Browsing OSU - Faculty and Staff Publications by Subject "vertebrata"
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Characterization of Anaplasma marginale isolated from North American bison
(American Society for Microbiology, 2003-08)Anaplasma marginale (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae), a tick-borne pathogen of cattle, is endemic in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Although serologic tests have identified American bison, Bison bison, as ... -
Development and evaluation of a quantitative PCR assay targeting sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) fecal pollution
(American Society for Microbiology, 2012-06)While the microbial water quality in the Platte River is seasonally impacted by excreta from migrating cranes, there are no methods available to study crane fecal contamination. Here we characterized microbial populations ... -
Rattusin, an intestinal a-defensin-related peptide in rats with a unique cysteine spacing pattern and salt-insensitive antibacterial activities
(American Society for Microbiology, 2013-04)Cationic antimicrobial peptides are essential components of the innate immune system. As a major family of mammalian antimicrobial peptides, defensins are expressed mainly by mucosal epithelial cells and promyelocytes. ... -
Sensitivity of monkey B virus (Cercopithecine herpesvirus 1) to antiviral drugs: Role of thymidine kinase in antiviral activities of substrate analogs and acyclonucleosides
(American Society for Microbiology, 2007-06)Herpes B virus (B virus [BV]) is a macaque herpesvirus that is occasionally transmitted to humans where it can cause rapidly ascending encephalitis that is often fatal. To understand the low susceptibility of BV to the ... -
Tick acquisition of Ehrlichia canis from dogs treated with doxycycline hyclate
(American Society for Microbiology, 2007-09)Doxycycline generally alleviates clinical monocytic ehrlichiosis, but its efficacy in the control of monocytotropic ehrlichial pathogens requires further investigation. In this study, Ehrlichia canis was detected in dogs ... -
Variation in tortoise life history: Demography of Gopherus berlandieri
(Ecological Society of America, 2000-05-01)Turtles provide excellent models for studies of life history strategies, but terrestrial species are underrepresented in these analyses. We present a life table and demographic parameters of an inland population of Gopherus ...