Veterinární medicína, 2019 (vol. 64), issue 4
Prevalence and intensity of Sarcocystis spp. infection in animals slaughtered for food in LithuaniaOriginal Paper
Vytautas Januskevicius, Grazina Januskeviciene, Petras Prakas, Dalius Butkauskas, Saulius Petkevicius
Vet Med - Czech, 2019, 64(4):149-157 | DOI: 10.17221/151/2017-VETMED 
The exact prevalence of Sarcocystis spp. infection in animals slaughtered for food is unknown in Lithuania. Therefore, the present study was initiated to evaluate Sarcocystis spp. infection in the carcasses of cattle (n = 206), sheep (n = 61), pigs (n = 73) and horses (n = 72) raised in Lithuania for food. The prevalence and intensity of Sarcocystis spp. infection were assessed under light microscopy by analysing 1 g of stained and squashed muscle samples. All the investigated muscle types (oesophagus, diaphragm, heart, neck, jaw, back, leg and tongue) were found to have been infected with...
Comparison of fermentative digestion levels of processed different starch sources by Labrador Retrievers at different agesOriginal Paper
Kanber Kara, Berrin Kocaoglu Guclu, Erol Baytok
Vet Med - Czech, 2019, 64(4):158-171 | DOI: 10.17221/105/2018-VETMED
Extruded commercial dog foods contain high levels of carbohydrates. The limited starch digestive capacity of dogs can change with age. The effectiveness of the extrusion (heat-steam pressure) process applied to raw/by-product feedstuffs (different starch sources in terms of starch digestion) may also differ. Therefore, in this study we determined the effects of age and the heat-steam pressure process on the in vitro digestion of different starch sources in dogs. The in vitro digestion was done in faecal inoculums from Labrador Retrievers of different ages (puppy; six months, mature; two years, and geriatric; eight years). The substrates...
Blood profile in captive adult male leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius)Original Paper
Zora Knotkova, Manuel Morici, Matteo Oliveri, Zdenek Knotek
Vet Med - Czech, 2019, 64(4):172-177 | DOI: 10.17221/164/2018-VETMED
The aim of this study was to determine blood profile data in captive adult male leopard geckos. Animals were manually restrained with the head and neck extended. The right external jugular vein was punctured with a pre-heparinised needle and insulin syringe. The means and standard deviations for haemoglobin concentration, packed cell volume, total red blood cell count, total white blood cell count and counts for heterophils, basophils, eosinophils, monocytes, azurophils and lymphocytes for 20 healthy male leopard geckos were 72.58 ± 11.03 g/l, 25.40 ± 3.68%, 0.85 ± 0.14 1012/l, 10.47 ± 2.58 109/l, 1.83...
Composition and acaricidal activity of essential oil from Elsholtzia densa Benth against Sarcoptes scabiei mites in vitroOriginal Paper
Yancheng Zhou, Fei Liao, Jiahua Weng, Quan Mo, Ruiguang Xu, Yong Zhang, Zhihua Ren, Zhijun Zhong, Zhicai Zuo, Guangneng Peng, Junliang Deng, Cheng Tang, Yanchun Hu
Vet Med - Czech, 2019, 64(4):178-183 | DOI: 10.17221/20/2018-VETMED
Plant-based natural products represent an alternative to chemical compounds for the control of mites in veterinary medicine. Here, the essential oil of Elsholtzia densa (E. densa) Benth was extracted using hydrodistillation at a rate of 1.2%. The chemical composition of the essential oil was determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis. The GC-MS analysis indicated that the principal compounds in the volatile oil of the sample were 4-Pyridinol (28.16%) and thymol (26.58%). The acaricidal activity of E. densa oil against Sarcoptes scabiei (S. scabiei) was tested in vitro. Toxicity...
Carotid body tumour in a dog: computed tomography and histopathology findings and evaluation of surgical managementCase Report
Yoon-Hyeong Yoo, Soon-Wuk Jeong, Jae-Hwan Kim, Ki-Dong Eom, Hun-Young Yoon
Vet Med - Czech, 2019, 64(4):184-189 | DOI: 10.17221/92/2017-VETMED
A 2.5-kg, eight-year-old, neutered male Yorkshire Terrier was presented for evaluation of a cervical mass that had first been noticed a year earlier. A firm spherical mass located caudal to the left mandible was found on physical examination. Ultrasonography revealed a well-defined, round-shaped mass located medial to the left mandibular salivary gland that was approximately 2.6 cm in height, 2.3 cm in width and 3 cm in length. Volume-rendered images obtained by computed tomography (CT) showed that the left external and internal carotid arteries and internal jugular vein were encased in the mass. A definitive diagnosis of carotid body tumour was made...