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During 43 weeks three communities belonging to the Chambo-Guano irrigation system (María Auxiliadora, San Antonio, and Tunshi San Javier) were studied. Each family had 0.662 ± 0.149 producing cows, 0.115 ± 0.048 dry cows, 0.381 ± 0.095 heifers, 0.252 ± 0.068 young bulls, 0.158 ± 0.052 bulls, and 0.568 ± 0.096 calves. The age at first mounting (21.696 ± 9.28 months) showed that the cows enter reproduction late. Of the cows, 71.94 ± 5.26% were of household varieties. To feed them, alfalfa was used at 79.86 ± 4.5%, undergrowth 56.83 ± 5.62%, corn stalks 48.2 ± 6.02%, kikuyu 19.42 ± 4.63%, crop aftermaths 18.71 ± 4.29%, zig-zig 17.27%, agave 9.35 ± 3.5%, ray grass (8.63 ± 2.98), banana waste 8.63 ± 3.28%, and oats 2.88 ± 1.96%. There were 280 ± 85.27 mother sheep, 64 ± 33.697 male reproducers, 174 ± 54.62 young sheep, and 198 ± 65.76 lambs. The age at first mounting was 18.45 ± 9.55 months and time between shearings was 12.62 ± 2.91 months with a production of 7.46 ± 3.99 pounds of wool. 53.24 ± 5.82% of the sheep were household breeds. As sources of food there were underbrush (46.04 ± 5.79%), pasturing (41.73 ± 5.77%), alfalfa (25.9 ± 5.25%), crop aftermaths (12.95 ± 3.99%), ray grass (5.76 ± 2.64%), and corn stalks (5.04 ± 2.65%). There were 672 ± 310.302 pigs. The age at first birthing was 18.108 ± 1.153 months with 8.237 ± 0.713 piglets per birthing, with only 5.536 ± 0.472 weaned at an age of 2.419 ± 0.156 months. As a food source, there was underbrush (56.12 ± 5.94%), banana waste (51.8 ± 5.85%), kitchen scraps (48.2 ± 5.95%), crop aftermaths (38.85 ± 5.26%), bran (28.06 ± 5.37%), alfalfa (26.62 ± 5.19%), and quiquyo (4.32 ± 2.33%). The guinea pig population was 3608 ± 683.653 with 2.52 ± 0.1 young per birthing. Outstanding food sources were alfalfa (79.86 ± 4.74%), chilca (34.53 ± 5.72%), underbrush (24.46 ± 5.18%), and kitchen scraps (11.51 ± 3.77%). The bird population was 1140 ± 226.856 animals. The majority are household chickens (47.48 ± 11.79%) used for egg production. Predominating foods were dried corn (72.66 ± 5.26%), barley (35.97 ± 5.62%), and wheat (1.44 ± 1.40%). The communities studied tend toward using bovine milk production. Even when the cows have low reproduction rates, they have important levels of milk production. The number of calves per birth could be adequate, but the levels of weaning are low. In guinea pigs and birds there were not any precarious forms of tenancy; possibly there are family property forms. It is recommended that the study be deepened in order to establish the influence of irrigation water, implement profitable programs of exploitation, and establish plans to help forward ecological tourism.

Orientador: Daniella Jorge de Moura / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Agrícola / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-23T04:20:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Medeiros_BrendaBatistaLemos_D.pdf: 3219138 bytes, checksum: 90e0adde72fcabc70a0f4008580b3f7c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: O "wean to finish" é um sistema de criação de suínos que ainda é novo no Brasil, e não existem muitos estudos a respeito do tamanho de grupos e área disponível/animal ideal para suínos criados numa mesma instalação, mas acredita-se que serão obtidos bons resultados, principalmente, no que se refere ao bem-estar e o desempenho dos animais. O presente estudo tem como objetivo avaliar o bem-estar e o desempenho de suínos, criados em sistema "wean to finish", em diferentes números de animais/baia e em diferentes fases de vida dos animais. Os tratamentos utilizados foram: T1= avaliados 22 animais e área disponível de 1,12 m2/animal, T2= 24 animais e área disponível de 1,02 m2/animal, T3= 26 animais e área disponível de 0,94 m2/animal, T4= 28 animais e área disponível de 0,88 m2/animal e T5= 30 animais e área disponível de 0,82 m2/animal. Foram avaliados o ambiente térmico (temperatura, umidade relativa e velocidade do ar) e foi calculado o índice de temperatura e umidade; o ambiente aéreo (gases - NH3 e CO2). Foi utilizada a técnica de geoestatística para monitorar a homogeneidade da distribuição das variáveis térmicas e aéreas da instalação; o ambiente acústico; as variáveis comportamentais; temperatura superficial da pele; os níveis de cortisol salivar, monitoria sanitária (índice de tosse e espirro e escore de consistência de fezes), frequência respiratória, escore de lesão de pele e o desempenho dos animais (peso inicial e final, ganho de peso no período, ganho de peso médio diário e conversão alimentar). O experimento foi conduzido no delineamento inteiramente casualizado, Teste de Tukey (P<0,05) para a comparação entre médias, pelo programa estatístico SAEG e para as análises não - paramétricas o Teste de Kruskall - Wallis (P<0,05), utilizado o programa estatístico Minitab 15. Os resultados de temperatura e umidade do ar estavam dentro do preconizado como adequado, conforme cada fase de criação estudada. As concentrações dos gases e a velocidade do ar estavam heterogêneas, devido o tipo de ventilação natural, dificultando o controle na instalação. Isso também foi observado em alguns mapas de geoestatística, sendo que apresentaram particularidades para serem justificados. A distribuição dos níveis de pressão sonora em todos os tratamentos de todas as fases estavam abaixo de 85 dB (A), considerado bom. Na avaliação dos comportamentos dos suínos foi nítida a maior frequência em todos os tratamentos dos comportamentos de fuçar e os animais permanecerem deitados e dormindo na fase 1. Já na fase 4, o comportamento que se destacou foi dos animais ficarem deitados. As temperaturas superficiais da pele e a monitoria fisiológica e sanitária também estavam de acordo com a literatura, levando em consideração os horários avaliados e a fase de criação. Para o desempenho foi observado que os melhores resultados foram obtidos no T5. De modo geral, pode-se concluir que os resultados encontrados tanto da monitoria do bem-estar dos animais como de desempenho se complementam, em todos os tratamentos e nas diferentes fases de criação. Como na maioria dos tratamentos e fases de criação, os animais estavam em bem estar, consequentemente verificaram-se no desempenho dos animais ganhos satisfatórios ou até superiores aos esperados / Abstract: The "wean to finish" system is a new way to raise piglets in Brazil. Studies about ideal group size or ideal stocking density for raising these animals in the same building are rarely seen in the literature. Nothing is known about the size of the piglets group or ideal densities to raise the piglets in relation to their performance and welfare. This study has the objective to evaluate the welfare and performance of piglets raised in system wean to finish in different group and in different raising phases. The treatments consist of different number of animals and space allowance per pig: T1 = 22 animals (1.12 m2/pig), T2= 24 animals (1.02 m2/pig), T3= 26 animals (0.94 m2/pig) T4= 28 animals (0.88 m2/pig) e T5= 30 animals (0.82 m2/pig). The environmental variables of the buildings and outside them were evaluated such as: temperature, relative humidity and air velocity the THI index was calculated. The NH3 and CO2 were collected. The geostatistics technique was used to study the homogeneity of the environmental conditions. The sound pressure of the buildings was also evaluated, such as the behavior of the piglets, the surfaces temperatures, the cortisol salivar levels, the health status of the piglets (index coughing and sneezing and consistency of stool), respiratory frequency, frequency of skin injuries and their performance (initial and final weight, weight gain and feed conversion). The treatments was assigned in a completely randomized experimental design, a Tukey test (P <0.05) was performing for means comparison of each treatment using a statistical software for analysis (SAEG). For non-parametric analysis was used Kruskall - Wallis test (P <0.05) and the analysis was performed in the statistical software Minitab 15. The results of temperature and relative humidity of the air were within the expected data by the literature recommendations, in all phases of the piglets. The air velocity and the gases concentration showed an heterogeneous pattern in standard statistics results and in geostatistics, as expected in natural ventilated buildings. The sound pressure levels in all treatments and studied phases were below the recommended by the literature, 85 dB (A). For pig behavioral analysis, pigs spent more time rooting and lying down during phase 1. Lying down was also more frequent during phase 4. Analyzing the piglets behavior, it was observed that some behaviors showed up in a greater frequency depend on the piglet's age. The skin surface temperature and the health status were within the limits recommended by the literature. The results also showed that the best results were obtained in treatment 5, the group of the higher number of animals. Was concluded that all the treatments had the same welfare status, but the higher number of animals presented the best results of performance / Doutorado / Construções Rurais e Ambiencia / Doutora em Engenharia Agrícola

Thesis (MA (Visual Arts))--University of Stellenbosch, 2011. / Includes bibliography. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is motivated by an interest in a host of idiosyncratically interrelated phenomena that can be understood, in my view, as symptomatic of a primary interest in representing experiences of affect, loss, alienation and objectification of an “other”, which in turn, necessitates a critical interrogation of the notion of self. These phenomena include notions of the body (animal and human), private and public spaces, voyeurism, transgression, desire, fetishization, sentimentality and most critically, nostalgia as understood through experiences of homesickness and heimwee. My focus is on the affective potential of contemporary lens-based (photographic and video) art. I approach this study by way of three central ideas: the longing for home (the relationship between self/space); the longing for the body (the relationship between body/self); and the longing for the other (the relationship between self/other). I make use of psychoanalytic and feminist theory, as well as theoretical interpretations of photography and screen-based media, in the broader context of visual art and culture, to frame my discussion. As such, this study draws on the theoretical work of Roland Barthes and Susan Sontag to introduce basic concepts such as the relationship between photography and memory, and develops these to include ideas of the gaze, self and alientation from the self read through Judith Butler and Jacques Lacan’s image of the mirror phase; home and homesickness read through Martin Heidegger, Sigmund Freud’s notion of das unheimlich (uncanny) and Julia Kristeva’s notion of abjection; and Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari’s objectification of the animal-other. This study is intimately linked with, and critically informed by my personal artistic practice, which focuses specifically on the photographic or filmic representation (projection) of separation, displacement and longing for an absent other (home, partner & domestic animal). I discuss my own work relation to selected examples by artists including Shizuka Yokomizo, Sophie Calle, Penny Siopis and Jo Ractliffe, among others, framing the art object and related processes as cathartic, mnemonic and talismanic; acknowledging the paradoxical aspect of photography as simultaneously distancing and acting as a trace of the real; and analysing the evocative (metaphorical or conceptual) allusions made possible by lens-based processes and their presentation as print and projection, image and screen. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: My navorsing is gemotiveer deur ʼn belangstelling in ʼn menigte idiosinkratiese onderling verbonde verskynsels wat myns insiens beskou kan word as simptomaties van ʼn primêre belangstelling daarin om ervarings van affek, verlies, aliënasie en objektivering van ʼn “ander” weer te gee. My fokus sal op die verband tussen kontemporêre kuns en affek wees. Hierdie onderling verbonde verskynsels sluit in: die self en nosies van “die ander”/aliënasie, identiteit, die liggaam, die verbeelding; veiligheid, die huis, huishoudelike ruimte/plek/ontheemdheid; beheer, grense, oortreding, voyeurisme en geweld; verlange, nostalgie (heimwee), misnoegdheid; verlies, gemis, rou, woede, depressie met inbegrip van melancholie; liefde, romanse, sentimentaliteit, kitsch, besit; begeerte, obsessie, objektivering, tot fetisj maak (met inbegrip van objektivering van die huisdier). Ek benader ʼn bespreking van bogenoemde verskynsel deur diskoerse van psigoanalise en feminisme binne die raamwerk van my navorsing. Ek beoog om, met behulp van psigoanalitiese teoretiese verwysings, in hierdie verhandeling die verlange na die huis (die verband tussen self/ruimte, hoofstuk een), die verlange na die liggaam (die verband tussen liggaam/self, hoofstuk twee) en die verlange na die ander (die verband tussen self/ander, hoofstuk drie) te verken. Ek sal voorbeelde van kontemporêre fotografie en videokuns, asook voorbeelde bespreek om kontekstuele verwysing na ʼn bespreking van die uitoefening van my eie kreatiewe kuns te verskaf. Ek sal die uitbeelding (projeksie) van skeiding, ontheemding en verlange na ʼn afwesige ander (huis, maat en huisdier) bespreek. Die veld van my teoretiese ondersoek sal put uit sleutelteorieë van Roland Barthes, Susan Sontag, Sigmund Freud, JaquesLacan, Julia Kristeva, Gilles Deleuze en Felix Guattari, Martin Heidegger en Judith Butler ten einde basiese begrippe in gebruik te kan neem soos die verband tussen fotografie en geheue (die kunsvoorwerp/proses as suiweringsmiddel, mnemoniek en besitter van bonatuurlike, veral beskermende magte), paradokse in fotografie, uitbeelding en verlange/aliënasie, huis en heimwee (die bonatuurlike, ellende), kontemporêre kuns en affek, die starende blik en die objektivering van die dier-ander en die stemmingsvolle (metafories of konseptueel) sinspelings wat deur fotografiese prosesse en aanbieding (druk en projeksie, afbeelding en skerm) moontlik gemaak word.

A Fazenda Três Lagoas, localizada no município de Angatuba, região do Alto Paranapanema (centro-sul do Estado de São Paulo), é uma área na qual houve introdução de espécies exóticas, como Eucalyptus sp e Brachiaria sp, que fragmentaram o habitat de cerrado original. Uma vez em que foi estabelecida atividade humana em um ambiente antes natural, houve expansão do contato entre humanos e animais domésticos com as populações de animais silvestres; sendo a influência destes fatores sobre o ecossistema local ainda pouco conhecido. O presente estudo teve como objetivo pesquisar a exposição de pequenos mamíferos silvestres e animais domésticos da região a agentes infecciosos e transmissores de zoonoses (Leptospira spp., Lyssavirus, Toxoplasma gondii, Neospora caninum e Rickettsia spp.). O levantamento dos patógenos nos animais silvestres revelou resultados sorológicos positivos para Leptospira spp. (5,5%, n= 73), Rickettsia spp. (7,9%, n=38) e Toxoplasma gondii (16,1%, n= 56). Em relação aos animais domésticos, foram encontrados 40% de cães (n=10) soropositivos para N. caninum, 20% de soropositivos para Leptospira spp. e T. gondii (n=10), e 23,27% dos cães (n=11) apresentaram títulos de anticorpos menores ou iguais a 0,5 UI/ml para Raiva. Os bovinos (n=42) apresentaram resultados sorológicos positivos para N. caninum (23,8%) e Leptospira spp. (40,5%). 47,6% do gado não havia sido vacinado ou a vacinação para o vírus rábico era desconhecida. Dos 22 bovinos conhecidamente vacinados para a Raiva, 36% foram pouco reagentes ao exame sorológico. Os resultados apresentados, além de contribuírem para a avaliação do status sanitário local, contribuem para o maior conhecimento da interface entre fauna doméstica e silvestre em agroecossistemas. / Três lagoas farm, which is located in Angatuba municipality, in High Paranapanema (southeast of São Paulo state) is an area where exotic species were introduced, such as Eucalyptus sp and Brachiaria sp, which fragmented the habitat in the original Cerradão (a tropical savanna ecoregion). Once the human activity has been established in a natural environment, the contact among human beings and domestic animals with wild animal populations has increased. Nevertheless, the influence of such factors on the ecosystem has not been clarified yet. The aim of the present study was to research the exposition between wild small mammals and domestic animals of this area against infecctious and transmitters of zoonoses agents (Leptospira spp., Toxoplasma gondii, Lyssavirus, Neospora caninum and Rickettsia spp.). The raising of pathogens in the wild animals revealed positive serological results for Leptospira spp. (5,5%, n= 73), Rickettsia spp. (7,9%, n=38) e Toxoplasma gondii (16,1%, n= 56). In relation to the domestic animals, were showed 40% of dogs (n=10) seropositives for N. caninum, 20% were seropositives for Leptospira spp. and T. gondii, and 23.7% of dogs presented antibody titers less than or equal to 0,5 UI/ml for Rabies. The cattle (n=42) had serologic results positives for N. caninum (23,8%) and for Leptospira spp. (40,5%). 47.6% of the cattle had not been vaccinated or vaccination for the rabies virus was unknown. Of the 22 cattle known to be vaccinated for rabies, 36% were less reactive to serologic test. These results presented, besides evaluating the local sanitary status, they can contribute to the greater understanding of the interface between domestic and wild fauna in agricultural ecosystems.

Orientador: Luzia Helena Queiroz / Banca:Cáris Maroni Nunes / Banca:Vera Claudia Lorenzetti Magalaes Curci / Resumo: As agressões provocadas por animais domésticos, em especial por cães e gatos, constituem-se em um sério problema de saúde pública no Brasil, particularmente por sua relação com o controle da raiva em humanos. O objetivo deste estudo foi verificar a ocorrência de casos de agressão de pessoas por cães e gatos em municípios da região Noroeste do Estado de São Paulo no período de 2008 a 2013, observando a variação da frequência ao longo dos anos e o perfil das mesmas entre os municípios, de acordo com suas características específicas. Para tanto, realizou-se um levantamento em arquivos de dados oficiais da Secretaria de Saúde do Estado de São Paulo, tendo como base o período entre os anos de 2008 a 2013. Foram notificados 9.411 casos de acidentes por animais domésticos, sendo as agressões por cães as mais frequentes. A grande maioria dos municípios avaliados tiveram aumentos dos casos de agressões durante o período de estudo, entretanto a relação entre agressões por cães domiciliados e não domiciliados permaneceu constante. A maior frequência de agressões ocorreu na faixa etária entre 0 - 14, em todos os municípios analisados e nesta faixa etária houve predominância de ferimentos em membros inferiores, enquanto que em maiores de 14 anos, a maior ocorrência foi em mãos/pés. Houve predomínio de mordeduras, seguidas de arranhaduras. Foram observadas diferenças estatisticamente significantes entre os municípios da região estudada em relação à incidência das agressões e à sua distribu... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Aggressions caused by domestic animals, especially by cats and dogs, is a serious public health issue in Brazil, particularly in its relation to the control of human rabies. The purpose of this study was to investigate the incidents involving aggression by dogs and cats to people in the municipalities of São Paulo State Northwest region from 2008 to 2013, noting the frequency variation over the years and the profile of them between municipalities in accordance with their specific characteristics. A survey on the State official data center was performed having as basis the period between 2008 and 2013, when 9,411 cases of aggressions by pets were reported. The aggressions caused by dogs were the most frequently reported. The large majority of the assessed municipalities had an increases in cases of aggression during the study period, however the relationship between aggressions from domestic and free roaming dogs remained constant. The highest frequency of attacks occurred in the group aging from 0 to14, in all analyzed municipalities and in this age range there was a predominance of injuries in the lower limbs, while in those over 14 years, the highest occurrence was in hands/feet. A large majority of reported aggressions corresponded to bites, followed by scratching. Statistically significant differences were observed between the municipalities in the study area in the incidence of attacks and their distribution between the genders, but not differing in other characteristics... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

As transformações demográficas, as mudanças globais no clima, somadas ao fato de que as pessoas vivem em extrema pobreza, sem saneamento básico e educação, criam condições para o constante surgimento de novas formas de expressão de doenças. Dentre os inúmeros parasitos de importância médica, destacam-se diferentes espécies dos gêneros Leishmania e Trypanosoma, protozoários agentes de um amplo espectro de doenças. O estudo realizado no Maranhão deve-se a sua localização entre as regiões Norte e Nordeste do Brasil, o que permite ter uma grande diversidade de ecossistemas, que aliados as interferências ambientais, a migração populacional desordenada, profundas alterações ecoepidemiológicas, modificam o nível de endemicidade das doenças tropicais. O presente estudo tem por objetivo principal conhecer a magnitude da infecção por leishmaniose canina no Estado do Maranhão e seus reservatórios silvestres, nos diferentes ecossistemas da região, além de conhecer a diversidade de parasitas do gênero Trypanosoma em animais silvestres, através do diagnóstico parasitológico (isolamento em hemocultura- BAB/LIT), sorológico (RIFI, DPP e ELISA) e diagnóstico molecular (SSUrDNA e gGAPDH). Um total de 160 amostras caninas foram coletadas em cada ecossistema, nos municípios de São Bento (Baixada Maranhense), Cururupu (Mangue), Caxias (Cocais), Açailândia (Amazônia), São Domingos (Cerrado) e Barreirinhas (Restinga). Para captura de pequenos mamíferos silvestres foram utilizadas armadilhas do tipo gaiolas (Shermman e Tomahawk) e redes de neblina para a captura de morcegos. Um total de 7/960 (0,73%) amostras foram positivas para Leishmania infantum chagasi através do isolamento e dois isolados criopreservados. Dos ensaios sorológicos, 148/960 (15,4%), 126/ 960 (13,1%) e 568/960 (59,1%) foram positivas para DPP, RIFI e ELISA. Foram obtidas amostras de 133 animais silvestres das ordens Chiroptera, Rodentia, Didelphimorphia e Carnivora distribuídas em 34 espécies. As hemoculturas destes animais resultaram em onze amostras positivas e nove isolados criopreservados provenientes de morcegos e marsupiais. A análise filogenética baseada do gene SSUrDNA segregaram os isolados obtidos dos animais silvestres nas espécies Trypanosoma cruzi marinkellei (dois isolados) e Trypanosoma cruzi (sete isolados) / Demographic transformations and global climate change, added to people living in extreme poverty and without public politics are factors that create conditions for the for the constant emergence of new forms of disease expression. Among the main medical importance parasites, we highlight different species of Leishmania and Trypanosoma genres, protozoa agent of a broad spectrum of diseases. This study was performed in Maranhão, due to its location between the North and Northeast regions, Brazil, where is a great diversity of ecosystems, environmental interference and disordered population migration with eco-epidemiological change to level of endemicity of tropical diseases. The main objective of the study is to know the magnitude of the exposure dogs for Leishmania infantum chagasi from Maranhão State and their wild reservoirs from different ecosystems, besides to know the diversity of Trypanosoma parasites in wild animals by parasitological (isolation in hemoculture BAB/LIT), serological (IFI, DPP and ELISA), molecular diagnosis (SSU rDNA e gGAPDH). A total of 160 samples were collected for each ecosystemin the counties of São Bento (Baixada Maranhense), Cururupu (Mangue), Caxias (Cocais), Açailândia (Amazônia), São Domingo (Cerrado) and Barreirinhas (Restinga).To capture small mammals type cages traps were used (Shermman and Tomahawk) and mist nets to catch bats. A total of 7/960 (0.73%) samples were positives for L. infantum chagasi by culture and two cryopreserved isolated. Of the serological assays, 148/960 (15.4%), 126/960 (13.1%) and 568/960 (59.1%) were positives for DPP, IFI and ELISA. Samples were obtained from 133 wild animals of Chiroptera, Rodentia, Carnívora, Didelphimorphia orders distributed in 34 species. Blood cultures of these animals resulted in eleven positive samples and nine cryopreserved isolates from bats and marsupials. Phylogenetic analysis based on SSU rDNA gene segregated isolates from wild animals obtained in Trypanosoma cruzi marinkellei (two isolates) and Trypanosoma cruzi (seven isolates)

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. / "May 2006" The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Multiple myeloma is a painful and uncurable malignant disease with an increasing incidence and mortality in several countries, e.g., Sweden. Some factors are suspected to be of aetiological significance, such as ionising radiation and chronic antigenic stimulation in certain inflammatory diseases. A familial factor has also been indicated. Furthermore, some studies have demonstrated farming as an occupation entailing an increased risk for the disease. The aim of this investigation was to further elucidate the impact of different aetiological factors in relation to multiple myeloma. The knowledge of aetiology is always a prerequisite for prevention. A case-control study on multiple myeloma was performed in a high-inddence area, the northern part of Sweden. One part of this study dealt with occupations and different exposures. The results supported farming as being an occupation with an increased risk. Within farming two kinds of pesticides, phenoxyacetic adds and DDT, and contact with certain domestic animals, i.e., cattle, horses and goats, were assodated with multiple myeloma. Farming as a risk factor was also confirmed by a register-based linkage study using the Swedish Cancer Environment Register. In this study a time trend was indicated, with increasing standardized inddence ratios over the different time periods studied. Another part of the case-control study showed that rheumatoid arthritis entailed an increased risk for multiple myeloma, a finding earlier suggested from register-based linkage studies, but not from any çase-control study. A third part of the case-control study indicated an increased risk for multiple myeloma if any first-degree relative had a history of haematological malignancy, or other malignant tumour, espedally prostatic cancer, brain tumour, and renal cancer. A case study encompassing 942 patients with haematological malignandes in the county of Jämtland, Sweden, during a 22-year period showed that about 5% of the patients had at least one relative who also suffered from such a disease. An espedally strong familial occurrence was found in the group of chronic lymphoprohferative diseases, including multiple myeloma. / <p>S. 1-69: sammanfattning, s. 71-129: 5 uppsatser</p> / digitalisering@umu

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