Pyometra in a six-month-old nulliparous golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) treated with aglepristone M.C. Pisu a , A. Andolfatto a & M.C. Veronesi b a VRC – Centro di Referenza Veterinario, Torino, Italy b Department of Verteninary Sciences for Health, Animal Science and Food Safety, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy Accepted author version posted online: 25 Oct 2012.Version of ...

1. Balance studies were carried out with rats and golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) given diets high and low in calcium (10.8 and 5.1-5.2 g Ca/kg respectively) and high and low in phytate (3.4 and 1.6 g phytate-phosphorus/kg respectively) in a 2 X 2 factorial experiment. 2. Values for Ca absorption and phytate availability (relative to the amount ingested) and for urinary excretion of Ca a...

The effects of the relatively weak carcinogen, 1,2-benzanthracene (BA), and its potent carcinogenic derivative, 7,12dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA), on the resumption of DNA synthesis in Syrian hamster embryo cells blocked in the S phase of the mitotic cycle, were analyzed. A maximum level of binding of BA to DNA (1.08 molecule/200,000 nucleotide units) occurred after 4 hours of treatment of c...

By creating mutations in the Burkholderia mallei ATCC 23344 animal pathogen-like type III secretion system (TTSS), this study analyzes the correlation between type III secretion and the pathogenicity of ATCC 23344 in vivo. Mutagenesis demonstrated that a functional TTSS was required for the full pathogenicity of ATCC 23344 in the BALB/c mouse and Syrian hamster models of infection. However, vac...

OBJECTIVE In this study, we aimed to determine the parasite species carried by hamsters and rabbits purchased from some commercial pet shops in Turkey. METHODS For this purpose, the fecal samples of clinically healthy Syrian hamsters, dwarf hamsters, and crossbred rabbits were collected from 22 pet shops randomly selected in Ankara and Kirikkale provinces, located in Central Anatolia Region o...

A 2-year-old male hamster was presented because of left facial swelling and salivation. Necropsy wasperformed and affected cheek pouch with tissue samples of regional and internal organs were submitted forhistopathological study. In histopathological examination it was found that the tumor consisted of cords andislands of tumoric epithelial cells which were diffused in the dermis. Vacoulation o...

BACKGROUND Bio F1B hamster is an inbred hybrid strain that is highly susceptible to diet-induced atherosclerosis. We previously reported that feeding a high fat fish oil diet to Bio F1B hamster caused severe hyperlipidaemia. In this study we compared the effects of various diets in the Bio F1B hamster and the Golden Syrian hamster, which is an outbred hamster strain to investigate whether genet...