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During the past three decades, Burmese cats have been selected for a shorter muzzle and a more rounded face. Recently there arose a line of these animals that consistently exhibit such a brachycephalic appearance; unfortunately, approximately 25% of these kittens are born with a neonatal lethal
OBJECTIVE
This study assessed the self-reported mental health, physical health, and social functioning of young adult political exiles and relates their psychiatric symptoms to their trauma and survival strategies.
METHODS
A 1992/93 survey of Burmese who fled to Bangkok, Thailand, after
The postprandial morphological changes of the intestinal epithelium of Burmese pythons were examined using fasting pythons and at eight time points after feeding. In fasting pythons, tightly packed enterocytes possess very short microvilli and are arranged in a pseudostratified fashion. Enterocyte
The aim of this review of hereditary and congenital ocular disease in cats is to present an overview of the most common disorders seen in this species, the pathogenesis of the problems and wherever possible, how they are treated. Several defects are common in breeds such as the Persian, Himalayan
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) has been identified in 2 Argentine patients with acute hepatitis who reported no history of travel to regions in which HEV is considered endemic. These isolates are the first to be identified in South America. By use of degenerate primers from open reading frames 1 and 2, HEV
Congenital and inherited ocular diseases are reported less frequently in the cat than the dog. The 2 species also differ in their array of disorders, with familiar canine abnormalities like cataracts overshadowed by unique feline diseases such as eyelid agenesis and corneal sequestration. Organized
A 6-year-old female neutered Burmese cat received a 10 times overdose (5mg/m(2)) of vincristine, administered in error. Supportive therapy, including administration of calcium folinate, was instigated within 8h. Despite treatment, the patient exhibited deterioration in renal and respiratory function