Medicine: Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE VACCINE AGAINST ANTHRAX

01-Jul-1968

10 pages

Authors: S G Kolesov; N A Mikhailov; Yu F Borisovich; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

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As a result of careful computations and analyses of vaccinations, carried out during 1954-1955, it was established that the hydro-oxide-aluminum vaccine provided a resisting and durable immunity against anthrax. This was confirmed by the fact that in the numerous places where vaccinations were carried out, no cases of animal anthrax occurred.

EXPERIMENTAL OBTAINING OFF HIGHLY SPECIES-SPECIFIC PRECIPITATIVE ANTHRAX SERA (OPYT POLUCHENIYA VYSOKOSPETSIFICHNOI PRETSIPITIRUYUSHCHEI SIBIREYAZVENNOI SYVOROTKI),

01-Jul-1968

27 pages

Authors: A Ya Meshcheryakov; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

With the aid of an anthrax monospecific (adsorbed) serum, it is possible to conduct stricter serological identification and differentiation of Bac. anthracis from spore-forming aerobic microbes.

THE STUDY OF THE COMPLICATIONS RESULTING FROM THE APPLICATION OF STI VACCINE (IZUCHENIE OSLOZHNENII PRI PRIMONENII VAKTSINY STI)

JUL 1968

Authors: S. G. Kolesov; A. A. Gutiman; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

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Experimental studies of the edema filtrate of white mice which was caused by the STI vaccine, proved that the edema does not decrease the organism's resistance. The tenfold passaging of the STI vaccine through the organism of white mice does not change the biological properties of the vaccine. It was established by the results of the study of the anthrax culture, isolated from cadavers of animals which died after vaccination ...

OBTAINANCE OF ANTHRAX STRAINS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROPHYLACTIC VACCINATION (POLUCHENIO SIRBIROYAZVENNYKH SHTAMMOV DLLA TSELEI VAKTSINOPROFILAKTIKI)

JUL 1968

Authors: S. G. Kolosov; Yu. F. Borisovich; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

The anthrax vaccine obtained by 'directed effectuation' and selection proved to be harmless and immunogenic, when tested on rabbits. The same vaccine, tested for harmlessness on sheep and goats in the conditions of the Institute, showed that it is harmless and stimulates just a minor local and thermal reaction. It was determined that the vaccine produces stable immunity at a control after 15 days and after 4 months subsequent inoculation; ...

LISTERELLOSIS OF CATTLE IN AZERBAIJAN

JUL 1968

6 pages

Authors: A. A. Mamedov; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

It was ascertained that the cattle disease in Azerbaijan was listerellosis. Listerellosis in cattle is observed in the low-land and foothill zones. Listerellosis of cattle appears in the summer and fall months and maintains a stationary character. The mature livestock (milk cows, or cows that have been bred) are more susceptible to the listerella infection, the young contract the disease less frequently; buffaloes also suffer from the disease. Abortions are ...

INFECTIOUS ENCEPHALOMYELITIS

JUL 1968

47 pages

Authors: V. M. Lekareva; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

Infectious encephalomyelitis (IEM) of horses is an acute infectious disease. It is caused by a neurotropic filterable virus and is accompanied by a disruption of the activity of the nervous system, jaundice of the mucous membranes and with a distinctly expressed paresis of the gastro-intestinal tract. This illness is observed as an enzootic of sporadic cases and very seldom as an epizootic.

FATAL INFECTIONS IN RABBITS BY A FILTRABLE VIRUS (TODLICHE INFEKTIONEN VON KANICHEN DURICH EIN FILTRIERBARES VIRUS),

JUL 1968

Authors: J. Jansen; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

A spontaneous, acute, lethal course of disease was observed in ten rabbits. Subsequent inoculations on 12 experimental rabbits killed all the animals after six to ten days. The causative agent was a filterable virus. The symptoms of the spontaneous conditions included 1 to 2 days of no food intake and loss of energy, followed later by death. Upon dissection, small spots on the liver became apparent. The symptoms of the ...

THE EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT OF ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS OF TUBERCULOSIS AND BRUCELLOSIS IN THE GUINEA PIG

JUL 1968

Authors: W. Sarnowiec; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

The association of the two diseases generally has an unfavorable effect in the subject. This association is especially bad when one inoculates Koch's bacilli into guinea pigs which have brucellosis.

Liquor Cerebrospinalis in Veterinary Medicine

JUL 1968

Authors: R. Fankhauser; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

The knowledge in veterinary medicine of animal fluid, compared to the human, is still in its beginning. This paper attempts to stimulate further testing and reduce the unjustified reservations of most practitioners toward the extraction of cerebrospinal fluid by presenting a short compilation of current knowledge. Experience was gained by means of several hundred spinal taps of various animal species (horse, cattle, sheep, goat, swine, dog, cat, rabbit). Most of ...

Pathological Anatomy of Listeriosis, Especially in the Animal

JUL 1968

10 pages

Authors: G. Pallaske; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

There is no doubt anymore about the world-wide dissemination of listeriosis among diverse animal species, about its occurrence in man and thus about its significance as zoonosis. In respect to natural infections, listeriosis has been observed in rodents such as the rabbit, mouse, guinea pig, rat, in nearly all domestic animals like the sheep, goat, cattle, swine, horse, chicken, canary, dog, also in the fox, mink, mountain-cock, etc. The clinical ...

Additional Findings in Connection with Experiments with and Examinations of Animal Listeriosis

JUL 1968

8 pages

Authors: K. Dedie; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

The agglutination, allergic diagnostic, type distribution, secretion and resistance, as applied to listeriosis of domestic animals, is discussed.

Contribution to the Mode of Transmission of Babesia Canis by Ticks

JUL 1968

10 pages

Authors: P. Regendanz; E. Reichenow; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

Dermacentor reticulatus passes the Babesial infection to almost the entire progeny. The male ticks are also capable of infecting, since their salivary glands are infected with Babesiae in the same manner as the females. The Babesial infection is not extinguished by the wintering of female ticks (cooling to +9C) after absorption of piroplasmic blood and prior to egg laying.

THE EPIZOOTOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF LOCATION OF MALIGNANT ANTHRAX AND WORK ON THEIR DIFFERENTIAL ANTIEPIZOOTIC MEASURES

Jul-1968

5 pages

Authors: G M Mannov; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

ON VARIOUS DISEASES IN FARM ANIMALS

Jul-1968

14 pages

Authors: N A Aleksandrov; G K Makhov; T I Chernetskii; S D Belokhvostov; V M Pasyukov; G F Yepifanov; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

This report is a translation from a Russian magazine of veterinary science and contains articles on characteristics of animal diseases and methods of combating them.

THE OPSONO-PHAGOCYTIC REACTION IN LISTERELLOSIS IN SWINE

Jul-1968

5 pages

Authors: M I Yashenkina; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

With an infection of a culture of listeria into rabbits or guinea pigs, the phagocytic properties of their blood is increased in relation to the pathogen of listerellosis in swine. The blood of the gilts and sheep used in the experiment did not possess phagocytic properties in relation to listeria. The experiments showed that the opsono-phagocytic reaction cannot be used for diagnostic purposes in listerellosis of swine.

IATROGENIC JEJUNOSTOMY IN A SOOTY MANGABEY (CERCOCEBUS TORQUATYS ATYS): A CASE REPORT,

18 JUN 1968

Authors: David K. Hysell; Arthur J. Neves; Robert S. Dedrick; ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH LAB FORT KNOX KY

The case history of a male sooty mangabey is presented.

ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC INVESTIGATIONS ON THE VIRUS OF STOMATITIS PAPULOSA (ELECTRONENMIKROSKOPISCHE UNTERSUCHUNGEN AM VIRUS DER STOMATITIS PAPULOSA)

15 JUN 1968

Authors: Eva Reczko; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

The included bodies, demonstrated in the case of bovine Stomatitis papulosa were examined in the electron microscope in ultra-thin sections. The material of which they mainly consist is loose and foamlike and contains focal consolidations. Included within this foamlike material, round particles are found with a dense interior body, a surrounding membrane and a less dense layer, filling the interspace. These particles have a diameter of about 207 mu. The ...

ATTENUATION OF A VIRULENT FOWL POX VIRUS IN CELL CULTURES AND PROPERTIES OF THE ATTENUATED VIRUS,

07 JUN 1968

Authors: A. Mayr; K. Malicki; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

Virulent fowl pox virus was attenuated by continuous passage in chick embryo fibroblast cultures, 300 to 350 passages being necessary. The course of attenuation is described. The attenuated virus produces no clinical symptoms when injected cutaneously and parenterally into 14-day-old chicks and its virulence for day-old chicks is also markedly reduced in that only 15% develop generalized infection. Uninoculated animals do not develop the disease by contact with inoculated ones. ...

CONTROL OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS BY DESTROYING THE VIABILITY OF SCHISTOSOME EGGS.

JUN 1968

Authors: Jose Pellegrino; MINAS GERAIS UNIV BELO HORIZONTE (BRAZIL) INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGIA

A great deal of informative data shows that Cebus apella macrocephalus Spix, 1823 represents the host of choice for studies on the control of schistosomiasis by destroying the viability of schistosome eggs. Some advantages for employing Cebus monkeys in experimental schistosomiasis are (a) availability at a relatively low cost, (b) ease of handling and maintenance under common laboratory conditions, (c) high percentage of cercariae maturing to schistosomes (30-50%), (d) large ...

INFLUENCE OF THYMECTOMY IN THE CHICKEN ON ANTIBODY PRODUCTION AGAINST NEWCASTLE DISEASE AND CHICKEN POX VIRUS

JUN 1968

12 pages

Authors: U. Bendhein; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

After inoculation and infection with the virus of ND and FP no significant differences were detected between thymectomized and non- thymectomized chickens with respect to the reaction to vaccination, formation of humoral antibodies, degree of immunity, disease pattern and mortality. In the thymectomized chickens infected with FP the number of positive precipitation tests, particularly in the vaccinated birds, was somewhat less than in the control birds and that 15 weeks ...

HORSE POX (VARIOLA EQUINA)

JUN 1968

4 pages

Authors: Bub; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

A SEROLOGIC SURVEY OF LEPTOSPIROSIS IN LABORATORY DOGS.

MAY 1968

Authors: Edward Feinberg; Donald B. Gisler; Farrel R. Robinson; AEROSPACE MEDICAL RESEARCH LABS WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO

During a 15-month period, 240 mongrel and 306 beagle dogs were surveyed for Leptospira titers and the sera from 24 mongrels and 22 beagles were positive. The incidence compared closely with results of authors in similar population areas in recent years, but it was low compared with older reports and foreign authors. Seasonal fluctuations were noted, since the highest incidence was recorded in fall months and lowest in summer months. ...

DISSEMINATED BLASTOMYCOSIS IN HAMSTERS AFTER INTRAMUSCULAR, SUBCUTANEOUS, AND INTRAPERITONEAL INOCULATION

APR 1968

17 pages

Authors: Marshall E. Landay; Edwin P. Lowe; Francis X. Smith; John Q. Mitten; FORT DETRICK FREDERICK MD

Intramuscular or subcutaneous infections of either morphological phase of Blastomyces dermatitidis were fatal to hamsters. The intramuscular route was more often lethal to males than a subcutaneous infection. Female hamsters proved to be more resistant to the intramuscular injection. Following spontaneous death or sacrifice, examination revealed an abscess at the site of injection. There were also regional and local lymph node involvement and extensive caseated nodules in the lungs. The ...

A RESTRAINT DEVICE FOR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECORDING IN THE UNANESTHETIZED CAT.

25 MAR 1968

Authors: James W. Wolfe; ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH LAB FORT KNOX KY

A restraint device is described which allows for recording in the unanesthetized cat during chronic electrophysiological studies. Advantages of the method for vestibular, visual, and auditory research are described. (Author)

SUCCESSFUL USE OF A CRUDE ENDOGENOUS PLASMA TO REDUCE MORTALITY DUE TO THE PANLEUKOPENIA ENTERITIS COMPLEX IN NEWLY ACQUIRED LABORATORY CATS.

29 FEB 1968

Authors: Robert S. Dedrick; Arthur J. Neves; ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH LAB FORT KNOX KY

The purpose of this report is to present data on the use of a locally prepared endogenous plasma for the prevention of the panleukopenia-enteritis complex in newly acquired cats in our laboratory. The use of such plasma has been successful in reducing the mortality rate in new cats from 39% to 5% during a period of 16 months. Plasma for this purpose is readily available, simple to prepare, and as ...

USERS OF LABORATORY ANIMALS IN THE UNITED STATES.

FEB 1968

Authors: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES-NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL WASHINGTON D C INST OF LAB ANIMAL RESOURCES

Approximately 1560 organizations using laboratory animals are listed by state and name under the following headings: Colleges and universities; feed manufacturers; government, state, and municipal laboratories; hospitals (private, state, municipal); medical and dental schools; pharmaceutical manufacturers; private laboratories; schools and departments of veterinary medicine; Veterans Administration hospitals.

Serological Evaluation of Domestic Animals for the Detection of Active Tularemia Foci,

FEB 1968

Authors: Yu. M. Gavilevskii; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

RESPONSE OF TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL WOODY PLANTS TO CHEMICAL TREATMENTS,

FEB 1968

Authors: Fred H. Tschirley; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE WASHINGTON DC CROPS RESEARCH DIV

Research was conducted to evaluate new herbicides or combinations of herbicides for killing tropical and subtropical vegetation, develop methods of evaluating herbicides on different woody species, determine the effects of environment on behavior and effectiveness of toxic herbicides, determine optimum dates and rates of application, relate the percentage of defoliation to horizontal and vertical obscuration, develop methods for improved application techniques that provide better distribution patterns, and obtain the botanical ...

PROBLEMS OF EPIDEMIOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY. REPORT 7. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ANTHROPOSPHERE IN THE GEOGRAPHY OF ZOONOSES CAUSATIVE AGENTS

Feb-1968

13 pages

Authors: I I Elkin; V K Yashkul; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

The development of the anthroposphere exerted a serious influence on the population structure of parasites of synanthropic animals, in certain respects occupying an intermediate position between zoonoses of domestic and wild animals. Nevertheless, synanthropic animals, developing according to the laws of primeval nature, form populations in the anthroposphere and enter into the composition of its biocenoses (community of species of synanthropic and semisynanthropic animals). In connection with this also, true ...

DIAGNOSIS OF A LOCAL FORM OF ANTHRAX IN SWINE

Feb-1968

8 pages

Authors: N G Ipatenko; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

In order to help the workers at pig farms, slaughter houses and meat plants to ease the diagnosis of local forms of anthrax in swine, a brief description is given of several interesting cases of detecting this disease in slaughtered pigs.

EARLY POST SLAUGHTERING DIAGNOSIS OF ANTHRAX IN SHEEP

Feb-1968

3 pages

Authors: M Vilchek; N Davidov; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

RESULTS OF SIMULTANEOUS VACCINATION OF SHEEP AGAINST ANTHRAX, BRAXY AND INFECTIOUS ENTEROTOXAEMIA

Feb-1968

5 pages

Authors: Yu B Safarov; N M Ibragimov; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

A number of scientists have demonstrated the effectiveness of preparing and using polyvalent vaccines for the prophylaxis of infectious diseases of farm animals. There are also reports of the feasibility of simultaneously inoculating animals with two vaccines against various diseases. The goal was to study the influence of anthrax vaccination on the immunobiological indices of animals, inoculated against braxy and enterotoxaemia.

PROBLEMS OF EPIDEMIOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY. REPORT 8. STRUCTURE OF A ZOONOSIS NOSOAREAL

Feb-1968

8 pages

Authors: I I Elkin; V K Yashchkul; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

When studying the geography of zoonotic diseases of man, it is important to separate out the areas of interaction between the populations of the causative agent and the collectives of people, in order to carry out complex anti-epidemic measures. It is primarily these areas of interaction which are the main structural units of a zoonosis nosoareal. Since human incidence is concentrated mainly within the limits of such areas of interaction, ...

SHEEP POX (ECTHYMA CONTAGIOSUM) IN CHAMOIS

30 JAN 1968

9 pages

Authors: W. Grausgruber; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

Experimental investigations confirmed the identity of the conditions of 'Chamois papillomatosis' and ecthyma contagiosum of sheep and goats. Like the ovinia derived ecthyma virus, the virus obtained from chamois could also be cultured in calf or pig testicular cell cultures. No differences have so far been demonstrated between the ovinia ecthyma contagiosum virus and virus strains derived from chamois. The importance of minor injuries for establishing the infection and developing ...

On the Relations Between Stomatitis Pustulosa Contagiosa in the Horse and Pox in Domestic Animals and Humans

30 JAN 1968

Authors: W. Zwick; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

This report summarizes the results of all recent tests on the relation between the various pox types. It may be that there are indeed close relations between these, that the pox varieties of the various domestic animals, including poultry pox and diphteria, are nothing else than local varieties of a pox virus that probably originated from the human.

A Case of Equine Cerebral Cryptococcosis in Leopoldville

22 JAN 1968

Authors: V. Herin; R. Dormal; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

A case of equine cryptococcosis was observed in Leopoldville. This was the first time this disease had been found in an animal in the Congo. Macroscopic and post-mortem microscopic lesions observed in the horse and in inoculated laboratory animals were described in detail.

On a Tumor Caused by Yeast Cells in the Nasal Cavity and its Side Cavities of the Horse

20 JAN 1968

Authors: Schellner; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

A report was presented on granulation growths located in the nasal jaw, and cranial cavities of a horse, caused by yeast cells. These growths were characterized by progressive growth in all age states. The active agent grown from the nasal secrete and from the tumor-like tissue proved to be a Blastomycete. Vaccination tests on mice, guinea pigs, rabbits, and horses had the positive result of making it possible to cause ...

LABORATORY ANIMALS: THEIR CARE AND USE IN RESEARCH,

JAN 1968

Authors: Eugene G. Beary; ARMY NATICK LABS MASS TECHNICAL LIBRARY

The checklist bibliography contains 484 references to the literature on the care and handling of laboratory animals and their use in research. The time coverage is 1950 to May 1967. The citations are arranged alphabetically by personal author. Subject and author indexes are included. (Author)

THE LABORATORY ANIMAL IN GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH.

1968

Authors: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES-NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL WASHINGTON D C INST OF LAB ANIMAL RESOURCES

Contents: The needs of the gerontologist for laboratory animals; The origin of some inbred mice--genetic selection of strains for gerontological research; Effects of environment on longevity in rats and mice; The use of miniature swine in gerontological research; Potential use of Coturnik in gerontological research; Germ-free versus non-germ-free animals in gerontological research; Common lesions in the aged rat; Pathologic findings in aged dogs and cats; The effects of transportation on ...

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GERMFREE RESEARCH. 1967 SUPPLEMENT,

1968

Authors: B. A. Teah; NOTRE DAME UNIV IND LOBUND LAB

The bibliography lists 266 reports by author and title on current germ-free research.

NERVOUS PROCESSES UNDERLYING BEHAVIOR AND LEARNING.

1968

Authors: A. E. Fessard; CENTRE D'ETUDES DE PHYSIOLOGIE NERVEUSE ET D'ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIE PARIS (FRANCE)

The aim of the research has been to evaluate the involvement of different cortico-subcortical structures in certain aspects of sleep, pain, and learning. (Author)

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LABORATORY MODEL FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS,

1968

Authors: Ronald A. Ward; WALTER REED ARMY INST OF RESEARCH WASHINGTON DC

Glossina austeni can be readily infected with the polymorphic trypanosome, T. brucei (Lugala I) using guinea pigs as donor and recipient hosts and lop-eared rabbits as maintenance hosts. The age of the fly at the time of the infective meal is the most important factor in successful laboratory infections. Day old flies had a midgut infection rate of 27% while less than 1% of the older flies became infected. 3% ...

GERMFREE LIFE

1968

9 pages

Authors: G. I. Podoprigora; ARMY FOREIGN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER CHARLOTTESVILLE VA

Germfree living seemed to be an impossibility until 1885 when Louis Pasteur conceived the idea of artificial production of germfree animals. The first such animals were obtained by German Scientists in 1895, the birthyear of gnotobiology. Since then, life without microbes has been a possibility, and the technology of gnotobiosis advanced rapidly. Research on germfree life is conducted now in all countries of the world in view of the great ...

MULTIPLICATION OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS IN A TISSUE CULTURE OF PIG EMBRYO KIDNEYS,

1968

Authors: T. S. Lavrova; ARMY FOREIGN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER CHARLOTTESVILLE VA

At the present time virus grown in one layer tissue culture is successfully used for preparing deactivated antifoot-and-mouth disease vaccine. This article discusses the effect of some conditions on the multiplication foot-and-mouth disease virus in a tissue culture of pig embryo kidney cells (PEK). The article discusses the materials and methods used in the study and the results of the study, contains a discussion of the results, and makes the ...

VETERINARY SCIENCE TO GO TO NEW HEIGHTS.

1968

Authors: ARMY FOREIGN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER CHARLOTTESVILLE VA

Success has been achieved in veterinary science in producing new ways of preventing disease and treating diseases in livestock. In order to guarantee the development of the science it will be necessary to enlist young specialists and to improve the quality of their preparation. (Author)

50TH Anniversary of the All-Union Institute of Experimental Veterinary Medicine.

1968

Authors: ARMY FOREIGN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER CHARLOTTESVILLE VA

This article describes the 50 year growth of the All-Union Institute of Experimental Veterinary Medicine (earlier known as GIEV and now as VIEV) from its founding on 30 January 1918 in Petrograd as the successor to the Veterinary Laboratory of the Ministry of the Interior. The main mission of VIEV is to do the work and give direction on the problem 'development of the theoretical bases, prophylactic measures, and treatments ...

Recent Experimental Research on Avian Malaria.

1968

Authors: Clay G. Huff; NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH INST BETHESDA MD

;Contents: Parasitology and cultivation; Biochemistry and physiology; Exoerythrocytic stages; Fine structure; Immunity; Haemoproteus and leucocytozoon.

Multiplication and Virulence of Septicemic and Blood Pathogens in the Organism of Infected Animals and in Their Carcasses: Report 6. Study of a Model of Experimental Inoculations With Listeria Monocytogenes,

06 DEC 1967

Authors: Al. Toshkov; D. Velyanov; Iv. Kaloyanov; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

On the basis of these experiments it was established that simultaneously with a comparatively moderate postmortal multiplication of Listeria monocytogenes in the tissues there takes place as well an extraordinary intensification of its virulence. No multiplication is observed in the blood of experimental animals. It is noted that temperature changes affect the rate at which multiplication takes place and virulence increases after death. The increase of virulence in the carcass ...

Multiplication and Virulence of Septicemic and Blood Pathogens in the Organism of Infected Animals and in Their Carcasses. Report 8. Study of a Model of Experimental Inoculations with Salmonella Typhimurium

06 DEC 1967

Authors: Al. Toshkov; Iv. Kaloyanov; D. Velyanov; ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

This report describes the postmortal multiplication and change in the virulence of Salmonella typhimurium in the organism of experimentally inoculated white mice during the disease and in their carcasses after death, as well as in the flesh of experimentally infected rabbits killed during the stage of injection bacteremia or at the climax of a case of salmonellosis.

IMPLANTATION OF ECG ELECTRODES, EEG ELECTRODES AND TEMPERATURE THERMISTORS IN THE MONKEY (MACACA MULATTA).

DEC 1967

Authors: P. Carmeci; W. F. Davis Jr.; D. F. Dixon Jr.; D. W. DeYoung; ARMED FORCES RADIOBIOLOGY RESEARCH INST BETHESDA MD

Methods and procedures of bioinstrumentation for the long-term monitoring of the electrocardiogram, body temperature, and the electroencephalogram are discussed. These techniques were designed specifically to facilitate psychophysiological investigation of preirradiated and postirradiated monkeys. The instrumentation herein described has performed satisfactorily throughout an exposure to a gamma-neutron radiation pulse of 5000 rads with no appreciable decrement. (Author)