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Stained imprints made from autopsy lung biopsies from hares, foxes, badgers, stone martens, one hedgehog, roe deer from Denmark and from caribou from Greenland were examined microscopically for Pneumocystis carinii. Pneumocysts were found in the lungs of 3 out of 28 hares, 3 out of 18 foxes and 1 out of 6 roe deer. This is the first report of Pneumocystis carinii in hares, foxes, and roe deer in Denmark. It seems to be the first report of Pneumocystis carinii in roe deer.

The incidence of trembling symptoms among pigs in the Swedish pig progeny testing scheme was highest among Land-race pigs (11%), Tab. I). Yorkshire, Hampshire and Duroc pigs had an incidence below 1%. Data on the incidence of trembling symptoms among 1716 adolescent Land-race pigs from one Swedish pig progeny testing station were analysed. The results showed no statistically significant difference in occurrence between sexes. According to Table II there were some phenotypic relationships between trembling and production traits. Pigs with trembling symptoms showed a higher daily gain as piglets, had a longer carcass and more lean in the carcass than non-trembling pigs. The heritability for trembling symptoms was estimated to be around 0.4.

Only one X chromosome was found in each of the lymphocyte metaphases studied in an infertile mare. Karyotype analysis was made with the CBG and GTG banding techniques. The most obvious clinical abnormality was gonadal hypoplasia.

Young heifers with nutritional muscular degeneration had relatively low serum tocopherol values despite being on pasture which contained high levels of vitamin E. One possible explanation may be that vitamin E was destroyed within the rumen, another that the clinical symptoms arose very soon after turning out the animals.

A questionnaire sent to 78 producers revealed that tail tip necrosis was seen only in units with fattening bulls housed on slatted floors. Out of 43 such units, 20 (46.5 per cent) reported that tail tip necrosis was a herd problem. All 43 herds were visited, owners were interviewed and housing and management data recorded. It is concluded that tail tip necrosis is a multifactorial disease. The initial lesion is caused by tramping, but the following factors are essential in the development and severity of the disease, i) slatted concrete floors, ii) close confinement, iii) hot season and iv) body weight above 200 kg. The stocking density (expressed as kg bodyweight per square meter pen) was significantly higher in problem herds (210 kg/m2) than in control herds (165 kg/m2). There was a close relationship between high environmental temperature and tail tip necroses. The majority of incidents occurred during the warm season (May through September), very few cases were seen during the colder months. The general morbidity and mortality rates were significantly higher in problem herds than in control herds. Microbiology of affected tails revealed mixed infections in most cases, with Corynebacterium pyogenes and Bacteroides melaninogenicus as the most frequently isolated organisms. Principles of treatment and prevention are discussed. There is evidence to assume that a 10-20 per cent reduction in stocking density could be an efficient prophylactic measure.

A new idea of a long-acting magnetic probe is presented and tested. The magnetic probe has been designed to remain for a period of time in the reticulum before it is retracted with the foreign bodies adhering to it. The instrument is fixed by a wire passing through the nose, pharynx and oesophagus. No adverse effects on the animal have been observed, and the animal can eat during the treatment. The examination showed that the instrument attracted nearly all the free foreign bodies and the superficially penetrating bodies, resulting in therapeutically good results in 50-55 per cent of the cases examined. The instrument has proved to be capable of attracting as many as 21 foreign bodies at the same time. As a preventive tool, it may be recommended to be used 2-3 times a year. Or it may be used for emptying the reticulum of foreign bodies prior to the application of a permanent magnet.

Two cases of male pseudohermaphroditism in the dog are described, including clinical, macroscopic, microscopic, karyotypic and therapeutic features. The external appearance of both dogs was that of an otherwise normal bilateral cryptorchid. Both dogs developed signs of male feminizing syndrome at 7 and 5 years of age respectively. This prompted exploratory laparotomy, disclosing an uterus, testes at the ovarian sites and Sertoli cell tumours. It is emphasized to include malformations of the genital apparatus in the differential diagnosis of canine urological and endocrine disease.