Browsing by Author "Tizard, Ian"
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Jeann Leal de Araujo; Tizard, Ian; Guo, Jianhua; J Jill Heatley; Aline Rodrigues Hoffmann; Rech, Raquel (PeerJ, 2017)
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Hameed, Samer Sadeq (2017-10-17)Proventricular dilatation disease (PDD) is a fatal viral disease that affects mainly psittacine birds, although some non-psittacine species can be affected. Gastrointestinal and/or neurological signs can be seen in ...
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James, Allison Melissa (Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Babesia species have a worldwide distribution, affecting a wide range of mammalian hosts. The major route of transmission is inoculation by an infected Ixodid tick. Babesia species of major economic concern are those that ...
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Guo, Jianhua; Shivaprasad, H L; Rech, Raquel R; Heatley, Jill J; Tizard, Ian; Payne, Susan (Virology Journal, 2014)
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Oubre, Cherie Morgan (Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)The aim of this study was to identify common messenger molecules used in both the immune and the neuroendocrine systems in birds, and to shed light on a cell type within the bursa of Fabricius that has historically been ...
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Arenaz, Cristina M (2015-10-27)Zoos and other bird-holding facilities world-wide recently have reported serious health problems and frequently deaths of captive birds in exhibits associated with infections by introduced species of cyclocoel (Digenea) ...
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Carlomagno de Rossetti, Mirta Alici (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1984)The effects of dietary zinc deficiency on humoral and cellular immunity, as well as the functional significance of zinc deficiency on host responses to infection with a facultative intracellular pathogen, were studied in ...
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Ameiss, Keith Allen (Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)The purpose of this research was to investigate selected methods of mucosal immunization for commercial chickens. Induction of mucosal immunity in commercial chickens through the use of orally administered subunit vaccines ...
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Graham, Jennifer Margaret (2016-01-08)The purpose of this literature review is to examine whether Pavlovian eye blink conditioning in the rabbit consists solely of a specific motor reflex or involves other extracerebellar control systems. Castiglioni et al. ...
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Fossum, Theresa W. (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1992)Canine alpha-l-proteinase (α[1]-PI) inhibitor is a member of the serpin family with a molecular weight of 56,000 daltons. Although the trypsin inhibitory capacities of this protein were described first (thus the alternate ...
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Mashoof, Sara (2014-04-15)Despite a large number of studies during the last decade that investigated mucosal immunity in humans, very few works have been done on this immune compartment in lower vertebrates. In the following two studies we focused ...
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Epple - Farmer, Jessica Anne (2009-05-15)Pregnancy succeeds because the fetal allograft survives in the presence of a fully functional maternal immune system. The placenta, especially its trophoblast, provides the initial barrier between the maternal and fetal ...
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Gray, Patricia Lara-Lynn (2009-05-15)Creation of a reliable and easy to use serologic test would greatly improve ante mortem diagnosis of Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium and aid in the control of avian mycobacteriosis, particularly in captive birds. In order ...
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Milligan, Sherrelle Marion (2018-08-22)In vitro studies suggest that fatty acid bind protein 1 (Fabp1) and sterol carrier protein 2/sterol carrier protein x (Scp2/Scpx) gene products facilitate the uptake, metabolism and detoxification of dietary phytol in ...
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Influence of Surface Protein V6 Region of Equine Infectious Anemia Virus on Cytokine Gene Expression Lamon, Tennille Krystal (2014-08-14)Equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV) is a member of the lentivirus group of the family Retroviridae. EIAV encodes a highly glycosylated SU (surface) protein with interspersed conserved and variable regions. The variable ...
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Voltura, Elise (2023-01-17)A growing number of parrot species require conservation intervention. Whether carried out in “conservation parks” (i.e., in the wild) and/or “conservation arks” (i.e., in captivity), conservation endeavors involve protecting ...
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Debeb, Bisrat Godefay (2009-05-15)The extraembryonic endoderm (XEN) defines the yolk sac, a set of membranes that provide essential support for mammalian embryos. Recently, the committed XENprecursor was identified in the embryonic Inner Cell Mass (ICM) ...
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Mirhosseini, Negin (2012-07-16)Proventricular dilatation disease (PDD) was first recognized during an outbreak among captive macaws in the late 1970s. The disease, also known as proventricular dilatation syndrome or macaw wasting disease can occur in ...
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Escandon, Paulina (2015-08-25)This study investigated the effects of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on cockatiels experimentally inoculated with Parrot bornavirus-2 (PaBV-2). Twenty-seven cockatiels were randomized into 3 groups of 9 birds each ...
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Cone, Julia Catherine (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1993)