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Walker A, Stewart SD. High concordance of blood glucose measurement in cats between a beta prototype glucometer device and a reference laboratory standard in a clinical setting. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2024; 262:1-5. [PMID: 38190800 DOI: 10.2460/javma.23.08.0457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of a beta prototype version of a new portable blood glucose meter in feline patients. ANIMALS 60 client-owned cats. METHODS In this prospective study, 3-mL blood samples were collected from each cat and analyzed in triplicate using a beta prototype device (AlphaTRAK 3 [AT3]) and by a reference lab standard immediately after collection. Accuracy of the AT3 device was determined in accordance with the International Organization of Standardization (ISO) 15197:2013 criteria, including Bland-Altman plotting and consensus error grid analysis. A Passing-Bablok regression analysis was also performed. RESULTS 96% of feline measurements fell within the ISO accuracy threshold, and 100% of measurements fell within zones A and B of the consensus error grid, meeting the ISO accuracy requirements. There was no significant bias in the data according to the Bland-Altman analysis. Within the full range of glucose concentrations (20 to 750 mg/dL) the correlation coefficient between the AT3 and the reference lab standard was 0.99. There was no significant constant or proportional bias present in the data. CLINICAL RELEVANCE The AT3 device met the ISO requirements and is accurate for measurement of blood glucose concentrations in cats.
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- Alex Walker
- 1Massachusetts Veterinary Referral Hospital, Ethos Veterinary Health, Woburn, MA
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Schoelkopf AC, Stewart SD, Casale SA, Fryer KJ. Associations of abdominal discomfort and length of clinical signs with surgical procedure in 181 cases of canine small intestinal foreign body obstruction. Vet Med Sci 2023; 9:670-678. [PMID: 36632768 PMCID: PMC10029870 DOI: 10.1002/vms3.1045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Gastrointestinal foreign bodies are a common indication for abdominal exploratory surgery. OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship of pre-operative abdominal discomfort and duration of clinical signs with surgical resolution of canine small intestinal foreign body obstructions (SIFBO). METHODS We performed a retrospective study of 181 canine abdominal exploratory surgeries for confirmed SIFBO at two referral hospitals. Animals were categorized into five surgical groups (gastrotomy after manipulation into the stomach, enterotomy, resection-and-anastomosis [R&A], manipulated into colon, already in colon) and further grouped by whether entry into the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) was required. RESULTS Abdominal discomfort was noted in 107/181 cases (59.1%), but no significant differences in abdominal discomfort rates were present among the surgical groups or between GIT entry and no entry groups. Clinical sign duration was associated with surgical procedure; median durations were R&A = 3 days (range, 1-9), enterotomy = 2 days (range, 1-14), gastrotomy = 2 days (range, 1-6), already in colon = 1.5 days (range, 1-2), and manipulated into colon = 1 day (range, 1-7). In a pairwise comparison, differences in the duration of clinical signs were found for obstructions manipulated into the colon versus R&A, gastrotomy versus R&A, and in colon versus R&A. When patients were grouped according to GIT entry, cases with entry had a longer duration of clinical signs (median = 2 days [range, 1-14] versus 1 day [range, 1-7], respectively). CONCLUSIONS Abdominal discomfort was not associated with surgical complexity; however, the duration of clinical signs was associated with surgical complexity, with longer duration being associated with entry into the GIT and R&A. Despite statistical significance, the maximum difference of 2 days between surgical groups is unlikely to be clinically relevant.
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- Ethos Veterinary Health, Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
- Ethos Discovery, San Diego, California, USA
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- Surgery Department, Angell Animal Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Ethos Veterinary Health, Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
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Stewart SD, Allen S, Eisenberg B, Sakakeeny K, Hammond TN, Schneider B, Mochel J, Zhou T. Comparison of the pharmacokinetics of continuous and intermittent infusions of ampicillin-sulbactam in dogs with septic peritonitis. Am J Vet Res 2022; 84:ajvr.22.08.0139. [PMID: 36520648 DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.22.08.0139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the time-course of ampicillin-sulbactam and percentage of time that its concentration is above a given MIC (T% > MIC) in dogs with septic peritonitis when delivered as either a continuous infusion (CI) or intermittent infusion (II). ANIMALS 11 dogs with septic peritonitis. PROCEDURES Dogs were randomized to receive ampicillin-sulbactam as either CI or II. Continuous infusions were delivered as a 50 mg/kg bolus IV followed by a rate of 0.1 mg/kg/min. Intermittent infusions were administered as 50 mg/kg IV q8h. Serum ampicillin-sulbactam concentrations were measured at hours 0, 1, 6, and every 12 hours after until patients were transitioned to an oral antimicrobial equivalent. All other care was at the discretion of the attending clinician. Statistical analysis was used to determine each patient's percentage of time T% > MIC for 4 MIC breakpoints (0.25, 1.25, 8, and 16 µg/mL). RESULTS No dogs experienced adverse events related to ampicillin-sulbactam administration. Both CI and II maintained a T% > MIC of 100% of MIC 0.25 µg/mL and MIC 1.25 µg/mL. The CI group maintained a higher T% > MIC for MIC 8 µg/mL and MIC 16 µg/mL; however, these differences did not reach statistical significance (P = .15 and P = .12, respectively). CLINICAL RELEVANCE This study could not demonstrate that ampicillin-sulbactam CI maintains a greater T% > MIC in dogs with septic peritonitis than II; however, marginal differences were noted at higher antimicrobial breakpoints. While these data support the use of antimicrobial CI in septic and critically ill patients, additional prospective trials are needed to fully define the optimal doses and the associated clinical responses.
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- Samuel D Stewart
- Massachusetts Veterinary Referral Hospital, Ethos Veterinary Health, Woburn, MA
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- Massachusetts Veterinary Referral Hospital, Ethos Veterinary Health, Woburn, MA
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- Massachusetts Veterinary Referral Hospital, Ethos Veterinary Health, Woburn, MA
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care, Tufts Veterinary Emergency Treatment and Specialties, Walpole, MA
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care, Tufts Veterinary Emergency Treatment and Specialties, Walpole, MA
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- SMART Pharmacology, Iowa State College of Veterinary Medicine, Ames, IA
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- Department of Statistics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
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Major MR, McKee GR, Geiger B, Hartog DJD, Jaehnig K, Seyfert C, Smith DR, Stewart SD, Yan Z. Pedestal fluctuation measurements with charge exchange imaging at the DIII-D tokamak. Rev Sci Instrum 2022; 93:113503. [PMID: 36461537 DOI: 10.1063/5.0101844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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A new high radial resolution 2D multichannel Charge eXchange Imaging (CXI) diagnostic is under development for deployment at DIII-D. The diagnostic system will measure low-to-intermediate radial wavenumber carbon density fluctuations by observing the n = 8 - 7 (λ = 529.06 nm) C-VI emission line, resulting from charge exchange collisions between heating neutral beam atoms and the intrinsic carbon ion density. The new CXI diagnostic will provide measurements with ΔR ∼ 0.4 cm to access higher kr instabilities (kr < 8 cm-1) predicted to arise in the steep-gradient region of the H-mode pedestal. The CXI system will feature 60 fiber bundles in a 12 × 5 arrangement, with each bundle consisting of four 1 mm fibers. A custom optical system has been designed to filter and image incoming signals onto an 8 × 8 avalanche photodiode array. Additionally, a novel electronics suite has been designed and commissioned to amplify and digitize the relatively low-intensity carbon signal at a 2 MHz bandwidth. Forward modeling results of the active C-VI emission suggest sufficient signal to noise ratios to resolve turbulent fluctuations. Prototype measurements demonstrate the ability to perform high frequency pedestal measurements.
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- M R Major
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53707, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53707, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53707, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53707, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53707, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53707, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53707, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53707, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53707, USA
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Cawley JR, Stewart SD, Mochel JP, Veluvolu S, Khanna C, Fenger JM. Pharmacokinetic Exposures Associated With Oral Administration of Sorafenib in Dogs With Spontaneous Tumors. Front Vet Sci 2022; 9:888483. [PMID: 35664857 PMCID: PMC9162170 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2022.888483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Sorafenib is a multi-kinase small molecule inhibitor that targets serine/threonine and tyrosine kinases including the RAF kinase family, VEGFR-2, and PDGFR. The aim of this study was to evaluate the systemic pharmacokinetics of a previously defined tolerable oral dose of sorafenib in tumor-bearing dogs. Six client-owned dogs with a cytologic or histologic diagnosis of cancer were enrolled in this open-label, tolerability study. Dogs were administered sorafenib at an intended dose of 3 mg/kg and serum samples were obtained for analysis of sorafenib serum concentrations at 0, 1, 2, 6, 12, 24, 48, 72, 96, and 168 h post-drug administration. Median time to peak serum sorafenib concentration occurred at 4 h (range 2–12 h) resulting in an average serum concentration of 54.9 ± 33.5 ng/mL (118.2 ± 72.1 nM). Mean sorafenib levels declined by over 70% relative to peak serum concentrations by 24 h in all dogs, suggesting the value of at least twice daily administration. Doses of 3 mg/kg were well-tolerated and no patients in the study experienced adverse events that were attributable to sorafenib. Future trials in dogs with cancer are recommended at this dosing schedule to assess the effect of sorafenib administration on anti-tumor efficacy signals and relevant pharmacodynamic target modulation in vivo.
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- Jacob R. Cawley
- Ethos Veterinary Health, Woburn, MA, United States
- Ethos Discovery (501c3), San Diego, CA, United States
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- Ethos Veterinary Health, Woburn, MA, United States
- Ethos Discovery (501c3), San Diego, CA, United States
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- SMART Pharmacology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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- William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Ethos Veterinary Health, Woburn, MA, United States
- Ethos Discovery (501c3), San Diego, CA, United States
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- Ethos Veterinary Health, Woburn, MA, United States
- Ethos Discovery (501c3), San Diego, CA, United States
- *Correspondence: Joelle M. Fenger
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Bridges J, Windsor R, Stewart SD, Fuerher-Senecal L, Khanna C. Prevalence and clinical features of thoracolumbar intervertebral disc-associated epidural hemorrhage in dogs. J Vet Intern Med 2022; 36:1365-1372. [PMID: 35521894 PMCID: PMC9308439 DOI: 10.1111/jvim.16442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2022] [Revised: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Background Intervertebral disc‐associated epidural hemorrhage (EH) in dogs is a poorly understood neurological condition. Objective To compare the clinical presentation, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) changes, and clinical outcome of dogs with acute thoracolumbar intervertebral disc herniation (TL‐IVDH) with and without EH. Animals One hundred sixty client‐owned dogs that underwent MRI and hemilaminectomy for acute TL‐IVDH at a private practice in Colorado, including 63 dogs with EH and 97 dogs without EH. Methods Retrospective review of medical record data from 160 dogs presenting sequentially to a single practice with acute TL‐IVDH that underwent MRI and hemilaminectomy surgery. Results Sixty‐three of 160 (39%) dogs had confirmed EH. French Bulldogs were significantly overrepresented (23/63; odds ratio [OR]: 4.1; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.8‐9.0; P < .001) of the EH cases. Dogs with EH were more likely to present with clinical signs less than 48 hours than were dogs without EH (24‐48 vs 48‐72 hours; OR: 2.4; 95% CI: 1.2‐4.6; P = .02) and were more likely to be nonambulatory on presentation (OR: 2.1; 95% CI: 1.0‐4.1; P = .04). Dogs with EH were more likely to have <50% cross‐sectional spinal cord compression than dogs without EH (OR: 2.3 vs. 0.4; 95% CI: 1.2‐4.4 and 0.2‐0.9, respectively), longer longitudinal spinal cord compression (3 spaces vs 1 space, P < .001), and greater intrinsic spinal cord change (grade 3/severe vs grade 1/mild; P < .001) based on MRI. The location of the intervertebral disc herniation in French Bulldogs with EH was more likely to be thoracolumbar (OR: 10.8; 95% CI: 2.1‐55.7; P = .03). Conclusions and Clinical Importance French Bulldogs have a high prevalence of intervertebral disc‐associated EH. Dogs with EH have a shorter clinical course and are more likely to be nonambulatory on initial presentation.
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- Ethos Veterinary Health, Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
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Favaro PF, Stewart SD, McDonald BR, Cawley J, Contente-Cuomo T, Wong S, Hendricks WPD, Trent JM, Khanna C, Murtaza M. Feasibility of circulating tumor DNA analysis in dogs with naturally occurring malignant and benign splenic lesions. Sci Rep 2022; 12:6337. [PMID: 35428782 PMCID: PMC9012871 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-09716-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Comparative studies of naturally occurring canine cancers have provided new insight into many areas of cancer research. Development and validation of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) analysis in pet dogs can help address diagnostic needs in veterinary as well as human oncology. Dogs have high incidence of naturally occurring spontaneous cancers, demonstrate molecular heterogeneity and clonal evolution during therapy, allow serial sampling of blood from the same individuals during the course of disease progression, and have relatively compressed intervals for disease progression amenable to longitudinal studies. Here, we present a feasibility study of ctDNA analysis performed in 48 dogs including healthy dogs and dogs with either benign splenic lesions or malignant splenic tumors (hemangiosarcoma) using shallow whole genome sequencing (sWGS) of cell-free DNA. To enable detection and quantification of ctDNA using sWGS, we adapted two informatic approaches and compared their performance for the canine genome. At the time of initial clinical presentation, mean ctDNA fraction in dogs with malignant splenic tumors was 11.2%, significantly higher than dogs with benign lesions (3.2%; p = 0.001). ctDNA fraction was 14.3% and 9.0% in dogs with metastatic and localized disease, respectively (p = 0.227). In dogs treated with surgical resection of malignant tumors, mean ctDNA fraction decreased from 11.0% prior to resection to 7.9% post-resection (p = 0.047 for comparison of paired samples). Our results demonstrate that ctDNA analysis is feasible in dogs with hemangiosarcoma using a cost-effective approach such as sWGS. Additional studies are needed to validate these findings, and determine the role of ctDNA to assess burden of disease and treatment response in dogs with cancer.
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- Patricia Filippsen Favaro
- Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), Phoenix, AZ, USA.,Department of Surgery and Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Ethos Veterinary Health, Woburn, MA, USA.,Ethos Discovery, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), Phoenix, AZ, USA.,Department of Surgery and Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Ethos Veterinary Health, Woburn, MA, USA.,Ethos Discovery, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Ethos Veterinary Health, Woburn, MA, USA. .,Ethos Discovery, San Diego, CA, USA.
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- Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), Phoenix, AZ, USA. .,Department of Surgery and Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
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Windsor R, Stewart SD, Talboom J, Lewis C, Naymik M, Piras IS, Keller S, Borjesson DL, Clark G, Khanna C, Huentelman M. Leukocyte and cytokine variables in asymptomatic Pugs at genetic risk of necrotizing meningoencephalitis. J Vet Intern Med 2021; 35:2846-2852. [PMID: 34687084 PMCID: PMC8692191 DOI: 10.1111/jvim.16293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Revised: 10/10/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Necrotizing meningoencephalitis (NME, aka Pug dog encephalitis) is an inflammatory brain condition associated with advanced disease at initial presentation, rapid progression, and poor response to conventional immunomodulatory therapy. HYPOTHESIS/OBJECTIVES That genetic risk for NME, defined by a common germline DNA haplotype located on chromosome 12, is associated with altered blood cytokine concentrations and leukocyte subsets in asymptomatic Pugs. ANIMALS Forty Pug dogs asymptomatic for NME from a hospital sample. METHODS Prospective observational cohort study, including germline genome-wide genotyping, plasma cytokine determination by multiplexed profiling, and leukocyte subset characterization by flow cytometric analysis. RESULTS Seven (18%) dogs were high risk, 10 (25%) medium risk, and 23 (58%) low risk for NME, giving a risk haplotype frequency of 30%. High and medium risk Pugs had significantly lower proportion of CD4+ T cells (median 22% [range, 7.3%-38%] vs 29% [range, 16%-41%], P = .03) and higher plasma IL-10 concentrations than low-risk Pugs (median 14.11 pg/mL [range, 9.66-344.19 pg/mL] vs 12.21 pg/mL [range, 2.59-18.53 pg/mL], P = .001). No other variables were significantly associated with the NME haplotype-based risk. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE These data suggest an immunological underpinning to NME and a biologic rationale for future clinical trials that investigate novel diagnostic, preventative, and therapeutic strategies for this disease.
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- Rebecca Windsor
- Ethos Veterinary Health, Woburn, Massachusetts, USA.,Ethos Discovery (501c3), San Diego, California, USA
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- Ethos Veterinary Health, Woburn, Massachusetts, USA.,Ethos Discovery (501c3), San Diego, California, USA
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- Neurogenomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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- Neurogenomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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- Neurogenomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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- Neurogenomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, Immunology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, Immunology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Gary Clark Statistical Consulting LLC, Superior, Colorado, USA
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- Ethos Veterinary Health, Woburn, Massachusetts, USA.,Ethos Discovery (501c3), San Diego, California, USA
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- Neurogenomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Noyes JA, Stewart SD, Gabarro JP, Welch PM. Development of a veterinary emergency open standard competency framework using a competency-based model of medical education. J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio) 2021; 31:727-741. [PMID: 34608749 DOI: 10.1111/vec.13145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Revised: 06/24/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To address the shortage of emergency veterinarians, the profession is exploring accelerated training pathways. We sought to contribute to the solution by developing the foundation for an open standard, competency-based veterinary emergency training curriculum for use by any program. We also developed a curricular delivery, tracking, and assessment system to demonstrate how the framework can be integrated into training programs. DESIGN: Hybrid Delphi method. SETTING: Academia and referral practice. ANIMALS: None. INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS An emergency veterinary competency framework was developed by adapting the human Model of the Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine, which aligns with the Competency-Based Veterinary Education framework, to produce 4 areas of core competency: Patient Care, Interpersonal/Communication, Professionalism, and Practice-based Learning/Improvement. A comprehensive list of veterinary emergency skills was generated and organized within the framework utilizing the hybrid Delphi method. An initial survey completed by 133 emergency and critical care specialists and emergency room clinicians produced data regarding the value of specific skills. An 11-member focus group consisting of survey participants iterated upon the survey results to produce a master library of skills and cases, including 56 Patient Care, 43 Interpersonal/Communication, 11 Practice-based Learning/Improvement, and 20 Professionalism skills, as well as 155 case types. The curricular delivery system tracks and assesses case management proficiency and development of knowledge and professional skills using a patient care eLearning program and simulation training environment. CONCLUSIONS: The increasing need for emergency veterinarians is a shared industry-wide challenge. To contribute toward a collective solution, we have undergone an evidence-based process to create the foundation for an open standard competency framework composed of a library of skills and cases. We offer this open standard framework to the veterinary profession and hope it continues to grow and evolve as we drive toward developing competency-based training programs that address the shortage of emergency veterinarians.
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Catchot BD, Musser FR, Gore J, Krishnan N, Cook DR, Stewart SD, Lorenz GM, Brown S, Seiter N, Catchot AL, Kerns DL, Jackson R, Knighten KS. Sublethal Impacts of Novaluron on Tarnished Plant Bug (Hemiptera: Miridae) Adults. J Econ Entomol 2021; 114:739-746. [PMID: 33576417 DOI: 10.1093/jee/toab007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Tarnished plant bug, Lygus lineolaris Palisot de Beauvois (Hemiptera: Miridae), has become a primary pest of cotton in the Midsouthern United States. Insect growth regulators such as novaluron are an important part of L. lineolaris management. While novaluron is lethal to nymphs, it does not kill adults, so it has been used when nymphs are the primary stage present. However, cotton yield protection was observed from an application of novaluron when adults were the predominant stage present. To explain this, a series of studies were conducted to examine sublethal impacts of novaluron to L. lineolaris adults. Novaluron ingestion by adults reduced hatch rate and sometimes reduced oviposition rate. Ingestion by either males or females reduced hatch rates, but the reduction was greater from female exposure. Contact exposure of adults with novaluron residues within 1 d of application reduced hatch rate by about 50%, but the impact on oviposition was inconsistent. A field study showed reduced hatch rate from contact exposure to mixed-age natural populations, but the overall net reproductive rate was not reduced. Surface exposure of eggs to novaluron did not reduce hatch rate. Overall, exposure of tarnished plant bug adults to novaluron, regardless of adult age or exposure route, reduced egg viability. However, the impact on oviposition rate and net reproductive rate varied with adult age and exposure route. This understanding of sublethal impacts of novaluron, in addition to lethal impacts on nymphs, should be considered when choosing application times to maximize effects on L. lineolaris populations.
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- Beverly D Catchot
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
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- Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
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- Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Nematology, The University of Tennessee, Jackson, TN, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of Arkansas, Lonoke, AR, USA
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- LSU AgCenter, Macon Ridge Research Station, Winnsboro, LA, USA
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, College Station, TX, USA
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- Syngenta, Biological Research & Development, Carrolton, MS, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
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Stewart SD, Ehrhart EJ, Davies R, Khanna C. Prospective observational study of dogs with splenic mass rupture suggests potentially lower risk of malignancy and more favourable perioperative outcomes. Vet Comp Oncol 2020; 18:811-817. [PMID: 32458544 DOI: 10.1111/vco.12621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2020] [Revised: 05/21/2020] [Accepted: 05/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Haemoperitoneum secondary to ruptured splenic tumours can be either benign or malignant in origin. The majority of previous studies of canine haemoperitoneum have been retrospective, which are associated with well-recognized biases, such as the potential to underappreciate the diversity of outcomes in a complex presentation such as haemoperitoneum. This study seeks to prospectively define perioperative morbidity and mortality of haemoperitoneum in dogs secondary to ruptured splenic masses. Forty dogs with haemoperitoneum secondary to a ruptured splenic mass met the inclusion criteria. As expected, the cohort predominately consisted of older large breed dogs. All dogs underwent preoperative staging and had a splenectomy performed. Histopathologic analysis was performed on the splenic mass, as well as any possible metastatic lesions that were noted intra-operatively. Perioperative care outside of splenectomy was delivered in specialty practices using current conventional approaches to care (eg, transfusions and anti-arrhythmic medications). Fifteen dogs (37.5%) had benign splenic tumours and were cured with surgery alone, whereas 62.5% had malignant disease (most often haemangiosarcoma [HSA]). Surgical outcomes were highly favourable in the vast majority of dogs. Indeed, 38 dogs (95%) survived and were discharged after a median hospitalization of 39.5 hours. Independent predictors of longer hospitalization times included receiving a transfusion and the development of an arrhythmia. Although small, this cohort defines distinctive and optimistic perspectives for dogs with haemoperitoneum from splenic tumour rupture. These favourable outcomes from this prospective study are sufficient to ask if larger prospective studies should be conducted to better inform owners during this challenging cancer emergency presentation.
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- Samuel D Stewart
- Emergency and Critical Care, Ethos Veterinary Health, Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
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- Emergency and Critical Care, Ethos Veterinary Health, Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
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- Emergency and Critical Care, Ethos Veterinary Health, Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
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- Emergency and Critical Care, Ethos Veterinary Health, Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
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Stewart SD, Allen S. Antibiotic use in critical illness. J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio) 2019; 29:227-238. [PMID: 31021520 DOI: 10.1111/vec.12842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2016] [Revised: 05/17/2017] [Accepted: 06/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To provide a review on the current use of antimicrobials with a discussion on the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profiles of antimicrobials in critically ill patients, the challenges of drug resistance, the use of diagnostic testing to direct therapy, and the selection of the most likely efficacious antimicrobial protocol. ETIOLOGY Patients in the intensive care unit often possess profound pathophysiologic changes that can complicate antimicrobial therapy. Although many antimicrobials have known pharmacodynamic profiles, critical illness can cause wide variations in their pharmacokinetics. The two principal factors affecting pharmacokinetics are volume of distribution and drug clearance. Understanding the interplay between critical illness, drug pharmacokinetics, and antimicrobial characteristics (ie, time-dependent vs concentration-dependent) may improve antimicrobial efficacy and patient outcome. DIAGNOSIS Utilizing bacterial culture and susceptibility can aid in identifying drug resistant infections, selecting the most appropriate antimicrobials, and hindering the future development of drug resistance. THERAPY Having a basic knowledge of antimicrobial function and how to use diagnostics to direct therapeutic treatment is paramount in managing this patient population. Diagnostic testing is not always available at the time of initiation of antimicrobial therapy, so empiric selections are often necessary. These empiric choices should be made based on the location of the infection and the most likely infecting bacteria. PROGNOSIS Studies have demonstrated the importance of moving away from a "one dose fits all" approach to antimicrobial therapy. Instead there has been a move toward an individualized approach that takes into consideration the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic variabilities that can occur in critically ill patients.
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- Samuel D Stewart
- Emergency and Critical Care Service, Massachusetts Veterinary Referral Hospital, Woburn, MA
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- Emergency and Critical Care Service, Massachusetts Veterinary Referral Hospital, Woburn, MA
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North JH, Gore J, Catchot AL, Stewart SD, Lorenz GM, Musser FR, Cook DR, Kerns DL, Leonard BR, Dodds DM. Value of Neonicotinoid Insecticide Seed Treatments in Mid-South Corn (Zea mays) Production Systems. J Econ Entomol 2018; 111:187-192. [PMID: 29177425 DOI: 10.1093/jee/tox278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Neonicotinoid seed treatments are one of several effective control options used in corn, Zea mays L., production in the Mid-South for early season insect pests. An analysis was performed on 91 insecticide seed treatment trials from Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee to determine the value of neonicotinoids in corn production systems. The analysis compared neonicotinoid insecticide treated seed plus a fungicide to seed only with the same fungicide. When analyzed by state, corn yields were significantly higher when neonicotinoid seed treatments were used compared to fungicide only treated seed in Louisiana and Mississippi. Corn seed treated with neonicotinoid seed treatments yielded 111, 1,093, 416, and 140 kg/ha, higher than fungicide only treatments for Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee, respectively. Across all states, neonicotinoid seed treatments resulted in a 700 kg/ha advantage compared to fungicide only treated corn seed. Net returns for corn treated with neonicotinoid seed treatment were $1,446/ha compared with $1,390/ha for fungicide only treated corn seed across the Mid-South. Economic returns for neonicotinoid seed treated corn were significantly greater than fungicide-only-treated corn seed in 8 out of 14 yr. When analyzed by state, economic returns for neonicotinoid seed treatments were significantly greater than fungicide-only-treated seed in Louisiana. In some areas, dependent on year, neonicotinoid seed treatments provide significant yield and economic benefits in Mid-South corn.
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- J H North
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
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- Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Jackson, TN
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- Department of Entomology, University of Arkansas, Lonoke, AR
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
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- Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS
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- Department of Entomology, 103J Entomological Research Laboratory, Texas A&M University, TAMU, College Station, TX
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- Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
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North JH, Gore J, Catchot AL, Stewart SD, Lorenz GM, Musser FR, Cook DR, Kerns DL, Dodds DM. Value of Neonicotinoid Insecticide Seed Treatments in Mid-South Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum [Malvales: Malvaceae]) Production Systems. J Econ Entomol 2018; 111:10-15. [PMID: 29281077 DOI: 10.1093/jee/tox324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2017] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Neonicotinoid insecticides are currently one of two classes of chemicals available as a seed treatment for growers to manage early season insect pests of cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L. (Malvales: Malvaceae), and they are used on nearly 100% of cotton hectares in the midsouthern states. An analysis was performed on 100 seed-treatment trials from Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee to determine the value of neonicotinoid seed treatments in cotton production systems. The analysis compared seed treated with neonicotinoid insecticides seed treatments plus a fungicide with seed only treated with fungicide. When analyzed by state, cotton yields were significantly greater when neonicotinoid seed treatments were used compared with fungicide-only treatments. Cotton treated with neonicotinoid seed treatments yielded 123, 142, 95, and 104 kg ha-1, higher than fungicide only treatments for Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee, respectively. Across all states, neonicotinoid seed treatments provided an additional 115 kg lint ha-1 comparedwith fungicide only treated seed. Average net returns from cotton with a neonicotinoid seed treatment were $1,801 per ha-1 compared with $1,660 per ha-1 for cottonseed treated with fungicide only. Economic returns for cotton with neonicotinoid seed treatments were significantly greater than cottonseed treated with fungicide only in 8 out of 15 yr representing every state. These data show that neonicotinoid seed treatments provide significant yield and economic benefits in Mid-South cotton compared with fungicide only treated seed.
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- J H North
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, MS
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- Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, MS
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, The University of Tennessee, Jackson, TN
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- Department of Entomology, University of Arkansas, Lonoke, AR
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, MS
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- Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS
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- Department of Entomology, 103J Entomological Research Laboratory, Texas A&M University, TX
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, MS
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Reay-Jones FPF, Bessin RT, Brewer MJ, Buntin DG, Catchot AL, Cook DR, Flanders KL, Kerns DL, Porter RP, Reisig DD, Stewart SD, Rice ME. Impact of Lepidoptera (Crambidae, Noctuidae, and Pyralidae) Pests on Corn Containing Pyramided Bt Traits and a Blended Refuge in the Southern United States. J Econ Entomol 2016; 109:1859-1871. [PMID: 27329627 DOI: 10.1093/jee/tow109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2016] [Accepted: 04/27/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Blended refuge for transgenic plants expressing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins has been approved in the northern United States as a resistance management strategy alternative to a structured refuge. A three-year study (2012-2014) was conducted with 54 trials across nine states in the southern United States to evaluate plant injury from lepidopteran pests of corn and yield in a corn hybrid expressing Cry1F × Cry1Ab × Vip3Aa20 (Pioneer Brand Optimum Leptra) planted as a pure stand and in refuge blends of 5, 10, and 20% in both early and late plantings. Injury by corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea Boddie (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), was generally proportional to the percentage of non-Bt corn within each refuge blend. Across locations, ear injury in plots with 100% Cry1F × Cry1Ab × Vip3Aa20 (Optimum Leptra) corn ranged from no injury to a maximum of 0.42 cm(2) per ear in Mississippi in 2013. Leaf injury ratings in 100% non-Bt plots in early and late planted trials in 2014 were 86- and 70-fold greater than in 100% Cry1F × Cry1Ab × Vip3Aa20 (Optimum Leptra) plots. Plants in plots with blended refuges had significantly greater leaf injury in 2012 (5, 10, and 20% refuge blends), in the early-planted corn in 2013 (10 and 20% only), and in both early- and late-planted corn in 2014 (20% only) as compared with leaf injury in a pure stand of Cry1F × Cry1Ab × Vip3Aa20 (Optimum Leptra) seen during these years. Corn ears in plots with blended refuges also had significantly greater area of kernels injured in 2012 (5, 10, and 20%), in early- and late-planted corn in 2013 (5, 10, and 20%), and in early (10 and 20% only)- and late-planted corn (5, 10, and 20%) in 2014 as compared with ear injury in a pure stand of Cry1F × Cry1Ab × Vip3Aa20 (Optimum Leptra) seen during these years. Infestations of southwestern corn borer, Diatraea grandiosella Dyar (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), were also significantly reduced by Cry1F × Cry1Ab × Vip3Aa20 (Optimum Leptra). Despite these differences in injury, yield averaged across locations varied among refuge blends only in the late-planted trials in 2013, with greater yields in the 0% refuge blend than in the 20% blend; however, when examining yield separately by location, only two of nine locations had higher yields in the 100% Bt plots than in any of the blended refuge plots. As a complement to studying the contribution of blended refuge to delaying resistance, quantifying injury and yield in a range of refuge blends is a necessary step to provide management information on the range of lepidopteran pests that occur in the southern United States.
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- F P F Reay-Jones
- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Pee Dee Research and Education Center, Clemson University, 2200 Pocket Rd., Florence, SC 29506-9727
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- Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, S-225 Ag North, Lexington, KY 40546
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- Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Center, 10345 State Hwy 44, Corpus Christi, TX 78406
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- Department of Entomology, UGA-Griffin Campus, 1109 Experiment Street, Griffin, GA 30223
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- Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762
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- Delta Research & Extension Center, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 197, Stoneville, MS 38776
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- LSU AgCenter, Macon Ridge Station, 212A Macon Ridge Rd., Winnsboro, LA 71295
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- Texas AgriLife Research & Extension Center, Lubbock, TX 79403
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- Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Vernon G. James Research and Extension Center, Plymouth, NC 27962
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- West Tennessee Research and Education Center, 605 Airways Blvd., Jackson, TN 38301
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- DuPont Pioneer, P. O. Box 1150, Johnston, IA 50131 , and
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North JH, Gore J, Catchot AL, Stewart SD, Lorenz GM, Musser FR, Cook DR, Kerns DL, Dodds DM. Value of Neonicotinoid Insecticide Seed Treatments in Mid-South Soybean ( Glycine max ) Production Systems. J Econ Entomol 2016; 109:1156-1160. [PMID: 27091814 DOI: 10.1093/jee/tow035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2015] [Accepted: 02/10/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Early-season insect management is complex in the Mid-South region of the United States. A complex of multiple pest species generally occurs simultaneously at subthreshold levels in most fields. Neonicotinoids are the only insecticide seed treatment widely used in soybean, Glycine max L., production. An analysis was performed on 170 trials conducted in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee from 2005 to 2014 to determine the impact of neonicotinoid seed treatments in soybean. The analysis compared soybean seed treated with a neonicotinoid insecticide and a fungicide with soybean seed only treated with the same fungicide. When analyzed by state, soybean yields were significantly greater in all states when neonicotinoid seed treatments were used compared with fungicide-only treatments. Soybean treated with neonicotinoid treatments yielded 112.0 kg ha -1 , 203.0 kg ha -1 , 165.0 kg ha -1 , and 70.0 kg ha -1 , higher than fungicide-only treatments for Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee, respectively. Across all states, neonicotinoid seed treatments yielded 132.0 kg ha -1 more than with fungicide-only treated seed. Net returns from neonicotinoid seed treatment usage were US$1,203 per ha -1 compared with US$1,172 per ha -1 for fungicide-only treated seed across the Mid-South. However, economic returns for neonicotinoid seed treatments were significantly greater than fungicide-only treated seed in 4 out of the 10 yr. When analyzed by state economic returns the neonicotinoid seed treatments were significantly greater than fungicide-only treated seed in Louisiana and Mississippi. These data show that in some areas and years, neonicotinoid seed treatments provide significant economic benefits in Mid-South soybean.
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Adams BP, Cook DR, Catchot AL, Gore J, Musser F, Stewart SD, Kerns DL, Lorenz GM, Irby JT, Golden B. Evaluation of Corn Earworm, Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) , Economic Injury Levels in Mid-South Reproductive Stage Soybean. J Econ Entomol 2016; 109:1161-1166. [PMID: 27063843 DOI: 10.1093/jee/tow052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2015] [Accepted: 02/26/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Field experiments were conducted in Starkville and Stoneville, MS; Marianna, AR; Winnsboro, LA; and Jackson, TN, during 2012 and 2014 to evaluate the relationship of corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea (Boddie), larval density and yield and the relationship between the percentage of damaged pods and yield in Mid-South soybean systems. Corn earworm moths were infested into field cages at R2 for 5-11 d to achieve a range of larval densities within each plot. Larval density was estimated at 14 d after infestation. Total pods and damaged pods were determined at 19 days after infestation to obtain the percentage of damaged pods. Plots were harvested at the end of each growing season and yield recorded. Data were subjected to regression analysis, and the relationship between larval density and yield and the relationship between the percentage of damaged pods and yield both can be described by a linear relationship. Each increase of one larvae per row-m resulted in a yield loss of 45.4 kg/ha. Similarly, each increase of 1% damaged pods resulted in a yield loss of 29.4 kg/ha. From these data, economic injury levels were developed for a range of crop values and control costs. These data suggest that current corn earworm threshold use in the Mid-South should be reduced.
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Steckel S, Stewart SD. Intraear Compensation of Field Corn, Zea mays, from Simulated and Naturally Occurring Injury by Ear-Feeding Larvae. J Econ Entomol 2015; 108:1106-1114. [PMID: 26470235 DOI: 10.1093/jee/tov106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2013] [Accepted: 04/15/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Ear-feeding larvae, such as corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea Boddie (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), can be important insect pests of field corn, Zea mays L., by feeding on kernels. Recently introduced, stacked Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) traits provide improved protection from ear-feeding larvae. Thus, our objective was to evaluate how injury to kernels in the ear tip might affect yield when this injury was inflicted at the blister and milk stages. In 2010, simulated corn earworm injury reduced total kernel weight (i.e., yield) at both the blister and milk stage. In 2011, injury to ear tips at the milk stage affected total kernel weight. No differences in total kernel weight were found in 2013, regardless of when or how much injury was inflicted. Our data suggested that kernels within the same ear could compensate for injury to ear tips by increasing in size, but this increase was not always statistically significant or sufficient to overcome high levels of kernel injury. For naturally occurring injury observed on multiple corn hybrids during 2011 and 2012, our analyses showed either no or a minimal relationship between number of kernels injured by ear-feeding larvae and the total number of kernels per ear, total kernel weight, or the size of individual kernels. The results indicate that intraear compensation for kernel injury to ear tips can occur under at least some conditions.
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- S Steckel
- University of Tennessee, West Tennessee Research and Education Center, 605 Airways Blvd., Jackson, TN 38301.
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- University of Tennessee, West Tennessee Research and Education Center, 605 Airways Blvd., Jackson, TN 38301
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Reisig DD, Akin DS, All JN, Bessin RT, Brewer MJ, Buntin DG, Catchot AL, Cook D, Flanders KL, Huang FN, Johnson DW, Leonard BR, Mcleod PJ, Porter RP, Reay-Jones FPF, Tindall KV, Stewart SD, Troxclair NN, Youngman RR, Rice ME. Lepidoptera (Crambidae, Noctuidae, and Pyralidae) Injury to Corn Containing Single and Pyramided Bt Traits, and Blended or Block Refuge, in the Southern United States. J Econ Entomol 2015; 108:157-165. [PMID: 26470116 DOI: 10.1093/jee/tou009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2014] [Accepted: 10/02/2014] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae); corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea Boddie (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae); southwestern corn borer, Diatraea grandiosella Dyar (Lepidoptera: Crambidae); sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis F. (Lepidoptera: Crambidae); and lesser cornstalk borer, Elasmopalpus lignosellus Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), are lepidopteran pests of corn, Zea mays L., in the southern United States. Blended refuge for transgenic plants expressing the insecticidal protein derivative from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) has recently been approved as an alternative resistance management strategy in the northern United States. We conducted a two-year study with 39 experiments across 12 states in the southern United States to evaluate plant injury from these five species of Lepidoptera to corn expressing Cry1F and Cry1Ab, as both single and pyramided traits, a pyramid of Cry1Ab×Vip3Aa20, and a pyramid of Cry1F×Cry1Ab plus non-Bt in a blended refuge. Leaf injury and kernel damage from corn earworm and fall armyworm, and stalking tunneling by southwestern corn borer, were similar in Cry1F×Cry1Ab plants compared with the Cry1F×Cry1Ab plus non-Bt blended refuge averaged across five-plant clusters. When measured on an individual plant basis, leaf injury, kernel damage, stalk tunneling (southwestern corn borer), and dead or injured plants (lesser cornstalk borer) were greater in the blended non-Bt refuge plants compared to Cry1F×Cry1Ab plants in the non-Bt and pyramided Cry1F×Cry1Ab blended refuge treatment. When non-Bt blended refuge plants were compared to a structured refuge of non-Bt plants, no significant difference was detected in leaf injury, kernel damage, or stalk tunneling (southwestern corn borer). Plant stands in the non-Bt and pyramided Cry1F×Cry1Ab blended refuge treatment had more stalk tunneling from sugarcane borer and plant death from lesser cornstalk borer compared to a pyramided Cry1F×Cry1Ab structured refuge treatment. Hybrid plants containing Cry1F×Cry1Ab within the pyramided Cry1F×Cry1Ab blended refuge treatment had significantly less kernel damage than non-Bt structured refuge treatments. Both single and pyramided Bt traits were effective against southwestern corn borer, sugarcane borer, and lesser cornstalk borer.
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- D D Reisig
- Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Vernon G. James Research and Extension Center, 207 Research Station Rd., Plymouth, NC 27962
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- University Arkansas, Cooperative Extension Service, Monticello, AR 71656; currently, FMC Corporation, 1672 Hwy 138, Monticello, AR 71655
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- Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
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- Department of Entomology, S-225 Ag North, Lexington, KY 40546
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- Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Center, 10345 State Hwy 44, Corpus Christi, TX 78406
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- Department of Entomology, UGA-Griffin Campus, 1109 Experiment Street, Griffin, GA 30223
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- Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762
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- Delta Research & Extension Center, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 197, Stoneville, MS 38776
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- Department of Entomology, 404 Life Sciences Bldg., LSU AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
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- UK-REC, 1205 Hopkinsville Street, Princeton, KY 42445
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- LSU AgCenter, Macon Ridge Station, 212A Macon Ridge Rd., Winnsboro, LA 71295
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- Cralley-Warren Lab, 2601 N. Young Ave., Fayetteville, AR 72704
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- Texas AgriLife Research & Extension Center, Lubbock, TX 79403
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- School of Agricultural, Forest, and Environmental Sciences, Pee Dee Research & Education Center, Clemson University, 2200 Pocket Rd., Florence, SC 29506
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- Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Portageville, MO 63873
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- West Tennessee Research and Education Center, 605 Airways Blvd., Jackson, TN 38301
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- Texas AgriLife Research & Extension Center, P.O. Box 1849, Uvalde, TX 78802
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- Department of Entomology, 216-A Price Hall, MC 0319, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA 24061
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- DuPont Pioneer, P. O. Box 1004, Johnston, IA 50131.
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Steckel S, Stewart SD, Tindall KV. Effects of Japanese beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and silk clipping in field corn. J Econ Entomol 2013; 106:2048-2054. [PMID: 24224246 DOI: 10.1603/ec13042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica Newman) is an emerging silk-feeding insect found in fields in the lower Corn Belt and Midsouthern United States. Studies were conducted in 2010 and 2011 to evaluate how silk clipping in corn affects pollination and yield parameters. Manually clipping silks once daily had modest effects on yield parameters. Sustained clipping by either manually clipping silks three times per day or by caging Japanese beetles onto ears affected total kernel weight if it occurred during early silking (R1 growth stage). Manually clipping silks three times per day for the first 5 d of silking affected the number of kernels per ear, total kernel weight, and the weight of individual kernels. Caged beetles fed on silks and, depending on the number of beetles caged per ear, reduced the number of kernels per ear. Caging eight beetles per ear significantly reduced total kernel weight compared with noninfested ears. Drought stress before anthesis appeared to magnify the impact of silk clipping by Japanese beetles. There was evidence of some compensation for reduced pollination by increasing the size of pollinated kernels within the ear. Our results showed that it requires sustained silk clipping during the first week of silking to have substantial impacts on pollination and yield parameters, at least under good growing conditions. Some states recommend treating for Japanese beetle when three Japanese beetles per ear are found, silks are clipped to < 13 mm, and pollination is < 50% complete, and that recommendation appears to be adequate.
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- Sandy Steckel
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, West Tennessee Research and Education Center, University of Tennessee, 605 Airways Blvd., Jackson, TN 38301, USA.
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Gore J, Cook D, Catchot A, Leonard BR, Stewart SD, Lorenz G, Kerns D. Cotton aphid (Heteroptera: Aphididae) susceptibility to commercial and experimental insecticides in the southern United States. J Econ Entomol 2013; 106:1430-1439. [PMID: 23865211 DOI: 10.1603/ec13116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover, has a history of developing resistance to novel insecticides. A program is needed to monitor cotton aphid susceptibility to new insecticides. Concentration-mortality bioassays were conducted from 2008 to 2011 to monitor the susceptibility of cotton aphids from fields across the midsouthern United States to thiamethoxam and sulfoxaflor. Flonicamid was included in 2010 and 2011. Bioassays followed the procedures described by the Insecticide Resistance Action Committee for testing neonicotinoids against cotton aphid. Mortality was rated at 48 and 72 h. These bioassays suggest that high levels of resistance to thiamethoxam occur in cotton aphid throughout the midsouthern United States. Resistance ratios ranged from 0.9 to 562.6 at 48 h, and from 0.9 to 29.1 at 72 h. Aphid colonies tested were considered susceptible to flonicamid and sulfoxaflor. The LC50 values ranged from 1.43 to 6.60 ppm for flonicamid. The LC50 values for sulfoxaflor ranged from 1.01 to 5.85 ppm and 0.92-4.13 ppm at 48 and 72 h, respectively. These values represent the baseline variability of the susceptibility of cotton aphid to flonicamid and sulfoxaflor. The moderate level of variability observed combined with the high level of efficacy at low rates and the high reproductive rate of cotton aphid suggests that an effective resistance management plan needs to be devised for these insecticides. Flonicamid and sulfoxaflor should provide effective control of cotton aphid in areas where thiamethoxam resistance occurs. However, these insecticides need to be incorporated into a rotation strategy to preserve their efficacy against cotton aphid.
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- J Gore
- Mississippi State University, DREC, PO Box 197, Stoneville, MS, USA.
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Steckel S, Stewart SD. Injury and interplant compensation for southwestern corn borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) infestations in field corn. J Econ Entomol 2013; 106:816-822. [PMID: 23786069 DOI: 10.1603/ec12377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Growers that plant Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Berliner corn (Zea mays L.) hybrids are required to plant non-Bt corn for resistance management. Refuge in a bag (RIB) is an emerging approach for resistance management where, for some hybrids having multiple Bt traits for a target species, the refuge is planted as a blend of Bt and non-Bt corn. Studies were conducted to evaluate how southwestern corn borer (Diatraea grandiosella Dyar), when infested at different densities and growth stages, affected the yield of infested, non-Bt plants and neighboring Bt plants. Infesting non-Bt corn plants with southwestern corn borer larvae caused significant injury. Both the number of larvae infested on plants and the timing of these infestations affected the number of kernels per ear, total kernel weight, and the weight of individual kernels. Infestation timing was more important than the number of larvae inoculated onto plants, with pretassel infestations causing more yield loss. There was little compensation by Bt plants that were adjacent to infested plants. Thus, the risk of yield loss from stalk tunneling larvae in a refuge in a bag scenario should be directly proportional to the percentage of non-Bt plants and the level of yield loss observed in these non-Bt plants. Because current refuge in a bag systems have five or 10% non-Bt corn plants within the seed unit, the likelihood of substantial yield losses from infestations of corn boring larvae is remote given our results, especially for infestations that occur after silking has begun.
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- S Steckel
- University of Tennessee, West Tennessee Research and Education Center, 605 Airways Boulevard, Jackson, TN 38301, USA.
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Siebert MW, Nolting SP, Hendrix W, Dhavala S, Craig C, Leonard BR, Stewart SD, All J, Musser FR, Buntin GD, Samuel L. Evaluation of corn hybrids expressing Cry1F, cry1A.105, Cry2Ab2, Cry34Ab1/Cry35Ab1, and Cry3Bb1 against southern United States insect pests. J Econ Entomol 2012; 105:1825-34. [PMID: 23156183 DOI: 10.1603/ec12155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Studies were conducted across the southern United States to characterize the efficacy of multiple Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) events in a field corn, Zea mays L., hybrid for control of common lepidopteran and coleopteran pests. Cry1F protein in event TC1507 and Cry1A.105 + Cry2Ab2 proteins in event MON 89034 were evaluated against pests infesting corn on above-ground plant tissue including foliage, stalks, and ears. Cry34Ab1/Cry35Ab1 proteins in event DAS-59122-7 and Cry3Bb1 in event MON 88017 were evaluated against the larvae of Mexican corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera zeae Krysan and Smith, which occur below-ground. Field corn hybrids containing Cry1F, Cry1A.105 + Cry2Ab2, Cry34Ab1/Cry35Ab1, and Cry3Bb1 insecticidal proteins (SmartStax) consistently demonstrated reductions in plant injury and/or reduced larval survivorship as compared with a non-Bt field corn hybrid. Efficacy provided by a field corn hybrid with multiple Bt proteins was statistically equal to or significantly better than corn hybrids containing a single event active against target pests. Single event field corn hybrids provided very high levels of control of southwestern corn borer, Diatraea grandiosella (Dyar), lesser cornstalk borer, Elasmopalpus lignosellus (Zeller), and fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith), and were not significantly different than field corn hybrids with multiple events. Significant increases in efficacy were observed for a field corn hybrid with multiple Bt events for sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis (F.), beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Hübner), corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea (Boddie), and Mexican corn rootworm. Utilization of field corn hybrids containing multiple Bt events provides a means for managing insect resistance to Bt proteins and reduces non-Bt corn refuge requirements.
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- M W Siebert
- Dow AgroSciences LLC, 753 HWY 438, Greenville, MS 38701, USA.
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Eisenmann JC, Gundersen C, Lohman BJ, Garasky S, Stewart SD. Is food insecurity related to overweight and obesity in children and adolescents? A summary of studies, 1995-2009. Obes Rev 2011; 12:e73-83. [PMID: 21382151 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789x.2010.00820.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In the USA, several nutrition-related issues confront the normal growth, maturation and development of children and adolescents including obesity and food insecurity. The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of the concept of food insecurity and a summary of studies that have examined the association between food insecurity and overweight/obesity in children and adolescents. Besides the initial case report, we review 21 studies (16 cross-sectional and five prospective studies) that have been published on this topic as of December 2009. As there is limited literature in this area, we review studies that sample children and adolescents in the USA. The results are mixed with positive, negative and null associations. The reasons for the mixed results are difficult to disentangle. Among earlier studies, small samples hampered definitive conclusions. More recent studies with larger samples have overcome these limitations and tend to find no associations between these constructs. Nonetheless, all of the studies to date have shown that food insecurity and overweight co-exist - that is, even though there may not be statistically significant differences in overweight between food-insecure and food-secure children, the prevalence of overweight remains relatively high in food-insecure children.
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- J C Eisenmann
- Departments of Kinesiology and Pediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
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Stewart SD, Adamczyk JJ, Knighten KS, Davis FM. Impact of Bt cottons expressing one or two insecticidal proteins of Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner on growth and survival of noctuid (Lepidoptera) larvae. J Econ Entomol 2001; 94:752-760. [PMID: 11425033 DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.3.752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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A series of laboratory assays were performed to compare the relative impact of commercial and experimental cultivars of cotton, Gossypium hirsutum (L.), expressing zero, one, or two insecticidal proteins of Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner, on several lepidopteran pests. Assays in which larvae were fed fresh plant tissue indicated that dual-toxin B. thuringiensis (Bt) cultivars, expressing both Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab endotoxins of B. thuringiensis, were more toxic to bollworms, Helicoverpa zea (Boddie), fall armyworms, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith), and beet armyworms, Spodoptera exigua (Hubner), than single-toxin cultivars expressing Cry1Ac. Assays in which lyophilized plant tissue was incorporated into artificial diet also indicated improved activity of the dual-toxin Bt cultivar compared with single-toxin plants. Both bollworm and tobacco budworm, Heliothis virescens (F.), growth was reduced by Bt cotton, particularly the dual-toxin cultivar. Although assays with lyophilized tissues were done using largely sublethal doses, bollworm survival was reduced by the dual-toxin cultivar. It appears that this newly developed Bt cotton expressing two toxins will be more effective and have a wider range of activity on these lepidopteran pests.
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- S D Stewart
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, Mississippi State University, 39762, USA
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In 1996 and 1997, various intensities of prebloom square removal were applied to three cultivars of cotton grown in Mississippi. With the exception of one cultivar in 1997, all cultivars were B. thuringiensis (Bt)-transgenic cotton. At harvest, the number of bolls and seed cotton weight was recorded for all plants in each square removal treatment. All cultivars responded similarly to square loss. A yield increase (overcompensation) was observed in the treatment where all squares were removed from the plant one week after squaring began. Only the treatment where all squares were removed before bloom significantly reduced yield and caused a large (>7 d) delay in crop maturation. Otherwise, moderate levels of square removal (approximately 20-50% of prebloom squares) had little impact on overall lint production. However, the patterns of cotton production on the plants were significantly influenced by the square removal treatments. The removal of relatively more or larger squares increased seed cotton production in late-season fruiting cohorts and on 'vegetative' branches. Compensation for square loss occurred by increasing the relative number and weight of bolls produced subsequent to early-season square removal. Typically, early-season square loss increased the value of later-season fruiting cohorts, especially the midseason cohorts and bolls on vegetative branches. The implications of prebloom square loss, including the compensatory ability of the cotton plant, on insect management are discussed.
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- S D Stewart
- Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, Mississippi State University, 39762, USA
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Zneimer SM, Cotter PD, Stewart SD. Telomere-telomere (end to end) fusion of chromosomes 7 and 22 with an interstitial deletion of chromosome 7p11.2-->p15.1: phenotypic consequences and possible mechanisms. Clin Genet 2000; 58:129-33. [PMID: 11005146 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.2000.580207.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We report a rare case of a de novo end to end fusion of chromosomes 7 and 22 in conjunction with an interstitial deletion of chromosome 7p11.2p15.1 in a newborn with congenital anomalies. The proband presented for chromosome analysis with bilateral cataracts, dysmorphic facies and distal limb abnormalities. Chromosome analysis showed a 45,XY,der(22)psu dic(22;7)(p13;p22.3)del(7)(p11.2p15.1) karyotype. This short arm to short arm fusion of chromosomes 7 and 22 resulted in a pseudodicentric chromosome. The interstitial deletion in the short arm of chromosome 7 was likely a result of breakage and reunion related to instability of the dicentric chromosome. Loss of genetic material in this region of chromosome 7p has been implicated in the pathophysiology of craniosynostosis and cephalopolysyndactyly syndromes.
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- S M Zneimer
- Department of Cytogenetics, Quest Diagnostics, Van Nuys, CA 91405, USA.
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Good quality polarized Raman spectra of a single wool fiber and an intact feather barbule are presented. The intensity ratio of the alpha-helix component of the amide I band measured parallel and perpendicular to the wool fiber axis was 0.39 +/- 0.05. This is consistent with theoretical predictions based on orientational calculations using the normal Raman polarizability tensor for an alpha-helical amide I band where the protein strands are aligned roughly parallel with the fiber axis. However, the depolarized spectral intensity of the alpha-helix mode was greater than expected. For the feather barbule, despite high quality spectra, a unique orientation of the beta-sheet structure could not be determined using the Raman intensity ratios of the amide I band alone. Using previously developed methods, the protein chains were found to be oriented between 60 and 90 degrees from the long axis of the barbule compared to an angle of 51 degrees calculated from polarized IR spectra of the same barbule. The Raman tensor methods for the determination of protein orientation in these fibers was found to be constrained by the complexity of the materials and the limitations of the band fitting methods used to apportion the intensity among the various vibrational modes of their spectra. Other advantages and limitations of polarized Raman microscopic methods of structural determination are discussed.
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- L Rintoul
- Centre for Instrumental and Developmental Chemistry, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia
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Stewart SD. Economic and personal factors affecting women's use of nurse-midwives in Michigan. Fam Plann Perspect 1998; 30:231-5. [PMID: 9782046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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CONTEXT The proportion of American women who use a nurse-midwife rather than an obstetrician to deliver their baby is increasing. Relatively little is known, however, about the determinants of a midwife-assisted birth. METHODS Logistic regression analyses using birth-certificate data on 149,437 Michigan births in 1990 examined the characteristics associated with midwife-attended births. RESULTS Women who paid for childbirth with Medicaid were 3.5 times more likely than those paying with private insurance to use a certified nurse-midwife, net of controls for maternal characteristics; this effect varied significantly by race, with Medicaid payment increasing the odds of midwife use threefold among whites and nearly fivefold among nonwhites. The effect of education on midwife use also varied by race: A college education significantly increased the likelihood of midwife use among white women (odds ratio of 2.1), but higher education decreased that probability among nonwhite women (odds ratio of 0.74). Father's education and age, were also significantly associated with the likelihood of a midwife-attended birth; the babies of college-educated fathers had higher odds of being delivered by a nurse-midwife, as did the babies of men in their 30s. CONCLUSIONS The relationship between socioeconomic status and the use of midwives may not be as straightforward as previously thought. The patients of nurse-midwives are a diverse group whose socioeconomic characteristics and probable reasons for choosing a midwife over a physician vary widely.
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- S D Stewart
- Department of Sociology, Bowling Green State University, OH, USA
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Barsky SH, Sternlicht MD, Safarians S, Nguyen M, Chin K, Stewart SD, Hiti AL, Gray JW. Evidence of a dominant transcriptional pathway which regulates an undifferentiated and complete metastatic phenotype. Oncogene 1997; 15:2077-91. [PMID: 9366525 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1201379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The highly metastatic amelanotic C8161 human melanoma line was found to exhibit complete dominance of its undifferentiated and metastatic phenotype in multiple somatic cell hybridization studies designed to bypass the presence of potential tumor suppressor genes. In a three armed approach involving somatic cell fusions of C8161 with recipient lines of greater differentiation, different lineage, and different tumorigenicity status, the metastatic and undifferentiated phenotype of C8161 was promiscuously dominant. In somatic cell hybrids produced between the C8161 and a group of non-metastatic human melanoma lines which exhibited melanocyte differentiation markers including S100, HMB-45, NKI/C3, and melanin, the fusions were uniformly metastatic and undifferentiated. In somatic cell hybrids of C8161 and MCF-7 the fusions exhibited an estrogen independent and unresponsive, estrogen receptor (ER) negative, and highly metastatic phenotype. In fusions between C8161 and HMS-1, an immortalized 'benign' human myoepithelial line which produced an abundant extracellular matrix (ECM) and high levels of protease and angiogenic inhibitors including maspin, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1), alpha1-antitrypsin (alpha1-AT), protease nexin II (PN-II), thrombospondin-1 and soluble basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) receptors, the hybrids showed complete absence of matrix, absent maspin expression, markedly decreased protease inhibitor and angiogenic inhibitor production, high levels of proteases and angiogenic factors, and a highly metastatic phenotype. In our somatic cell fusions, the human-human hybrids represented true and complete fusions and not hybrid clones selected for by loss of dominant-acting growth suppressor genes. This finding was supported by detailed comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) studies, Q-banding karyotype analysis, and autofusions of representative clones. The purposeful creation of inherently unstable human-murine fusions between C8161 and B16-F1 where loss of putative suppressor loci would be expected, resulted in fusions exhibiting decreased growth and non-metastatic behavior with progressive chromosomal loss. Neither p53, nm23, DNA methyltransferase, activated ras, fibroblast growth factor-4 (FGF-4), or epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mediated the acquisition of the metastatic or undifferentiated phenotype within the C8161-human fusions. These studies are the first studies ever to successfully transfer the complete metastatic phenotype by somatic cell fusion and support the presence of a new high level regulatory pathway(s) involving dominant trans-acting factors which act pleiotropically to regulate an undifferentiated and highly metastatic phenotype.
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- S H Barsky
- Department of Pathology, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine 90024, USA
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The mortality patterns of men and women of working age, in terms of the major causes of death, have changed over the past three decades. This study assesses the extent to which mortality among persons of working age represents an economic loss to society. This economic loss is measured by the per capita loss of productive working life, defined as the number of years, on the average, a person can expect to be an active member of the labor force. Causes of death affecting primarily older Americans (heart disease, cancer, stroke) had a relatively small and declining impact on the working lives of men and women. Major causes of death affecting the young (motor vehicle accidents, homicide, AIDS), although accounting for fewer deaths, were responsible for many more years of lost productivity. Gender and socioeconomic differentials in mortality suggest that different strategies are necessary for future reductions in lost work-years.
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- S D Stewart
- Department of Sociology, Bowling Green State University, Ohio 43403, USA
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Thompson AD, Braun BS, Arvand A, Stewart SD, May WA, Chen E, Korenberg J, Denny C. EAT-2 is a novel SH2 domain containing protein that is up regulated by Ewing's sarcoma EWS/FLI1 fusion gene. Oncogene 1996; 13:2649-58. [PMID: 9000139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The EWS/FLI1 fusion protein is created by the translocation between chromosomes 11 and 22 that appears in most Ewing's sarcomas. This chimeric protein has been demonstrated to be an aberrant transcription factor. Genes up regulated by EWS/FLI1 but not by full-length FLI1 were identified by representational difference analysis (RDA). We have characterized a novel gene, EWS/FLI1 activated transcript 2 (EAT-2) that was cloned from a murine cDNA library using a differentially expressed RDA fragment. EAT-2 expression is seen within 4-8 h of EWS/FLI1 induction. Its expression correlates with transformation of NIH3T3 cells by chimeric proteins related to EWS/FLI1 but not by unrelated genes. EAT-2 is expressed in normal murine tissues and contains a unique but biochemically functional SH2 domain. An homologous sequence in the human genome has been identified and mapped to chromosome 1q22. Human EAT-2 transcripts were identified by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in Ewing's sarcoma cell tumour cell lines. EAT-2's unique structure and correlation with transformation make it a candidate for playing a role in the transformation of NIH3T3 cells and the oncogenesis of Ewing's sarcoma.
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- A D Thompson
- Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles 90095, USA
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We tested the usefulness of the Removable Intestinal Tie Adult Rabbit Diarrhea model to establish Campylobacter jejuni infection in rabbits. The procedure involved ligation of the cecum, placement of a slip knot at the terminal ileum, and injection of the test inoculum into the mid-small bowel. The ends of the slip knot were externalized, and the tie was released 4 h later. Fifty-five rabbits received C. jejuni, and 16 received uninoculated medium as controls. Daily rectal swabs were positive for 2 weeks in infected rabbits. The diarrheal attack rate was 64% in infected rabbits and 0% in controls. Diarrhea was characterized by loose, mucus-containing stools after an incubation period ranging from 24 h to 6 days. When blood was obtained daily for culture from 30 rabbits for 4 days post-challenge, bacteremia was present in 96.3% 24 h after challenge but diminished to 5 of 19 (26.3%) at 96 h. Death occurred in 53% of rabbits and was always preceded by diarrhea. No control animal died. Only 5 of 35 animals experiencing diarrhea recovered. An indirect whole-cell enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to determine serum immunoglobulin G responses. Mean titers rose from 1:198 preoperatively to 1:9,087 on day 28. Necropsy on eight infected and two control animals showed inflammatory lesions with ulceration in 62.5% and goblet cell hyperplasia in 75% of infected rabbits. We conclude that the Removable Intestinal Tie Adult Rabbit Diarrhea procedure is a simple, effective method to establish C. jejuni infection which mimics human disease.
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