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Item Open Access The effect of equine-assisted therapy on visual-motor integration in adolescent autism spectrum disorders(2015-03) Paranan Chorachit; Panadda Thanasetkorn; Nootchanart Ruksi; Kannika Permpoonputtana; Vasunun Chumchua; Mahidol University. National Institute for Child and Family Development; Mahidol University. Faculty of Physical ThearpyThe goal of the present study was to examine the effect of equine-assisted therapy (EAT) on visual-motor integration (VMI) in adolescent autism spectrum disorders (ASD). EAT was applied to eleven-year-old boy with ASD. The boy was attendingItem Metadata only รายการ Animals Speak ตอน Equine Assisted Therapyสถานีโทรทัศน์ Mahidol Channel; มหาวิทยาลัยมหิดล. สำนักงานอธิการบดีPublication Open Access Stress cortisol and muscle stiffness in horses used for equine-assisted therapy(2017) Nuttawut Nuchprayoon; Nlin Arya; Pattama Ritruechai; Mahidol University. Faculty of Veterinary ScienceEquine-assisted therapy uses horseback riding to improve the patient's health and wellbeing. However, the possible stress and damage of this therapy on the back horse muscle (longissimus dorsi) are understudied. We studied the stress cortisol... and muscle stiffness of two ponies and a horse used for equine-assisted therapy on a child with autism. Salivary cortisol levels and heart rate were used as indicators of physiologic stress and a muscle indenter was employed to estimate the back musclePublication Open Access Comparison of the longissimus dorsi muscle tone in Thoroughbred racehorses before and after training(2016) Pichet Jewmongkonchai; Arunothai Muangma; Pattama Ritruechai; Mahidol University. Faculty of Veterinary Science. Department of Clinical Science and Public HealthThe longissimus dorsi is the largest back muscle of the horse and has the potential to contribute movement to the horse's back. Damage to the longissimus dorsi is very common to cause back injuries, which is also a major cause of poor performance and gait abnormalities in horses. The muscle indenter is a tool that allows measuring the stiffness of the back muscles. We hypothesized that the longissimus dorsi muscle tone after training would be stiffer than at rest. One sound mare and three gelding Thoroughbred racehorses were used in this study. The muscle tone was measured using a muscle indenter along both sides of the T14, T16, T18 and L2 longissimus dorsi muscle. Blood sample were collected to measure the blood lactate concentration before and after training. Heart rate was measured at rest and at 0, 5, 10, 15 and 20 minutes after training. We found a significant increase in muscle tone after training at T14, T16 and T18. The blood lactate concentration of studied horses significantly increased after training, although the values were still within the normal range. The recovery heart rates for all horses are tended to decrease (< 70 bpm) after 5 minutes of stopping exercise. We confirmed that the longissimus dorsi is a key muscle in horse movement that can be sensitive to relatively small training sessions; that is why this muscle is prone to get injured. Generally, the muscle intender was a successful tool of objectively measuring this muscle tone.Publication Open Access Isolation and biological characterization of bacteriophages which infect Aeromonas hydrophila(2017) Jiraporn Gatedee; Sunsiree Muangman; Pornpan Pumirat; Yuvadee Mahakunkijcharoen; Noppadol Prasertsincharoen; Kanyanan Kritsiriwuthinan; Mahidol University. Faculty of Medical Technology. Department of Microbiology and ImmunologyThis study aims to isolate and biological characterize bacteriophages which infect Aeromonas hydrophila, a causative of aquatic animal diseases. Two A. hydrophila bacteriophages, øAH-S1 and øAH-T5 were isolated from a total 100 water samples collected from ponds in Bangkok, Thailand. Electron micrograph indicated that these bacteriophages belonged to the Myoviridae family. Host-range determination revealed that øAH-S1 and øAH-T5 have different host range patterns and capable to lyse 62.0% (18/29) and 55.1 % (16/29) of tested A. hydrophila, respectively. The study on host-range among different species also showed different host range patterns and unable to lyse other tested bacteria including Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus mirabilis, Vibrio cholerae and Plesiomonas spp. The efficiency to eradicate A. hydrophila ATCC 35654 in vitro showed that after 3 h of infection at multiplicity of infection 10, the reduction of average OD600 nm from both øAH-S1and øAH-T5 infected culture was decreased to 0.095 and 0.08 respectively compared with 1.679 of non-infected control. Therefore, this study demonstrated bacteriophages which infected A. hydrophila and these bacteriophages may be useful for future development as biocontrol agents for control of A. hydrophila infection in aqua animals.