(1) Of 161 drug-resistant strains from captive serows, 50 (31.1%) were found to carry R plasmids.
(2) No transferable R plasmid was detected among a total of 87 resistant strains from wild serows.
(3) The masseter muscle in the Japanese serow was found to be composed of I) the proper masseter muscle which included 1) the first superficial, 2) the second superficial, 3) the intermediate and 4) the deep masseter muscles, in which the deep masseter muscle could be subdivided into a pars anterior and pars posterior and II) the improper masseter muscle which included 5) the maxillomandibular and 6) the zygomaticomandibular muscles, in which the maxillomandibular muscle was further divided into first and second layers.
(4) was found in the Formosan serow (Capricornis crispus swinhoei).
(5) The subunit was also detected in SEC of the dog, cow and Japanese serow.
(6) Only 12 (4.9%) serows were shown to have drug-resistant E. coli.
(7) The brachial plexus of the Japanese serow was macroscopically studied.
(8) The interdigital gland of the Japanese serow was examined by histological and lectin histochemical techniques.
(9) Of 874 E. coli strains isolated from 283 wild serows in 1980-1981, only 11 (1.3%) were resistant to at least one of 6 antimicrobial drugs; ampicillin, streptomycin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, kanamycin and sulfadimethoxin.
(10) S-100 protein-immunoreactive cells of the lymph node were examined in the duck and 9 mammalian species, such as guinea pigs, dogs, cats, horses, pigs, goats, cows, Japanese serows and crab-eating monkeys.
(11) Histology and lectin histochemistry were performed in the infraorbital gland of the Japanese serow.
(12) were detected from the Japanese serow, Capricornis crispus.
(13) were isolated from 35 of 157 wild-living Japanese serows (Capricornis cripus).
(14) These findings indicate that the lamination of the masseter muscle in the Japanese serow is the same as that in the goat and sheep.
(15) Wild serows seemed to readily change to harbor resistant E. coli almost as soon they were reared in human areas without direct exposure to drugs.
(16) The fecal Escherichia coli isolated from wild Japanese serows living in mountainous areas away from humans and those from captive serows kept in human areas were examined for antimicrobial resistance and the possession of transferable R plasmids.
(17) To heighten the isolation frequency of drug-resistant strains, fecal samples of 244 wild serows in 1983-1984 were cultured directly onto drug-supplemented media.
(18) These findings indicate that the brachial plexus of the Japanese serow is chiefly similar to that of other ruminants.
(19) The lamination of the masseter muscle in 21 Japanese serows of different sexes and ages was studied by the method of Yoshikawa et al.
(20) The serow's plexus was basically similar to that of domestic ruminants.