Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1992. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 76-85). Also available via the Internet.

Inaug.-diss.-Bern. / "Sonderabdruck aus dem Archiv für wissensch u. prakt. tierheilkunde. 1908. bd, 34." Literaturverzeichnis": p. 25.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1975. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 77).

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005. / On t.p. "alpha" appears as the Greek letter. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 69-71).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005. / On t.p. "alpha" appears as the Greek letter. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 69-71). Also available online (PDF file) by a subscription to the set or by purchasing the individual file.

Tobacco necrosis virus (TNV) interfered with cucumber necrosis virus (CNV) replication in mixed infections. TNV inhibited both the initiation of CNV infections and subsequent CNV multiplication. Evidence of interference was found in qualitative evaluations of symptoms on a wide host range and by quantitative evaluations (lesion counts and incidence of systemic symptoms) on cucumber, cowpea, and bean. Fresh weight measurements similarly indicated antagonism in mixed infections. Some evidence of CNV interfering with TNV replication was found, in the form of a reduction in the occurrence of systemic symptoms. Photometric scanning of sucrose density gradient columns after centrifugation revealed that in mixed infections CNV reached only half the concentration attained in single infections while TNV was unaffected or even very slightly increased in concentration. This interference continued even when high temperatures greatly limited TNV replication. Only at 3° C, where its replication was barely detectable, did TNV have no effect on the CNV concentration attained. CNV did not significantly aid TNV replication at any temperature. In serial passage of mixed infections TNV quickly gained in concentration relative to CNV. Although CNV and TNV symptoms could not readily be distinguished from one another on most hosts, Phaseolus vulgaris var. Topcrop kept at 23 C and Chenopodium capitaturn kept at 18 C were established as reliable indicators of CNV and TNV respectively. One preparation from doubly infected tissue showed evidence of possible phenotypic mixing based on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and on reactions with antisera, although this could not be confirmed by infectivity tests. Through use of the antigen-antibody neutralization test, another virus preparation from doubly infected tissue gave evidence of possible genomic masking of TNV RNA in CNV coat protein. No evidence of possible genomic masking in the opposite direction was found. / Land and Food Systems, Faculty of / Graduate

Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document / Canine babesiosis, caused by the tick-borne protozoan Babesia canis rossi, is an economically important and potentially fatal disease of dogs in South Africa. The host's response to many infectious diseases is mediated (at least in part) by intercellular messengers called cytokines. One of the most important cytokines released is tumour necrosis factor (TNF). A study was designed to measure serum concentrations of TNF in dogs naturally infected with canine babesiosis and to relate TNF concentrations to clinical severity, mortality, rectal temperature and parasitaemia. There was a statistically significant difference in TNF concentrations between groups of differing disease severity, with a general trend of increasing mean 10g(TNF) with increasing severity of disease. A noteworthy finding was that dogs with hypoglycaemia had very high TNF (mean 15.03 nglml compared to a mean of 2.32 nglml for other sick dogs without hypoglycaemia). When TNF values were compared between survival and non-survival groups, there was no significant difference. The rectal temperature of the dogs in this study did not show any statistically significant association with TNF concentrations. When parasitaemia and TNF were examined within groups of infected dogs, there was no significant relationship. However, when the sample size was increased by pooling all infected dogs and treating them as a single group, there was a highly significant positive correlation (p = 0.003) between parasitaemia and serum TNF concentrations. The results ofthis study were encouraging and indicate that canine babesiosis may share a similar pathophysiology with human malaria in terms ofTNF being associated with disease severity. One ofthe most significant findings in this study was the presence ofvery high TNF values in two ofthree dogs with hypoglycaemia. Hypoglycaemia has not been previously recorded in dogs with babesiosis and is a potentially important finding particularly in view ofthe hypoglycaemia associated with malaria in humans. Malarial hypoglycaemia is correlated with a higher mortality in humans, especially in pregnant women and children. If the findings ofthis study can be Vl confinned and expanded, they may lend further support to the use of canine babesiosis as a model for some ofthe problems encountered in human malaria research. / Dissertation (MMed Vet (Med))--University of Pretoria, 2001. / Companion Animal Clinical Studies / unrestricted

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