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Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:36
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Molecular characterization of Rhodococcus equi isolates from horses in Poland: pVapA characteristics and plasmid new variant, 85-kb type V
Rhodococcus equi is one of the most significant bacterial pathogens affecting foals up to 6 months of age worldwide. Rhodococcosis is present in Poland however information about molecu...
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Genetic detection of peste des petits ruminants virus under field conditions: a step forward towards disease eradication
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...
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Clinical evaluation of a combination therapy of imepitoin with phenobarbital in dogs with refractory idiopathic epilepsy
Imepitoin was tested as a combination treatment with phenobarbital in an open-label mono-centre cohort study in dogs with drug-resistant epilepsy. Diagnosis of idiopathic epilepsy was based on clinical finding...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:33 -
Pilot evaluation of a novel unilateral onychectomy model and efficacy of an extended release buprenorphine product
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), transdermal fentanyl patches, and transmucosal buprenorphine are probably the most commonly used options for providing post-operative analgesia in the early at-h...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:32 -
Evaluation of various biomarkers for kidney monitoring during canine leishmaniosis treatment
The objective of this study was to evaluate and compare the evolution of the profile currently recommended by the International Renal Interest Society (IRIS) (sCr, UPC and sSDMA) with a panel of other differen...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:31 -
Systemic nocardiosis in a dog caused by Nocardia cyriacigeorgica
Systemic nocardiosis due to Nocardia cyriacigeorgica has not been reported in dogs.
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:30 -
Efficacy of a polyvalent mastitis vaccine against Staphylococcus aureus on a dairy Mediterranean buffalo farm: results of two clinical field trials
In the last years the knowledges on Mediterranean Buffalo (MB) mastitis is remarkably improving, nevertheless the attention has been never focused on vaccination as preventive strategy for the control of masti...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:29 -
Pharmacokinetics and in vitro efficacy of salicylic acid after oral administration of acetylsalicylic acid in horses
Although acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) is not frequently used as a therapeutic agent in horses, its metabolite SA is of special interest in equestrianism since it is a natural component of many plants used as hor...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:28 -
RETRACTED ARTICLE: The gastro protective effects of Cibotium barometz hair on ethanol-induced gastric ulcer in Sprague-Dawley rats
Cibotium barometz is a medical herb used traditionally in the Malaysian peninsula for several ailments, including gastric ulcer. The aim of this study was assessment the anti-ulcer eff...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:27 -
Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in feral cats in Qatar
Cats are essential in the life cycle of Toxoplasma gondii as they can shed the environmentally resistant oocysts after acquiring infection. Human populations living in cities with high densities of feral cats are...
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Food-specific sublingual immunotherapy is well tolerated and safe in healthy dogs: a blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study
Food allergies are increasing in prevalence but no treatment strategies are currently available to cure dogs with food allergy. Over the past decade, experimental food allergen-specific sublingual immunotherap...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:25 -
Relationship of diagnostic accuracy of renal cortical echogenicity with renal histopathology in dogs and cats, a quantitative study
Renal cortical echogenicity is routinely evaluated during ultrasonographic investigation of the kidneys. Both in dog and cat previous ex-vivo studies have revealed a poor correlation between renal echogenicity an...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:24 -
The biomedical piglet: establishing reference intervals for haematology and clinical chemistry parameters of two age groups with and without iron supplementation
The similarities between swine and humans in physiological and genomic patterns, and the great correlation in size and anatomy, make pigs extremely useful in preclinical studies. New-born piglets can represent...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:23 -
Prevalence and genetic characterization of Cryptosporidium species and Giardia duodenalis in lambs in Oromia Special Zone, Central Ethiopia
Cryptosporidium and Giardia duodenalis are gastro-intestinal parasites that infect human and animals worldwide. Both parasites share a broad host range and are believed to be zoonosis....
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:22 -
Influence of border disease virus (BDV) on serological surveillance within the bovine virus diarrhea (BVD) eradication program in Switzerland
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...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:21 -
A case of cranium bifidum with meningocele in Ayrshire calf
Congenital cranial bone defects predispose to herniation of meninges, sometimes with brain tissue involvement, to form a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)–filled cyst in the head. Such defects mainly results from foca...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:20 -
Detection of Strongylus vulgaris in equine faecal samples by real-time PCR and larval culture – method comparison and occurrence assessment
Strongylus vulgaris has become a rare parasite in Germany during the past 50 years due to the practice of frequent prophylactic anthelmintic therapy. To date, the emerging development ...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:19 -
Effect of proximal translation of the osteotomized tibial tuberosity during tibial tuberosity advancement on patellar position and patellar ligament angle
Cranial cruciate ligament insufficiency is a common orthopaedic problem in canine patients. This cadaveric and radiographic study was performed with the aim of determining the effect of proximal translation of...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:18 -
Prognostic efficacy of the human B-cell lymphoma prognostic genes in predicting disease-free survival (DFS) in the canine counterpart
Canine B-cell lymphoma is deemed an ideal model of human non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma where the lymphomas of both species share similar clinical features and biological behaviors. However there are some differences ...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:17 -
Prognostic indicators for perioperative survival after diaphragmatic herniorrhaphy in cats and dogs: 96 cases (2001-2013)
To determine associations between perioperative mortality after surgery for traumatic diaphragmatic hernia, medical records of 17 cats and 79 dogs that underwent diaphragmatic herniorrhaphy were reviewed.
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:16 -
Immunization with Streptococcus suis bacterin plus recombinant Sao protein in sows conveys passive immunity to their piglets
Streptococcus suis (S. suis) causes arthritis, meningitis, septicemia, and sudden death in pigs and is also an zoonotic agent for humans. The present study demonstrated that immunizati...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:15 -
Attenuated Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae double-deletion mutant S-8∆clpP/apxIIC confers protection against homologous or heterologous strain challenge
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae is the etiological agent of porcine pleuropneumonia, which leads to large economic losses to the swine industry worldwide. In this study, S-8△clpP△apxII...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:14 -
Plasma markers of inflammation and hemostatic and endothelial activity in naturally overweight and obese dogs
Obesity is one of the most prevalent health problems in the canine population. While haemostatic parameters and markers of endothelial function have been evaluated in various disease conditions in dogs, there ...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:13 -
Morphological, densitometric and mechanical properties of mandible in 5-month-old Polish Merino sheep
Among bones building the axial and appendicular skeleton, the mandible is characterized by unique morphological and functional traits. The aim of the study was to evaluate morphological, densitometric and mech...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:12 -
Closed cervix is associated with more severe illness in dogs with pyometra
Pyometra, a life-threatening bacterial infection of the uterus, is classified as open or closed depending on the functional patency of the cervix i.e. presence or absence of vaginal discharge. In closed cervix...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:11 -
Capromorelin oral solution (ENTYCE®) increases food consumption and body weight when administered for 4 consecutive days to healthy adult Beagle dogs in a randomized, masked, placebo controlled study
Dogs can suffer from inappetence caused by a variety of medical conditions. This may present as anorexia (complete loss of appetite), hyporexia (decreased appetite) or dysrexia (change in food preferences). A ...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:10 -
Laboratory cohabitation challenge model for shrimp hepatopancreatic microsporidiosis (HPM) caused by Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP)
Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) causes hepatopancreatic microsporidiosis (HPM) in shrimp. It is probably endemic in Australasia and was first characterized and named from the giant o...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:9 -
Understanding the early dynamics of the 2014 porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) outbreak in Ontario using the incidence decay and exponential adjustment (IDEA) model
The United States swine industry was first confronted with porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) in 2013. In young pigs, the virus is highly pathogenic and the associated morbidity and mortality has a signifi...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:8 -
Short term storage stability at room temperature of two different platelet-rich plasma preparations from equine donors and potential impact on growth factor concentrations
The increasing interest in platelet-rich plasma (PRP) based therapies is as yet accompanied by inconsistent information regarding nearly all aspects of handling and application. Among these storage stability o...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:7 -
Pseudorabies virus infection (Aujeszky’s disease) in an Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) in Spain: a case report
The only natural hosts of Pseudorabies virus (PRV) are members of the family Suidae (Sus scrofa scrofa). In species other than suids infection is normally fatal. In these mammals, including carnivores, PRV typica...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:6 -
Rope-based oral fluid sampling for early detection of classical swine fever in domestic pigs at group level
Non-invasive sampling techniques based on the analysis of oral fluid specimen have gained substantial importance in the field of swine herd management. Methodological advances have a focus on endemic viral dis...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:5 -
Effectiveness of regionally-specific immunotherapy for the management of canine atopic dermatitis
Canine atopic dermatitis is a common pruritic skin disease often treated with allergen immunotherapy (AIT). AIT in dogs traditionally begins with attempting to identify clinically relevant environmental allerg...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:4 -
Phylogenetic characterization of genes encoding for viral envelope glycoprotein (ORF5) and nucleocapsid protein (ORF7) of porcine reproductive & respiratory syndrome virus found in Malaysia in 2013 and 2014.
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is one of the most expensive diseases of modern swine production & results in annual economic losses and cost the industry over 600 million USD in U.S. alon...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:3 -
Development and evaluation of a diagnostic cytokine-release assay for Mycobacterium suricattae infection in meerkats (Suricata suricatta)
Sensitive diagnostic tools are necessary for the detection of Mycobacterium suricattae infection in meerkats (Suricata suricatta) in order to more clearly understand the epidemiology of tuberculosis and the ecolo...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:2 -
DISCONTOOLS: a database to identify research gaps on vaccines, pharmaceuticals and diagnostics for the control of infectious diseases of animals
The public and private sector in the EU spend around €800 million per year on animal health and welfare related research. An objective process to identify critical gaps in knowledge and available control tools...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:1 -
Erratum to: A pilot study of toceranib/vinblastine therapy for canine transitional cell carcinoma
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:291 -
Erratum to: treatment of 5 dogs with immune-mediated thrombocytopenia using romiplostim
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:290 -
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections in cynomolgus monkey transplant recipients and institution of a screening program for the prevention and control of tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is a major health concern in not only humans, but also in non-human primates. In this paper, we report recent cases of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in cynomolgus monkeys from Cambodia used in transplan...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:289 -
Methodological challenges to multivariate syndromic surveillance: a case study using Swiss animal health data
In an era of ubiquitous electronic collection of animal health data, multivariate surveillance systems (which concurrently monitor several data streams) should have a greater probability of detecting disease e...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:288 -
A deep sequencing reveals significant diversity among dominant variants and evolutionary dynamics of avian leukosis viruses in two infectious ecosystems
As a typical retrovirus, the evolution of Avian leukosis virus subgroup J (ALV-J) in different infectious ecosystems is not characterized, what we know is there are a cloud of diverse variants, namely quasispe...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:287 -
A novel real-time PCR assay for quantitative detection of Campylobacter fetus based on ribosomal sequences
Campylobacter fetus is a pathogen of major concern for animal and human health. The species shows a great intraspecific variation, with three subspecies: C. fetus subsp. fetus, C. fetu...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:286 -
Development of an ovine efferent mammary lymphatic cannulation model with minimal tissue damage
Two mammary lymphatic cannulation models in sheep have been described with minimal use in the past 50 years. The purpose of this study was to investigate a new surgical technique to allow long term monitoring ...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:285 -
Lipopolysaccharide derived from the digestive tract triggers an inflammatory response in the uterus of mid-lactating dairy cows during SARA
The aims of the current study were to evaluate the inflammatory response in cow uterus and to explore the molecular mechanism triggered by high concentrate-induced subacute ruminal acidosis (SARA) in mid-lacta...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:284 -
Comparison of contrast-enhanced multidetector computed tomography angiography and splenoportography for the evaluation of portosystemic-shunt occlusion after cellophane banding in dogs
Many patients with a congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunt (PSS) do not tolerate an immediate shunt closure. Therefore, slow progressive techniques were developed. To evaluate the success of shunt closur...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:283 -
Metalloproteinases and their inhibitors are influenced by inhalative glucocorticoid therapy in combination with environmental dust reduction in equine recurrent airway obstruction
Overexpression of matrix-metalloproteinases (MMPs) has been shown to lead to tissue damage in equine recurrent airway obstruction (RAO), as a misbalance with their natural inhibitors, the tissue inhibitors of ...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:282 -
Procalcitonin as a biomarker in equine chronic pneumopathies
Procalcitonin (PCT), a precursor protein of the hormone calcitonin, is a sensitive inflammatory marker in human medicine, which is primarily used for diagnosis of bacterial sepsis, but is also useful in diagno...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:281 -
Seroepidemiology and associated risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii in sheep and goats in Southwestern Ethiopia
T.gondii is a global zoonotic disease and is considered as the most neglected tropical disease in sub-Saharan countries. The exact seroepidemiological distribution and risk factors for...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:280 -
Erratum to: Serological response and protection level evaluation in chickens exposed to grains coated with I2 Newcastle disease virus for effective oral vaccination of village chickens
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:279 -
Gonadectomy effects on the risk of immune disorders in the dog: a retrospective study
Gonadectomy is one of the most common procedures performed on dogs in the United States. Neutering has been shown to reduce the risk for some diseases although recent reports suggest increased prevalence for s...
Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:278
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