A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF HYPERADRENOCORTICISM ON CALCIUM AND PHOSPHATE CONCENTRATIONS, PARATHYROID HORMONE AND MARKERS OF BONE TURNOVER IN DOGS

Reports on the effects of hyperadrenocorticism (HAC) on bone turnover in dogs are largely confined to radiographic studies.The aim of this study was to more accurately assess bone turnover in dogs with HAC by measuring circulating total and ionized calcium and phosphate concentrations, both intact and whole parathyroid hormone (PTH) concentrations

Excerpt: What should doctoral level education prepare students to do? The ability to successfully carry out an independent research project has long been thought of as the primary, and perhaps the sole criterion for obtaining a Ph.D.In Alarm Clock recent years, increasingly, candidates for academic employment are being asked about their teaching ex

The paper evaluates the indicators of aging of the population of Albania (percentage of elderly, ratio of elderly dependence, aging index, median age, average age and average life expectancy) for the period 1990 - 2060.These indicators are calculated in terms of existence of migration (Albania is a typical case), where the net migration rate is tak

The Spring-Assisted Southern Bluefin Tuna Award on Jurisdiction and Admissibility of 4 August 2000 on the dispute between Australia/New Zealand and Japan became the first example of the application of compulsory arbitration under Annex VII of the 1982 UN Convention of the Law of the Sea.The Arbitral Tribunal found that it did not have jurisdiction

Incorporating wild germplasm such as S.pimpinellifolium is an alternative strategy to prolong tomato fruit shelf life(SL) without reducing fruit quality.A set Cord Winder Assembly of recombinant inbred lines with discrepant values of SL and weight (FW) were derived byantagonistic-divergent selection from an interspecific cross.The general objective