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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Early Veterinary Activities at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1870s - 1920s; The Rise and Fall of Virginia's State-Controlled Veterinary Complex

Chapman, Jill Lee 18 December 2006 (has links)
Veterinary activities at VPI between 1872 and 1959 established the Blacksburg institution as the center of Virginia's veterinary education long before the opening of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in 1980. This thesis traces the lineage of VPI's veterinary medicine program back to the inception of the institution, locates VPI's contribution to veterinary medicine within the State of Virginia and nationally, and puts all these developments within the general historical context of the role of land-grant agricultural colleges in the development of veterinary medicine. The organization of veterinary activities of the state of Virginia took the form of a veterinary complex, its four main components of education, research, dissemination of veterinary knowledge, and prevention and control of livestock disease located in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries on the VPI campus in Blacksburg. This complex--taken as a whole--functioned as the primary actor in the veterinary network in Virginia--along with other veterinary institutions and offices that existed off- campus. The neglected history of early veterinary research and education in Virginia is important, because it clearly establishes these early veterinary activities at VPI as laying the groundwork for the establishment of the VMRCVM in 1980 and it shows why the VMRCVM was established at VPI (now referred to as Virginia Tech). / Master of Science
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Resposta sorológica em bovinos vacinados contra o carbúnculo sintomático /

Lopes, Bruna Pereira. January 2005 (has links)
Orientador: Iveraldo dos Santos Dutra / Banca: Samir Issa Samara / Banca: Silvio Arruda Vasconcellos / Resumo: O Clostridium chauvoei é o agente causador do carbúnculo sintomático, doença que acomete bovinos e ovinos. É um dos principais problemas sanitários que ocorre nos rebanhos pecuários em todo o mundo. A vacinação dos animais jovens é a medida profilática indicada, visto que esta medida preventiva nos sistemas de produção é de extrema importância econômica e reconhecida pelos produtores, mesmo sendo de aplicação voluntária. Três grupos de bovinos, contendo 20 animais em cada grupo, foram vacinados com três vacinas comerciais contra o carbúnculo sintomático para a avaliação sorológica dos mesmos por meio do teste de aglutinação rápida em placa. Os animais foram vacinados no dia 0, e o reforço vacinal foi realizado 30 dias após a primeira dose. Após 21 dias do reforço, o sangue foi coletado da veia jugular, e o soro foi obtido a temperatura ambiente quando ocorreu a coagulação sanguínea e separação do soro. Foi comparada a resposta de indução de anticorpos nos grupos de animais reagentes a esse teste com antígenos obtidos de duas cepas, uma de referência (MT) do Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA) e outra cepa de campo. Os resultados demonstraram que a resposta dos animais imunizados frente à cepa de referência foi satisfatória, não existindo diferença entre as três vacinas testadas. No entanto, quando este mesmo teste foi realizado com antígenos produzidos com a cepa de campo identificada por PCR, verificou-se a ausência de anticorpos aglutinantes na maioria dos bovinos avaliados. Na análise estatística ficou comprovado que existem diferenças significativas nos resultados dos testes de aglutinação rápida em placa quando se utilizam cepas distintas de Clostridium chauvoei, provavelmente em decorrência de diferenças antigênicas existentes entre as cepas. / Abstract: The Clostridium chauvoei is the agent which causes black leg, a disease that attacks the bovine and ovine. It is one of the main sanitary problems that occur with cattle-raising flocks in the world. The vaccination of young animals is the best prevention measure in production systems and is of extreme economic importance and is recognized by producers even if the application is voluntary. Three bovine groups, containing 20 animals each group, were vaccinated using three commercial vaccines against the black leg, for evaluation of bovine serological by tests of plate agglutination. The cattle were treated on day 0 and another dose was given on day 30. After 21 days, the blood was colleted of jugular vein and serum was obtained at 25°C, by blood coagulation. The comparison was made by detection of antibodies response between the animals that react to the test with antigens obtained from two strains which were used, one referred (MT) as Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA) and another strain isolated from the field cases. The results determined that the response of the immunized animals faced by the referred strain was satisfactory with non-existing differences between the three tested vaccines. However, when the same test was conducted with antigens obtained from the field strain identified by PCR, it was verified the absence of agglutinating antibodies agglutinants in the majority of the bovines evaluated. In the statistics analysis were confirmed that significant differences were obtained in the agglutination plate test when different strains of Clostridium chauvoei were used, maybe because of the occurrence of antigenic difference, between the two strains tested. / Mestre
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Resposta sorológica em bovinos vacinados contra o carbúnculo sintomático

Lopes, Bruna Pereira [UNESP] 05 August 2005 (has links) (PDF)
Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:27:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2005-08-05Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:35:31Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 lopes_bp_me_jabo.pdf: 2441029 bytes, checksum: 9d91faa58722dae99b55f32ecfbd0b52 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / O Clostridium chauvoei é o agente causador do carbúnculo sintomático, doença que acomete bovinos e ovinos. É um dos principais problemas sanitários que ocorre nos rebanhos pecuários em todo o mundo. A vacinação dos animais jovens é a medida profilática indicada, visto que esta medida preventiva nos sistemas de produção é de extrema importância econômica e reconhecida pelos produtores, mesmo sendo de aplicação voluntária. Três grupos de bovinos, contendo 20 animais em cada grupo, foram vacinados com três vacinas comerciais contra o carbúnculo sintomático para a avaliação sorológica dos mesmos por meio do teste de aglutinação rápida em placa. Os animais foram vacinados no dia 0, e o reforço vacinal foi realizado 30 dias após a primeira dose. Após 21 dias do reforço, o sangue foi coletado da veia jugular, e o soro foi obtido a temperatura ambiente quando ocorreu a coagulação sanguínea e separação do soro. Foi comparada a resposta de indução de anticorpos nos grupos de animais reagentes a esse teste com antígenos obtidos de duas cepas, uma de referência (MT) do Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA) e outra cepa de campo. Os resultados demonstraram que a resposta dos animais imunizados frente à cepa de referência foi satisfatória, não existindo diferença entre as três vacinas testadas. No entanto, quando este mesmo teste foi realizado com antígenos produzidos com a cepa de campo identificada por PCR, verificou-se a ausência de anticorpos aglutinantes na maioria dos bovinos avaliados. Na análise estatística ficou comprovado que existem diferenças significativas nos resultados dos testes de aglutinação rápida em placa quando se utilizam cepas distintas de Clostridium chauvoei, provavelmente em decorrência de diferenças antigênicas existentes entre as cepas. / The Clostridium chauvoei is the agent which causes black leg, a disease that attacks the bovine and ovine. It is one of the main sanitary problems that occur with cattle-raising flocks in the world. The vaccination of young animals is the best prevention measure in production systems and is of extreme economic importance and is recognized by producers even if the application is voluntary. Three bovine groups, containing 20 animals each group, were vaccinated using three commercial vaccines against the black leg, for evaluation of bovine serological by tests of plate agglutination. The cattle were treated on day 0 and another dose was given on day 30. After 21 days, the blood was colleted of jugular vein and serum was obtained at 25°C, by blood coagulation. The comparison was made by detection of antibodies response between the animals that react to the test with antigens obtained from two strains which were used, one referred (MT) as Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA) and another strain isolated from the field cases. The results determined that the response of the immunized animals faced by the referred strain was satisfactory with non-existing differences between the three tested vaccines. However, when the same test was conducted with antigens obtained from the field strain identified by PCR, it was verified the absence of agglutinating antibodies agglutinants in the majority of the bovines evaluated. In the statistics analysis were confirmed that significant differences were obtained in the agglutination plate test when different strains of Clostridium chauvoei were used, maybe because of the occurrence of antigenic difference, between the two strains tested.
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Identification of the Causal Agent of Bacterial Soft Rot of Potato and its Management in Bangladesh

Elahi, Ferdous- E - 11 September 2018 (has links)
No description available.
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Resposta sorológica de bovinos vacinados contra o Clostridium chauvoei avaliada pelos testes de aglutinação em placa e Elisa /

Araujo, Rafael Ferreira. January 2009 (has links)
Orientador: Iveraldo dos Santos Dutra / Banca: Samir Issa Samara / Banca: Vera Cláudia Lorenzetti Magalhães Curci / Resumo: O carbúnculo sintomático é um problema sanitário mundial, responsável por elevados coeficientes de mortalidade em bovinos e ovinos. A imunização dos animais jovens, seguida de reforço anual até 2,5 anos de idade, é a principal medida profilática. Foram realizados três experimentos distintos com intuito de avaliar as respostas sorológicas de bovinos vacinados contra o carbúnculo sintomático, pelos testes de aglutinação em placa e Elisa, empregando-se como antígenos a cepa de referência (MT) e uma cepa de campo (SP). No primeiro experimento, os bezerros foram organizados em três grupos (G1, G2 e G3) e submetidos a três protocolos distintos de vacinação empregando-se uma vacina comercial polivalente contra clostridioses. O G1 foi primovacinado aos 4 meses de idade e recebeu o reforço na desmama (8 meses). O G2 recebeu a primeira dose na desmama e reforço 30 dias após. O G3 foi vacinado somente na desmama. As coletas de soro foram realizas aos 4, 8, 9 e 10 meses de idade dos bezerros. O G1 apresentou a melhor resposta sorológica em comparação aos outros dois protocolos. Quando a avaliação dos grupos foi realizada aos 10 meses de idade, independente do protocolo empregado, a resposta sorológica foi similar. No segundo experimento, foi avaliada a imunidade natural passiva de bezerros, filhos de vacas vacinadas até 30 dias antes do parto (2ª dose), empregando-se duas vacinas comercias polivalente contra clostridioses. As coletas de soro foram realizadas aos (±)7, 45 e 90 dias de idade dos bezerros. Independente das vacinas empregadas na imunização ativa das mães, a resposta sorológica passiva dos bezerros avaliados foi similar até os 3 meses de idade. Houve uma correlação linear da resposta sorológica passiva dos bezerros com a data de vacinação das mães e o dia do parto quando empregado o teste de Elisa. No terceiro experimento, as 30 vacas... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Black leg disease is one of the most important sanitary problem, responsible for high levels of mortality observed in bovines and ovines herds. The vaccination of young animals, followed by annual booter until 2,5 years-old, is the major preventive measure against outbreaks. Three distinct experiments were conducted to measure the vaccinal response from bovines. The vaccinal strains used were the reference MT and field Clostridium chauvoei isolated. Sera from vaccinated animals were tested by agglutination and Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (Elisa), both standardized for the present study. First experiment, calves were divided into three groups (G1, G2 and G3); and submitted to three vaccination schedule with a polyvalent vaccine. The G1 received first vaccine at 4 months of age and a subsequent booster after calving (8 month-old). The G2 received first vaccine dose after calving and booster at 30 days after. The G3 received only one vaccine dose at 8 months. The sera were colleted at 4, 8, 9 and 10 months for all groups studied. The G1 group showed the best serological response at 10 months of age in comparison to G2 e G3 and control. Moreover, at 10 months of age all groups presented similar levels of serological response. The second experiment, the natural immunity of calves, separated from their mothers vaccinated 30 days before calving with two polyvalent vaccines. The respective serum was colleted at (±) 7, 45 and 90 days of age. All calves presented similar serological response at 3 months of age, independent of vaccinal strain used. The third experiment, 30 heifers, Nelore race, aged above 4 years-old, without vaccination against black leg, were vaccinated with two Clostridium strains. When the SP strain was used the serological response was considered good in G3 (first experiment), second and third experiment for agglutination assay. To compare both techniques, agglutination... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre
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Resposta sorológica de bovinos vacinados contra o Clostridium chauvoei avaliada pelos testes de aglutinação em placa e Elisa

Araujo, Rafael Ferreira [UNESP] 19 February 2009 (has links) (PDF)
Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:27:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-02-19Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:48:02Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 araujo_rf_me_jabo.pdf: 248554 bytes, checksum: e7d4bd27c73efa391fb0fac3082dd622 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / O carbúnculo sintomático é um problema sanitário mundial, responsável por elevados coeficientes de mortalidade em bovinos e ovinos. A imunização dos animais jovens, seguida de reforço anual até 2,5 anos de idade, é a principal medida profilática. Foram realizados três experimentos distintos com intuito de avaliar as respostas sorológicas de bovinos vacinados contra o carbúnculo sintomático, pelos testes de aglutinação em placa e Elisa, empregando-se como antígenos a cepa de referência (MT) e uma cepa de campo (SP). No primeiro experimento, os bezerros foram organizados em três grupos (G1, G2 e G3) e submetidos a três protocolos distintos de vacinação empregando-se uma vacina comercial polivalente contra clostridioses. O G1 foi primovacinado aos 4 meses de idade e recebeu o reforço na desmama (8 meses). O G2 recebeu a primeira dose na desmama e reforço 30 dias após. O G3 foi vacinado somente na desmama. As coletas de soro foram realizas aos 4, 8, 9 e 10 meses de idade dos bezerros. O G1 apresentou a melhor resposta sorológica em comparação aos outros dois protocolos. Quando a avaliação dos grupos foi realizada aos 10 meses de idade, independente do protocolo empregado, a resposta sorológica foi similar. No segundo experimento, foi avaliada a imunidade natural passiva de bezerros, filhos de vacas vacinadas até 30 dias antes do parto (2ª dose), empregando-se duas vacinas comercias polivalente contra clostridioses. As coletas de soro foram realizadas aos (±)7, 45 e 90 dias de idade dos bezerros. Independente das vacinas empregadas na imunização ativa das mães, a resposta sorológica passiva dos bezerros avaliados foi similar até os 3 meses de idade. Houve uma correlação linear da resposta sorológica passiva dos bezerros com a data de vacinação das mães e o dia do parto quando empregado o teste de Elisa. No terceiro experimento, as 30 vacas... / Black leg disease is one of the most important sanitary problem, responsible for high levels of mortality observed in bovines and ovines herds. The vaccination of young animals, followed by annual booter until 2,5 years-old, is the major preventive measure against outbreaks. Three distinct experiments were conducted to measure the vaccinal response from bovines. The vaccinal strains used were the reference MT and field Clostridium chauvoei isolated. Sera from vaccinated animals were tested by agglutination and Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (Elisa), both standardized for the present study. First experiment, calves were divided into three groups (G1, G2 and G3); and submitted to three vaccination schedule with a polyvalent vaccine. The G1 received first vaccine at 4 months of age and a subsequent booster after calving (8 month-old). The G2 received first vaccine dose after calving and booster at 30 days after. The G3 received only one vaccine dose at 8 months. The sera were colleted at 4, 8, 9 and 10 months for all groups studied. The G1 group showed the best serological response at 10 months of age in comparison to G2 e G3 and control. Moreover, at 10 months of age all groups presented similar levels of serological response. The second experiment, the natural immunity of calves, separated from their mothers vaccinated 30 days before calving with two polyvalent vaccines. The respective serum was colleted at (±) 7, 45 and 90 days of age. All calves presented similar serological response at 3 months of age, independent of vaccinal strain used. The third experiment, 30 heifers, Nelore race, aged above 4 years-old, without vaccination against black leg, were vaccinated with two Clostridium strains. When the SP strain was used the serological response was considered good in G3 (first experiment), second and third experiment for agglutination assay. To compare both techniques, agglutination... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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Clostridioses em ruminantes na região sul do Rio Grande do Sul / Clostridial diseases in ruminants in southern Rio Grande do Sul

Quevedo, Pedro de Souza 20 December 2010 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2014-08-20T14:38:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao_pedro_quevedo.pdf: 852940 bytes, checksum: 646d10b8df90285825807c9a0da507ab (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-12-20 / A retrospective study of clostridial diagnosed in ruminants from 1978-2008 in southern Rio Grande do Sul, was conducted in the influence area of the Regional Diagnostic Laboratory of the Federal University of Pelotas. Out of 5.446 bovine specimens sent by practitioners or from necropsies performed 91 (1,67%) were diagnosed as clostridiosis. Of those, 30 (0.55%) were diagnosed as by black leg, 15 (0.27%) as bacillary hemoglobinuria, 9 (0.16%) as botulism, 9 (0.16%) as malignant edema, and 28 (0.51%) as tetanus. Out of 860 sheep specimens 49 (5.69%) were bacterial diseases and 14 (28,57%) of those were diagnosed as clostridiosis, being 10 (1.16%) cases of tetanus, 3 (0.34%) of malignant edema, and 1 (0.11%) %) of enterotoxemia. It was concluded that some clostridiosis cause important losses in livestock in Rio Grande do Sul, mainly black leg. The vaccination of young stock against black leg is recommended in the whole state. Vaccination against botulism is recommended in areas of native pastures where phosphorus deficieny occurs, and vaccination against bacillary hemoglobinuria is recommended in low lands where fasciolosis is enzootic. In cattle, tetanus may occur as outbreaks with significant economic losses, recommending also the vaccination of animals. In sheep clostridioses are less important being tetanus the more frequent. Good hygienic practices, mainly during castration or tail are recommended to prevent the disease. Enterotoxemia is a rare disease in the region, because most sheep are raised in native pastures with limited grass production; vaccination is only recommended in sheep grazing in cultivate pastures or supplemented with concentrates. / Foi realizado um estudo retrospectivo dos diagnósticos de clostridioses ocorridos na região sul do Rio Grande do Sul correspondente a área de influência do Laboratório Regional de Diagnóstico da Faculdade de Veterinária da Universidade Federal de Pelotas entre janeiro 1978 e janeiro de 2008 e acompanhados os casos de clostridioses diagnosticados nos anos 2009 e 2010. De um total de 5.446 materiais de bovinos provenientes de necropsias ou órgãos enviados 91 (1,67%) correspondiam a enfermidades causadas por bactérias do gênero Clostridium sendo 30 (0,55%) de carbúnculo sintomático, 15 (0,27%) de hemoglobinúria bacilar, 9 (0,16%) de botulismo, 9 (0,16%) de edema maligno e 28 (0,51%) de tétano. De 860 materiais de ovinos 49 (5,69%) diagnósticos corresponderam a doenças bacterianas e desses 14 (28,57%) foram de surtos de clostridioses. Dos 14 surtos de clostridioses observados em ovinos 10 (1,16%) foram de tétano, três (0,34%) de edema maligno e um (0,11%) de enterotoxemia. Concluiu-se que algumas clostridioses causam prejuízos econômicos à bovinocultura da região, principalmente o carbúnculo sintomático, recomendando-se a vacinação sistemática dos bovinos jovens contra esta clostridiose. Recomenda-se, também, a vacinação contra botulismo, em áreas de campo nativo onde ocorre carência de fósforo e contra hemoglobinúria bacilar em áreas de campos baixos onde ocorre infecção por Fasciola hepatica. Em bovinos o tétano pode ocorrer como surtos com prejuízos econômicos importantes, recomendando-se, também, a vacinação dos animais. Em ovinos as clostridioses têm pouca importância, sendo o tétano a mais frequente. Para a profilaxia desta doença em ovinos recomenda-se utilizar práticas de manejo, como descola e castração, em condições adequadas de higiene. Enterotoxemia é uma enfermidade rara na região por que a maioria dos ovinos permanece em campos nativos com limitada produção de foragem; recomenda-se a vacinação somente em animais em pastagens cultivadas ou suplementados com concentrados.
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Material Self-Fashioning and the Renaissance Culture of Improvement

Lodhia, SHEETAL 27 September 2008 (has links)
This dissertation argues that in Renaissance discourses of the body the body is progressively evacuated of the spirit, as we move from texts of the late Medieval period to texts of the Jacobean period. Where New Historicists have suggested that the practice of “self-fashioning,” which dictates behaviour, speech and dress, takes place in the Renaissance, I argue that there was a material self-fashioning of the body occurring simultaneously. Such corporeal fashioning, motivated by desire for physical improvement, frustrates the extent to which the soul shapes the body. My Introduction lays theoretical and historical groundwork, situating the body/soul relationship in relation to Christian theology, Senecan-Stoicism, Epicureanism and philosophical materialism. Discourses of artistic creation, informed by neo-Platonism, also influence corporeal fashioning in that the most radical bodily modifications are imagined through literature, where artificers are often privileged as creators. Chapter One examines “The Miracle of the Black Leg,” a transplant, by the doctor-Saints Cosmas and Damian, of a Moor’s black leg to a white Sacristan, whose gangrenous leg is amputated. In written and pictorial representations Cosmas and Damian, initially figured as Saints, are later presented as doctors who perform a medical procedure. Alongside the doctors’ increasing agency, the black leg itself, inflected by Renaissance notions of Moors and Moorishness, troubles the soul’s immanence in the body. Chapter Two examines Elizabeth I’s practices of bodily fashioning through her wigs, dentures and cosmetics. I argue that Elizabeth’s symbolic value, which includes components of monarchical rule, as well as attitudes toward female beauty, is always already pre-empted by her body. In Book III of The Faerie Queene, moreover, Edmund Spenser writes an alternative history of England through Britomart’s body to provide an heir to Elizabeth’s otherwise heirless throne. Chapters Three and Four perform close readings of Book II of The Faerie Queene, Thomas Tomkis’s Lingua, Thomas Middleton’s The Maiden’s Tragedy and Revenger’s Tragedy, and John Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi. I argue that both the allegorical and theatrical modes demand a level of materialism that paradoxically makes the body the centre of attention, and anticipates Cartesian mechanistic dualism. / Thesis (Ph.D, English) -- Queen's University, 2008-09-25 22:59:31.67

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