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F M Loew

Publications and source records attributed to F M Loew.

At least 55 records · Page 3Linked to original sources
PubMed1975

Epinephrine induced hyperglycemia in bulls and its relationship to polioencephalomalacia.

Data on blood glucose concentration in bulls affected with molasses associated polioencephalomalacia are controversial. It has been suggested that the brain lesions are related to a "hypoglycemic state" during the development of polioencephalomalacia. This paper reports the mobilization of glucose by means of the epinephrine test in three bulls fed two diets, one forage based and the other molasses based. The results showed significantly greater hyperglycemic responses in the animals during the molasses diet than during the forage one. This probably means that glucose stores (as glycogen) are higher in cattle consuming molasses than those consuming forage. Such hepatic glucose output is in disagreement with the hypoglycemia theory as the cause of the early stages of brain lesions and focuses the probable cause as being related to glucose utilization.

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PubMed1975

Apparent thiamin status of cattle and its relationship to polioencephalomalacia.

The thiamin status (thiamin concentration in whole blood, plasma, and erythrocytes; erythrocyte transketolase activity) of normal cattle consuming varying diets did not differ from that of cattle with polioencephalomalacia or lead poisoning. Dairy cattle had higher ruminal content of thiamin and lower thiamin destroying activity than did beef cattle. Renal oxalosis was no more frequent in cattle which had polioencephalomalacia than in postnatal calves. In normal beef cattle, approximately 75% of total blood thiamin is in erythrocytes and the remainder in plasma.

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PubMed1972

Blood thiamin concentrations in bovine polioencephalomalacia.

Thiamin concentrations were determined by the thiochrome method in blood from 16 cattle with polioencephalomalacia (PEM) or other apparent central nervous disorders. The mean blood total thiamin concentration of the five cattle with PEM (20.5 +/- 5.1 microg/100 ml blood) was not significantly different from concentrations in the cattle with the other disorders, despite evidence of a thiamin diphosphate deficiency reported in cattle with PEM.

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PubMed1970

An outbreak of hexamitiasis in laboratory mice.

Hexamitiasis was encountered in a breeding colony of C(3)H/HeJ mice. The disease was observed in animals under three weeks of age. It was characterized clinically by retarded development, hunched attitude, lethargy, and in some cases by diarrhea and death. Lesions were noted particularly in the duodenum. The intestinal contents were watery and foamy. Histologically, cyst-like formations due to the dilation of the glands of Lieberkühn were seen together with inflammatory reaction in the lamina propria and sloughing of the epithelium. The infection was controlled by the routine administration of dimetridazole in the drinking water.

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