{"title":"Studies on liver sufficiency of cows fed on food with unbalanced mineral composition.","authors":"W Sidowski, T Kwiatkowski","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 90 cows of black white and red white race, aged 3-9 years and of 450 kg mean body weight fed on food with low level of Ca, P, and Na, several parameters of protein, carbohydrates and lipid liver metabolism before and after supply of special mineral mixtures were evaluated. After the supply the increased concentration of total protein, urea and cholesterol esters and decrease of AspAT, AlAT, and AP activities were recorded in the blood. Cholesterol esters: total cholesterol ratio improved and a slight increase of milk yield and content of fat in milk was observed. Food mineral mixtures favourably influenced the stabilization of liver metabolism.</p>","PeriodicalId":8381,"journal":{"name":"Archivum veterinarium Polonicum","volume":"33 3-4","pages":"147-55"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21058794","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":"Assay for endogenous heparin in plasma of livestock using a synthetic chromogenic substrate.","authors":"A Ledwozyw, S Jabłonka, E Tusińska, M Herbut","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The levels of endogenous heparin in the plasmas of horses, cows, sheep and pigs were determined with the use of synthetic chromogenic substrate benzoyl-isoleucyl-glutamyl-glycyl-arginyl-p-nitroanilide (S-2222). The lowest heparin concentrations were stated in cattle plasma, the highest ones in the plasma of pigs.</p>","PeriodicalId":8381,"journal":{"name":"Archivum veterinarium Polonicum","volume":"33 3-4","pages":"269-73"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21059586","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":"Hippocampus in the N. American mink (Mustela vison Brisson, 1756).","authors":"D Gościcka, W Stankiewicz, M Szpinda","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In sixty adult minks the hippocampus was dissected and measurements of its individual components were taken. Anatomical studies of the mink have been hardly undertaken, while the studies of the mink's brain can be considered as \"terra incognita\" (D. Gościcka). This is why it was decided to conduct an examination of the hippocampus of this animal.</p>","PeriodicalId":8381,"journal":{"name":"Archivum veterinarium Polonicum","volume":"33 1-2","pages":"129-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19048714","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 oestradiol-17 beta and progesterone on uptake1, uptake2 and on release of noradrenaline in the uterine artery of ovariectomized pigs.","authors":"I Dynarowicz, T Watkowski","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Influence of oestradiol-17 beta and progesterone on neuronal uptake (U1) and extraneuronal uptake (U2), and on the spontaneous neuronal and tissue release of noradrenaline was investigated in isolated uterine artery obtained from an ovariectomized pigs. It was found that oestradiol decreased U1 by 38.7% (p < 0.05), U2 by 78.2% (p < 0.01) and neuronal release by 55.4-63.0% (p < 0.05). Progesterone decreased U2 by 80.5% (p < 0.01) and neuronal release by 71.7-76.4% (p < 0.01). Simultaneous administration of oestradiol and progesterone led to the inhibition of U2 by 93.9% (p < 0.01) and neuronal release by 69.6-73.8 (p < 0.01) and to the rise of tissue release by 72.2-87.5% (p < 0.05-p < 0.01). Oestradiol inhibited noradrenaline uptake and decreased it reserves in uterine artery of pigs. This consequently decreased vasospastic adrenergic influence in the oestrous phase of the cycle. Effect of progesterone on the noradrenaline uptake was similar to that caused by oestradiol. Quantitative differences in the action of these hormones on noradrenaline uptake were not significant and did not explain their different influence on the vasotonus of the reproductive tract.</p>","PeriodicalId":8381,"journal":{"name":"Archivum veterinarium Polonicum","volume":"33 3-4","pages":"249-58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21059584","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}
K Walawski, E Kaczmarczyk, G Sowiński, U Czarnik, T Zabolewicz, E Białłowicz
{"title":"Genetic and non-genetic determination of repeatability of blood and milk indices in black-and-white cows.","authors":"K Walawski, E Kaczmarczyk, G Sowiński, U Czarnik, T Zabolewicz, E Białłowicz","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A herd of cows of the same age, kept in a stable system under controlled environmental conditions, was used to estimate the repeatability of diagnostic blood and milk indices in several stages of the I, II and III lactation. Attention was paid to genetic and non-genetic sources of phenotypic variation. Statistically significant values of the regression coefficient were found for the following milk parameters: fat and protein content, milk density, calcium, potassium and lysozyme levels, as well as the following blood parameters: leucocytes' number, lymphocytes and neutrophils number, uric acid content, leucocytes acid phosphatase activity, lysozyme and blood serum alkaline phosphatase activity. Examined indices were analysed which proved to be suitable for prognostic and breeding application.</p>","PeriodicalId":8381,"journal":{"name":"Archivum veterinarium Polonicum","volume":"33 3-4","pages":"165-76"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21058796","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":"Further studies on the etiopathology of malabsorption syndrome in broiler chickens.","authors":"M Mazurkiewicz, J A Madej, K A Sobiech, O Giebel","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The paper presents two cases of malabsorption syndrome in broiler chickens. The results indicate that the etiological factor appears to be the virus agent which causes necrosis in extra-excretional parts of the pancreas. During the course of the disease disorders in the enzymatic activity of gammaglutamyltransferase, leucylaminopeptidase and alanylaminopeptidase were observed. It consequently leads to the deterioration of intestines digestion and resorption of feed components. Application of Selcewet-Polfa to the diseased birds improved the health of the birds, morphological picture of peripheral blood and mineralisation of thigh bones. No radical improvement in the compensation of the final body weight was recorded.</p>","PeriodicalId":8381,"journal":{"name":"Archivum veterinarium Polonicum","volume":"33 3-4","pages":"177-88"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21058797","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":"Detection of the Haemophilus somnus antibodies in the bulls' reproductive tract fluids using the ELISA. I. Elaboration of the ELISA for the detection of the specific antibodies in the IgG, IgM and IgA classes.","authors":"T Stefaniak","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The conditions of the ELISA for detecting the Haemophilus somnus antibodies in IgG, IgM and IgA classes were elaborated. The test was adapted for examining the seminal plasma, preputial washings and blood serum samples of bulls. In order to obtain the more precise evaluation of results, the tests were made for two different dilutions of the examined material. The arising out of this method difficulty in the evaluation of the intensity of reaction was solved by introducing the specific, semi-quantitative method of classification, using the eleven-degree scale. The mean arithmetic classificational values calculated from absorbance readings were called \"absorbance index\". The introduced parameter proved to be especially useful while comparing the reaction of antibodies in reproductive tract fluids samples.</p>","PeriodicalId":8381,"journal":{"name":"Archivum veterinarium Polonicum","volume":"33 1-2","pages":"79-88"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19049952","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":"Influence of estradiol-17 beta and progesterone on catechol-O-methyltransferase and monoamine oxidase activities in uterine artery and myometrium of ovariectomized pigs.","authors":"I Dynarowicz, T Watkowski","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Activities of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) and monoamine oxidase (MAO) were determined in uterine artery and myometrium of uterine horn in ovariectomized pigs. It was considered that in uterine artery COMT activity increased after estradiol (E2) by 91.4% (p < 0.01), after progesterone (P) by 194.3% (p < 0.001) and after simultaneous administration of E2+P by 109.3% (p < 0.01). In myometrium this activity rose after E2 by 56.3% (p < 0.01) and after simultaneous using E2+P rose by 64.3% (p < 0.01) in relation to COMT activity determined in ovariectomized animals (Control). MAO activity in uterine artery decreased by 55.4% after P (p < 0.01) and also after simultaneous administration of E2+P by 58.7% (p < 0.01). In myometrium this activity decreased after E2 by 35.5% (p < 0.05) and after E2+P by 51.2% (p < 0.01), whereas increased after P by 30.6% (p < 0.05) in relation to MAO activity determined in control. Changes of MAO and COMT activities after E or P administration in ovariectomized animals denote that the hormones can participate in regulation of NA concentration in adrenergic synapse by the way of qualitative and quantitative changes of this mediator decomposition rate. E2 causes decrease of NA concentration in adrenergic synapse of uterine artery, whereas P operates the opposite way, as increaser.</p>","PeriodicalId":8381,"journal":{"name":"Archivum veterinarium Polonicum","volume":"33 1-2","pages":"29-37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19048716","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 influence of normobaric hyperoxia on hydroxyproline content and collagenase and elastase activities in rat lung.","authors":"A Ledwozyw, B Borowicz","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The influence of 12, 24 and 48 hrs of normobaric hyperoxia on hydroxyproline content and both collagenase and elastase activities in rat lung was investigated. The rise in hydroxyproline level in lung after only 24 hrs of hyperoxia was observed. In bronchoalveolar lavage, however, the level of this amino acid remains unchanged during the whole time of the experiment. Collagenase activity decreased significantly after 12 hrs of hyperoxia, and then decreased gradually. Elastase activity was diminished after 48 hrs of hyperoxia. It is suggested that breathing with pure oxygen induce changes in collagenase activity long before the changes in elastase activity or hydroxyproline content.</p>","PeriodicalId":8381,"journal":{"name":"Archivum veterinarium Polonicum","volume":"33 1-2","pages":"117-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19048712","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":"Epizootic of equine influenza in 1969 in Poland.","authors":"J Kita","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Epidemiological observations on the course and spread of equine influenza in Poland during the 1969 epizootic were carried out. The dynamics of the spread of the disease in the country are shown graphically by voivodship. The disease incidence and mortality rates for the entire country are also shown. The highest incidence of disease and mortality rates were found to be in November 1969. A/equi-2/Warsaw/69 was identified as the causal virus. It caused the largest epizootic in the country since 1954.</p>","PeriodicalId":8381,"journal":{"name":"Archivum veterinarium Polonicum","volume":"33 3-4","pages":"139-45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21058793","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}