Area of Honors: Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences

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Author:: Twomey, Claire
Title:: The Investigation of Pregnancy Toxemia Diagnostics in Dairy Goats
Area of Honors:: Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Keywords:: Pregnancy Toxemia
Beta-hydroxybutyrate
Glucose
Goats
Non-esterified fatty acids
File:: Download Twomey_Claire_The_Investigation_of_Pregnancy_Toxemia_Diagnostics_in_Dairy_Goats.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Robert John Vansaun, Thesis Supervisor
Robert John Vansaun, Thesis Honors Advisor
Justin D Brown, Faculty Reader

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Author:: Morgan, Jasmine
Title:: Comparative Genomic Analysis of Avibacterium paragallinarum using Next-gen sequencing to characterize Infectious Coryza infections in Domestic Poultry
Area of Honors:: Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Keywords:: Avian Diseases
Genotyping
Avibacterium
Next-gen sequencing
serotyping
Diagnostics
File:: Download JasmineM_thesis_template_MSN_03292022_updated.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Meera Surendran Nair, Thesis Supervisor
Robert John Vansaun, Thesis Honors Advisor

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Author:: Ma, Jonathan
Title:: A Retrospective Analysis of Select Avian Respiratory Diseases in Backyard Chicken Flocks within Pennsylvania
Area of Honors:: Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Keywords:: respiratory disease
backyard chickens
avibacterium paragallinarum
mycoplasma gallisepticum
mycoplasma synoviae
infectious bronchitis virus
prevalence
epidemiology
pennsylvania
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Thesis Supervisors:: Robert John Vansaun, Thesis Honors Advisor
Megan E Lighty, Thesis Supervisor

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Author:: Pandya, Kareena
Title:: Comparative Analysis of Bile Acid Activity on Specifics Genes Involved in Farnesoid X Receptor
Area of Honors:: Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Keywords:: Farnesoid X Receptor
SHP
OSTB
OSTa
BSEP
IBABP
qPCR
luciferase assay
bile acids
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Thesis Supervisors:: Andrew Patterson, Thesis Supervisor
Joshua J Kellogg, Thesis Honors Advisor

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Author:: Fleck, Lyndsey
Title:: Assessing the Colostrum Quality in Goats and Measurement of Kid Passive Transfer
Area of Honors:: Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Keywords:: Goat
Colostrum
passive transfer
Brix refractometer
Colostrum quality
Goat colostrum IgG concentration
kid serum IgG concentration
File:: Download Thesis_Lyndsey_Fleck.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Robert John Vansaun, Thesis Supervisor
Robert John Vansaun, Thesis Honors Advisor
Justin D Brown, Faculty Reader

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Author:: Kaufman, Annabel
Title:: The Impact of Iron Supplementation on Fecal Escherichia coli Resistance and Systemically in the Dairy Calf
Area of Honors:: Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Keywords:: antimicrobial-resistant
antibiotic stewarship
dairy calves
iron supplementation
File:: Download The_Impact_of_Iron_Supplementation_Systemically_and_on_Fecal_Escherichia_coli_Resistance_in_the_Dairy_Calf.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Hayley Ruth Springer, Thesis Supervisor
Robert John Vansaun, Thesis Honors Advisor

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Author:: Quraishi, Meysoon
Title:: Validation of Pseudo Virus Neutralization Assay (PVNT) for Domestic Cattle SARS-COV-2 Natural Infection
Area of Honors:: Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Keywords:: SARS-CoV-2
pseudo virus neutralization assay
Domestic Cattle
indirect ELISA
PVNT
COVID-19
File:: Download Validation_of_Pseudo_Virus_Neutralization_Assay__PVNT__for_Domestic_Cattle_SARS-COV-2_Natural_Infection_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Ruth H Nissly, Thesis Supervisor
Robert John Vansaun, Thesis Honors Advisor

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Author:: Spring, Jacquelin
Title:: Prepartum anti-inflammatory therapies in high-priority cow groups: effects on cow performance, health, and inflammatory and metabolic status
Area of Honors:: Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Keywords:: Prepartum anti-inflammatory therapies
metabolic status
systemic inflammation
daily milk yield
File:: Download Spring_Thesis_Final_with_edits.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Adrian A Barragan, Thesis Supervisor
Robert John Vansaun, Thesis Honors Advisor

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Author:: Periconi, Lydia
Title:: Effects of Peripartum Anti-Inflammatory Treatment on Holstein Calf Health and Performance
Area of Honors:: Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Keywords:: prepartum acetylsalicylic acid
calf growth
calf health
File:: Download Periconi_Lydia_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Adrian A Barragan, Thesis Supervisor
Robert John Vansaun, Thesis Honors Advisor

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