Publications by authors named "A P Belschner"

Article Synopsis
  • A phase 3 trial was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of mavorixafor, an oral medication, in individuals with WHIM syndrome, a rare immunodeficiency disorder caused by genetic mutations.
  • Participants were randomly assigned to receive either mavorixafor or a placebo for 52 weeks, with the study focusing on the time above certain white blood cell counts as the primary endpoint.
  • Results showed mavorixafor significantly increased white blood cell counts, reduced infection rates and severity, and was well tolerated without serious adverse events occurring during the study.
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Objective: To determine the effect of intrauterine administration of ceftiofur sodium on fertility and the risk of culling in postparturient cows with retained fetal membranes (RFM), twins, or both.

Design: Single-blind randomized clinical trial and prospective cohort study.

Animals: 2442 cows that calved from January 1, 2000, to May 31, 2001.

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Two estrus-synchronization programs were compared and factors influencing their success over a year were evaluated. All cows received a setup injection of PGF2alpha at 39 +/- 3 d postpartum. Fourteen days later they received GnRH, followed in 7 d by a second injection of PGF2alpha.

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A clinical trial was conducted in a large dairy herd to determine the efficacy of intramammary pirlimycin hydrochloride administration during lactation for bacteriologic clearance of gram-positive environmental clinical and subclinical mastitis infections. Quarters infected with environmental streptococci that received pirlimycin therapy (13/28) were 1.8 times more likely to resolve infection than untreated quarters (5/14).

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