Publications

phalaris arundinacea (reed canarygrass) grass staggers in beef cattle.	four adult mixed-breed beef cows from a cow-calf operation in west virginia were referred to the virginia-maryland regional college of veterinary medicine in march 2009 with weakness, ataxia, hind limb paresis progressing to lateral recumbency, and death within 2-3 days. histologically, there was accumulation of light brown, granular pigment in neurons of the ventral gray horns of the spinal cord (more severe in thoracic and lumbar sections), brain stem, and pons, resulting in distortion and bul ...	2010	20807948
high prevalence and abundant atypical genotypes of toxoplasma gondii isolated from lambs destined for human consumption in the usa.	little information is available on the presence of viable toxoplasma gondii in tissues of lambs worldwide. the prevalence of t. gondii was determined in 383 lambs (<1 year old) from maryland, virginia and west virginia, usa. hearts of 383 lambs were obtained from a slaughter house on the day of killing. blood removed from each heart was tested for antibodies to t. gondii by using the modified agglutination test (mat). sera were first screened using 1:25, 1:50, 1: 100 and 1:200 dilutions, and hea ...	2008	18191859
evaluation of brassicas in grazing systems for sheep: i. quality of forage and animal performance.	four years of grazing trials were conducted with brassica forages to evaluate their chemical composition and effect on adg of fattening lambs and breeding ewes in late fall. brassicas tested included kales (brassica oleracea l. var. acephala dc), turnips (b. rapa l.), and a chinese cabbage hybrid (b. rapa l. x b. pekinensis [lour.] rupr.). daily gains of lambs varied widely among years (19 to 330 g/d); adg on brassicas were, however, generally higher than on stockpiled kentucky 31 tall fescue (f ...	1994	7928762
parasitism among white-tailed deer and domestic sheep on common range.	parasitism was studied in white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) and domestic sheep (ovis aries) which shared a common range in eastern west virginia. of 30 species of internal parasites, 11 were found in deer and 22 in sheep. five parasites, sarcocystis sp., cysticercus tenuicollis, oesophagostomum venulosum, cooperia punctata, and gongylonema pulchrum, occurred in both deer and sheep. an index of similarity of 17.2 suggests that the parasite faunas of these hosts are distinct, and that it ...	1976	16498882