Chemical and electrophoretic analyses of the serum proteins have become routine diagnostic investigations in many hospital laboratories. The albumin/globulin ratio decreases in a variety of disease conditions, including liver diseases, the nephrotic syndrome, protein malnutrition, myeloma, etc. It is therefore very important that the normal variations in the albumin-globulin ratio should be wel...

In order to perform a histomorphometric study of blood cells in male adult ostrich, blood samples were obtained from jugular vein of 10 clinically healthy male adult ostriches (2 - 3 years old). The slides were stained with the Giemsa methods and the smears were evaluated for cellular morphology, with cellular size being determined by micrometry. The findings of this study revealed that the sha...

The presence of lupus anticoagulant is associated with an elevated risk of venous and arterial thrombosis, and recurrent miscarriages as well. For some cases, this disease can present with bleeding as a consequence of lupus anticoagulant hypoprothrombinemia (LAHPS). LAHPS is a rare disease and it is reported to be most frequent in young females with/without systemic lupus erythematosus or in he...

for this study the jejuni of 50 adult (2-4 years), apparently healthy iranian river buffaloes were collectedfrom the abattoir for gross morphology, histomorphology, and histomorphometry. our statistical analysisrevealed that, there are significant (p

BACKGROUND Renal replacement therapy (RRT) has been implemented extensively in people to facilitate recovery from acute renal failure (ARF). RRT has not been explored in horses, but might provide a further treatment option in horses with ARF. OBJECTIVE To investigate efficacy and safety of RRT in horses. ANIMALS Five healthy adult horses. METHODS A prospective study was performed on horse...

©2016 American Association of Critical-Care Nurses doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2016625 Teri M. Kozik is a nurse researcher and George S. Charos is an electrophysiologist and director of Cardiology at St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Stockton, California. Salah S. Al-Zaiti is an assistant professor at the Department of Acute and Tertiary Care Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. M...

Nine horses received 20 mg/kg of intravenous (LEVIV ); 30 mg/kg of intragastric, crushed immediate release (LEVCIR ); and 30 mg/kg of intragastric, crushed extended release (LEVCER ) levetiracetam, in a three-way randomized crossover design. Crushed tablets were dissolved in water and administered by nasogastric tube. Serum samples were collected over 48 hr, and levetiracetam concentrations wer...

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is used to estimate the overall efficiency and productivity growth of credit cooperatives in Japan during 1992–1996. Overall efficiency is decomposed into output technical efficiency and input allocative efficiency. Twenty percent of all credit cooperatives in Japan are foreign owned with more than 90% of those owned by Koreans. The history of institutional discr...

Objective- The aim of this study was to test the repeatability, the variability, and to establish the reference values of PW measurements in healthy Markhoz goats.Design- Retrospective study.Animals- 20 female Markhoz goats.Procedure- Using a standardized PW Doppler echocardiographic protocol, 20healthy adult unsedated female Markhoz goats were investigated three times at one-...