Publications

psorergatic acariasis in cattle.		1965	14256945
studies on the role of mammals in the natural history of western encephalitis in hale county, texas.		1969	5817501
relative potentials of domestic animals for zooprophylaxis against mosquito vectors of encephalitis.		1970	5443080
a poxvirus of primates. i. growth of the virus in vitro and comparison with other poxviruses.	a primate poxvirus (orteca) isolated from a skin lesion in a rhesus monkey (macaca mulatta) was studied along with four known poxviruses: vaccinia, monkeypox, swinepox, and yaba. it grows in established lines of monkey kidney cells at a rate intermediate between that of vaccinia and monkeypox and that of swinepox and yaba. the cytopathic effects produced by orteca virus resemble those produced by swinepox virus, although, unlike swinepox, it cannot be propagated in porcine cells. neither can ort ...	1970	18605415
phage typing in diphtheria outbreaks in the southwestern united states, 1968-1971.		1972	4626545
isolation of t-strain of mycoplasma from texas feedlot cattle.		1972	5074697
specificity and sensitivity of radioimmunoassay for hepatitis b antigen.	sera from a survey of 6,026 people were tested for hepatitis b surface antigen by using radioimmunoassay and counterelectrophoresis. forty-eight sera (0.79%) were positive by counterelectrophoresis and 152 sera (2.52%) were positive by radioimmunoassay, using the most liberal of the recommended criteria for positivity (i.e., counts 3 standard deviations above the mean). absorption tests performed on the 152 radioimmunoassay-positive sera showed that 10 (6.6%) were false-positive reactions to gui ...	1974	4472833
serologic evidence of venezuelan equine encephalitis in some wild and domestic populations of southern texas.	more than 2,500 sera from approximately 30 wild and domestic species in southern texas were tested for neutralizing antibodies to venezuelan equine encephalitis (vee). virus isolations were also attempted from blood and tissue samples of many of the wild specimens. vee neutralizing substances were present in a variety of species collected prior to the 1971 epizootic, suggesting that vee was present and perhaps enzootic in this area before the recent epizootic. serologic results of this study sug ...	1975	238050
epidemic venezuelan equine encephalitis in north america in 1971: vertebrate field studies.	epidemic venezuelan equine encephalitis in north america in 1971: vertebrate field studies. am j epidemiol 101:36-50, 1975.-in june 1971, epidemic venezuelan equine encephalitis (vee) invaded the lower rio grande valley in south texas. the boca chica area of cameron county was selected as a study site to investigate vertebrate involvement in the natural cycle of epidemic vee on the basis of considerable evidence of vee virus activity there in equines, humans, and mosquito vectors. only one vee v ...	1975	1119481
recent trends in the epidemiology of tularemia in the united states.		1975	1167886
an outbreak of bacillus cereus food poisoning resulting from contaminated vegetable sprouts.	in an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness caused by consumption of home-grown raw vegetable sprouts contaminated by bacillus cereus, victims developed symptoms after an incubation period of 6-15 hours. four persons initially experienced nausea and vomiting, and this was followed in 3 cases by abdominal cramps and diarrhea. bacteriologic investigation indicated that b. cereus on unsprouted seeds proliferated during germination in a commercially sold seed sprouting kit and reached levels in exces ...	1976	820192
prothrombin houston: a dysprothrombin identifiable by crossed immunoelectrofocusing and abnormal echis carinatus venom activation.	a 72-yr-old male with a lifelong history of easy bruisability and posttraumatic bleeding had a prolonged prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time. his plasma stypven, taipan, and echis carinatus venom clotting times were prolonged. the presence of a dysprothrombin was confirmed by the discrepancy between plasma prothrombin coagulant activity and prothrombin antigen levels. his plasma prothrombin was capable of being completely absorbed onto and then eluted from barium sulfate. ...	1980	7362870
avian cholera in common crows, corvus brachyrhynchos, from the central texas panhandle.	an epornitic of avian cholera involving approximately 150 birds is described from a flock of common crows, corvus brachyrhynchos, on a single playa lake utilized as a roost in castro county, texas, during early spring of 1980. there was a concomitant epornitic of avian cholera involving several hundred ducks and geese of several species on adjacent lakes in he same area. crows scavenged extensively on waterfowl carcasses. gross and histopathologic lesions in waterfowl were typical of acute avian ...	1981	7338973
capsular and somatic serotypes of pasteurella multocida isolates recovered from healthy and diseased rabbits in texas.	a total of 111 pasteurella multocida isolates recovered from healthy and diseased rabbits were typed for capsular and somatic antigens by the typing systems of carter and heddleston, respectively. the major serotypes of the 48 p. multocida isolates recovered from nasal cavities of healthy rabbits were serotypes 12:a (33%), nontypable:a (50%), and nontypable:d (10%). similarly, the major serotypes of the 63 p. multocida isolates obtained from rabbits with rhinitis, pneumonia, conjunctivitis, tymp ...	1983	6619283
management of bacterial meningitis in infants and children. current status and future prospects.	outcome from bacterial meningitis in infants and children has not appreciably changed in a 14-year period from 1969 to 1982 at children's medical center and parkland memorial hospital, dallas, texas. overall, the case-fatality rate was 6.4 percent; it was 4.6 percent for 414 patients managed in 1969 to 1972 and 3.9% for 376 patients in 1981 and 1982. in neonatal meningitis due to group b streptococci or coliform bacilli, the fatality rates were comparable in 1969 to 1972 and 1981 and 1982; ampic ...	1984	6372473
genetic differentiation among cottontails from isolated playa basins.	protein variation in 182 sylvilagus floridanus from 19 playa basins in castro co., texas was examined using starch-gel electrophoresis. heterozygote deficiencies were noted for all populations. this heterozygote deficiency may be due to differential selection against heterozygous individuals over the winter months. results of f-statistics indicated a significant degree of population differentiation at six loci. nei's genetic distance between populations ranged from 0.20 to 0.388 and a significan ...	1987	3504804
blackbuck antelope (antilope cervicapra), a new host for psoroptes cuniculi (acari: psoroptidae).	information was requested on the cause of extensive lesions and death of a blackbuck antelope (antilope cervicapra). psoroptes cuniculi, the ear mite of domestic rabbits, was identified as the cause of the lesions. death of the antelope was attributed to a secondary bacterial infection. this is the first report of p. cuniculi on blackbuck antelope. the potential impact of these mites on blackbuck antelope and other exotics in texas is unknown.	1988	3352089
borrelia sp. infection in coyotes, black-tailed jack rabbits and desert cottontails in southern texas.	coyotes (canis latrans) from southern texas were sampled for antibodies to borrelia burgdorferi from 1980 to 1986; black-tailed jack rabbits (lepus californicus) and desert cottontails (sylvilagus audubonii) were sampled in 1986. coyote fetuses, adult coyote kidneys, and black-tailed jack rabbit and desert cottontail kidneys were cultured for b. burgdorferi in 1986. results of indirect immunofluorescent antibody (ifa) tests for b. burgdorferi in coyotes were as follows (number positive at a dilu ...	1989	2644452
serologic survey of selected zoonotic disease agents in black-tailed jack rabbits from western texas.	a serologic survey for the agents of rocky mountain spotted fever (rmsf) (rickettsia rickettsii), borrelia spp. including the causative agent for lyme disease (borrelia burgdorferi), and plague (yersinia pestis) was conducted on blood samples collected from 30 and 46 black-tailed jack rabbits (lepus californicus) from an urban environment in lubbock, texas (usa) during winter 1987 and the following spring 1988, respectively. antibody titers to the agents of rmsf and borreliosis were detected in ...	1990	2106044
epidemiologic characteristics of human tularemia in the southwest-central states, 1981-1987.	from 1981 through 1987, a total of 1,041 cases of tularemia in humans were reported in arkansas, kansas, louisiana, missouri, oklahoma, and texas; this represents 60% of the cases reported in the united states during this same time period. the state of arkansas reported the highest total (420 cases). annual incidence rates per one million population ranged from 36.3 in arkansas to less than 5.0 in kansas, louisiana, and texas. epidemiologic data were available for 1,026 cases. the majority of ca ...	1991	2035503
control of psoroptes cuniculi in captive white-tailed deer with ivermectin-treated corn.	psoroptes cuniculi, the ear mite of domestic rabbits, was collected from captive white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus). this is the first report of rabbit ear mite infestations in white-tailed deer in oklahoma or texas (usa). in addition to moderate infestations in their ears, two 4-yr-old bucks, two 3-yr-old does, and seven 4-yr-old does showed patchy areas of alopecia along the sides and brisket. both bucks also had patchy areas of alopecia around the base of antlers. ear mites were eradi ...	1991	2067046
ectoparasites of the blackbuck antelope (antilope cervicapra).	fifty-two free-ranging blackbuck antelope (antilope cervicapra) from texas were examined for ectoparasites. two species of sucking lice (anoplura), one species of chewing louse (mallophaga), one species of louse fly (diptera), and three species of ticks (acari) were found. this is the first report of the anoplurans linognathus cervicaprae and l. pithodes from the western hemisphere. the southern deer ked (lipoptena mazamae), the winter tick (dermacentor albipictus), and the rabbit tick (haemaphy ...	1992	1512888
malaria vaccine research.	in our report "activation of raf as a result of recruitment to the plasma membrane" (3 june, p. 1463) (1), panels e and f of figure 1 on page 1464 were incorrect. the correct photographs appear below. in addition, the [see figure in the pdf file] second sentence of the legend to figure 1 should have read, "the raf constructs were tagged at the cooh-terminus with a glu-glu epitope (meympme) (24) for c-raf, or at the nh(2)-terminus with both the glu-glu and the myc (meqkliseedl) (23) epitopes for ...	1994	7864993
molecular characterization of a human calicivirus with sequence relationships closer to animal caliciviruses than other known human caliciviruses.	cdna clones were produced from a morphologically typical human calicivirus (hucv) in stool specimens collected in 1982 during an outbreak of gastroenteritis in sapporo, japan. the cdna clones were generated separately in two laboratories by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (rt-pcr) using primers 35 and 36 derived from norwalk virus. the rt-pcr product from six specimens was of the predicted size, had a continuous protein encoding frame on the positive strand, and contained glps an ...	1995	7775942
efficacy of bait distributional strategies to deliver canine rabies vaccines to coyotes in southern texas.	this study sought to develop a baiting strategy to deliver an oral rabies vaccine to free-ranging coyotes (canis latrans) in southern texas. to determine bait longevity, dog foodlard baits were placed (n = 50) on- and off-roads during july 1994 and january 1995. coyote visitation and uptake rates did not differ between on-road and off-road placement of baits. to evaluate bait stations as possible visual cues, baits were placed out both with (n = 50) and without (n = 50) bait stations. a visual c ...	1998	9476222
genetic evidence suggests that psoroptes isolates of different phenotypes, hosts and geographic origins are conspecific.	the second internal transcribed spacer of the rrna gene was characterised in 15 psoroptes isolates collected from the ears or bodies of rabbits, goats, sheep and cattle originating from four continents. morphologically, the isolates were differentiated as psoroptes cuniculi, psoroptes ovis and psoroptes cervinus. genotypically, the isolates were highly homogeneous, except for the existence of different rdna classes. in view of previous phenotypic data, a possible conspecificity of these species ...	1998	9846608
teaching international animal agriculture.	students who major in animal science at u.s. institutions are generally exposed to a curriculum that emphasizes commercial, large-scale production of the few traditional food animals: cattle, poultry, sheep, and swine. globally, most farmers live in lesser-developed countries under limited-resource conditions of land, feed supplies, equipment, and capital. the promotion of commercial animal production enterprises may not be appropriate for such farms because it can subject farmers to considerabl ...	1999	10568483
a molecular analysis of dietary diversity for three archaic native americans.	dna was extracted from three fecal samples, more than 2,000 years old, from hinds cave, texas. amplification of human mtdna sequences showed their affiliation with contemporary native americans, while sequences from pronghorn antelope, bighorn sheep, and cottontail rabbit allowed these animals to be identified as part of the diet of these individuals. furthermore, amplification of chloroplast dna sequences identified eight different plants as dietary elements. these archaic humans consumed 2-4 d ...	2001	11296282
genetic heterogeneity of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in the southern united states based on restriction fragment length polymorphism and sequence analysis.	fifty-six strains of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, isolated from ticks and vertebrate animals in missouri, south carolina, georgia, florida, and texas, were identified and characterized by pcr-restriction fragment length polymorphism (rflp) analysis of rrf (5s)-rrl (23s) intergenic spacer amplicons. a total of 241 to 258 bp of intergenic spacers between tandemly duplicated rrf (5s) and rrl (23s) was amplified by pcr. msei and drai restriction fragment polymorphisms were used to analyze these ...	2001	11427560
spontaneous cataracts in laboratory rabbits.	to document the occurrence and incidence of spontaneously occurring cataracts in older new zealand white (nzw) and new zealand white x new zealand red (nzw x nzr - f1) rabbits during prescreening examinations at alcon laboratories.	2002	12236868
comparing the effects of physical practice and mental imagery rehearsal on learning basic surgical skills by medical students.	the purpose of this study was to test the effects of varying the amount of physical practice and mental imagery rehearsal on learning basic surgical procedures.	2004	15547570
attitudes of veterinary medical students and medical students toward collaborative learning: an experiment.	this study measured the attitudes of 55 medical students and 30 veterinary medical students as they participated in an experiment of collaborative teaching and learning about basic surgical skills. two parallel forms of an attitude questionnaire were developed, with three subscales: confidence in one's own surgical skill; collaboration with the other type of student; and inter-professional collaboration in general. these attitude scales were administered before and after an experiment involving ...	2004	15962254
detection of babesia and anaplasma species in rabbits from texas and georgia, usa.	rabbits have been shown to harbor a suite of zoonotic organisms, including a babesia species, borrelia burgdorferi, and anaplasma phagocytophilum. in this study, we conducted a molecular survey for various tick-borne pathogens in three species of rabbits from texas and georgia. of 18 black-tailed jackrabbits (lepus californicus) tested from texas, six (28%) were polymerase chain reaction (pcr) positive for babesia, and nucleotide sequencing revealed two distinct species or strains. two jackrabbi ...	2006	16584322
oral ganciclovir versus valganciclovir for cytomegalovirus prophylaxis in high-risk liver transplant recipients.	this retrospective review compared oral valganciclovir (vgcv) 450 mg daily for 6 months versus oral ganciclovir (gcv) 1000 mg 3 times daily for 3 months in preventing cytomegalovirus (cmv) disease in high-risk liver transplant recipients.we evaluated all cmv donor positive-recipient negative liver transplant recipients managed at university health system in san antonio,texas from august 1996 to september 2006. cmv disease was confirmed by polymerase chain-reaction or antigenemia assay, and cmv i ...	2009	19054381
evaluation of a plasmid dna-based anthrax vaccine in rabbits, nonhuman primates and healthy adults.	vcl-ab01, a cationic lipid-formulated plasmid dna (pdna)-based vaccine that contains genes encoding genetically detoxified bacillus anthracis protective antigen (pa) and lethal factor (lf), was assessed in a phase 1, dose-escalating clinical trial in healthy adults for safety and immunogenicity, and in nonhuman primates for immunogenicity and efficacy against challenge with a lethal dose of b. anthracis spores. healthy 18-45 year old subjects were randomly assigned to receive either the investig ...	2009	19458488
comparison of the attractiveness of organic infusions to the standard cdc gravid mosquito trap.	field experiments were conducted in southeastern texas in 2008 to compare the attractiveness of selected gravid-trap infusions to ovipositing female mosquitoes. comparisons were made among the following infusions: bermuda grass, oak leaves, acacia leaves, rabbit chow (alfalfa pellets) and green algae. experiments were conducted at 6 trap locations in fort sam houston military reservation in san antonio, texas. four (bermuda grass, acacia leaves, oak leaves, and algae) of the 5 infusions were eff ...	2009	20084742
attractiveness of botanical infusions to ovipositing culex quinquefasciatus, cx. nigripalpus, and cx. erraticus in san antonio, texas.	field experiments were conducted on the fort sam houston military reservation, san antonio, tx, in fall 2008 to observe the attractiveness of selected botanical infusions to ovipositing female mosquitoes. the following infusions were tested in centers for disease control and prevention gravid traps: bermuda grass (cynodon dactylon), oak leaf (quercus virginiana), acacia leaf (acacia schaffneri), rabbit chow (alfalfa pellets), and algae (spirogyra sp.). four (bermuda, acacia, oak, and algae) of t ...	2009	20099599
canine schistosomiasis in north america: an underdiagnosed disease with an expanding distribution.	heterobilharzia americana, a digenean trematode in the family schistosomatidae, is the etiologic agent of canine schistosomiasis in the southeastern united states.1 a few cases of canine schistosomiasis have been reported in florida, louisiana, north carolina, texas, and, recently, kansas.1-6 the natural definitive host for the fluke is the raccoon1; however, infections have been detected in nutrias, bobcats, mountain lions, opossums, white-tailed deer, swamp rabbits, armadillos, coyotes, red wo ...	2010	20473851