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Cat ownership is a risk factor for the development of anti-cat IgE but not current wheeze at age 5 years in an inner-city cohort
Contributor(s):: Perzanowski, M. S., Chew, G. L., Divjan, A., Johnson, A., Goldstein, I. F., Garfinkel, R. S., Hoepner, L. A., Platts-Mills, T. A., Perera, F. P., Miller, R. L.
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Current mite, cat, and dog allergen exposure, pet ownership, and sensitization to inhalant allergens in adults
Contributor(s):: Custovic, A., Simpson, B. M., Simpson, A., Hallam, C. L., Marolia, H., Walsh, D., Campbell, J., Woodcock, A., National Asthma Campaign Manchester, Asthma, Allergy Study, Group
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Early childhood risk factors for sensitization at school age
Contributor(s):: Kuehr, J., Frischer, T., Karmaus, W., Meinert, R., Barth, R., Herrmann-Kunz, E., Forster, J., Urbanek, R.
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Evaluation of Torrey and Yolken's feline viral zoonosis theory of schizophrenia
Contributor(s):: Waltrip, R. W., 2nd
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NAC Manchester Asthma and Allergy Study (NACMAAS): risk factors for asthma and allergic disorders in adults
Contributor(s):: Simpson, B. M., Custovic, A., Simpson, A., Hallam, C. L., Walsh, D., Marolia, H., Campbell, J., Woodcock, A.
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Prediction of residential pet and cockroach allergen levels using questionnaire information
Contributor(s):: Gehring, U., Triche, E., van Strien, R. T., Belanger, K., Holford, T., Gold, D. R., Jankun, T., Ren, P., McSharry, J. E., Beckett, W. S., Platts-Mills, T. A., Chapman, M. D., Bracken, M. B., Leaderer, B. P.
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Prevalence and risk factors of toxoplasmosis among pregnant women in Fortaleza, Northeastern Brazil
| Contributor(s):: Sroka, S., Bartelheimer, N., Winter, A., Heukelbach, J., Ariza, L., Ribeiro, H., Oliveira, F. A., Queiroz, A. J., Alencar, C., Jr., Liesenfeld, O.
We determined the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and associated risk factors among 963 pregnant women attending an obstetric hospital in Fortaleza, Brazil. Seroprevalences of IgG and IgM against T. gondii were 68.6% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 65.6–71.6%) and...
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The antecedents of psychoses: a case-control study of selected risk factors
| Contributor(s):: Fuller Torrey, E., Rawlings, R., Yolken, R. H.
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The prevalence and epidemiology of toxoplasmosis in Ontario
| Contributor(s):: Tizard, I. R., Chauhan, S. S., Lai, C. H.
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Zoonotic diseases of cats
| Contributor(s):: August, J. R., Loar, A. S.
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[Congenital toxoplasmosis in Switzerland. Seroprevalence, risk factors and recommendations for prevention]
| Contributor(s):: Sturchler, D., Berger, R., Just, M.
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Long-Term Antepartum Hospitalization: Am I in the Hospital or at the Ritz?
| Contributor(s):: Harmon, Karen M.
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Arousal, but not nursing, is necessary to elicit a decreased fear reaction toward humans in rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) pups
| Contributor(s):: Pongracz, P., Altbacker, V.
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The social environment and the epigenome
| Contributor(s):: Szyf, Moshe, McGowan, Patrick O., Turecki, Gustavo, Meaney, Michael J.
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Comparison of methods to assess fear of humans in sows
| Contributor(s):: Scott, K., Laws, D. M., Courboulay, V., Meunier-Salaun, M. C., Edwards, S. A.
The aims of this study were to compare three different methods to assess fear of humans in sows, and identify the most practical and reliable method for on-farm welfare assessment. Fifty-five crossbred sows (Landrace x Large White x Duroc) of different parities and stages of pregnancy were each...
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Development of stereotypic behaviour in sows fed a starch diet or a non-starch polysaccharide diet during gestation and lactation over two parities
| Contributor(s):: Peet-Schwering, C. M. C. van der, Spoolder, H. A. M., Kemp, B., Binnendijk, G. P., Hartog, L. A. den, Verstegen, M. W. A.
The effect of feeding sows a starch diet or a diet with a high level of fermentable non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) during gestation, lactation or both gestation and lactation over the first two parities on the development of stereotypic behaviour was studied in sows housed in groups during...
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Effect of different rearing systems and pre-kindling handling on behaviour and performance of rabbit does
| Contributor(s):: Mugnai, C., Bosco, A. dal, Castellini, C.
The aim of this study was to ascertain how collective cage and pre-kindling handling (training does to go into their own nest) practices, in comparison to standard housing (single cage rearing), modify the behaviour and the performance of rabbit does. To this aim, 40 nulliparous New Zealand White...
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Effects of repeated stress during pregnancy in ewes on the behavioural and physiological responses to stressful events and birth weight of their offspring
| Contributor(s):: Roussel, S., Hemsworth, P. H., Boissy, A., Duvaux-Ponter, C.
Stressors are frequently encountered during the pregnancies of farm animals. However, very few studies have investigated the effects of repeated stress in pregnant females on their offspring. Forty-eight ewes at 2.5 months of pregnancy were selected for their high or low cortisol response to...
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Feeding motivation in pregnant sows: effects of fibrous diets in an operant conditioning procedure
| Contributor(s):: Ramonet, Y., Bolduc, J., Bergeron, R., Robert, S., Meunier-Salaun, M. C.
The effect of fibrous diets fed to pregnant sows on their feeding motivation was studied by an operant conditioning procedure. Fifteen multiparous pregnant sows were assigned to three dietary treatments, which differed in the nature of the fibrous components, according to a 3 x 3 Latin square...
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Immunocontraception decreases group fidelity in a feral horse population during the non-breeding season
| Contributor(s):: Nunez, C. M. V., Adelman, J. S., Mason, C., Rubenstein, D. I.
The behavioral effects of the immunocontraceptive agent porcine zona pellucida (PZP) have not been adequately studied. Important managerial decisions for several species, including the wild horse (Equus caballus), have been based on this limited research. We studied 30 horses on Shackleford...
