Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica January-March 2013

This book contains open access research articles from January-March of 2013 published in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica. Topics include: Ultrasonographic examination of the forestomachs and the abomasum in ruminal drinker calves; Assay dependence of Brucella antibody prevalence in a declining Alaskan harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) population; Spread of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Escherichia coli isolates in Swedish broilers mediated by an incI plasmid carrying bla CTX-M-1; An evaluation of the ability of Dichelobacter nodosus to survive in soil; Evaluation of the specificity of three enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for detection of antibodies against Salmonella in bovine bulk milk; Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor as a cause of chronic cardiac insufficiency in cattle; Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus containing mecC in Swedish dairy cows; Structural changes in femoral bone tissue of rats after subchronic peroral exposure to selenium; Small intestine histomorphometry of beef cattle with divergent feed efficiency; Aleutian mink disease virus in furbearing mammals in Nova Scotia, Canada; A polymorphism in the insulin-like growth factor 1 gene is associated with postpartum resumption of ovarian cyclicity in Holstein-Friesian cows under grazing conditions; Treatment of shoulder ulcers in sows – rubber mats and zinc ointment compared to chlortetracycline spray; Coxiella burnetii associated reproductive disorders in domestic animals-a critical review; Successful treatment of an intrathoracic bronchogenic cyst in a Holstein-Friesian calf; Abattoir-based study on the epidemiology of caprine tuberculosis in Ethiopia using conventional and molecular tools; Effects on boar semen quality after infection with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus: a case report; Morphological and acrosomal changes of canine spermatozoa during epididymal transit; Supplementation of a grape seed and grape marc meal extract decreases activities of the oxidative stress-responsive transcription factors NF-kappaB and Nrf2 in the duodenal mucosa of pigs; Clinical observations and management of a severe equine herpesvirus type 1 outbreak with abortion and encephalomyelitis; Single layer centrifugation-selected boar spermatozoa are capable of fertilization in vitro; Pharmacokinetics of a peroral single dose of two long-acting formulations and an aqueous formulation of doxycycline hyclate in horses; Genetic analysis of clinical findings at health examinations of young Swedish warmblood riding horses; Clostridium difficile in faeces from healthy dogs and dogs with diarrhea; Genes involved in carnitine synthesis and carnitine uptake are up-regulated in the liver of sows during lactation; Breed predisposition to canine gastric carcinoma - a study based on the Norwegian canine cancer register; Quantification of Mycobacterium avium subspecies in pig tissues by real-time quantitative PCR; Occurrence of congenital disorders in Swiss sheep.