abstract objective: to investigate the effect of an anti-inflammatory drug (piroxicam) on the development of fatty streak in rabbits. methods: male rabbits were fed with four types of regimen: a) normal rabbit chow, b) 1% cholesterol diet c) cholesterol diet plus piroxicam, d) normal rabbit chow plus piroxicam. after 12 weeks, the animals were sacrificed and the aorta, as well as the right and ...

ultrasonographic examination of urinary system (kidney and urinary bladder) was conducted in new zealand white rabbit [nzwr] and tolai hare (lepus tolai). ultrasound images of the kidney and urinary bladder were evaluated on fifteen healthy rabbits of new zealand white rabbit and another fifteen tolai hares. the healthy rabbits were 8-12 months old (mean = 9.3 months), of both sexes and weighed...

in number (16 of 22) of infants in the dutch laboratory rabbit breeding colony, in aged 45-65 days old, hair loss (alopecia) seen at the top of the head and around a week after the hair fall, was created in a state of complete alopecia. for determination of the cause of hair loss, after the observation and palpation the alopecic area, there have not been any swelling, abscesses, tumors. in s...

In Pierrehumbert (1980) three rising accents are posited for English, H*, L+H* and L*+H, but this three-way contrast has often been disputed. In the present experiment, Minnesotan and Southern Californian speakers read two dialogs which included four levels of emphasis. Emphasis lengthened segmental duration, raised the scaling of all tones and delayed H alignment in L+H*. Independently of emph...

the purpose of this study was to look for carbon materials for composting with rabbit manure. rabbit manure was composted with rice straw and mushroom residues. during the composting process, different related parameters were evaluated. results showed that the rabbit manure could be normally co-composted with rice straw or with mushroom residues. the gi value showed that both composts could hel...

We examined the electrophysiological effects of dopamine on the single myocardial cells isolated from the rat and rabbit heart. Dopamine at a concentration of 1 or 10 microM did not affect the L-type Ca2+ current (ICa) or the transient outward current (ITO) in rat ventricular, rabbit atrial, ventricular, and sinoatrial node cells. It did not induce any detectable change in the action potential ...

In vivo cultivated connective tissue is rich in lipids. That obtained from man and chicken has larger concentrations of neutral fat and cholesterol than connective tissue of other species. Connective tissue synthesizes cholesterol and possesses a striking avidity for retention of either endogenous or exogenous cholesterol. The fibrous portion of sponge-connective tissue of the rabbit incorporat...

The present investigation brought out the facts that the pupil of the cat is little affected by instillation of adrenalin, but shows, nevertheless, a greater responsiveness to adrenalin when given intravenously than does that of the rabbit, and that the duration of the dilatation effected by intravenous injection is, on the contrary, longer in the rabbit. In regard to the vasoconstricting effec...

The aim of this experiment was to study the kinetics of anti-eCG (equine chorionic gonadotrophin) antibodies in relation to eCG dose (8 or 25 IU) and number of injections (n = 11) in comparison with a control group (no injection), and to relate antibody production to sexual receptivity and productivity of rabbit does. In all, 124 lactating primiparous rabbit does were inseminated every 35 days ...