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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"immunotoxicology"”.
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Drug allergy in veterinary medicine awareness, incidence, and clinical characteristics
The World Health Organization defines adverse drug reactions (ADRs) as “a noxious, unintended, and undesired effect of a drug that occurs at doses used for prevention, diagnosis, or treatment”. These ADRs can be classified into: type A reactions (60-80%, dose-dependent, predictable, and directly …
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Immunological and hematological biomarkers for contaminants in fish-eating birds of the Great Lakes
Field and laboratory investigations have demonstrated that halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons (HAHs), which include PCBs and dioxin, are associated with developmental and population-level problems in fish-eating birds of the Great Lakes. Other studies have shown that perinatal exposure to HAHs …
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The Development and Application of a Hemolytic Plaque Forming Cell Assay (PFC) and a Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Assay (CTL) in Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) for Immunotoxicity Risk Assessment of Environmental Contaminants
The prospect of utilizing the cichlid teleost tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) as an alternative experimental model to mammals for immunotoxicity risk assessment is currently being proposed. As such, the National Toxicology Program's (NTP) standard battery of rodent immunotoxicity assays is being …
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Use of the Immune System to Investigate the Toxicity Induced by Environmental Pollutants in Fish, Amphibian, and Mammalian Species
In recent years, there has been growing concern about the effect of environmental pollutants on the immune system. In the current study, we investigated the toxicity induced by certain environmental pollutants on the immune systems of fish, amphibians, and mice. Fish in the laboratory were tested …
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Effects of Pasteurella haemolytica on Pulmonary Vascular Adrenergic Mechanisms
Pneumonic pasteurellosis is a significant disease in beef production medicine. The most recent information suggests that this disease is a $700 million dollar per year economic burden in bovine food animal production The medical and pathological characteristics of this disease are well documented. …
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Bacterial Challenge in Lumbricus Terrestris: A Terrestrial Invertebrate Immunotoxicity Model.
A bacterial challenge assay was developed utilizing the earthworm, Lumbricus terrestris, in order to assess potential immunotoxic effects from exposure to specific polychlorinated biphenyl congeners. Earthworms were inoculated with Aeromonous hydrophila, establishing a 10-day LD50. In vitro assays …