Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: J. Velisek Author-Workplace-Name: Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology, Vodnany, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic Author-Name: T. Wlasow Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Environmental Science and Fisheries, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland Author-Name: P. Gomulka Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Environmental Science and Fisheries, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland Author-Name: Z. Svobodova Author-Workplace-Name: Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology, Vodnany, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic Author-Workplace-Name: University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic Author-Name: R. Dobsikova Author-Workplace-Name: University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic Author-Name: L. Novotny Author-Workplace-Name: University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic Author-Name: M. Dudzik Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Environmental Science and Fisheries, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland Title: Effects of cypermethrin on rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Abstract: The aim of this study was to assess the effect of cypermethrin [(R,S)-α-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl (1RS)-cis,tra-3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-dimethyl cyclopropane carboxylate] on rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). The effect was assessed on the basis of the results of acute toxicity tests and on the comparison of results of haematological, biochemical and histopathological tissue examinations of a control and experimental group exposed to Alimetrine 10 EM pesticide preparation (active substance 100 g/l of cypermethrin). The acute semistatical toxicity test lasting 96 h was performed on rainbow trout juveniles. The 96hLC50 value of Alimethrine 10 EM was 31.4 µg/l. Examination of erythrocyte, leukocyte and biochemical profile and histopathological tissue examination was performed on 15 control and 15 experimental specimens of one-to-two-year-old rainbow trout after 96 h of exposure to Alimetrine 10 EM in the concentration of 31.4 µg/l. The experimental group showed significantly higher values (P < 0.01) of plasma ammonia (NH3), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), creatine kinase (CK), lactate (LACT) and significantly lower (P < 0.01) values of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) compared to the control group. Also, a significant decrease in count of developmental forms of myeloid sequence, and segmented neutrophile granulocytes in the experimental group were found. Teleangioectasiae of secondary gill lamellae and degeneration of hepatocytes were observed with histopathological examination. No histopathological changes were demonstrated in tissues (skin, spleen, cranial and caudal kidney) of rainbow trout following exposure to cypermethrine. The cypermethrine-based Alimethrinee 10 EM pesticide preparation was classified among substances strongly toxic for fish. Keywords: pyrethroids, acute toxicity, haematological profile, biochemical profile of blood, histopathology Journal: Veterinární medicína Pages: 469-476 Volume: 51 Issue: 10 Year: 2006 DOI: 10.17221/5580-VETMED File-URL: http://vetmed.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/5580-VETMED.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/vet-200610-0001.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlvet:v:51:y:2006:i:10:id:5580-VETMED Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: M.S. Panayotova-Pencheva Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of Experimental Pathology and Parasitology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria Title: New records of protostrongylid lungworms from wild ruminants in Bulgaria Abstract: A necropsy of lungs from mouflons, chamois, red deerand fallow deer from Bulgariawas performed aiming at determining the species composition of protostrongylids. For the first time in the country Muellerius capillaris, Cystocaulus ocreatus, Neostrongylus linearis, Protostrongylus rufescens, P. hobmaieri are reported as part of the helminth fauna in the mouflon, M. capillaris, N. linearis and P. rupicaprae are reported from the chamois, and Varestrongylus sagittatus is reported from the red deer. This is the first record of P. hobmaieri, P. rupicaprae and V. sagittatus for the fauna of Bulgaria. Some morphological data of males and first stage larvae of P. hobmaieri on materials from the present study are presented Keywords: Protostrongylus hobmaieri, Protostrongylus rupicaprae, Varestrongylus sagittatus, first records, Bulgaria Journal: Veterinární medicína Pages: 477-484 Volume: 51 Issue: 10 Year: 2006 DOI: 10.17221/5581-VETMED File-URL: http://vetmed.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/5581-VETMED.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/vet-200610-0002.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlvet:v:51:y:2006:i:10:id:5581-VETMED Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: K. Besoluk Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Anatomy, Author-Name: E. Eken Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Anatomy, Author-Name: E. Sur Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Selcuk, Campus, Konya, Turkey Title: Morphological studies on lyssa in cats and dogs Abstract: The aim of this study is to reveal the morphology of the lyssa in the cat and dog. Eight heads of adult healthy cats and eight heads of dogs of both sexes were used as materials. In the cat the lyssa, yellow coloured, had a helical appearance and its edge facing the oral cavity became sharp; in the dog the lyssa, pinkish white coloured, was more or less J-shaped. The whole body of the cat's lyssa was buried among the intrinsic lingual muscles. In the dog, although aboral, two thirds of the lyssa were squeezed among the intrinsic lingual muscles, its cranial third was placed just under the mucosa to protrude slightly into the oral cavity. In both species, the whole body of the lyssa was determined to have been formed by the nearly adipose tissue in which occasional striated muscles existed. Moreover, in the middle third of the dog's lyssa, dense striated muscle fibres were seen dorsally to the adipose tissue, and we also noticed with interest that the lyssa sheath embracing this part contained few muscle spindle-like structures. It was of interest that in the cat a pyramidal rod encircled by a fine capsule of connective tissue was attached to the ventral edge of the cranial third of the lyssa. Keywords: lyssa, tongue, morphology, carnivore Journal: Veterinární medicína Pages: 485-489 Volume: 51 Issue: 10 Year: 2006 DOI: 10.17221/5582-VETMED File-URL: http://vetmed.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/5582-VETMED.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/vet-200610-0003.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlvet:v:51:y:2006:i:10:id:5582-VETMED Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Z. Knotkova Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic Author-Name: Z. Knotek Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic Author-Name: S. Trnkova Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic Author-Name: P. Mikulcova Author-Workplace-Name: Private Veterinary Clinic, Prague-Modrany, Czech Republic Title: Blood profile in green iguanas after short-term anaesthesia with propofol Abstract: Blood haematology and plasma chemistry profiles were examined in a group of ten 17 months-old green iguanas two minutes before propofol administration (10 mg/kg of body weight) and two minutes after recovery from anaesthesia. The induction time was very short (35.50 ± 22.54 s), the recovery time was 21.50 ± 7.44 minutes. At five and fifteen minutes of anaesthesia there was a considerable drop in the heart rate. The most marked drop, however, was noted during the tenth minute. Following the administration of propofol green iguanas showed marked changes in the respiratory frequency that were not accompanied by any changes in the levels of SpO2. RBC (1.06 ± 0.08 vs. 1.21 ± 0.06 1012/l) were decreased with a high significance (P < 0.01) two minutes after recovery from the propofol anaesthesia. At the same time there was a significant (P < 0.05) decrease of haemoglobin concentration (76.70 ± 13.39 vs. 83.73 ± 9.24 g/l) and PCV (0.34 ± 0.04 vs. 0.36 ± 0.04 l/l) as well as a significant (P < 0.05) increase of WBC (7.95 ± 3.38 vs. 5.20 ± 2.52 109/l), heterophils (3.14 ± 1.48 vs. 1.43 ± 0.43 109/l) and basophils (0.60 ± 0.53 vs. 0.23 ± 0.17 109/l). The following parameters increased two minutes after anaesthesia with a high significance (P < 0.01): plasma concentration of total protein (55.12 ± 5.94 vs. 49.02 ± 3.54 g/l), uric acid (231.07 ± 77.69 vs. 157.58 ± 60.58 µmol/l), AST (1.23 ± 0.52 vs. 0.67 ± 0.34 µkat/l), TAG (3.37 ± 1.11 vs. 1.48 ± 0.78 mmol/l), phosphorus (2.29 ± 0.38 vs. 1.85 ± 0.35 mmol/l). The increase in plasma calcium levels (3.51 ± 0.11 vs. 3.21 ± 0.23 mmol/l) was significant at the level of P < 0.05. All the measured values were within the reference range of healthy green iguanas. Keywords: lizards, reptilian haematology, plasma chemistry, immobilization Journal: Veterinární medicína Pages: 491-496 Volume: 51 Issue: 10 Year: 2006 DOI: 10.17221/5583-VETMED File-URL: http://vetmed.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/5583-VETMED.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/vet-200610-0004.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlvet:v:51:y:2006:i:10:id:5583-VETMED