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School Of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences: 2010 Annual Report

Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences -- Department Information and History

On September 4, 2009, The Department of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences was renamed the School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. The School is informally organized into six functional areas: • Undergraduate Teaching • Research and Graduate Studies • Extension • Veterinary Diagnostic Center (VDC) • Great Plains Veterinary Educational Center (GPVEC) • Professional Program in Veterinary Medicine (PPVM) While teaching and research activities bridge the entire faculty, subsets of the faculty are primarily involved with one area, i.e., the undergraduate program, the research and graduate program, the veterinary medical students clinical teaching at the GPVEC, the pre-clinical teaching …

Survey Of Biosecurity Practices Utilized By Veterinarians Working With Farm Animal Species, David E. Anderson

David Edgar Anderson, DVM, MS, DACVS

Biosecurity programs can be discussed from many perspectives. In many cases, biosecurity may be regulated state or federal programs with law enforcement - the goals of which are to protect the "national" livestock resources and protect consumer interests. Alternatively, these programs may be producer level programs that are voluntarily established for protection of personal livestock investments. A core principle in the definition of "biosecurity" is the desire to prevent the introduction of disease. When infectious disease is present on a farm or in a region, the term "biocontainment" may be used to describe programs aimed at confinement of the diseases …

Farm Focus - Spring 2010, Brian K. Whitlock, Matt Welborn, Maria Prado, Amy Plummer

Brian K Whitlock, PhD, DVM, DACT

No abstract provided.

Valores Hematológicos En Yeguas Paso Fino Colombiano Y Sus Variaciones Con Ejercicio, En Los Municipios De Tabio Y Cajicá Cundinamarca, Diego Alejandro Bohorquez, Nestor Javier Duque

Medicina Veterinaria

Esta investigación tuvo como objetivo estudiar la variación en el conteo de eritrocitos, hematocrito (Hto), hemoglobina (Hb), volumen corpuscular medio (VCM), hemoglobina corpuscular media (HCM) y concentración de hemoglobina corpuscular media (CHCM) en el que se utilizaron 16 yeguas paso fino colombiano divididas en dos grupos etarios (3 a 5 años y 5 a 7 años) a las cuales se les tomaron muestras sanguíneas pre y pos- ejercicio en los municipios de Cajica y Tabio Cundinamarca. Como metodología se tomaron muestras sanguíneas directamente de la vena yugular de los equinos, sometidos a ejercicio monitorizado y cronometrado (15 minutos) en 3 …

Actualidad Sobre La Congelación De Semen Equino Y Análisis De Nuevas Propuestas En La Composición De Los Diluyentes. Reporte De Caso. Artritis Séptica En Potros, Janine Wernli Rivera

Medicina Veterinaria

Una de las principales afecciones que se presentan en potros en el periparto es la artritis séptica, como consecuencia de una afección primaria previamente adquirida principalmente originada por bacteremias o septicemias y desencadenada por una falla en la trasferencia de inmunidad pasiva, comprometiendo uno o varios miembros y según la localización y el grado de compromiso de la articulación pueden desencadenar un proceso irreversible, no solo a nivel articular y óseo, sino también sistémico. Los agentes primarios responsables de este tipo de afecciones descritos por diversos autores son: Echerichia Coli, Salmonella sp, Streptococos sp, y Klebsiella, entre otros, como los …

Estudio Retrospectivo De Cultivos Endometriales Determinando Los Agentes Bacterianos Y Su Resistencia O Sensibilidad A Un Grupo De Antimicrobianos En Yeguas, Alejandro Acosta Urrea, Andrés Eduardo Álvarez Rivera

Medicina Veterinaria

Este estudio, busca determinar diferentes agentes bacterianos presentes en los cultivos endometriales de las yeguas y evaluar su resistencia o sensibilidad frente a la Penicilina, Ampicilina, Amoxicilina, Gentamicina, Ceftiofur Sódico, Sulfa Trimetropin y Enrofloxacina en los años 2007, 2008, 2009. El estudio se realizo en el Criadero PAUL SCHOCKEMÖLE; en Alemania, en los años 2007, 2008, 2009. Se recopiló una base de datos de los cultivos endometriales y esta información se organizó por número de cultivos, fecha de toma de las muestras, número de las yeguas, actividad reproductiva, positividad o negatividad de crecimiento bacteriano en los cultivos, diferenciación bacteriana y …

Isolation And Cultivation Of Equine Corneal Keratocytes, Fibroblasts And Myofibroblasts, Dylan G. Buss, Elizabeth A. Giuliano, Ajay Sharma, Rajiv R. Mohan

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

Objective—To establish an in vitro model for the investigation of equine corneal wound healing. To accomplish this goal, a protocol to isolate and culture equine corneal keratocytes, fibroblasts and myofibroblasts was developed.

Animal material—Equine corneal buttons were aseptically harvested from healthy research horses undergoing humane euthanasia for reasons unrelated to this study. Slit-lamp biomicroscopy was performed prior to euthanasia by a board-certified veterinary ophthalmologist to ensure that all samples were harvested from horses free of anterior segment disease.

Procedure—Equine corneal stroma was isolated using mechanical techniques and stromal subsections were then cultured. Customized media at different culture conditions was used …

Gene Delivery In The Equine Cornea: A Novel Therapeutic Strategy, Dylan G. Buss, Ajay Sharma, Elizabeth A. Giuliano, Rajiv R. Mohan

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

Objective—To determine if hybrid adeno-associated virus serotype 2/5 (AAV5) vector can effectively deliver foreign genes into the equine cornea without causing adverse side effects. The aims of this study were to: (i) evaluate efficacy of AAV5 to deliver therapeutic genes into equine corneal fibroblasts (ECFs) using enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) marker gene and (ii) establish the safety of AAV5 vector for equine corneal gene therapy.

Animal Material—Primary ECF cultures were harvested from healthy donor equine corneas. Cultures were maintained at 370C in humidified atmosphere with 5% CO2.

Procedure—AAV5 vector expressing EGFP under control of hybrid cytomegalovirus (CMV) + chicken …