Representation of the marine environment is key for reliable coastal hydrodynamic models. This study investigates implications common depth-averaged model configuration choices in sufficiently characterising seabed geometry and roughness. In particular, applications requiring a high level accuracy and/or exhibiting complex flow conditions may call greater detail representation than typically ad...

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Doppler ultrasound is a useful diagnostic tool to evaluate uterine blood flow in different canine reproductive states. The aim of this study was describe and compare bitches suffering from pyometra according the ultrasonographic appearance uterus. Seventy-five with confirmed clinically, haematologically ultrasonographically were included study. Ten healthy no haematological abnormality uterus a...

The aim of this study was to characterize the ultrasonographic patterns of benign and malignant mammary tumors and to evaluate the efficacy of ultrasonographic imaging to distinguish benign and malignant tumors in dogs. Shape, margins, width-to-craniocaudal (CC) dimension ratio, echotexture, echogenicity, presence of calcification, presence of pseudocapsule, size (the deepest and longest axis) ...

Serial ultrasonographic examinations were performed daily on 9 Miniature Schnauzer bitches from the 15th day of gestation until parturition to determine the time the gestational structures were first detected. The gestational age was timed from the day of ovulation (day 0), which was estimated to occur when the plasma progesterone concentration was >4.0 ng/ml. The gestational length in 9 Miniat...

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonists are particularly useful when a rapid inhibitory effect on the gonadal axis is required. The aim of this study was to test the efficacy and clinical safety of a low and high dose of the third generation GnRH antagonist, acyline, on pregnancy termination in female dogs. The effect of the antagonist on the progesterone (P(4)) serum concentration wa...

Some dog breeds, including the German shepherd dog (GSD), are predisposed to immune-related disorders. The authors prospectively described development of serum and faecal IgA and serum IgE in GSD from puppies until adulthood and the relationship between mothers and their offspring. Further, the authors tested whether dogs with lower serum IgA also have low faecal IgA and/or serum IgE. To reveal...

Cystic endometrial hyperplasia-pyometra complex is the most frequent and important endometrial disorder encountered in bitches. The pathogenesis of the disease is related to the activity of progesterone [Feldman and Nelson, Canine and Feline Endocrinology and Reproduction (1996) W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia]. Cystic endometrial hyperplasia (CEH) is an abnormal response of the bitch's uterus to o...

Endometrial matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are extensively studied in humans. However, owing to the distinct differences of the estrous cycle of bitches, the expression and activities of endometrial MMPs regulated by sex hormones should be significantly different. To understand the effect of sex hormones on the activity of MMPs, this study investigates the activities of endometrial MMP-2 and ...