In the study, 1118 Polish Black and White cows from a dairy herd were examined during a three-year period. Three hundred and eighty-eight (34.7%) animals showed no visible oestrus signs until day 60 post-partum. In those cows clinical examinations were performed twice, with a 10 day interval, and blood samples for progesterone analysis were collected simultaneously. Progesterone was measured by...

Twenty-four cows, diagnosed via rectal palpation as having ovarian cysts were randomly assigned to one of four groups to receive a single IM injection of either 0, 50, 100 or 250 /lg of synthetic gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH). Sixteen lactating dairy cows exhibiting clinically normal estrous cycles were used as controls. Of the 18 cows receiving 50, 100 or 250/ag GnRH, 13 (72%) responde...

BACKGROUND Bovine rotavirus (BRV) infection is common in young calves. This viral infection causes acute diarrhea leading to death. Rapid identification of infected calves is essential to control BRV successfully. Therefore development of simple, highly specific, and sensitive detection method for BRV is needed. RESULTS A reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) ...

A 77-year-old man observed abdominal swelling 7 months after epicardial implantation of an automatic implantable defibrillator. He applied an elastic belt to minimize motion of the generator within the pocket and within 2 months noted urinary frequency and rectal fullness. Attempts to locate the generator by palpation and interrogation were unsuccessful. A flat plate of the abdomen (Figure) dem...

BACKGROUND Palpation is an important clinical test for jumper's knee. OBJECTIVES To (a) test the reproducibility of palpation tenderness, (b) evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of palpation in subjects with clinical symptoms of jumper's knee, and (c) determine whether tenderness to palpation may serve as a useful screening test for patellar tendinopathy. The yardstick for diagnosis of p...

Introduction Manual palpation through digital rectal examination is an established method for prostate cancer screening. Unfortunately, the technique is highly subjective and has limited spatial resolution. Prostate MR Elastography (MRE) could address these shortcomings by mapping stiffness throughout the entire gland. Recent work suggests that intracavitary approaches using transurethral actua...