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Browsing Research Articles (Anatomy and Physiology) by Type "Article"
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-11)Adenoviral infections may cause mild to severe morbidity or fatality in a large array of animal species. In crocodilians, hatchlings under 5 months of age are usually affected. However, there is a paucity of information ...
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(Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2019)Conservation agencies rely on accurate wildlife population estimates to inform management practices. The importance of accuracy increases with smaller, threatened populations, but so too does the challenge in achieving it, ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2008-07)No abstract available
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(Springer, 2024-01)The stocky skeletons and post-cranial anatomy of many extinct kangaroos indicate that they might have engaged in varied locomotor behaviors, rather than bipedal hopping, as their primary mode of locomotion. This study ...
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(Cambridge University Press, 2023-11)Foramina of bones are beginning to yield more information about metabolic rates and activity levels of living and extinct species. This study investigates the relationship between estimated blood flow rate to the femur ...
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(Agricultural Research Council, ARC-OVI and the University of Pretoria, 2009-09)Due to logistical problems in obtaining sufficient blood samples from apparently healthy animals in the wild in order to establish normal haematological reference values, only limited information regarding the blood ...
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(South African Veterinary Association, 2009)In 1999 a dedicated problem-based learning course was introduced into the lecture-based preclinical veterinary curriculum of the University of Pretoria. The Introduction to Clinical Studies Course combines traditional ...
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(Royal Society, 2023-11)The order Lamniformes contains charismatic species such as the white shark Carcharodon carcharias and extinct megatooth shark Otodus megalodon, and is of particular interest given their influence on marine ecosystems, ...
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(Springer, 2023-04)Phthalate esters, such as di(n-butyl) phthalate, (DBP), are synthetic chemical pollutants commonly used as plasticizers in the manufacture of plastics. In the present study, we investigated the effects of DBP in the testes ...
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(International Society for Plastination, 2023-10-14)This paper describes the preparation of six plastinated chicken dissections for Veterinary Anatomy teaching at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Specimens were fixed in 10%formalin for seven to ten days, depending ...
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(Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, 2013-04)The high intake of refined sugars, mainly fructose has been implicated in the epidemiology of metabolic diseases in adults and children. With an aim to determine whether honey can substitute refined sugars without adverse ...
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(South African Veterinary Association, 2009-12)The design of an oesophageal cannula for goats, sheep and cattle is described. The cannula consists of a base, threaded bar and stopper made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or wood. The surgical procedure in goats for inserting ...
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(Krakow Polish Physiological Society, 2013)Bleomycin is an antineoplastic drug that has recently been employed to treat haemangiomas, the most common vascular tumors of infancy, with very good results. To better understand the mechanism of bleomycin in ...
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(PeerJ, 2021-08-23)Diclofenac caused the death of millions of vultures on the Asian subcontinent. Other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have since also been shown to be toxic to vultures with the exception of meloxicam. For ...
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(BioMed Central, 2017-09-09)BACKGROUND : African horse sickness (AHS) is of importance to health and international trade in horses worldwide. During export from and transit through AHS endemic countries or zones, physical and chemical measures ...
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(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2011)Eighteen mature, nonpregnant, and indigenous South African does were randomly divided into two groups to test if their vomeronasal organs exert an influence on LHplasma levels during a Whitten effect experimental trial. ...
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(BioMed Central, 2014-01-17)BACKGROUND: Validation of a method for the minimally-invasive measurement of physiological stress will help understanding of risk factors that may contribute to stress-associated events including recrudescence of ...
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(Wiley, 2023-05)Di(n-butyl) phthalate (DBP) is considered a substance of serious concern because of its reproductive toxicity and endocrine-disrupting properties. Exposure to DBP causes morphological and functional changes in the male ...
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(BioMed Central, 2020-02-18)BACKGROUND : Glucocorticoids mediate responses to perceived stressors, thereby restoring homeostasis. However, prolonged glucocorticoid elevation may cause homeostatic overload. Using extensive field investigations of ...
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(South African Society for Animal Science, 1999-01)Mutton merino wethers (n = 16) fed either a low nitrogen (LN, with a crude protein [CP] content= 5.4%) or a medium nitrogen (MN, with CP = 10.3%) diet were subjected to two water treatments; either ad libitum or half ad ...
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