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Withholding iron dextran treatment normally given to pigs at 1-3 days of age to prevent anemia resulted also in neutropenia. Polyinosinic acid:polycytidylic acid (poly I:C) at 0.5 mg/kg IV at 25 days of age resulted in induction of putative interferon 2 to 24 hours later, with significantly (P less than 0.05) lower concentrations in iron-deficient (Fe-) female pigs than in iron-supplemented (Fe+) female pigs. Poly I:C caused several transient toxic manifestations, including elevations in blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, aspartate aminotransferase, potassium (K), total bilirubin and phosphorus (P), marked leukopenia (both neutropenia and lymphopenia), and declines in serum albumin, calcium, cholesterol, glucose and globulin. Certain blood chemistries before poly I:C were significantly (P less than or equal to 0.05) different: albumin, globulin, cholesterol and K were higher in females than in males; albumin, globulin, glucose, P and K were higher in Fe- than in Fe+ pigs; and total carbon dioxide was higher in Fe+ than in Fe- pigs.
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PMID:Effects of poly I:C in porcine iron deficient neutropenia. 241 Jan 86

Phenylhydrazine (PHZ) is a hemolytic agent which has been used in the treatment of polycythemia vera. Recent studies performed in our laboratory have indicated that the PHZ-induced anemia is immuno-hemolytic in etiology, and a prolonged bleeding time was present in some of the rats chronically treated with PHZ. The nature of this bleeding tendency was explored in the present experiment. PHZ was administered to rats once a week for a six week period. During this time, the animals were monitored for prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), fibrinogen concentration, and individual coagulation factor levels as well as routine plasma chemistries and blood cell counts. In addition, radioimmunoassays (RIA) for prostacyclin, a platelet aggregation inhibitor, and prostaglandin (PG) E2 were performed. PHZ-treated animals displayed a significant elevation in both PT and APTT when compared with saline injected controls, although plasma fibrinogen levels were not appreciably altered. Further tests revealed a PHZ-induced decrease in prothrombin and factor V levels. In addition, a significant increase in plasma serum glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (SGOT), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and alkaline phosphatase levels was observed as well as a diminution in cholesterol and triglycerides following PHZ administration. PHZ treatment also induced an elevation in prostacyclin levels and transient thrombocytopenia. These findings indicate that several factors may contribute to the prolonged bleeding time in PHZ-treated rats including a drug induced thrombocytopenia possibly associated with enhanced synthesis of autologous immunoglobulin G (IgG) against the senescent red cell antigen, and diminished synthesis of vitamin K-dependent coagulation factors which may be mediated by reduced vitamin K uptake by the hypo-cholesterolemic subjects.
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PMID:Hemostatic alterations associated with phenylhydrazine-induced anemia in the rat. 262 15

Studies were carried out on the effect of various cadmium doses, which were given to growing rats in diet. A 42-day biological experiment was carried out on male growing Wistar rats. The animals divided into groups were given diets containing cadmium in amounts of 50, 100 and 200 ppm and diet with no adding cadmium. The diets contained 20% of protein in equal amounts from wheat gluten and casein. It was demonstrated that cadmium had a significant influence on diet intake and growth of rats. The absorption from diets containing 50, 100 and 200 ppm of cadmium was about 30 to 48%. The more cadmium was absorbed, the most was in blood and rat liver. Anaemia was noted in animals, which were given diets with cadmium. Rats had a low level of haematocrit and haemoglobin in plasma. It was shown that cadmium intake caused a significant decrease in plasma albumin concentration and increase of plasma alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase activity.
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PMID:[Effect of various cadmium doses in the diet on the body of growing rats]. 263 83

The physiological effects of the winter tick, Dermacentor albipictus, on moose, Alces alces, were investigated. Blood composition, weight gain, food intake and change in the hair coat of moose calves, four infested with D. albipictus larvae, and eight uninfested, were monitored. Infested moose groomed extensively, apparently in response to feeding nymphal and adult ticks, and developed alopecia. Other clinical signs included: chronic weight loss, anemia, hypoalbuminemia, hypophosphatemia, and transient decreases in serum aspartate transaminase and calcium during the period of nymphal and adult female tick engorgement. Infested animals did not become anorexic. Two moose with severe hair loss had increases in gamma globulin shortly after the onset of female tick engorgement. Results suggest that alopecia is associated with tick resistance. Animals that groom and develop hair loss likely carry fewer ticks and therefore suffer less severely from blood loss.
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PMID:Effect of Dermacentor albipictus (Acari:Ixodidae) on blood composition, weight gain and hair coat of moose, Alces alces. 271 21

Consumption of edible oils contaminated with Argemone mexicana seed oil is known to cause various clinical manifestations. In the present study, the effect of dietary intake of argemone oil on histopathological changes, haematological indices and selected marker parameters of toxicity was investigated to observe the exact sites and mode of action of argemone oil in rats. Histopathological changes in the liver showed increased fibrosis, hyperplasia of bile ducts and congestion in a few portal tracts. Lungs of argemone oil-fed animals indicated congestion and thickening of interalveolar septa. Alveolar spaces were disorganised and irregular. Kidneys showed vascular and glomerular congestion and patchy tubular lesions. At 30 days only mild congestion was noted in the myocardium. Cardiac muscle fibres showed degenerative changes at 60 days which were more marked in the auricular wall. Haematological examination showed appearance of anaemia in experimental animals. Hepatic alkaline phosphatase, alanine transaminase and aspartate transaminase activities were inhibited by 30, 29 and 29% after 30 days of argemone intake along with concomitant enhancement in serum by 27, 29 and 66%, respectively. Liver showed decrease in glutathione (32-63%) content along with significant stimulation of lipid peroxidation (49-105%) in argemone-intoxicated animals. These results suggest that liver, lungs, heart and kidneys are the target tissues of argemone oil toxicity and that membrane destruction may be a possible mode of action.
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PMID:Biochemical toxicology of argemone oil. IV. Short-term oral feeding response in rats. 279 30

Haematological and biochemical investigations were performed on 14 koalas with uncomplicated cystitis, 8 with complicated cystitis, 8 with conjunctivitis, 8 with lymphosarcoma, and 14 with miscellaneous diseases. Changes were limited and inconsistent in individual koalas with uncomplicated cystitis and conjunctivitis. In contrast, individual koalas with complicated cystitis were more likely to have anaemia, leukocytosis due to neutrophilia, hypoproteinaemia due to hypoalbuminaemia, and azotaemia due to elevated urea concentration. Although these changes were non-specific they did allow assessment of prognosis for survival and response to treatment. Koalas with lymphosarcoma were invariably anaemic, leukaemic, azotaemic and hypoalbuminaemic. Elevated enzymes (aspartate transaminase [AST]. lactate dehydrogenase [LD] and gamma glutamyl transferase [GGT]) were more common in koalas with lymphosarcoma. Koalas affected by miscellaneous conditions showed variable changes but once again anaemia, leukocytosis, azotaemia, elevated AST and LD, and hypoalbuminaemia were not uncommon. On the basis of these findings a minimal profile is suggested for the investigation of sick koalas and would include haematocrit, total and differential leukocyte counts, urea, total protein and albumin concentrations and AST, GGT and LD activities.
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PMID:Haematological and biochemical investigations of diseased koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus). 281 69

Two groups of lambs raised free of sporozoan infection were inoculated with Sarcocystis tenella sporocysts and compared with controls. Lambs from Group 1 were inoculated with 5000 sporocysts and those in Group 2 were given 20,000. Transient increases in rectal temperatures occurred between 23 and 39 days post-inoculation (dpi), although the lambs appeared normal and retained their appetites. Packed cell volumes (PCV) of lambs given 20,000 sporocysts decreased dramatically from 28 to 38 dpi after which they slowly returned to near pre-inoculation levels by 99 dpi. The anaemia was normocytic/normochromic. White cell counts (WCC) rose in infected lambs from 49 dpi, reflecting principally an increase in lymphocyte numbers. Plasma albumin of Group 2 decreased at 28 dpi and remained depressed until the experiment was terminated at 99 dpi. Plasma globulin of infected groups increased from 31 (Group 2) and 35 dpi (Group 1). Plasma alkaline phosphatase (ALP) of Group 2 decreased from 28 dpi and remained depressed to 99 dpi. Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) of Group 2 was elevated at 24 and 28 dpi and from 42 to 78 dpi, while aspartate aminotransferase (AST) of the same group was elevated from 45 to 66 dpi. Creatine kinase (CK) of Group 2 was elevated from 52 to 71 dpi.
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PMID:Clinical, haematological and plasma biochemical changes in specified-pathogen-free (sporozoa) lambs experimentally infected with low numbers of Sarcocystis tenella sporocysts. 295 99

The clinical pathology of Schistosoma curassoni infection in sheep and goats was studied for 22 weeks following experimental infection with 7000 and 4000 cercariae, respectively. Excretion of eggs began at week 7 after infection: in goats the numbers increased to 30 to 50 eggs per gram faeces (epg) at weeks 8 to 18, followed by a reduction. In a pregnant goat, epg values increased markedly before and after parturition. The mean faecal egg counts in sheep were lower than in goats, increasing to a maximum level of 30 epg at weeks 16 and 17 after infection. Infected sheep maintained growth rates roughly comparable with controls, whereas infected goats failed to gain as much weight as the controls. Infected goats and sheep produced eosinophil counts of about 3 x 10(3) mm-3, five and eight weeks after infection, respectively. Sheep developed a progressive anaemia from week 11 after infection, in goats blood values remained within normal limits. Differences in serum protein concentration were observed between infected and uninfected goats about nine weeks after infection, but not in sheep. Increased total protein values, hyperglobulinaemia and lowered albumin to globulin ratios were features of infected goats. Serum glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase, glutamate pyruvate transaminase, gamma-glutamyl transferase, total lactate dehydrogenase and bilirubin were not significantly changed. The mean recovery in sheep was 608 worms, in goats 428 worms, but the total tissue egg counts were higher in the latter. Of the total eggs deposited in the goats 92 per cent were found in the liver with 51.5 per cent in the ovine liver. The histopathological changes were studied.
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PMID:Clinical pathology of experimental Schistosoma curassoni infections in sheep and goats. 340 25

Young rats maintained on an iron-deficient diet developed severe anemia and had large decreases in the levels of the iron-containing flavoproteins and cytochromes of the mitochondrial respiratory chain in skeletal muscle. In contrast, the levels of a number of mitochondrial matrix marker enzymes, including citrate synthase, isocitrate dehydrogenase, 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase, 3-ketoacid-CoA transferase, and aspartate aminotransferase, increased in red skeletal muscle but not in white muscle. Phosphocreatine concentration was decreased and inorganic phosphate concentration was increased in soleus muscle frozen in situ. We hypothesize that the increase in mitochondrial matrix enzymes reflects a stimulus to mitochondrial biogenesis in posture-maintaining and weight-bearing red muscle fibers in severely iron-deficient rats. It is our working hypothesis that this stimulus to mitochondrial biogenesis arises from mild activity of the red fibers and is due to the same perturbation in cellular homeostasis that is normally caused by vigorous exercise or hypoxia. In iron deficiency, the stimulus to mitochondrial biogenesis can induce an increase in only those enzymes not prevented from increasing by iron deficiency, resulting in formation of mitochondria of grossly abnormal composition.
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PMID:Induction of an increase in mitochondrial matrix enzymes in muscle of iron-deficient rats. 347 8

Clarified slurry oil (CSO), the heavy residual fraction from the fluidized catalytic cracker, was applied to the shaven backs of groups of 10 male and 10 female Sprague-Dawley rats 5 days/week for 13 weeks at doses of 8, 30, 125, or 500 mg/kg/day, and to another group for 2 weeks at doses of 2000 mg/kg/day. The rats were fitted with cardboard Elizabethan collars to minimize the ingestion of the test material, which was applied undiluted and remained uncovered on the skin. A similar group of rats served as controls; they were treated in the same manner except that no CSO was applied to their skin. There was a dose-related mortality and depression of body weight gain in the rats treated with CSO at doses of 30 mg/kg/day or greater; none of the rats dosed at 2000 mg/kg/day survived more than 2 weeks. The primary target organs of CSO toxicity were the liver, thymus, and bone marrow. The effects on the liver included increased weight (250% at 500 mg/kg/day), cholangiolitis, diffuse liver cell degeneration and hypertrophy, necrosis, fibrosis, decreased serum glucose, increased levels of alkaline phosphatase, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine amino transferase, bilirubin, and triglycerides. The thymus was found to be small and upon microscopic examination to be atrophic or hypoplastic. Erythroid hypoplasia was found in the bone marrow of some of the rats dosed at 30 mg/kg/day and increased in severity with increasing dose. The erythroid hypoplasia was accompanied by a dose-related anemia. Even in the rats dosed at 8 mg/kg/day, very slight abnormalities in the bile ducts were observed upon microscopic examination of the liver. Chromatographic separation and analyses demonstrated that CSO contains about 58% 3- to 5-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and approximately 8-10% carbazole derivatives. In vitro and in vivo skin penetration studies demonstrated that the carbazole materials penetrate through the skin to a considerable extent (about 44%); less penetration was observed with 2- or 3-ring (8-13%) or 5-ring PAHs (3%).
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PMID:Systemic toxicity from subchronic dermal exposure, chemical characterization, and dermal penetration of catalytically cracked clarified slurry oil. 359 Jan 98


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