Veterinární medicína, 2009 (vol. 54), issue 12
VOLUME 54, CONTENTS, AUTHOR INDEX, AUTHOR INSTITUTION INDEX, LIST OF REVIEWERS
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Vet Med - Czech, 2009, 54(12):I-XV | DOI: 10.17221/3094-VETMED 
The role of mycotoxins in pig reproduction: a review
A. Kanora, D. Maes
Vet Med - Czech, 2009, 54(12):565-576 | DOI: 10.17221/156/2009-VETMED
Mycotoxins are commonly present in feed for farm animals. Sows and gilts are highly susceptible to mycotoxins. This article presents a review describing the main mycotoxins encountered in pig feed which have a negative impact on sow fertility and reproduction. Consumption of feed that is contaminated with these mycotoxins may cause a variety of symptoms, depending on the type of mycotoxin, quantity and duration of exposure, as well as the health status and condition of the animal at the time of exposure. Two types of fungi are recognized, field fungi and storage fungi. Field fungi such as Fusarium spp., Aspergillus spp. and Claviceps...
Helicobacter species and gastric ulceration in horses: a clinical study
B. Bezdekova, J. Futas
Vet Med - Czech, 2009, 54(12):577-582 | DOI: 10.17221/161/2009-VETMED
The goal of this study was to gather more clinical information about the relationship between Helicobacter species and gastric ulceration in horses. Twenty seven privately owned patients were selected for the clinical study. All horses were gastroscopically examined and biopsies were taken from the glandular mucosa. Stomach biopsies were examined using a PCR assay specific for Helicobacter pylori and/or Helicobacter equorum. In addition, faecal samples from thirteen horses were examined using a PCR assay specific for H. equorum. Twenty five horses (25/27; 93%) had lesions in their stomach. Gastric biopsies from twenty two...
Susceptibility of bacteria of the Enterococcus genus isolated on Lithuanian poultry farms
M. Ruzauskas, R. Siugzdiniene, V. Spakauskas, J. Povilonis, V. Seputiene, E. Suziedeliene, R. Daugelavicius, A. Pavilonis
Vet Med - Czech, 2009, 54(12):583-588 | DOI: 10.17221/44/2009-VETMED
The aim of this study was to test and analyse the antimicrobial susceptibility of Enterococcus isolates from Lithuanian poultry farms. Investigations were carried out during the years 2008-2009. The sampling sites, located all over the country, included eight poultry farms of large capacity. All samples were collected from broilers. Enterococcus spp. were isolated from intestines immediately after slaughtering. A total of 160 samples were collected, 20 samples from each farm. The MICs (Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations) of eleven antimicrobial agents were determined for each of the isolates using the broth microdilution method with specific...
Expression of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, substance P and neuropeptide Y in jejunal enteric nerves is altered in rabbits suffering from long term Trichinella spiralis infection: an immunohistochemical study
M.B. Arciszewski, Z. Nowakowski, K. Wasowicz, J. Calka
Vet Med - Czech, 2009, 54(12):589-597 | DOI: 10.17221/66/2009-VETMED
In the early intestinal stage of infection with the nematode Trichinella spiralis alterations in gut motility and chemical code of enteric neurons are observed. The present study was designed to characterize the changes in expression pattern of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), substance P (SP) and neuropeptide Y (NPY) in enteric nerves of the rabbit jejunum occurring during long-lasting trichinellosis (35 and 42 days). Sections of the jejunum from healthy and T. spiralis-infected rabbits were processed for double immunocytochemistry in which antibodies against protein gene product 9.5 were used as a pan-neuronal marker and mixed...
Mercury concentrations in the tissues of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and striped dolphins (Stenella coeruloalba) stranded on the Croatian Adriatic coast
J. Pompe-Gotal, E. Srebocan, H. Gomercic, A. Prevendar Crnic
Vet Med - Czech, 2009, 54(12):598-604 | DOI: 10.17221/3060-VETMED
The concentrations of total mercury in muscle (17 samples), liver (16 samples) and kidney tissues (16 samples) of both bottlenose (Tursiops truncatus) and striped dolphins (Stenella coeruloalba) were analyzed by cold vapour atomic absorption (AA) spectroscopy. The dolphins were found dead at different locations along the east Adriatic over a 10-year period starting in 1990. In this study, the magnitude of mercury contamination of dolphins which are indicators of contamination of the Adriatic as well as the Mediterranean Sea was determined. Our results represent the first investigation of heavy metal concentrations in dolphins sampled...