Characterization of gene expression in naturally occurring feline degenerative joint disease-associated pain

Feline degenerative joint disease.

OBJECTIVE To critically review and collate published information on feline degenerative joint disease (DJD) and identify areas in which information is lacking. STUDY DESIGN Critical literature review. METHODS Literature search through Pub Med, Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau Abstracts published in the English Language, or translated into English (January 1940-August 2008). RESULTS Althou...

Coinfection Associated with Naturally Occurring Cryptosporidiosis in Broilers

Immunosurveillance of naturally occurring feline leukemia.

When compared to their housemates that subsequently developed leukemia, cats that remained healthy had five-to tenfold higher (geometric mean) humoral antibody titers to the feline oncornavirus-associated cell membrane antigen. This is compatible with the application of the immunosurveillance hypothesis to the natural development of leukemia in an outbred mammalian species.

Bacterial Expression and Functional Characterization of A Naturally Occurring Exon6-less Preprochymosin cDNA

Chymosin (Rennin EC 3.4.23.4), an aspartyl proteinase, is the major proteolytic enzyme in the fourthstomach of the unweaned calf, and it is formed by proteolytic activation of its zymogene, prochymosin.Following the cloning of synthesized cDNAs on mRNA pools extracted from the mucosa of the calf fourthstomach, we have identified an alternatively spliced form of preprochymosin ...

Detection of Clinically Relevant Pain Relief in Cats with Degenerative Joint Disease Associated Pain

BACKGROUND Detection of clinically relevant pain relief in cats with degenerative joint disease (DJD) is complicated by a lack of validated outcome measures and a placebo effect. HYPOTHESIS/OBJECTIVES To evaluate a novel approach for detection of pain relief in cats with DJD. ANIMALS Fifty-eight client-owned cats. METHODS Prospective, double-masked, placebo-controlled, stratified, randomi...