Re: RE : Ploughing rats

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Hi ,

What is the author's nationality? In Czech, there is a very similar word

('plouzit se') that means drag one's feet, walking extremely slowly

and being/looking feeble. If the writer is of Czech or perhaps other

Slavic origin, this is a possible explanation.

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bernard Tomianka napsal(a):

> Dear ,

> Weird word for rats !

> Can that be a " digging " behaviour, like moles (personality transfer being a

pharmacological or adverse effect of the drug) ?

> Or maybe they were just reading Woody Guthrie poems ( " my hoe and my plough is

my gun " ) while receiving the drug ?

> I'd ask the client and/or the report author, since understanding of this word

seems to be kind of a guess-type process

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> -----Message d'origine-----

> De : medical_translation

[mailto:medical_translation ] De la part de Sosnovsky

> Envoyé : mercredi 19 décembre 2007 11:18

> À : medical_translation

> Objet : Ploughing rats

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>

> Dear Colleagues,

>

> In a toxicological study report, I have difficulty understanding " ploughing "

in the following context (samples below are taken from different sections):

>

> At 250 mg/kg/day there were limited clinical signs (predominantly salivation

and ***ploughing***), and decreases in body weight gain and food consumption.

> At 125 mg/kg/day, the majority of surviving animals exhibited ***ploughing***

and increased salivation.

>

> Clinical observations, confined to repeat-dose animals receiving 200

mg/kg/day, included a slight decrease in activity, partially/shut eyes and

pilo-erection, ***ploughing***, increased salivation, and partial generalised

swelling of the abdomen.

>

> Most probably, this means that rats salivated while ploughing soil or

something in their cages, which is a kind of scent-marking behavior. Perhaps,

some other behavioral response?

>

> Thank you in advance

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> Best regards,

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