Five-week-old birds of resistant (N) and susceptible (P) genetic lines were inoculated with the JM strain of Marek's disease (MD) virus. MD occurred only in P-line birds; one-third had died by the end of the experiment (63 days after inoculation). Sera were examined for antibodies (precipitating, virus neutralizing,and fluorescing), and immunoglobulins were measured. Antibodies were associated ...

Fifteen weaned calves (age 89-141 days) were treated with dexamethasone (0.25 mg/kg, IV) for 3 days before, the day of, and the day after inoculation with 10 colony-forming units of either Escherichia coli O157:H7 (strain 86-24, which produces Shiga toxin 2 and intimin; n = 13) or nonpathogenic E. coli (strain 123, which does not produce Shiga toxin or intimin; n = 2). All calves were necropsie...

A mild strain of Papaya ringspot virus type W (PRSV-W), named PRSV-W-1, has proved to be very effective in the control of the disease in zucchini squash plants under greenhouse and field conditions. The aim of this work was to obtain additional information on the protection mechanism between PRSV-W-1 and a severe homologous strain (PRSV-W-C) in Cucurbita pepo L. cv. Caserta. Protective inoculat...

SETTING White-tailed deer represent the first wildlife reservoir of Mycobacterium bovis in the United States. The behavior of does with nursing fawns provides several potential mechanisms for disease transmission. Little information exists concerning transmission between doe and fawn, specifically transmammary transmission. OBJECTIVE Determine if fawns can become infected by ingestion of milk...

PURPOSE Locoregional radioimmunotherapy of i.p. tumor cell dissemination of diffuse-type gastric cancer using the alpha-emitter 213Bi displayed good therapeutic results after a single application depending on the time interval between tumor cell inoculation and injection of the 213Bi-immunoconjugate. The aim of the present study was to compare single versus double i.p. injection of a tumor-spec...

The virucidal effect of pH and salinity on Penaeus monodon baculovirus (MBV) was investigated by water borne inoculated methods exposing PL12 Penaeus semisulcatus for 10 hours and observing for 10 days at temperature 28- 30°C. For this purpose, one thousand virus free PL12 of P. semisulcatus were divided into five groups and each group placed in a 10 L plastic basin containing chlorine-trea...

Objective: The present study was carried out to isolate and identify L. acidophilus and to compare the effect of inoculation methods and cultivation conditions on the yield of the bacteria. Methods: Probiotic Lactobacillus strain was isolated from a commercial yogurt and the characterization of the bacteria was performed using gram stain, motility, catalase, biochemical tests and morphological ...

BACKGROUND In this study the concentration of lysozyme in blood plasma of Microtus agrestis, Clethrinomys glareolus, Apodemus sylvaticus, BK rats and outbred white mice before and after infection with culture forms of Trypanosoma microti, T, evotomys, T. grosi, T. lewisi and T. musculi respectively was measured. METHODS Blood samples of rodents, Microtus agrestis, Clethrionomys glareolus, Apo...

Combination chemotherapy with 1-(4-amino-2-methyl-5-pyrimidinyl)methyl-3-(2-chloroethyl)-3-nitrosourea hydrochloride (ACNU) and bleomycin (BLM) was evaluated using an experimental model of meningeal carcinomatosis induced in Sprague-Dawley rats by intracisternal inoculation of 1 X 10(4) Walker 256 tumor cells. Tumor-bearing animals were treated by i.v. administration of cyclophosphamide, BLM, A...

The objective of this work was to develop and to evaluate adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference systems as methodology to describe the severity of soybean rust (Phakopsora pachyrhizi) monocyclic process in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.], under effects of leaf wetness, temperature, and days after fungi inoculation. The experiment was conducted in growth chambers with mean air temperatures of 15, 20, ...