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Cardiac glucolipotoxicity and cardiovascular outcomes
(MDPI, 2018)Cardiac insulin signaling can be impaired due to the altered fatty acid metabolism to induce insulin resistance. In diabetes and insulin resistance, the metabolic, structural and ultimately functional alterations in the ... -
Feather and skin development of ostriches Struthio camelus
(AOSIS, 2018)Information on feather and skin growth is important for the development of mathematical optimisation nutritional models for ostriches. Ostriches (n = 65) were subjected to a four-stage formulated growth diet programme ... -
High fat programming and cardiovascular disease
(MDPI, 2018)Programming is triggered through events during critical developmental phases that alter offspring health outcomes. High fat programming is defined as the maintenance on a high fat diet during fetal and/or early postnatal ... -
Range expansion of the economically important Asiatic blue tick, Rhipicephalus microplus, in South Africa
(AOSIS, 2019)The Asiatic blue tick, Rhipicephalus microplus, a known vector of bovine babesiosis and bovine anaplasmosis, is of great concern in the cattle industry. For this reason, detailed knowledge of the distribution of R. microplus ... -
Use of butorphanol and diprenorphine to counter respiratory impairment in the immobilised white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)
(AOSIS, 2018)Opioid-induced immobilisation results in severe respiratory impairment in the white rhinoceros. It has therefore been attempted in the field to reverse this impairment with the use of opioid agonist-antagonists, such as ...
