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JAAS Vol. 5 No. 3

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JAAS Volume 5
(2555)

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Ethnoveterinary medicine based on Ayurveda plants
(2012) Sookruetai Boonmasawai; Mahidol University. Faculty of Veterinary Science. Department of Pre-clinic and Applied Animal Science
Traditional plants used for medicine exist for several thousand years ago in India to solve human health problems. The Ayurveda concept involved in the balancing of five basic elements including earth, water, fire, air, and space (ether) because of various active ingredients in remedies. Nowadays, traditional plant uses in veterinary medicine in many regions have been documented and reported such as in Spain, Italy, Argentina, Brazil and Kenya. Catharanthus roseus (Apocynaceae) is an important medicinal plant containing vincristine used in veterinary medicine for treatment of canine transmissible venereal tumor and canine lymphoma. Additional evidences in China showed that Salacia oblonga root in Ayurvedic recipe was able to ameliorate hypertriglyceridemia and excessive ectopic fat accumulation in laying hens. Moreover, crude extract from Terminalia arjuna L. (Combretaceae) bark decreased blood pressure in anaesthetized dogs. However, World Health Organization (WHO) recently focuses in standardization, safety and efficacy of Ayurveda medicine to establish this herbal medicine system. Ayurveda in veterinary medicine still need further clinical research to provide more clear, comprehensive, and practical pharmacological information to improve constantly therapeutic qualities.
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ความหลากหลายของค้างคาวที่อาศัยอยู่ในถ้ำในพื้นที่จังหวัดกาญจนบุรี
(2555) ปุญญพัฒน์ เศษวิสัย; ธนศักดิ์ ช่างบรรจง; ตติยนุช แช่มใส; ศิริพร ตั้งสุดใจ; สุขุมาล ฤทธิ์เต็ม; ทิฆเวท เวฬุวนารักษ์; สินีนาถ เจียมทวีบุญ; ไพศิลป์ เล็กเจริญ; กนิษฐา ตันเชียงสาย; กนกพร ไตรวิทยากร; สุรชิต แวงโสธรณ์; รวงรัตน์ พุทธรงควัตร; กฤษฎา ใจชื้น; มหาวิทยาลัยมหิดล. คณะสัตวแพทยศาสตร์. ศูนย์เฝ้าระวังและติดตามโรคจากสัตว์ป่า สัตว์ต่างถิ่นและสัตว์อพยพ; มหาวิทยาลัยมหิดล. สถาบันชีววิทยาศาสตร์โมเลกุล
The study of diversity of cave dwelling bats was conducted in Kanchanaburi Province using harp traps between April 2010 and July 2012. A total of 1,166 individuals belonging to 13 species from 8 genera and 7 families were recorded. Hog-nosed Bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai), Croslet Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus coelophyllus) and Thomas's Horseshoe Bat (Myotis siligorensis) were the three most abundant species captured in the areas. Malayan Slit-faced Bat (Nycteris tragata) is new records for cave in Western Thailand. The bat species diversity in the underground cave was higher than the above ground cave. Results of this study provide information for future management and conservation of bats.
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Effect of sex, age and strain on hematological and blood clinical chemistry in healthy canine
(2012) Arunee Jangsangthong; Pongpun Suwanachat; Pariyakorn Jaykum; Supakit Buamas; Waraporn Kaewkongjan; Shutipen Buranasinsup; Mahidol University. Faculty of Veterinary Science. Department of Pre-clinic and Applied Animal Science; Mahidol University. Faculty of Veterinary Science. Laboratory of Prasuarthon hospital
The hematological and blood clinical chemistry are essential for determine the physical health, diagnosis and prognosis of the disease. However, they may vary with race, nutrition, age, sex, stress and disease. The aim of the present study was to investigatethe effect of sex, age and strain on the hematology and blood clinical chemistry. Canines (n=134)were divided into 5 groups depend on age, 2 groups depend on sex and 4 groups depend on strain. The effect of age was found onmonocytes, neutrophils, hematocrit (Hct), plasma protein (PP) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) values whilethe effect of sex was found onmean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and ALT values. In addition, the effect of strain was found onmany parameters including neutrophils, lymphocytes, hemoglobin (Hb), Hct, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), MCHC, platelet (Plt), red cell distribution width (RDW), ALT and blood urea nitrogen (BUN). In conclusion, hematological and blood clinical chemistry in canine which are essential for determine the physical health and for further diagnosis as well as prognosis the disease are influenced by many parameters studied such as sex, age and strain.
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Preliminary report: Homology modeling of Human Ryanodine Receptor-1
(2012) Waraphan Toniti; Pranom Puchadapirom; Aekkapot Chamkasem; Mahidol University. Faculty of Veterinary Science. Department of Pre-clinic and Applied Animal Science; Mahidol University. Faculty of Science. Department of Pathobiology
Excitation-contraction (E-C) coupling is the series of events in which an electrical stimulus is converted into a mechanical contraction. Ryanodine receptors (RyRs), the Ca2+ release channels, located at the sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane and played role in E-C coupling. In this study, human RyR1sequence was studied by sequence of P21817. The in silico RyR1 models were generated using homology modeling. RyR1 is the largest known ion channels and composes of 15 important subdomains; cytoplasmic assembly and transmembrane assembly. This study focused on the larger cytoplasmic assembly that is composed of 10 subdomains. The results show that the shapes and the pocket sites of each domain of RyR1 are different. Each domain has its own pocket sites which facilitateinteraction between RyR1 and modulators. Future studies will certainly resolve additional structural differences among species of interest and may apply as model of calcium release channel-modulator interaction.

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