Effect of Endotoxemia in Suckling Rats on Pancreatic Integrity and Exocrine Function in Adults: A Review Report by Jolanta Jaworek, Barbara Tudek, Paweł Kowalczyk, Michalina Kot, Joanna Szklarczyk, Anna Leja-Szpak, Piotr Pierzchalski, Joanna Bonior, Artur Dembiński, Piotr Ceranowicz, Zygmunt Warzecha, Katarzyna Nawrot-Porąbka, Krzysztof Gil

“…The effects of LPS applied to the suckling rats on the pancreas of adult animals have not been previously explored. We present the impact of neonatal endotoxemia on the pancreatic exocrine function and on the acute pancreatitis which has been investigated in the adult animals. …”
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Involvement of Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Learning and Forgetting by Suk-yu Yau, Ang Li, Kwok-Fai So

“…Adult hippocampal neurogenesis is a process involving the continuous generation of newborn neurons in the hippocampus of adult animals. Mounting evidence has suggested that hippocampal neurogenesis contributes to some forms of hippocampus-dependent learning and memory; however, the detailed mechanism concerning how this small number of newborn neurons could affect learning and memory remains unclear. …”
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Growing, grown, gone. The ephemeral status of pets among the Madiha (Kulina) of the Peruvian Amazon by Andrea Zuppi

“…By analyzing pet keeping practices against notions of mastery/ownership, feeding and child adoption, as well as by drawing on the work of specialists of the region, this article shows that pet keeping does not have as its purpose the creation of an adult animal, nor can it unproblematically be considered under the prism of adoption since the animals kept as pets are inevitably de-familiarized.…”
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BLOOD MORPHOBIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS of hereford cows IMPORTED FROM AUSTRALIA IN SPRING by M. S. Mansurova

“…Biochemical parameters of heifer sera as compared to mother cows were closer to the normal range; i. e. albumen concentration and glucose content were higher, BUN level was lower, calcium and magnesium contents were identical to adult animals' ones. It was established that during winter time and after it young animals are more demanding to feeding and management conditions.…”
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The Organotypic Longitudinal Spinal Cord Slice Culture for Stem Cell Study by Joanna Sypecka, Sylwia Koniusz, Maria Kawalec, Anna Sarnowska

“…All the processes occurring during axonal growth, regeneration, synapse formation, and myelination could be visualized while being cultured in vitro for up to 4-5 weeks after the slices had been isolated. Both pups and adult animals can undergo the same, equally efficient procedures when going by the protocol in question. …”
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The Effects of Early-Life Predator Stress on Anxiety- and Depression-Like Behaviors of Adult Rats by Lu-jing Chen, Bing-qing Shen, Dan-dan Liu, Sheng-tian Li

“…In experimental animals, however, whether or not early-life stress results in behavioral abnormalities in adult animals still remains controversial. Here, we investigated both short-term and long-term changes of anxiety- and depression-like behaviors of Wistar rats after being exposed to chronic feral cat stress in juvenile ages. …”
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Early Hearing-Impairment Results in Crossmodal Reorganization of Ferret Core Auditory Cortex by M. Alex Meredith, Brian L. Allman

“…However, a recent study of adult-deafened ferrets demonstrated that core auditory cortex was reorganized by the somatosensory modality. Because adult animals have matured beyond their critical period of sensory development and plasticity, it was not known if adult-deafening and early-deafening would generate the same crossmodal results. …”
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Autism-Like Behavior and Epigenetic Changes Associated with Autism as Consequences of In Utero Exposure to Environmental Pollutants in a Mouse Model by Denise S. Hill, Robert Cabrera, Deeann Wallis Schultz, Huiping Zhu, Wei Lu, Richard H. Finnell, Bogdan J. Wlodarczyk

“…We tested the hypothesis that in utero exposure to heavy metals increases autism-like behavioral phenotypes in adult animals and induces epigenetic changes in genes that have roles in the etiology of autism. …”
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Biological properties of coronaviruses of farm, domestic animals and birds: comparative characterization of pathology they induce (review) by Kh. Z. Gaffarov, A. I. Yarullin, V. G. Gumerov, I. G. Karimullina

“…Thus, the coronavirus induced diseases are most often acute in newborn and young animals, while such diseases often develop into chronic and latent forms in adult animals. The general property of all coronavirus-induced diseases involves acute impairement of capillary circulation in the affected organ thus leading to the development of further pathology. …”
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The Effects of Exercise on Cognitive Recovery after Acquired Brain Injury in Animal Models: A Systematic Review by Elise Wogensen, Hana Malá, Jesper Mogensen

“…Studies were selected if they were (1) in English, (2) used adult animals subjected to acquired brain injury, (3) used exercise as an intervention tool after inflicted injury, (4) used exercise paradigms demanding movement of all extremities, (5) had exercise intervention effects that could be distinguished from other potential intervention effects, and (6) contained at least one measure of cognitive and/or emotional function. …”
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Assessment of Formalin-Fixed Bovine Larynx Asymmetry Using Geometric Morphometry by Arcesio Salamanca-Carreño, Pere M. Parés-Casanova, Mauricio Vélez-Terranova, Néstor Ismael Monroy-Ochoa

“…One limitation is that the present study does not have samples from adult animals, so it would be interesting to know if the results are similar among them.…”
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Enhanced infectivity of bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) in arginase-producing bovine monocyte-derived macrophages by Lucas José Barone, Nancy Patricia Cardoso, Florencia Celeste Mansilla, Mariángeles Castillo, Alejandra Victoria Capozzo

“…Mo-Mφ from pregnant dams and calves produced higher arginase levels than those from non-pregnant adult animals. The increased infection of arginase-producing alternatively activated bovine macrophages with BVDV supports the need to delve into a possible leading role of M2 macrophages in establishing the immune-suppressive state during BVDV convalescence.…”
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Effect of Age and Breed on Carcass and Meat Quality Characteristics of Beni-Guil and Ouled-Djellal Sheep Breeds by Kamal Belhaj, Farid Mansouri, Aziz Tikent, Yassin Taaifi, Mohamed Boukharta, Hana Caid Serghini, Ahmed Elamrani

“…The animals were slaughtered at three age classes: milk teeth, animals with two adult teeth, and adult animals. Dressing percentage, carcass measurements, compactness indices, carcass shrinkage parameter, conformation scores, fatness state, fat consistency, fat and meat colour, and pH were measured 24 hours postmortem. …”
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PREVALENCE OF GASTROINTESTINAL HELMINTHS IN FREE-RANGE POULTRY (GALLUS GALLUS DOMESTICUS) IN THE NORTHEAST OF TUNISIA by Khaled Kaboudi, Nesrine Rhif, Rafika Ben Romdhane, Nadine Abdallah, Mokhtar Dhibi

“…The prevalence was significantly higher in young chickens compared to adult animals (p < 0.05). Among the helminths species, Raillietina genus was the most observed (22.67%) (Raillietina echinobothrida: 21.05%; Raillietina spp: 1.62%) followed by Ascaridia galli (21.25%), Heterakis gallinarum (12.35%) and Capillaria spp. (4.86%). …”
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Age-Dependent Switch of the Role of Serotonergic 5-HT1A Receptors in Gating Long-Term Potentiation in Rat Visual Cortex In Vivo by Peter J. Gagolewicz, Hans C. Dringenberg

“…While 5-HT application (0.1–10 mM) itself did not alter LTP levels, the broad-acting 5-HT receptor antagonists methiothepin (1 mM) resulted in a clear facilitation of LTP in adult animals, an effect that was mimicked by the selective 5-HT1A receptor antagonist WAY 100635 (1 mM). …”
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Basis for the Age-related Decline in Intestinal Mucosal Immunity by Douglas L. Schmucker, Robert L. Owen, Robert Outenreath, Karine Thoreux

“…Quantitative immunohistochemical analyses demonstrated a 2-fold increase in the number of IgA+ cells in the PPs, coupled with significant declines in the numbers of IgA+ and antibody-positive cells in the intestinal LP of senescent rats compared to young adult animals. These data suggest that aging diminishes the emigration of IgA immunoblasts from these lymphoid aggregates, as well as their migration to the intestinal LP. …”
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Stress during Lactation Induces Insulin Resistance Associated with an Increase in Type 1 Cannabinoid Receptors in Liver and Adipose Tissue by Liza Fonseca, Valeska Castillo, Carolina Aguirre, Paulo Silva, Ana M. Ronco, Miguel Llanos

“…Mice body weight and food intake were periodically evaluated. Adult animals were subsequently subjected to an insulin tolerance test and some days later sacrificed to evaluate the amount of epididymal fat and abundance of CB1R and adipophilin in liver and epididymal adipose tissue. …”
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Analysis of serum levels and DNA methylation of fibroblast growth factor 21 using peripheral blood-derived genomes in patients with obesity by Hiroyuki Shinozaki, Shiori Kawai, Mami Gamo-Kawasaki, Ayano Takei, Kyoko Tsujikado, Kazunori Fukuda, Mototaka Yamauchi, Kenji Hara, Takafumi Tsuchiya, Kohzo Takebayashi, Koshi Hashimoto

“…Furthermore, we found that the DNA methylation state of Fgf21 was involved in obesity in adult animals. In the present study, we analyzed the DNA methylation state of the FGF21 gene (FGF21) in obese patients using genomic DNA extracted from human monocytes and macrophages and investigated the pathophysiological significance of the FGF21 expression response to pemafibrate (PM), a PPARα ligand. …”
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Unusual congenital polydactyly in mini-pigs from the breeding group of the Institute of Cytology and Genetics (Novosibirsk, Russia) by S. V. Nikitin, S. P. Knyazev, V. A. Trifonov, A. A. Proskuryakova, Yu. D. Shmidt, K. S. Shatokhin, V. I. Zaporozhets, D. S. Bashur, E. V. Korshunova, V. I. Ermolaev

“…This anomaly was first found here in 2017 in adult animals intended for culling due to incorrect positioning of the legs caused by flexor tendon laxity and resulting in weight-bearing on the palmar surface of the proximal phalanges (“bear’s paw”). …”
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Mortality and Morbidity of Beef Calves in Free-Range Farms in Alentejo, Portugal—A Preliminary Study by Rute Santos, Ana Cachapa, Graça P. Carvalho, Carolina B. Silva, Laura Hernández, Lina Costa, Luísa S. Pereira, Miguel Minas, Helena Vala

“…The median stocking rate was 0.41 adult animals/hectare, and 70% of farmers stated their farm was self-sufficient in forage. …”
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