THE ROLE OF ULTRASOUND IN THE ASSESSMENT OF LARYNGEAL PARALYSIS IN THE DOG

Forty dogs with clinical signs suggestive of upper respiratory tract disease underwent echolaryngography and laryngoscopy. Laryngoscopy was used as the definitive technique to diagnose laryngeal paralysis. The ultrasound investigation accurately indicated the presence of the paralysis and confirmed the uni- or bilateral nature of the disorder. Findings indicative of laryngeal paralysis included asymmetry or absence of motion of the cuneiform processes (30/30), abnormal arytenoid movement (16/30), paradoxical movement (9/30), caudal displacement of the larynx (2/30) and laryngeal collapse (1/30). Thirty dogs were found to be afflicted with laryngeal paralysis and ten had normal laryngeal motility.     

THE USE OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF POOR RACING PERFORMANCE IN THE HORSE

Electrocardiograms were reocrded from 153 racehorses and 10 Olympic three-day-event horses. The horses were then grouped into those presented for routine examination, those in which there was a complaint of poor performance, those going to the Montreal Olympics, and those with upper respiratory tract abnormalities. When the ECGs of the four groups were compared on the basis of detection of abnormality, it was found that 93.2% of the poor performance group showed abnormalities of various types. The routine examination group showed 21.1% of horses with abnormal ECGs, and over half of these have been followed to the point where it can be said they raced unsuccessfully. In particular, this applied to those horses with T wave abnormalities in 4 or more leads, and to those with intraatrial block. There were significant T wave changes in 50% of the Olympic horses, and 43.7% of horses with laryngeal hemiplegia showed abnormality. While it can be concluded that T wave changes are highly significant findings in an ECG, it is also true that modification of the training programme is a way of helping trainers to get the best out of horses which might otherwise have a serious limitation of their performance potential.     

OSTEOSARCOMA IN THE MIDDIAPHYSIS OF THE RADIUS IN THE DOG

This case report describes the radiographic/clinical progression of a lesion in the middiaphysis of the radius in a dog. The lesion initially looked benign but progressed and eventually was diagnosed as an anaplastic osteosarcoma.     

用新思维解读宗教在建设和谐社会中的作用

宗教在社会生活中可以发挥重要影响。在构建社会主义和谐社会的系统工程中，我们应该用和谐思维正确认识宗教与和谐社会建设的关系，发挥宗教在社会生活中的积极作用，妥善处理宗教方面的矛盾，化解宗教的负面影响。     

THE ROLE OF WILD ANIMALS IN THE SPREAD OF EXOTIC DISEASES IN AUSTRALIA

The distributions of the following feral animals are given -- cattle, buffalo, pig, goat, deer, camel, horse, donkey, fox, dog and cat -- and the native dingo. The possible role these and the native rodents, marsupials and monotremes would play should an exotic disease of livestock enter Australia is discussed. It is considered that feral animals would be important in creating foci from which the disease would spread.     

奶牛离体PBMC和体内免疫应答的个体差异及其机理的研究

检测１５头奶牛离体外周血单核细胞和体内产生抗体免疫应答的结果表明，１．０μｇ／ｍｌ的ＰＷＭ或ＳＥＢ使ＰＢＭＣ增殖达最高值，但在分泌Ｉｇ中却表现出不同作用，还发现在群体内离体细胞增殖强度的变异程度小于分泌的Ｉｇ量的变异程度。     

青海省三江源草地生态退化成因分析

采用SPSS主成分分析法,并结合实地调研,主要对三江源地区草地退化的成因进行定量分析。结果表明：自然因素和人为因素对于该研究区域草地的退化都具有作用和效力,只是作用方向不同。然而,最终导致该地区草地急剧退化的主导因素为人为因素（人口增长、牲畜超载严重、经济活动等）,尤其是超载过牧,迫使草地大面积退化、沙化、荒漠化,再加上鼠虫害等自然灾害的影响,则进一步加快草地退化的速度。     

奶牛新孢子虫病诊断方法研究进展

新孢子虫病是导致奶牛流产的主要原因之一，给奶牛业造成很大的经济损失。各国学者对新孢子虫病的诊断方法进行了大量的研究工作。本文对奶牛新孢子虫病的临床诊断、病原学诊断、血清学诊断及分子生物学诊断方法的研究进展进行了综述。     

INTERNAL FIXATION OF FRACTURES OF THE ULNA IN THE HORSE

SUMMARY Surgical repair of ulnar fracture was attempted in 7 horses. Of 6 animals in which tension band plates were used, 4 recovered, one was killed after implant failure and one died of respiratory failure during post-operative recovery. The treatment of one horse with a Steinman Pin and figure-8 tension band wire was unsuccessful. One horse with bilateral ulnar fractures was given only stall rest and it recovered.     

RAPD分析技术在家蚕品种鉴定实践中的应用

对重庆市一生产夏芳X秋白普种的蚕种场所生产的蚕种,按表型分为四类.利用RAPD技术,分别对每个品种基因组DNA进行PCR扩增,得到其指纹图谱,与标准夏芳、秋白、夏芳X秋白进行比较,取得与形态观察一致的结果.说明了RAPD技术在DNA水平上鉴别家蚕种质是可行的.