Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Author "Farnell, Morgan"
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Chou, Wen-Ko (2013-11-26)The best way to prevent infectious disease is to directly establish mucosal immunity and also induce circulatory immunity to avoid pathogen invasion and spread. In our first study, we tested the hypothesis that a single ...
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Mitchell, Christian Danielle (2021-11-12)Cartilaginous fish are located at a pivotal point in phylogeny where the adaptive immune system begins to resemble that of other, more-derived jawed vertebrates, including mammals. For this reason, sharks and other ...
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Leyva Jimenez, Hector Enrique (2018-08-22)The goal of this dissertation was to explore the response of broiler chickens to dietary D₃ (vitamin D₃) and 25-OH-D₃ (25-hydroxycholecalciferol) as well as to establish a protocol that precisely estimated the D₃ requirement ...
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Skrobarczyk, Jill Wright (2023-07-28)Chickens possess a unique immune system that allows for production of antibodies by mechanisms typically not seen in mammals. These include the deposition of antibodies into the egg yolk for developing chicks, the dependence ...
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Behl, Michelle A (2016-06-17)The outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI) in 2014- 2015 was by far the largest animal disease outbreak in United States history. The turkey industry was the most affected as nearly 70% of the ...
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Stringfellow, Kendre (2012-10-19)Four experiments evaluated the impact of probiotic administration on the immune response of broilers vaccinated with a live coccidiosis vaccine. Experiment one showed that probiotic administration increased heterophil and ...
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Daniels, Kourtney (2021-08-18)Escherichia albertii, first observed in 2003 as the causative agent in a diarrheal infection of a child in Bangladesh, is commonly misidentified as other Gram-negative pathogens such as E. coli, Shigella spp., and Salmonella ...
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Curry, Shelley Annette (2022-04-22)Beef steaks from ribeye rolls and top sirloin butts were evaluated to determine how refrigerated and/or frozen storage impacted purge, color, cooking yields, tenderness, and consumer acceptability. Treatments included: ...
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Eagleson, Christopher Caleb (2021-03-12)The objective of this dissertation was to determine if limestone (source and particle size), dietary calcium inclusion rate, or different protein sources have an impact on naturally occurring necrotic enteritis (NE) ...
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Behl, Michelle 1983- (2012-07-11)Coccidiosis vaccine associated side effects, oocyst shedding patterns, intestinal lesions, and mucosal gene expression in the turkey were studied. The first study examined vaccine associated side effects and oocyst shedding ...
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Stiewert, Austin Michael (2020-07-29)Euthanasia in poultry is a major welfare concern and optimizing the methods on-farm, at the hatchery and at the processing plant is paramount. Lighting greatly affects poultry behavior and welfare therefore the lighting ...