Biomedical subjects

R Mörstedt

Publications and source records attributed to R Mörstedt.

11 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1993

[Physiologic hypothermia of newborn kittens up to 6 weeks old].

Kittens showed a physiological hypothermia until they were 6 weeks of age. In the first 3 weeks of age rectal temperature was constantly low (37.6 +/- 0.3 degrees C). A linear increase of rectal temperature followed from the fourth to the sixth week of age inclusively and from the seventh week on rectal temperature reached the final temperature level (38.4 +/- 0.3 degrees C). This finding has to be considered in clinical assessment of kittens' body temperature.

Animals↗

PubMed1991

Streptococcus canis arthritis in a cat breeding colony.

This is the first description of a pathologic condition--arthritis in cats affecting mainly one joint, i.e. monarthritis--caused by Streptococcus canis (S. canis), of the Lancefield serologic group G. Six cases were recorded in a closed cat breeding colony during a 6 month period in 1988, and one additional case in 1990. Therapy with penicillin and streptomycin led to full recovery in four of six cases. The bacterium had been detected from different purulent processes sporadically--including one case of purulent arthritis in 1982--as a nosocomial infection since 1980, the year the breeding colony was established. A possible genetic predisposition (high inbreeding) may have contributed to the accumulation of the six cases in 1988. Although S. canis was isolated in mouse, rat, rabbit and dog, cat and man seem to be more frequently affected. There are some similarities between S. canis-arthritis in cat and man.

Animals↗

PubMed1990

[Street traffic noise and stress experience].

Interpreting a sociological study in the city of Erfurt the results of a written interrogation of noise annoyance of a representative random sample of inhabitants are shown and selected characteristics both of the annoyed and the nonannoyed inhabitants are compared. From noise level measurements a proposal for a traffic noise threshold limit has been derived that corresponds to the requirement for calm. Moreover, moderators have been investigated which interfere with the degree of annoyance; health complaints of both groups of the interrogated individuals were compared. It could be shown, that a written interrogation of inhabitants of a territory is able to deliver sufficiently exact information concerning noise annoyance.

Germany, East↗

PubMed1990

[New aspects of the traffic noise problem in the inner city area].

As a result of a sociological-oriented noise study in the city of Erfurt specific intracity noise problems are analysed via their effects. The authors deal with the expectation of calm of people living in different areas of the city, with the relevance of effect of the two usual evaluation levels Leq and Lmax for noise by running traffic, with noise decrease by sound attenuation improvements, and with the subjective and objective evaluation of an industrial front ventilation element. Moreover, the effects of traffic noise on inhabitants before and after significant traffic reduction are shown.

Automobiles↗

PubMed1985