Veterinární medicína, 2023 (vol. 68), issue 10
Seroprevalence and haemato-biochemical effects of bovine leucosis in buffalo, Punjab, PakistanOriginal Paper
A Rahman, M Kashif, A Nasir, Ehtisham-ul-Haque S, H Ullah, A Sikandar, I Ahmed, AU Rehman, MA Saeed, MW Nazar, M Rizwan, S Saher, A Abbas
Vet Med - Czech, 2023, 68(10):385-391 | DOI: 10.17221/57/2023-VETMED 
Enzootic bovine leucosis is caused by bovine leukaemia virus (BLV), a Deltaretrovirus belonging to the family Retroviridae. BLV causes huge economic losses to the dairy industry in the form of decreased milk production, premature culling, and poor reproductive performance of the animals. The aim of the present study was to determine the seroprevalence of BLV infection in buffalo in two districts of Punjab, Pakistan. A total of 384 samples were collected and analysed using a commercial indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to investigate the seroprevalence of BLV through the detection of the anti-BLV gp51 antibody. A predesigned...
Lactobacillus sp. participated in the adaptation of Rongchang piglets to cold stressOriginal Paper
J Chai, X Long, P Wu, J Wang, X Wu, Z Tu, M Wei, Z Guo, T Zhang, L Chen
Vet Med - Czech, 2023, 68(10):392-402 | DOI: 10.17221/54/2023-VETMED
Rongchang piglets were easily induced to cold stress and diarrhoea in the winter when raised in an open hog house. However, they also gradually recovered under mid-cold stress. Other studies have suggested gut microbiome might be involved in the host energy metabolism to relieve stress. To study how to adapt Rongchang piglets to cold stress by gut microbiome, thirty Rongchang piglets were randomly divided into a mild cold stress group and a control group for 30 consecutive days. The findings revealed that the piglets had low growth performance and a high diarrhoea rate and mortality rate during the first half of the cold treatment, but subsequently...
Effect of novel carboxymethyl cellulose-based dressings on acute wound healing dynamicsOriginal Paper
A Kruzicova, M Chalupova, G Kuzminova, T Parak, J Klusakova, T Sopuch, P Suchy
Vet Med - Czech, 2023, 68(10):403-411 | DOI: 10.17221/89/2023-VETMED
The clinical implications and efficacy of newly developed modified cellulose materials were evaluated in an acute wound animal model. In the current study, sixty male rats were divided into four groups. A full-thickness circular excision wound was created in the suprascapular area. Newly developed matrices (acidic partially carboxymethylated cellulose; acidic partially carboxymethylated cellulose impregnated with a povidone-iodine solution) were applied in two test groups, while fifteen animals were used as a control group without any primary dressing. Aquacel Ag, a clinically used dressing, was selected as the reference material. To compare the efficacy...
Spinal cord haemangiosarcoma in one dog – Case reportCase Report
M Kuricova, J Fuchs, T Liptak, F Korim, N Surin Hudakova, B Bhattarai, Z Kerekes, V Revajova
Vet Med - Czech, 2023, 68(10):412-418 | DOI: 10.17221/60/2023-VETMED
A 5-year-old intact female Shih Tzu was presented with acute onset of hind leg paralysis. The neurologic examination revealed severe T3-L3 myelopathy. The differential diagnoses included degenerative, anomalous, traumatic, inflammatory, vascular, metabolic, and neoplastic changes. The results of the paraclinical examinations and diagnostic imaging narrowed the list of differential diagnoses and, along with the patient’s deteriorating condition, led to the owner’s decision to euthanise the dog. The histologic findings of the spinal cord specimens indicated a tumour of the blood vessels formed by the proliferation of endothelial cells, which...