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F W Scott

Publications and source records attributed to F W Scott.

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PubMed1976

Serological comparison of French WD-42 enterovirus isolate with bovine winter dysentery in New York State.

Forty-eight acute and convalescent paired serums from 10 dairy cattle herds naturally infected with winter dysentery and 10 paired serums from laboratory infected heifers were tested for antibody to bovine enterovirus WD-42 which reportedly reproduced the disease syndrome in France. Only 3 naturally infected and 1 experimentally infected animals had 2-fold antibody responses. No clinical symptoms were observed in 2 steers inoculated with WD-42. Each had a 4-fold or greater antibody response to the virus. Results indicate that the winter dysentery syndrome observed in New York is produced by an agent other than WD-42 virus and that it is produced by an agent other than an enterovirus.

Animals↗
PubMed1976

Effect of feline panleukopenia virus infection on development of humoral and cellular immunity.

Cats were infected with feline panleukopenia virus (FPLV) at various ages pre- and post-parturition. All fetuses infected at 35 days of gestation from one queen and a single fetus infected at 45 days of gestation from a second queen had a significant delay in time of skin allograft rejection. Older fetuses and newborn kittens infected with FPLV did not show this delay in rejection time. Adult cats infected with FPLV demonstrated a significant decrease in lymphocyte responsiveness to two T cell mitogens, phytohemagglutinin and Concanavalin A, however there was no significant decrease in lymphocyte response to pokeweed mitogen, a T cell and B cell mitogen. Primary and secondary antibody responses to rabbit red blood cells (RRBC) were not affected by FPLV infection. The results suggest that FPLV has its primary immunosuppressive effect on T cell activity. This effect does not appear to be as severe as that observed for feline leukemia virus of kittens nor as for canine distemper virus in dogs.

Animals↗
PubMed1975

Aerosol vaccination against feline panleukopenia.

Forty-seven cats were vaccinated with modified live-virus feline panleukopenia (FPL) vaccine administered by a nebulizer connected to a metal vaccination chamber. All 29 cats that dif not have FPL serum-neutralizing (SN) antibodies at the time of vaccination developed high SN titers. Five were then exposed to virulent FPL virus. Clinical signs of illness were not observed. Of 18 cats with maternally derived antibody, 14 failed to develop an immune response after vaccination. Three of these 14 cats were exposed virulent virus and all developed typical signs of FPL. It was concluded that aerosol FPL vaccination is an effective and practicable method of immunizing large number of cats.

Aerosols↗
PubMed1975

Teratogenesis in cats associated with griseofulvin therapy.

Multiple congenital malformations occurred in kittens of three cats treated orally at weekly intervals with 500-1000 mg of the antifungal drug griseofulin. Malformations of the brain included exencephaly, malformed prosencephalon, caudal displacement, and hydrocephalus. Skeletal malformations included cranium bifidium, spina bifida (C1 through C4, and sacral), abnormal atlantooccipital articulation, cleft palate, absence of maxillae, and lack of tail vertebrae. Cyclopia and anophthalmia with absence of optic nerves and rudimentary optic tracts were also observed. Atresia ani, atresia coli, lack of atrioventricular valves in the heart, and absence of external nares and soft palate were other abnormalities present.

Abnormalities, Drug-Induced↗
PubMed1975

Pathogenetic studies of infection of the bovine fetus with bovine viral diarrhea virus. II. Ocular lesions.

Twenty-three susceptible pregnant heifers were inoculated with bovine viral diarrhea virus at 150 +/- 1 days of gestation. Seven additional heifers were inoculated between 65 and 115 days of gestation. Acute ocular lesions were seen in fetuses taken 17-21 days after inoculation of the dams at 150 days. By the fourth week, the acute lesions were beginning to resolve, and in newborn animals focal to total retinal atrophy was seen. The acute lesions were characterized by a mild to moderate retinitis that resulted in various degrees of destruction of the different layers, mononuclear cuffing of inner retinal vessels, proliferation of pigment epithelium, and choroiditis. Residually there was an absence of cellular elements in the atrophied areas of the retina, frequently a loss of layering and various numbers of pigment-containing cells. Moderately severe acute inflammation was seen in the retina of the fetus taken at 22 days after inoculation of its dam at 95 days. Ocular lesions did not occur in the other fetuses taken from heifers inoculated at earlier stages of gestation.

Animals↗
PubMed1974

Feline immunoglobulins.

Immunoglobulins (Ig) in feline sera and secretions were identified by immuno-electrophoresis and immunodiffusion with rabbit antisera prepared to feline IgG, IgA, IgM, and whole serum. Adult cat sera, colostral whey, postcolostral sera, tears, and nasal secretions contained IgG, IgA, and IgM. IgG was the only Ig identified in precolostral sera and cerebrospinal fluid. Milk, intestinal contents, pooled allantoic and amniotic fluids, and saliva from adult cats and urine from suckling kittens contained IgG and IgA. Ig were not detected in urine from adult cats. Bile was unique in that IgA and IgM were the predominant Ig.

Amniotic Fluid↗
PubMed1973

Absence of an immune response after oral administration of attenuated feline panleukopenia virus.

Cats were orally vaccinated with attenuated feline panleukopenia virus to compare this route with parenteral immunization. Cats receiving vaccine virus by mouth did not produce a systemic or local antibody response to the virus. Intranasal and subcutaneous vaccination produced high levels of neutralizing antibodies and provided protection from challenge with virulent virus. The results suggest that virus does not initially infect the tissue of the oral pharynx or gastrointestinal tract as previously suspected.

Administration, Intranasal↗
PubMed1971

Feline reovirus.

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