Bats (Order Chiroptera) are a highly diverse and ecologically important group of mammals recognized for their unique biological traits and increasing relevance to infecti[...]

Lymphoproliferative disease virus (LPDV) is an oncogenic retrovirus first described in domestic turkeys in the 1970s. In 2009, a wild turkey from Arkansas with lymphoma w[...]

Reference intervals for mast cell (MC) counts in popliteal lymph node (LN) aspirates of 30 healthy dogs were established by evaluating the total MCs counted in 20 fields,[...]

The goals of this study were to 1) demonstrate that the MTA rat mammary adenocarcinoma cell line is nonresponsive to treatment with the bisphosphonate risedronate and 2) [...]

Heterozygous deficiency in the Pax6 gene results in the analogous condition of aniridia in humans and small eye (Sey) in mice. The underlying pathogenesis is incompletel[...]

Although cytauxzoonosis has historically been nearly 100% fatal in domestic cats, increasing numbers of reports of infected cats demonstrating less severe disease suggest[...]

Among the Burkholderia genus, Burkholderia mallei (Bm) and Burkholderia pseudomallei (Bp) represent pathogens capable of causing fatal infections in animals and humans. D[...]

Fluoroquinolone antimicrobials are a fluorinated, synthetic group of broad-based antibiotics that share a common mechanism of inhibiting bacterial deoxyribonucleic acid ([...]

Equine fungal keratitis (EFK) is among the most frequently reported equine ocular diseases. In humans and laboratory animals, neutrophil infiltration secondary to ocular [...]

Newcastle disease virus (NDV) isolates vary greatly in virulence and pathogenicity depending on several factors including the host species and the infecting virus strain.[...]

Hemorrhagic disease (HD) is the most significant infectious disease of white-tailed deer (WTD) in the southeastern USA. Acute fatal HD is most often associated with north[...]

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are a group of neurodegenerative diseases occurring in humans, cattle, and sheep. Conversion of the normal, host-encoded [...]

Astroviruses are small, non-enveloped, single stranded RNA viruses known to be one of the leading causes of acute gastroenteritis world wide. Our understanding of astrovi[...]

Rabies virus (RV) nucleoprotein (N) is a multifunctional protein that plays a central role in viral RNA transcription and replication. Its functions require interactions [...]

Rabies is one of the most important diseases. Once clinical signs develop, rabies is almost always fatal. More than 55,000 people die of rabies and millions more receive [...]

The rupture of chicken gastrocnemius tendon poses a serious problem for the poultry industry. The cause of tendon rupture is unclear, virus infections, extreme environmen[...]

Cerebellar cortical degeneration with primary Purkinje cell degeneration is common in dogs. However, primary granule cell degeneration without the Purkinje cell loss is e[...]

Proventriculitis in broilers causes carcass condemnation because of contamination when swollen proventriculi tear during evisceration. Although the cause of proventriculi[...]

Fibropapillomatosis (FP) is an infectious, neoplastic disease of sea turtles in circumtropical coastal ocean waters worldwide. FP tumors can cause debilitation by hamperi[...]

Growth parameters of low pathogenicity avian influenza viruses were examined in eight cell cultures and in three types of avian embryos. Virus detection was compared for [...]

Branchellion torpedinis is a marine leech that exclusively parasitizes elasmobranchs. The purpose of this project was to explore the pathogenic relationship between this[...]

In ovo vaccination has been used commercially for over 20 years to control avian diseases due to its significant advantages over conventional vaccination. The advantages[...]

Squamous cell carcinoma is the most prevalent tumor of the eye and adnexa in the horse. The first part of this study revealed retrospectively that ocular squamous cell ca[...]

Aleutian mink disease parvovirus (ADV) is a naturally occurring, autonomous parvovirus that is capable of infecting some members of the Mustelidae family. Although this [...]