Neutrophil function was evaluated in vitro 24 and 48 hours after administration of a single IV dose of dexamethasone sodium phosphate (0.088 mg/kg) to adult horses. Neutrophils were separated from whole blood using a ...

Studies of the regulatory idiotypic network have routinely assayed idiotypic (Ab1) and anti-idiotypic (Ab2) levels in the immune response. This work is a follow up of a previous study in which Ab1 and Ab2 responses to the ...

The emergence of several diseases affecting amphibian populations worldwide has prompted investigations into factors that determine the distribution and abundance of parasites in frogs. Environmental and land use determinants ...

Molecular diagnostic tests to detect ovine lentivirus (OLV) infected sheep were developed and validated and then applied to study the epidemiology and production impacts of natural OLV infection in flocks at the U.S. Meat ...

Canine central nervous system tumors can develop deeply within the brain parenchyma, precluding surgical resection and limiting therapeutic options. PAC-1 is a novel, blood-brain barrier penetrant, pro-apoptotic small ...

In summary, this work provides information to understand the isoprenoid pathway in T. gondii by isolation and characterization of an important enzyme in the pathway, TgFGGPS. Identification of TgFGGPS as the molecular ...

Temperature is the only environmental stimulus currently known to affect K1 capsule expression. Capsule is maximally expressed at body temperature (37$\sp\circ$C or 98.6$\sp\circ$F), but is turned off at temperatures ...

Additional studies identified phenotypic-specific effects of QTL on AOD. Interaction analysis showed that multiple loci may affect a particular phenotype including loci linked to other phenotypes and suggested that some ...

Phosphorylation of proteins at tyrosine is an important mechanism for regulating cell growth and proliferation in metazoan organisms. This phosphorylation is conducted by a tyrosine-specific protein kinase. The activation ...

Rotaviruses are the most common agents of viral diarrhea in the young of many species, including piglets. A virus-host cell binding assay was developed and used to investigate specific binding between Group A porcine ...