The influence of equine body weight gain on inflammatory cytokine expressions of adipose tissue in response to endotoxin challenge
Human obesity is linked with systemic inflammation. However, it is still controversial if equines produce more inflammatory cytokines with increasing body weight and if the production of those show breed type ... (Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica)
Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica - April 22, 2020 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Dominique Blaue, Carola Schedlbauer, Janine Starzonek, Claudia Gittel, Walter Brehm, Matthias Bl üher, Martin Pfeffer and Ingrid Vervuert Tags: Research Source Type: research
Regenerative potential of allogeneic adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal cells in canine cutaneous wounds
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have generated a great amount of interest over the past decade as a novel therapeutic treatment for a variety of diseases. Emerging studies have indicated that MSCs could enhance ... (Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica)
Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica - March 12, 2020 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Nathaly Enciso, Luis Avedillo, Mar ía Luisa Fermín, Cristina Fragío and Concepción Tejero Tags: Case report Source Type: research
A comparison of respiratory function in pigs anaesthetised by propofol or alfaxalone in combination with dexmedetomidine and ketamine
General anaesthesia in pigs maintained with intravenous drugs such as propofol may cause respiratory depression. Alfaxalone gives less respiratory depression than propofol in some species. The aim of the inves... (Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica)
Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica - March 12, 2020 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Andreas Lervik, Simen Forr Toverud, Randi Krontveit and Henning Andreas Haga Tags: Research Source Type: research
Herd-level risk factors for cow and calf on-farm mortality in Estonian dairy herds
On-farm mortality (unassisted death and euthanasia) is the unwanted loss of animals, and it comes with negative economic consequences. On-farm mortality rates reflect a herd ’s animal welfare status. The object... (Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica)
Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica - March 12, 2020 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Kaari Reimus, Karin Alv åsen, Ulf Emanuelson, Arvo Viltrop and Kerli Mõtus Tags: Research Source Type: research
Ovarian follicular response to oestrous synchronisation and induction of ovulation in Norwegian Red cattle
Oestrous synchronisation of cattle has been widely applied to accomplish simultaneous ovulation in animals and facilitate timed artificial insemination. The main aim of this study was to investigate the ovaria... (Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica)
Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica - March 12, 2020 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Halldor Felde Berg, Bj ørg Heringstad, Anne Hege Alm-Kristiansen, Vilde Granne Kvale, Knut Ingolf Dragset, Andres Waldmann, Erik Ropstad and Elisabeth Kommisrud Tags: Research Source Type: research
Laryngeal chondritis as a differential for upper airway diseases in German sheep
Ovine laryngeal chondritis is a rare entity of sheep in the USA, Great Britain, New Zealand and Iceland, but has not been reported in Germany so far. Here, two German cases are reported. (Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica)
Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica - March 4, 2020 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Wencke Reineking, Teresa Maria Punsmann, Matthias Gerhard Wagener, Jutta Verspohl, Martin Ganter, Wolfgang Baumg ärtner and Christina Puff Tags: Case report Source Type: research
Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection in farmed rabbits in Egypt
Encephalitozoon cuniculi is an important microsporidian parasite with zoonotic potential. The present study highlights the impact of encephalitozoonosis on rabbit health in Egypt. Three rabbit farms in Giza, with... (Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica)
Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica - February 22, 2020 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Eman Anter Morsy, Heba Mohammed Salem, Marwa Salah Khattab, Dalia Anwar Hamza and Mai Mohammed Abuowarda Tags: Research Source Type: research
Correction to: Breed susceptibility for common surgically treated orthopaedic diseases in 12 dog breeds
After publication of our article [1] we were notified that due to an error in the excel formula used to summarise the control population, the ID-registry data from the Swedish county G ävleborg was not included... (Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica)
Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica - February 19, 2020 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Gudrun Seeberg Boge, Elena Regine Moldal, Maria Dimopoulou, Eystein Skjerve and Annika Bergstr öm Tags: Correction Source Type: research
Gastrointestinal nematodes of European wild boar from distinct agricultural and forest habitats in Poland
The study aimed to compare the gastrointestinal helminthofauna of free-ranging wild boars from arable lands and forests, which are the natural habitats for wild boar in Poland and further to investigate if wil... (Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica)
Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica - February 5, 2020 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Pawe ł Nosal, Jerzy Kowal, Anna Wyrobisz-Papiewska and Marek Wajdzik Tags: Brief communication Source Type: research
Retroperitoneal lymphatic malformation in a dog
Lymphatic vascular malformations are rare findings in canine patients with six reports available in veterinary literature. Retroperitoneal cystic lymphatic malformations have not been described previously in c... (Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica)
Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica - February 1, 2020 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Floor Driessen, Tim Cushing and Stephen John Baines Tags: Case report Source Type: research
Paradigm shift in the diagnosis of peste des petits ruminants: scoping review
Peste des petits ruminants virus causes a highly contagious disease, which poses enormous economic losses in domestic animals and threatens the conservation of wild herbivores. Diagnosis remains a cornerstone to ... (Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica)
Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica - January 29, 2020 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Edson Kinimi, Steven Odongo, Serge Muyldermans, Richard Kock and Gerald Misinzo Tags: Review Source Type: research
Motile aeromonads from farmed and wild freshwater fish in northern Italy: an evaluation of antimicrobial activity and multidrug resistance during 2013 and 2016
Antimicrobial resistant bacteria are emerging biological contaminants of the environment. In aquatic ecosystems, they originate mainly from hospitals, livestock manure and private households sewage water, whic... (Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica)
Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica - January 23, 2020 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Laura Borella, Cristian Salogni, Nicoletta Vitale, Federico Scali, Vittorio Maria Moretti, Paolo Pasquali and Giovanni Loris Alborali Tags: Research Source Type: research
A de novo variant in OTX2 in a lamb with otocephaly
Otocephaly is a rare lethal malformation of the first branchial arch. While the knowledge on the causes of otocephaly in animals is limited, different syndromic forms in man are associated with variants of the PR... (Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica)
Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica - January 22, 2020 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Julia Maria Paris, Anna Letko, Irene Monika H äfliger, Tanja Švara, Mitja Gombač, Primož Klinc, Andrej Škibin, Estera Pogorevc and Cord Drögemüller Tags: Case report Source Type: research
Type-5 abomasal ulcer and omental bursitis in 14 cows
Type-5 abomasal ulcer (U5) is a perforated ulcer that causes peritonitis limited to the omental bursa. This retrospective study describes the clinical and laboratory findings in 14 cattle with omental bursitis... (Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica)
Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica - January 13, 2020 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Ueli Braun, Christina Reif, Monika Hilbe and Christian Gerspach Tags: Research Source Type: research
Prevalence of Salmonella serovars isolated from reptiles in Norwegian zoos
Reptiles are known to be asymptomatic carriers of Salmonella spp. in their gastrointestinal mucosa and a variety of Salmonella serovars including exotic serovars mainly associated with reptiles as well as human p... (Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica)
Source: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica - January 9, 2020 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Ane Mohn Bjelland, Lena Maria Sandvik, Marianne Muri Skarstein, Linn Svendal and John James Debenham Tags: Research Source Type: research
