We attempted the isolation of variant infectious bursal disease (IBD) viruses by using sentinel chickens immunized with inactivated classical-type IBD vaccine. Immunized sentinel chickens with high levels of neutralizing antibodies and non-immunized sentinel chickens were raised together with broiler chickens in a commercial farm. Severe atrophy of the bursa of Fabricius was observed from the s...

Developing better agricultural monitoring capabilities based on Earth Observation data is critical for strengthening food production information and market transparency. The Sentinel-2 Remote Sens. 2015, 7, 16062–16090; doi:10.3390/rs71215815 www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing Remote Sens. 2015, 7, 16062–16090 mission has the optimal capacity for regional to global agriculture monitoring in ter...

•Visualization of paraaortic sentinel compartments in endometrial cancer•Nerve sparing dissection of left paraaortic infrarenal lymph compartment•Educational video may be basis for standardization of paraaortic sentinel node dissection.

Research on tumor-induced lymphangiogenesis has predominantly focused on alterations and abnormal growth of peritumoral and intratumoral lymphatic vessels. However, recent evidence indicates that lymphangiogenesis of sentinel lymph nodes might also contribute to cancer progression. In clinical oncology, the sentinel lymph nodes play an important r...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of sentinel lymph node biopsy by using a radiotracer lymphatic mapping technique in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, and the diagnostic value of this technique. We studied twenty patients with previously untreated squamous cell carcinomas of the oral cavity and N0 necks. After the peritumoral injection of 99mTc...

INTRODUCTION Lymphoscintigraphy is an important part of sentinel node mapping in breast cancer patients. Sometimes star shaped artefacts due to septal penetration can be problematic during imaging. In the current study, we evaluated the possibility of high energy (HE) collimators use for lymphoscintigraphy. PATIENTS AND METHODS Twenty patients with early breast carcinoma were included. Thirty...

BACKGROUND To study the value of periareolar intra-dermal injection of Tc-99m sestamibi (MIBI) for sentinel node mapping in breast carcinoma. MATERIAL AND METHODS Fifty patients with early-stage breast cancer were included in our study. 17.5 MBq Tc-99m-MIBI was injected intradermally to 25 patients and the remainders were injected with the same dose of Tc-99m-antimony sulphide colloid. Anteri...

The sentinel behaviour of 38 Arabian babbler adult floaters, who lived alone within a territory belonging to a foreign group, was studied and compared with their own sentinel behaviour in the past, when they were group members. All floaters acted as sentinels and uttered 'alarm calls'. This suggests that sentinel activity is due at least, in part, to selfish motives. Floaters sentinelled less t...