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Mandibular Thickness Measurements as Predictive Tool for Specific Dental Disorders in Alpacas (Vicugna Pacos)

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022
BackgroundOral health in alpacas is often neglected until severe dental disease becomes evident under the form of a pronounced mandibular swelling with or without fistulation.
Kirsten Proost, Bart Pardon, Lieven Vlaminck   +2 more
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Dental disease in alpacas. Part 2: Risk factors associated with diastemata, periodontitis, occlusal pulp exposure, wear abnormalities, and malpositioned teeth

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2020
Background Dental disorders, of which tooth root abscesses are best documented, are highly prevalent in alpacas. Identification of risk factors can be valuable for prevention of dental disorders in this species.
Kirsten Proost, Bart Pardon, Elke Pollaris, Thijs Flahou, Lieven Vlaminck   +4 more
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Impacts of selenium and vitamin E supplementation on mRNA of heat shock proteins, selenoproteins and antioxidants in broilers exposed to high temperature

AMB Express, 2018
The study was carried out to investigate the effect of dietary selenium (Se) and vitamin E (VE) supplementation on mRNA level of heat shock proteins, selenoproteins, and antioxidant enzyme activities in the breast meat of broilers under summer heat ...
Shahnawaz Kumbhar, Alam Z. Khan, Fahmida Parveen, Zaheer A. Nizamani, Farman A. Siyal, Mohamed E. Abd El-Hack, Fang Gan, Yunhuan Liu, Muhammad Hamid, Sonia A. Nido, Kehe Huang   +10 more
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Dental disease in alpacas. Part 1: Prevalence of dental disorders and their mutual relationships

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2020
Background Dental disease is a troublesome health concern in alpacas. Specifically, the occurrence of tooth root abscesses has been described in veterinary literature.
Kirsten Proost, Bart Pardon, Elke Pollaris, Thijs Flahou, Lieven Vlaminck   +4 more
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The Genetics of Deafness in Domestic Animals [PDF]

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2015
Although deafness can be acquired throughout an animal's life from a variety of causes, hereditary deafness, especially congenital hereditary deafness, is a significant problem in several species. Extensive reviews exist of the genetics of deafness in humans and mice, but not for deafness in domestic animals.
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Occlusal Fissures in Equine Cheek Teeth: A Prospective Longitudinal in vivo Study

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020
Background: It has been suggested that fissures of the occlusal surface of equine cheek teeth may develop into crown fractures.Objectives: To examine the evolution of fissures present on the occlusal surface of cheek teeth.
Elke Pollaris, Bart J.G. Broeckx, Lieven Vlaminck   +2 more
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New approach for genomic characterisation of equine sarcoid-derived BPV-1/-2 using nanopore-based sequencing

Virology Journal, 2022
Background Bovine papillomavirus (BPV) types 1 and 2 play a central role in the etiology of the most common neoplasm in horses, the equine sarcoid. The unknown mechanism behind the unique variety in clinical presentation on the one hand and the host ...
Lien Gysens, Bert Vanmechelen, Maarten Haspeslagh, Piet Maes, Ann Martens   +4 more
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Research Note: Phosphorus digestibility of corn, wheat, soybean meal, and corn gluten meal in quail chicks

Poultry Science, 2022
: A series of experiments was designed and conducted to determine the apparent and standardized ileal phosphorus digestibility (i.e., AIDP and SIDP, respectively) of some grains and protein meals in Japanese quail at different age classes during the ...
Mahmoud Ghazaghi, Mehran Mehri
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Hypophysis Tumors in Domestic Animals [PDF]

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1921
After thyroidectomy, hypertrophy of the pituitary body, with obvious formation of colloid substance has been repeatedly described. In rabbits, Stieda found that nine weeks after the extirpation of the thyroid gland, the weight of the hypophysis had doubled.
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Melatonin nuclear receptors mediate monochromatic light-induced T-lymphocyte proliferation of thymus through the AKT/GSK3β/β-catenin pathway in chick

Poultry Science
Based on previous research, it's unclear about the signaling pathway involved in the negative regulation of T-lymphocyte proliferation in thymus by monochromatic red light.
Juanjuan Xiong, Zixu Wang, Yulan Dong, Jing Cao, Yaoxing Chen   +4 more
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