Operant task performance and corticosterone concentrations in rats housed directly on bedding and on wire [0.03%]
大鼠直接在垫料上或金属丝网上饲养的操作任务表现和皮质酮浓度
Carrie Freed,Vicente Martinez,Martin Sarter et al.
Carrie Freed et al.
The present experiment was designed to investigate the effect of housing conditions on task performance and corticosterone response. Two groups of male F344BNF1 rats were housed on a ventilated rack with ad libitum access to water and a res...
Suboptimal ability of dirty-bedding sentinels to detect Spironucleus muris in a colony of mice with genetic manipulations of the adaptive immune system [0.03%]
遗传操控适应性免疫系统的小鼠群中，垫料观察鼠检测出Spironucleus muris的能力不足
Kathy A Perdue,Michelle K Copeland,Zuzana Karjala et al.
Kathy A Perdue et al.
Spironucleus muris is an unacceptable infectious agent for most rodent colonies. Exposure of sentinel mice to dirty bedding and examination of sentinel intestinal smears was not sufficient for identification of the extent of spironucleosis ...
Dyscoria associated with herpesvirus infection in owl monkeys (Aotus nancymae) [0.03%]
与 Owl 猴(Aotus nancymae)疱疹病毒感染相关的视网膜异常
Alfonso S Gozalo,Enrique J Montoya,Richard E Weller
Alfonso S Gozalo
"Dyscoria was noted in a female owl monkey and 2 of her offspring. The third offspring was found dead with necrohemorrhagic encephalitis. Two male monkeys paired with the female died, 1 of which showed oral ulcers at necropsy. Histologic ex...
Alfonso S Gozalo,Olga A Maximova,Marisa C StClaire et al.
Alfonso S Gozalo et al.
Large ascarid larvae within granulomas were noted histologically in the mesenteric and pancreatic lymph nodes of 13 of 21 rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) euthanized as part of an experimental viral pathogenesis study. In addition, 7 of the...
Preputial obstruction and urine-induced cellulitis due to nonnutritive suckling in a male white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawn [0.03%]
雄白尾鹿(fawn)(Odocoileus virginianus)因安抚吸吮导致包皮阻塞和尿液诱发的蜂窝组织炎
Timothy A Snider,Mason V Reichard
Timothy A Snider
A 73-d-old white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawn was diagnosed at necropsy with a ventral abdominal cellulitis secondary to urine after preputial swelling, urethral obstruction and hemorrhage, and focal urethral rupture. During th...
Secondary acute anterior uveitis with hyphema in a purpose-bred kitten [0.03%]
一只实验猫发生前房出血性急性前葡萄膜炎的病例报告
Melanie S Sorrell,Karen H Taylor,Richard E Fish
Melanie S Sorrell
The sudden onset of unilateral blepharospasm and hyphema, without evidence of corneal damage, initiated a thorough diagnostic work-up of an 11-wk-old purpose-bred intact male domestic shorthair kitten. Secondary acute anterior uveitis and h...
A new method for respiratory gating during microcomputed tomography of lung in mice [0.03%]
小鼠肺部微CT扫描中呼吸门控的一种新方法
Evan M Johnson,Roger E Price,Jonathan M Kurie et al.
Evan M Johnson et al.
This study investigated the use of regulated cyclic breath-holds to improve microcomputed tomography (microCT) imaging of small (diameter, less than 1 mm) mouse lung tumors in vivo. Two novel techniques that use a modified small-animal vent...
Long-term and per rectum disposition of Clarithromycin in the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) [0.03%]
克拉霉素在沙漠龟(Gopherus agassizii)体内的长期和直肠处置行为
Jeffrey Wimsatt,Alysa Tothill,Cord F Offermann et al.
Jeffrey Wimsatt et al.
The macrolide antibiotic clarithromycin (CLARI) has a wide spectrum of activity and efficacy for Mycoplasma species. In addition, CLARI accumulates during re-dosing of Mojave desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii). Here, we characterized pla...
Hematology and plasma chemistry reference intervals for mature laboratory pine voles (Microtus pinetorum) as determined by using the nonparametric rank percentile method [0.03%]
成熟实验室松鼠田鼠血液学和血浆生化参考区间的非参数秩百分位数法测定
Stephen B Harvey,Paula M Krimer,Maria T Correa et al.
Stephen B Harvey et al.
Plasma biochemical and hematologic values are important parameters for assessing animal health and experimental results. Although normal reference values for many rodent species have been published, there is a dearth of similar information ...
Toni A Azar,Jody L Sharp,David M Lawson
Toni A Azar
Housing laboratory animals under lighting conditions that more closely mimic the natural environment may improve their wellbeing. This study examined the effects of dim light or a long-night photocycle on resting heart rate (HR) of rats and...