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Feline Lentivirus: Molecular Analysis And Epidemiology In Southern African Lions, Hayley Rebecca Adams
Feline Lentivirus: Molecular Analysis And Epidemiology In Southern African Lions, Hayley Rebecca Adams
Doctoral Dissertations
Feline immunodeficiency virus is a retrovirus of domestic cats causing significant lifelong infection. Infection has also been detected in nondomestic species, including African lions. It is endemic in certain populations in east and southern Africa. Infection leads to immunologic dysfunction and immunosuppressive disease in domestic cats; however, little research exists about the pathogenic effects of infection in lions and its epidemiological impact on free-ranging and captive populations. Little is known about the lentivirus in these populations at the molecular and host level. Analysis of the virus from these populations is necessary for development of detection assays that are both sensitive …
An Experimental Release Of Elk Into Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Jennifer Lynn Murrow
An Experimental Release Of Elk Into Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Jennifer Lynn Murrow
Doctoral Dissertations
I conducted 6 years of field work to evaluate the habitat use and population dynamics of an experimental release of elk (Cervus elaphus) into Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Park). Elk exhibited relatively small home ranges (female: 10.4 km2 and males: 22.4 km2) and movement distances decreased over time. I calculated survival rates (x = 0.73–0.93) and litter production rates (x = 0.73) for the population. To assess the potential for a long-term elk population, I incorporated those vital rates into the population modeling software Riskman and tested its sensitivity to any given …
Effects Of Egg Yolk Antibodies On Weanling Pigs Challenged With Pathogenic Salmonella Typhimurium, Sukanya Rattanatabtimtong
Effects Of Egg Yolk Antibodies On Weanling Pigs Challenged With Pathogenic Salmonella Typhimurium, Sukanya Rattanatabtimtong
Doctoral Dissertations
An experiment was conducted to determine effects of anti-Salmonella egg yolk antibodies (ASEYA) on shedding and antibiotic resistance of Salmonella enterica Typhimurium and E. coli, growth performance and immunological parameters. Weaned pigs in two replicate trials (n = 132) were randomly assigned to six dietary treatments, including a control diet without additives, apramycin followed by carbadox, oxytetracycline (OXY), egg yolk powder containing ASEYA, egg yolk powder lacking ASEYA, or spray dried plasma protein (SDPP). Treatments were given to pigs on day 3 of the trial and all pigs were intranasally and orally challenged with Salmonella Typhimurium containing a …