| carbamylphosphate hydrolysis in donkey liver. | mitochondria, microsomes, and cytosol all hydrolyze carbamylphosphate. microsomes show the greatest specific activity. the mitochondrial enzyme is localized in the inner membranes, has optimum ph 5.5 and is heat-stable; the cytosol enzyme has optimum ph 5.0 and is heat-labile. km for carbamylphosphate is 1.1 to 1.2 x 10(-2 m for both the cytosol and the mitochondrial enzyme. both enzymes are inhibited by high substrate concentrations. | 1976 | 8406 |
| homologous and cross-reactive precipitins in anti-pneumococcal sera raised in mules. | serial bleedings were obtained from two mules during prolonged immunization, one with type xxv the other with type viii pneumococcal vaccine. igga, iggb, iggc, igb, igg(t) and igm present among purified pn anti-xxv and pn anti-viii immunoglobulin isolated from various bleedings were identified by use of rabbit anti-equine heavy chain specific reagents. radioimmunodiffusion with 14c-labelled type xxv pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide and horse and donkey reagents with species specificity direc ... | 1978 | 28285 |
| empirical examination of training programs for the treatment of speech anxiety. | this study is the result of an attempt to get effective methods in order to reduce the students' speaking anxiety in seminars. in a prepost-design, two training programs are compared: systematic desensitization and assertive training. success is controlled with the help of a subjective anxiety scale, the "freiburger persönlichkeitsinventar" (fpi), and by scanning how often and how long somebody is speaking in a seminar. the main results are: both of the training programs reduce speaking anxiety ... | 1978 | 28611 |
| the rift valley fever epizootic in egypt 1977-78. 2. ecological and entomological studies. | epidemiological factors related to the introduction, spread and maintenance of rift valley fever (rvf) virus were studied during the 1977-78 epizootic in egypt, culex pipiens is the most ubiquitous and prevalent mosquito species in the nile valley and delta. isolation of rvf virus from unengorged c. pipiens, and demonstration of laboratory transmission of the virus by this species, strongly implicate it as the chief vector in egypt. virus transmission to man also occurs by contamination when han ... | 1979 | 44038 |
| comparative study on the activity, ph optimum and thermal stability of some glycosidases and acid phosphatase from pig and mule leukocytes. | 1. alpha-d-mannosidase, beta-d-galactosidase, alpha-l-fucosidase, beta-n-acetylgalactosaminidase, alpha-d-glucosidase and acid phosphatase activities were studied in circulating blood leukocytes from sus scropha var. domestica l. (pig) and equus asinus x caballus (mule) by spectrophotometric procedures using p-nitrophenyl derivatives as substrates and three different buffer solutions. 2. the highest specific activity corresponds to acid phosphatase. the specific activities of the glycosidases, a ... | 1978 | 45540 |
| grimms' the table, the ass, and the stick. a drama of the phallic stage. | | 1975 | 49907 |
| antigen-binding t cells as helper cells. separation of helper cells by immune rosette formation. | the spleen t cells from mice immunized 6 days earlier with either chicken gamma globulin (cgg) or with donkey erythrocytes (drc) were rosetted with cgg-coated sheep erythrocytes or with drc. the immune rosettes (rfc) (antigen-binding cells) were separated from the bulk of nonrosette-forming cells (non-rfc) by 1-g velocity sedimentation and the rfc and non-rfc tested for helper activity in cooperative antihapten responses in vitro. rfc or non-rfc were mixed with normal or hapten-primed spleen cel ... | 1975 | 51900 |
| antigen-non-specific t-cell factor in b-cell activation. origin, biological properties and failure to show a relationship to h-2. | a population of t cells sensitive to als treatment release a non-specific factor (nsf) capable of replacing t cells in the response of nude spleen cells to erythrocyte antigens. this factor cannot be removed by immunoadsorbents with specificities directed towards products of the h2 complex, nor by lentil lectin, unlike certain specific t-cell factors. furthermore, it functions across histocompatibility differences between mouse strains. it has been directly demonstrated that this factor can infl ... | 1976 | 58834 |
| [preparative isolation of alpha 2-macroglobulin, transferrin, albumin and study of their nonspecific gamma-inhibitory activity]. | profiles of distribution of non-specific gamma-inhibitors of influenza a2/victoria/35/72 in donkey and horse sera were established by gel chromatography in sephadex g-200. high and low molecular inhibitors were found in 19s and 4s serum fractions. highly purified preparations of a2-macroglobulin, transferrine and albumin were isolated by a combination of methods of salt precipitation, gel chromatography on sephadex g-100, g-200 and ion exchange on deae-sephadex a-50. heating sera resulted in a c ... | 1976 | 64024 |
| studies on equine immunoglobulins--v. horse antibodies to donkey igga. | | 1977 | 74358 |
| [immunochemical investigations on the gene expression of horse serum carboxylesterase (author's transl)]. | immunochemical and enzymatic analyses of horse serum carboxylesterase were carried out with respect to the existence of a silent gene. sera with positive phenotypic expression of esterase, both heterozygotes and presumed homozygotes, were compared with:--sera with positive phenotypic expression but genotypically +/o;--sera with a negative phenotypic expression, i. e. genotypically o/o;--sera of natural +/o "hemi-zygotes": mules (donkey lacking the esterase);--positive sera heated at 60 degrees c ... | 1978 | 79331 |
| immunochemical and oligonucleotide fingerprint analyses of venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis complex viruses. | rna oligonucleotide fingerprint analyses indicate that the genome rna obtained from trinidad donkey (trd) venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis (vee) virus serotype i a, its vaccine strain derivative tc-83, and the vee i b virus isolate ptf-39, have almost identical patterns of characteristic ribonuclease t1 resistant oligonucleotides. the tc-83 strain and the i b isolate can, on the basis of these analyses, be considered as variants of the trd virus and categorized as i ab serotypes. comparisons ... | 1979 | 90115 |
| buridan's ass: one man's view of the immune system. | this essay offers a highly biased and prejudiced interpretation of the immune response. the major points of this interpretation are: b and t lymphocyte diversity is generated by rearrangements within and among existing receptorcoding genes; the t cell receptor is a molecule genetically more closely related to immunoglobulins than to the products of the major histocompatibility complex (mhc); the course of b and t lymphocyte differentiation is largely the same except for a final processing of t l ... | 1978 | 91475 |
| [effect of ass on platelet function in experimental dic]. | in thrombin-induced dic, acetylsalicylic acid (asa) prevents the strong initial fall in platelet count and the obturation of the microvasculature of the lung with platelet aggregates. during the dic reaction increasing inhibition of aggregability of circulating platelets against collagen and adp is observed. furthermore, asa prevents the increase in the plasma haemoglobin level caused by dic. | 1979 | 94874 |
| blood characteristics of the adult donkey. | | 1978 | 104499 |
| beta-lactoglobulins in the mammary secretions of camel (camelus dromedarius) and she-ass. immunological detection and preliminary physico-chemical characterization. | the mammary secretions of a monogastric, the ass, and those of a tylopode, the camel (camelus dromedarius), were examined by double diffusion in agarose gel against rabbit sera anti-bovine beta-lactoglobulin. clear precipitin reactions were obtained. after immunoelectrophoresis the camel and she-ass beta-lactoglobulins showed very different electrophoretic mobilities. | 1979 | 117816 |
| changes in (na+ + k+)-atpase activity of ehrlich ascites tumor cells produced by alteration of membrane fatty acid composition. | the fatty acid composition of plasma membrane derived from ehrlich ascites tumor cells was altered in vivo by changing the dietary lipid of the tumor-bearing mice. the activity of (sodium + potassium)-adenosinetriphosphatase ((na+ + k+atpase), in partially purified plasma membranes, was measured ass a function of temperature. arrhenius plots of the data were biphasic. striking differences, dependent on the membrane fatty acid composition, were observed in the transition temperature and in the en ... | 1976 | 129155 |
| lungworm infection (dictyocaulus arnfieldi) of horses and donkeys. | dictyocaulus arnfieldi (cobbold 1884) infects the respiratory tract of horses, donkeys, mules, hinnies and zebra. a review of the literature has been given by round (1972). in the western hemisphere it is popularly believed that donkeys are the natural host and that horses become infected by association with infected donkeys. there is scant documentary evidence for this and, in the soviet union, patent infections may reach 70 per cent without mention of donkey association (koulikov 1935, borovko ... | 1976 | 136786 |
| [testicular artery and its distribution in the testis and epididymis of the donkey (equus africanus f. asinus). corrosion-anatomic and angiographic studies]. | | 1978 | 148223 |
| transmission of the cytochrome c structural gene in horse-donkey crosses. | donkey cytochrome c was shown to differ from horse cytochrome c by having a serine in position 47 rather than a threonine. the rest of the amino acid sequences are identical. mules and hinnies, both males and females, carry equal amounts of horse and donkey cytochromes c. the same ratio is found in hinnies in preparations from heart tissue and from skeletal muscle. these results demonstrate that cytochrome c is transmitted in horse-donkey crosses as a simple mendelian character which is neither ... | 1977 | 190219 |
| factors affecting tracheobronchial mucociliary transport. | in vivo mucus transport rates were studied in humans and donkeys by external measurement of the rate of clearance of insoluble monodisperse gamma-tagged aerosols. the influence of temperature, environmental toxicants and drugs which affect the autonomic nervous system were studied by determining the changes in clearance produced by them in individual subjects. in donkeys, increased pretest ambient temperature accelerated clearance by greater than 1.7%/ degrees c. smoking 2-7 cigarettes reduced t ... | 1975 | 197002 |
| burro aortic collagen: platelet aggregating activity and ultrastructural changes induced by plasma. | a fibrillar collagen molecule was extracted from the upper thoracic aorta of an old burro (equus asinus). presence of the collagen in the extract was determined by amino acid analysis, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, incubation with collagenase, and assays of its platelet-aggregating capacity by "aggregometry". based on the amino acid rations of proline/hydroxyproline and lysine/hydroxylysine, the collagenous protein most nearly resembles type i of 4 main published types of collag ... | 1978 | 205146 |
| regional asssignments of the loci ak3, acons, and ass on human chromosome 9. | experiments are described in which human cells carrying balanced reciprocal translocations involving four different regions of chromosome 9 were fused with a chinese hamster cell line and the resulting hybrids used to obtain subchromosomal assignments of the loci ass, ak3, and acons. ass was localized on the distal portion of the long arm of chromosome 9, in the region 9q34 leads to 9qter, and ak3 and acons on the short arm, in the region 9pter leads to 9p13. | 1979 | 219990 |
| incidence of bluetongue virus precipitating antibodies in sera of some domestic animals in the sudan. | to determine the presence and prevalence of bluetongue (bt) infection in a variety of domestic animal species in different geographical regions of the sudan, a serological study using the agar gel precipitation technique was initiated. a total of 2142 serum samples were examined. of the numbers tested approximately 28% of sheep, 11.2% of goats, 8% of cattle and 4.9% of camels were positive for group-specific antibodies to bt virus antigen, indicating previous exposure to bt infection. none of th ... | 1979 | 229163 |
| an outbreak of eosinophilic bronchitis in horses possibly associated with dictyocaulus arnfieldi infection. | eight mature horses which had been affected with a moist cough for six weeks were found to have large numbers of eosinophils in tracheal mucus samples taken by transtracheal washing. these horses were kept on irrigated pasture and fed a hay-free diet. a companion yearling donkey was found to be passing dictyocaulus arnfieldi larvae in its faeces. two oral treatments with a dose of thiabendazole (440 mg/kg) resulted in the resolution of the clinical signs and the disappearance of eosinophils from ... | 1979 | 157874 |
| [complications of antithrombotic prophylaxis with acetylsalicylic acid (ass) in polycythemia (author's transl)]. | eight patients with polycythemia whose main complaints resulted from vascular complications were prophylactically treated with ass. 4 patients tolerated the treatment without any side effects, 4 patients had an acute upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage, which was fatal in 2 cases. correlations between the thrombohemorrhagical syndrome in polycythemia on one hand and the side effects of ass on the other hand are discussed. as a result of this antithrombotic prophylaxis with ass is not indicated in ... | 1978 | 307109 |
| efficacy of mebendazole against dictyocaulus arnfieldi in the donkey. | in a controlled trial in naturally infected donkeys the efficacy of mebendazole against dictyocaulus arnfieldi infection was evaluated. a powder formulation of mebendazole given orally at a dosage rate of 4.3 to 5.7 mg per kg per day for five days had no apparent effect on existing lungworm burdens. however a paste formulation of mebendazole given orally at a higher dosage rate of 15.2 to 20.0 mg per kg per day for five days was 75 to 100 per cent effective in the removal of lungworms from indiv ... | 1979 | 157591 |
| isolation and chemical composition of the leucocytes from donkey, horse, mule and pig. | 1. leucocytes from the blood of adult and young donkeys (equus asinus l.), adult horses (equus caballus l.), adult mules (equus asinus x equus caballus) and adult pigs (sus scrofa l.) were obtained in a high degree of purity (99.9%) using na2-edta-dextrans mixtures. 2. sialic acids were released, purified, identified and determined from both non-delipided and delipided leucocytes. 3. n-glycolylneuraminic was the predominant sialic acid. n-acetylneuraminic acid and n,o-diacetyl-neuraminic acid we ... | 1978 | 318339 |
| comparative studies on blood serum alpha-l-fucosidases from several mammalian species. | 1. peripheral blood serum alpha-l-fucosidases have been studied from various mammalian species: sus scropha var domestica l. (pig), capra hircus l. (goat), bos taurus l. (bull, races morucha and charolais), equus caballus l. (horse) and equus asinus l. (donkey). 2. fluorimetric and spectrophotometric procedures were used for determination of alpha-l-fucosidases. 3. alpha-l-fucosidases were more active towards fluorescent substrates than towards chromogenic substrates. 4. ph optima values of the ... | 1978 | 318353 |
| lungworm: (dictyocaulus arnfieldi) infection in donkeys. | the clinical, parasitological and pathological findings in a group of six donkeys naturally infected with d arnfieldi larvae are described. one animal had to be sacrificed at an early date because it developed pneumonia. the remaining five were unthrifty, showed mild clinical respiratory signs and had heavy strongyle infections. they had varying numbers of adult worms in the airways of the lungs and eggs were found coiled up in the smaller bronchi where they had apparently lead to an obstruction ... | 1979 | 157590 |
| maternal recognition of pregnancy and immunological implications of trophoblast-endometrium interactions in equids. | fertilized eggs reach the uterus of the mare by the sixth day after ovulation whereas unfertilized eggs remain lodged in the fallopian tubes for many months. however, embryo removal studies indicate that the fetal message for luteal maintenance in the pregnant mare is not transmitted until days 14-16. the equine endometrial cups comprise a series of small, ulcer-like endometrial outgrowths which are present in the pregnant horn of the uterus between 40 and 150 days of gestation. each cup consist ... | 1978 | 259042 |
| a calcium-activated potassium channel present in foetal red cells of the sheep but absent from reticulocytes and mature red cells. | red cells of adult sheep, like those of other ruminants, lack the calcium-activated potassium channel which is present in the membrane of human red cells. since the activities of other transport systems in the sheep red cell are known to decrease during maturation of the cell or during development of the animal it was investigated whether the k+ channel is present in red cells from younger animals or in reticulocytes. using the divalent cation ionophore a23187 to increase the intracellular ca of ... | 1978 | 354695 |
| [determination of human leukocyte interferon by a microfluorimetric immunologic method]. | the possibility of quantitative determination of human leucocyte interferon using fitc-labeled antiinterferon antibodies was studied. a highly specific antiinterferon immunoglobulin was obtained as a result of longterm immunization of a donkey with human leucocyte interferon followed by fractionation and immuno-absorbtion of immune plasma. this immunoglobulin was labeled with fitc and used for human leucocyte interferon assay in direct and indirect reactions of fluorescence immunoinhibition. the ... | 1979 | 373813 |
| comparison of the direct antiglobulin rosetting reaction (darr) and direct immunofluorescence (dif) for demonstration of sig-bearing lymphocytes in pigs, sheep and cattle. | tests with untreated and trypsin-treated red cells (rbc) from a variety of species showed that anti-ig-coupled pig rbc are good indicator cells for the study of ruminant blood sig + lymphocytes by the darr test; coupled donkey and rabbit rbc are suitable for investigating pig lymphocytes. the different species showed the following percentages of sig + lymphocytes (m +/- se) by direct immunofluorescence (dif) and the direct antiglobulin rosetting reaction (darr) respectively:pigs 9.2 +/- 0.7% and ... | 1979 | 374254 |
| rosette formation by buffalo (bos bubalis) t and b lymphocytes. | buffalo (bos bubalis) lymphocytes were purified and tested for their e and eac rosette forming capacity as a marker for the detection of t and b cells, respectively. sheep erythrocytes were found to form 17.7 per cent of e rosette with buffalo lymphocytes. this population of lymphocytes is believed to be t cell. erythrocytes of guinea-pig, rabbit, hamster, rat, chicken, dog and donkey formed a lower percentage of rosettes. five to 18.5 per cent of srbc-eac rosettes were detected with buffalo lym ... | 1979 | 314194 |
| immunologic reactivity of purified human urinary kallikrein (urokallikrein) with antiserum directed against human pancreas. | donkey antiserum to normal human pancreas absorbed with lyophilized human plasma recognized human urokallikrein in concentrated crude urine or after an approximately 500-fold purification. the urokallikrein antigen was associated with kinin-generating and alpha-n-p-tosyl-l-arginine methyl ester (tame) cleaving activity on isoelectric focusing, with the isoelectric point being 3.8 to 4.4. both kiningenerating and esterolytic activity were removed from the purified urokallikrein by an immunoadsorb ... | 1977 | 402421 |
| vascular clearance of venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis viruses as a correlate to virulence for rhesus monkeys. | the epizootic trinidad donkey strain of venezuelan equime encephalomyelitis virus (vee) was cleared slowly from the circulation of rhesus monkeys following intravenous inoculation, while the live, attenuated vaccine strain, tc-83, was cleared rapidly. the efficent clearance of tc-83 vaccine may be a factor in the lower viremia and benign course of tc-83 virus infection in rhesus monkeys. | 1977 | 411457 |
| the normal electrocardiographic parameters of the domestic donkey (equus asinus). | | 1977 | 412379 |
| studies on saprozoonosis. i. a survey on aspergillus species with special reference to occupational habits. | a comprehensive survey of aspergillus species has been carried out among different cattle and donkey handlers. a total of 300 pharyngeal swabs of different subjects including 100 control and 100 each from cattle and donkey handlers was investigated. all the subjects were found healthy. among the species of aspergillus, the number of a. flavus appeared higher followed by a. fumigatus, still lower number was encountered with other species like a. nidulans and a. glaucus. in order to establish the ... | 1979 | 429763 |
| successful transmission of cem to the donkey. | | 1979 | 433125 |
| a proposed mechanism(s) of transitory ischemic injury to myocardium. | the main objective of this study was to produce primary acute ischemic injury to myocardium in a live animal. in vitro, guinea pig platelets were sensitive to perturbation and aggregation by a suspension of ultrafine fibrillary collagen material isolated from the aorta of an aged burro (equus asinus). the platelets responded to the stimulatory action of this material down to 100 to 200 ng (dry weight) added to 0.45 ml of platelet-rich plasma, as determined by aggregometric technique. aortic fibr ... | 1979 | 464353 |
| complement fixation in acute serum sickness: assembly of glomerular-bound c3-convertase. | complement (c) fixing properties of glomerular immune deposits were studied in vitro in two groups of rabbits with acute serum sickness (ass). deposits were studied early in decomplemented (cobra venom factor-treated) rabbits (group i) and during the evolution of the nephritis in non-decomplemented rabbits (group ii). following perfusion of kidneys of animals from group i (which contained no autologous c3) with rabbit serum deficient in factor b (classical pathway) or serum pre-treated with mg++ ... | 1979 | 389495 |
| [preparation of liposomes possessing immunologic specificity]. | the authors obtained artificial lipid vesicles--liposomes containing immunoglobulins. igg in the complexes with liposomes proved to retain their immunological activity: the liposomes containing rabbit anti-mouse igg agglutinated in the presence of donkey anti-rabbit igg or mouse serum. as shown by the use of liposomes containing h3-inulin and immunoglobulins against the cell surface determinants, these immuno-liposomes selectively bound the target, but not the control cells. specific binding wit ... | 1977 | 322756 |
| equine leucoencephalomalacia (elem): a study of fusarium moniliforme as an etiologic agent. | signs and lesions characteristic of equine leucoencephalomalacia were produced in one of two donkeys given corn cultured with fusarium moniliforme sheldon. gross and histopathologic lesions of the cerebrum included an extensive necrotic cavitation within one cerebral hemisphere, disruption and rarefication of the subcortical white matter, prominent perivascular hemorrhage, and some mononuclear cell perivascular cuffing. another donkey and three rabbits fed the cultured corn did not develop chara ... | 1979 | 516365 |
| effect of chronic inhalation of sulfuric acid mist upon mucociliary clearance from the lungs of donkeys. | the effect of chronic inhalation exposures to sulfuric acid mist upon mucociliary clearance from the lungs was studied, using the donkey as an analogue for man. four animals were exposed 1 hr/day, 5 days/week, for 6 months. the mean mass concentration of acid mist was 102 microgram/m3 for two animals, and 106 microgram/m3 for the other two. the mass median aerodynamic diameter was approximately 0.5 micrometer. clearance was monitored by serial, external in vivo measurements of the retention of a ... | 1979 | 528846 |
| quantitative determination of human leukocyte interferon by microfluorometric immunoassay with fitc-labeled anti-interferon immunoglobulin. | the possibility of quantitative determination of human leukocyte interferon using fitc-labeled anti-interferon antibody was studied. anti-interferon immunoglobulin of high specific activity was obtained as a result of long-term immunization of a donkey with human leukocyte interferon preparation and subsequent fractionation and immunoadsorption steps. this immunoglobulin was labeled with fitc and then used for titration of human leukocyte interferon by the fluorescence inhibition immunoassay. th ... | 1978 | 342608 |
| enteritis associated with eimeria leuckarti infection in donkeys. | | 1979 | 505920 |
| a comparative histochemical study of intrinsic laryngeal muscles of ungulates and carnivores. | the intrinsic laryngeal muscles of the horse, donkey, sheep, ox, pig, dog and cat were examined for myosin atpase, following acid and alkali pre-incubation, sdh and m-alphagpdh activities. in all laryngeal muscles two fibre types, betar and alphar, belonging to slow and fast-contracting, fatigue-resistant motor units (types s and fr) were present in different proportions. the alphaw fibre type, belonging to fast-contracting and fatigue-resistant motor units was absent (type ff). the alphar fibre ... | 1979 | 533508 |
| [symptoms of rabies in pets and domestic animals in south africa and south west africa (author's transl)]. | the most obvious symptoms of rabies in farm animals and pets in south africa and south-west africa are discussed in the light of information obtained during routine examination of specimens for the 10-year-period 1967--1976. more than 55% of the cases encountered were cattle in which the most obvious symptoms were salivation (92%), bellowing (69%), aggressiveness (47%), paresis or paralysis (30%) and straining (12%). unlike cattle, the most obvious symptom in goats was aggressiveness (83%). sali ... | 1979 | 551189 |
| anthelmintic efficiency of fenbendazole in equines. | a single oral dose of fenbendazole (fbz) at 10 mg/kg body mass was given to 5 donkeys. a further 5 donkeys were dosed with a medicated lick (1 mg fbz/g lick) until the oral consumption was 10 mg/kg body mass. in both trials fbz was highly effective against adults of the following genera: cyathostomum, cylicocyclus, cylicostephanus, cylicodontophorus, poteriostomum, cabellonema, craterostomum and triodontophorus; similarly high efficiency was obtained against the following species: habronema maju ... | 1979 | 553963 |
| [the behaviour of mycobacterium intracellulare serotyp davis and mycobacterium avium in the head region of sphagnum moss vegetation after experimental inoculation (author's transl)]. | after the inoculation in the head region of sphagnum moss vegetation (sph. magellancium-erica association and sph. apiculatum-eriophorum angustifolium ass.) reach the mycobacteria the hyaline cells of sphagnum (fig. 1). the count of m. intracellulare serotyp davis decreases rapidly already in three days after the inoculation of sph. magellanicum ass. and this trend in the course of incubation is being continued. in 27 days following the inoculation only 2 of 7 specimens contained a small amount ... | 1978 | 566009 |
| [multiplication of mycobacteria in the gray layer of sphagnum vegetation (author's transl)]. | the capillary moisture of the gray layer of the sphagnum magellanicum ass. contains nutrients for the growth of mycobacteria. tested in vitro significant multiplication was stated in m. intracellulare, serotyp davis, m. avium, m. scrofulaceum, m. fortuitum, m. xenopi, m. kansasii, m. borstelense, m. flavescens, m. gaxtri, m. gordonae, m. marinum, m. terrae, m. smegmatis, m. spec. "s" and m. nonchromogenicum (fig. 1 and 2). there was no evident multiplication in m. phlei, m. triviale, m. tubercul ... | 1978 | 566010 |
| male uterus in the donkey and horse. | the anatomy and histology of the male uterus were studied in the donkey and the horse. in the former it was found complete and long, while in the latter it was incomplete or absent. some variations met with are described. a new concept of "internal male hermaphroditism' is presented and two types are differentiated. | 1978 | 566018 |
| [production of monospecific immunoglobulin against human leukocyte interferon]. | donkeys were regularly, at seven-day intervals, immunized subcutaneously with human leukocyte interferon (if) with the activity of 1.6 x 103 u/10 ml. if-neutralizing antibodies in the titre of 1:128-1:256 were detected in the animals' sera after 38-40 injections. as a result of continuing injections the titre of these antibodies increased considerably. the antibodies to the components of the system in which the if was obtained were revealed in parallel. donkey antiinterferon plasma was prepared ... | 1978 | 568968 |
| [renovascular hypertension. prognostic value of renal venous renin determinations (author's transl)]. | in the present study the effect of surgery on blood pressure was investigated in 35 patients with renovascular hypertension: 17 patients with fibromuscular hyperplasia (fmd) and 18 with atherosclerosis (ass) of the renal artery. patients with fmd were younger (31,8 years), showed a shorter duration of hypertension (1.8 years) and were prevalently female (82%), whereas patients with ass were markedly older (48.2 years), showed a longer duration of hypertension (2.6 years) and were most often male ... | 1979 | 502354 |
| [the risks involved in the heart catheter examination. a retrospective evaluation of the complications after 700 examinations. i. method, patients, diagnoses (author's transl)]. | a retrospective study is undertaken in order to assess the kind and frequency of complications which occurred in 700 heart catheterizations performed in 539 infants and children. this paper deals with the distribution of age groups and diagnoses. the percentages of the different age groups resemble closely those of the "cooperative study" of braunwald and ass. (1968) with the exception that newborns and infants are represented in greater number. this id due to a more active approach to investiga ... | 1979 | 530725 |
| prevalence of vesicular exanthema of swine antibodies among feral mammals associated with the southern california coastal zones. | serum-neutralizing antibodies to both vesicular exanthema of swine virus (vesv) and san miguel sea lion virus (smsv) were found in a number of animal species having an association with the southern california coastal zones. california sea lions (zalophus californianus) had antibodies to 9 vesv types (a48, c52, d53, e54, f54, g55, i55, j56, and k56). fur seals (callorhinus ursinus) and elephant seal pups (mirounga angustirostris) were tested for antibodies to 6 vesv types and all were negative. c ... | 1978 | 629463 |
| [the risks involved in the heart catheter examination. a retrospective evaluation of the complications after 700 examinations. ii. complications (author's transl)]. | the author reviewed the complications of 700 heart catheterizations in infants and children performed between 1970 and 1978 with a frequency of 55 to 113 investigations per year. arrhythmias occurred on 70 occasions (10%), death within 24 hours: 14 (2%), extravasation of contrast media: 11 (1,6%), perforation by catheter: 6 (0,9%), cyanotic spells 5 (0,7%), myocardial ischemia: 4 (0,6%), respiratory arrest: 4 (0,6%), convulsions: 2 (0,3%), wound infection: 2 (0,3%), icterus 2 (0.3%), lung atelac ... | 1979 | 530726 |
| effects of short-term exposures to sulfuric acid and ammonium sulfate aerosols upon bronchial airway function in the donkey. | the effects of one-hour inhalation exposures to 0.3-0.6 micrometer h2so4 and (nh4)2so4 aerosols in the donkey were studied in terms of alterations in pulmonary flow resistance and dynamic compliance, and changes in the regional deposition and tracheobronchial mucocilliary clearance of an inert test aerosol. short-term slowing of clearance followed certain single exposures to h2so4 at 194-1364 microgram/m3 in three of four animals, while two of the four demonstrated a more persistent slowing of t ... | 1978 | 645555 |
| cellular assay for measuring anti-erythrocyte antibody responses. | splenocytes from mice immunized with sheep red cells (src) or donkey red cells (drc) were able to lyse radiolabeled src or drc respectively. the cytotoxic effect was mediated by the active supernatant which was released from the immune splenocytes and which was characterized as antibody. this cellular cytotoxic response was found to be a very reliable, efficient, rapid and objective assay for measuring anti-erythrocyte antibody responses. | 1978 | 649962 |
| binding study of benzamides to serum albumins by fluorescence probe technique. | the interaction between human and bovine serum albumins (hsa and bsa) were studied with two derivatives of benzamide, metoclopramide (primpéran) and sultopride (barnétil). it was possible to evaluate association constants (k ass.) characterising this interaction by fluorescence probe technique inspite of the very low binding tendency, which can be correlated to pharmacokinetic properties of these drugs. | 1978 | 582922 |
| effects of atropine and methacholine on deposition and clearance of inhaled particles in the donkey. | the influence of sympathetic and parasympathetic controls on regional particle deposition and mucociliary clearance rates was studied in the donkey in vivo. the deposition and clearance characteristics for gamma-tagged monodisperse ferric oxide microspheres were determined for inhalation tests after atropine and methacholine injections and were compared with the characteristics determined for control tests with the same animals and aerosols. additional tests were performed in which methacholine ... | 1978 | 682209 |
| [quantities of plasma polyps in the blood of male and female guinea pigs after application of monoiodinoacetate, acetylosalicyclic acid, nitrogen-containing excretory substances, and histamine (author's transl)]. | released cell protrusions designated as plasma polyps (pp) were quantificated from human blood of normal, male and non pregnant female, individuals by means of "inverted centrifugation" [4], and from blood of male and female, non pregnant and late pregnant, guinea pigs also. as control blood was taken from guinea pigs during nembutal narcosis or after narcotizing them by blows on the neck. in further series we examined the formation of pp after intravenous application of monoiodinoacetate (mia) ... | 1978 | 684300 |
| evolution of blood serum globulins as determined by pregnancy in the domestic donkey (equus asinus l.). | | 1977 | 608103 |
| [optimation of postoperative prophylaxis of thrombosis in gynaecology (author's transl)]. | the prophylactic effect of heparin dihydroergotamine, the combination of these two (heparin-dihydergot) and acetylsalicylic-acid in the prevention of deep vein thrombosis was investigated in a prospective randomized clinical trial involving 454 patients. evidence of thrombosis was detected by the 125i-fibrinogen-uptake-test in 22 out of 75 patients (29.3%) in the control group. the application of 2 x 0.5 mgdhe or 2 x 5000 iu of heparin reduced the incidence of deep vein thrombosis to 7%, which ... | 1978 | 631536 |
| use of hexcelite for the immobilisation of the limbs of large animals. | the use of a thermoplastic linear polyester polymer orthopaedic tape in the treatment of six horses, one donkey and a bull with a variety of orthopaedic problems requiring immobilisation of a limb is described. | 1978 | 664191 |
| [survey of the incidence of dictyocaulus arnfieldi infections in donkeys in the netherlands (author's transl)]. | the results of an investigation into the incidence of dictyocaulus arnfieldi in donkeys in the netherlands show that 51 per cent excrete larvae in the faeces. this infection was not detected in animals under five months. the proportion of infected animals did not increase with age. however, the level of excretion was found to increase with age. there was no correlation between the excretion of lungworm larvae and pulmonary symptoms. | 1978 | 694890 |
| [comparative study of six methods for lymphocyte isolation from several mammalian sources and determination of their carbohydrate composition (author's transl)]. | the present paper deals with a comparative study on six methods for isolation of peripheral blood lymphocytes from various mammalian sources: bos taurus l. (adult cow), equus caballus l. (adult horse), equus asinus l. (adult and young donkeys) and sus scropha l. (adult pig). the following systems were used: a) filtration through sand columns (a modification of blaszczyszyn's method); b) sodium metrizoate and "ficoll 400" c) "lymphoprep"; d) "urovison" and dextran t150 (a modification of gili et ... | 1978 | 725234 |
| analysis of mechanisms regulating the expression of parental alleles at the gpd locus in mule erythrocytes. | erythrocyte glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (g6pd) was examined by 13% starch gel electrophoresis in 74 mules (42 females and 32 males), 35 donkeys, and ten horses. the quantitative expression of the parental alleles at the gpd locus varies greatly in female mules from the hemizygous expression of the maternal allele to that of the paternal. the data obtained indicate that the x chromosomes are randomly inactivated in females mules. no selective advantage of a cell population with a maternally ... | 1978 | 736879 |
| studies on the livestock of southern darfur, sudan vi. notes on equines. | equines have been largely ignored in modern scientific literature on domestic animals, probably because they are not providers of meat and milk. their contribution to the economy in the sudan, however, is considerable and they are the principal means of transport both as baggage and as riding animals. they also play an important role in the supply of fuel and the distribution of domestic water in the larger villages and towns. information on population structure is provided and descriptions, wit ... | 1978 | 705901 |
| equine leptospirosis with some clinical observations. | in a serologic survey on equine leptospirosis in egypt, the following incidences of leptospiral serosensitivity were found: 1. hospitalised horses 65/113 (57.5 %). 2. hospitalised donkeys 90/125 (72.0 %). 3. apparently healthy horses 21/72 (29.1 %). sera of these animals were mostly reacting to serotypes butembo, pomona, icterohemorragiae, and grippotyphosa. equine in egypt are close animals to humans and may constitute a potential source of leptospiral infection. from the clinical point of view ... | 1978 | 707959 |
| nutritional values of different blood diets expressed as reproductive potentials in adult stomoxys calcitrans l. (diptera: muscidae). | experiments with stomoxys calcitrans adults showed that different blood diets markedly affect the lifespan and reproductive potential of this species. when fed on blood from herbivores (cattle, sheep, goat, horse and donkey) the adults lay more eggs than they do when fed on blood from omnivores (pig). blood from carnivores (dog) is even less suitable than that from omnivores, and no eggs are laid when the flies are fed on chicken blood. | 1978 | 750961 |
| [thrombocyte aggregation and prostaglandin-endoperoxide formation during administration of acetylsalicylic acid (ass)]. | | 1978 | 741972 |
| [control of acetylsalicylic-acid (ass) therapy using the collagen-induced platelet aggregation]. | | 1975 | 813083 |
| albumin polymorphism in the feral donkey of death valley national monument, california. | evidence is presented for the occurrence of a second allele in the albumin system of the donkey (equus asinus). samples were collected from 127 feral donkeys in four locations within the panamint mountains of death valley national monument, california. a common phenotype, electrophoretically characterized by a single band, was recorded from all four locations. a rare, double-band phenotype was recorded from two locations. | 1978 | 717846 |
| fine structure of mule testes: light and electron microscopy study. | testes of 3 mules, 3 stallions, and 3 donkeys were studied by light and electron microscopic techniques. mule testes were firm, with an average weight less than that of stallion or donkey testes. as expected, mule seminiferous tubules had few cell elements. there were 2 cell populations within the seminiferous tubules: (a) only basal spermatogonia and sertoli's cells in 70% of the tubules and, (b) the cells in (a) plus leptotene and pachytene primary spermatocytes in 30% of the tubules. degenera ... | 1977 | 851277 |
| indirect mouse model for the evaluation of potential antiviral compounds: results with venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis virus. | an indirect mouse model was utilized to evaluate the antiviral activity of several compounds against venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis (vee) virus infection in mice. mice were given various dosages of lysine-stabilized polyriboinosinic acid-polyribocytidylic acid, a tilorone analogue, kethoxal, or mepacrine before and/or shortly after receiving one of several dose levels of attenuated strain tc-83 vee virus. twenty-one days later, the same mice were rechallenged intracranially with virulent tr ... | 1977 | 856020 |
| heavy metal determination in sea water and in marine organisms with the aid of flameless ass. iv: description of a routine method for the determination of cadmium in small samples of biological material. | some important environmental poisons, e.g. the element cadmium, are rather volatile during flameless aas determination. this causes difficulties the in case of matrices consisting of large amounts of salts and organic materials. therefore, as an example in the case of cadmium, a detailed method has been developed. the following method is now used for determinations in large series of samples. its main advantages are: the sample size must not exceed the mg to microng range; the digestion takes pl ... | 1977 | 857492 |
| [selecting a method of erythrocyte fixation for the passive hemagglutination test according to the nature of the sensitin]. | quantitative methods were applied to the study of the interaction of albumins, fraction i of plague bacilli, diphtheria toxoid fractions differing by mol wt, flagellin of typhoid bacilli, 19s- and 7s-fractions of normal human, cholera horse, and paratyphoid b donkey sera with erythrocytes, fixed by 10 different methods. fixation with acetaldehyde proved to be optimal for the binding of all the proteins, including flagellin, but the latter sensitized erythrocytes formalinized after vainbach bette ... | 1977 | 857516 |
| functional aspects of blood platelets in irradiated burros. | in irradiated burros (equus asinus), a delayed clinical syndrome characterized by a depletion of megakaryocytes and platelets has been observed. to clarify the cause of this syndrome, the functional abilities of platelets in 7 irradiated and 3 control burros were studied in vitro. the irradiated burros were survivors (greater than 18 years) of total-body exposures to near-lethal doses of gamma-radiation. burro platelet aggregability induced with adenosine diphosphate and thrombin, and with a com ... | 1977 | 842918 |
| clinical, haematological and pathological studies in donkeys experimentally infected with trypanosoma brucei. | donkeys experimentally infected with trypanosoma brucei showed dullness, weakness, fever, inappetence, conjunctivitis, tachycardia and polydyspnoea soon after detectable parasitaemia. the parasitaemia was generally low with transient high peaks except in the terminal stage when there was sustained high parasitaemia. a moderate anaemia was present as from the second week of infection but it was not progressive. there was a marked leucopoenia within 24 h of patent parasitaemia. death occurred 2 to ... | 1977 | 906095 |
| cell-mediated immune response in equine babesiosis. | an intradermal skin test, to demonstrate a delayed cutaneous hypersensitivity reaction in babesia equi infection in donkeys, was developed. a skin reaction to b. equi antigen was elicited in vaccinnated, infected and carrier intact and splenectomised donkeys. the histopathological examination of the skin biopsy revealed infiltration of mononuclear cells and accumulation of oedematous fluid in the deeper layers of the dermis. a leucocyte migration inhibition test was developed and its specificity ... | 1977 | 910301 |
| specific protein synthesis in isolated epithelium of guinea-pig seminal vesicle. general features. | four intrinsic soluble proteins are synthesized and secreted by sexually mature guinea-pig seminal-vesicle mucosa, which comprises a monolayer of a homogeneous columnar epithelial cell. all four proteins can be extracted readily in 154mm-nacl from the organ's luminal constituents in which they are present in high concentration. they are referred to as proteins 1, 2, 3 and 4 in order of their elution during deae-cellulose column chromatography. specific primary antibodies were harvested from goat ... | 1977 | 911314 |
| survey for infection with onchocerca cervicalis in horses in eastern united states. | this survey was performed to study the prevalence of infection with onchocerca cervicalis in horses in the eastern united states. in the course of the survey, 121 horses, 1 mule and 1 donkey were examined. microfilariae were recovered from 74 (61%) of the horses examined. all infected horses showed microfilariae of o cervicalis in the umbilical sample, 62 (84%) were infected in the eyelid and, in 36 (49%), microfilariae had invaded the eye. the mule was unifected and the donkey was infected with ... | 1978 | 749580 |
| [quantitative assessment of drug-induced prophylaxis of postoperative thromboembolism. comparison of frequencies of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism using acetylsalicylic-acid, dextran, dihydroergotamine, low-dose heparin and the fixed combination of heparin and dihydroergotamine (author's transl)]. | 2136 patients in general surgery, gynaecology and urology were investigated by the 125i-fibrinogen-uptake-test for detection of postoperative deep vein thrombosis (dvt). they received at random one of low-dose heparin, dihydroergotamine, the fixed combination of both drugs (heparin-dihydergot), low molecular weight dextran and acetylsalicylic-acid (ass). when dvt was detected repeated lung perfusion scintigraphies were carried out for diagnosis of embolic pulmonary perfusion defects. results dem ... | 1977 | 916947 |
| effect of lipid solvents on cutaneous moisture loss. | application of various lipid solvents and dimethyl sulphoxide to the skin of cattle, sheep, eland and african buffalo exposed to an air temperature of 20 degrees c caused an increase in cutaneous moisture loss. the effect did not occur after exposure to an air temperature of 40 degrees c or after adrenaline administration. blockage of sweating by either bethanidine or phenoxybenzamine did not affect the response. camel, donkey, dog and man showed no increase in cutaneous moisture loss after lipi ... | 1977 | 921632 |
| observations on social organization and behaviour of african and asiatic wild asses (equus africanus and e. hemionus). | the social organization of equss africanus (african wild ass) was observed during the breeding season, that of e. hemionus (asiatic wild ass) for a very brief period outside the breeding season. territoriality could be observed in both species and the systems were found to be basically identical to that of grevy's zebra. territories are very large, measuring on the order of 200 km2 in e. africanus and probably even more in e. hemionus. members of both species live in unstable groups of variable ... | 1977 | 930444 |
| a rapid immunological procedure for the isolation of hormonally sensitive rat fat-cell plasma membrane. | 1. a rapid method for the isolation of hormonally sensitive rat fat-cell plasma membranes was developed by using immunological techniques. 2. rabbit anti-(rat erythrocyte) sera were raised and shown to cross-react with isolated rat fat-cells. 3. isolated rat fat-cells were coated with rabbit anti-(rat erythrocyte) antibodies, homogenized and the homogenate made to react with an immunoadsorbent prepared by covalently coupling donkey anti-(rabbit globulin) antibodies to aminocellulose. uptake of p ... | 1976 | 776177 |
| [postoperative prophylaxis of thromboembolism. present position.(author's transl)]. | only anti-coagulators and aggregation-stoppers may be said to be the medicamental prophylaxis of thromboembolism. the cumarin-indandion group is burdened with continuous laboratory controls. contraindications excluding a general prophylaxis for this group as well as for heparin and ass exist. infukoll, which is virtually always applicable, has the disadvantage that it has to be infused. heparin- and dextranspreparations however can already be used preoperatively, which means that a further decli ... | 1976 | 952105 |
| a rapid, sensitive and specific radioimmunoassay for methotrexate. | a rapid, sensitive, radioimmunoassay for methotrexate has been developed using tritiated methotrexate and an antiserum raised in rabbits against the immunogen, bovine serum albumin containing 34 methotrexate residues per protein molecule. separation of bound and free drug was attained using donkey anti-rabbit precipitating serum. the method can accurately measure as little as 50 fmol methotrexate in capillary blood samples and is not interfered with by vast excesses of natural folates nor citrov ... | 1977 | 912922 |
| ligation of the bile duct and acute chloroform toxicity in the donkey. | | 1976 | 993379 |
| [onchocerca raillieti n.sp. (filarioidea) from a domestic donkey in africa]. | onchocerca raillieti sp. n. (filarioidea), from the domestic donkey (equus asinus) in africa, is described. the species is compared to o. bohmi (supperer, 1953) n.comb, o. reticulata diesing, 1841, o. cervicalis railliet et henry, 1910, o. flexuosa (wedl, 1856) and o. armillata railliet et henry, 1909 and can be differentiated by numerous characters of which the most important are the anterior region of the female (which is straight and slender, 6 to 8 cm long, and bears longitudinal striae) and ... | 1976 | 1010927 |
| particle deposition in the trachea: in vivo and in hollow casts. | the pattern of deposition within the respiratory tract of potentially harmful particulates is a major factor in assessing any risk from individual and community exposures. although the trachea is the most easily observed of the conductive airways, very little information concerning its particle collection characteristics is available, information which is essential for a complete and realistic description of particle deposition patterns within the entire respiratory tract. data on tracheal depos ... | 1976 | 1013939 |
| influence of foetal genotype on the follicle-stimulating hormone:luteinizing hormone ratio of pregnant mare serum gonadotrophin. | rat testicular radioreceptor assays specific for fsh and lh were used to determine the fsh:lh ratio of pmsg produced by horse, donkey, mule and hinny conceptuses. measurements of fsh and lh activities in pmsg produced both in vivo and in vitro by the four types of conceptuses showed that the genotype of the foetus markedly influences the fsh:lh ratio of pmsg. the fsh:lh ratio of pmsg produced by the horse conceptus was around unity whereas the ratio of pmsg produced by the donkey conceptus was a ... | 1977 | 874396 |
| venezuelan equine encephalitis virus: comparison of infectivity and virulence of strains v-38 and p676 in donkeys. | two strains of venezuelan equine encephalitis (vee) virus were examined for the ability to replicate in, as well as to produce death among donkeys. one, a low passage strain known as strain p676 was originally isolated from mosquitos in venezuela. the other, strain v-38 was isolated from a horse brain in 1938 and had undergone an unknown number of laboratory passages; it is used extensively for the preparation of inactivated vee vaccine. both strains were found to be approximately equal in their ... | 1976 | 937636 |
| horse, ass, and mule chromosomes. | karyotypes of the horse with 64 chromosomes, the ass with 62 chromosomes, and the mule with 63 chromosomes are presented. the chromosome complements of each species and their mule hybrid are analyzed and compared. | 1976 | 1021594 |
| interferon induction and sensitivity as correlates to virulence of venezuelan encephalitis viruses for hamsters. | venezuelan encephalitis (vee) virus strains, which differ in virulence for adult hamsters, were compared with respect to (a) sensitivity to hamster interferon (if) in vitro and in vivo and (b) induction of if in plasma and target tissues (spleen, bone marrow and brain) following subcutaneous inoculation. in vitro, in cultures of a continuous line of hamster kidney cells, hamster interferon inhibited the replication of a benign vee strain (bear 35,645) more than another benign strain (tc-83 vacci ... | 1976 | 962587 |
| [on setaria spp; (nematoda, , filarioidea, setariidae) from the peritoneal cavity of equine spp.: two new sub-species, setaria equina theilerae from wild zebra of africa, and setaria equina dafaallai from horse and donkey of southern sahara area (author's transl)]. | 1) setaria equina (abildgaard, 1789) is from the horse and donkey of eurasia (and of america and the coastal stripe of north africa). 2) setaria equina theilerae n.sub.sp. is from the zebra of africa. 3) setaria equina defaallai n.sub. sp. is from the horse and the donkey of southern sahara area of the ethiopean region of africa, from the nile valley till to the western coast. 4) crossing between s. equina and s. e. theilerae may be possible, as their host spp. does with the resultant bastard of ... | 1976 | 1020892 |
| specific cleavage analysis of mammalian mitochondrial dna. | mitochondrial dna from several mammalian species has been digested with a site-specific restriction endonuclease (haeiii) from haemophilus aegyptius. a quantitative analysis of the resulting specific fragments indicates that the mtdna of any individual mammal is predominantly a single molecular clone. gel analysis of specific cleavage products has proven quite sensitive in detecting differences in mtdna: mtdnas from the more distantly related mammals studied (e.g., donkey and dog) are found to h ... | 1975 | 1060130 |
| the influence of fetal genotype upon endometrial cup development and pmsg and progestagen production in equids. | the influence of fetal genotype upon gonadotrophin (pmsg) and progestagen production in mares and donkeys during the first half of pregnancy was examined. the production of pmsg was greatly reduced in mares carrying mule conceptuses and greatly increased in donkeys carrying hinny conceptuses. fetal genotype had no obvious influence upon progestagen production in mares, but donkeys carrying hinny conceptuses showed extremely high peripheral plasma progestagen concentrations when serum pmsg levels ... | 1975 | 1060815 |