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Treatment of Arsenic, Heavy Metals, and Acidity Using a Mixed ZVI-Compost PRB by Ludwig, Ralph D, Smyth, David J. A, Blowes, David W, Spink, Laura E, Wilkin, Richard T, Jewett, David G, Weisener, Christopher J

“…A 30-month performance evaluation of a pilot permeable reactive barrier (PRB) consisting of a mixture of leaf compost, zero-valent iron (ZVI), limestone, and…”
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Characterisation of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) associated with colisepticaemia compared to faecal isolates from healthy birds by McPeake, S.J.W., Smyth, J.A., Ball, H.J.

“…A total of 114 avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) isolates were collected from cases of colisepticaemia occurring in broilers (77) and layers (37) within…”
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Genome Sequence Determinations and Analyses of Novel Circoviruses from Goose and Pigeon by Todd, D., Weston, J.H., Soike, D., Smyth, J.A.

“…The genomes of novel circoviruses from goose and pigeon, which were isolated using degenerate primer and inverse primer PCR methods, were cloned and sequenced…”
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Root hydraulic conductance: diurnal aquaporin expression and the effects of nutrient stress by Clarkson, David T., Carvajal, Micaela, Henzler, Tobias, Waterhouse, Rosemary N., Smyth, Audra J., Cooke, David T., Steudle, Ernst

“…It has been shown that N‐, P‐ and S‐deficiencies result in major reductions of root hydraulic conductivity (Lpr) which may lead to lowered stomatal…”
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Diagnosis of duck circovirus infections by conventional and real-time polymerase chain reaction tests by Fringuelli, E, Scott, A.N.J, Beckett, A, McKillen, J, Smyth, J.A, Palya, V, Glavits, R, Ivanics, E, Mankertz, A, Franciosini, M.P

“…Development of the first conventional and real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for the diagnoses of duck circovirus (DuCV) infections is described…”
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Field Column Study Using Zerovalent Iron for Mercury Removal from Contaminated Groundwater by Weisener, Christopher G, Sale, K. Scott, Smyth, David J. A, Blowes, David W

“…Passive in situ remediation technologies, for example, permeable reactive barriers, PRBs, are an attractive and less expensive alternative compared to…”
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Avian adenoviruses by McFerran, J B, Smyth, J A

“…Adenovirus infections are ubiquitous in commercially farmed birds, and probably in all avian species. There is a wide range of virulence, in some cases even…”
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Sandwich ELISA detection of Clostridium perfringens cells and α-toxin from field cases of necrotic enteritis of poultry by McCourt, M.T., Finlay, D.A., Laird, C., Smyth, J.A., Bell, C., Ball, H.J.

“…Sandwich ELISAs (sELISAs) for the detection of Clostridium perfringens cells and α-toxin were developed and used to screen intestinal samples from normal…”
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Mortality of one-week-old chickens during naturally occurring Marek's disease virus infection by Carvallo, F.R, French, R.A, Gilbert-Marcheterre, K, Risatti, G, Dunn, J.R, Forster, F, Kiupel, M, Smyth, J.A

“…Marek’s disease (MD) is a disease of chickens that occurs worldwide and has serious economic consequences. MD can present as one of several forms, with the…”
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Evaluation of polymerase chain reaction and dot blot hybridisation tests in the diagnosis of pigeon circovirus infections by Todd, D, Duchatel, J.P, Weston, J.H, Ball, N.W, Borghmans, B.J, Moffett, D.A, Smyth, J.A

“…Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and dot blot hybridisation (DBH) tests for detecting pigeon circovirus (PiCV) DNA were developed and evaluated using tissue…”
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Bacterial chondronecrosis with osteomyelitis ('femoral head necrosis') of broiler chickens: A review by McNamee, Perpetua T., Smyth, Joan A., Smyth, Joan A.

“…Bacterial chondronecrosis with osteomyelitis (BCO) in chickens was first reported in 1972 and is now recognized as an important cause of lameness in broiler…”
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Observations on detection, excretion and transmission of pigeon circovirus in adult, young and embryonic pigeons by Duchatel, J.P, Todd, D, Smyth, J.A, Bustin, J.C, Vindevogel, H

“…Infections with pigeon circovirus (PiCV) occur in young racing pigeons and pigeons raised for meat production and have been reported worldwide, but relatively…”
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New data on the transmission of pigeon circovirus by Duchatel, J. P., Todd, D., Curry, A., Smyth, J. A., Bustin, J. C., Vindevogel, H.

“…Nineteen racing pigeons aged from one to five years were examined postmortem. pcr tests showed that the spleens of 16 of them were positive for pigeon…”
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Study of leg weakness in two commercial broiler flocks by McNamee, P. T., McCullagh, J. J., Thorp, B. H., Ball, H. J., Graham, D., McCullough, S. J., McConaghy, D., Smyth, J. A.

“…The major causes of leg weakness/lameness were investigated in two male commercial broiler flocks. The numbers of dead and lame birds culled from the flocks…”
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Chicken anaemia virus inoculated by the oral route causes lymphocyte depletion in the thymus in 3-week-old and 6-week-old chickens by Smyth, J.A, Moffett, D.A, Connor, T.J, McNulty, M.S

“…There have been many reports of the severe clinical disease and pathology seen in young chicks that have been vertically infected with chicken anaemia virus…”
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Sensitive detection of trypanosomes in tsetse flies by DNA amplification by Masiga, D K, Smyth, A J, Hayes, P, Bromidge, T J, Gibson, W C

“…African trypanosome species were identified using the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) by targeting repetitive DNA for amplification. Using oligonucleotide…”
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Nucleotide sequence-based identification of a novel circovirus of canaries by Todd, D., Weston, J., Ball, N. W., Borghmans, B. J., Smyth, J. A., Gelmini, L., Lavazza, A.

“…Circovirus-like, spherical particles measuring 16 to 18 nm in diameter were detected in organ homogenates from adult canaries that had died after a short…”
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Rapid and sensitive detection of Leishmania kinetoplast DNA from spleen and blood samples of kala-azar patients by Smyth, A J, Ghosh, A, Hassan, M Q, Basu, D, De Bruijn, M H, Adhya, S, Mallik, K K, Barker, D C

“…Following sequence analysis of a Leishmania donovani kinetoplast DNA (kDNA) minicircle, we have developed synthetic oligonucleotides for use in the polymerase…”
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Fatal necrotising fasciitis and myositis in a cat associated with Streptococcus canis by Sura, R., Hinckley, L. S., Risatti, G. R., Smyth, J. A.

“…Necrotising fasciitis and necrotising myositis are rare but serious life threatening conditions reported mainly in human beings and dogs. Most cases to date…”
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Diagnosis of goose circovirus infection in Hungarian geese samples using polymerase chain reaction and dot blot hybridization tests by Ball, N.W, Smyth, J.A, Weston, J.H, Borghmans, B.J, Palya, V, Glavits, R, Ivanics, E, Dan, A, Todd, D

“…A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and dot blot hybridization (DBH) test have been developed for the diagnosis of infection by a novel circovirus of geese…”
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