College of Veterinary Medicine

J Paramyxovirus (JPV) was first isolated from moribund mice with hemorrhagic lung lesions in Australia in 1972. JPV is a paramyxovirus with a non-segmented, negative-stra[...]

SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL (SMC) PROLIFERATION AND DIFFERENTIATION CONTRIBUTES TO SEVERAL VASCULAR DISEASES, SUCH AS ATHEROSCLEROSIS, POST-TRANSPLANT VASCULOPATHY, RESTENOSIS AFT[...]

Smooth muscle cell (SMC) differentiation is an important process during vasculogenesis and angiogenesis. However, molecular mechanisms controlling VSMC differentiation ar[...]

Marburgviruses and ebolaviruses (Filoviridae) cause sporadic outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever in humans and nonhuman primates. Filoviruses are significant because of rapid [...]

Inflammation has been implicated in the pathophysiology of metabolic syndrome and several neurological disorders; evidence is also mounting for long-term aftereffects of [...]

Soft-shell clams, Mya arenaria, a commercially harvested and once economically important species in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay, have experienced a dramatic and persistent [...]

Screening of monoclonal antibodies for binding specificity and selectivity has been attempted using multiple methods. Flow cytometric analysis is rapid and non-subjectiv[...]

The Mongolian jird (Meriones unguiculatus) is the preferred rodent model for large scale production of Brugia pahangi parasites. When the jird is inoculated intraperiton[...]

Influenza A viruses (FLUAV) have a wide host range. While its natural hosts are considered to be aquatic bird of the genus Anseriformes and Charadriiformes, including duc[...]

Avian reoviruses (ARVs) and fowl adenoviruses (FAdVs) are ubiquitous, variably pathogenic viruses that are responsible for several economically costly diseases in commerc[...]

Infectious bursal disease (IBD) is caused by infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV), a non-enveloped, double-stranded ribonucleic acid virus in the family Birnaviridae. I[...]

Canine heartworm disease is caused by the filarial nematode Dirofilaria immitis, which has been found on all continents except Antarctica. The endosymbiont of several fil[...]

Bronchopneumonia caused by Rhodococcus equi (R. equi) occurs in a narrow age window in foals. On farms endemic for R. equi pneumonia, individual responses to the bacteria[...]