scholarly journals Agglutinating Antibody Titers of Young White Leghorns and Rhode Island Reds Following Inoculation with Live and Inactivated Salmonella gallinarum Cultures

1959 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 918-922 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry W. Garren ◽  
Charles H. Hill
1933 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alwin M. Pappenheimer ◽  
Marianne Goettsch ◽  

1. Nutritional encephalomalacia may be induced in chicks up to the age of approximately 2 months. As the preliminary feeding period on a natural foods diet is increased, the percentage incidence of the disease becomes progressively less. The average time between institution of diet and appearance of the disease tends to diminish. 2. There is no correlation between growth and incidence of the disease. 3. White Leghorns, Barred Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, and White Wyandottes are equally susceptible.


1936 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 172-202

Effect on various Breeds of Poultry of the Lack of Vitamin A. Sul comportamento di alcune Razze di Polli sottoposti a carenza di Vitamine A. Dr. A. Scaccini. Rivista di Avicultura, 1935, p. 359.Rhode Island Chickens appeared to be more sensitive than White Leghorns to the lack of Vit. A.


Vaccine ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (7) ◽  
pp. 1094-1099 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arindam Mitra ◽  
Amanda Loh ◽  
Amanda Gonzales ◽  
Paweł Łaniewski ◽  
Crystal Willingham ◽  
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1938 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles W. Knox ◽  
Marlow W. Olsen

1933 ◽  
Vol 6 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 51-74

Crossbred Poultry. Hybrid Vigor. D. C. Warren, Agricultural Experimental Station, Manhattan, Kansas. Bulletin, 252.Summary:1.Crosses between the Single Comb White Leghorn and Jersey Black Giant showed the resulting hybrids to be superior to the two pure breeds in all measurements of vigor.2.The results from the Single Comb White Leghorn-Single Comb Rhode Island Red cross showed the hybrids to be generally superior to the pure breeds, but in a few comparisons the hybrids only equalled the better of the two breeds involved.3.The crosses of Single Comb White Leghorns by Barred Plymouth Rocks and of Single Comb Rhode Island Reds by Barred Plymouth Rocks produced hybrids that in each case were superior to the pure breeds involved, for chick mortality and rate of growth, these being the only criteria of vigor considered.4.Crosses between independently bred strains of Single Comb White Leghorns produced offspring that were in some respects superior to the pure strain progeny, but the degree of stimulation did not appear to be so great as in the crosses of different breeds.5.Sex of chicks may be distinguished at hatching by means of sex-linked down colours in crossbred chicks.6.The new method utilising the growth of wing feathers at hatching is slightly less accurate for identifying the sexes, but has certain advantages over the down-colour method.7.The advantages of the wing feather growth method are that it makes available the White Leghorn breed, which is widely popular and well bred for production; it produces a white hybrid; and greatly extends the list of breeds available for crossing to distinguish sex at hatching.8.The superior vigour of some hybrids probably makes them more economical than most pure breeds for the poultryman whose major income is from market poultry and eggs.


1978 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. D. SUMMERS ◽  
S. LEESON ◽  
S. J. SLINGER

In response to queries regarding the long-term effect of utilizing rapeseed gums in poultry diets, an experiment was initiated in which this product was continuously fed throughout the life cycle of the laying hen. Treatments consisted of: (1) soybean meal control, (2) 15% Tower rapeseed meal (3) 15% Tower rapeseed containing 1.5% of rape gums (4) soybean meal containing 1.5% of rape gums, and (5) soybean meal containing 1.5% of soy gums. The meals containing gums were manufactured in Western Canada. The diets were offered to one commercial White Leghorn and University strains of White Leghorns and Rhode Island Red, with conventional dietary specifications used in relation to age of bird. Gums had no persistent effect on feed intake or body weight of pullets from day of age to 20 wk. During this period mortality was low and not influenced by diet. In a subsequent laying period of 308 days, these same dietary treatments had no significant effect on egg production, while breed differences influenced all parameters measured. The addition of gums to rapeseed meal caused a reduction in egg size for a commercial strain of White Leghorns while the converse was true for a Guelph strain of White Leghorns. This apparent dichotomy may have been related to differences in feed intake. Diet had no influence on fertility or hatchability or on the performance of subsequent offspring when these were fed diets comparable to those of their dams. It is concluded that no toxic effects in terms of productive performance accrue from the use of up to 15% Tower rapeseed meal which contains 1.5% rapeseed gums, when fed throughout the commercial life cycle of egg strain birds and their offspring. Performance data also indicate that the addition of such gums to soybean meal offers an alternative means of their disposal.


Author(s):  
Hannah R. Brown ◽  
Anthony F. Nostro ◽  
Halldor Thormar

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a slowly progressing disease of the CNS in children which is caused by measles virus. Ferrets immunized with measles virus prior to inoculation with the cell associated, syncytiogenic D.R. strain of SSPE virus exhibit characteristics very similar to the human disease. Measles virus nucleocapsids are present, high measles antibody titers are found in the sera and inflammatory lesions are prominent in the brains. Measles virus specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) is present in the brain,and IgG/ albumin ratios indicate that the antibodies are synthesized within the CNS.


Author(s):  
Hannah R. Brown ◽  
Tammy L. Donato ◽  
Halldor Thormar

Measles virus specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) has been found in the brains of patients with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), a slowly progressing disease of the central nervous system (CNS) in children. IgG/albumin ratios indicate that the antibodies are synthesized within the CNS. Using the ferret as an animal model to study the disease, we have been attempting to localize the Ig's in the brains of animals inoculated with a cell associated strain of SSPE. In an earlier report, preliminary results using Protein A conjugated to horseradish peroxidase (PrAPx) (Dynatech Diagnostics Inc., South Windham, ME.) to detect antibodies revealed the presence of immunoglobulin mainly in antibody-producing plasma cells in inflammatory lesions and not in infected brain cells.In the present experiment we studied the brain of an SSPE ferret with neutralizing antibody titers of 1:1024 in serum and 1:512 in CSF at time of sacrifice 7 months after i.c. inoculation with SSPE measles virus-infected cells. The animal was perfused with saline and portions of the brain and spinal cord were immersed in periodate-lysine-paraformaldehyde (P-L-P) fixative. The ferret was not perfused with fixative because parts of the brain were used for virus isolation.


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