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The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine is becoming a leader among research-intensive North American veterinary colleges for the quality of our research programs and their engagement of undergraduate and graduate students. We continue to support a broad base of research excellence across disciplines with areas of strength in cattle health, infectious disease, pain and animal welfare, equine health, wildlife heath, reproduction and regenerative medicine, and veterinary education. Our programs align with the University of Calgary's Eyes High strategy to become a top 5 research-intensive university that graduates global leaders infused with research.
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Item Open Access The Production, Purification, and Bioactivity of Recombinant Bovine Trophoblast Protein-1 (Bovine Trophoblast Interferon)(The Endocrine Society, 1990-10) Klemann, Stephen W.; Li, Junzhi; Imakawa, Kazuhiko; Cross, James C.; Francis, Harriet; Roberts, Michael R.Item Open Access Induction of Trophoblastic Interferon Expression in Ovine Blastocysts after Treatment with Double-Stranded RNA(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 1991-06) Farin, C. E.; Cross, J. C.; Tindle, N. A.; Murphy, C. N.; Farin, P. W.; Roberta, R. M.Item Open Access Interferons as Hormones of Pregnancy(The Endocrine Society, 1992-08) Roberts, Michael R.; Cross, James C.; Leaman, Douglas W.Item Open Access Multiple Regulatory Elements Are Required to Direct Trophoblast Interferon Gene Expression in Choriocarcinoma Cells and Trophectoderm(The Endocrine Society, 1994-04) Leaman, Douglas W.; Cross, James C.; Roberts, Michael R.Item Open Access Focal myasthenia gravis in a dog(Canadian Veterinary Medical Association, 1997) Webb, Aubrey; Taylor, Susan M.; McPhee, LynnItem Open Access Activin Is a Local Regulator of Human Cytotrophoblast Cell Differentiation(The Endocrine Society, 1997-09) Caniggia, Isabella; Lye, Stephen J.; Cross, James C.Item Open Access Reprogramming the Cell Cycle for Endoreduplication in Rodent Trophoblast Cells(American Society for Cell Biology, 1998-04) MacAuley, Alasdair; Cross, James C.; Werb, ZenaItem Open Access Intravenous regional anesthesia (Bier block) in a dog(Canadian Veterinary Medical Association, 1999) Webb, Aubrey; Cantwell, Shauna L.; Duke, Tanya; Adkins, ElizabethItem Open Access Intradural spinal arachnoid cyst in a dog(Canadian Veterinary Medical Association, 1999) Webb, AubreyItem Open Access Periodic Expression of the Cyclin-dependent Kinase Inhibitor p57Kip2 in Trophoblast Giant Cells Defines a G2-like Gap Phase of the Endocycle(American Society for Cell Biology, 2000-03) Hattori, Naka; Davies, Tyler C.; Anson-Cartwright, Lynn; Cross, James C.Item Open Access Mini-Review: Assessment of behavioural recovery following spinal cord injury in rats(Blackwell, 2000-09) Muir, Gillian D; Webb, Aubrey ABehavioural recovery is one of the primary goals of therapeutic intervention in animal models of disease. It is necessary, therefore, to have the means with which to quantify pertinent behavioural changes in experimental animals. Nevertheless, the number and diversity of behavioural measures which have been used to assess recovery after experimental interventions often makes it difficult to compare results between studies. The present review attempts to integrate and categorize the wide variety of behavioural assessments used to measure recovery in spinal-injured rats. These categories include endpoint measures, kinematic measures, kinetic measurements, and electrophysiological measurements. Within this categorization, we discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each type of measurement. Finally, we make some recommendations regarding the principles for a comprehensive behavioural analysis after experimental spinal cord injury in rats.Item Open Access Transcription Factors Underlying the Development and Endocrine Functions of the Placenta(The Endocrine Society, 2002) Cross, James C.; Anson-Cartwright, Lynn; Scott, Ian C.Item Open Access Compensatory Locomotor Adjustments of Rats with Cervical or Thoracic Spinal Cord Hemisections(Mary Ann Liebert, 2002) Webb, Aubrey; Muir, Gillian D.Item Open Access Potential sources of neck and back pain in clinical conditions of dogs and cats: a review(Elsevier, 2003-05) Webb, Aubrey APathological neck and back pain occurs in many medical conditions of dogs and cats. Pain may arise from a variety of structures including the intervertebral disks, facet joint capsules, dorsal root ganglia, vertebral ligaments, the vertebral periosteum, and the meninges. The source of this pain is dependent upon the type of disease process and its location within or surrounding the spinal column. Diseases can directly or indirectly stimulate pain sensors (nociceptors). Inflammatory diseases may hypersensitize these receptors or nociceptive pathways with inflammatory mediating substances such as serotonin, histamine and potassium. Diseases resulting in mechanical compression of nociceptors or nociceptive pathways may also result in neck and back pain. A thorough understanding of spinal pain occurring in dogs and cats will lead to more accurate diagnoses and treatment and may provide information regarding prognoses for various diseases. Evidence pointing to sources of spinal pain taken fron scientific and clinical studies of a variety of species including humans is provided. Suspected or known sources of neck and back pain occurring in several clinical conditions of dogs and cats are discussed.Item Open Access Unilateral dorsal solumn and rubrospinal tract injuries affect overground locomotion in the unrestrained rat(Blackwell, 2003-07) Webb, Aubrey A; Muir, Gillian DThe purpose of this study was to determine the importance of the rubrospinal pathway and the ascending components of the dorsal column for overground locomotion in adult, unrestrained rats. The dorsal column (excluding the corticospinal tract), the rubrospinal tract or both were damaged unilaterally in rats at the level of the upper cervical spinal cord. Behavioural analysis consisted of skilled locomotion (an evaluation of footslips during ladder walking), a paw usage task and the assessment of ground reaction forces during unrestrained locomotion. All lesioned animals used the forepaw ipsilateral to the lesions less while rearing. Animals with dorsal column injuries used the forelimb contralateral to the spinal injury significantly more while rearing compared with uninjured animals. All lesioned animals produced more footfalls while crossing the ladder compared with uninjured animals. All injuries, regardless of the pathway affected, resulted in significant alterations in body weight support and reduced braking forces from the forelimb ipsilateral to the injury during overground locomotion. Animals typically bore less weight on the hindlimb ipsilateral to the lesion compared with the hindlimb contralateral to the spinal injury. Taken together with previously published work, our data indicate that the rubrospinal and dorsal column pathways are important for forelimb support while rearing and for skilled locomotion. Additionally, the ascending dorsal column pathways and the rubrospinal tract play a role during flat surface overground locomotion and combined damage to these pathways does not alter the acquired gait.Item Open Access Interferon-Stimulated Gene-15 (Isg15) Expression Is Up-Regulated in the Mouse Uterus in Response to the Implanting Conceptus(The Endocrine Society, 2003-07) Austin, Kathy J.; Bany, Brent M.; Belden, E. Lee; Rempel, Lea A.; Cross, James C.; Hansen, Thomas R.Item Open Access Fischer (F-344) rates have different morphology, sensorimotor and locomotor abilities compared to Lewis, Long-Evans, Sprague-Dawley and Wistar rats(Elsevier, 2003-09) Webb, Aubrey A; Gowribai, Krishnamoorthy; Muir, Gillian DLocomotor and/or sensory behaviour is commonly evaluated in laboratory rats in the field of neuroscience. Many strains of rats, however, have been propagated through intensive breeding programs. With any breeding program, traits are selected purposefully or inadvertently. We set out to investigate whether differences in morphology, sensory or motor behaviours exist using five age-matched strains of laboratory rats. Personal observations of morphological differences between different strains of rats led us to hypothesize that Fischer rats were dissimilar to the other strains in each of the parameters investigated. Evaluation of morphology involved measuring long-bone lengths and body weights of each strain. Motor skills were evaluated by measuring paw preferences while rearing, abduction of the distal portion of hindlimbs during locomotion, footfalls through a horizontal ladder during locomotion, and ground reaction forces generated during trotting. Sensory ability was assessed by von Frey testing. Fischer rats had shorter long-bone lengths, weighed less, and had significantly abducted distal portion of their hindlimbs during locomotion compared to the other strains. Lewis and Sprague–Dawley rats were less sensitive to mechanical pedal stimulation compared to Fischer rats. While rearing, all strains of rats tended to use individual forelimbs 25% of the time for each right and left limbs, and both forelimbs together 50% of the time. There were no significant differences in the number of footfalls during the ladder task. Ground reaction force determination revealed that Fischer and Sprague–Dawley rats bore more weight on their hindlimbs compared to forelimbs during locomotion, Long–Evans and Lewis rats bore more weight on their forelimbs compared to their hindlimbs, while Wistar rats distributed weight evenly between forelimbs and hindlimbs during trotting. We conclude that morphologic, sensory and motor differences exist between the five strains of laboratory rats examined and several of these differences are most pronounced in the Fischer strain.Item Open Access Course of motor recovery following ventrolateral spinal cord injury in the rat(Elsevier, 2004-11) Webb, Aubrey A; Muir, Gillian DThe purpose of this study was to determine the importance of the pathways running in the ventrolateral spinal funiculus for overground locomotion in adult, freely behaving rats. Left-sided ventrolateral cervical spinal cord injury was performed in adult female Long–Evans rats. The behavioural abilities of these animals were analyzed at 2 days, and weekly for up to 5.5 weeks following spinal cord injury. Behavioural testing consisted of Von Frey filament testing, ladder walking, a paw usage task, and the assessment of ground reaction forces during unrestrained trotting. Animals with injury to the left ventrolateral cervical spinal cord did not develop enhanced sensitivity to pedal mechanical stimulation. At 2 days following injury, animals had impaired skilled locomotion as indicated by increased number of footslips during ladder walking. At 2 days, these animals also used both limbs together more often for support while rearing, while using the forelimb ipsilateral to the injury less than did uninjured animals. Ground reaction force determination revealed that animals tend to bear less weight on the forelimb and hindlimb ipsilateral to the spinal cord injury 2 days after injury. All animals recovered normal or near normal sensorimotor abilities although subtle asymmetries in ground reaction forces were detectable at 5.5 weeks following spinal cord injury. These results suggest that axons in the ventrolateral spinal funiculi contribute to limb movements during exploration and locomotion but their roles can be served by other pathways after ventrolateral spinal injury.Item Open Access Target-controlled infusion of propofol in dogs – evaluation of four targets for induction of anaesthesia(BMJ Publishing Group, 2005) Musk, Gabrielle C.; Pang, Daniel S. J.; Beths, Thierry; Flaherty, Derek A.Item Open Access Sudden cardiac death associated with occult hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in a dog under anesthesia(Canadian Veterinary Medical Association, 2005) Pang, Daniel S. J.; Rondenay, Yves; Hélie, Pierre; Cuvelliez, Sophie G.; Troncy, Eric