Browsing Programs, Centers, and Institutes by Department "Veterinary Integrative Biosciences"
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(2017-04-25)Theiler’s Murine Encephalomyelitis Virus (TMEV) infection is an important murine model for epilepsy and multiple sclerosis, however, it does not affect all mouse strains equally. SJL and C57BL/6 mice can both be infected ...
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(2013-02-04)The Mongolian horse has been primarily under natural selection since its ancestral time due to the almost wild existence it lives in Mongolia. This has enabled the Mongolian horse to retain a high level of ancestral diversity ...
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(2011-08-08)Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS) in humans. Several studies have shown a strong correlation between stressful events and the onset and exacerbation ...
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(2012-07-11)It has been the goal of biologists to catalog and protect genetic diversity and variation among biological organisms. The amount of diversity cataloged is growing every year. In the twelve years between the latest two ...
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(2013-02-04)White tigers are greatly cherished by the public, making them valuable to zoos and breeders. Unfortunately, a number of health issues have occasionally surfaced within some of the white tiger population such as neurological ...
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(2021-04-15)In developing my moral compass, I became increasingly aware of people explaining morality as it pertains to others, but not as it pertains to themselves. Indeed, moral philosophy tends to approach morality as an interpersonal ...
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(2012-05-02)The white phenotype in tigers is highly sought after by zoos and private sanctuaries. There are enough animals in the captive population to avoid severe inbreeding, however close relatives are often bred together to produce ...
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(2013-04-10)Laminitis is a painful and irreversible disease in horses in which the soft tissue structures of the foot, called the laminae (connecting the coffin bone to the hoof wall), lose blood flow and deteriorate. Without the ...
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(2011-05-05)S100 proteins are a large family of Ca2 binding protein that have been implicated in the onset and progression of neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), cancer, and multiple sclerosis. However, the molecular ...
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Systemic racism continues to be an issue on university campuses, especially those that are predominately white. Previous research has found this type of treatment to negatively affect people of color’s academic performance ...