| evidence from immunoblotting studies on uncoupling protein that brown adipose tissue is not present in the domestic pig. | adipose tissues and other tissues of the pig have been examined for the presence of the mitochondrial "uncoupling protein," characteristic of brown adipose tissue, in order to assess whether brown fat is present in this species. mitochondria were prepared from various tissues and the proteins separated on the basis of molecular weight by sodium dodecyl sulphate--polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. immunoblotting procedures were then used to probe for uncoupling protein, employing a rabbit anti-( ... | 1989 | 2627687 |
| [trichinelliasis in western podolia]. | situation with trichinosis in the ternopol province (ukraine) in the period from 1962 to 1987 was studied. muscle samples taken from 6695 animals of 20 species were investigated by the compressor method and by the method of digestion in artificial gastric juice. trichinosis was detected in wolves, foxes, martens, ferrets, domestic dogs, cats and gray rats. in 1954--1979 39 trichinosis cases were registered in humans with 4 lethal cases. domestic pigs proved to be the source of invasion. since 19 ... | 1989 | 2628712 |
| [morphometric study of bone in domestic pigs with fluorosis caused by coal-burning pollution]. | forty four domestic pigs were divided into 2 groups: control group: 17 pigs; fluorosis group: 27. they were fed for 14 months in the endemic area or non-endemic area respectively. in some of the pigs, double tetracycline was given for bone dynamic study, and blood and urine were collected for biochemical analyses. iliac, tibia, fibula, the 2nd metatarsal and the 2nd vertebrae were reserved either for bone density measurement or for bone histomorphometric study. the results showed that fluoride c ... | 1989 | 2630015 |
| fetal pancreas transplantation in miniature swine. ii. survival of fetal pig pancreas allografts cultured at room temperature. | islet-allograft survival has been shown to be markedly prolonged in rodents when donor tissue has been precultured at 24 degrees c. in this study, the feasibility of this approach was tested in nih minipigs transplanted with fetal pancreases. collagenase-digested fetal pig pancreatic tissues survived in culture at 24 degrees c for 6-7 days and continued to grow in vitro at 37 degrees c after being transferred. these tissues no longer stimulated allogeneic lymphocytes in vitro, although some tiss ... | 1989 | 2642849 |
| prevalence of streptococcus suis types 1 and 2 in domestic pigs in australia and new zealand. | using an indirect fluorescent antibody test, 54 per cent of 734 palatine tonsils of conventional pigs slaughtered in australia and new zealand were found to be infected with streptococcus suis type 1 and 73 per cent of 959 were infected with s suis type 2. variations in the prevalence of infection in pigs from different herds were thought to be due to differences in the sample sizes rather than to real differences in the prevalence between herds. the prevalence of infection with s suis was simil ... | 1989 | 2658296 |
| ciclopirox olamine lotion 1%: bioequivalence to ciclopirox olamine cream 1% and clinical efficacy in tinea pedis. | studies were conducted to assess the bioequivalence of a new antimycotic formulation, ciclopirox olamine lotion 1%, to an established compound, ciclopirox olamine cream 1%. results of in vitro studies, using skin samples from human cadavers and domestic pigs, demonstrated that the two formulations equally penetrate all layers of the stratum corneum and inhibit the growth of trichophyton mentagrophytes and candida albicans. in vivo studies in guinea pigs and in human volunteers demonstrated the c ... | 1989 | 2663159 |
| metaphyseal aspects of stapling. an experimental study in pigs. | blount stapling of the growth plate induced changes in the metaphyseal architecture, which progressed in correlation to the postoperative follow-up. the stereological investigations revealed a subtile reaction of the medial stapled tibial plate in a total of 37 domestic pigs (10 weeks old) during the postoperative follow-up (up to 17 weeks). zone 1, 380-1120 microns distal to the plate representing "bone modelling", and zone 2, 1180-2360 microns distally representing "bone remodelling", were inv ... | 1989 | 2673134 |
| effect of manual compared with reference point superimposition on image quality in digital subtraction radiography. | the aim of this study was to compare a new subtraction program based on positioning of reference points (rp) in the two images with the classic manual (m) superimposition of the images during recording. the experiments were performed on 22 dry mandibles from domestic pigs. a bone chip was prepared from the cortex with seven edges: 0.26, 0.30, 0.36, 0.42, 0.49, 0.55 and 0.72 mm thick respectively. each mandible was radiographed at 0 degrees vertical angulation without the bone chip. the bone chip ... | 1989 | 2701173 |
| mechanism of blood flow generated by precordial compression during cpr. i. studies on closed chest precordial compression. | the mechanism of forward flow produced by precordial compression during cpr was investigated with the aid of echocardiographic and hemodynamic measurements in anesthetized, mechanically ventilated domestic pigs. both mitral and tricuspid valves opened during compression diastole and closed during compression systole. valve motion persisted throughout resuscitation in 17 of 22 animals which were hemodynamically resuscitated. there was a 25 percent reduction in left ventricular area during compres ... | 1989 | 2707067 |
| an evaluation of three serological tests for antibody to brucella suis in pigs. | the rose bengal plate agglutination test (rbt), the complement fixation text (cft) and the tube agglutination test (tat) were applied to serums from 345 feral and 80 domestic pigs sampled at slaughter. at least 2 of the 3 serological tests were applied to each serum. tissues from all pigs were cultured for brucella suis and the degree of culture effort was categorised from 1 to 4 in decreasing order. fifty-eight feral and 35 domestic pigs were culture-positive. a greater proportion of culture-po ... | 1989 | 2712774 |
| effects of diets supplemented with lard fat or mackerel oil on plasma lipoprotein lipid concentrations and lipoprotein lipase activities in domestic swine. | levels of plasma lipoproteins and lipoprotein lipase activities in post-heparin serum were measured in 24-h fasted pigs which were fed a diet containing either 21 energy % mackerel oil or 21 energy % lard fat for 8 weeks. lipoprotein fractionation was performed separately by density gradient ultracentrifugation and agarose gel chromatography. after 8 weeks levels of plasma triacylglycerol (-62%) and cholesterol (-55%) were lower in the mackerel oil than in the lard fat-fed animals. the triacylgl ... | 1989 | 2719757 |
| a study of african swine fever virus infected ticks (ornithodoros moubata) collected from three villages in the asf enzootic area of malawi following an outbreak of the disease in domestic pigs. | a detailed study was made in 1983-5 in three villages in mchinji district in the african swine fever (asf) enzootic area of malawi, following an outbreak of asf which affected all three villages. ticks of the ornithodoros moubata complex were collected from both pig sties and houses shortly after the outbreak, and approximately 24% contained asf virus. the proportion of ticks infected did not differ significantly in the three villages, or more surprisingly in different types of premises, and was ... | 1989 | 2737257 |
| conversion of induced ventricular tachycardia by single and serial chest thumps: a study in domestic pigs 1 week after experimental myocardial infarction. | a single chest thump (ct) is widely accepted in the emergency treatment of ventricular asystole, whereas there exists controversy about this method for the interruption of ventricular tachycardia (vt). hitherto, delivering serial chest thumps (scts) has been described only once for the treatment of vt. a systematic analysis for interruption of vt by ct or scts (or both) is lacking. we have therefore investigated this subject in five domestic pigs after experimental myocardial infarction. manual ... | 1989 | 2750646 |
| a comparison of intraosseous and intravenous routes of administration for antiseizure agents. | intravenous (i.v.) access for administration of antiepileptic drugs can be time-consuming and difficult in an infant during a seizure. this study examined the intraosseous (i.o.) route as an alternative means of vascular access for drug administration in an animal-seizure model. domestic swine (13-20 kg) were anesthetized with ketamine (20 mg/kg i.m.) and alpha-chloralose (80 mg/kg i.v.) and given gallamine (4 mg/kg i.v.) to prevent muscle fasciculations. tracheosotomies were performed and the a ... | 1989 | 2752998 |
| suppression of pentylenetetrazol-elicited seizure activity by intraosseous lorazepam in pigs. | use of the intraosseous (i.o.) route as an alternative venous access for drug administration has increased. this study examined the efficacy of i.o. lorazepam (lzp) in suppressing pentylenetetrazol (ptz)-induced seizure activity in pigs. domestic swine (13-20 kg) were prepared for recordings of arterial blood pressure, eeg, and electrocortical activity. seizure activity was induced by ptz (100 mg/kg i.v.). sixty seconds after onset of seizure activity, animals either received no drug (control) o ... | 1989 | 2752999 |
| comparison of intraosseous and intravenous routes of anticonvulsant administration in a porcine model. | during status epilepticus, rapid iv access for the administration of anticonvulsant drugs can be a very difficult and time-consuming procedure. our study evaluated whether therapeutic serum levels of phenobarbital and phenytoin could be obtained by the intraosseous route. twenty domestic swine weighing 10 to 20 kg were divided into two groups (ten each). in one group, phenobarbital 20 mg/kg was administered either intravenously (five) or intraosseously (five). the second group received phenytoin ... | 1989 | 2757281 |
| sound localization, use of binaural cues and the superior olivary complex in pigs. | noise localization thresholds and the ability to localize pure tones at 60 degrees separation were determined for three domestic pigs using a conditioned avoidance procedure. the average threshold for localizing a brief noise burst was 4.5 degrees which is much more accurate than the thresholds of other hoofed mammals, such as horses, cattle and goats. the ability of pigs to localize low-frequency tones indicates that they can use the binaural phase-difference cue. however, they were unable to l ... | 1989 | 2758313 |
| blood viscosity in phocid seals: possible adaptations to diving. | 1. mean corpuscular volume (mcv) and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (mchc) of phocid seal red blood cells (rbc) are elevated compared to those of most terrestrial mammalian species. the influence of these characteristics on blood flow was revealed by viscosity (vis) measurements. 2. rbc morphology and vis of whole blood from 7 harbor seals and 5 northern elephant seals were compared with blood of the domestic pig. samples were analysed for rbc count, white blood cell (wbc) count, tota ... | 1989 | 2760283 |
| isolation of 11 beta-hydroxylated androgens from testicular vein blood of the mature boar. | the isolation of 11 beta-hydroxyandrostenedione and 11 beta-hydroxytestosterone from testicular vein blood of the mature male domestic pig is described. blood was collected from veins and arteries on the surface of the testes of mature boars. steroids were extracted from plasma with sep-pak c18 cartridges and recovered with acetonitrile. a separation of steroids was made by high performance liquid chromatography (hplc) using acetonitrile/water (37/63; v/v), and fractions were collected manually ... | 1989 | 2764929 |
| clearance of african swine fever virus from infected tick (acari) colonies. | three laboratory colonies of the argasid tick onithodoros moubata porcinus van der merwe were started from collections made in 1983 at three different sites in zimbabwe. all of the colonies contained ticks infected with african swine fever (asf) virus that was readily transmitted by bite to domestic pigs. although they were maintained on virus-free pig blood, asf virus infections persisted in the colonies for at least 1 yr. despite the fact that asf virus passes transstadially, sexually, and tra ... | 1989 | 2769711 |
| [the oxygen uptake capacity of swine]. | comprehensive studies into domestic pigs and wild boars together with literature data provided a basis for an assessment of aerobic metabolic capacity (vo2max) of swine. the values quoted, from 20 to 94 ml/min-1/kg, had been due to several factors of methodological approach, growth, training, and nutrition as well as to pathophysiological aspects. for full capacity utilisation of vo2max, untrained pigs can be challenged at belt velocities between 0.8 and 1.8 m/s-1 and trained animals at 5 m/s-1. | 1989 | 2774828 |
| [the observation of coccidia in swine]. | the coccidia species of domestic pig and wild boar were compared and defined morphologically and the sporogony of both was examined. no difference could be detected between the coccidia species of domestic pig and wild boar. six eimeria and one isospora species were found: eimeria debliecki, e. polita, e. porci, e. scabra, e. spinosa, e. suis and isospora suis. e porci could be found in austria for the first time. e. cerdonis vetterling, 1965 is a synonym of e. polita pellérdy, 1949. | 1989 | 2782664 |
| nematode parasite infections of domestic pigs in a sub-tropical and high-rainfall area of india. | fourteen hundred and ninety-six domestic pigs, sus scrofa domestica l., from a sub-tropical and high-rainfall area of india were examined over a period of 18 months to ascertain their nematode parasite spectrum. the eleven species recovered, arranged in descending order of prevalence, are as follows: ascaris suum, oesophagostomum dentatum, bourgelatia diducta, stephanurus dentatus, globocephalus connorfilii, physocephalus sexalutus, ascarops dentata, a. strongylina, pseudocruzia orientalis, seta ... | 1989 | 2787072 |
| accelerated healing of full-thickness burns by the use of high-voltage pulsed galvanic stimulation in the pig. | an experimental study was designed using domestic pigs to evaluate the effect of high-voltage pulsed galvanic stimulation (hvpgs) on the rate of healing of full-thickness thermal burns. twenty animals were used in the study; each one received two standardized burns over the paravertebral region. in half of the animals, hvpgs was performed daily for the study period. one of the burn wounds in each pig was used to evaluate wound contraction by measuring the wound surface weekly for four weeks. the ... | 1989 | 2788384 |
| banding studies and synaptonemal complex analysis of an x-autosome translocation in the domestic pig. | in a litter of nine domestic pigs, a translocation between the x-chromosome and chromosome 13 was found in six individuals: four males and two females. the translocation was presumed to have originated in the dam. banding studies indicated that the breaks preceding the translocation had occurred in a distal gtg-negative band of the long arm of the x, 15-30% of the length of xq from the telomere, and proximally in chromosome 13, 15-25% from the centromere. the normal x of the females invariably r ... | 1989 | 2805815 |
| innervation pattern in jaw muscles of various mammalian chewing types. | the intramuscular nerve branches of the masticatory muscles were investigated in different mammalian species such as canis familiaris, capreolus capreolus, capra hircus africans, bos primigenius forma taurus, myocastor coypus molina 1782, sus scrofa domestica, pan troglodytes, homo sapiens. the ramifications of the nerves form a specific pattern that is adapted to the specialised muscle structures in all mammalian chewing type. the innervation pattern is fully consistent with the infrastructures ... | 1989 | 2816526 |
| [functional morphology of the maxillo-mandibular apparatus in the miniature swine mini-lewe. 11. discussion of the findings of the metric studies and dentition (conclusion)]. | the graphs showing the dimensions and angles of the skull and jaw indicate that postnatal development trends are basically uniform. comparison with the vietnamese miniature pig shows that the miniature pig mini-lewe has a longer skull. postnatal skull growth is accompanied by a distinct shift in proportions. the sequence of dentition if broadly identical to that of the domestic pig and the pitmann-moore miniature pig. | 1989 | 2817410 |
| chromosome r-banding patterns and nor homologies in the european wild pig and four breeds of domestic pig. | four european wild pigs and 27 domestic pigs were studied; three landrace, 12 village pigs from papua new guinea, two chinese pigs meishan and 10 creole pigs from the french antilles. the r-banding patterns were identical for all domestic breeds despite their different history and geographical divergence. the european wild pigs showed a similar r-banding pattern and a centric fusion between pairs 15 and 17 (2n = 36). the nucleolar organizers (nors) in the european wild pig and the four domestic ... | 1989 | 2817772 |
| microvascular and collateral adaptation in swine hearts following progressive coronary artery stenosis. | we chronically implanted hygroscopic occluders around the left circumflex coronary artery in 49 anesthetized young male domestic pigs and we studied the development of a collateral circulation at 4, 8, 12, and 26 weeks after implantation. at these time intervals groups of animals were again anesthetized, the hearts were explanted and perfused in langendorff-fashion with leucocyte-filtered pig blood. maximal coronary vasodilation was induced with adenosine and global (electromagnetic), and region ... | 1989 | 2818450 |
| domestic pigs as sentinels to monitor the activity of japanese encephalitis & west nile viruses in kolar district, karnataka. | | 1987 | 2832323 |
| distribution of the antibody to influenza c virus in dogs and pigs in yamagata prefecture, japan. | the distribution of the antibody to influenza c virus in the dogs and pigs in yamagata prefecture, japan was investigated by using three different serological methods: hemagglutination-inhibition (hi), radioimmunoprecipitation (rip), and immunoblotting. the antibody against influenza c virus glycoprotein (gp88) was detected in 5 out of 112 sera collected from mongrel dogs, three by rip test and two by any of the three methods, suggesting that the virus can cause natural infection in dogs. signif ... | 1987 | 2836710 |
| molecular cloning and restriction enzyme mapping of an african swine fever virus isolate from malawi. | dna prepared from a field isolate of african swine fever virus, which causes high mortality and severe disease in domestic pigs, was cloned in bacteriophage lambda and plasmid vectors. clones containing dna inserts overlapping with each other and together covering the complete genome, apart from short fragments close to the cross-linked termini of the genome, were obtained. a complete restriction enzyme site map of the genome for three enzymes was deduced. | 1988 | 2839602 |
| [changes in phospholipid metabolism in the skeletal muscle cell in induced malignant hyperthermia in the domestic pig]. | | 1988 | 2850811 |
| effects of tromethamine and sodium bicarbonate buffers during cardiac resuscitation. | the effects on cardiac resuscitability of iso-osmolal solutions of tris-hydroxymethyl-aminomethane (tromethamine), sodium bicarbonate (nahco3) and sodium chloride placebo were compared in 30 domestic pigs using a well-established model of electrically induced cardiac arrest and resuscitation. we hypothesized that a carbon dioxide (co2) consuming buffer like tromethamine would reduce and sodium bicarbonate would increase the respiratory acidosis of mixed venous blood, which had recently been demo ... | 1988 | 2851015 |
| the oxygen affinity of mammalian hemoglobins in the absence of 2,3-diphosphoglycerate in relation to body weight. | we studied the oxygenation of mammalian hemoglobins: mouse (mus musculus molossinus), rabbit (oryctolagus cuniculus domesticus), japanese monkey (macaca fuscata), man (homo sapiens), sheep (ovis aries), llama (lama glama), pig (sus scrofa domesticus), cow (bos taurus domesticus) and horse (equus caballus), in the absence of 2,3-diphosphoglycerate (dpg) and compared their oxygen affinity in relation to the body weight. the negative correlation between body weight and the oxygen affinity of the wh ... | 1985 | 2866879 |
| ontogeny of neuropeptidergic systems: luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (lhrh); somatostatin (srif) and neurophysin (nf) in the hypothalamus of the domestic pig by immunocytochemistry. | the ontogenic development of some hypothalamic neuropeptides: luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (lhrh); somatostatin (srif) and neurophysin (nf) and their localization in the hypothalamus of fetuses in different stages of the fetal life were studied by immunoperoxidase method. it was found that differentiation of the neurons which produce the examined hormones begins in the midstage of pregnancy. lhrh is stored in the nerve terminals of the median eminence (me) and organum vasculosum of the ... | 1985 | 2867938 |
| a preliminary comparison of trypanosoma simiae and t. congolense by isoenzyme electrophoresis. | trypanosoma simiae, although similar to t. congolense in morphology and mode of development in the tsetse vector, is regarded as a separate species mainly because it is highly pathogenic to the domestic pig and fails to infect rodents. to establish whether the two species are distinct biochemically, we compared by isoenzyme electrophoresis 2 isolates of t. simiae with 7 stocks of t. congolense, together with one of t. brucei. all isoenzyme patterns of the 6 enzymes examined differed in t. simiae ... | 1986 | 2872783 |
| trypanosoma brucei infection in domestic pigs in a sleeping sickness epidemic area of uganda. short communication. | | 1986 | 2874715 |
| production and evaluation of specific antisera against sera of various vertebrate species for identification of bloodmeals of glossina morsitans centralis. | specific antisera against sera of 46 species of vertebrates were prepared. the antisera to 21 bovidae species were raised in goats except the antiserum to goat serum which was raised in sheep. the antisera to 3 suidae species were produced either in domestic pigs or warthogs, while antisera to most of the other vertebrate species were raised in rabbits. the antisera were used in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) to identify the source of bloodmeals ingested by teneral and non-teneral ... | 1986 | 2882665 |
| vitamin a levels of blood in collared peccaries (tayassu tajacu) from south texas. | serum vitamin a concentrations were determined for 24 adult female collared peccaries from 1 captive and 2 wild populations during the period 30 january-15 march, 1983. normal serum vitamin a concentrations of well-fed captive peccaries (mean = 39.0 micrograms/dl) were slightly higher than the reported range of values for domestic swine. mean vitamin a concentrations of blood serum did not differ among the captive and 2 wild populations. however, a few individuals from the wild populations had l ... | 1987 | 2882908 |
| comparative neuromuscular blocking effects of vecuronium, pancuronium, org 6368 and suxamethonium in the anaesthetized domestic pig. | the neuromuscular blocking and cardiovascular effects of three competitive neuromuscular blocking drugs, vecuronium, pancuronium and org 6368, and the depolarizing drug suxamethonium, have been evaluated in the anaesthetized domestic pig. both the relative time-course and the order of potency of the drugs agreed well with published data in man. in addition, the cardiovascular side-effects of pancuronium and org 6368 were identified readily. these preliminary results suggest that the pig may prov ... | 1987 | 2883986 |
| trichinella spiralis: genetic evidence for synanthropic subspecies in sylvatic hosts. | isolates of the nematode genus trichinella from sylvatic hosts differ in their potential to reproduce in domestic swine. the structure of the genomic dna from 13 sylvatic isolates from north america and 5 pig isolates, 4 from north america and 1 from asia, was examined and correlated with the infectivity of the isolate for domestic pigs. dna restriction fragment length differences, identified by ethidium bromide staining and by hybridization with 32p-labeled ribosomal rna, served as molecular ma ... | 1987 | 2888683 |
| young domestic pigs for the cardiovascular assessment of inotropic drugs. comparison with dogs. | a comparison is made of cardiovascular response to cardiotonic drugs in young domestic pigs and dogs, and the use of pigs as an alternative to dogs in cardiovascular investigations is described. | 1988 | 2899656 |
| metabolism of i-653 and isoflurane in swine. | fluoride ion concentrations were measured in plasma samples taken from chronically instrumented domestic swine before, immediately after, and 4 hours after exposure to either i-653 or isoflurane. each anesthetic was administered at concentrations between 0.7 and 1.6 mac and the total dose of anesthetic given was approximately 5.5 mac hours for each agent. plasma fluoride ion concentrations immediately after and 4 hours after exposure to isoflurane were approximately three times greater than valu ... | 1989 | 2913848 |
| tissue acidosis: role in sustained arteriolar dilatation distal to a coronary stenosis. | this study tested the hypothesis that myocardial tissue acidosis is responsible for maintenance of reduced arteriolar tone distal to a severe coronary arterial stenosis. domestic swine (n = 10) were instrumented with a coronary arterial stenosis that reduced vessel diameter 80%. measurements of hemodynamic indexes were made 1) before stenosis, 2) at 5, 20, and 60 minutes after stenosis placement, and 3) after each of three, 20-minute naoh infusions (0.05 m, 0.1 m, and 0.5 m) distal to the stenos ... | 1989 | 2924419 |
| anastomosis of bypass grafts using a low-powered co2 laser. | the purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of using a low-powered co2 laser to perform end-to-side anastomoses of bypass grafts. the internal jugular veins of 13 domestic swine were removed and used as grafts to bypass their ligated carotid arteries. each end of the vein graft was apposed to the artery with four to six temporary stay sutures, and a waveguide delivery co2 laser with a power density of 900 mw/mm2 was used to perform the anastomoses, after which the sutures were remo ... | 1989 | 2927226 |
| resonance in the mechanical response of the respiratory system to high frequency jet ventilation. | eight normal domestic pigs (large white breed) of body weights 17 kg to 62 kg were subjected to high frequency jet ventilation (hfjv) at frequencies of 1 to 10 hz (60-600 breaths/min). six animals survived the study. the gain response curves and phase shift response curves obtained for these animals indicate that respiratory system resonance can be excited at hfjv frequencies. post-mortem examinations of the nonsurvivors' lungs suggested pulmonary barotrauma. these findings and their clinical im ... | 1989 | 2929264 |
| detecting changes of arterial and venous blood flow in flaps. | island skin flaps based on the latissimus dorsi muscle were raised in domestic pigs. simultaneous recordings of laser doppler flowmetric and laser photometric values were made on the skin in the middle of the flap. occlusion of either the artery or the vein of the pedicle was accompanied by very low laser doppler flow values. in laser photometry the total intensity of backscattered light remained unchanged or was sightly increased during arterial occlusion. in response to venous occlusion, howev ... | 1985 | 2935062 |
| protective immunity to ascaris suum: analysis of swine peripheral blood cell subsets using monoclonal antibodies and flow cytometry. | outbred domestic swine or sla inbred miniature swine were exposed to ascaris suum either naturally on contaminated lots or by inoculation with uv-irradiated attenuated eggs. both inbred and outbred swine developed virtually complete protection to a challenge of 10 000 eggs after natural exposure, but inbred swine were less resistant than outbred swine after uv-egg exposure. flow cytometric analysis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from these animals, performed to determine changes in cell s ... | 1986 | 2939618 |
| [adaptation of a natural strain of trichinella to domestic swine]. | | 1987 | 2960875 |
| [experimental biological research on dental filling materials in an application test on domestic swine]. | | 1987 | 2961163 |
| ultrastructural observations on muscle spindles in extraocular muscles of pig. | human and some mammals such as the sheep, goat and domestic and wild pigs have more or less muscle spindles in the extrinsic eye muscles, especially the domestic pigs having abundant muscle spindles (matsuyama, 1987). the muscle spindles play a large role in maintaining the stable visual posture of the eyeballs. to define the morphological properties of the muscle spindles relative to the eye movement, the ultrastructure of the spindles was investigated in 6 extraocular muscles of the pigs by el ... | 1988 | 2969690 |
| comparative anatomy of the mammalian hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus. | a detailed analysis of the cytoarchitecture, retinohypothalamic tract (rht) projections, and immunohistochemical localization of major cell and fiber types within the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nuclei (scn) was conducted in five mammalian species: two species of opossum, the domestic cat, the guinea pig, and the house mouse. cytoarchitectural and immunohistochemical studies were conducted in three additional species of marsupial mammals and in the domestic pig. the scn in this diverse transect ... | 1988 | 2979633 |
| comparison of intraosseous, central, and peripheral routes of sodium bicarbonate administration during cpr in pigs. | obtaining venous access continues to be one of the most difficult problems faced by a physician caring for the pediatric patient in cardiac arrest. our study examined the use of the intraosseous route (through the bone) to obtain venous access for sodium bicarbonate administration in a cardiac arrest model. ventricular fibrillation was induced in 23 domestic swine. cardiopulmonary resuscitation was performed for five minutes and sodium bicarbonate (1 meq/kg) was administered through a peripheral ... | 1985 | 2998236 |
| substance k: vascular and cardiac effects in rat and pig. | the effects of substance k (sk), a newly discovered tachykinin, on the cardiovascular and sympathetic system were evaluated in the pithed rat preparation and in the in situ domestic pig heart. in pithed rats, sk (10 nmol/kg, iv) produced a triphasic mean blood pressure (map) response: short depressor, short pressor (+11 +/- 1 mmhg), and prolonged depressor phase (-9 +/- 1 mmhg, n = 9-24, p less than 0.001). neither effect was significantly affected by pretreatment with propranolol (2 mg/kg) or p ... | 1985 | 3001674 |
| strain-specific 1.7 kilobase repetitive deoxyribonucleic acid sequence family in trichinella spiralis. | eco ri digestion of bulk dna from trichinella spiralis p1, an isolate from domestic pig, reveals the presence of families of repetitive sequences. one of the most prominent of these has a monomer size of 1.7 kb, which exists in minimally dispersed direct tandem arrays, with a copy number of about 2800, and represents 2% of the genome. although there is evidence that the eco ri site is missing in some of the family members and that a 1.9 kb variant of the sequence also occurs, the family is highl ... | 1986 | 3027555 |
| antibodies to vesicular stomatitis new jersey type virus in wild and domestic sentinel swine. | wild sentinel swine on ossabaw island, chatham county, georgia, were serially bled and tested for vesicular stomatitis new jersey type virus neutralizing antibody to determine the intensity, distribution, and progression of annual viral activity. from march through september, 1984 and 1985, 112 and 226 juvenile (less than 8 months) swine, respectively, were sampled. seroconversions initially were detected on may 7, 1984 and may 18, 1985. incidence of seroconversion in wild swine reached 32% duri ... | 1987 | 3034056 |
| the effect of intraosseous sodium bicarbonate on bone in swine. | five domestic swine weighing 8 to 12 kg were anesthetized with ketamine 20 mg/kg im and pentobarbital 20 mg/kg iv. after a sterile prep each animal received nahco3 1 meq/ml/kg in one tibia and saline 1 ml/kg in the other. the animals were allowed to recover and were observed for 30 days. at the end of this period, roentgenographs were obtained of each tibia and triple phase 99m technetium bone scans were obtained. the tibias also were sectioned, stained, and examined under light microscopy for m ... | 1987 | 3035967 |
| role of endogenous prostacyclin in myocardial blood flow regulation distal to a severe coronary stenosis. | to test the hypothesis that endogenous prostacyclin is required to maintain reduced arteriolar tone distal to a severe coronary arterial stenosis under basal conditions and during challenge with a vasoconstrictor eicosanoid such as thromboxane a2 10 closed chest, domestic swine were prepared with an artificial stenosis, which reduced the luminal diameter of the left anterior descending coronary artery by 80%. haemodynamic variables, regional myocardial blood flow (microsphere method), and lactat ... | 1988 | 3075513 |
| assignment of the major histocompatibility complex to the p1.4----q1.2 region of chromosome 7 in the pig (sus scrofa domestica l.) by in situ hybridization. | the pig major histocompatibility complex (sla) was mapped by in situ hybridization. the probe used was a human cdna containing most of the coding sequence for hla-b7. the sla complex was localized to the region p1.4----q1.2 on chromosome 7. | 1986 | 3082605 |
| evidence that insect embryogenesis is regulated by ecdysteroids released from yolk proteins. | that the yolk proteins (yps), or vitellins, stored in the oocytes of insects are a nutritional store for subsequent embryogenesis has long been assumed. exhaustive data base searching programs revealed highly significant sequence similarity between the three yps of drosophila melanogaster and part of the triacylglycerol lipase of the domestic pig. based upon time of degradation of yps during embryogenesis, existence of maternally stored ecdysteroid conjugates in embryos, location of these conjug ... | 1988 | 3125550 |
| [residues of chlorinated pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in pork and ham in past years and today]. | the contents of the residues of chlorinated pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (pcb) were investigated in 682 samples of ham and 926 samples of pork that were collected in the export meat plants. the investigation, based on the gas chromatography method with an ec detector, was performed in 1986. the tolerance of the residues of chlorinated pesticides was exceeded in 0.4% of the hams and 0.3% of the pork samples in that year. the pcb limit, proposed for pork (1.0 mg per kg of fat) was exce ... | 1988 | 3129860 |
| effect of ribose on thallium-201 myocardial redistribution. | myocardial 201tl redistribution after transient ischemia may be too slow to allow identification of a reversible myocardial defect within the routine 201tl imaging period. to determine whether 201tl redistribution could be affected by a metabolic intervention, intravenous ribose was administered postischemia. seventeen domestic swine were subjected to a 10-min ischemic period followed by either a 30-min i.v. ribose (n = 8) or saline (n = 9) infusion. thallium-201 was injected during ischemia and ... | 1988 | 3142974 |
| detecting arterial and venous obstruction in flaps. | island skin flaps based on the latissimus dorsi muscle were raised in domestic pigs. flap circulation, maintained only by the vascular pedicle, was monitored by laser doppler flowmetry, laser photometry, and transcutaneously measured carbon dioxide tension. both arterial and venous occlusion were accompanied by very low laser doppler flow values. in laser photometry, the backscattered intensity of light remained unchanged or was slightly increased during arterial occlusion. in response to venous ... | 1985 | 3156550 |
| effects of platelet-activating factor on coronary hemodynamics and coronary venous plasma levels of txb2, 6-keto-pgf1 alpha, and leukotriene c4 immunoreactivity in the intact domestic pig heart. | | 1985 | 3159202 |
| streptozotocin diabetes in juvenile pigs. evaluation of an experimental model. | spontaneous diabetes in the domestic pig, an animal suitable for metabolic and endocrine studies and for experimental surgery, is extremely rare. in this study we have compared the diabetogenic response of various doses of streptozotocin in comparison to surgically induced diabetes. streptozotocin in a low dose, 35 mg/kg body weight did not influence glucose metabolism while an intermediate dose, 85 mg/kg, resulted in a transient diabetic reaction. streptozotocin, 100-150 mg/kg body weight, caus ... | 1985 | 3160643 |
| ultrastructure of the integument of the domestic pig (sus scrofa) from one through fourteen weeks of age. | | 1985 | 3161419 |
| prevention of leptospira interrogans serovar pomona infection in domestic pigs by vaccination. | | 1988 | 3190600 |
| reciprocal chromosome translocations, (1p-; 11q+ and (1p+; 15q-), in domestic pigs with reduced litter size. | | 1988 | 3192429 |
| a male-specific repeated dna sequence in the domestic pig. | | 1988 | 3194222 |
| the effect of estradiol on quantitative changes in the ultrastructure of pinealocyte structures in sexually immature female domestic pigs. | | 1988 | 3195189 |
| histoautoradiographic detection of 3h-thymidine and 3h-proline in the vascular wall of domestic swine in experimental atherosclerosis. is there an effect of saturated/unsaturated fatty acids in high cholesterol diet? | in vitro labeling of arterial wall samples from domestic swine with tritiated thymidine or proline was used to establish the effect of unsaturated (sunflower oil) or saturated (beef tallow) fatty acids in the presence of enteral cholesterol on dna and collagen synthesis. histoautoradiography of samples incubated in vitro gives labeling patterns and indices comparable to in vivo labeling. preliminary results show that these nutrient fats do not differ in their effect on the dna and collagen synth ... | 1988 | 3197797 |
| placental and fetal development in straightbred and reciprocal crosses of yorkshire and ossabaw swine. | placental and fetal development were compared in 7 yorkshire (y) and 12 feral, ossabaw (f) gilts mated to y and f boars to produce straightbred and reciprocal cross litters (yy, yf, fy and ff, sire listed first). gilts were slaughtered at d 75 +/- 2 of gestation. ovulatory rate and litter size were higher in y than in f gilts; however, rates of embyonal survival were similar in all groups. groups differed in fetal body weight, metabolic body weight, crown-to-rump length, placental weight, metabo ... | 1988 | 3203982 |
| mineral and protein concentrations in enamel of the developing permanent porcine dentition. | calcium, phosphorus and protein analyses have been performed on developing permanent enamel from the mandibular dentition of the domestic pig. the pattern of mineralization and protein loss was similar from tooth to tooth and similar to teeth from other species. comparison of different teeth at the same developmental stages (secretion--stage 1, transition--stage 2 and maturation - stage 3) revealed remarkably similar concentrations of calcium, phosphorus, and protein regardless of tooth type. th ... | 1988 | 3214845 |
| [detailed analysis of a new translocation in a domestic pig]. | a sterile minisibs (mini siberian swine) boar with normal sexual behaviour was studied by the routine, c- and high resolution g-banding chromosome techniques. a new reciprocal translocation was identified involving chromosomes 12 and 13. the numbers of diakinesis and sperms were very low. the synaptonemal complex was typical of reciprocal translocations. | 1988 | 3227566 |
| standard karyotype of the domestic pig. committee for the standardized karyotype of the domestic pig. | | 1988 | 3230021 |
| chromosome banding studies and synaptonemal complex analyses of four reciprocal translocations in the domestic pig. | | 1988 | 3230023 |
| characterization of inhibitory innervation in porcine colonic circular muscle. | effects of stimulation of intramural nerves in the circular smooth muscle layer of the porcine colon (sus scrofa domestica) were studied using the sucrose-gap technique. electrical field stimulation of the preparation, superfused with krebs solution at 21 degrees c, induced a transient hyperpolarization of the smooth muscle cell membrane. this hyperpolarization was an inhibitory junction potential (ijp). the responses obtained from circular muscle originating from either the centripetal or centr ... | 1988 | 3242774 |
| suppression of pentylenetetrazol-elicited seizure activity by intraosseous propranolol in pigs. | the intraosseous (io) route provides a rapid and effective alternative venous access in the pediatric population when the conventional intravenous (iv) route cannot be easily obtained. dl-propranolol, a beta-adrenoceptor antagonist, exhibits antiepileptic activity in various animal seizure models. this study assessed the efficacy of io propranolol in suppressing pentylenetetrazol (ptz)-induced seizure activity in pigs. domestic swine (13-20 kg) were prepared for recordings of arterial blood pres ... | 1988 | 3243927 |
| gross anatomy of the craniomandibular joint and masticatory muscles of the dog. | the craniomandibular joint (cmj) and masticatory muscles in 15 dogs (canis familiaris) were dissected. the major structures were fossa, disc and condyle surrounded by a thin fibrous capsule. the horizontally orientated temporal fossa had a pronounced tubercle anteriorly. posteriorly, a retroarticular process curved backwards. this fossa and process closely surrounded the condyle. the disc was thin. the cylindrically-shaped condyle was elongated in the medio-lateral direction, situated at right a ... | 1988 | 3254129 |
| prototheca zopfii: natural, transient, occurrence in pigs and rats. | domestic swine faeces and fresh faeces from trapped barnyard rats were heavily contaminated with prototheca zopfii, a cause of dairy cow mastitis. when the pigs and rats were maintained on prototheca-free diets, the transient intestinal population of p. zopfii decreased precipitously and disappeared. when combined with the information that other farm animals excrete p. zopfii, it was concluded that contaminated animal feed may be the source of large numbers of p. zopfii in the farm environment. ... | 1988 | 3278239 |
| insulin-like growth factors in the göttinger miniature-pig. | igf i was determined by a radioimmunoassay and igf ii by a radioreceptorassay in 20 göttinger miniature (mini)-pigs and 13 domestic pigs of different weight and age. immunoreactive igf i serum levels of mini-pigs were similar to those of domestic pigs in corresponding age-classes (150-250 and 100-270 micrograms/l, respectively). no differences were detectable between receptor-reactive igf ii serum levels in mini-pigs (150-200 micrograms/l) and domestic pigs (110-270 micrograms/l) nor did the bio ... | 1988 | 3289301 |
| dietary mackerel oil in pigs: effect on plasma lipids, cardiac sarcolemmal phospholipids and cardiovascular parameters. | the influence of substitution of eicosapentanoic acid to the diet has been investigated in juvenile domestic pigs (7-8 kg) fed either a mixture of 4.5% (wt/wt) mackerel oil and 4.5% (wt/wt) lard fat (n = 12, ml group) or a 9% (wt/wt) lard fat (n = 12, l group) diet for 16 wk. plasma triglyceride and total cholesterol did not change in l, but had decreased in ml to 51 +/- 8 and 81 +/- 8% of the initial values, respectively, at the end of this period; the largest decreases already occurred during ... | 1987 | 3305815 |
| an updated survey of african swine fever in malawi. | cases of african swine fever (asf) confirmed in the laboratory in 1985 and 1986 and other data obtained since 1984, in particular and extension of the serological survey of free-ranging domestic pigs undertaken from 1981 to 1984, are presented to give an updated survey of the asf situation in malawi and a revised estimate of the asf enzootic area. evidence is presented that the area may include some border areas in dedza and ntcheu districts and may be expanding in some localities. | 1987 | 3322852 |
| [arterial vessels of the kidney in domestic swine]. | by histological preparation, measuring, corrosion and angiography were studied the arterial blood vessels of 120 kidneys from 60 individuals at different ages. it was established that the kidney artery in the most cases (70%) divides by the dichotomous type in cranial and caudal or in dorsal and ventral branches, and rarely (30%) by the disseminated type in 3 branches--two cranial and one caudal. investigated were the position, course and branching of the prelobar, interlobar, the arcuate, the i ... | 1987 | 3328404 |
| an animal model for radiologic biliary interventional procedures. | procedural development, in vivo evaluation, and professional training in interventional biliary radiology require an animal model that provides easy and safe access to the gallbladder and bile ducts. a porcine model was used successfully for catheterization of the biliary system under fluoroscopic control. permanent access to the gallbladder of ten pigs was achieved with a large-bore cholecystostomy catheter. catheterization of the common bile duct through the cystic duct was feasible in all ani ... | 1988 | 3338897 |
| influence of serotonin on myocardial blood flow in the presence and absence of a coronary arterial stenosis: observations in domestic swine. | this study tested the hypothesis that 5-ht may impair coronary flow regulation by inappropriately increasing arteriolar tone in the coronary circulation. ten closed chest, domestic swine were studied both in the presence and in the absence of a severe artificial intraluminal coronary stenosis. a 5-french micromanometer catheter with fluid lumen was placed in the left anterior descending coronary artery and used to record pressure and infuse 5-ht (40 and 100 micrograms/min) into the coronary circ ... | 1988 | 3353390 |
| effect of pressure-controlled intermittent coronary sinus occlusion on pacing-induced myocardial ischemia in domestic swine. | this study tested the hypothesis that pressure-controlled intermittent coronary sinus occlusion (picso) would be useful in ameliorating myocardial ischemia under conditions characterized by preserved, but reduced (relative to demand), myocardial blood flow. studies were conducted in closed-chest, sedated domestic swine prepared with an artificial stenosis that reduced luminal diameter of the animal's left anterior descending coronary artery by 80%. measurements of hemodynamics, regional myocardi ... | 1988 | 3370777 |
| periodontal disease in feral pigs (sus scrofa) from queensland, australia. | periodontal lesions were present in 26 of 107 feral pigs (sus scrofa) that were shot in southern queensland. the severity of the lesions varied from gingivitis to extensive destruction of the alveolus and its contents. examination of slaughtered domestic pigs revealed a similar prevalence of lesions (12 of 52). only cheek teeth were affected, and molars were affected more frequently than premolars. in both feral and domestic pigs, prevalence of periodontal disease affecting bone increased with a ... | 1988 | 3373625 |
| comparative anatomy of the foramen ovale in the suina. | the structure of the foramen ovale from six species of suina was studied using the scanning electron microscope. in each species, the foramen ovale, when viewed from the terminal part of the caudal vena cava had the appearance of a short tunnel. in the domestic pig (sus scrofa), the wart hog (phacochoerus aethiopicus) and the bush pig (potamochoerus porcus) a fold of tissue projected from the caudal edge of the foramen ovale into the lumen of the left atrium. it constituted a large proportion of ... | 1988 | 3377202 |
| fatigue of three skeletal muscles in domestic and wild pigs. a comparative study in situ. | the semitendinosus, the gastrocnemius and the soleus muscle were stimulated in situ in young, female domestic pigs (sus scrofa domestica, german landrace) and in european wild pigs (sus scrofa scrofa), by supramaximal impulses via the sciatic nerve. fatigue indices of the whole muscles were registered during a continuous supramaximal stimulation with square wave impulses (0.3 ms) that were given for 10 s with a frequency of 100 hz. in domestic pigs, fatigue indices of all three muscles were sign ... | 1988 | 3399363 |
| isolation of african swine fever virus from ticks of the ornithodoros moubata complex (ixodoidea: argasidae) collected within the african swine fever enzootic area of malawi. | ticks of the ornithodoros moubata complex were collected from domestic pig sties and dwelling houses, and from a warthog habitat, and tested for the presence of african swine fever (asf) virus. collections were made in 9 of the 24 districts of malawi, these being primarily the districts in which o. moubata is most numerous. asf virus was isolated from ticks collected in both domestic pig sties and houses in certain villages in mchinji district where asf outbreaks had recently occurred. mchinji d ... | 1988 | 3402546 |
| metabolic response to prolonged reduction of myocardial blood flow distal to a severe coronary artery stenosis. | limited data are available concerning the effects of mild-to-moderate, sustained reductions of coronary blood flow on myocardial aerobic metabolism. this study tested the hypothesis that a sustained flow reduction distal to a severe coronary artery stenosis may be well tolerated (after the initial insult is passed) because of gradual improvement in the balance between myocardial oxygen supply and demand. studies were performed in eight sedated, closed-chest domestic swine that were instrumented ... | 1988 | 3409507 |
| cardiovascular effects of i653 in swine. | i653 (difluoromethyl 1-fluoro 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl ether) is a new inhalation anesthetic with a low blood-gas partition coefficient and no demonstrable toxicity. the authors examined its cardiovascular effects at 0.8, 1.2, and 1.6 mac in eight chronically instrumented domestic swine mechanically ventilated to maintain normocarbia. these data were compared with those obtained while the animals were conscious and while anesthetized with isoflurane at approximately equal mac multiples. i653 caused ... | 1988 | 3415011 |
| intratubular germ cell tumours of pig testicles. | in the course for the histopathological examination of testicles of 30 castrated boars the authors have observed in 4 animals the intratubular growth of atypical germ cells. on the basis of the histological picture this change is equivalent to the human infertile testicles, observed as carcinoma in situ, resp. intratubular germ cell tumour. the described phenomenon occurred in atrophic testicles in 3 of the 4 old animals. the described change in the domestic pig, not known so far, raises the pos ... | 1987 | 3425959 |
| [isolation of a phosphoprotein from preeruptive dentin from molars of domestic pigs (sus scrofa domesticus)]. | isolation of a phosphoprotein from dentin of pre-eruptive molars of sus scrofa domesticus. a protein with a relative molecular mass of 60,000 kd was isolated from dentin of unerupted pig molars. the electrophoretically homogeneous protein was identified as phosphoprotein with a specific staining procedure. the phosphorylation degree is 75%. the amino-acid composition and the molecular mass were compared with values of other species. | 1987 | 3426568 |
| isolation of japanese encephalitis virus from a sentinel domestic pig from kolar district in karnataka. | | 1987 | 3428962 |
| [anatomic studies of the pulmonary hypertension syndrome in the domestic pig]. | | 1987 | 3439630 |
| a complex three breakpoint translocation in the domestic pig. | | 1987 | 3447474 |
| [cytoarchitecture and topography of the preoptic area and several selected nuclei of the rostral hypothalamus of the pig (sus scrofa domestica)]. | | 1987 | 3450096 |