Veterinární medicína, 2008 (vol. 53), issue 12
VOLUME 53, CONTENTS, AUTHOR INDEX, AUTHOR INSTITUTION INDEX, LIST OF REVIEWERS
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Vet Med - Czech, 2008, 53(12):I-XIV | DOI: 10.17221/1974-VETMED 
Chemical characterization of volatile organic compounds on animal farms
M. Ciganek, J. Neca
Vet Med - Czech, 2008, 53(12):641-651 | DOI: 10.17221/1969-VETMED
More than one hundred volatile organic substances were identified by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (GC/MS) in the indoor and outdoor air, stable and farm road dust and farm soil samples from two pig and cattle farms in the South Moravian Region. Volatile fatty acids (acetic, propanoic, butanoic and pentanoic acids) and their esters dominated along with aldehydes (butanal, pentanal and hexanal) and 4-methylphenol in the indoor and outdoor air samples. Road dust and soil samples contained mainly volatile aromatic compounds (toluene, benzene, ethylbenzene, styrene and xylenes), aliphatic hydrocarbons (largely n-alkanes), dichloromethane and...
Simple method of open skin wound healing model in corticosteroid-treated and diabetic rats: standardization of semi-quantitative and quantitative histological assessments
P. Gal, R. Kilik, M. Mokry, B. Vidinsky, T. Vasilenko, S. Mozes, N. Bobrov, Z. Tomori, J. Bober, L. Lenhardt
Vet Med - Czech, 2008, 53(12):652-659 | DOI: 10.17221/1973-VETMED
The use of a simple and reproducible model is inevitable for objective statement of the effects of external factors on wound healing. Hence, present study was conducted to establish an excisional model of skin wound healing in corticosteroid treated, and streptozotocine induced diabetic rats as well as to standardized the semi-quantitative and quantitative evaluation of selected parameters. Round full thickness skin wounds were performed on the back of male Sprague-Dawley rats. Animals were sacrificed two, six, and fourteen days after surgery. Sections were stained with hematoxylin-eosin and van Gieson. Both semi-quantitative (wound reepithelization;...
Histopathological findings in horses with and without clinical signs of rhabdomyolysis with special reference to polysaccharide storage myopathy
E. Ludvikova, I.D. Wijnberg, P. Fictum, Z. Lukas, J.H. van der Kolk, J. Hanak, P. Jahn
Vet Med - Czech, 2008, 53(12):660-667 | DOI: 10.17221/1970-VETMED
Objective of the study was to assess histopathological changes in horses with a clinical history of exertional rhabdomyolysis (ER) with special reference to polysaccharide storage myopathy and to compare histopathological findings in horses with and without a clinical history of ER. In total 39 muscle samples were collected, from horses with a history of repeated episodes of exertional rhabdomyolysis (test group, 10 horses) and from horses without clinical signs of muscular disorders in their history (control group, 29 horses). Frozen muscle samples were stained with haematoxylin and eosin and periodic acid-Schiff with and without amylase digestion....
Coexistence of tick-borne pathogens in game animals and ticks in western Poland
B. Skotarczak, M. Adamska, M. Sawczuk, A. Maciejewska, B. Wodecka, A. Rymaszewska
Vet Med - Czech, 2008, 53(12):668-675 | DOI: 10.17221/1975-VETMED
Molecular studies enabling the recognition of the role of game and ticks in the circulation of pathogens transmitted by ticks and detection of coinfections in order to estimate a risk which a contact with tissues of roe deer, red deer and wild boar from north-western Poland brings were the aim of this research. DNA isolated from the blood and spleen of game and from Ixodes ricinus were the study materials. The results shows that Capreolus capreolus and Cervus elaphus play an important role in the life cycle of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, two Bartonella species, Theileria and Babesia spp. Whereas in the...
First report of pentalogy of Cantrell in a calf: a case report
M. Floeck, G.E. Weissengruber, W. Froehlich, G. Forstenpointner, S. Shibly, J. Hassan, S. Franz, E. Polsterer
Vet Med - Czech, 2008, 53(12):676-679 | DOI: 10.17221/1972-VETMED
This report describes the diagnostic evaluation in a one-week-old, female Simmental twin-calf with the anamnesis of umbilical hernia. Weakness, anaemia, tachycardia and a systolic left sided murmur were significant clinical findings. Based on echocardiography, the animal was diagnosed with pentalogy of Fallot, whereas necropsy revealed the presence of Cantrell's pentalogy with Taussig-Bing syndrome and situs inversus of the liver. Pentalogy of Cantrell is a rare condition described in humans but not yet reported in calves.
Botulism in horses: a case report
P. Jahn, E. Ludvikova, D. Chmelar, L. Kalova
Vet Med - Czech, 2008, 53(12):680-684 | DOI: 10.17221/1971-VETMED
Two cases of botulism in horses are described in the article. In the first case two horses died, one survived and recovered after four weeks. Botulotoxin type B was detected using a mouse bioassay in the gastrointestinal content of both dead horses; Clostridium botulinum bacteria were cultivated from one of them. In the second case two horses were affected. One of them was euthanized because of persistent recumbency, the second one recovered after six weeks. Detection of botulotoxin in the serum of the dead horse using the mouse bioassay was not successful.
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour in a dog presenting as a pseudo aneurysm of the left jugular vein: a case report
M. Kostov, Z. Mijovic, M. Visnjic, D. Mihailovic, M. Stojanovic, M. Zdravkovic
Vet Med - Czech, 2008, 53(12):685-689 | DOI: 10.17221/1976-VETMED
The authors report an autopsy case of a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour in a 9-year-old female Akito-ino dog, presenting as a pseudo aneurysm of the left jugular vein. Signs and symptoms included swelling of the neck and legs, dyspnea, malaise and weight loss. Post-mortem examination revealed a tumour mass (8 × 6, 5 × 6 cm), localized to the left paravertebrally, and on the level of C7 to T2 vertebral bodies; additional masses were observed in both lungs, heart and left kidney. On the basis of necropsy, histological findings and immunophenotype, the tumour was classsified as a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour. Immunohistochemistry...