BACKGROUND Several factors may influence kinetic data measurements, including body conformation and body mass. In addition, gender differences in gait pattern have been observed in healthy humans. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare the kinetic and temporospatial parameters in clinically healthy male and female cats using a pressure-sensitive walkway. Eighteen crossbreed adult cats ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of several wound factors on melanoma growth in a mouse model. DESIGN Cohort analytic study. SETTING Animal research facility of Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, RI. STUDY GROUP Seventeen groups of 5 C57BL/6 mice each. INTERVENTIONS A surgical wound was created in 1 hind limb, after which different concentrations of B16F10 melanoma cells were i...

Studies have been carried out to characterize radioactive incorporation rates and steady-state levels of hyaluronic acid (HA) and chondroitin sulfate (CS) as well as hyaluronidase activity in the hind limbs of normal and brachpod mouse embryos between 11-14 days of gestation. The results of the analysis show that changes in the synthetic and degradative rates of HA and CS occur at about the 12....

A crossbred (Sindhi x local indigenous) calf that was 12 days old was admitted to the Teaching Veterinary Hospital, Chittagong Government Veterinary College, Bangladesh, with two accessory hind limbs attached to the pelvic region in between the hind legs. This was clinically identified as a congenital anomaly popularly called pygomelia. The pygomelia was successfully corrected by surgical excis...

Hemimelia as a congenital anomaly is a failure of development of extremities formation in embryonic period. This anomaly is defined as complete absence of the part of extremities and different forms were explained for hemimelia. Adactyly is an alternative name for transverse hemimelia and is a rare disorder in the most of animal species. A two months old male lamb with normal vital signs was re...

We have assessed whether a referred somatic hyperalgesia to thermal stimulation of the hind limb of rats occurs after inflammation of the urinary bladder. Furthermore, we evaluated whether any such viscero-somatic hyperalgesia (VSH) is dependent on the neurotrophin nerve growth factor (NGF). Limb withdrawal thresholds from thermal stimulation of both fore and hind limbs were assessed simultaneo...

A new species of the genus Micryletta Dubois, 1987 is described from Yunnan Province, China, based on morphological and molecular analyses. The most obvious differences between other this are small body size, unique coloration, relatively longer hind limbs. In 16S rRNA gene sequences, diverged all congeners by 3.1%–8.0%.

Animals: Twenty four male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 350-400 grams were randomly divided into two groups: sham control group and vibrated group. To document vibration-induced changes in the experimental model, the sciatic nerve was used because it contains both motor and sensory fibers and is relatively superficial in the posterior thigh. Customized Vibrating Platform: The hind limbs of the r...

BACKGROUND Modern high-velocity projectiles produce temporary cavities and can thus cause extensive tissue destruction along the bullet path. It is still unclear whether gelatin blocks, which are used as a well-accepted tissue simulant, allow the effects of projectiles to be adequately investigated and how these effects are influenced by caliber size. METHOD Barium titanate particles were dis...

Crossed reflex of limbs has been hitherto observed mainly in decerebrate or spinal animals. In man it was only recognized in pathological cases. The author, however, succeeded in this study in finding a suitable arrangement, in which the crossed reflex involving four limbs could be elicited and recorded even in healthy human subjects. As has been known since the last century, cutaneous stimulat...