Animal Source Foods
Chuong Pham-Huy, Bruno Pham Huy in Food and Lifestyle in Health and Disease, 2022
Velvet antlers are bony skeletal protuberances of deer skull and consist mainly of the protein collagen and the mineral calcium hydroxyapatite (Ca5(PO4)3OH) (158). Antlers are covered in soft fuzzy skin like velvet fabric. They occur in most species of the deer family (Cervidae) such as deer, elk, caribou, and moose, and are grown and shed annually. Antlers typically occur only in males, and are functional only during the rutting (mating) season (158). In western countries, antlers are removed from the deer by local anesthesia with no harm coming to the animal before they solidify into solid bone. The antlers obtained are dried, then cut into slices or powdered. They are used as traditional medicine or food in East Asian countries (China, Korea, Japan) or as dietary supplement (capsule, tincture) in Western countries (158–161).
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Ken Addley in MCQs, MEQs and OSPEs in Occupational Medicine, 2023
Best fit. Lyme disease is the only tick-borne disease in this list. It takes its name from Lyme, Connecticut, USA. It is an occupational zoonosis (i.e., an infectious disease transmitted from animals to humans and contracted in the course of employment). It is caused by bacterium Borrelia burgdorferri which is transmitted by the tick Ixodes ricinus. It is characterised by erythema chronicum migrans—an area of redness spreading out from the site of the bite. The tick is usually associated with deer. Neurological symptoms such as facial nerve neuritis, myelitis, encephalitis and meningitis may all occur as may a myocarditis. Chronic polyarthritis may also be found. Risk of contracting Lyme disease can be reduced by covering skin when outdoors, using insect repellent, inspecting clothes and body for ticks and having good personal hygiene.
Pesticides and Chronic Diseases
William J. Rea, Kalpana D. Patel in Reversibility of Chronic Disease and Hypersensitivity, Volume 4, 2017
There was a corresponding increase after 2005 of birth defects and serious health problems on white-tailed deer fawns and other animals. This included a significant increase in enlarged right heart ventricle, lung damage, dilated lymphatic vessels on the heart surface, and underdeveloped or damaged thymus on newborn white-tailed deer necropsied by Hoy.426 The original formulation of glyphosate had been shown to cause dilated heart on rabbit fetuses, and the percentage of rabbit fetuses with dilated heart was significantly elevated at all dose levels along with skeletal variations, anomalies, and malformations.469 We also observed congenital heart conditions in newborns as well as impaired lung function and enlarged right ventricle in human data (Figures 7.42 and 7.43), trending upward in step with glyphosate usage.
A novel Ehrlichia strain (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) detected in Amblyomma triste (Acari: Ixodidae), a tick species of public health importance in the Southern Cone of America
Published in Pathogens and Global Health, 2020
Gabriel L. Cicuttin, María N. De Salvo, Paula Díaz Pérez, Darío Silva, María L. Félix, José M. Venzal, Santiago Nava
Amblyomma triste, A. maculatum and A. tigrinum are phylogenetically very close [15]. Amblyomma triste sensu stricto is found in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and southern Brazil, ecologically associated with wetlands and flood areas [15,16]. In the Southern Cone of America, this tick is distributed in the sub-basins of the Paraná and Uruguay rivers, and in the Samborombón Bay in the province of Buenos Aires, including Buenos Aires city [18,38,39]. The principal hosts for the adults of A. triste are the marsh deer B. dichotomus, wild and domestic carnivorous (dogs, Panthera onca, Puma concolor, Herpailurus yagouaroundi, Chrysocyon brachyurus, Lycalopex vetulus), cattle and Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris [16,18]. Adults of this tick are also aggressive to humans (16). Small rodents of the families Cricetidae (subfamily Sigmodontidae) and Caviidae are the principal hosts for immature stages [16,18,40].
Deer antler based active ingredients have protective effects on LPS/d -GalN-induced acute liver injury in mice through MAPK and NF-κB signalling pathways
Published in Pharmaceutical Biology, 2022
Guixiang He, Quanmin Zhao, Yan Zhao, Ying Zong, Shigang Gu, Mengjie Li, Renjie Li, Jiaxin Sun
The deer antler base is the ossified antler remaining on the stalk of the male sika deer after sawing off the antler. The following spring, when new antlers begin to grow, the antler base fall off on its own, so they are painless and available at a lower cost (Wu et al. 2013; Jiang et al. 2014). It is a part of deer antlers and is also an edible medicine. Its efficacy is similar to that of some other deer antlers (Wu et al. 2013). Modern medical research results prove that deer antler base has pharmacological effects such as anti-inflammatory and analgesic, anti-fatigue, improving sexual function (Zang et al. 2016), enhancing immunity, preventing osteoporosis and treating breast enlargement and mastitis (Zha et al. 2013; Hu et al. 2015; Tao W et al. 2018). Therefore, the purpose of this study is to isolate a protein component from the deer antler base, put forward the scientific hypothesis that this protein component protects mice from ALI, and study the specific mechanism of its protection of the liver.
Combining Hypnosis and Biofeedback in Primary Care Pediatrics
Published in American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 2019
By the second visit MM had been conscientiously practicing her diaphragmatic breathing. Combining breathing with the movement of a swing leads nicely into a metaphor about growing, learning new skills, developing new abilities, and controlling now what she did not know how to control in the past. MM imagined her parents pushing her on a baby swing, and then the swing changed as she learned how to hold on herself but still needed someone to give her a push. Time passed, and she got even more clever, more confident, and could pump by herself, which opened up new possibilities. MM created the image of a field with a deer and its fawn. She imagined experiencing the urge to cough and telling herself “I don’t have to” so as not to frighten the deer. On the screen of her imagination she saw herself successfully eating lunch in the school cafeteria and used her okay sign to reinforce that she was okay.
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