Search Results - "Arkins, S."

The association between somatic cell count and selective dry cow therapy, milking routine, and dry cow management practices in early-lactation cows from 21 commercial grazing dairy herds by Clabby, C., Valldecabres, A., Dillon, P., O'Sullivan, K., Arkins, S., Flynn, J., McCarthy, S., Silva Boloña, P.

“…The list of standard abbreviations for JDS is available at adsa.org/jds-abbreviations-24. Nonstandard abbreviations are available in the Notes. This…”
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Abnormalities detected at pre‐purchase examination of National Hunt racehorses presented at sale by Barrett, E., Arkins, S.

“…Summary Background Few studies are available concerning prevalences of abnormalities in the Thoroughbred horse population. Objectives Determine the prevalence…”
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Evaluation of test-day milk somatic cell count to predict intramammary infection in late lactation grazing dairy cows by Clabby, C., Valldecabres, A., Dillon, P., McParland, S., Arkins, S., O'Sullivan, K., Flynn, J., Murphy, J., Boloña, P. Silva

“…The use of selective dry cow antimicrobial therapy requires precisely differentiating cows with an intramammary infection (IMI) from uninfected cows close to…”
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Internal teat sealants alone or in combination with antibiotics at dry-off – the effect on udder health in dairy cows in five commercial herds by Clabby, C., McParland, S., Dillon, P., Arkins, S., Flynn, J., Murphy, J., Boloña, P. Silva

“…•A reduction in antibiotic use is required on dairy farms.•We compared internal teat seal alone vs antibiotic plus teat seal at dry-off.•Somatic cell count and…”
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The molecular epidemiology of equine influenza in Ireland from 2007-2010 and its international significance by GILDEA, S., QUINLIVAN, M., ARKINS, S., CULLINANE, A.

“…Summary Reasons for performing the study: Antigenic and genetic drift of equine influenza (EI) virus is monitored annually by the Expert Surveillance Panel…”
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Management and environmental factors involved in equine influenza outbreaks in Ireland 2007–2010 by Gildea, S, Arkins, S, Cullinane, A

“…Reasons for performing study: Outbreaks of equine influenza (EI) in endemic populations continue to cause economic loss despite widespread vaccination…”
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Prevalence of exposure to bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) and bovine herpesvirus-1 (BoHV-1) in Irish dairy herds by Sayers, R.G., Byrne, N., O'Doherty, E., Arkins, S.

“…•There was bulk milk seroprevalence of 88% and 80% for BVDV and BoHV-1 respectively in Irish herds.•Approximately one third of dairy herds had evidence of…”
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Idiosyncratic motor laterality in the horse by Murphy, J., Sutherland, A., Arkins, S.

“…Idiosyncratic motor behaviour was investigated during four experimental procedures in 40 horses (males = 20, females = 20) to establish if horses revealed…”
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Real-time RT-PCR for the detection and quantitative analysis of equine rhinitis viruses by Quinlivan, M, Maxwell, G, Lyons, P, Arkins, S, Cullinane, A

“…Summary Reasons for performing study: Equine rhinitis viruses (ERV) cause respiratory disease and loss of performance in horses. It has been suggested that the…”
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Effects of milking frequency on phagocytosis and oxidative burst activity of phagocytes from primiparous and multiparous dairy cows during early lactation by Moya, S Llamas, Gómez, M Alonso, Boyle, L A, Mee, J F, O'Brien, B, Arkins, S

“…The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of milking frequency on the phagocytosis and respiratory burst activity of polymorphonuclear…”
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Influenza A viruses with truncated NS1 as modified live virus vaccines: Pilot studies of safety and efficacy in horses by Chambers, T. M., Quinlivan, M., Sturgill, T., Cullinane, A., Horohov, D. W., Zamarin, D., Arkins, S., García-Sastre, A., Palese, P.

“…Summary Reasons for performing study: Three previously described NS1 mutant equine influenza viruses encoding carboxyterminally truncated NS1 proteins are…”
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Occlusal angles of cheek teeth in normal horses and horses with dental disease by Brown, S. L., Arkins, S., Shaw, D. J., Dixon, P. M.

“…The angle between the occlusal surface of the tooth and the horizontal plane of 687 cheek teeth from the skulls of 22 horses without gross dental disorders and…”
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Sex differences in equine learning skills and visuo-spatial ability by Murphy, J, Waldmann, T, Arkins, S

“…There is evidence of superior visuo-spatial ability in males compared to females in most species investigated to-date. However, no known studies have addressed…”
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Age-associated loss of bone marrow hematopoietic cells is reversed by GH and accompanies thymic reconstitution by French, Richard A, Broussard, Suzanne R, Meier, William A, Minshall, Christian, Arkins, Sean, Zachary, James F, Dantzer, Robert, Kelley, Keith W

“…Deterioration of the thymus gland during aging is accompanied by a reduction in plasma GH. Here we report gross and microscopic results from 24-month-old…”
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Age-related changes in pro-inflammatory cytokines, acute phase proteins and cortisol concentrations in neonatal piglets by Llamas Moya, S, Boyle, L A, Lynch, P B, Arkins, S

“…Age-related changes have been described in the resting levels of cortisol and acute phase proteins in the neonatal pig. This study evaluated the plasma…”
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Requirement for phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase to protect hemopoietic progenitors against apoptosis depends upon the extracellular survival factor by Minshall, C, Arkins, S, Freund, GG, Kelley, KW

“…Hemopoietic growth factors promote survival of progenitor cells by preventing their apoptotic death. Recently, phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase (PI 3-kinase) has…”
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Prolactin Synthesized and Secreted by Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells: An Autocrine Growth Factor for Lymphoproliferation by Sabharwal, P., Glaser, R., Lafuse, W., Varma, S., Liu, Q., Arkins, S., Kooijman, R., Kutz, L., Kelley, K. W., Malarkey, W. B.

“…Prolactin has been shown to have an immunoregulatory role in the rodent immune response. A prolactin-like molecule has also been found in mouse splenocytes and…”
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IL-4 and insulin-like growth factor-I inhibit the decline in Bcl-2 and promote the survival of IL-3-deprived myeloid progenitors by Minshall, C, Arkins, S, Straza, J, Conners, J, Dantzer, R, Freund, GG, Kelley, KW

“…The proto-oncogene product Bcl-2 regulates cell survival in both the immune and central nervous systems. We withdrew growth factors from IL-3-dependent murine…”
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Pro-inflammatory cytokine and acute phase protein responses to low-dose lipopolysaccharide (LPS) challenge in pigs by Llamas Moya, S., Boyle, L., Lynch, P. B., Arkins, S.

“…The objective of this study was to establish the pro-inflammatory cytokine and acute phase protein responses to low-dose lipopolysaccharide (LPS) challenge in…”
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Effects of surgical castration on the behavioural and physiological responses of weaned pigs by Llamas Moya, S, Boyle, LA, Lynch, PB, Arkins, S

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