Twelve ruminally cannulated
Holstein calves (age, 12 ± 3 weeks) were used to identify the effect of a probiotic
comprised of Lactobacillus plantarum, Enterococcus
faecium and Clostridium butyricum on ruminal components. The
calves were adapted to a diet containing a 50% high-concentrate (standard diet) for 1
week, and then, the probiotic was given once daily for 5 days (day 1–5) at 1.5 or 3.0
g/100 kg body weight to groups of four calves each. Four additional calves fed the
standard diet without probiotic served as the corresponding control. Ruminal pH was
measured continuously throughout the 15-day experimental period. Ruminal fluid was
collected via a fistula at a defined time predose and on days 7 and 14 to assess volatile
fatty acid (VFA), lactic acid and ammonia-nitrogen concentrations, as well as the
bacterial community. The probiotic at either dose improved the reduced 24-hr mean ruminal
pH in calves. The circadian patterns of the 1 hr mean ruminal pH were identical between
the probiotic doses. In both probiotic groups, ruminal lactic acid concentrations remained
significantly lower than that of the control. Probiotic did not affect ruminal VFA
concentrations. L. plantarum and C. butyricum were not
detected in the rumen of calves given the high-dose probiotic, whereas
Enterococcus spp. remained unchanged. These results suggest that calves
given a probiotic had stable ruminal pH levels (6.6–6.8), presumably due to the effects of
the probiotic on stabilizing rumen-predominant bacteria, which consume greater lactate in
the rumen.
We developed a novel wireless radio transmission pH measurement system to continuously monitor ruminal bottom pH in cows, and compared these measurements to pH values determined by a spot-sample method. The wireless system consists of a pH sensor, data measurement receiver, relay unit, and personal computer with special software. The bullet-shaped sensor can be easily administered orally via a catheter into the rumen, without surgery. The glass electrode, using a temperature compensation system, can detect the rumen fluid pH with high accuracy. The ruminal bottom pH in healthy rumen-fistulated cows was measured as 6.52 ± 0.18 by the wireless system and as 6.62 ± 0.20 by the spot-sample method; with a correlation between pH measurements using these different methods (n = 8, 24 samples, r = 0.952, P < 0.01). When measured serially in a cow fed a diet evoking rumen acidosis, the ruminal bottom pH decreased markedly following the morning feeding and then increased gradually by the next morning feeding. This wireless system is a ready-to-use tool for estimating circadian changes in ruminal bottom pH.
Significant amounts of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) were found in amyloid fibril preparations. Using two-dimensional electrophoresis to fractionate GAG mixtures, we quantified and identified for the first time the GAGs of the fibrils from carpal synovium of patients with amyloid associated with chronic hemodialysis. The total GAG content was small, but the GAG distribution (high relative content of chondroitin sulfate and hyaluronic acid and lack of the other GAGs) was unique, unlike that for the other amyloid fibril preparations. The amyloid-rich heart, liver, and spleen tissues, as well as the fibrils isolated from these tissues of patients with systemic forms (primary amyloid and secondary amyloid) of amyloid disease, were also analyzed for GAGs. Fibrils from heart tissue of a patient with primary amyloidosis, now examined for the first time, contained four major GAGs (chondroitin sulfate, dermatan sulfate, hyaluronic acid, and heparan sulfate).
The presence of granulomas in the skin of T-cell lymphoma patients is a rare but well-known phenomenon. The authors present the case of a 44-year-old Caucasian male, with a previously treated peripheral T-cell lymphoma, with cutaneous infiltration and extensive dyschromia on his lower limbs. Skin biopsies revealed the presence of sarcoid granulomas associated with the recurrence of the lymphoma, confirmed by immunostaining and molecular analysis. Although a new scheme of chemotherapy was started , he died 18 months later. There are two different patterns of skin granulomas associated with lympho-ma: granulomatous infiltrates admixed with neoplastic cells and cutaneous granulomas constituting a non-specific manifestation of the underlying lymphoma, but presently there is no evidence supporting their relationship with lymphoma prognosis.
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