| suppurative meningitis in a 7-day-old formosan sambar deer (cervus unicolor swinhoei) caused by escherichia coli. | this article describes the clinical and pathological features of an orphan 7-day-old, male formosan sambar fawn that was hospitalized for treatment of weakness. the fawn had been deprived of colostrum and developed suppurative meningitis that was attributed to escherichia coli. | 2010 | 20514257 |
| dystocia in formosan sambar deer (cervus unicolor swinhoei) in semi-domesticated herds. | over a nine-year period (2000 to 2008), 22 instances of dystocia and 50 normal fawnings in formosan sambar deer (cervus unicolor swinhoei) hinds from semi-domesticated herds were investigated. the majority of the hinds (17, 77.3 per cent) that suffered dystocia were categorised as having a body condition score (bcs) in the medium range (between 2.5 and 3.5 inclusive), indicating that there was no significant relationship between obesity (bcs >3.5) in hinds and the occurrence of dystocia. in addi ... | 2010 | 20562378 |
| the antiinfective effects of velvet antler of formosan sambar deer (cervus unicolor swinhoei) on staphylococcus aureus-infected mice. | we assayed the effects of velvet antler (va) of formosan sambar deer (cervus unicolor swinhoei) and its extracts on the anti-infective activity against pathogenic staphylococcus aureus in vitro and in vivo in this study. in vitro data indicated that the va extracts stimulated the proliferation of resting splenocytes and macrophages in a dose-dependent manner up to the highest concentration used (150 μg ml(-1)). the production of proinflammatory cytokines (tnf-α, il-6, il-12) by lipoteichoic acid ... | 2011 | 21584242 |
| effect of the velvet antler of formosan sambar deer (cervus unicolor swinhoei) on the prevention of an allergic airway response in mice. | two mouse models were used to assay the antiallergic effects of the velvet antler (va) of formosan sambar deer (cervus unicolor swinhoei) in this study. the results using the ovalbumin- (ova-) sensitized mouse model showed that the levels of total ige and ova-specific ige were reduced after va powder was administrated for 4 weeks. in addition, the ex vivo results indicated that the secretion of t helper cell 1 (th1), regulatory t (treg), and th17 cytokines by splenocytes was significantly increa ... | 2012 | 23346203 |
| deer antler extract improves fatigue effect through altering the expression of genes related to muscle strength in skeletal muscle of mice. | deer antler is a well-known traditional chinese medicine used in asian countries for the tonic and the improvement of aging symptoms. the present study was designed to investigate the antifatigue effect and mechanism of formosan sambar deer tip antler extract (fsdtae). the swimming times to exhaustion of mice administered fsdtae (8.2 mg/day) for 28 days were apparently longer than those of the vehicle-treated mice in forced swim test. however, the indicators of fatigue, such as the reduction in ... | 2014 | 24701242 |
| mycobacterium tuberculosis and m. bovis infection in feedlot deer (cervus unicolor swinhoei and c. nippon taiouanus) in taiwan. | mycobacterium bovis frequently infects wild and farm deer species with tuberculosis. this study investigated mycobacterial infection in two native deer species cervus unicolor swinhoei (formosan sambar, sambar) and c. nippon taiouanus (formasan sika, sika). | 2012 | 22578646 |
| the effect of different extenders on post-thaw sperm survival, acrosomal integrity and longevity in cryopreserved semen of formosan sika deer and formosan sambar deer. | this study investigates the efficacy of five extenders in contributing to the outcome of semen cryopreservation in formosan sika and sambar deer. pooled semen (n=4) of six males of each breed was used. in sika deer, semen collection rate was 96% (23/24) over all electro-ejaculations. volume, sperm motility and sperm concentration of fresh ejaculates was 0.5+/-0.4 ml, 77+/-6% and 1471.3+/-940.0 x 10(6) ml(-1), respectively. post-thaw motility in respective extender was a: 66+/-16%; b: 71+/-2%; c: ... | 2004 | 15019458 |