Veterinární medicína, 2011 (vol. 56), issue 12
VOLUME 55, CONTENTS
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Vet Med - Czech, 2011, 56(12):I-XII | DOI: 10.17221/4441-VETMED 
Behaviour of lame cows: a review
J. Olechnowicz, J.M. Jaskowski
Vet Med - Czech, 2011, 56(12):581-588 | DOI: 10.17221/4435-VETMED
Claw horn disorders, infectious diseases of hooves and leg injuries cause lameness in dairy cows. However, such diseases as sole haemorrhages, sole ulcers or white line diseases, cause clinical lameness. Lameness reduces milk production, the fertility of cows and also causes earlier culling of cows, as well resultings in a deterioration of their welfare. In this review we focus on the impact of lameness on bovine behaviour. The time spent lying down is an important behaviour of dairy cows. As an increased locomotion score is associated with an increased percentage of cows lying down, also the position of cows within the milking parlour is associated...
Physiological events during parturition and possibilities for improving puppy survival: a review
G. Kredatusova, J. Hajurka, I. Szakallova, A. Valencakova, B. Vojtek
Vet Med - Czech, 2011, 56(12):589-594 | DOI: 10.17221/4436-VETMED
Clinical examination and emergency care in newborn puppies is difficult, due to their different physiological characteristics and needs from those of adult dogs. This paper reviews the physiological events during parturition and the influence of parturition on puppy health.
Hypertrophic osteopathy in a dog associated with intra-thoracic lesions: a case report and a review
M.A. Cetinkaya, B. Yardimci, C. Yardimci
Vet Med - Czech, 2011, 56(12):595-601 | DOI: 10.17221/4437-VETMED
This paper reviews hypertrophic osteopathy and describes one case report. Hypertrophic osteopathy is a rare pathologic disease process and is observed secondary to a mass in the thorax. In response to the presence of a mass(es), nonoedematous soft tissue swellings and a diffuse periosteal new bone formation develop in all four limbs. The result is mild to severe lameness. A twelve-year-old sexually intact female Cocker spaniel had undergone radical mastectomy on both sides in another veterinary hospital about two years before presentation in our hospital with lameness of both hind limbs. Pain and soft tissue swelling on the distal parts of extremities...
TLR agonists activate HPV11 E7-pulsed DCs to promote a specific T cell response in a murine model
X.H. Mao, X.Z. Chen, W.W. Zhang, J.Y. Wang, L.F. Liu, Q. Zhou, K.J. Zhu, H. Cheng
Vet Med - Czech, 2011, 56(12):602-611 | DOI: 10.17221/4438-VETMED
: Some TLR agonists may up-regulate the activation of dendritic cells caused by viral antigenic peptides and antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes, which are crucial in HPV vaccine development. We investigated the ability of three TLR agonists, imiquimod, PIC and CpG, to stimulate the maturation of murine BM-DCs loaded with HPV11E7 CTL epitopes, and the subsequent effect on HPV-specific T cell responses and tumour protection in a C57BL/6 mouse model. We found that TLR agonists, mostly PIC and imiquimod, stimulated the maturation of BM-DCs pulsed with HPV11E7 CTL epitope peptide. In combination with the epitope peptide, the TLR agonists CPG and PIC...
Light and scanning electron microscopy of the developing lingual papillae in the green iguana, Iguana iguana
P. Cizek, L. Krejcirova, I. Kocianova, F. Tichy
Vet Med - Czech, 2011, 56(12):612-618 | DOI: 10.17221/4439-VETMED
Reptiles have recently become a popular group of pet animals. A relatively large number of studies on the morphology of the oral cavity and method of feeding in adult individuals have been published. Nevertheless, embryological descriptions of reptile body parts or structures are rare. In this study, we describe the morphology of the developing tongue, in particular its dorsal surface, in pre-hatched green iguanas. Microscopic examination of the oral cavity of early embryos revealed that the tongue was divided into three different areas: apex, corpus and radix. The dorsal lingual surface was smooth and covered by nonkeratinised stratified squamous...
Atypical sphenoid bone osteomyelitis in a maltanese dog caused by cryptococcosis: a case report
M. Kwiatkowska, A. Pomianowski, Z. Adamiak, I. Otrocka-Domagala, T. Widawski, K. Pazdzior
Vet Med - Czech, 2011, 56(12):619-624 | DOI: 10.17221/4440-VETMED
This article describes osteomyelitis of the sphenoid skull bone in a maltanese dog due to Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans infection. The affected dog was subjected to physical and neurological examinations. Complete blood count (CBC), biochemistry profile, lymph node biopsy, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination were also performed. This case report describes abnormalities in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination as well as the histhopathologic lesions of the skull bones and neurological symptoms of the dog.