Surgeons, who documented what they had seen and felt in the abdomen of the patient, made the earliest descriptions of Crohn's disease (CD). Dalziel wrote the first pathology description in 1913. Crohn and his coworkers reinvented what Dalziel had written about and called it by a different name, 'regional enteritis'.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) viruses are a major cause of disease and economic loss in pigs worldwide. High genetic diversity among PRRSV strains is problematic for successful disease control by vaccination. Mosaic DNA and vaccinia (VACV) vaccines were developed in order to improve protection against heterologous PRRSV strains.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 5-mo-old Bassett Hound-Labrador Retriever cross was autopsied following a bout of lethargy, inappetence, and bleeding gums. Mucous membranes were white, and the small intestine was blue-black; the colon contained black feces. The spleen was swollen, and multiple lymph nodes were enlarged and hemorrhagic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClin Gastroenterol Hepatol
November 2019