The Lagomorphs: rabbits, hares, and pika

Rabbits, hares, and pika have all been implicated in causing damage to trees in the Pacific Northwest Damage is generally to seedlings, limbs, and saplings smaller than 2 5 inches in diameter, with damage involving either clipping of the stem or bark removal as the lagomorphs are feeding Damage prevention methods include synthetic or biological repellents, exclusion (individual seedling protectors or fencing), or lethal control methods such as poisoning or shooting Silvicultural methods useful in reducing lagomorph damage include vegetation management, thinning, fertilization, and selection of browsing-resistant seedling size

Occurrence of pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica in slaughtered pigs and pork products.

Publisher: Karger Continuation Notes: Continues: Bibliotheca microbiologica. Merged with: Concepts in immunopathology, to form: Contributions to microbiology. Merged with: Concepts in immunopathology, to form: Contributions to microbiology. Place of Publication: Switzerlan

Occurrence of pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica in slaughtered pigs and pork products.

Publisher: Karger Continuation Notes: Continues: Bibliotheca microbiologica. Merged with: Concepts in immunopathology, to form: Contributions to microbiology. Merged with: Concepts in immunopathology, to form: Contributions to microbiology. Place of Publication: Switzerlan

Adenosine deaminase and 5'-nucleotidase activities in saliva from patients with oral and laryngeal cancer

WOS: 000231909300011PubMed: 16120121Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate saliva's activities of adenosine deaminase (ADA) and 5'-nucleotidase (5'-NT) enzymes and their utility as diagnostic and therapeutic markers in oral and laryngeal cancer. Materials and Methods: Pre- and post-operative saliva's activities of ADA and 5'-NT enzymes were measured in patients with squamous cell oral (n=10) and laryngeal cancer (n=17) and compared with control saliva samples (n=19). Results: The ADA was found to be lower in saliva of the patients with oral cancer compared with the laryngeal cancer and controls. However, no significant differences were found between pre- and post-operative values for both enzymes in the patient groups. We also could not find statistically significant differences between saliva's activities of 5'-NT in patients and control subjects. Conclusions: Low activity of ADA observed in saliva of the patients with oral cancer has been suggested as a compensatory mechanism against rapid purine and DNA metabolism in cancer cells. The current study does not support the hypothesis that saliva's activities of these enzymes may be used as additional diagnostic and prognostic cancer markers

Occurrence of pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica in slaughtered pigs and pork products.

Publisher: Karger Continuation Notes: Continues: Bibliotheca microbiologica. Merged with: Concepts in immunopathology, to form: Contributions to microbiology. Merged with: Concepts in immunopathology, to form: Contributions to microbiology. Place of Publication: Switzerlan