phetudomsinsuk, Kaitkanoke Sirinarumitr, Aree Laikul and Anuchai Pinyopummin
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:41
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  4. Digital dermatitis in cattle is an emerging infectious disease. Ulcerative lesions are typically located on the plantar skin between the heel bulbs and adjacent to the coronet. Spirochetes of the genus Treponema ...

    Authors: Märit Pringle, Christer Bergsten, Lise-Lotte Fernström, Helena Höök and Karl-Erik Johansson
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:40
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  5. Reports worldwide indicate high prevalence of Chlamydophila spp. infection in cattle. To assess the prevalence in Sweden, 525 cows in 70 dairy herds with reproductive disorders was investigated.

    Authors: Ann-Charlotte Godin, Camilla Björkman, Stina Englund, Karl-Erik Johansson, Rauni Niskanen and Stefan Alenius
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:39
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  6. Screening and enumeration of antimicrobial resistant Escherichia coli directly from samples is needed to identify emerging resistant clones and obtain quantitative data for risk assessment. Aim of this study was ...

    Authors: Shuyu Wu, Eirini Chouliara, Lars Bogø Jensen and Anders Dalsgaard
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:38
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  7. The quality of the floor is essential to the welfare of piglets as abrasions often are recorded in newborn piglets, and such lesions may lead to lameness. Apart from animal suffering, lameness contributes to l...

    Authors: Mate Zoric, Ebba Nilsson, Sigbrit Mattsson, Nils Lundeheim and Per Wallgren
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:37
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  8. The influence of enrofloxacin administration (5 mg/kg) for five consecutive days on the occurrence of Pasteurella multocida in the upper respiratory tract of two healthy calves was monitored over a 10-day period....

    Authors: Boudewijn Catry, Siska Croubels, Stefan Schwarz, Piet Deprez, Bianca Cox, Corinna Kehrenberg, Geert Opsomer, Annemie Decostere and Freddy Haesebrouck
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:36
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  9. Canine pyometra is a common disease in countries where routine spaying of young dogs is not common practice. This disease is known to lead to systemic inflammation potentially affecting multiple organs in the ...

    Authors: Lena Pelander, Ragnvi Hagman and Jens Häggström
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:35
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  10. The aim of this study was to compare the tissue distribution and pathogenicity of three virulence variants of classical swine fever virus (CSFV) and to investigate the applicability of various conventional dia...

    Authors: Katinka Belák, Frank Koenen, Hans Vanderhallen, Christian Mittelholzer, Francesco Feliziani, Gian Mario De Mia and Sándor Belák
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:34
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  24. Knowledge of the cytokine response at infection with Brachyspira hyodysenteriae can help understanding disease mechanisme involved during swine dysentery. Since this knowledge is still limited the aim of the pres...

    Authors: Robert Kruse, Birgitta Essén-Gustavsson, Caroline Fossum and Marianne Jensen-Waern
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:32
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  25. Body condition score and blood profiles have been used to monitor management and herd health in dairy cows. The aim of this study was to examine BCS and extended metabolic profiles, reflecting both energy meta...

    Authors: Lena Stengärde, Madeleine Tråvén, Ulf Emanuelson, Kjell Holtenius, Jan Hultgren and Rauni Niskanen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:31
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  26. Research in herd health management solely using a quantitative approach may present major challenges to the interpretation of the results, because the humans involved may have responded to their observations b...

    Authors: Erling Kristensen, Dorte B Nielsen, Laila N Jensen, Mette Vaarst and Carsten Enevoldsen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:30
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  28. The project "Antibiotic resistance in bacteria of animal origin – II" (ARBAO-II) was funded by the European Union (FAIR5-QLK2-2002-01146) for the period 2003–2005, with the aim to establish a continuous monito...

    Authors: Rene S Hendriksen, Dik J Mevius, Andreas Schroeter, Christopher Teale, Danièle Meunier, Patrick Butaye, Alessia Franco, Andra Utinane, Alice Amado, Miguel Moreno, Christina Greko, Katharina Stärk, Christian Berghold, Anna-Liisa Myllyniemi, Dariusz Wasyl, Marianne Sunde…
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:28
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  29. In women with breast cancer submitted to neoadjuvant chemotherapy based in doxorubicin, tumor expression of groups of three genes (PRSS11, MTSS1, CLPTM1 and PRSS11, MTSS1, SMYD2) have classified them as respon...

    Authors: Renata A Sobral, Suzana T Honda, Maria Lucia H Katayama, Helena Brentani, M Mitzi Brentani, Diogo FC Patrão and Maria Aparecida AK Folgueira
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:27
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  30. The first hours after antigen stimulation, interactions occur influencing the outcome of the immunological reaction. Immunoglobulins originate in blood and/or are locally synthesized. The transfer of Ig isotyp...

    Authors: Karin Östensson and Shichun Lun
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:26
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  31. The aim of this study was to get information on post mortem diagnoses of sows found dead or euthanised and to understand the diagnoses aetiology (causative background). Moreover, the study was to evaluate the ...

    Authors: Linda Engblom, Lena Eliasson-Selling, Nils Lundeheim, Katinka Belák, Kjell Andersson and Anne-Marie Dalin
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:25
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  32. The natural feeding behaviour of the pig is searching for feed by rooting activities throughout the day; self-feeding pigs randomly space their eating and drinking periods throughout the day consuming ten to t...

    Authors: Eva Persson, Margret Wülbers-Mindermann, Charlotte Berg and Bo Algers
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:24
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  33. Preliminary studies indicated decreased glutathione peroxidase (GPX) activity in blood of ewes on scrapie-afflicted farms. Other studies have shown decreased GPX activity in brain of prion-infected mice and in...

    Authors: Kristín B Gudmundsdóttir, Jakob Kristinsson, Sigurdur Sigurdarson, Tryggvi Eiríksson and Torkell Jóhannesson
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:23
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  36. In autumn 2006, Finnish meat inspection data revealed lesions in tendons, muscles and ligaments of bovine hind legs leading to partial condemnation of carcasses. In gross pathological examination at Finnish Fo...

    Authors: Milla Solismaa, Sauli Laaksonen, Minna Nylund, Elisa Pitkänen, Riitta Airakorpi and Antti Oksanen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:20
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  37. The project "Antibiotic resistance in bacteria of animal origin – II" (ARBAO-II) was funded by the European Union (FAIR5-QLK2-2002-01146) for the period 2003–05. The aim of this project was to establish a prog...

    Authors: Rene S Hendriksen, Dik J Mevius, Andreas Schroeter, Christopher Teale, Eric Jouy, Patrick Butaye, Alessia Franco, Andra Utinane, Alice Amado, Miguel Moreno, Christina Greko, Katharina DC Stärk, Christian Berghold, Anna-Liisa Myllyniemi, Andrzej Hoszowski, Marianne Sunde…
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:19
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  38. Acute phase proteins haptoglobin (Hp), serum amyloid A (SAA) and lipopolysaccharide binding protein (LBP) have suggested to be suitable inflammatory markers for bovine mastitis. The aim of the study was to inv...

    Authors: Leena Suojala, Toomas Orro, Hanna Järvinen, Johanna Saatsi and Satu Pyörälä
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:18
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  39. Ingestion of sand can cause colic, diarrhoea and weight loss in horses, but these signs are unspecific and can have many other causes. The amount of sand that induces disease may vary between individuals. To a...

    Authors: Anna Kendall, Charles Ley, Agneta Egenvall and Johan Bröjer
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:17
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  40. The pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus) is a South American grazing deer which is in extreme danger of extinction. Very little is known about the biology of the pampas deer. Moreover, most information has not be...

    Authors: Rodolfo Ungerfeld, Solana González-Pensado, Alejandro Bielli, Matías Villagrán, Daniel Olazabal and William Pérez
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:16
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  41. While gross morphological changes in the skeleton between males and females are well know, differences between sexes in the histomorphology are less known. It is important to have knowledge on the bone structu...

    Authors: Monika Martiniaková, Radoslav Omelka, Birgit Grosskopf, Alexander V Sirotkin and Peter Chrenek
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:15
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  42. About fifty larvae of Cephenemyia ulrichii Brauer (Diptera: Oestridae), some of them nearly full-grown third instars, were found in the throat of a roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in June 2007 near Helsinki in Fin...

    Authors: Arne C Nilssen, Marja Isomursu and Antti Oksanen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:14
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    The Brief Communication to this article has been published in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2022 64:43

  43. Oedema disease is a severe disease, mainly affecting recently weaned pigs. It is caused by E. coli strains that express fimbriae F18 and produce verotoxin 2e, mainly belonging to serotype O138, O139 or O141. The ...

    Authors: Sigbrit Mattsson and Per Wallgren
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:13
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  44. Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a zoonotic pathogen of which swine was reported as major reservoirs. HEV has been divided into 4 different genotypes according to phylogenetic analysis. Recent reports showed that ge...

    Authors: Yijia Yan, Wen Zhang, Quan Shen, Li Cui and Xiuguo Hua
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:12
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  45. Sebaceous adenitis (SA) is an uncommon, immune mediated skin disease in dogs. The aim was to retrospectively investigate SA in dogs in Sweden with respect to breed, sex and age distribution. A second aim was t...

    Authors: Elisabeth Hernblad Tevell, Kerstin Bergvall and Agneta Egenvall
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:11
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  46. Campylobacter is the most commonly reported bacterial cause of enteritis in humans in the EU Member States and other industrialized countries. One significant source of infection is broilers and consumption of...

    Authors: Ingrid Hansson, Marianne Persson, Linda Svensson, Eva Olsson Engvall and Karl-Erik Johansson
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:10
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  48. Copper (Cu) deficiency was diagnosed in a Norwegian red deer (Cervus elaphus) herd subsequent to deaths due to emaciation in late autumn 1999. The animals had free access to salt licks containing 3000 mg Cu/kg. A...

    Authors: Kjell Handeland, Aksel Bernhoft and Magne S Aartun
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:8
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  49. Selenium is part of the antioxidant defence system in animals and humans. The available selenium concentration in soil is low in many regions of the world. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect ...

    Authors: Arvid Steen, Turid Strøm and Aksel Bernhoft
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:7
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  50. Since transport evokes physiological adjustments that include endocrine responses, the objective of this study was to examine the responses of circulating β-endorphin, adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) and c...

    Authors: Esterina Fazio, Pietro Medica, Vincenzo Aronica, Loredana Grasso and Adriana Ferlazzo
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:6
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