Many congenital and acquired bone marrow disorders have been described in dogs. Major categories include infectious diseases, immune-mediated bone marrow destruction, toxic marrow injury, congenital and acquired myelodysplastic syndromes, acute and chronic myeloproliferative and lymphoproliferative disorders, primary polycythemia, primary and secondary myelofibrosis, malignant histiocytosis, he...

Rosai-Dorfman disease or sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy is a rare disorder that typically manifests as lymphadenopathy and systemic symptoms whose etiology remains poorly elucidated. The diagnosis is based on immunohistochemistry. Its treatment is poorly defined but the prognosis is usually favorable. Here we report a 14 year old boy who presented with massive bilateral cervi...

Hypoglycemia is a well documented paraneoplastic syndrome of hepatoma. Hypoglycemia as sole presentation is very rare. We report a case of poorly differentiated hepatoma with multiple lung metastases presenting with recurrent hypoglycemic seizures as the only manifestation four months before the diagnosis of the tumour.

Thirteen varieties of cabbage, including five commonly used commercial varieties and eight newly developed hybrids, were analyzed for their ability to undergo lactic acid fermentations. The rates of fermentation, total quantities of acids produced, and chemical analyses indicate that 11 of the 13 selections could support adequate fermentation at any of the three stages of maturation. However, t...

This paper reports on research using a variety of machine learning techniques to a difficult modelling problem, the spatial distribution of an endangered Australian marsupial, the southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus). Four learning techniques – decision trees/rules, neural networks, support vector machines and genetic programming – were applied to the problem. Support vector and neural n...

G out has been recognised since ancient times, and we currently have a deep understanding of its pathophysiology. The disease results from a deposit of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals in joint structures and in other, generally periarticular, sites in the form of tophi. High serum uric acid (SUA) is required for the formation of these crystals. The most characteristic features of gout are acute...

rosai-dorfman disease or sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy is a rare disorder that typically manifests as lymphadenopathy and systemic symptoms whose etiology remains poorly elucidated. the diagnosis is based on immunohistochemistry. its treatment is poorly defined but the prognosis is usually favorable. here we report a 14 year old boy who presented with massive bilateral cervic...