52 satin type guinea pigs (25 females and 27 males), two control groups composed of 25 and 36 non-satin type normal guinea pigs and seven carriers of satin gene guinea pigs were used to determine the blood chemistry and haematological profile and their relationship with osteodystrophia fibrosa. 20...
Publisher
Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Citation
Untersuchungen zur Osteodystrophia fibrosa beim Hausmeerschweinchen (Cavia aperea f. porcellus) der Züchtung "satin": Entwicklung eines röntgenologischen Scores zur Validierung der Verdachtsdiagnose, 2006, pp 189 pp.
To reduce the effects of calcium on the heart, in particular in cows during the treatment of hypocalcaemia, experiments were carried out on isolated hearts of guineapigs and in conscious rabbits, to investigate the influence of carazolol, a β-adrenergic blocking agent, on these effects. The...
Author(s)
Hapke, H. J.; Frank, I.
Citation
Deutsche Tierärztliche Wochenschrift, 1996, 103, 5, pp 170-174
The effect of venom of Buthus occitanus (Amoureux) on the isolated heart appears to be mediated largely through stimulation of the autonomic nervous system with predominance of sympathetic stimulation and release of tissue catecholamines, although a direct cardiac stimulant action was also found....
Author(s)
Ismail, M.; Ghazal, A.; El-Fakahany, E. E.
Citation
Toxicon, 1980, 18, 3, pp 327-337
Guinea-pigs infected with the 9-mile phase I strain of Coxiella burnetii had increased blood glucose concentrations, alkaline phosphatase, glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase, alpha-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase, and creatine phosphokinase activities, and bilirubin value. Hypocalcaemia and...
Author(s)
Heggers, J. P.; Billups, L. H.; Hinrichs, D. J.; Mallavia, L. P.
Citation
American Journal of Veterinary Research, 1975, 36, 7, pp 1047-1052
TUBERCULOSIS.-A complement-fixation test, with an antigen derived from human type tubercle bacilli, defatted, disintegrated in a ball mill, and extracted by boiling in distilled water, was of value in detecting advanced cases in cattle which no longer reacted to the tuberculin test. The antigen is...
Publisher
Canberra : Govt. Printer.,
Citation
Fourteenth Annual Report of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, for year 1939-40., 1940, pp 18-20; 25-41 pp.
Datasheet Type(s): Livestock Species
There exist over 200 distinct breeds of sheep Ovis aries. The breeds differ in their physical characteristics. Female sheep tend to be smaller than...
Males weigh between 45 and 55 kilos and females weigh between 25 and 35 kilos. Colouration is highly variable from mostly black, to various shades...
Feral cattle can be distinguished from domestic stock only by their location and lack of ear marks or tags. Their size and conformation vary greatly...
L. monocytogenes, as the reference species for members of the genus Listeria, is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped, non-sporulating bacterium which may be...