Results: 3

Rickets in white-eared opossums (Didelphis albiventris)

Pesqui. vet. bras; 40 (10), 2020
Two young opossums were necropsied and diagnosed with rickets. This study aims to describe the clinical-pathological aspects of rickets in Didelphis albiventris. Macroscopically, the opossums presented kyphosis and scoliosis, lateral deviation of the limbs in varus, locomotion difficulty, and enlargement...

Normal physiological functions in two animal species with highly different vitamin d status compared to that of humans

Actual. osteol; 14 (3), 2018
Mole rats live in permanent darkness, in networks of underground tunnels (which extend up to 1 km in the subsoil), excavated with their incisors, in warm and semi-arid areas of South Africa. Mole rats have an unusually impoverished vitamin D3 status with undetectable and low plasma concentrations of 25- ...

Detection of enteric viruses in pancreas and spleen of broilers with runting-stunting syndrome (RSS)

Pesqui. vet. bras; 36 (7), 2016
Enteric disease is a multifactorial problem in chickens, which causes gastrointestinal alterations, elevated feed conversions and impairment. In the last years, several enteric viruses were implicated in enteric disease; case reports have shown their presence alone or in concomitant infections during out...