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Veterinary Sciences, Volume 10, Issue 9

September 2023 - 59 articles

Cover Story: Back pain caused by intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration impacts all vertebrates. The three types of IVD tissue have unique biomechanical and biomolecular properties, ultimately providing crucial shock absorption and flexibility in the spine. However, exposure to environmental, mechanical, and metabolic stress factors, alongside genetic predisposition, influences IVDD progression in many species. While it is best studied in humans, mice, and dogs, the expansion of IVD research to other vertebrate species in recent decades is reviewed here. To date, no treatments have been found to effectively halt or reverse IVD degeneration (IVDD). Yet, technological advances in the imaging and “omics” fields can identify IVDD on a cellular and molecular level and enable the application of novel diagnostic and therapeutic measures, especially for larger species. View this paper
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Articles (59)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,247 Views
18 Pages

Study of Dietary Emodin on Immune Defense in Megalobrama amblycephala against Aeromonas hydrophila

  • Yuan-Yuan Zhang,
  • Peng Xu,
  • Xiao-Li Wang,
  • Li-Ping Song,
  • Jun Wu,
  • Bing-Li Wang,
  • Bin Hu,
  • Shu-Quan Mao,
  • Bo Liu and
  • Xian-Ping Ge

21 September 2023

This experiment aimed to investigate the effects of emodin on the total bacterial count and immune response in various tissues of Wuchang bream infected with A. hydrophila. The experimental diets were made by supplementing emodin at 0, 30, 100, and 1...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,843 Views
11 Pages

Feeding Black Pepper (Piper nigrum) or Exogenous Xylanase Improves the Blood Lipid Profile of Broiler Chickens Fed Wheat-Based Diets

  • Vasil Radoslavov Pirgozliev,
  • Stephen Charles Mansbridge,
  • Isobel Margaret Whiting,
  • Kristina Kljak,
  • Artur Jozwik,
  • Judith Maria Rollinger,
  • Atanas Georgiev Atanasov and
  • Stephen Paul Rose

21 September 2023

This study aimed to determine the impact of dietary black peppercorn (BP) and xylanase (XYL) alone or in combination on growth performance, dietary energy, nutrient digestibility and blood lipid profile when fed to male Ross 308 broiler chickens from...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,974 Views
12 Pages

Duration of the Flaxseed Supplementation Affects Antioxidant Defence Mechanisms and the Oxidative Stress of Fattening Pigs

  • Anna Sobeková,
  • Elena Piešová,
  • Zuzana Maková,
  • Renáta Szabóová,
  • Drahomíra Sopková,
  • Zuzana Andrejčáková,
  • Radoslava Vlčková,
  • Dominika Faixová and
  • Zita Faixová

21 September 2023

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of the duration of a flaxseed diet on fattening pigs’ antioxidant defence mechanism in blood and tissues. Eighteen 20-week-old Landrace breed fattening pigs (BW 76.61 ± 2.30 kg) were div...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,736 Views
13 Pages

The Evolution of Cystic Echinococcosis in Humans and Ruminants in Portugal—A One Health Approach

  • Ana Margarida Alho,
  • Miguel Canhão Dias,
  • Miguel Cardo,
  • Pedro Aguiar and
  • Luís Madeira de Carvalho

21 September 2023

Cystic echinococcosis, also known as hydatid disease, is a significant parasitic zoonosis with public health implications, albeit often neglected. In Portugal, data on this zoonosis are scarce despite being a mandatory notifiable disease in both huma...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,405 Views
7 Pages

B-Cell Lymphoma of the Middle Ear Treated with Multidrug Chemotherapy in a Cat

  • Tomoko Takahashi,
  • Hiroyuki Nagata and
  • Hirotaka Kondo

21 September 2023

Primary lymphoma of the middle ear is rare in cats, and little information has been accumulated on the treatment and course. An 11-year-old spayed female mixed-breed cat was brought to our hospital with facial nerve paralysis, which had been stable u...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,992 Views
13 Pages

21 September 2023

Soil contaminants (herbicides, pesticides, and heavy metals) are among the main causes of change in terrestrial ecosystems. These substances lead to a general loss of biodiversity, both of flora and fauna and being able to biomagnify and pass through...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,215 Views
13 Pages

A Multicentre Epidemiologic Study of Sudden and Unexpected Death in Adult Cats and Dogs in Australia

  • Mirrim Kelly-Bosma,
  • Joerg Henning,
  • Mark Haworth,
  • Richard Ploeg,
  • Lucy Woolford,
  • Alison Neef,
  • Shubhagata Das and
  • Rachel Allavena

20 September 2023

Sudden and unexpected death (SUD) is a common reason for animals to undergo post-mortem examination. There is limited literature examining the causes of SUD in cats and dogs, and no research specific to Australia. The purpose of this study was to inv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,326 Views
32 Pages

Lymphoma in Border Collies: Genome-Wide Association and Pedigree Analysis

  • Pamela Xing Yi Soh,
  • Mehar Singh Khatkar and
  • Peter Williamson

19 September 2023

There has been considerable interest in studying cancer in dogs and its potential as a model system for humans. One area of research has been the search for genetic risk variants in canine lymphoma, which is amongst the most common canine cancers. Pr...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
2,436 Views
7 Pages

18 September 2023

Fleas are ectoparasites affecting many animal species but reports in captive nonhuman primates are rare and mainly concern pet monkeys. Moreover, to the authors’ knowledge, a detailed report on marmosets is not known at present. This case descr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,250 Views
13 Pages

18 September 2023

The aim of this study was to devise an efficient technique for generating embryos from high-quality bovine females. Oocytes were collected from 20 control and 15 Hanwoo (Bos taurus coreanae) females treated with the FSH. A combination of decreasing F...

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