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W D Smith

Publications and source records attributed to W D Smith.

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PubMed1975

Immunoglobulins, antibodies and inhibitors of parainfluenza 3 virus in respiratory secretions of sheep.

Virus neutralising and haemagglutination inhibiting (HI) activities were monitored in the serum, nasal secretions and tracheo-bronchial secretions of lambs infected with Parainfluenza virus type 3 (PI3). HI activity was found in the secretions of both control and infected lambs, whereas neutralising antibody was found only in nasal secretions from infected lambs. Fractionation revealed that most of the HI activity in the secretions was due to a large molecular weight protein which also inhibited the haemagglutination (HA) of Parainfluenza virus type 1 (PI1) and type 2 (PI2) and Newcastle disease virus (NDV). This inhibitory activity was partially sensitive to receptor destroying enzyme (RDE). IgA antibodies specific for PI3 were also found in the respiratory secretions. However no increase in IgA levels was detected in the nasal secretions of the infected lambs. It is suggested that in certain reports non-specific inhibitors present in the nasal secretions of calves, may have been confused with PI3 specific IgA antibody.

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PubMed1975

Experimental production of aneuploidy in mouse oocytes.

The normal course of meiosis can be interrupted in cultured mouse oocytes by exposre to low temperature (23 degrees C). Re-transfer of the oocytes to a 37 degrees C environment will permit the meiotic process to resume and progress as usual to second metaphase. However, a significant number of oocytes treated in this manner prove to contain abnormal numbers of chromosomes.

Aneuploidy↗
PubMed1975

Experimental infection of lambs with an aerosol of Pasteurella haemolytica.

Specific pathogen free lambs were exposed to an aerosol of Pasteurella haemolytica. Ten lambs vaccinated with an adjuvanted killed P haemolytica vaccine and nine units of P haemolytica administered in an aerosol. Pneumonia histologically indistinguishable from natural pneumonic pasteurellosis occurred in one vaccinated lamb and in four control lambs.

Adjuvants, Immunologic↗
PubMed1975

Immunoglobulin concentrations in ovine body fluids.

Ovine IgG, IgM and IgA and antisera specific for these immunoglobulins were prepared. The specific antisera were used to estimate the immunoglobulin concentrations in certain sheep body fluids. IgA was shown to be the major immunoglobulin in saliva, lung and lachrymal fluid, tracheobronchial and nasal secretions while IgG was the predominant immunoglobulin in colostrum, milk, bile and serum.

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PubMed1975

The nasal secretion and serum antibody response of lambs following vaccination and aerosol challenge with parainfluenza 3 virus.

The nasal and serum neutralising antibody responses of lambs was compared following vaccination with live or inactivated parainfluenza 3 (PI 3) virus by either intramuscular (IM) or intranasal (IN) routes. Nasal antibody was only detected following inoculation of live virus IN or inactivated virus in Freund's complete adjuvant (FCA) IM. Immunity to aerosol challenge, as assessed by viral shedding from the nose, was conferred by (1) live virus administered by either route, (2) two IM inoculations of inactivated virus in FCA, and (3) one IM injection of inactivated virus in FCA followed by IN instillation of inactivated virus.

Administration, Intranasal↗