Publications by authors named "T Sturgill"
Intake assessments of salivary cortisol, survey responses, and adverse childhood experiences are associated with recovery success in an abstinence-based treatment program for substance use disorders.
Alcohol Clin Exp Res
October 2022
Background: Connecting patients to treatment for a substance use disorder (SUD) that satisfies their needs is often complicated by confounding factors. A reliable measurement of patients' underlying stress level may be helpful because it often reflects many of the same confounders as their SUD. Whereas cortisol levels reflect physiological responses to stress, patients' cortisol levels during recovery from an SUD may serve as biomarkers for stressors that result in poor treatment outcomes, including early discontinuation of treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) is associated with high morbidity and mortality in the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). In 2010, a genetically distinct RHDV named RHDV2 emerged in Europe and spread to many other regions, including North America in 2016. Prior to this study it was unknown if eastern cottontails (ECT(s); Sylvilagus floridanus), one of the most common wild lagomorphs in the United States, were susceptible to RHDV2.
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- * The study aimed to validate the VP7 Blocking ELISA test for AHS, collaborating with multiple OIE Reference Laboratories to assess its performance with diverse serum samples.
- * Results showed that the VP7 Blocking ELISA met OIE's standards for reproducibility, and it is now set to progress to the next phase of validation, which will involve testing it with modern serum samples from endemic regions.
Rhodococcus equi, a facultative intracellular pathogen of macrophages, causes life-threatening pneumonia in foals and in people with underlying immune deficiencies. As a basis for this study, we hypothesized that macrophage lineage and age would affect intracellular survival of R. equi and cytokine induction after infection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Equine neonates have reduced humoral and cell-mediated immune responses compared to adult horses after administration of killed vaccines. As a basis for this study, we hypothesized that newborn foals can mount strong immune responses after vaccination with live Mycobacterium bovis BCG.
Methods: Healthy 4-day-old foals (n=7), 4-month-old foals (n=7) and adult horses (n=6) were vaccinated once with live M.