Browsing Electronic Dissertations and Theses - Veterinary Medicine by Title
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Mechanism of action of an Enterobacter probiotic on Flavobacterium psychrophilum
(2015)Flavobacterium psychrophilum is a Gram-negative, filamentous bacterium that causes systemic Coldwater Disease (CWD) in multiple fish species including salmonids. CWD is one of the leading problems in the rainbow trout ... -
Molecular Mechanisms for Phosphoinositide Regulation of Cone Photoreceptor CNG Channel Gating
(2014)Photoreceptor cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels are critical for converting light inputs into electrical signals that are ultimately processed as visual information. However, it is not well understood how exactly ... -
MYCOPLASMA BOVIS ASSOCIATED DISEASES: MODELING STRESS AND ITS EFFECT ON BOVINE IMMUNE FUNCTION
(2017)Mycoplasma bovis associated diseases are newly emerging causing significant economic losses in the cattle industry. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the pathogenesis of M. bovis to develop new preventive methods ... -
Neural proliferation in the sensory ganglia following capsaicin-induced neuronal death
(2012)In the adult mammalian nervous system, new neurons are created by the process of neurogenesis in only two accepted regions, the subventricular and subgranular zones. However, we have reported that the number of neurons in ... -
Neutralizing antibody-mediated control of lentivirus infection
(2010)NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY-MEDIATED CONTROL OF LENTIVIRUS INFECTIONAbstractby Sandra D. Taylor, Ph.D.Washington State UniversityDecember 2010Chair: Robert H. MealeyVaccines preventing HIV-1 infection will likely elicit antibodies ... -
Phenazine-1-carboxylic acid-producing
(2012)Phenazine antibiotic-producing rhizobacterial strains belonging to the genus -
PHYSIOLOGICAL INTEGRATION OF SEASONAL AND DAILY CUES IN THE NORTH AMERICAN BROWN BEAR
(2012)Timekeeping enables organisms to accurately and reliably perform functions integral to survival, such as reproduction, migration, and hibernation. The grizzly bear (Ursos arctos horribilis) is a highly adaptable species ... -
Protective effects of an experimental sporozoite-based immunization strategy against Theileria equi
(2016)Theileria equi is a tick-transmitted apicomplexan hemoparasite parasite of equids with a worldwide distribution and a cause of equine piroplasmosis, a World Organization of Animal Health (OIE) reportable disease. Although ... -
RECTAL MICROBIOTA DYNAMICS IN PRE-WEANED DAIRY CALVES DEPENDING ON COLOSTRUM INTAKE, PRESENCE OF DIARRHEA AND ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT
(2015)The mammalian intestine microbial community carries out many functions contributing to host's defense from infectious diseases, nutrition, growth, immunodevelopment and immunomodulation. Several factors such as diet, age, ... -
REGULATION, FUNCTION AND POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF MICROCIN PDI FOR MEDICINE AND FOOD SAFTEY
(2018)Microcin PDI (mccPDI) is a class IIa microcin that is encoded as a five-locus genetic unit that is borne by a conjugative plasmid. The microcin was first discovered in Escherichia coli strains 25 and 264 (cattle origin) ... -
RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA IN GERM CELLS IN IMPORTANT FOR MITOSIS OF SPERMATOGONIA, SPERMATOGONIAL DIFFERENTIATION AND MEIOSIS
(2013)Spermatogenesis is governed by vitamin A, as shown by vitamin A deficient (VAD) testes, which lack advanced germ cells. Vitamin A signaling is mediated by retinoid receptors. There are two families of retinoid receptors, ... -
RETINOIC ACID SYNTHESIS AND DEGRADATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR PROPER GERM CELL DEVELOPMENT
(2015)Spermatogenesis is absolutely essential for mammalian reproduction. This highly organized and tightly controlled process is regulated, in part, by retinoic acid (RA). This essential molecule plays key roles in many aspects ... -
ROLE OF LEPTIN IN HIPPOCAMPAL SYNAPTOGENESIS
(2012)Leptin is a key regulator of food intake and energy homeostasis. In the brain, the hypothalamus is considered the primary site for leptin activity and its effects on feeding. However, leptin has been shown to affect ... -
ROLE OF THE C-TERMINAL REGION OF CARDIAC TROPONIN I IN THIN FILAMENT REGULATION
(2013)Abnormal contraction and/or relaxation of cardiac muscle can cause heart diseases, heart failure, or even death. Contractile behavior of cardiac muscle is regulated by a series of Ca -
Role of the N-terminal region of troponin T in cardiac muscle contractile activation
(2013)Cardiac muscle contraction is the result of coordinated interactions between the contractile regulatory proteins of the thick and thin filaments, and a detailed understanding of how they interact is central to advancing ... -
SALMONELLA AND ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE IN HUMANS, LIVESTOCK AND WILD BIRDS
(2014)Salmonella are Gram negative bacteria that are classified into over 2600 serovars. The serovars that cause typhoid fever are restricted to humans, whereas non-typhoidal Salmonella serovars (NTS) infect multiple hosts ... -
Sex-specific differences in human meiotic recombination: A cytogenetic analysis of early meiotic events
(2014)In humans, a striking 20-30% of all pregnancies are aneuploid and, of these, 95% result from missegregation during maternal meiosis. To date the only molecular mechanism associated with human aneuploidy is errors in ... -
SLEEP DISTURBANCES AFTER CHRONIC ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION: HOMEOSTATIC DYSREGULATION OR CIRCADIAN DESYNCHRONY?
(2016)Chronic alcohol use often leads to sleep disturbances such as insomnia and sleep fragmen¬ta¬¬tion, but the underlying mecha¬nisms are not fully understood. Sleep is regulated by two main processes: a homeo¬static process ... -
STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ANAPLASMA MARGINALE ANTIGENICALLY VARIANT MSP2 PROTEIN
(2016)Antigenic variation allows pathogens to escape host immune responses and establish persistent infection. Anaplasma marginale uses gene conversion from a genomic allelic repertoire to generate msp2 expression site variants. ...