Publications by authors named "S R Barnum"

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 raptors admitted from January 1993 through April 2022 were tested for Chlamydia spp infections using quantitative PCR (qPCR), immunohistochemistry, culture, and sequencing. Findings were collected and analyzed.

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The objective of this study was to describe an outbreak of equine herpesvirus-1 myeloencephalopathy (EHM) in a population of aged equids. The outbreak was linked to the introduction of five healthy non-resident horses 15 days prior to the first case of acute recumbency. This fulminant EHM outbreak was predisposed by the grouping of the 33 unvaccinated animals in two large pens with shared water and feed troughs.

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Patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD) experience intense chronic itch and impaired sleep. Reports from parents and teachers suggest that AD patients may also have attention problems. However, attention has not yet been directly assessed in AD patients.

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Article Synopsis
  • The study examines how respiratory pathogens can spread among healthy show horses, notably focusing on equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) following recent disease outbreaks in the USA and Europe.
  • Researchers tested the effectiveness of biosecurity measures, including individual horse testing and hygiene practices, by analyzing environmental samples from both vaccinated and non-vaccinated horses.
  • Results showed EHV-1 was predominantly detected in vaccinated horses for a short time, with environmental samples remaining positive longer than nasal swabs, indicating that subclinical shedding can occur and lead to potential contamination in shared stables.
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During neurological EHV-1 outbreaks, modified-live vaccines (MLV) are often administrated intranasally in an off-label fashion to healthy cohort horses in order to achieve rapid mucosal immunity. Thus, the goal of the present study was to determine if a commercially available EHV-1 MLV given intranasally to healthy horses would trigger a measurable systemic and/or mucosal antibody response. Eight healthy adult horses were given the EHV-1 MLV vaccine intranasally, while 8 healthy adult horses received the vaccine intramuscularly.

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