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  1. Literature investigating the normal cross-sectional anatomy of rabbits with computed tomography (CT) is sparse and incomplete. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the normal thoracic structures...

    Authors: Désirée Müllhaupt, Sandra Wenger, Patrick Kircher, Nadja Pfammatter, Jean-Michel Hatt and Stefanie Ohlerth
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:72
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  2. The Black Forest Draught horse (BFDH) is an endangered German coldblood breed with its origin in the area of the Black Forest in South Germany. In this retrospective study, the influence of the inbreeding coef...

    Authors: Maarit Müller-Unterberg, Sandra Wallmann and Ottmar Distl
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:70
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  3. The study of neoplasia in wildlife species contributes to the understanding of cancer biology, management practices, and comparative pathology. Higher frequencies of neoplasms among captive non-domestic felids...

    Authors: Omar Antonio Gonzales-Viera, Angélica María Sánchez-Sarmiento, Natália Coelho Couto de Azevedo Fernandes, Juliana Mariotti Guerra, Rodrigo Albergaria Ressio and José Luiz Catão-Dias
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:69
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  4. According to targeted treatment (TT), the whole flock is dewormed based on knowledge of the risk, or parameters that quantify the mean level of infection, whereas according to targeted selective treatment (TST...

    Authors: Tomas Kupcinskas, Inga Stadaliene, Algimantas Paulauskas, Pavelas Trusevicius, Saulius Petkevicius, Johan Höglund and Mindaugas Sarkunas
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:68
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  5. In order to determine whether a combination of guaiphenesin, ketamine and xylazine can induce safe and satisfactory anaesthesia in mules undergoing field castration, eight healthy adult intact male mules were ...

    Authors: Cecilia Vullo, Augusto Carluccio, Domenico Robbe, Marina Meligrana, Linda Petrucci and Giuseppe Catone
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:67
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  6. Determination of ceruloplasmin (Cp) activity in plasma can provide an objective measure of the health of dairy cows as well as it can be used for various diagnostic purposes. The current study was designed to ...

    Authors: Hussein Awad Hussein and Rudolf Staufenbiel
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:66
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  7. Haptoglobin (Hp) and serum amyloid A (SAA) are considered as the major acute phase proteins (APPs) in goats. These APPs have been investigated in several studies during the last decade. In most studies, a colo...

    Authors: Michał Czopowicz, Olga Szaluś-Jordanow, Marcin Mickiewicz, Agata Moroz, Lucjan Witkowski, Iwona Markowska-Daniel, Daria Reczyńska, Emilia Bagnicka and Jarosław Kaba
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:65
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

  8. Rabies is preventable by pre- and/or post-exposure prophylaxis consisting of series of rabies vaccinations and in some cases the use of immunoglobulins. The success of vaccination can be estimated either by me...

    Authors: Tiina Nokireki, Miia Jakava-Viljanen, Anna-Maija Virtala and Liisa Sihvonen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:64
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  9. Pythiosis is a potentially fatal but non-contagious disease affecting humans and animals living in tropical and subtropical climates, but is also reasonably widespread in temperate climates, throughout the wor...

    Authors: Jessica Sonia Fortin, Michael John Calcutt and Dae Young Kim
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:63
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  10. European bat lyssavirus type 2 (EBLV-2) was detected in Finland in a Daubenton’s bat (Myotis daubentonii) found in the municipality of Inkoo (60°02′45″N, 024°00′20″E). The bat showed neurological signs and was la...

    Authors: Tiina Nokireki, Tarja Sironen, Teemu Smura, Veera Karkamo, Liisa Sihvonen and Tuija Gadd
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:62
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

  11. While fungal infections of the bovine uterus are well-known diseases in pregnant cattle, very limited knowledge exists on the presence and significance of fungi in the uterus of non-pregnant cows. Presence of ...

    Authors: Cecilia Christensen Karstrup, Bent Aalbæk, Kirstine Klitgaard, Tim Kåre Jensen, Hanne Gervi Pedersen and Jørgen Steen Agerholm
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:61
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  12. For proper treatment of bacterial infections in mink, knowledge of the causative agents and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns is crucial. The used antimicrobials are in general not registered for min...

    Authors: Nanett Kvist Nikolaisen, Desireé Corvera Kløve Lassen, Mariann Chriél, Gitte Larsen, Vibeke Frøkjær Jensen and Karl Pedersen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:60
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  13. Animal trypanosomosis is one of the major disease problems affecting agricultural productivity in Ethiopia. The impact of the disease is believed to vary with season and agro-ecologies in line with fly vector ...

    Authors: Efrem Degneh, Workineh Shibeshi, Getachew Terefe, Kaleab Asres and Hagos Ashenafi
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:59
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  14. There is some controversy about the extent of changes in different sperm cell features in stored boar semen, especially regarding the potential role of the DNA fragmentation assay for assessment of sperm ferti...

    Authors: Wiesław Bielas, Wojciech Niżański, Agnieszka Partyka, Anna Rząsa and Ryszard Mordak
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:58
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  15. Mink are an important animal commodity group in Canada and excessive kit mortality represents a significant loss to production. National biosecurity standards have been developed for Canadian mink farms, but i...

    Authors: Nicole Compo, David L. Pearl, Brian Tapscott, Amanda Storer, Jutta Hammermueller, Marina Brash and Patricia V. Turner
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:57
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  16. Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a highly contagious viral disease of small ruminants in Asia and Africa. In 2008, a PPR outbreak was reported for the first time in Morocco and a mass vaccination campaign a...

    Authors: Fatima Zohra Fakri, Asmaa Elhajjam, Zahra Bamouh, Mohammed Jazouli, Zineb Boumart, Khalid Tadlaoui, Ouafaa Fassi-Fihri and Mehdi Elharrak
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:56
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  17. Hypoluteoidism in the bitch is characterized by insufficient production and secretion of progesterone by the corpora lutea. It is a rare pathologic condition and during pregnancy, it leads to embryonic resorpt...

    Authors: Maria Teresa Zedda, Luisa Bogliolo, Elisabetta Antuofermo, Laura Falchi, Federica Ariu, Giovanni Pietro Burrai and Salvatore Pau
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:55
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  18. In 2007, a previously unrecorded disease, fur animal epidemic necrotic pyoderma (FENP), was detected in farmed mink (Neovision vision), foxes (Vulpes lagopus) and Finnraccoons (Nyctereutes procyonoides) in Finlan...

    Authors: Heli Nordgren, Katariina Vapalahti, Olli Vapalahti, Antti Sukura and Anna-Maija Virtala
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:54
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  19. According to Swedish animal insurance data, Irish Wolfhounds (IW) are 29 times more likely to die from cardiac causes than the baseline breed. Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) has a high prevalence in the breed an...

    Authors: Lovisa Orleifson, Ingrid Ljungvall, Katja Höglund and Jens Häggström
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:53
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  20. The number and spatial distribution of wild boars (Sus scrofa) has increased remarkably in Sweden as well as in other European countries. To understand the population dynamics of the wild boar, knowledge of its r...

    Authors: Anna Malmsten, Gunnar Jansson, Nils Lundeheim and Anne-Marie Dalin
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:52
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  21. Serious disease outbreaks in cattle caused by Theileria orientalis have emerged in the Asia–Pacific region. Genetic variables of the major piroplasm surface protein (MPSP) expressed on the surface of the piroplas...

    Authors: Suhee Kim, Do-Hyeon Yu, Jeong-Byoung Chae, Kyoung-Seong Choi, Hyeon-Cheol Kim, Bae-Keun Park, Joon-Seok Chae and Jinho Park
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:51
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

  23. Antibiotic resistance is a global issue that threatens public health. The excessive use of antibiotics contributes to this problem as the genes of antibiotic resistance can be transferred between the bacteria ...

    Authors: Mohamed Ibrahim Shaalan, Magdy Mohamed El-Mahdy, Sarah Theiner, Mansour El-Matbouli and Mona Saleh
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:49
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  24. Presence of significant quantities of gas in the intestines may hinder a proper conduction of abdominal ultrasonography. In humans, preparatory techniques are used to solve this, but measures to avoid ultrason...

    Authors: Kassy Gomes da Silva, Carla de Andrade and Cristina Santos Sotomaior
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:48
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  25. Feline injection-site sarcomas (FISS) are malignant skin tumours of mesenchymal origin, the treatment of which is a challenge for veterinary surgeons. The role of surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy in FISS...

    Authors: Katarzyna Zabielska-Koczywąs, Anna Wojtalewicz and Roman Lechowski
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:47
    Content type: Review Published on:

  26. Severe outbreaks of interdigital phlegmon (IP) associated with a high morbidity and major economic losses have occurred in Finland in the past decade. A survey was performed to indicate the current occurrence ...

    Authors: Miia Kontturi, Minna Kujala, Reijo Junni, Erja Malinen, Eija Seuna, Sinikka Pelkonen, Timo Soveri and Heli Simojoki
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:46
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  27. Congenital pulmonary valve stenosis and patent ductus arteriosus are common congenital heart defects in dogs. However, concurrence of atypical pulmonary valve stenosis and patent ductus arteriosus is uncommon....

    Authors: Hakyoung Yoon, Jaehwan Kim, Sang-Soep Nahm and Kidong Eom
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:45
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  28. To evaluate intervention, implement evidence-based practice and enhance the welfare of dogs with naturally occurring osteoarthritis (OA), access to valid, reliable and clinically relevant outcome measures is c...

    Authors: Ann Essner, Lena Zetterberg, Karin Hellström, Pia Gustås, Hans Högberg and Rita Sjöström
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:44
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:50

  29. Pre-weaning diarrhea in mink, also known as “sticky kits”, is a syndrome and outbreaks occur every year on commercial mink farms in all mink producing countries. Morbidity and mortality can be considerable on ...

    Authors: Julie Melsted Birch, Jens Frederik Agger, Christina Dahlin, Vibeke Frøkjær Jensen, Anne Sofie Hammer, Tina Struve and Henrik Elvang Jensen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:43
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  31. Since the identity of the embryo is of outmost importance during commercial in vitro embryo production, bovine oocytes and embryos have to be cultured strictly per donor. Due to the rather low yield of oocytes...

    Authors: Maaike Catteeuw, Eline Wydooghe, Erik Mullaart, Hiemke M. Knijn and Ann Van Soom
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:41
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  32. Pain accompanying mastitis has gained attention recently as a relevant welfare compromising aspect of disease. Adequate pain recognition and therapy are necessary in the context of a modern and ethically accep...

    Authors: Annalisa Elena Jolanda Giovannini, Bart Henricus Philippus van den Borne, Samantha Kay Wall, Olga Wellnitz, Rupert Max Bruckmaier and Claudia Spadavecchia
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:40
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  34. Scanning techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) are useful tools in veterinary and human medicine. Here we demonstrate the usefulness of these techniques in the study ...

    Authors: Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup, Ole Lajord Munk, Trine Hammer Jensen, Lasse Fast Jensen, Abdi Hedayat and Brian Hansen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:38
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  35. Somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) and motor evoked potentials (MEPs) are non-invasive neurophysiological tests that reflect the functional integrity of sensory and motor pathways. Despite their extensive...

    Authors: Maria Claudia Campos Mello Inglez de Souza, Ricardo José Rodriguez Ferreira, Geni Cristina Fonseca Patricio and Julia Maria Matera
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:37
    Content type: Review Published on:

  36. Patella alta and patella baja are important conditions underlying a predisposition to many joint diseases, including patellar luxation and patellar chondromalacia of the articular cartilage. The frequencies of...

    Authors: Anna Łojszczyk-Szczepaniak, Piotr Silmanowicz, Renata Komsta and Zbigniew Osiński
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:36
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

  38. The objective was to investigate the effect of placing mats on concrete slatted floors on performance, behaviour, hoof condition, dirt scores, physiological and immunological variables of beef steers, and to c...

    Authors: Bernadette Earley, John D. McNamara, Stephen J. Jerrams and Edward G. O’Riordan
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:34
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  39. The Finnish dairy herd recording system maintains production and health records of cows and herds. Veterinarians and farmers register veterinary treatments in the system. Milk samples for microbiological analy...

    Authors: Johanna Vakkamäki, Suvi Taponen, Anna-Maija Heikkilä and Satu Pyörälä
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:33
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  40. Interstitial Cajal cells have been suspected as being the pacemaker cells of smooth muscle motor activity and discharging slow triggering waves in the gut as well as in other organs containing smooth muscles w...

    Authors: Malgorzata Domino, Bartosz Pawlinski, Romuald Zabielski and Zdzislaw Gajewski
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:32
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  41. Post-weaning diarrhea (PWD) is one of the most serious threats for the swine industry worldwide. It is commonly associated with the proliferation of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in the pig intestine. Colistin...

    Authors: Mohamed Rhouma, John Morris Fairbrother, Francis Beaudry and Ann Letellier
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:31
    Content type: Review Published on:

  42. The chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) model is extensively used in human medicine in preclinical oncological studies. The CAM model has several advantages: low cost, simple experimental approach, tim...

    Authors: Magdalena Walewska, Izabella Dolka, Anna Małek, Anna Wojtalewicz, Agata Wojtkowska, Artur Żbikowski, Roman Lechowski and Katarzyna Zabielska-Koczywąs
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:30
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

  43. Serious injuries accompanied by severe bleeding are life-threatening. Post-traumatic hemorrhage involves the risk of developing coagulopathy. Hemostatic dressings are widely used to minimize bleeding. The appl...

    Authors: Zbigniew Adamiak, Wioletta Krystkiewicz, Andrzej Pomianowski, Danuta Bukowiecka, Waldemar Zubrzycki, Marek Jałyński, Piotr Holak, Joanna Głodek and Paweł Jastrzębski
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:29
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  45. During anaesthesia and surgery, in particular neurosurgery, preservation of cerebral perfusion and oxygenation (CPO) is essential for normal postoperative brain function. The isolated effects on CPO of either ...

    Authors: Mai Louise Grandsgaard Mikkelsen, Rikard Ambrus, Rune Rasmussen, James Edward Miles, Helle Harding Poulsen, Finn Borgbjerg Moltke and Thomas Eriksen
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:27
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  46. A homozygous mutation has been identified in the N-myc downstream-regulated gene 1 (NDRG1) in recent cases of polyneuropathy in Alaskan malamute dogs from the Nordic countries and USA. The objective of the presen...

    Authors: Karin Hultin Jäderlund, Cecilia Rohdin, Mette Berendt, Øyvind Stigen, Merete Fredholm, Arild Espenes, Inge Bjerkås and Lars Moe
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:26
    Content type: Brief communication Published on:

  47. Hyaline ring granuloma (HRG) is an uncommon histopathologic finding of unsolved etiopathogenesis. According to the exogenous theory, HRG develops due to implantation of foreign material, most probably indigest...

    Authors: Izabella Dolka, Anna Gruk-Jurka, Piotr Jurka, Beata Dolka and Joanna Bonecka
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:25
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  48. Feed costs are a major expense in the production of beef cattle. Individual variation in the efficiency of feed utilization may be evident through feed efficiency-related phenotypes such as those related to ma...

    Authors: Yuri Regis Montanholi, Livia Sadocco Haas, Kendall Carl Swanson, Brenda Lynn Coomber, Shigeto Yamashiro and Stephen Paul Miller
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:24
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:39

  49. Infectious keratoconjunctivitis (IKC) is a transmissible disease in semi-domesticated Eurasian reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus). It is regarded as multifactorial and a single causative pathogen has not yet b...

    Authors: Morten Tryland, Javier Sánchez Romano, Nina Marcin, Ingebjørg Helena Nymo, Terje Domaas Josefsen, Karen Kristine Sørensen and Torill Mørk
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:23
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  50. The dairy industry has undergone substantial structural changes as intensive farming has developed during recent decades. Mastitis continues to be the most common production disease of dairy cows. Nationwide s...

    Authors: Heidi Hiitiö, Johanna Vakkamäki, Heli Simojoki, Tiina Autio, Jouni Junnila, Sinikka Pelkonen and Satu Pyörälä
    Citation: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2017 59:22
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