{"title":"[M-mode echocardiography in dressage horses, class S jumping horses and untrained horses].","authors":"P Stadler, A Rewel, E Deegen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Heart structures of 45 warmblooded horses were measured by M-mode-echocardiography. The current training level of 15 dressage horses (group I) and 15 show-jumping horses (group II) was category \"S\". In the third group were 15 untrained horses. Four standardized transducer positions were determined for the m-mode echobeam, calibrated according to the two-dimensional real time technique. End systolic and end diastolic diameters of left ventricle, right ventricle, aortic root, interventricular septum and left ventricular wall, as well as motion pattern of heart wall, mitral valve and aortic valve of all horses were measured. The dressage horses showed a significant thickening of interventricular septum and left-ventricular wall compared with the show-jumping horses and the untrained horses. The end diastolic left ventricle diameter of the show-jumping horses was significantly larger than in the other groups. Compared to the untrained horses the show-jumping horses showed a significantly larger end systolic left ventricular wall diameter measured at the level of papillary muscle. It can be concluded, that an increase in heart mass in category \"S\" sport horses is attributed to their level of training.</p>","PeriodicalId":23904,"journal":{"name":"Zentralblatt fur Veterinarmedizin. Reihe A","volume":"40 4","pages":"292-306"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19327700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Effect of the storage temperature and time and the test sample materials on the LDH isoenzyme activity and protein fractions in horse blood].","authors":"A Lindner, A Hatzipanagiotou","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The LDH-isoenzyme activities and the concentration of protein fractions did not differ among heparinized plasma and serum samples of horses. In heparinized plasma samples stored at 20-22 degrees C and -18 degrees C the LDH-isoenzyme activities and the content of the protein fractions remained constant within seven days. In contrast in heparinized blood samples the total LDH activity increased markedly after seven days of storage. This increase was shared by all LDH-isoenzymes but to different extents. While the share of LDH1, LDH2 and LDH3 decreased, the proportions of LDH4 and LDH5 increased. The concentration of the protein fractions in heparinized blood samples was not affected by storage at 20-22 degrees C for seven days.</p>","PeriodicalId":23904,"journal":{"name":"Zentralblatt fur Veterinarmedizin. Reihe A","volume":"40 2","pages":"128-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19463255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Laryngeal hemiplegia in warmblood horses--a study of stallions, mares and their offspring].","authors":"B Ohnesorge, E Deegen, K Miesner, H Geldermann","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Laryngoscopic examination during sedation was performed on 24 stallions and on their offspring (240 foals and 474 adult horses). Additionally the dams (n = 308) of 35 foals and 216 horses were examined. With the bilateral comparison of the arytaenoid movements the function of the abductory and adductory laryngeal muscles were evaluated and the left abductory dysfunction (idiopathic laryngeal hemiplegia, ILH) was divided into six degrees. The incidence and degree of ILH depended on age and the occurrence of the same dysfunction in the parents. Foals suffered in significantly lower number (24.7 per cent) than adult horses (49.7 per cent). The progeny of unaffected parents suffered significantly less from ILH (8.9 per cent of the foals, 39.6 per cent of the adult offspring) than did comparable progeny of affected parents (41 per cent of the foals, 60.9 per cent of the adult offspring). There was no correlation between the occurrence of ILH and sex. 120 horses were examined laryngoscopically and during work to get an information about the correlation between a visible ILH and the appearance of a typical inspiratory noise. 54.3 per cent of the horses with ILH had a typical inspiratory noise. 80.9 per cent of the horse with a typical inspiratory noise showed ILH.</p>","PeriodicalId":23904,"journal":{"name":"Zentralblatt fur Veterinarmedizin. Reihe A","volume":"40 2","pages":"134-54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19463815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[The content of DNA, RNA and protein and the wet weight:DNA, the protein:DNA and the RNA:DNA ratio in 19 different tissues of bovine fetuses of different body weight].","authors":"E Kolb, M Leo, P Siebert, G Vallentin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 3 groups of fetuses (n = 6 each) of cattle with a body mass of 4.18 +/- 2.1 (about 160 days old), of 9.72 +/- 0.97 (about 200 days old) and of 17.12 +/- 2.61 kg (about 230 days old) the content of DNA, RNA and protein in 19 different tissues was analysed. The wet weight:DNA-, the protein:DNA- and the RNA:DNA-ratios were calculated. The growth of the different tissues in the mentioned period of the development of the fetuses by hyperplasia and hypertrophy is discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":23904,"journal":{"name":"Zentralblatt fur Veterinarmedizin. Reihe A","volume":"40 1","pages":"17-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18684522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E Kolb, A Büchner, H Dittrich, P Siebert, G Vallentin
{"title":"[The content of DNA, RNA and protein and the fresh weight:DNA, protein:DNA and RNA:DNA ratios in tissue of male calves, bulls, short-scrotum bulls and oxen during the growth period].","authors":"E Kolb, A Büchner, H Dittrich, P Siebert, G Vallentin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In male calves, in bulls, in short scrotum bulls and in oxen of different age the content of DNA, RNA and protein in various tissues (cerebrum, cerebellum, spinal cord, ventricles, lung, liver, cortex of the kidney, spleen, testicles, M. semimembranosus) was analysed. The fresh weight: DNA-, the protein: DNA- and the RNA: DNA-ratios were calculated. In the age of 78 weeks the short scrotum bulls had a body weight of 577 +/- 44, the bulls of 550 +/- 21 and the oxen of 462 +/- 41 kg. The testicles of the short scrotum bulls were smaller than that of the bulls. The differences in the content of DNA, RNA and protein per g tissue between male calves, bulls, short scrotum bulls and oxen of the same age were in part significant. The total content of DNA, of RNA and of protein for the 78 weeks old as well as the number of nuclei of the lung, the liver, the spleen and the testicles for the 6 and 78 weeks old animals were calculated. The biochemical parameters can be used for the characterization of the inhibition of growth of the different organs of calves and cattle by malnutrition and diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":23904,"journal":{"name":"Zentralblatt fur Veterinarmedizin. Reihe A","volume":"39 10","pages":"777-91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12458182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Comparative studies of diagnostically significant enzymes in plasma, udder lymph and milk of healthy cows and cows with udder diseases].","authors":"E Grün, B Fürll, V Eichel","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Different secretions (colostrum, milk, dry udder secretion) of every quarter, peripheral lymph from superficial lymph vessels of the mammary gland and blood from the V. epigastrica superficialis were obtained in 43 cows at different stages of lactation. In these samples the activity of 5 enzymes (LDH, NAG, AP, LAP, GGT) was determined. Levels of LDH and NAG were highest in blood plasma and udder lymph. Levels of LAP, AP and GGT were highest in milk increasing in this order. LDH, NAG, AP and LAP were correlated in both compartments. Changes of the functional state (dry or colostral period) and tissue disturbances of the mammary gland were accompanied by marked changes of enzyme activity in the secretions, but were without obvious influence on enzyme levels in blood plasma and udder lymph.</p>","PeriodicalId":23904,"journal":{"name":"Zentralblatt fur Veterinarmedizin. Reihe A","volume":"39 9","pages":"669-86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12627557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[B-mode, M-mode and Doppler sonographic findings in mitral valve insufficiency of horses].","authors":"P Stadler, T Weinberger, N Kinkel, E Deegen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>B- and M-mode echocardiography was performed on 38 horses. 34 patients had systolic heart murmur with the point of maximal intensity over mitral valve. Additionally, 17 of these patients were examined with the pulsed wave doppler echocardiography (Vingmed 200). In 26 patients with cardiac murmur and in 4 patients without cardiac murmur a mitral valve insufficiency was diagnosed by echocardiography. In 8 horses with a systolic murmur over mitral valve M- and B-mode evaluation could not reveal a haemodynamic importance of the murmur. The diagnosis of MVI was based on a dilation of left atrium with or without additional dilation of left ventricle on one hand and with a regurgitation of blood into left atrium found by pulsed wave doppler on the other hand. In 6 extremely dilated hearts a \"real\" ostium of regurgitation was detected as a direct echocardiographic finding in B-mode. Good correlations existed between echocardiographically evaluated changes of heart dimensions and autopsy measurements in 10 cases. The prognosis seems to be poor if systolic murmurs coincide with dilatation of left atrium and left ventricle, regurgitation of blood into left atrium or with a high degree dilation of left atrium without changes of left ventricle chamber size. In hearts with little to medium dilated left atrium without changes of left ventricle dimension and additionally a regurgitation into left atrium the prognosis seems at least to be cautious. Echocardiography is an available diagnostic help in evaluation of the importance of systolic murmur with the point of maximal intensity over the mitral valve especially in completion by pulsed wave doppler.</p>","PeriodicalId":23904,"journal":{"name":"Zentralblatt fur Veterinarmedizin. Reihe A","volume":"39 9","pages":"704-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12627558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[The effect of a different energy supply on the growth intensity and skeletal development of growing Great Danes. 2. Effect on insulin-like growth factor I and on thyroid hormones].","authors":"J W Blum, J Zentek, H Meyer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In an experiment with 13 growing Great Danes (littermates) fed ad libitum (4 dogs) or restrictively (70% of ad libitum energy intake; 9 dogs), concentrations of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I), 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) were measured in blood samples until the age of 6 months. In the ad libitum fed group, levels of T3 and T4 were partially and of IGF-I were significantly (p < 0.01) elevated as compared with the control dogs. Postprandial changes of IGF-I were absent in growing Great Danes as well as in a reference group of 3 adult beagles. Increased concentrations of IGF-I, T3 and T4 could be causally related to osteochondrosis, which frequently occurs in intensively fed dogs.</p>","PeriodicalId":23904,"journal":{"name":"Zentralblatt fur Veterinarmedizin. Reihe A","volume":"39 8","pages":"568-74"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12626288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[The effect of the energy intake of cows on the rumen metabolism studied using the excretion of allantoin in milk].","authors":"R Rosskopf, D Giesecke","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>With two groups of dairy cows (A: 12 German Black and White- and 6 German Simmental Cows; B: 16 German Black and White- and 11 German Simmental Cows) allantoin concentrations of blood plasma (A) and milk (A and B) were analysed by HPLC. There exists a close correlation (r = 0.758) between allantoin concentration in blood plasma (370.6 +/- 79.1 mumol/l) and milk (474.1 +/- 78.9 mumol/l). The relation between milk yield and allantoin excretion with milk seems to be non-linear (r = 0.936). On the other hand there is a close correlation between energy intake with feed and allantoin excretion via milk (r = 0.885). In a further experiment the allantoin concentrations in blood plasma of 5 Angler steers were monitored for 24 h every second hour with feeding twice daily. There were remarkable fluctuations in the allantoin concentration from nearly 156 to 129 mumol/l. After that the rumen of the steers was emptied, while plasma concentrations were still monitored the same way as before. Concentrations of allantoin declined for about 55% to 65 mumol/l.</p>","PeriodicalId":23904,"journal":{"name":"Zentralblatt fur Veterinarmedizin. Reihe A","volume":"39 7","pages":"515-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12626406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[The acid-base equilibrium in the blood of calves suckled by their mothers and in milk-fattened calves].","authors":"H H Thielscher","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The influence of different housing systems on the acid/base balance in the blood of 39 calves in a suckler cow herd of the breeds Deutsche Schwarzbunte and Deutsche Rotbunte, and 25 veal calves of the breeds Deutsche Schwarzbunte and Holstein-Friesian was examined in a period from the first to the sixth month of life. 1. No differences between the test groups were present in the pH of blood. 2. The body temperature was significant higher in calves of the suckler cow herd. 3. Hemoglobin content of the veal calves was significant higher till the third month of life. With increasing age the relations are changed, and at the end of the experimental period significant higher values were found in calves of the suckler cow herd. 4. Marked differences were also present in the carbon dioxide pressure with significant higher values in veal calves. 5. With regard to the metabolic factors of the blood acid/base balance--buffer base, bicarbonate and base deviation--significant higher values were also seen in veal calves. The results are discussed in connection with problems of intensive fattening of calves in comparison to the conditions of calves in suckler cow herds.</p>","PeriodicalId":23904,"journal":{"name":"Zentralblatt fur Veterinarmedizin. Reihe A","volume":"39 7","pages":"531-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12626408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}