Publications by authors named "F R ABINANTI"

Using an immunocytochemical staining assay involving six different recombinant baculoviruses with each expressing one of the major bovine rotavirus VP7 (G6, G8 and G10) and VP4 (P6[1], P7[5] and P8[11]) serotypes, we analyzed IgG antibody responses to individual proteins in archival serum samples collected from 31 calves monthly from 1 to 12 months of age during 1974-1975 in Higley, Arizona. Seroresponses to VP7 and VP4, as determined by a fourfold or greater antibody response, were not always elicited concurrently following infection: in some calves, (1) seroresponses to VP7 were detected earlier than to VP4 or vice versa; and (2) a subsequent second seroresponse was detected for VP7 or VP4 only. In addition, a second infection was more likely to be caused by different G and/or P types.

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Twenty-nine female Angus cattle were monitored from birth until 24 months of age for infection with types 3 and 7 adenoviruses (AV3, AV7) and bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) virus by virus isolation and neutralization tests. Twenty-seven animals remained in the study for 450 days, whereas 16 animals remained at the conclusion of the tests. Viruses were not isolated from test animals.

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Type C botulism on a game farm resulted in the death of approximately 320 pheasants in 8 adjacent pens. Maggots of the genera Calliphora and Wohlfahrtia from 1 dead pheasant were the probable source of toxin for the other birds, and maggot migration before pupation probably resulted in the spread of the disease between pens. Toxin was not isolated from the serum of sick or dead birds, but was isolated from their spleens and livers as well as from maggots.

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