Immunomodulatory treatment with thalidomide in experimental leptospirosis in Golden Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus).

Fungal flora of the hair coat of domestic golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) with and without skin lesions in Mashhad, Iran

The objective of this study was to investigate fungal flora of the hair coat of domestic golden hamsterswith and without skin lesions. Sixty hamsters were examined in the Small Animal Teaching Hospitalof the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, and Mashhad, Iran. Asteriletoothbrush was used for sample collection, from the entire body of the hamsters, all skin lesions ...

Blood cell factors and tumor growth in the cheek pouch of the golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus).

Topical treatment of experimental cutaneous leishmaniasis in golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) with formulations containing pentamidine

Current treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) relies mainly on pentavalent antimonials salts and second-line drugs include pentamidine and amphotericin B, but these therapies have side effects and require parenteral administration. The aim of this work was to evaluate the topical formulations containing pentamidine isethionate (PI) in the experimental treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis (C...

Molecular cloning and sequencing of partial cDNA of tumor necrosis factor and p75 tumor necrosis factor receptor of Syrian golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) with the use of universal primers.

In this study we cloned and analysed partial cDNA of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and p75 TNF-R receptor of Syrian golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus). We obtained a 382-bp sequence of TNF and a 148-bp sequence coding for p75 TNF-R. The primers used for the cloning were designed on the basis of inter-species homology, thus presumably can be used for cloning and analysis of TNF and p75 TNF-R ge...

Contributions of endothermy to huddling behavior in infant Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) and Syrian golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus).

Infant Syrian golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) do not exhibit endogenous heat production before 3 weeks of age and do not huddle effectively during cold exposure, gaining little thermoregulatory benefit from the presence of multiple littermates. In contrast, infant Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) produce heat endogenously and are effective at maintaining elevated body temperatures by hudd...