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Lunn DP, Burgess BA, Dorman DC, Goehring LS, Gross P, Osterrieder K, Pusterla N, Soboll Hussey G. Updated ACVIM consensus statement on equine herpesvirus-1. J Vet Intern Med 2024. [PMID: 38497217 DOI: 10.1111/jvim.17047] [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] [Received: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024] Open
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Equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) is a highly prevalent and frequently pathogenic infection of equids. The most serious clinical consequences of infection are abortion and equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy (EHM). The previous consensus statement was published in 2009 and considered pathogenesis, strain variation, epidemiology, diagnostic testing, vaccination, outbreak prevention and control, and treatment. A recent survey of American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine large animal diplomates identified the need for a revision to this original consensus statement. This updated consensus statement is underpinned by 4 systematic reviews that addressed key questions concerning vaccination, pharmaceutical treatment, pathogenesis, and diagnostic testing. Evidence for successful vaccination against, or effective treatment of EHV-1 infection was limited, and improvements in experimental design and reporting of results are needed in future studies of this important disease. This consensus statement also updates the topics considered previously in 2009.
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- David P Lunn
- School of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center, University of Kentucky, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, Veterinary Medical Center, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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Goehring L, Dorman DC, Osterrieder K, Burgess BA, Dougherty K, Gross P, Neinast C, Pusterla N, Soboll-Hussey G, Lunn DP. Pharmacologic interventions for the treatment of equine herpesvirus-1 in domesticated horses: A systematic review. J Vet Intern Med 2024. [PMID: 38380685 DOI: 10.1111/jvim.17016] [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] [Received: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/22/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Equine herpes virus type 1 (EHV-1) infection in horses is associated with upper respiratory disease, neurological disease, abortions, and neonatal death. REVIEW QUESTION Does pharmacological therapy decrease either the incidence or severity of disease or infection caused by EHV-1 in domesticated horses? METHODS A systematic review was preformed searching AGRICOLA, CAB Abstracts, Cochrane, PubMed, Web of Science, and WHO Global Health Index Medicus Regional Databases to identify articles published before February 15, 2021. Selection criteria were original research reports published in peer reviewed journals, and studies investigating in vivo use of therapeutic agents for prevention or treatment of EHV-1 in horses. Outcomes assessed included measures related to clinical outcomes that reflect symptomatic EHV-1 infection or virus infection. We evaluated risk of bias and performed a GRADE evaluation of the quality of evidence for interventions. RESULTS A total of 7009 unique studies were identified, of which 9 met the inclusion criteria. Two studies evaluated valacyclovir or small interfering RNAs, and single studies evaluated the use of a Parapoxvirus ovis-based immunomodulator, human alpha interferon, an herbal supplement, a cytosine analog, and heparin. The level of evidence ranged between randomized controlled studies and observational trials. The risk of bias was moderate to high and sample sizes were small. Most studies reported either no benefit or minimal efficacy of the intervention tested. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE Our review indicates minimal or limited benefit either as a prophylactic or post-exposure treatment for any of the studied interventions in the mitigation of EHV-1-associated disease outcome.
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- Lutz Goehring
- University of Kentucky, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center, 1400 Nicholasville Road, Lexington, Kentucky 40546-0099, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, USA
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- Institut für Virologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Robert-von-Ostertag-Str. 7, 14163 Berlin, Germany
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, 2200 College Station Road, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, USA
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, One Garrod Drive, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, Veterinary Medical Center, Room G331, 784 Wilson Road, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- School of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus, Chester High Road, Neston CH64 7TE, United Kingdom
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Seppänen P, Forsberg MM, Tiihonen M, Laitinen H, Beal S, Dorman DC. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Efficacy and Safety of Rasagiline or Pramipexole in the Treatment of Early Parkinson's Disease. Parkinsons Dis 2024; 2024:8448584. [PMID: 38264500 PMCID: PMC10805557 DOI: 10.1155/2024/8448584] [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] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Revised: 09/29/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
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Background Rasagiline or pramipexole monotherapy has been suggested for the management of early Parkinson's disease (PD). The aim of this research was to systematically review the clinical efficacy and safety of rasagiline or pramipexole in early PD (defined as disease duration ≤5 years and Hoehn and Yahr stage of ≤3). Methods Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of rasagiline or pramipexole for early PD published up to September 2021 were retrieved. Outcomes of interest included changes in the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) Parts II and III and the incidence of adverse events. Standardized mean difference (SMD), odds ratio (OR), and 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated, and heterogeneity was measured with the I2 test. Results Nine rasagiline and eleven pramipexole RCTs were included. One post hoc analysis of one rasagiline study was included. Five studies for each drug were included in meta-analyses of the UPDRS scores. The rasagiline meta-analysis focused on patients receiving 1 mg/day. Rasagiline and pramipexole significantly improved UPDRS Part II and III scores when compared to placebo. Significant heterogeneity among the studies was present (I2 > 70%). Neither rasagiline nor pramipexole increased the relative risk for any adverse events, serious adverse events, or adverse events leading to withdrawal when compared with placebo. Conclusion Applying a Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluations (GRADE) approach to summarize the evidence, we found moderate confidence in the body of evidence for the efficacy of rasagiline or pramipexole in early PD, suggesting further well-designed, multicenter comparative RCTs remain needed.
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- Pauli Seppänen
- University of Eastern Finland, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Kuopio, Finland
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- University of Eastern Finland, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Kuopio, Finland
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- University of Eastern Finland, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Kuopio, Finland
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- North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh, NC, USA
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Zahm S, Bonde JP, Chiu WA, Hoppin J, Kanno J, Abdallah M, Blystone CR, Calkins MM, Dong GH, Dorman DC, Fry R, Guo H, Haug LS, Hofmann JN, Iwasaki M, Machala M, Mancini FR, Maria-Engler SS, Møller P, Ng JC, Pallardy M, Post GB, Salihovic S, Schlezinger J, Soshilov A, Steenland K, Steffensen IL, Tryndyak V, White A, Woskie S, Fletcher T, Ahmadi A, Ahmadi N, Benbrahim-Tallaa L, Bijoux W, Chittiboyina S, de Conti A, Facchin C, Madia F, Mattock H, Merdas M, Pasqual E, Suonio E, Viegas S, Zupunski L, Wedekind R, Schubauer-Berigan MK. Carcinogenicity of perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid. Lancet Oncol 2024; 25:16-17. [PMID: 38043561 DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(23)00622-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
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- Shelia Zahm
- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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Osterrieder K, Dorman DC, Burgess BA, Goehring LS, Gross P, Neinast C, Pusterla N, Hussey GS, Lunn DP. Vaccination for the prevention of equine herpesvirus-1 disease in domesticated horses: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Vet Intern Med 2023. [PMID: 37930113 DOI: 10.1111/jvim.16895] [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] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Equine herpes virus type 1 (EHV-1) infection in horses is associated with respiratory and neurologic disease, abortion, and neonatal death. HYPOTHESIS Vaccines decrease the occurrence of clinical disease in EHV-1-infected horses. METHODS A systematic review was performed searching multiple databases to identify relevant studies. Selection criteria were original peer-reviewed research reports that investigated the in vivo use of vaccines for the prevention of disease caused by EHV-1 in domesticated horses. Main outcomes of interest included pyrexia, abortion, neurologic disease, viremia, and nasal shedding. We evaluated risk of bias, conducted exploratory meta-analyses of incidence data for the main outcomes, and performed a GRADE evaluation of the quality of evidence for each vaccine subtype. RESULTS A total of 1018 unique studies were identified, of which 35 met the inclusion criteria. Experimental studies accounted for 31/35 studies, with the remainder being observational studies. Eight vaccine subclasses were identified including commercial (modified-live, inactivated, mixed) and experimental (modified-live, inactivated, deletion mutant, DNA, recombinant). Risk of bias was generally moderate, often because of underreporting of research methods, and sample sizes were small leading to imprecision in the estimate of the effect size. Several studies reported either no benefit or minimal vaccine efficacy for the primary outcomes of interest. Meta-analyses revealed significant heterogeneity was present, and our confidence in the quality of evidence for most outcomes was low to moderate. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE Our review indicates that commercial and experimental vaccines minimally reduce the incidence of clinical disease associated with EHV-1 infection.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky, Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, Veterinary Medical Center, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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- School of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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Neuvonen R, Huovinen M, Dorman DC, Laitinen H, Sahlman H. Phthalates and polycystic ovary syndrome - Systematic literature review. Reprod Toxicol 2023; 121:108473. [PMID: 37741514 DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2023.108473] [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] [Received: 06/12/2023] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/16/2023] [Indexed: 09/25/2023]
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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), one of the most common endocrine disorders in women, may involve both environmental and genetic factors. One potential environmental factor of concern is exposure to phthalates and other endocrine disrupting chemicals many of which have adverse effects on the female reproductive system. The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate possible association between prenatal phthalate exposure and PCOS. Six databases were searched for relevant human studies. Inclusion criteria were female human population diagnosed with PCOS and exposed during any lifestage to any phthalate or phthalate metabolite through oral, dermal, inhalation, or intravenous route. Search results were screened for relevance, and studies that met the inclusion criteria were evaluated for study quality using Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) critical appraisal tools. The systematic literature search yielded seven articles, six case-control studies and one cohort study. Three studies found a significant positive association, two studies found a significant negative association, and two studies found no association between phthalate exposure and the incidence of PCOS. Even though studies found no consistent pattern on association with phthalates and PCOS, the results of analyzed studies did not exclude possible effects of phthalates on the female reproductive and metabolic system. Some of the factors in study design such as recruiting participants from IVF clinics and young age of participants may have biased the results. Further studies with more careful study design and longer follow-up time are needed to bring more reliable information about the role of phthalates in onset of PCOS.
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- Roosa Neuvonen
- School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, North Carolina State University, USA
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, Finland.
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Dorman DC. The Role of Oxidative Stress in Manganese Neurotoxicity: A Literature Review Focused on Contributions Made by Professor Michael Aschner. Biomolecules 2023; 13:1176. [PMID: 37627240 PMCID: PMC10452838 DOI: 10.3390/biom13081176] [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: 07/06/2023] [Revised: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 07/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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This literature review focuses on the evidence implicating oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of manganese neurotoxicity. This review is not intended to be a systematic review of the relevant toxicologic literature. Instead, in keeping with the spirit of this special journal issue, this review highlights contributions made by Professor Michael Aschner's laboratory in this field of study. Over the past two decades, his laboratory has made significant contributions to our scientific understanding of cellular responses that occur both in vitro and in vivo following manganese exposure. These studies have identified molecular targets of manganese toxicity and their respective roles in mitochondrial dysfunction, inflammation, and cytotoxicity. Other studies have focused on the critical role astrocytes play in manganese neurotoxicity. Recent studies from his laboratory have used C. elegans to discover new facets of manganese-induced neurotoxicity. Collectively, his body of work has dramatically advanced the field and presents broader implications beyond metal toxicology.
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- David C Dorman
- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 1052 William Moore Dr, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
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Dorman DC, Poppenga RH, Schoenfeld-Tacher RM. The Current State of Veterinary Toxicology Education at AAVMC Member Veterinary Schools. Vet Sci 2022; 9:vetsci9120652. [PMID: 36548813 PMCID: PMC9782070 DOI: 10.3390/vetsci9120652] [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] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Revised: 11/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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This study assessed the depth, breadth, and perception of toxicology education in curricula at Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) member veterinary schools. An online questionnaire was sent twice to all 54 AAVMC members and sent once to a veterinary toxicology list serve. The survey covered areas related to instructor demographics, the depth and extent of toxicology taught, and the respondent's perceptions of their student's ability to perform entrustable professional activities (EPA). Results were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Our survey resulted in a 44% response rate. All responding schools included toxicology in their curriculum, and it was a required course in 23 programs. Contact hours in stand-alone veterinary toxicology courses ranged from 14 to 45 h. Most respondents indicated that the current time allotted for toxicology was inadequate, despite indicating that most of their students could perform most EPAs autonomously. One exception related to the ability of students to analyze toxicology data. We found small variations in teaching methods and curriculum content. The results of our study can assist veterinary schools in evaluating their curricula to better prepare new graduates for the management of toxicology issues they may face in their veterinary careers.
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- David C. Dorman
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA
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- California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA
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Habre R, Dorman DC, Abbatt J, Bahnfleth WP, Carter E, Farmer D, Gawne-Mittelstaedt G, Goldstein AH, Grassian VH, Morrison G, Peccia J, Poppendieck D, Prather KA, Shiraiwa M, Stapleton HM, Williams M, Harries ME. Why Indoor Chemistry Matters: A National Academies Consensus Report. Environ Sci Technol 2022; 56:10560-10563. [PMID: 35833728 PMCID: PMC9352310 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c04163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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- Rima Habre
- University
of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- North
Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- Pennsylvania
State University, University
Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Colorado
State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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- Colorado
State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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- University
of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- University
of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27515, United States
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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- University
of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- California Department of Toxic Substances Control, Sacramento, California 95814, United States
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- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, District of
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Karagas MR, Wang A, Dorman DC, Hall AL, Pi J, Sergi CM, Symanski E, Ward EM, Arrandale VH, Azuma K, Brambila E, Calaf GM, Fritz JM, Fukushima S, Gaitens JM, Grimsrud TK, Guo L, Lynge E, Marinho-Reis AP, McDiarmid MA, Middleton DRS, Ong TP, Polya DA, Quintanilla-Vega B, Roberts GK, Santonen T, Sauni R, Silva MJ, Wild P, Zhang CW, Zhang Q, Grosse Y, Benbrahim-Tallaa L, de Conti A, DeBono NL, El Ghissassi F, Madia F, Reisfeld B, Stayner LT, Suonio E, Viegas S, Wedekind R, Ahmadi S, Mattock H, Gwinn WM, Schubauer-Berigan MK. Carcinogenicity of cobalt, antimony compounds, and weapons-grade tungsten alloy. Lancet Oncol 2022; 23:577-578. [PMID: 35397803 DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(22)00219-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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Schoenfeld-Tacher RM, Dorman DC. Effect of Delivery Format on Student Outcomes and Perceptions of a Veterinary Medicine Course: Synchronous versus Asynchronous Learning. Vet Sci 2021; 8:vetsci8020013. [PMID: 33498439 PMCID: PMC7909406 DOI: 10.3390/vetsci8020013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 12/04/2020] [Revised: 01/13/2021] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The COVID-19 pandemic prompted instruction at many veterinary schools to switch to an emergency remote teaching format to prevent viral transmission associated with in-person synchronous lectures. This study surveyed student perspectives and academic performance in a pre-planned online second-year veterinary toxicology course given at North Carolina State University in Spring 2020. This course relied on asynchronous narrated presentations for content delivery. This method of delivery predated the pandemic and was used throughout the course. Academic performance and patterns of access to materials in the online course was compared with the access patterns and performance of students given classroom-based synchronous teaching in Spring 2019. Assessments evaluated in this study were identical across courses. Students' academic performance was unaffected by delivery method. Lack of instructor interaction was an important perceived barrier in the asynchronous course. Asynchronous course materials were uniformly accessed across all days of the week, while supplemental materials for the face-to-face course showed a weekly pattern. Moving from letter grades to pass/fail did not change access frequency to supplemental course materials but led to decreased video usage in the asynchronous course. Results suggest that although some veterinary students perceived the switch in delivery format negatively, the method of delivery did not adversely affect performance in this preclinical course.
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Dorman DC, Foster ML, Lazarowski L. Training with Multiple Structurally Related Odorants Fails to Improve Generalization of Ammonium Nitrate Detection in Domesticated Dogs ( Canis familiaris). Animals (Basel) 2021; 11:ani11010213. [PMID: 33467128 PMCID: PMC7829996 DOI: 10.3390/ani11010213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 12/04/2020] [Revised: 01/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Simple Summary Domestic dogs are used by military and police forces to detect improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and other explosives. A challenge with training explosive detection dogs is that the ingredients used by someone to make an IED can vary. It is therefore critical that dogs be able to detect an IED with unfamiliar ingredients. This ability can be improved if the dog’s training allows them to categorize similar odors together. Many IEDs are created using ammonium nitrate, which was the focus of our study. Based on preliminary odor training performance, we equally assigned dogs to two experimental groups. Dogs in the first group were trained with two odors related to ammonium nitrate, while dogs in the second group were trained to six related odors. We anticipated that dogs trained to six odors would be more likely to form a category. However, this was not the case since dogs in both experimental groups were unable to form a category that allowed them to identify a novel ammonium nitrate mixture. Based on our results, the use of authentic explosive materials likely remains the most cost-effective and efficient way to train explosive scent detection dogs. Abstract A critical aspect of canine scent detection involves the animal’s ability to respond to odors based on prior odor training. In the current study, dogs (n = 12) were initially trained on an olfactory simple discrimination task using vanillin as the target odorant. Based on their performance on this task, dogs were assigned to experimental groups. Dogs in group 1 and 2 (n = 5 dogs/group; 1 dog/group were removed due to low motivation or high error rates) were trained with either two or six forms of ammonium nitrate (AN), respectively. Dogs were then assessed with a mock explosive with AN and powdered aluminum. Dogs in both groups failed to respond to the novel AN-aluminum odor. Mean success rates were 56 ± 5 and 54 ± 4% for groups 1 and 2, respectively. Overall, and individual dog performance was not statistically higher than chance indicating that dogs did not generalize from AN to a similar AN-based odorant at reliable levels desired for explosive detection dogs. These results suggest the use of authentic explosive materials, without the added complication of including category-learning methods, likely remains a cost-effective and efficient way to train explosive scent detection dogs.
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Nasal pathology can play an important role in the risk assessment process. For example, olfactory neuron loss (ONL) is one of the most sensitive end points seen in subchronic rodent hydrogen sulfide (H2S) studies and has been used by several agencies to derive health-protective toxicity values. Alternative methods that rely on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models to account for the influence of airflow on H2S-induced ONL have been proposed. The use of CFD models result in toxicity values that are less conservative than those obtained using more traditional methods. These alternative approaches rely on anatomy-based CFD models. Model predictions of H2S delivery (flux) to the olfactory mucosal wall are highly correlated with ONL in rodents. Three major areas of focus for this review include a brief description of nasal anatomy, H2S-induced ONL in rodents, derivation of a chronic inhalation reference concentration for H2S, and the use of CFD models to derive alternative toxicity values for this gas.
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- David C Dorman
- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh, NC, USA
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Gruen ME, Foster ML, Lazarowski L, Jeffries A, Sherman BL, Dorman DC. Does the cognitive bias test in dogs depend on spatial learning? J Vet Behav 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jveb.2019.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Dunning D, Buckles SL, Dorman DC. Grateful Client Philanthropy and Veterinary Medicine: Experiences at North Carolina State University. Vet Sci 2019; 6:vetsci6020044. [PMID: 31100796 PMCID: PMC6631703 DOI: 10.3390/vetsci6020044] [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] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2019] [Revised: 05/07/2019] [Accepted: 05/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The historical reliance of state and federal funds as a sole source of veterinary educational activities has created a funding gap at many academic institutions. Due to declining resources, philanthropy has become an important source of financial support for veterinary colleges in the United States. In particular, for academic institutions with veterinary hospitals, grateful client philanthropy has been an increasingly important area of resource growth. Philanthropic gifts support innovative research, scholarship and capital, and programmatic initiatives. Areas of giving are often geared towards major infrastructure gifts and naming opportunities, faculty endowment, student scholarships, and other gift opportunities. This review provides an overview of grateful client philanthropy at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine and explores the various giving opportunities and challenges of donor giving in veterinary medicine. (129/200).
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- Dianne Dunning
- North Carolina Veterinary Medical Foundation, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.
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- North Carolina Veterinary Medical Foundation, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.
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- North Carolina Veterinary Medical Foundation, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.
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Alpi KM, Vo TA, Dorman DC. Language Consideration and Methodological Transparency in "Systematic" Reviews of Animal Toxicity Studies. Int J Toxicol 2019; 38:135-145. [PMID: 30791753 DOI: 10.1177/1091581819827232] [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: 11/15/2022]
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This study evaluated the use of non-English literature (NEL) in systematic reviews (SRs) or meta-analyses (MAs) of animal-based toxicity or communicable disease (CD) studies. A secondary goal was to assess how grant funding, country of primary authorship, or study quality reporting influenced the use of NEL in these reviews. Inclusion criteria and data extraction forms were based on a pilot evaluation of a 10% random sample of reviews that were identified from a PubMed search (2006 to May 2017). This search yielded 111 animal toxicity and 69 CD reviews. Reviews (33 animal toxicity and 32 CD studies) were included when the authors identified their work as an SR or MA, described a literature search strategy, and provided defined inclusion criteria. Extracted data included PubMed indexing of publication type, author affiliations, and grant funding. Language use was mentioned in the methods in 55% of the toxicity SRs and 69% of CD SRs, of which 44% (n = 8) and 41% (n = 9) were limited to English, respectively. Neither the study type, grant funding, nor first author country of affiliation was associated with an increased consideration of NEL. Study quality reporting was more common in SRs that considered multiple languages. Despite guidelines that encourage the use of NEL in SRs and translation tools, SR/MA authors often fail to report language inclusion or focus on English publications. Librarian involvement in SR can promote awareness of relevant NEL and collaborative and technological strategies to improve their incorporation into the SR process.
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- Kristine M Alpi
- 1 William Rand Kenan, Jr. Library of Veterinary Medicine and the Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, North Carolina State University Libraries and College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- 2 North Carolina State University Libraries, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- 3 Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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Dorman DC, Chiu W, Hales BF, Hauser R, Johnson KJ, Mantus E, Martel S, Robinson KA, Rooney AA, Rudel R, Sathyanarayana S, Schantz SL, Waters KM. Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) neurotoxicity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of animal evidence. J Toxicol Environ Health B Crit Rev 2018; 21:269-289. [PMID: 30352012 PMCID: PMC6786272 DOI: 10.1080/10937404.2018.1514829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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A recent systematic review (SR) and meta-analysis of human studies found an association between prenatal serum polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) concentrations and a decrease in the IQ of children. A SR of experimental developmental animal PBDE-mediated neurotoxicity studies was performed in the present study. Outcomes assessed included measures related to learning, memory, and attention, which parallel the intelligence-related outcomes evaluated in the human studies SR. PubMed, Embase, and Toxline were searched for relevant experimental non-human mammalian studies. Evaluation of risk of bias (RoB) and overall body of evidence followed guidance developed by the National Toxicology Program. Animal studies using varying designs and outcomes were available for BDEs 47, 99, 153, 203, 206, and 209 and the technical mixture DE-71. Study reporting of methods and results was often incomplete leading to concerns regarding RoB. A meta-analysis of 6 Morris water maze studies showed evidence of a significant increase in last trial latency (effect size of 25.8 [CI, 20.3 to 31.2]) in PBDE-exposed animals with low heterogeneity. For most endpoints, there were unexplained inconsistencies across studies and no consistent evidence of a dose-response relationship. There is a "moderate" level of evidence that exposure to BDEs 47, 99, and 209 affects learning. For other PBDEs and other endpoints, the level of evidence was "low" or "very low". The meta-analysis led to stronger conclusions than that based upon a qualitative review of the evidence. The SR also identified RoB concerns that might be remedied by better study reporting.
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- David C. Dorman
- Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Environmental Health and Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Predictive Safety Center, Corteva Agriscience™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont™, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington DC, USA
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- Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington DC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Office of Health Assessment and Translation, Division of the National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle WA, USA
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- Department of Comparative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
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Mays EM, Dorman DC, McKendry C, Hanel RM. A pilot study documenting increased thrombin generation following abrupt withdrawal of heparin therapy in healthy dogs. J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio) 2018; 28:518-526. [PMID: 30303616 DOI: 10.1111/vec.12778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2016] [Revised: 04/12/2017] [Accepted: 05/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To document if a transient hypercoagulable state occurs in healthy dogs following abrupt cessation of unfractionated heparin (UFH) therapy. DESIGN Prospective experimental pilot study. SETTING University research facility. ANIMALS Seven adult random-source male dogs. INTERVENTION Thromboelastography (TEG) and thrombin-antithrombin (TAT) complex formation were used to assess coagulation status in healthy dogs. Seven adult research dogs received 200-300 IU/kg subcutaneous UFH every 8 hours for 4 days. A final IV bolus of 100 IU/kg was given on day 4 and the peak measured heparin concentration 1 hour later is defined as the start of heparin withdrawal (time 0). Citrated whole blood samples were collected at baseline (prior to heparin administration) and 3, 6, 12, 30, and 48 hours after UFH withdrawal. At all time points, a kaolin-activated TEG was performed and citrated plasma for measurement of TAT concentration was collected for batch analysis. Fibrinogen concentration, PCV, total plasma proteins, and platelet count were measured at baseline and 48 hours after heparin withdrawal. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Compared to baseline, TAT was increased 12 hours after heparin withdrawal and returned to baseline by 30 hours. TEG clot formation time (K) was decreased 30 and 48 hours after heparin withdrawal. CONCLUSION TAT results suggest that a transient increase in thrombin generation developed 12 hours after withdrawal of UFH therapy. Though clot kinetics were rapid compared to baseline beginning 30 hours after heparin withdrawal, a return to baseline was not documented. Future studies are warranted to determine the clinical relevance of these results and to evaluate the effect of UFH withdrawal in critically ill animals.
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- Erin M Mays
- Departments of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh, NC 27695 (Mays, Daorman, Hanel), and
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- Departments of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh, NC 27695 (Mays, Daorman, Hanel), and
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- Department of Statistics, NCSU Bioinformatics Research Center, NCSU College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Raleigh, NC, 27607 (McKendry)
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- Departments of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh, NC 27695 (Mays, Daorman, Hanel), and
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Dorman DC, Foster ML, Olesnevich B, Bolon B, Castel A, Sokolsky-Papkov M, Mariani CL. Toxicity associated with ingestion of a polyacrylic acid hydrogel dog pad. J Vet Diagn Invest 2018; 30:708-714. [PMID: 29888679 DOI: 10.1177/1040638718782583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 11/16/2022] Open
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Superabsorbent sodium polyacrylate polymeric hydrogels that retain large amounts of liquids are used in disposable diapers, sanitary napkins, and other applications. These polymers are generally considered "nontoxic" with acute oral median lethal doses (LD50) >5 g/kg. Despite this favorable toxicity profile, we identified a novel toxic syndrome in dogs and rats following the ingestion of a commercial dog pad composed primarily of a polyacrylic acid hydrogel. Inappropriate mentation, cerebellar ataxia, vomiting, and intention tremors were observed within 24 h after the ingestion of up to 15.7 g/kg of the hydrogel by an adult, castrated male Australian Shepherd mix. These observations prompted an experimental study in rats to further characterize the toxicity of the hydrogel. Adult, female Sprague Dawley rats ( n = 9) were assessed before and after hydrogel ingestion (2.6-19.2 g/kg over 4 h) using a functional observation battery and spontaneous motor activity. Clinical signs consistent with neurotoxicity emerged in rats as early as 2 h after the end of hydrogel exposure, including decreased activity in an open field, hunched posture, gait changes, reduced reaction to handling, decreased muscle tone, and abnormal surface righting. Hydrogel-exposed rats also had reduced motor activity when compared with pre-exposure baseline data. Rats that ingested the hydrogel did not develop nervous system lesions. These findings support the conclusion that some pet pad hydrogel products can induce acute neurotoxicity in animals under high-dose exposure conditions.
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- David C Dorman
- Departments of Molecular Biomedical Sciences (Dorman, Olesnevich), College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.,Clinical Sciences (Castel, Foster, Mariani), College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.,GEMpath Inc., Longmont, CO (Bolon).,Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (Sokolsky-Papkov)
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- Departments of Molecular Biomedical Sciences (Dorman, Olesnevich), College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.,Clinical Sciences (Castel, Foster, Mariani), College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.,GEMpath Inc., Longmont, CO (Bolon).,Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (Sokolsky-Papkov)
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- Departments of Molecular Biomedical Sciences (Dorman, Olesnevich), College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.,Clinical Sciences (Castel, Foster, Mariani), College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.,GEMpath Inc., Longmont, CO (Bolon).,Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (Sokolsky-Papkov)
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- Departments of Molecular Biomedical Sciences (Dorman, Olesnevich), College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.,Clinical Sciences (Castel, Foster, Mariani), College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.,GEMpath Inc., Longmont, CO (Bolon).,Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (Sokolsky-Papkov)
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- Departments of Molecular Biomedical Sciences (Dorman, Olesnevich), College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.,Clinical Sciences (Castel, Foster, Mariani), College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.,GEMpath Inc., Longmont, CO (Bolon).,Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (Sokolsky-Papkov)
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- Departments of Molecular Biomedical Sciences (Dorman, Olesnevich), College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.,Clinical Sciences (Castel, Foster, Mariani), College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.,GEMpath Inc., Longmont, CO (Bolon).,Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (Sokolsky-Papkov)
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- Departments of Molecular Biomedical Sciences (Dorman, Olesnevich), College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.,Clinical Sciences (Castel, Foster, Mariani), College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.,GEMpath Inc., Longmont, CO (Bolon).,Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (Sokolsky-Papkov)
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Dorman DC, Chiu W, Hales BF, Hauser R, Johnson KJ, Mantus E, Martel S, Robinson KA, Rooney AA, Rudel R, Sathyanarayana S, Schantz SL, Waters KM. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of human and animal evidence of prenatal diethylhexyl phthalate exposure and changes in male anogenital distance. J Toxicol Environ Health B Crit Rev 2018; 21:207-226. [PMID: 30199328 DOI: 10.1080/10937404.2018.1505354.systematic] [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] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Male reproductive alterations found in animals and humans following in utero phthalate exposure include decreased anogenital distance (AGD) and other reproductive-tract malformations. The aim of this investigation was to conduct systematic reviews of human and animal evidence of the effect of in utero exposure to diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) on anogenital distance (AGD) in males. PubMed, Embase, and Toxline were searched for relevant human and experimental animal studies on August 15, 2016. Search results were screened for relevance, and studies that met the inclusion criteria were evaluated for quality and data extracted for analysis. Confidence in the human and animal bodies of evidence was assessed and hazard conclusions reached by integrating evidence streams. The search yielded 6 relevant human studies and 19 animal studies. Meta-analysis of 5 human observational prospective cohort studies showed that increased maternal urinary concentrations of DEHP metabolites were associated with decreased AGD in boys (-4.07 [CI, -6.49 to -1.66] % decrease per log10 rise in DEHP metabolites). Meta-analysis and meta-regression of the 19 experimental animal studies found reduced AGD with DEHP treatment, with a dose-response gradient, and with heterogeneity explained by species and strain. There is a moderate level of evidence from human investigations and a high level of data from animal studies that in utero exposure to DEHP decreases AGD. Based upon the available human and animal evidence, and consideration of mechanistic data, DEHP is presumed to be a reproductive hazard to humans on the basis of effects on AGD.
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- David C Dorman
- a Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine , North Carolina State University , Raleigh , NC , USA
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- b Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine , Texas A&M University , College Station , TX , USA
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- c Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics , McGill University , Montreal , Quebec , Canada
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- d Department of Environmental Health and Department of Epidemiology , Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health , Boston , MA , USA
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- e Predictive Safety Center , The Dow Chemical Company , Midland , MI , USA
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- f Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology at the National Academies of Sciences , Engineering, and Medicine , Washington , DC , USA
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- f Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology at the National Academies of Sciences , Engineering, and Medicine , Washington , DC , USA
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- g Department of Medicine , Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore , MD , USA
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- h Office of Health Assessment and Translation, Division of the National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services , Research Triangle Park , NC , USA
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- j Department of Pediatrics , University of Washington, Seattle Children's Research Institute , Seattle , WA , USA
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- k Department of Comparative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana , IL , USA
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- l Biological Sciences Division , Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , Richland , WA , USA
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Dorman DC, Chiu W, Hales BF, Hauser R, Johnson KJ, Mantus E, Martel S, Robinson KA, Rooney AA, Rudel R, Sathyanarayana S, Schantz SL, Waters KM. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of human and animal evidence of prenatal diethylhexyl phthalate exposure and changes in male anogenital distance. J Toxicol Environ Health B Crit Rev 2018; 21:207-226. [PMID: 30199328 PMCID: PMC6786271 DOI: 10.1080/10937404.2018.1505354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Male reproductive alterations found in animals and humans following in utero phthalate exposure include decreased anogenital distance (AGD) and other reproductive-tract malformations. The aim of this investigation was to conduct systematic reviews of human and animal evidence of the effect of in utero exposure to diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) on anogenital distance (AGD) in males. PubMed, Embase, and Toxline were searched for relevant human and experimental animal studies on August 15, 2016. Search results were screened for relevance, and studies that met the inclusion criteria were evaluated for quality and data extracted for analysis. Confidence in the human and animal bodies of evidence was assessed and hazard conclusions reached by integrating evidence streams. The search yielded 6 relevant human studies and 19 animal studies. Meta-analysis of 5 human observational prospective cohort studies showed that increased maternal urinary concentrations of DEHP metabolites were associated with decreased AGD in boys (-4.07 [CI, -6.49 to -1.66] % decrease per log10 rise in DEHP metabolites). Meta-analysis and meta-regression of the 19 experimental animal studies found reduced AGD with DEHP treatment, with a dose-response gradient, and with heterogeneity explained by species and strain. There is a moderate level of evidence from human investigations and a high level of data from animal studies that in utero exposure to DEHP decreases AGD. Based upon the available human and animal evidence, and consideration of mechanistic data, DEHP is presumed to be a reproductive hazard to humans on the basis of effects on AGD.
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- David C. Dorman
- Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Environmental Health and Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Predictive Safety Center, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI, USA
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- Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
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- Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Office of Health Assessment and Translation, Division of the National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Comparative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
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Dorman DC. Response to Editor: Regarding Foster et al., Neonatal C57BL/6J and parkin mice respond differently following developmental manganese exposure: Result of a high dose pilot study. Neurotoxicology 2017; 69:188. [PMID: 29162469 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2017.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2017] [Accepted: 11/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The scent detection prowess of dogs has prompted interest in their ability to detect cancer. The purpose of this study was to determine whether dogs could use olfactory cues to discriminate urine samples collected from dogs that did or did not have urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma (TCC), at a rate greater than chance. Dogs with previous scent training (n=4) were initially trained to distinguish between a single control and a single TCC-positive urine sample. All dogs acquired this task (mean =15±7.9 sessions; 20 trials/session). The next training phase used four additional control urine samples (n=5) while maintaining the one original TCC-positive urine sample. All dogs quickly acquired this task (mean =5.3±1.5 sessions). The last training phase used multiple control (n=4) and TCC-positive (n=6) urine samples to pro-mote categorical training by the dogs. Only one dog was able to correctly distinguish multiple combinations of TCC-positive and control urine samples suggesting that it mastered categorical learning. The final study phase evaluated whether this dog would generalize this behavior to novel urine samples. However, during double-blind tests using two novel TCC-positive and six novel TCC-negative urine samples, this dog did not indicate canine TCC-positive cancer samples more frequently than expected by chance. Our study illustrates the need to consider canine olfactory memory and the use of double-blind methods to avoid erroneous conclusions regarding the ability of dogs to alert on specimens from canine cancer patients. Our results also suggest that sample storage, confounding odors, and other factors need to be considered in the design of future studies that evaluate the detection of canine cancers by scent detection dogs.
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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Foster ML, Bartnikas TB, Maresca-Fichter HC, Mercadante C, Dash M, Miller C, Dorman DC. Interactions of manganese with iron, zinc, and copper in neonatal C57BL/6J and parkin mice following developmental oral manganese exposure. Data Brief 2017; 15:908-915. [PMID: 29159229 PMCID: PMC5683753 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2017.10.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 10/11/2017] [Accepted: 10/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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High dose manganese (Mn) exposure can result in changes in tissue concentrations of other essential metals due to Mn-induced alterations in metal absorption and competition for metal transporters and regulatory proteins. We evaluated responses in mice with a Parkin gene defect (parkin mice) and a wildtype strain (C57BL/6J) following neonatal Mn exposure. Neonatal parkin and C57BL/6J littermates were randomly assigned to 0, 11, or 25 mg Mn/kg-day dose groups with oral exposures occurring from postnatal day (PND) 1 through PND 28. We report liver, femur, olfactory bulb, striatum, and frontal cortex iron, copper, and zinc concentrations and changes in hepatic gene expression of different metal transporters in PND 29 parkin and C57BL/6J mice. A companion manuscript (Foster et al., 2017) [1] describes the primary study findings. This data provides insights into strain differences in the way Mn interacts with other trace metals in mice.
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- Melanie L Foster
- North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 70 Ship St., Rm. 522, Providence, RI 02912, USA
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- North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 70 Ship St., Rm. 522, Providence, RI 02912, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 70 Ship St., Rm. 522, Providence, RI 02912, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 70 Ship St., Rm. 522, Providence, RI 02912, USA
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- North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA
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Foster ML, Bartnikas TB, Maresca-Fichter HC, Mercadante C, Dash M, Miller C, Dorman DC. Neonatal C57BL/6J and parkin mice respond differently following developmental manganese exposure: Result of a high dose pilot study. Neurotoxicology 2017; 64:291-299. [PMID: 29020610 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2017.10.002] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2017] [Revised: 10/02/2017] [Accepted: 10/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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It has been suggested that childhood exposure to neurotoxicants may increase the risk of Parkinson's disease (PD) or other neurodegenerative disease in adults. Some recessive forms of PD have been linked to loss-of-function mutations in the Park2 gene that encodes for parkin. The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate whether responses to neonatal manganese (Mn) exposure differ in mice with a Park2 gene defect (parkin mice) when compared with a wildtype strain (C57BL/6J). Neonatal parkin and C57BL/6J littermates were randomly assigned to 0, 11, or 25mg Mn/kg-day dose groups with oral exposures occurring from postnatal day (PND) 1 through PND 28. Motor activity was measured on PND 19-22 and 29-32. Tissue Mn concentrations were measured in liver, femur, olfactory bulb, frontal cortex, and striatum on PND 29. Hepatic and frontal cortex gene expression of Slc11a2, Slc40a1, Slc30a10, Hamp (liver only), and Park2 were also measured on PND 29. Some strain differences were seen. As expected, decreased hepatic and frontal cortex Park2 expression was seen in the parkin mice when compared with C57BL/6J mice. Untreated parkin mice also had higher liver and femur Mn concentrations when compared with the C57BL/6J mice. Exposure to≥11mg Mn/kg-day was associated with increased brain Mn concentrations in all mice, no strain difference was observed. Manganese exposure in C57Bl6, but not parkin mice, was associated with a negative correlation between striatal Mn concentration and motor activity. Manganese exposure was not associated with changes in frontal cortex gene expression. Decreased hepatic Slc30a10, Slc40a1, and Hamp expression were seen in PND 29 C57BL/6J mice given 25mg Mn/kg-day. In contrast, Mn exposure was only associated with decreased Hamp expression in the parkin mice. Our results suggest that the Parkin gene defect did not increase the susceptibility of neonatal mice to adverse health effects associated with high-dose Mn exposure.
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- Melanie L Foster
- North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.
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- Brown University, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 70 Ship St., Rm. 522, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
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- North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.
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- Brown University, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 70 Ship St., Rm. 522, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
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- Brown University, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 70 Ship St., Rm. 522, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
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- Brown University, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 70 Ship St., Rm. 522, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
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- North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.
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Foster ML, Rao DB, Francher T, Traver S, Dorman DC. Olfactory toxicity in rats following manganese chloride nasal instillation: A pilot study. Neurotoxicology 2017; 64:284-290. [PMID: 28917718 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2017.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [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: 04/17/2017] [Revised: 09/08/2017] [Accepted: 09/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Following inhalation, manganese travels along the olfactory nerve from the olfactory epithelium (OE) to the olfactory bulb (OB). Occupational exposure to inhaled manganese is associated with changes in olfactory function. This pilot study evaluated two related hypotheses: (a) intranasal manganese administration increases OE and OB manganese concentrations; and (b) intranasal manganese exposure impairs performance of previously trained rats on a go-no-go olfactory discrimination (OD) task. Male Fischer 344 rats were trained to either lever press ("go") in response to a positive conditioned stimulus (CS+: vanillin) or to do nothing ("no go") when a negative conditioned stimulus (CS-: amyl acetate) was present. Following odor training, rats were randomly assigned to either a manganese (200mM MnCl2) or 0.9% saline treatment group (n=4-5 rats/group). Administration of either saline or manganese was performed on isoflurane-anesthetized rats as 40μL bilateral intranasal instillations. Rats were retested 48h later using the vanillin/amyl acetate OD task, then euthanized, followed by collection of the OE and OB. Manganese concentrations in tissue samples were analyzed by ICP-MS. An additional cohort of rats (n=3-4/group) was instilled similarly with saline or manganese and nasal and OB pathology assessed 48h later. Manganese-exposed rats had increased manganese levels in both the OE and OB and decreased performance in the OD task when compared with control animals. Histopathological evaluation of the caudal nasal cavity showed moderate, acute to subacute suppurative inflammation of the olfactory epithelium and submucosa of the ethmoid turbinates and mild suppurative exudate in the nasal sinuses in animals given manganese. No histologic changes were evident in the OB. The nasal instillation and OD procedures developed in this study are useful methods to assess manganese - induced olfactory deficits.
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- Melanie L Foster
- College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Division of Psychiatry Products, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, USA.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
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Dorman DC, Kedrowicz AA. Survey of Diplomates of the American Board of Veterinary Toxicology Regarding Perceptions of the Value of This Certification. Int J Toxicol 2017; 36:380-385. [PMID: 28816068 DOI: 10.1177/1091581817726775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 11/16/2022]
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An anonymous, online questionnaire was sent to active diplomates of the American Board of Veterinary Toxicology (DABVTs; n = 95) to determine the attitudes of veterinary toxicologists toward their ABVT certification and the adequacy of the training programs in this discipline. We gathered information related to demographics, educational and work history, and other specialty board membership. Ten questions sought the respondent's opinion related to the economic value of the specialty, whether workforce shortages for DABVT exist, and whether DABVTs should complete a residency or graduate program. Fifty-one (54%) DABVTs responded. Their mean age was 58 and most (88%) held a graduate degree. When respondents were asked to rate their level of agreement (strongly disagree = 1; strongly agree = 5), most (73%) agreed or strongly agreed (median = 4) that there was a shortage of DABVTs. Fourteen (27%) participants strongly disagreed that the ABVT certification was required for their position, while 15 (29%) strongly agreed with this statement (median = 3). Most respondents agreed that the ABVT certification has been critical to their career (median = 4), in addition to a financial benefit to being a DABVT (median = 4). Most (67%) participants strongly or somewhat disagreed that current training programs are adequate to meet the shortage of DABVT (median = 2). Our findings indicate there is concern about the number of DABVTs and the adequacy of training programs to meet this perceived need. These findings improve our understanding of current attitudes of DABVTs toward their specialty.
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- David C Dorman
- 1 College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- 1 College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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Fish RE, Foster ML, Gruen ME, Sherman BL, Dorman DC. Effect of Wearing a Telemetry Jacket on Behavioral and Physiologic Parameters of Dogs in the Open‑Field Test. J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci 2017. [PMID: 28534468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Safety pharmacology studies in dogs often integrate behavioral assessments made using video recording with physiologicmeasurements collected by telemetry. However, whether merely wearing the telemetry vest affects canine behavior and otherparameters has not been evaluated. This pilot study assessed the effect of a telemetry vest on behavioral and physiologic responses to an environmental stressor, the sounds of a thunderstorm, in Labrador retrievers. Dogs were assigned to one of 2 experimental groups (Vest and No-Vest, n = 8 dogs per group) by using a matched pairs design, with a previously determined,sound-associated anxiety score as the blocking variable. Dogs were individually retested with the same standardized soundstimulus (thunderstorm) in an open-field arena, and their behavioral responses were video recorded. Video analysis of locomotor activity and anxiety-related behavior and manual determination of heart rate and body temperature were performed;results were compared between groups. Vest wearing did not affect total locomotor activity or rectal body temperature butsignificantly decreased heart rate by 8% and overall mean anxiety score by 34% during open-field test sessions. Our results suggest that the use of telemetry vests in dogs influences the measurement of physiologic parameters and behaviors that areassessed in safety pharmacology studies.
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Kedrowicz AA, Hammond S, Dorman DC. Teaching Tip: Improving Students' Email Communication through an Integrated Writing Assignment in a Third-Year Toxicology Course. J Vet Med Educ 2017; 44:280-289. [PMID: 28375070 DOI: 10.3138/jvme.0816-124r2] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Client communication is important for success in veterinary practice, with written communication being an important means for veterinarian-client information sharing. Effective communication is adapted to clients' needs and wants, and presents information in a clear, understandable manner while accounting for varying degrees of client health literacy. This teaching tip describes the use of a mock electronic mail assignment as one way to integrate writing into a required veterinary toxicology course. As part of this project, we provide baseline data relating to students' written communication that will guide further development of writing modules in other curricula. Two independent raters analyzed students' writing using a coding scheme designed to assess adherence to the guidelines for effective written health communication. Results showed that the majority of students performed satisfactorily or required some development with respect to recommended guidelines for effective written health communication to facilitate client understanding. These findings suggest that additional instruction and practice should emphasize the importance of incorporating examples, metaphors, analogies, and pictures to create texts that are comprehensible and memorable to clients. Recommendations are provided for effective integration of writing assignments into the veterinary medicine curriculum.
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Gruen ME, Dorman DC, Lascelles BDX. Caregiver placebo effect in analgesic clinical trials for cats with naturally occurring degenerative joint disease-associated pain. Vet Rec 2017; 180:473. [PMID: 28270539 DOI: 10.1136/vr.104168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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A literature review identified six placebo-controlled studies of analgesics in client-owned cats with degenerative joint disease-associated pain. Five studies with 96 cats had available data. Caregiver responses on a clinical metrology instrument, Client-Specific Outcome Measure (CSOM), were compared to measured activity. Cats were categorised as 'successes' or 'failures' based on change in CSOM score and activity counts from baseline. Effect sizes based on CSOM score were calculated; factors that were associated with success/failure were analysed using logistic regression. Effect sizes ranged from 0.97 to 1.93. The caregiver placebo effect was high, with 54-74 per cent of placebo-treated cats classified as CSOM successes compared with 10-63 per cent of cats classified as successes based on objectively measured activity. 36 per cent of CSOM successes were also activity successes, while 19 per cent of CSOM failures were activity successes. No significant effects of cat age, weight, baseline activity, radiographic score, orthopaedic pain score or study type on CSOM success in the placebo groups were found. The caregiver placebo effect across these clinical trials was remarkably high, making demonstration of efficacy for an analgesic above a placebo difficult. Further work is needed to determine whether a potential placebo-by-proxy effect could benefit cats in clinical settings.
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- M E Gruen
- Comparative Pain Research Program, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, USA
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- Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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- Comparative Pain Research Program, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, USA
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McLaughlin CM, Marks SL, Dorman DC, Motsinger-Reif A, Hanel RM. Thromboelastographic monitoring of the effect of unfractionated heparin in healthy dogs. J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio) 2016; 27:71-81. [PMID: 27732770 DOI: 10.1111/vec.12526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 11/12/2015] [Revised: 02/26/2016] [Accepted: 04/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To characterize the correlation between thromboelastography (TEG) variables using strong activators and anti-Xa (AXa) activity in healthy dogs administered subcutaneous unfractionated heparin (UFH). DESIGN Prospective experimental study. SETTING University research facility. ANIMALS Eight adult random-source male dogs. INTERVENTION Dogs were randomized to receive subcutaneous UFH at 200, 250, or 300 IU/kg every 8 hours for a total of 10 injections. Blood samples were collected at time 0 (preheparin) and 3, 6, and 8 hours after the 1st (Day 1) and 10th (Day 4) UFH injection. After the 8-hour blood sample was obtained on day 4, a 100 IU/kg IV bolus of UFH was administered and an additional blood sample was collected 1 hour later (hour 9). AXa activity, activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), and TEG (with up to 5 activators) were performed at each time point. Modes of activation for TEG included recalcified (Ca), Ca with heparinase (CaH), CaH and tissue factor 1:3600 (CTF3600H), Ca with tissue factor 1:100 (CTF100), and RapidTEG. Spearman rank correlations were calculated for each of the aforementioned parameters and the AXa activity. P-values were corrected for multiple comparisons with a Bonferroni correction. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Significant correlations were found between AXa activity and the TEG R values generated with CTF100 (R = 0.83, P ≤ 0.0001) and RapidTEG (R = 0.90, P < 0.0001), as well as both forms of aPTT measurement (R = 0.86 and 0.84, P < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates that TEG variables derived using robust activation correlate with AXa activity as well as aPTT and have the potential to be used for monitoring UFH therapy in healthy dogs. Future studies are warranted to evaluate its diagnostic utility in critically ill animals.
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- Christopher M McLaughlin
- Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine and the NCSU Bioinformatics Research Center, Raleigh, NC, 27606
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine and the NCSU Bioinformatics Research Center, Raleigh, NC, 27606
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine and the NCSU Bioinformatics Research Center, Raleigh, NC, 27606
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- Department of Statistics, NCSU College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27606
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine and the NCSU Bioinformatics Research Center, Raleigh, NC, 27606
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Mattison DR, Milton B, Krewski D, Levy L, Dorman DC, Aggett PJ, Roels HA, Andersen ME, Karyakina NA, Shilnikova N, Ramoju S, McGough D. Severity scoring of manganese health effects for categorical regression. Neurotoxicology 2016; 58:203-216. [PMID: 27637608 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2016.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 07/21/2016] [Revised: 08/24/2016] [Accepted: 09/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Characterizing the U-shaped exposure response relationship for manganese (Mn) is necessary for estimating the risk of adverse health from Mn toxicity due to excess or deficiency. Categorical regression has emerged as a powerful tool for exposure-response analysis because of its ability to synthesize relevant information across multiple studies and species into a single integrated analysis of all relevant data. This paper documents the development of a database on Mn toxicity designed to support the application of categorical regression techniques. Specifically, we describe (i) the conduct of a systematic search of the literature on Mn toxicity to gather data appropriate for dose-response assessment; (ii) the establishment of inclusion/exclusion criteria for data to be included in the categorical regression modeling database; (iii) the development of a categorical severity scoring matrix for Mn health effects to permit the inclusion of diverse health outcomes in a single categorical regression analysis using the severity score as the outcome variable; and (iv) the convening of an international expert panel to both review the severity scoring matrix and assign severity scores to health outcomes observed in studies (including case reports, epidemiological investigations, and in vivo experimental studies) selected for inclusion in the categorical regression database. Exposure information including route, concentration, duration, health endpoint(s), and characteristics of the exposed population was abstracted from included studies and stored in a computerized manganese database (MnDB), providing a comprehensive repository of exposure-response information with the ability to support categorical regression modeling of oral exposure data.
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- Donald R Mattison
- Risk Sciences International, 55 Metcalfe Street, Suite 700, K1P 6L5, Ottawa, Canada; R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 118-850 Peter Morand Drive, Canada.
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- Risk Sciences International, 55 Metcalfe Street, Suite 700, K1P 6L5, Ottawa, Canada
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- Risk Sciences International, 55 Metcalfe Street, Suite 700, K1P 6L5, Ottawa, Canada; R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 118-850 Peter Morand Drive, Canada
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- Institute of Environment and Health, Cranfield University, College Road, Cranfield MK43 0AL, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA
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- School of Medicine and Health, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster, LA1 4YW, United Kingdom
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- Louvain Centre for Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology (LTAP), Université catholique de Louvain, Avenue Mounier 53.02, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- ScitoVation, 6 Davis Drive, PO Box 110566, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709-2137, USA
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- Risk Sciences International, 55 Metcalfe Street, Suite 700, K1P 6L5, Ottawa, Canada; R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 118-850 Peter Morand Drive, Canada
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- Risk Sciences International, 55 Metcalfe Street, Suite 700, K1P 6L5, Ottawa, Canada; R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 118-850 Peter Morand Drive, Canada
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- Risk Sciences International, 55 Metcalfe Street, Suite 700, K1P 6L5, Ottawa, Canada
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- International Manganese Institute, 17 rue Duphot, 75001 Paris, France.
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OBJECTIVE To characterize the signalment, dose response, and clinical signs of diphenhydramine toxicosis in dogs. DESIGN Retrospective case series. ANIMALS 621 dogs with diphenhydramine exposure. PROCEDURES The electronic medical record database for an animal poison control center was reviewed from January 2008 through December 2013 to identify dogs that had ingested or been injected with diphenhydramine. Information extracted from the records and evaluated included the signalment, clinical signs observed, and estimated exposure dose of diphenhydramine. Clinical signs were categorized as none, mild, moderate, and severe. RESULTS The mean ± SEM age of dogs was 3.6 ± 0.1 years (range, 0.1 to 16 years). Diphenhydramine exposure was by ingestion for 581 (93.6%) dogs and injection for 40 (6.4%) dogs. Only 146 (23.5%) dogs developed ≥ 1 clinical signs of toxicosis, the most common of which were associated with the nervous (lethargy, hyperactivity, agitation, hyperthermia, ataxia, tremors, and fasciculations) or cardiovascular (tachycardia) systems, and 3 dogs died. Although the presence and extent of clinical signs varied greatly among dogs, the exposure dose of diphenhydramine was positively associated with the severity of clinical signs in a dose-dependent manner regardless of the route of exposure (ingestion or injection). CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Results indicated that dogs exposed to diphenhydramine developed clinical signs of toxicosis fairly infrequently, and those clinical signs were generally mild and primarily affected the neurologic and cardiovascular systems. Supportive treatment for diphenhydramine toxicosis should be administered on the basis of the clinical signs observed.
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Mercadante CJ, Herrera C, Pettiglio MA, Foster ML, Johnson LC, Dorman DC, Bartnikas TB. The effect of high dose oral manganese exposure on copper, iron and zinc levels in rats. Biometals 2016; 29:417-22. [PMID: 26988220 PMCID: PMC5560020 DOI: 10.1007/s10534-016-9924-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 12/30/2015] [Accepted: 03/03/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Manganese is an essential dietary nutrient and trace element with important roles in mammalian development, metabolism, and antioxidant defense. In healthy individuals, gastrointestinal absorption and hepatobiliary excretion are tightly regulated to maintain systemic manganese concentrations at physiologic levels. Interactions of manganese with other essential metals following high dose ingestion are incompletely understood. We previously reported that gavage manganese exposure in rats resulted in higher tissue manganese concentrations when compared with equivalent dietary or drinking water manganese exposures. In this study, we performed follow-up evaluations to determine whether oral manganese exposure perturbs iron, copper, or zinc tissue concentrations. Rats were exposed to a control diet with 10 ppm manganese or dietary, drinking water, or gavage exposure to approximately 11.1 mg manganese/kg body weight/day for 7 or 61 exposure days. While manganese exposure affected levels of all metals, particularly in the frontal cortex and liver, copper levels were most prominently affected. This result suggests an under-appreciated effect of manganese exposure on copper homeostasis which may contribute to our understanding of the pathophysiology of manganese toxicity.
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- Courtney J. Mercadante
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA
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Lazarowski L, Foster ML, Gruen ME, Sherman BL, Fish RE, Milgram NW, Dorman DC. Olfactory discrimination and generalization of ammonium nitrate and structurally related odorants in Labrador retrievers. Anim Cogn 2015; 18:1255-65. [PMID: 26160342 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-015-0894-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [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: 11/30/2014] [Revised: 06/23/2015] [Accepted: 06/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A critical aspect of canine explosive detection involves the animal's ability respond to novel, untrained odors based on prior experience with training odors. In the current study, adult Labrador retrievers (N = 15) were initially trained to discriminate between a rewarded odor (vanillin) and an unrewarded odor (ethanol) by manipulating scented objects with their nose in order to receive a food reward using a canine-adapted discrimination training apparatus. All dogs successfully learned this olfactory discrimination task (≥80 % correct in a mean of 296 trials). Next, dogs were trained on an ammonium nitrate (AN, NH4NO3) olfactory discrimination task [acquired in 60-240 trials, with a mean (±SEM) number of trials to criterion of 120.0 ± 15.6] and then tested for their ability to respond to untrained ammonium- and/or nitrate-containing chemicals as well as variants of AN compounds. Dogs did not respond to sodium nitrate or ammonium sulfate compounds at rates significantly higher than chance (58.8 ± 4.5 and 57.7 ± 3.3 % correct, respectively). Transfer performance to fertilizer-grade AN, AN mixed in Iraqi soil, and AN and flaked aluminum was significantly higher than chance (66.7 ± 3.2, 73.3 ± 4.0, 68.9 ± 4.0 % correct, respectively); however, substantial individual differences were observed. Only 53, 60, and 64 % of dogs had a correct response rate with fertilizer-grade AN, AN and Iraqi soil, and AN and flaked aluminum, respectively, that were greater than chance. Our results suggest that dogs do not readily generalize from AN to similar AN-based odorants at reliable levels desired for explosive detection dogs and that performance varies significantly within Labrador retrievers selected for an explosive detection program.
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- Lucia Lazarowski
- Department of Psychology, Auburn University, 226 Thach Hall, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA.
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- Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh, NC, USA
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Gruen ME, Case BC, Foster ML, Lazarowski L, Fish RE, Landsberg G, DePuy V, Dorman DC, Sherman BL. The Use of an Open Field Model to Assess Sound-Induced Fear and Anxiety Associated Behaviors in Labrador Retrievers. J Vet Behav 2015; 10:338-345. [PMID: 26273235 DOI: 10.1016/j.jveb.2015.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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: 01/21/2023]
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Previous studies have shown that the playing of thunderstorm recordings during an open-field task elicits fearful or anxious responses in adult beagles. The goal of our study was to apply this open field test to assess sound-induced behaviors in Labrador retrievers drawn from a pool of candidate improvised explosive devices (IED)-detection dogs. Being robust to fear-inducing sounds and recovering quickly is a critical requirement of these military working dogs. This study presented male and female dogs, with 3 minutes of either ambient noise (Days 1, 3 and 5), recorded thunderstorm (Day 2), or gunfire (Day 4) sounds in an open field arena. Behavioral and physiological responses were assessed and compared to control (ambient noise) periods. An observer blinded to sound treatment analyzed video records of the 9-minute daily test sessions. Additional assessments included measurement of distance traveled (activity), heart rate, body temperature, and salivary cortisol concentrations. Overall, there was a decline in distance traveled and heart rate within each day and over the five-day test period, suggesting that dogs habituated to the open field arena. Behavioral postures and expressions were assessed using a standardized rubric to score behaviors linked to canine fear and anxiety. These fear/anxiety scores were used to evaluate changes in behaviors following exposure to a sound stressor. Compared to control periods, there was an overall increase in fear/anxiety scores during thunderstorm and gunfire sound stimuli treatment periods. Fear/anxiety scores were correlated with distance traveled, and heart rate. Fear/anxiety scores in response to thunderstorm and gunfire were correlated. Dogs showed higher fear/anxiety scores during periods after the sound stimuli compared to control periods. In general, candidate IED-detection Labrador retrievers responded to sound stimuli and recovered quickly, although dogs stratified in their response to sound stimuli. Some dogs were robust to fear/anxiety responses. The results suggest that the open field sound test may be a useful method to evaluate the suitability of dogs for IED-detection training.
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- Margaret E Gruen
- Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, NC, United States, 27607
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- Department of Molecular & Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, NC, United States, 27607
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- Department of Molecular & Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, NC, United States, 27607
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- Department of Molecular & Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, NC, United States, 27607
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, NC, United States, 27607
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- Bowden Analytics, 104 Strawthorne Court, Apex, NC, United States, 27502
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- Department of Molecular & Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, NC, United States, 27607
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, NC, United States, 27607
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Foster ML, Bartnikas TB, Johnson LC, Herrera C, Pettiglio MA, Keene AM, Taylor MD, Dorman DC. Pharmacokinetic evaluation of the equivalency of gavage, dietary, and drinking water exposure to manganese in F344 rats. Toxicol Sci 2015; 145:244-51. [PMID: 25724921 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfv047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Concerns exist as to whether individuals may be at greater risk for neurotoxicity following increased manganese (Mn) oral intake. The goals of this study were to determine the equivalence of 3 methods of oral exposure and the rate (mg Mn/kg/day) of exposure. Adult male rats were allocated to control diet (10 ppm), high manganese diet (200 ppm), manganese-supplemented drinking water, and manganese gavage treatment groups. Animals in the drinking water and gavage groups were given the 10 ppm manganese diet and supplemented with manganese chloride (MnCl(2)) in drinking water or once-daily gavage to provide a daily manganese intake equivalent to that seen in the high-manganese diet group. No statistically significant difference in body weight gain or terminal body weights was seen. Rats were anesthetized following 7 and 61 exposure days, and samples of bile and blood were collected. Rats were then euthanized and striatum, olfactory bulb, frontal cortex, cerebellum, liver, spleen, and femur samples were collected for chemical analysis. Hematocrit was unaffected by manganese exposure. Liver and bile manganese concentrations were elevated in all treatment groups on day 61 (relative to controls). Increased cerebellum manganese concentrations were seen in animals from the high-manganese diet group (day 61, relative to controls). Increased (relative to all treatment groups) femur, striatum, cerebellum, frontal cortex, and olfactory bulb manganese concentrations were also seen following gavage suggesting that dose rate is an important factor in the pharmacokinetics of oral manganese. These data will be used to refine physiologically based pharmacokinetic models, extending their utility for manganese risk assessment by including multiple dietary exposures.
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- Melanie L Foster
- *North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, USA, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, 70 Ship Street, Rm. 522, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA, Afton Chemical Corporation, 500 Spring Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, USA and Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association (NiPERA), 2525 Meridian Parkway, Suite 240 Durham, North Carolina 27713, USA
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- *North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, USA, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, 70 Ship Street, Rm. 522, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA, Afton Chemical Corporation, 500 Spring Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, USA and Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association (NiPERA), 2525 Meridian Parkway, Suite 240 Durham, North Carolina 27713, USA
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- *North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, USA, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, 70 Ship Street, Rm. 522, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA, Afton Chemical Corporation, 500 Spring Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, USA and Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association (NiPERA), 2525 Meridian Parkway, Suite 240 Durham, North Carolina 27713, USA
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- *North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, USA, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, 70 Ship Street, Rm. 522, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA, Afton Chemical Corporation, 500 Spring Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, USA and Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association (NiPERA), 2525 Meridian Parkway, Suite 240 Durham, North Carolina 27713, USA
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- *North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, USA, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, 70 Ship Street, Rm. 522, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA, Afton Chemical Corporation, 500 Spring Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, USA and Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association (NiPERA), 2525 Meridian Parkway, Suite 240 Durham, North Carolina 27713, USA
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- *North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, USA, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, 70 Ship Street, Rm. 522, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA, Afton Chemical Corporation, 500 Spring Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, USA and Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association (NiPERA), 2525 Meridian Parkway, Suite 240 Durham, North Carolina 27713, USA
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- *North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, USA, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, 70 Ship Street, Rm. 522, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA, Afton Chemical Corporation, 500 Spring Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, USA and Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association (NiPERA), 2525 Meridian Parkway, Suite 240 Durham, North Carolina 27713, USA
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- *North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, USA, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, 70 Ship Street, Rm. 522, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA, Afton Chemical Corporation, 500 Spring Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, USA and Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association (NiPERA), 2525 Meridian Parkway, Suite 240 Durham, North Carolina 27713, USA
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Tickner JA, Dorman DC, Shelton-Davenport M. Answering the call for improved chemical alternatives assessments (CAA). Environ Sci Technol 2015; 49:1995-6. [PMID: 25625882 DOI: 10.1021/es505446x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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- Joel A Tickner
- University of Massachusetts Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, United States
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Bazzle LJ, Cubeta MA, Marks SL, Dorman DC. Feasibility of flotation concentration of fungal spores as a method to identify toxigenic mushrooms. Vet Med (Auckl) 2014; 6:1-9. [PMID: 30101091 PMCID: PMC6067785 DOI: 10.2147/vmrr.s67794] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Purpose Mushroom poisoning is a recurring and challenging problem in veterinary medicine. Diagnosis of mushroom exposure in animals is hampered by the lack of rapid diagnostic tests. Our study evaluated the feasibility of using flotation concentration and microscopic evaluation of spores for mushroom identification. Evaluation of this method in living animals exposed to toxigenic mushrooms is limited by ethical constraints; therefore, we relied upon the use of an in vitro model that mimics the oral and gastric phases of digestion. Methods In our study, mycologist-identified toxigenic (poisonous) and nontoxigenic fresh mushrooms were collected in North Carolina, USA. In phase 1, quantitative spore recovery rates were determined following magnesium sulfate, modified Sheather’s sugar solution, and zinc sulfate flotation (n=16 fungal species). In phase 2, mushrooms (n=40 fungal species) were macerated and digested for up to 2 hours in a salivary and gastric juice simulant. The partially digested material was acid neutralized, filtered, and spores concentrated using zinc sulfate flotation followed by microscopic evaluation of spore morphology. Results Mean spore recovery rates for the three flotation fluids ranged from 32.5% to 41.0% (P=0.82). Mean (± standard error of the mean) Amanita spp. spore recovery rates were 38.1%±3.4%, 36.9%±8.6%, and 74.5%±1.6% (P=0.0012) for the magnesium sulfate, Sheather’s sugar, and zinc sulfate solutions, respectively. Zinc sulfate flotation following in vitro acid digestion (phase 2) yielded spore numbers adequate for microscopic visualization in 97.5% of trials. The most common spore shapes observed were globose, spiked, elliptical, smooth and reticulate. Conclusion Flotation can concentrate mushroom spores; however, false negative results can occur. Spore morphology could not be used to differentiate species of mushroom-forming fungi since the spore shape and surface characteristics seen in the present study were often observed with multiple species of mushroom-forming fungi.
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- Lisa J Bazzle
- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Center for Integrated Fungal Research
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine
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- Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA,
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Istvan SA, Marks SL, Murphy LA, Dorman DC. Evaluation of a point-of-care anticoagulant rodenticide test for dogs. J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio) 2014; 24:168-73. [DOI: 10.1111/vec.12140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2012] [Accepted: 11/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Stephanie A. Istvan
- Departments of Clinical Sciences; College of Veterinary Medicine; North Carolina State University; Raleigh NC 27607
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- Departments of Clinical Sciences; College of Veterinary Medicine; North Carolina State University; Raleigh NC 27607
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- Department of Pathobiology; New Bolton Center Toxicology; School of Veterinary Medicine; University of Pennsylvania; Kennett Square PA 19348
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- Molecular Biomedical Sciences; College of Veterinary Medicine; North Carolina State University; Raleigh NC 27607
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Schroeter JD, Kimbell JS, Asgharian B, Tewksbury EW, Sochaski M, Foster ML, Dorman DC, Wong BA, Andersen ME. Inhalation dosimetry of hexamethylene diisocyanate vapor in the rat and human respiratory tracts. Inhal Toxicol 2013; 25:168-77. [PMID: 23421488 DOI: 10.3109/08958378.2013.768314] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) is a reactive chemical used in the commercial production of polyurethanes. Toxic effects in rodents exposed to HDI vapor primarily occur in the nasal passages, yet some individuals exposed occupationally to concentrations exceeding current regulatory limits may experience temporary reduction in lung function and asthma-like symptoms. Knowledge of interspecies differences in respiratory tract dosimetry of inhaled HDI would improve our understanding of human health risks to this compound. HDI uptake was measured in the upper respiratory tract of anesthetized Fischer-344 rats. Nasal uptake of HDI was >90% in rats at unidirectional flow rates of 150 and 300 ml/min and a target air concentration of 200 ppb. Uptake data was used to calibrate nasal and lung dosimetry models of HDI absorption in rats and humans. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models of the nasal passages were used to simulate inspiratory airflow and HDI absorption. Transport of HDI through lung airways was simulated using convection-diffusion based mass transport models. HDI nasal uptake of 90% and 78% was predicted using the rat and human nasal CFD models, respectively. Total respiratory tract uptake was estimated to be 99% in rats and 97% in humans under nasal breathing. Predicted human respiratory uptake decreased to 87% under oral breathing conditions. Absorption rates of inhaled HDI in human lung airways were estimated to be higher than the rat due to lower uptake in head airways. Model predictions demonstrated significant penetration of HDI to human bronchial airways, although absorption rates were sensitive to breathing style.
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- Jeffry D Schroeter
- Applied Research Associates, Inc., 8537 Six Forks Road, Suite 600, Raleigh, NC 27615-2963, USA.
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Taylor K, Foster ML, Law JM, Centeno JA, Fornero E, Henderson MS, Trager SA, Stockelman MG, Dorman DC. Assessment of geographical variation in the respiratory toxicity of desert dust particles. Inhal Toxicol 2013; 25:405-16. [DOI: 10.3109/08958378.2013.797524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Dorman DC, Alpi KM, Chappell KH. Subject matter expert and public evaluations of a veterinary toxicology course brochure-writing assignment. J Vet Med Educ 2013; 40:19-28. [PMID: 23475408 DOI: 10.3138/jvme.0912.082r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Veterinary schools are increasingly developing students' communication skills, with an emphasis placed on practice conveying medical and scientific knowledge to different audiences. We describe how patient-centered written communication has been integrated into the training of veterinary students using toxicology-related preventive materials. Third-year veterinary students were given an assignment to prepare a client-focused brochure related to veterinary toxicology. Since 2010, 148 students have completed this assignment, with an average score of 93.4%. Use of a grading rubric was instituted in 2011 and resulted in a more rigorous assessment of the brochures by the course instructors. In this study, we evaluated a sample (n=6) selected from 10 brochures volunteered for further public and expert assessment. Each brochure was measured for readability and assessed with a rubric for perceived usefulness and acceptability by 12 veterinary toxicologists and 10 or 11 adult members of the public attending a college of veterinary medicine open house. Veterinary toxicologist review anticipated that the brochures would be useful for most clients, and the public reviewers confirmed this assessment. Evaluation of the brochures using set marking criteria and readability indexes showed that students had successfully targeted the chosen audiences. Feedback showed that the general public rated the sample brochures highly in terms of quality, usefulness, and interest. Completion of this study has resulted in revision of the grading rubric, an increased use of brochure examples, and additional instruction in readability assessment and brochure development, thereby improving the assignment as a learning exercise.
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- David C Dorman
- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University, NC, USA.
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Schroeter JD, Dorman DC, Yoon M, Nong A, Taylor MD, Andersen ME, Clewell HJ. Application of a Multi-Route Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Model for Manganese to Evaluate Dose-Dependent Neurological Effects in Monkeys. Toxicol Sci 2012; 129:432-46. [DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfs212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Dorman DC, Mokashi V, Wagner DJ, Olabisi AO, Wong BA, Moss OR, Centeno JA, Guandalini G, Jackson DA, Dennis WE, Lewis JA, Thomas RS, Chapman GD. Biological responses in rats exposed to cigarette smoke and Middle East sand (dust). Inhal Toxicol 2012; 24:109-24. [DOI: 10.3109/08958378.2011.647413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- David C. Dorman
- College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University,
Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Environmental Health Effects Laboratory, Naval Medical Research Unit,
Dayton, OH, USA
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- Environmental Health Effects Laboratory, Naval Medical Research Unit,
Dayton, OH, USA
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- Environmental Health Effects Laboratory, Naval Medical Research Unit,
Dayton, OH, USA
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- The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences,
Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences,
Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- The Joint Pathology Center, Division of Biophysical Toxicology,
Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility Washington, MD, USA
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- The Joint Pathology Center, Division of Biophysical Toxicology,
Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility Washington, MD, USA
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- United States Army Center for Environmental Health Research,
Fort Detrick, MD, USA
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- United States Army Center for Environmental Health Research,
Fort Detrick, MD, USA
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- United States Army Center for Environmental Health Research,
Fort Detrick, MD, USA
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- The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences,
Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Military Infectious Disease Research Program, U.S. Army Medical Research & Material Command, Fort Detrick, MD, USA
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Lucchini RG, Dorman DC, Elder A, Veronesi B. Neurological impacts from inhalation of pollutants and the nose-brain connection. Neurotoxicology 2011; 33:838-41. [PMID: 22178536 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2011.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2011] [Revised: 11/19/2011] [Accepted: 12/01/2011] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The effects of inhaled particles have focused heavily on the respiratory and cardiovascular systems. Most studies have focused on inhaled metals, whereas less information is available for other particle types regarding the effects on the brain and other extra-pulmonary organs. We review here the key available literature on nanoparticle uptake and transport through the olfactory pathway, the experimental data from animal and in vitro studies, and human epidemiological observations. Nanoparticles (<0.1 μm in one dimension) may easily reach the brain from the respiratory tract via sensory neurons and transport from the distal alveoli into the blood or lymph as free particles or inside phagocytic cells. These mechanisms and subsequent biologic responses may be influenced by the chemical composition of inhaled particles. Animal studies with ambient particulate matter and certain other particles show alterations in neuro-inflammatory markers of oxidative stress and central neurodegeneration. Human observations indicate motor, cognitive, and behavioral changes especially after particulate metal exposure in children. Exposure to co-pollutants and/or underlying disease states could also impact both the biokinetics and effects of airborne particles in the brain. Data are needed from the areas of inhalation, neurology, and metal toxicology in experimental and human studies after inhalation exposure. An increased understanding of the neurotoxicity associated with air pollution exposure is critical to protect susceptible individuals in the workplace and the general population.
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- R G Lucchini
- Department of Experimental and Applied Medicine, Section of Occupational Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
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Yoon M, Schroeter JD, Nong A, Taylor MD, Dorman DC, Andersen ME, Clewell HJ. Physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling of fetal and neonatal manganese exposure in humans: describing manganese homeostasis during development. Toxicol Sci 2011; 122:297-316. [PMID: 21622944 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfr141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Concerns for potential vulnerability to manganese (Mn) neurotoxicity during fetal and neonatal development have been raised due to increased needs for Mn for normal growth, different sources of exposure to Mn, and pharmacokinetic differences between the young and adults. A physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model for Mn during human gestation and lactation was developed to predict Mn in fetal and neonatal brain using a parallelogram approach based upon extrapolation across life stages in rats and cross-species extrapolation to humans. Based on the rodent modeling, key physiological processes controlling Mn kinetics during gestation and lactation were incorporated, including alterations in Mn uptake, excretion, tissue-specific distributions, and placental and lactational transfer of Mn. Parameters for Mn kinetics were estimated based on human Mn data for milk, placenta, and fetal/neonatal tissues, along with allometric scaling from the human adult model. The model was evaluated by comparison with published Mn levels in cord blood, milk, and infant blood. Maternal Mn homeostasis during pregnancy and lactation, placenta and milk Mn, and fetal/neonatal tissue Mn were simulated for normal dietary intake and with inhalation exposure to environmental Mn. Model predictions indicate similar or lower internal exposures to Mn in the brains of fetus/neonate compared with the adult at or above typical environmental air Mn concentrations. This PBPK approach can assess expected Mn tissue concentration during early life and compares contributions of different Mn sources, such as breast or cow milk, formula, food, drinking water, and inhalation, with tissue concentration.
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- Miyoung Yoon
- Center for Human Health Assessment, The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA.
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Schroeter JD, Nong A, Yoon M, Taylor MD, Dorman DC, Andersen ME, Clewell HJ. Analysis of manganese tracer kinetics and target tissue dosimetry in monkeys and humans with multi-route physiologically based pharmacokinetic models. Toxicol Sci 2010; 120:481-98. [PMID: 21205636 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfq389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Manganese (Mn) is an essential nutrient with the capacity for toxicity from excessive exposure. Accumulation of Mn in the striatum, globus pallidus, and other midbrain regions is associated with neurotoxicity following high-dose Mn inhalation. Physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models for ingested and inhaled Mn in rats and nonhuman primates were previously developed. The models contained saturable Mn tissue-binding capacities, preferential fluxes of Mn in specific tissues, and homeostatic control processes such as inducible biliary excretion of Mn. In this study, a nonhuman primate model was scaled to humans and was further extended to include iv, ip, and sc exposure routes so that past studies regarding radiolabeled carrier-free (54)MnCl(2) tracer kinetics could be evaluated. Simulation results accurately recapitulated the biphasic elimination behavior for all exposure routes. The PBPK models also provided consistent cross-species descriptions of Mn tracer kinetics across multiple exposure routes. These results indicate that PBPK models can accurately simulate the overall kinetic behavior of Mn and predict conditions where exposures will increase free Mn in various tissues throughout the body. Simulations with the human model indicate that globus pallidus Mn concentrations are unaffected by air concentrations < 10 μg/m(3) Mn. The use of this human Mn PBPK model can become a key component of future human health risk assessment of Mn, allowing the consideration of various exposure routes, natural tissue background levels, and homeostatic controls to explore exposure conditions that lead to increased target tissue levels resulting from Mn overexposure.
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- Jeffry D Schroeter
- The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709-2137, USA.
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