“Stiff lamb disease” in New Zealand

Hartley, W. J.

doi:10.1080/00480169.1953.33128

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“…Other pathogenetic changes in the cardiac muscles observed in our studies are similar to those reported from Australia (Hartley, 1963), New Zealand (Hartley, 1953), Scotland {Blaxter, 1953, and USA (Muth, 1955). These investigators noted that the deficiency of selenium in the diet of animals is inducing the pathogenesis of muscles.…”

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Cardiac Myopathies in Neonatal Lambs: Histological and Histochemical Studies

Cheema¹,

Gilani²

1978

Neonatology

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White muscle disease (WMD), a selenium-responsive cardiac myopathy in neonatal lambs has been described from southern Iran. 15 lambs in terminal condition were referred to our lab. All the lambs were observed with the affected hearts. The lambs examined were between the postnatal ages of 1 week and 3 months. Gross changes included chalky-white appearance of entire endocardium of right ventricle and subendocardial plaques in the interventricular septum and left ventricular wall. Histologically the affected myofibrils showed swelling, acidophilia, fragmentation, segmental and patchy myonecrosis, round muscle cell nuclei, loss of sarcoplasm and sarcolemmal collapse. Purkinje fibers were relatively unaffected. Histochemical studies including Von Kossa and other stains indicated marked deposition of calcium salts in the cytoplasm of the damaged myofibrils. Calcium salts appeared as uniform, fine granules in relation to individual fiber striations. It appears that rapid accumulation of calcium into the damaged cells possibly interferes with the mitochondrial activity. As mitochondria bind excessive calcium, their capacity to respire and phosphorylate is depressed thus causing myocardial necrosis. The cardiac myopathy noted in our investigation is probably due to selenium deficiency in the soil of southern Iran. When selenium was given, it resulted in the fast recovery of the affected neonatal lambs. Moreover, no further cases of this disease (WMD) were reported after such treatments.

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Cardiac Myopathies in Neonatal Lambs: Histological and Histochemical Studies

Cheema¹,

Gilani²

1978

Neonatology

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“…Grimes et al (2000) underline the microeconomic benefits for New Zealand in abandoning the NZD in favour of the AUD and rely on survey evidence to justify some of their arguments. In addition, recent re-examinations of the potential net benefits of an Australian-New Zealand monetary union (e.g., see Coleman, 2001;Hartley, 2001) suggest that the case for net gains from trade under a common currency remain unclear.…”

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The potential consequences of alternative exchange rate regimes: A study of three candidate regions

Hochreiter

Korinek

Siklos³

2003

Int. J Fin Econ

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This paper examines the macroeconomic consequences of selecting alternative exchange rate regimes of countries in three regions. In particular, it studies whether Austria, the Netherlands, Canada and New Zealand made the right monetary regime choices between 1970 and 2000. We focus on the role of asymmetric shocks as a core determinant for the evaluation of various monetary regimes by studying the impact of a hard peg, a full monetary union, or floating exchange rates (with or without inflation targeting) on selected macroeconomic variables. Estimates of structural VARs are used to ascertain if the countries under review meet the essential ingredients of an Optimum Currency Area (OCA) and thus are candidates for a monetary union. Counterfactual experiments help to study economic outcomes had these countries pursued alternative monetary strategies. We conclude that a floating regime with inflation targeting is best for Canada, a monetary union with Australia is the best course of action for New Zealand, and monetary union is the appropriate choice for the Netherlands while there are reasons to believe that Austria might have been better off with a floating regime, at least for a time. We also find that good monetary policy is not confined to any particular exchange rate regime and that political and institutional factors weigh heavily in this decision. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Congenital abnormalities in calves: Arthrogryposis and hydranencephaly

Whittem

1957

J. Pathol.

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“Stiff lamb disease” in New Zealand

Cited by 20 publications

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Cardiac Myopathies in Neonatal Lambs: Histological and Histochemical Studies

Cardiac Myopathies in Neonatal Lambs: Histological and Histochemical Studies

The potential consequences of alternative exchange rate regimes: A study of three candidate regions

Congenital abnormalities in calves: Arthrogryposis and hydranencephaly

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