1Bristol Institute for Transfusion Sciences (BITS), National Blood Service, Bristol, United Kingdom; 2Department of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom; 3Department of Chemistry, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark; 4School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom; 5New York Blood Center, New York City; and 6University of Californi...

Hirudin, an extract from the leech, has powerful antithrombin activity affecting the blood coagulation pathway. We evaluated the usefulness of hirudin in anticoagulating specimens for routine laboratory tests. Results using blood anticoagulated with hirudin corresponded well with results with blood treated with ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) in the complete blood count (CBC), including...

Cystitis is an inflammation of the urinary bladder which common in domestic animals as part a tract infection. Clinical symptoms cystitis are lower abdominal pain on palpation, dysuria (animals show signs every attempt to urinate) and hematuria. The diagnosis can be obtained through anamnesis, physical examination, clinical symptoms, urinalysis with sediment blood chemistry examinations such ur...

Immune function (response to concanavalin A, cytokine production, and lymphocyte profiles) and blood chemistry variables were measured in growing-finishing pigs (Yorkshire/Landrace/Duroc dam × Hampshire sire) fed varying percentages of CLA (0, 0.12, 0.25, 0.50, and 1.0%). Blood was collected at 0, 14, 28, 42, and 56 d on feed (DOF). Total white blood cell (WBC) count increased (P < 0.01) linear...

We collected blood from 18 beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas), live-captured in Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA, in May and September 2008, to establish baseline hematologic and serum chemistry values and to determine whether there were significant differences in hematologic values by sex, season, size/age, or time during the capture period. Whole blood was collected within an average of 19 min (ra...

Background:Compsobuthus persicus scorpion is endemic to Iran and exists in Hormozgan, Bushehr and Fars provinces. The aim of this study was to assess the clinical manifestations of envenomation by C. persicus and the effect of its venom on the biochemical, hematological, and urinalysis parameters of the stung patients. Methods: In this analytical and retrospective study, all medical charts of ...

BACKGROUND Long-distance ocean voyages may have substantial impacts on seamen's health, possibly causing malnutrition and other illness. Measures can possibly be taken to prevent such problems from happening through preparing special diet and making special precautions prior or during the sailing if a detailed understanding can be gained about what specific health effects such voyages may have ...

Histopathologic features, blood chemistry, and hematologic features were studied in cynomolgus monkeys following intravascular or intrauterine administration of a 30-mg solution of quinacrine hydrochloride. Intrauterine quinacrine administration resulted in extensive necrosis of the endometrial surface, and lesions were observed at 24 hours after treatment which obliterated the corn& areas of t...

3 About tetrachloroethylene 7 I Study materials I-1 Study sample lots, etc .. 14 I-2 Identity, stability of study sample 14 I -2-1. Identity 14 I-2-2 Stability 14 I-3 Laboratory animals 14 II Study methods IIL Administration II-1-1 Administration route, administration method, and administration period 15 II-1-2. Administration concentration and reason for establishing the same 15 II-1-3 Method ...

BACKGROUND Defining reference intervals is a major challenge because of the difficulty in recruiting volunteers to participate and testing samples from a significant number of healthy reference individuals. Historical literature citation intervals are often suboptimal because they're be based on obsolete methods and/or only a small number of poorly defined reference samples. METHODS Blood don...