(1) The rock consists essentially of the fibrous serpentine mineral chrysotile (asbestos) and platy serpentines.
(2) An avidin-biotin immunoperoxidase complex (ABC) immunocytochemical (ICC) stain procedure was optimized for detection of Ehrlichia platys antigens.
(3) The results showed that (1) hydroxyapatite was the only reaction product; (2) the reaction was nearly completed within four h, during which both the reaction product and compressive strength increased linearly with time, resulting in a strong correlation between the two; and (3) fully set CPC consisted primarily of small rod-like crystals and some platy crystals.
(4) Ten adult dogs (5 Beagles and 5 mixed-breed dogs) were inoculated IV with canine platelets containing Ehrlichia platys.
(5) One ill thrombocytopenic dog had intracytoplasmic E platys morulae detected within platelets.
(6) Ten adult male dogs were inoculated with Ehrlichia platys, and blood samples were collected throughout the infection to evaluate the hematologic changes with respect to serum biochemical analytes.
(7) Diagnosis was based on the finding of basophilic inclusions in platelets and an E platys antibody titer.
(8) The role of Rhipicephalus sanguineus as a biologic vector for E platys, the rickettsial agent of infectious canine cyclic thrombocytopenia, was studied in dogs.
(9) One-month-old E platys-exposed adult ticks failed to infect naive dogs in animal transmission studies.
(10) Skin testing with antigens from Histoplasma capsulatum, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (PPD-S), and atypical mycobacteria (PPD-B, PPD-G, PPD-Y, and PPD-platy) was carried out among six population groups in the Solomon Islands between 1968 and 1972.
(11) Other common mineral phases included chlorite, platy serpentine, pyrophyllitem mica, and carbonate minerals.
(12) No E. platys antigens were detected when this ICC stain was applied to frozen or paraffin-embedded formalin- or acetone-fixed tissue sections from dogs with acute E. platys infection.
(13) Of 86 dogs tested, 44.2% were seronegative to E canis, E platys, and SFG rickettsiae.
(14) The presence of E platys was not detected in midguts or salivary glands of similarly exposed adult ticks by use of light and transmission electron microscopy.
(15) A study of SGPT levels in individuals with and without (HBsAG) was conducted in the village of Plati, Greece.
(16) The prevalence of increased serum antibody titers to E canis and E platys was 25.9% and 40.7% for the ill thrombocytopenic dogs and 20.3% and 54.2% for the healthy kennel dogs, respectively.
(17) Bilateral anterior uveitis, nonregenerative anemia, and thrombocytopenia were found in a 9-month-old Chow Chow infected with Ehrlichia platys.
(18) Ten dogs were inoculated with Ehrlichia platys (E. platys) from an acutely infected dog.
(19) Positive immunoreactivity was detected with dilutions of canine immune serum on acetone-fixed smears of platelet-rich plasma from E. platys-infected dogs.
(20) Serum antibody titers to E. platys and serum aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, and alkaline phosphatase activities were also determined.
Platyfish
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(1) Nature has provided other examples of genetic factors which induce melanomas, i.e., the melanomas which form in the platyfish and Sinclair miniature swine.
(2) The follicles were arranged in characteristic dense aggregations, especially in the melanotic platyfish.
(3) This is the first report of ir-TH in the nucleus olfactoretinalis, an LHRH-containing nucleus in the brain which plays an important role in the development and functioning of the reproductive system in platyfish.
(4) Southern blot analysis with the same probe demonstrates related sequences in the DNA of BsT cells and the platyfish and swordtail (Xiphophorus helleri).
(5) In this study on platyfish we demonstrate that the distribution and intensity of immunoreactive luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (ir-LHRH) in the brain and pituitary gland fluctuate at specific ages between 8 and 30 months.
(6) Exposure of pregnant platyfish to 5-bromodeoxyuridine during the time of differentiation of embryonic melanocytes enhanced the production of viral-like particles in platyfish embryos.
(7) Immunoreactive tyrosine hydroxylase (ir-TH), the rate-limiting enzyme for the synthesis of dopamine and other catecholamines, was localized in the brain and pituitary gland of sexually mature platyfish (Xiphophorus maculatus).
(8) The immunocytochemical distribution of immunoreactive serotonin (ir-5HT) was studied in the forebrain of male platyfish ranging in age from 5 to 30 months (mean life span, 30 months).
(9) We have developed a useful animal model from crosses and backcrosses of platyfish (Xiphophorus maculatus) and swordtails (Xiphophorus helleri).
(10) In contrast, certain backcrosses of Xiphophorus maculatus (platyfish) with Xiphophorus helleri (swordtail) as the recurrent parent, produce offspring that develop neoplasia in a Mendelian fashion.
(11) In the erythrophores of the platyfish (Xiphophorus maculatus) and the swordtail (Xiphophorus helleri), and in the xanthophores and amelanotic melanophores of the medaka (Oryzias latipes), pigment aggregation took place in response to MCH even in the absence of Ca2+.
(12) Stanniocalcin was localized by immunocytochemistry in the neurohypophysis and preoptic area of the platyfish brain, in areas in which irPTH has previously been detected in other teleosts.
(13) Tissue-specific esterases of the xiphophorine fishes Platypoecilus maculatus (platyfish), Xiphophorus helleri (swordtail), and their F1 hybrid have been analyzed using disc electrophoresis.
(14) Somatostatin (SRIF) was localized by immunocytochemistry in the brains and pituitary glands of male and female platyfish (Xiphophorus maculatus) between the ages of 8 and 30 months (average life span is 30 months).
(15) Viral-like particles were found in the kidney tissue of platyfish embryos.
(16) The platyfish-swordtail melanoma system represents an appropriate model for the investigation of the relationship between hyperthermia and melanoma formation and treatment in poikilothermic vertebrates.
(17) The Tu-complex is located at the end of an autosome or sex chromosome, and is largely deregulated by crossing conditioned replacement of platyfish chromosome carrying regulatory genes (tumor suppressor genes, oncostatic genes, antioncogenes) for the Tu-complex by swordtail chromosomes lacking them.
(18) Normally, the platyfish is protected from its own Tu by Tu-specific regulatory gene systems.
(19) The method developed for embryonic tissues was used to start cell cultures from melanoma of platyfish-swordtail hybrids.
(20) In contrast, certain backcrosses of Xiphophorus maculatus (platyfish) with Xiphophorus helleri (swordtail) as the recurrent parent produce offspring that develop neoplasia in a Mendelian fashion.