Genetic variation among American seed sources of Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle     

Peter P. Feret  Richard L. Bryant  James A. Ramsey 《Scientia Horticulturae》1974,2(4):405-411

Variability among and within seed sources of naturalized Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle in seed and height growth characteristics indicated that significant differences exist both at the seed source and between individual trees. Genetic variance was distributed in an approx. 1 : 2 ratio among seed sources and individual mother trees respectively. Results of the study suggest that artificial selection of ailanthus for breeding purposes would be most efficient if primary selection were directed toward individual trees.  相似文献   

Bloat in cattle. XIV. Mucinolytic activity of several anaerobic rumen bacteria     

B D Mishra  E E Bartley  L R Fina  M P Bryant 《Journal of animal science》1968,27(6):1651-1656

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Seminoma in a southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum)     

Portas TJ  Hermes R  Bryant BR  Göritz F  Ladds P  Hildebrant TB 《The Veterinary record》2005,157(18):556-558

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The social environment: behaviour and stress in housed livestock     

J Bryant 《The Veterinary record》1972,90(13):351-359

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Synergistic action of mebendazole and levamisole in the treatment of a benzimidazole-resistant Haemonchus contortus in sheep     

Eva-Maria Bennet  Carolyn Behm  C. Bryant  R.A.F. Chevis 《Veterinary parasitology》1980,7(3):207-214

One-year old worm free, merino wethers, were each infected with 5000 H. contortus larvae of a strain resistant to mebendazole at a rate of 52 mg/kg body weight of sheep. After 21 days, they were assigned to two trials. The preliminary trial showed that mebendazole and levamisole acted synergistically on the H. contortus infection. In the second trial, sheep were treated with 0.35 mg/kg levamisole (one seventh the minimum effective dose against susceptible worms) or 40 mg/kg mebendazole (40 times the minimum effective dose against susceptible worms). In each case the anthelmintics did not reduce worm burdens, although mebendazole depressed egg production. However, when mebendazole and levamisole, at the above dose rates, were administered simultaneously, total worm counts in sheep were reduced by almost 60%. Similar results were obtained when the levamisole was administered 8 h or 14 h after mebendazole treatment. The implications of these observations for the treatment of benzimidazole-resistant haemonchiasis in sheep are discussed.  相似文献   

Genotyping of Toll-like receptor 4, myeloid differentiation factor 2 and CD-14 in the horse: an investigation into the influence of genetic polymorphisms on the LPS induced TNF-alpha response in equine whole blood     

Werners AH  Bull S  Vendrig JC  Smyth T  Bosch RR  Fink-Gremmels J  Bryant CE 《Veterinary immunology and immunopathology》2006,111(3-4):165-173

The inter- and intra-species differences in the response to lipopolysaccharides (LPS) are well recognised in mammalian species. It has been hypothesized that these differences can be attributed to genetic polymorphisms in the components involved in LPS signal transduction. These components include the cluster of differentiation factor 14 (CD-14), a membrane bound protein on the surface of mononuclear cells that recognises LPS and a receptor complex consisting of Toll-like receptor-4 (TLR-4) and myeloid differentiation factor-2 (MD-2). Sequencing of these three proteins in humans and mice revealed that all three are susceptible to polymorphic alterations, influencing the response to LPS. Previous experiments in the horse showed large inter-individual variations in the response to LPS. With the aim to assess this inter-individual variation, we performed a whole blood assay in 10 healthy horses as a functional assay to study the responsiveness to LPS. In 3 out of the 10 horses, LPS-induced TNF-alpha production was significantly lower compared to the overall mean. Subsequently the entire cDNA sequence encoding for the TLR-4, MD-2 and CD-14 protein was documented for each horse. Although mutations were observed in the sequence of TLR-4, these could not be related to an altered response to LPS in the concentration used in this study, as determined in the whole blood assay. Despite the various mutations found in the TLR-4 receptor protein, no alterations could be found in either the MD-2 or CD-14 gene, which are obviously more conserved structures.  相似文献   

Pre-pubertal measurements of the somatotrophic axis as predictors of milk production in Holstein-Friesian dairy cows     

Taylor VJ  Beever DE  Bryant MJ  Wathes DC 《Domestic animal endocrinology》2006,31(1):1-18

This study investigated possible relationships between measurements of the somatotrophic axis in pre-pubertal dairy calves and subsequent milk yields. Endogenous growth hormone (GH) release was measured through a fed and fasted period in fifty 6-month-old Holstein-Friesian heifers and they were then challenged with growth hormone-releasing factor (GRF) to assess their GH release pattern. Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), insulin and glucose concentrations were measured in relation to time of feeding. Cows were subsequently monitored through their first three lactations to record peak and 305-day milk yields. In the first lactation, milk energy output for the first 120 days of lactation was also calculated. The mean 305-day milk yield increased from 7417 +/- 191 kg in the first lactation (n=37) to 8749 +/- 252 kg in the third (n=25). There were no significant relationships between any measures of GH secretion and peak or 305-day yield in any lactation. A highly significant positive relationship was established between the GH peak measured 10 min post-GRF challenge and 120-day milk energy values in the first lactation. This relationship was, however, only present in the sub-population of 12 cows culled after one or two lactations and was absent in the 25 animals remaining for the third lactation. There were no significant relationships between pre-pubertal IGF-I and fed or fasted insulin or glucose concentrations and any subsequent measurement of yield. The usefulness of GH secretagogue challenges in calves as a predictive test for future milk production is thus limited but may have some bearing on nutrient partitioning and longevity.  相似文献   

Periparturient Arterial Rupture in Mares: A Postmortem Study     

Neil M. Williams  Uneeda K. Bryant  DVM 《Journal of Equine Veterinary Science》2012

There are limited reports characterizing the occurrence of rupture of uterine and other arteries associated with pregnancy in mares. Cases were retrieved from the records of horses submitted for necropsy to the University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory over a 15-year period (1993-2007). Five hundred thirteen horses were diagnosed with periparturient arterial rupture, representing 1.5% of the total equine necropsy cases. Arterial rupture was diagnosed predominately in older mares, with 78% of the horses being ≥15 years of age. Ruptures occurred most commonly during parturition but also were diagnosed before and after parturition. Additionally, during a consecutive 3-year period within this time interval, an extensive workup of cases was performed. In these 71 cases, the area of the arterial rupture was carefully dissected, and the location, size, and appearance of the arterial tear were determined. The uterine artery was the most commonly affected vessel. Although there was overlap, mares with uterine artery rupture tended to be older than those with rupture of other arteries. There was no predilection for the left or right sides, and the uterine artery rupture occurred most often in the first 20 cm from the origin.  相似文献   

Pattern recognition receptors in equine endotoxaemia and sepsis     

Werners AH  Bryant CE 《Equine veterinary journal》2012,44(4):490-498

Pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) on host cells detect pathogens to activate innate immunity which, in turn, initiates inflammatory and adaptive immune responses. Successful activation of PRRs is, therefore, critical to controlling infections and driving pathogen-specific adaptive immunity, but overactivity of PRRs causes systemic inflammation, which is detrimental to the host. Here we review the PRR literature as it relates to horses and speculate on the role PRRs may play in sepsis and endotoxaemia.  相似文献   

The molecular basis for recognition of bacterial ligands at equine TLR2, TLR1 and TLR6     

Katherine Lucy Irvine  Lee Jason Hopkins  Monique Gangloff  Clare Elizabeth Bryant 《Veterinary research》2013,44(1):50

TLR2 recognises bacterial lipopeptides and lipoteichoic acid, and forms heterodimers with TLR1 or TLR6. TLR2 is relatively well characterised in mice and humans, with published crystal structures of human TLR2/1/Pam3CSK4 and murine TLR2/6/Pam2CSK4. Equine TLR4 is activated by a different panel of ligands to human and murine TLR4, but less is known about species differences at TLR2. We therefore cloned equine TLR2, TLR1 and TLR6, which showed over 80% sequence identity with these receptors from other mammals, and performed a structure-function analysis. TLR2/1 and TLR2/6 from both horses and humans dose-dependently responded to lipoteichoic acid from Staphylococcus aureus, with no significant species difference in EC50 at either receptor pair. The EC50 of Pam2CSK4 was the same for equine and human TLR2/6, indicating amino acid differences between the two species’ TLRs do not significantly affect ligand recognition. Species differences were seen between the responses to Pam2CSK4 and Pam3CSK4 at TLR2/1. Human TLR2/1, as expected, responded to Pam3CSK4 with greater potency and efficacy than Pam2CSK4. At equine TLR2/1, however, Pam3CSK4 was less potent than Pam2CSK4, with both ligands having similar efficacies. Molecular modelling indicates that the majority of non-conserved ligand-interacting residues are at the periphery of the TLR2 binding pocket and in the ligand peptide-interacting regions, which may cause subtle effects on ligand positioning. These results suggest that there are potentially important species differences in recognition of lipopeptides by TLR2/1, which may affect how the horse deals with bacterial infections.  相似文献