Biomedical subjects

Z Horínová

Publications and source records attributed to Z Horínová.

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PubMed1992

Cytogenetic monitoring of farm animals under conditions of environmental pollution.

Cytogenetic examinations were carried out in 13 cattle farms, two herds of horses, one stag farm and 13 pig farms in areas with different levels of environmental contamination. The frequency of aberrant cells per 100 mitoses was 3.67 +/- 1.89 in pigs (n = 260) and 4.16 +/- 2.4 in herbivores (n = 497). This is a significant difference (p < 0.01). Ten times higher frequencies of chromatid exchanges were found in pigs. The examined herds were classified into three groups by the level of environmental contamination (satisfactory, impaired and severely impaired environment). Significant differences in aberrant cell counts were recorded between the groups of herbivorous animals. Significant differences in pigs were recorded only between herds in satisfactory and severely impaired environments. Significantly higher frequencies of aberrant cells were found in farms of herbivorous animals in the industrial area of Pardubice compared with findings in the South Moravian agricultural area (4.7% and 3.1% respectively). The effect of local contamination sources on farm environment was also investigated. A cattle farm located in the vicinity of a large chemical plant was examined five times at 6-month intervals. An autumn examination revealed significantly higher frequencies of aberrant cells compared with the spring examination.

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PubMed1991

Somatic chromosome mutations and morphological abnormalities in sperms of boars.

Frequencies of chromosomally aberrant peripheral blood lymphocytes and morphologically abnormal spermatozoa were investigated in 10 boars from each of 11 A.I. centres. Highly significant differences were found between A.I. centres concerning both chromosomally aberrant cells and morphologically abnormal sperms. A significant correlation was found for the overall frequency of aberrant lymphocytes and morphologically abnormal sperms in A.I. centres. The coefficient of correlation was 0.675 (p = 0.022). No significant correlation was found when the 110 boars were evaluated regardless of the A.I. centre.

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PubMed1988

[Monitoring chromosome mutations in large-scale breeding operations].

The frequency of chromosomal aberrations and exchanges of sister chromatids (SCEs) in peripheral lymphocytes was studied in 65 pigs from five large breeding herds. Four groups comprised fattened pigs and the fifth group consisted of sows from a large multiplier breeding herd. During the investigation, the dust from the sites was analyzed for the presence of zinc, lead, cadmium, mercury, aflatoxin B1, PCB, DDT, and lindane. The average frequency of aberrant cells (AB.B) in the pigs of group I was 3.85 +/- 1.60%, in group II 2.10 +/- 1.52%, in group III 5.01 +/- 2.1%, in group IV 3.50 +/- 1.58%, and in group V 6.20 +/- 3.21%. The cytogenetic finding corresponded to the differences in the amount of foreign substances found in the dust on the premises where the animals of all groups were kept. The average frequency of the SCEs was 7.00 +/- 1.10 (I), 6.51 +/- 0.89 (II), 6.92 +/- 0.72 (III), 7.10 +/- 0.85 (IV) and 7.06 +/- 1.47 (V) per one cell. Statistically significant differences in the numbers of AB.B. were recorded between groups II and I, II and IV, I and III, IV and V (p less than 0.05) and between groups II and III, II and V (p less than 0.01). There was no statistically significant difference in the frequency of SCEs. The determination of the frequency of chromosomal aberrations can be used for the hygienic control of the degree of exposure of pigs to mutagens.

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PubMed1987

[A method for the cytogenetic detection of early embryos in heifers].

The objective of the study was to work out a simple and reliable method of the cytogenetic examination of bovine embryos. Whole embryos free of the zona pellucida, or parts of these embryos, were cultivated for five hours in a medium with 0.05 microgram colcemide per 1 millilitre. The embryos were hypotonized for 10 to 15 minutes in a mixture of medium and distilled water (1:2 ratio) at the temperature of 37 degrees C. Stepwise fixation was used: first in a mixture of acetic acid, methyl alcohol and water (1:4:5), followed by dropping a mixture of acetic acid and methyl alcohol (1:1) onto the embryo already on the microscope slide during microscopic control. The chromosomes were stained with a 3% solution of Giemsa dye for 10 minutes.

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