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The virology section publishes research finding which focus on clinical, macro pathological, cell and molecular biological aspects of animal viruses. This includes studies on livestock, companion animals, equines, wild animals, fish, laboratory animals and animal models of human infections. Studies on related zoonotic and emerging infections are also accepted.
Methodology article
Canine distemper, caused by Canine distemper virus (CDV), is a highly contagious and fatal systemic disease in free-living and captive carnivores worldwide. Recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA), as an is...
BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:241
Published on: 15 August 2017
Research article
Feline coronavirus (FCoV) exists as two pathotypes, and FCoV spike gene mutations are considered responsible for the pathotypic switch in feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) pathogenesis. The aim of this study...
BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:228
Published on: 2 August 2017
Research article
Recently moderate-virulence classical swine fever virus (CSFV) strains have been proven capable of generating postnatal persistent infection (PI), defined by the maintenance of viremia and the inability to gen...
BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:227
Published on: 1 August 2017
Case Report
In Europe, bat rabies is primarily attributed to European bat lyssavirus type 1 (EBLV-1) and European bat lyssavirus type 2 (EBLV-2) which are both strongly host-specific. Approximately thirty cases of infection ...
BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:216
Published on: 11 July 2017
Research article
The influenza A virus is highly variable, which, to some degree, is caused by the reassortment of viral genetic material. This process plays a major role in the generation of novel influenza virus strains that...
BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:215
Published on: 8 July 2017
Research article
Avian leukosis virus (ALV) is one of the main causes of tumour development within the poultry industry in China. The subgroup J avian leukosis viruses (ALV-J), which induce erythroblastosis and myelocytomatosi...
BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:204
Published on: 29 June 2017
Research article
We studied a recent epizootic of Getah virus infection among pigs in the southern part of Ibaraki Prefecture and the northern part of Chiba Prefecture, Japan, focusing on its possible association with outbreak...
BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:187
Published on: 19 June 2017
Research article
Wild waterfowl are considered as the natural reservoir for avian influenza (AI) viruses. Bangladesh has been experiencing highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks since 2007, mostly in chickens and o...
BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:180
Published on: 17 June 2017
Research article
Mass vaccination of dogs is considered fundamental for national rabies control programmes in Sri Lanka, as dog is the main reservoir and transmitter of the disease.
BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:133
Published on: 18 May 2017
Research article
Enteric diseases are an important health problem for the intensive poultry industry, resulting in considerable economic losses. Apart from such microbiological agents associated with enteritis as bacteria and ...
BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:108
Published on: 14 April 2017
Research article
ELISAs are known to have a higher diagnostic sensitivity than the agar gel immunodiffusion (AGID) when employed for serological diagnosis of equine infectious anaemia (EIA). For this purpose, an “in-house” and...
BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:105
Published on: 14 April 2017
Research article
The recommended screening of rabies in ‘suspect’ animal cases involves testing fresh brain tissue. The preservation of fresh tissue however can be difficult under field conditions and formalin fixation provide...
BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:99
Published on: 12 April 2017
Case Report
In the present study, we describe the first paramyxovirus infection in a snake collection in Croatia caused by an introduction of new snakes that were not previously tested and didn’t show any signs of disease.
BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:95
Published on: 8 April 2017
Research article
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M. hyo) and Porcine Circovirus Type 2 (PCV2) are major pathogens that cause significant health problems in swine worldwide. Maternal derived immunity (MDI) ha...
BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:91
Published on: 7 April 2017
Research article
Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) caused several outbreaks throughout the African continent and the Arabian Peninsula posing significant threat to human and animal health. In Egypt the first and most important Ri...
BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:87
Published on: 5 April 2017
Research article
Nitric oxide (NO), an important signaling molecule with biological functions, has antimicrobial activity against a variety of pathogens including viruses. To our knowledge, little information is available abou...
BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:59
Published on: 21 February 2017
Methodology article
Senecavirus A (SVA), a member of the family Picornaviridae, genus Senecavirus, is a recently identified single-stranded RNA virus closely related to members of the Cardiovirus genus. S...
BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:50
Published on: 15 February 2017
Research article
Mokola virus (MOKV) is a rabies-related lyssavirus and appears to be exclusive to the African continent. Only 24 cases of MOKV, which includes two human cases, have been reported since its identification in 19...
BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:37
Published on: 31 January 2017
Methodology article
The devastating viral disease of small ruminants namely Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) declared as target for “Global Eradication” in 2015 by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Organiz...
BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:34
Published on: 25 January 2017
Research article
In 2008, a program to eradicate bovine virus diarrhea (BVD) in cattle in Switzerland was initiated. After targeted elimination of persistently infected animals that represent the main virus reservoir, the abse...
BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:21
Published on: 13 January 2017
