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Viskam WIJEWARDANA Kikuya SUGIURA Daluthgamage Patsy H. WIJESEKERA Shingo HATOYA Toshiya NISHIMURA Ryoji KANEGI Takahiro USHIGUSA Toshio INABA 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》2015,77(7):771-775
Previously, we reported that ovarian hormones affect the immune response against
E. coli isolated from the dogs affected with pyometra. In order to
investigate mechanisms underlying the immune modulation, we examined the effects of
ovarian hormones on the generation of dendritic cells (DCs), the most potent antigen
presenting cell. DCs were differentiated from peripheral blood monocytes (PBMOs) using a
cytokine cocktail. Both estrogen receptor and progesterone receptors were expressed by the
PBMOs and immature DCs. When various ovarian hormones were added to the culture for the DC
differentiation, progesterone significantly decreased the expression of DC maturation
markers, such as CD1a, CD80 and CD86, on mature DCs. Conversely, the addition of estrogen
to the cultures increased the expression of CD86, but not other maturation makers.
Furthermore, DCs differentiated in the presence of progesterone did not stimulate
allogeneic mononuclear cells in PB. Taken together, these results indicate that
progesterone diminishes the maturation of DCs, leading to decreased immune responses
against invading pathogens. 相似文献
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Maria C.S.?NunesEmail author Maria J.?Vasconcelos José M.C.?Pereira Nairanjana?Dasgupta Richard J.?Alldredge Francisco C.?Rego 《Landscape Ecology》2005,20(6):661-673
The purpose of this study is to investigate if, or under what conditions, fires select given land cover types for burning.
If fires burn unselectively then the land cover composition (the proportional area of various land cover types) of individual
fires should approximate the land cover composition available in their neighborhood. In this study we test this hypothesis
by performing statistical analyses of a data set consisting of paired vectors with the proportions of land cover types present
in burned areas and in their respective surroundings. The statistical methods employed (a permutation technique and the Cmax statistic) are commonly used in resource selection studies where data is subject to a unit-sum constraint. The results of
the analysis of 506 fires that burned in Portugal in 1991 indicate that fires are selective, with small fires exhibiting stronger
land cover preferences than large fires. According to the results of a multiple comparison analysis performed for small fires,
there is a marked preference for shrubland followed by other forest cover types, while agriculture is clearly avoided. A similar
analysis is performed to test if fire selectivity is related to the ecological region where it occurs. The results obtained
in this study contribute to the discussion on the relative importance of fuels as a drivers of fire spread. 相似文献
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Alldredge JG Hendrickson DA 《Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association》2004,225(10):1578-80, 1548
A method for performing laparoscopic ovariectomy with high-power ultrasonic shears in mares is described, along with results in 10 mares. Briefly, after epidural administration of detomidine and local anesthesia with mepivacaine, 3 cannulas were placed in each paralumbar fossa. A laparoscope was placed through the most dorsal cannula, and a grasping forceps was placed through the most ventral cannula and used to grasp and manipulate the ovary. The ultrasonic shears was then placed through the middle cannula. The jaws of the ultrasonic shears were closed across a portion of the ovarian pedicle, and the instrument was discharged until tissue within the jaws was transected; the process was repeated until the entire ovarian pedicle was transected. Following removal of the right ovary, it was passed to the left side of the abdomen and both ovaries were removed through an incision in the left paralumbar fossa. No major complications were identified in any of the 10 mares. However, excessive bleeding necessitating reapplication of the ultrasonic shears (2 ovaries) or application of ligating clips (8) was encountered with 10 of the 20 ovaries. Laparoscopic ovariectomy with a high-power ultrasonic shears appears to be safe in mares. 相似文献
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Patsy Alldredge Melissa Gutierrez David Duvernell Jacob Schaefer Paul Brunkow Wilfredo Matamoros 《Ecology of Freshwater Fish》2011,20(4):513-521
Abstract – Movement and dispersal patterns are key biological processes across a range of organisational levels. The Fundulus notatus species complex includes several species with similar ecological niches that exhibit broadly overlapping ranges. We conducted a mark–recapture study on two of the most widely distributed members of this species complex to improve our understanding of their movement and habitat use. A population of F. notatus was studied between June and August of 2008 and 2009 in Cahokia Creek, a small tributary of the Mississippi River in Illinois, along with a parallel study of Fundulus olivaceus between May and July of 2009 in Big Creek, a tributary of the Pascagoula River in Mississippi. Fish were recaptured approximately weekly, and habitat variables were measured. Estimated daily movement rates varied significantly both between locations and between years. Fundulus olivaceus in Big Creek moved <1 m per day, while F. notatus in Cahokia Creek in 2009 moved nearly 23 m per day. The distribution of movements was strongly leptokurtic in all three data sets. Differences in movement rates were attributed to significant differences in population size and habitat characteristics. Our data did not support the hypothesis that populations consist of distinct mobile and resident components. Instead, individual fish went through periods of little or no movement followed by extensive movement (consistent with the home range shift model of fish movement). We discuss the implications these results have for contact zone dynamics between these two species. 相似文献
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Alldredge AL 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1972,177(4052):885-887
Observations made by using conventional scuba techniques reveal that abandoned larvacean houses serve as food sources for marine, planktonic copepods. Techniques have been developed for photographing these houses in the field for the first time. The abundance of larvacean houses in the open ocean indicates that they are important in pelagic food webs and as a source of particulate organic matter. 相似文献
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Nairanjana Dasgupta J. Richard Alldredge 《Journal of Agricultural, Biological & Environmental Statistics》2002,7(2):208-221
Many methods of analysis have been used to test whether animals use resources in proportion to availability. Many of the most
commonly used methods have been criticized because they ignore the induced correlation among cells in the multinomial classification
table due to the unit-sum constraint. Some methods are also flawed because they assume that relocation data can be pooled
across animals even though the animals may select habitats differently. We propose a method, based on the maximum of the joint
chi-square, to compare habitat usage to availability for individual animals. This method is combined with a follow-up multiple
comparison technique that takes account of the unit-sum constraint. We compare our proposed method to a method based on the
sum of individual chi-squares and a method based on compositional analysis by analyzing data on gray partridge and ringnecked
pheasant resource use. Simulation is also used to compare methods by evaluating their Type I error rates. 相似文献
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Punyapornwithaya V Fox LK Hancock DD Gay JM Wenz JR Alldredge JR 《Preventive veterinary medicine》2011,98(1):74-78
The objective was to determine the incidence and transmission of mycoplasma mastitis in the hospital pen in a dairy herd of 650 lactating cows after a hospital pen was established following an outbreak of this disease. Mycoplasma mastitis status was monitored for 3 months through repeated collection of milk samples from cows with clinical mastitis (CM) and from bulk tank milk. During the outbreak 13 cows were diagnosed with Mycoplasma bovis CM, 1 cow with Mycoplasma sp. mastitis and 8 cows showed signs of arthritis, 3 of which were confirmed as having M. bovis arthritis. M. bovis isolates from cows with CM, arthritis and bulk tank milk had indistinguishable chromosomal digest pattern fingerprints. Incidence rates of M. bovis CM cases in the milking and hospital pens were 0.01 and 1.7 cases per 100 cow-days at risk. Approximately 70% of cows with M. bovis CM became infected within 12 days of entering the hospital pen. Transmission of M. bovis in the hospital pen occurred as 3 episodes. Each episode corresponded to the introduction of a cow with M. bovis CM from a milking pen. Evidence indicates that cows with M. bovis CM from milking pens were the source of transmission of the disease in the hospital pen and thus their presence in the hospital pen appeared to be a risk factor for transmission of M. bovis mastitis in this single case study herd. 相似文献
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Nitrogen fixation, apparently by bacterial endosymbionts, is associated with intertwining chains of two species of the diatom Rhizosolenia. In situ fixation rates were enhanced by incubation in the dark, whereas concurrent shipboard experiments either underestimated or did not detect nitrogen fixation. This is the first example of nitrogen fixation associated with a bacteria-diatom symbiosis in the pelagic zone, and it indicates that these systems may contribute a significant amount of "new" nitrogen to oligotrophic waters. 相似文献
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Microelectrode studies demonstrate the existence of persistent oxygen and pH gradients around flocculent, macroscopic marine particles known as marine snow. Oxygen is partially, but continuously, depleted within and around marine snow in the dark and can be completely depleted within large fecal pellets. Boundary layers hundreds of micrometers thick are maintained despite advection of fluid past the particles. The existence of chemical microhabitats on the scale of millimeters around macroscopic particles in the pelagic zone may significantly influence the distribution and activity of marine microorganisms and permit processes requiring low oxygen, including denitrification. 相似文献
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