The present study was designed to examine the anatomical parameters of the cardiopulmonary system, the function of venous blood gas parameters and the development of ascites incidence in two genetic line chickens. Three hundred forty day-old chickens from two pure broiler breeder lines, which were different in their growth rate and susceptibility to ascites syndrome were obtained. The relative ...

AIM The aim of this study was to explore the difference between haemorrhagic events among those patients on either aspirin or aspirin plus clopidogrel who were enrolled in the Clopidogrel in High-Risk Patients with Acute Non-disabling Ischemic Cerebrovascular Events (CHANCE) trial. METHODS This was an ad hoc analysis of the CHANCE trial; data on all patients with any haemorrhagic event were r...

SIR, – Haemorrhagic nephritis and enteritis of geese (HNEG) is one of the major viral diseases of geese, affecting birds aged four to 10 weeks, with high morbidity and mortality. Under field conditions, death is the most common outcome, generally preceded by coma (Guerin and others 2000). The postmortem findings are oedema of subcutaneous tissues, gelatinous ascites, inflammation of the kidneys...