A5034917151- Animal Virus Infections Studies
- Microbial infections and disease research
- Bird parasitology and diseases
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Virus-based gene therapy research
- Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
- Virology and Viral Diseases
- Reproductive tract infections research
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Rabies epidemiology and control
- Turtle Biology and Conservation
- Polyomavirus and related diseases
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Viral Infections and Immunology Research
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Genital Health and Disease
- Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
- T-cell and Retrovirus Studies
- Coccidia and coccidiosis research
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Urinary Tract Infections Management
- Livestock and Poultry Management
University of Georgia
2015-2025
Louisiana State University
2010
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2010
North Carolina State University
2010
Howell Laboratories (United States)
2010
Georgia College & State University
1989-2004
Piedmont Athens Regional
2004
Laboratoire des Sciences de l’Information et de la Communication
2004
Health Foundation
1998
ET Enterprises (United Kingdom)
1998
Psittacosis, also known as parrot fever and ornithosis, is a bacterial infection that can cause severe pneumonia other serious health problems in humans. It caused by Chlamydia psittaci. Reclassification of the order Chlamydiales 1999 into 2 genera (Chlamydia Chlamydophila) was not wholly accepted or adopted. This resulted reversion to single, original genus Chlamydia, which now encompasses all 9 species including During 2003-2014, 112 human cases psittacosis were reported Centers for...
From July 2015 to November 2016, 96 post-hatchling sea turtles were collected from 118 km of the Atlantic coastline in Florida, USA, including loggerhead, green, and hawksbill turtle species. Forty-five recovered rehabilitated released, but remaining 52 died frozen. At necropsy, gastrointestinal tracts most contained visible plastic, particles 27 individuals chemically characterized by Raman microscopy as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate, polystyrene. Mesoparticle...
Anthropogenic contaminants in the marine environment often biodegrade slowly, bioaccumulate organisms, and can have deleterious effects on wildlife immunity, health, reproduction, development. In this study, we evaluated tissue toxicant concentrations pathology data from 83 odontocetes that stranded southeastern United States during 2012–2018. Mass spectrometry was used to analyze blubber samples for five organic toxicants (atrazine, bisphenol-A, diethyl phthalates, nonylphenol...
Abstract OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence, clinical findings, lesions, and risk factors associated with chlamydial infections in free-ranging raptors presented to a university veterinary medical teaching hospital. METHODS Medical records retrospectively searched for admitted from January 1993 through April 2022 were tested Chlamydia spp using quantitative PCR (qPCR), immunohistochemistry, culture, sequencing. Findings collected analyzed. Multivariable logistic regression analyzed...
Thirty-five birds that died with naturally acquired psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD) were necropsied to identify extracutaneous viral inclusions. Inclusions found in various tissue sections from 34 of 35 birds. By immunoperoxidase staining, intranuclear intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies shown contain PBFD antigen. Inclusion-bearing lesions widely disseminated but often closely associated the alimentary tract. Lesions within palate, esophagus, crop, intestine, bursa Fabricius, liver...
Human infection with Chlamydophila (Chlamydia) psittaci can lead to psittacosis, a disease that occasionally results in severe pneumonia and other medical complications. C. is currently grouped into seven avian genotypes: A through F E/B. Serological testing, outer membrane protein (ompA) gene sequencing, restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis are used for distinguishing these genotypes. Although accurate, methods time-consuming require multiple confirmatory tests. By targeting...
A polyacrylamide hydrogel system that can be liquefied by remote activation using UV irradiation is investigated as a degradable adhesive. The linear copolymer, formed conventional free-radical polymerization, contains biomimetic catechol–iron-mediated cross-linkers are sensitive to pH changes. Hydrogel films and bulk gels prepared basic titration of polymer solution doped with photoacid generator, diphenyliodonium chloride, generating an ionic cross-linked network via the catechol pendant...
ESR Endangered Species Research Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsSpecials 28:135-146 (2015) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00687 Quantifying chelonid herpesvirus 5 in symptomatic and asymptomatic rehabilitating green sea turtles Annie Page-Karjian1,*, Terry M. Norton2, Branson Ritchie3, Corrie Brown1, Carmen Mancia4, Mark Jackwood5, Nicole L. Gottdenker1 1Department of Pathology, College...
Chelonid alphaherpesviruses 5 and 6 (ChHV5 ChHV6) are viruses that affect wild sea turtle populations. ChHV5 is associated with the neoplastic disease fibropapillomatosis (FP), which affects green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in panzootic proportions. ChHV6 infection lung-eye-trachea (LETD), has only been observed maricultured turtles, although antibodies to have detected free-ranging turtles. To better understand herpesvirus prevalence host immunity various foraging aggregations Florida, USA,...
The nature of feather inclusions was characterized in 32 psittacine birds (30 cockatoos, one peach-faced lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis), and red-lored Amazon parrot (Amazona autumnalis autumnalis] with naturally-acquired beak disease. Intranuclear within epithelial cells intracytoplasmic macrophages the epithelium pulp cavity contained disease viral antigen when stained by avidin-biotin complex immunoperoxidase technique. Ultrastructurally, were observed primarily to a lesser extent cell...
Psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD) virus, was purified from diseased tissues of a lesser sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea), black palm (Probosiger aterrimus), red-lored Amazon parrot (Amazona autumnalis), peach-faced lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis). The histopathology feathers follicular epithelium the different species compared; basophilic intranuclear inclusion bodies were identified in intracytoplasmic globular inclusions observed within macrophages located pulp four...
To determine the efficacy of 21-day therapy with azithromycin and doxycycline in treatment experimental infection Chlamydophila psittaci cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus), 30 birds randomly assigned to 3 groups 1 control group were inoculated C by combined intranasal ocular routes. Morbidity, mortality, results polymerase chain reaction testing confirmed that was successful. Birds (n = 8) received at 40 mg/kg PO q48h for 21 days; 2 8), 35 q24h 45 and, 4 (controls; n 6), no treatment. Six...
A reproducible, experimental model of columnaris disease was developed to study the pathogenesis cutaneous associated with Flavobacterium columnare infection in koi (Cyprinus carpio). In infections, lesions were usually restricted skin and fins; gill necrosis not a consistent finding. Cytologic histopathologic examinations provided presumptive diagnosis disease. Specific detection F. done using polymerase chain reaction DNA situ hybridization (ISH). Polymerase allowed fresh biological...
Chlamydia psittaci is an obligate intracellular bacterium that can cause significant disease among a broad range of hosts. In humans, this organism may psittacosis, respiratory spread to involve multiple organs, and in rare untreated cases be fatal. There are ten known genotypes based on sequencing the major outer-membrane protein gene, ompA , C. psittaci. Each genotype has overlapping host preferences virulence characteristics. Recent studies have compared other members Chlamydiaceae family...
The evaluation of the usefulness DNA probes in a diagnostic setting to identify nuclear inclusions selected viral infections (psittacine beak and feather disease infection, avian polyomavirus adenovirus infection Pacheco's parrot disease) is reported. A situ hybridization method was used detect nucleic acid sections paraffin-embedded tissues coming from birds naturally and/or experimentally infected. It concluded that for (FN-19) (FN-23) are able each virus cells with inclusions, when...
Histologic sections of crop tissue were evaluated for the presence lymphoplasmacytic infiltrates within mesenteric ganglia. All birds with proventricular dilatation syndrome that had in ganglia similar and/or ventricular False-negative biopsy results occurred approximately 24% time. More invasive procedures, such as or biopsy, may be necessary if is nondiagnostic a bird clinical signs syndrome.
As part of a larger ecologic research project and to collect disease prevalence information on backyard chicken flocks in northwestern Ecuador, 100 randomly selected birds from 10 were examined, blood, fecal, ectoparasite samples collected. The owners the surveyed regarding flock management history. Mean size was 20 (range, 1–75), kept for eggs meat either domestic consumption or local sale. Vaccination rates low, with most (8 10) not vaccinating at all some (2 one product sporadically (1...
This double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was performed to evaluate the efficacy of clomipramine for treatment feather picking disorder in otherwise healthy cockatoos. Twenty cockatoos with chronic were screened medical conditions and then randomly assigned either a or placebo group. Based on caregiver assessments physical examination findings, significantly improved when compared at 3 weeks (P=0.028) 6 (P=0.021). Clomipramine had no significant effect, however, videotaped preening behaviors.