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  1. Since the end of 2011 an outbreak of pseudorabies affected Chinese pig herds that had been vaccinated with the commercial vaccine made of Bartha K61 strain. It is now clear that the outbreak was caused by an e...

    Authors: Jichun Wang, Rongli Guo, Yongfeng Qiao, Mengwei Xu, Zhisheng Wang, Yamei Liu, Yiqi Gu, Chang Liu and Jibo Hou
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:277
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  2. Renal syndromes are occasionally reported in domestic animals. Two identical twin Tyrolean Grey calves exhibited weight loss, skeletal abnormalities and delayed development associated with kidney abnormalities...

    Authors: Leonardo Murgiano, Vidhya Jagannathan, Christian Piffer, Inmaculada Diez-Prieto, Marilena Bolcato, Arcangelo Gentile and Cord Drögemüller
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:276
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  3. The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence and tissue distribution of neoplasms in Italian ferrets, compared to the epidemiological data previously reported in USA and Japan.

    Authors: Giancarlo Avallone, Annalisa Forlani, Marco Tecilla, Elena Riccardi, Sara Belluco, Sara Francesca Santagostino, Guido Grilli, Kiumars Khadivi and Paola Roccabianca
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:275
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  4. Obesity in dogs and cats is usually managed by dietary energy restriction using a purpose-formulated weight loss diet, but signs of hunger and begging commonly occur causing poor owner compliance. Altering die...

    Authors: Marie Anne Hours, Emmanuelle Sagols, Ariane Junien-Castagna, Alexandre Feugier, Delphine Moniot, Ingrid Daniel, Vincent Biourge, Serisier Samuel, Yann Queau and Alexander J. German
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:274
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:36

  5. Authors: Simona Destefanis, Daniela Giretto, Maria Cristina Muscolo, Alessandro Di Cerbo, Gianandrea Guidetti, Sergio Canello, Angela Giovazzino, Sara Centenaro and Giuseppe Terrazzano
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:273
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    The original article was published in BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:214

  6. Splenic masses are common in older dogs; yet diagnosis preceding splenectomy and histopathology remains elusive. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short, non-coding RNAs that play a role in post-transcriptional regulatio...

    Authors: Janet A. Grimes, Nripesh Prasad, Shawn Levy, Russell Cattley, Stephanie Lindley, Harry W. Boothe, Ralph A. Henderson and Bruce F. Smith
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:272
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  7. Coxofemoral osteoarthritis is a chronic, disabling condition affecting people and dogs, with THA providing an excellent return to function in severely affected joints. The principal role of THA is to restore a...

    Authors: Ayman A. Mostafa, Karin Lucas, Ingo Nolte and Patrick Wefstaedt
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:271
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  8. Mastitis is a disease of major economic importance in dairy industry worldwide. It is of particular concern in developing countries like Ethiopia, where milk and milk products are scarce. The objectives of the...

    Authors: Rahmeto Abebe, Hagere Hatiya, Mesele Abera, Bekele Megersa and Kassahun Asmare
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:270
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  9. Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) is one of the highest risk factors that affects the animal industry of the country. The virus causes production loss and high ratio mortality in young cloven-hoofed animals ...

    Authors: Van Phan Le, Thi Thu Hang Vu, Hong-Quan Duong, Van Thai Than and Daesub Song
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:269
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  10. Respiratory problems are common in horses, and are often diagnosed as a cause of poor athletic performance. Reliable, accurate and sensitive spirometric tests of airway function in resting horses would assist ...

    Authors: K. Burnheim, K. J. Hughes, D. L. Evans and S. L. Raidal
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:268
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  11. Ultrasonography to visualize adrenal gland lesions and evaluate incidentally discovered adrenal masses in dogs has become more reliable with advances in imaging techniques. However, correlations between sonogr...

    Authors: Elena Pagani, Massimiliano Tursi, Chiara Lorenzi, Alberto Tarducci, Barbara Bruno, Enrico Corrado Borgogno Mondino and Renato Zanatta
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:267
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  12. Although premature beats are a matter of concern in horses, the interpretation of equine ECG recordings is complicated by a lack of standardized analysis criteria and a limited knowledge of the normal beat-to-...

    Authors: Mette Flethøj, Jørgen K. Kanters, Philip J. Pedersen, Maria M. Haugaard, Helena Carstensen, Lisbeth H. Olsen and Rikke Buhl
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:266
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  13. The objective assessment of animal stress and welfare requires proper laboratory biomarkers. In this work, we have analyzed the changes in serum composition in gilts after switching their housing, from pen to ...

    Authors: Anna Marco-Ramell, Laura Arroyo, Raquel Peña, Raquel Pato, Yolanda Saco, Lorenzo Fraile, Emøke Bendixen and Anna Bassols
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:265
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  14. In this work we aimed at sequencing and assembling the goat milk transcriptome corresponding at colostrum and 120 days of lactation. To reconstruct transcripts we used both the genome as reference, and a de novo ...

    Authors: Alessandra Crisà, Fabrizio Ferrè, Giovanni Chillemi and Bianca Moioli
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:264
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  15. Dipyrone (MET, metamizole) is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug commonly used both in human and in veterinary medicine. After oral administration, is broken down rapidly to metabolites which largely retai...

    Authors: Artur Burmańczuk, Andrzej Milczak, Tomasz Grabowski, Monika Osypiuk and Cezary Kowalski
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:263
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  16. Patellar abnormalities are a common cause of pain and lameness in dogs; however, in vivo the relative motion between the femur and patella in dogs is not well described. The objective of this study was to defi...

    Authors: Erica J. Moore, Stanley E. Kim, Scott A. Banks, Antonio Pozzi, Jason D. Coggeshall and Stephen C. Jones
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:262
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  17. From 2014 to 2015 in China, many broiler breeder and layer hen flocks exhibited a decrease in egg production and some chickens developed hepatitis syndrome including hepatomegaly, hepatic necrosis and hemorrha...

    Authors: Yani Sun, Taofeng Du, Baoyuan Liu, Shahid Faraz Syed, Yiyang Chen, Huixia Li, Xinjie Wang, Gaiping Zhang, En-Min Zhou and Qin Zhao
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:261
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  18. From December 2014 through June 2015, the US experienced the most costly highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak to date. Most cases in commercial poultry were caused by an H5N2 strain which was a re...

    Authors: Erica Spackman, Mary J. Pantin-Jackwood, Darrell R. Kapczynski, David E. Swayne and David L. Suarez
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:260
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  19. In this study, six enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA), intended for routine porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) herd monitoring, are tested for their ability to detect PRRSV spe...

    Authors: Tatjana Sattler, Jutta Pikalo, Eveline Wodak and Friedrich Schmoll
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:259
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  20. Extra-label use of tulathromycin in lactating goats is common and may cause violative residues in milk. The objective of this study was to develop a nonlinear mixed-effects pharmacokinetic (NLME-PK) model to e...

    Authors: Zhoumeng Lin, Matthew Cuneo, Joan D. Rowe, Mengjie Li, Lisa A. Tell, Shayna Allison, Jan Carlson, Jim E. Riviere and Ronette Gehring
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:258
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  21. Effective therapies for transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) are limited, with objective response rates to most chemotherapeutic regimens below 20%. The purpose of this study was to investigate the biologic activ...

    Authors: Sarah B. Rippy, Heather L. Gardner, Sandra M. Nguyen, Emma E. Warry, Roberta F. Portela, William Tod Drost, Eric T. Hostnik, Eric M. Green, Dennis J. Chew, Juan Peng and Cheryl A. London
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:257
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:291

  22. Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome (PRRS) virus is one of the most economically significant pathogens in the Vietnamese swine industry. ORF5, which participates in many functional processes, includi...

    Authors: Hai Quynh Do, Dinh Thau Trinh, Thi Lan Nguyen, Thi Thu Hang Vu, Duc Duong Than, Thi Van Lo, Minjoo Yeom, Daesub Song, SeEun Choe, Dong-Jun An and Van Phan Le
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:256
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  23. Newcastle disease virus (NDV) can cause serious damage to the reproductive tracts of egg-laying hens and leads to egg production and quality reduction. However, the mechanism of severe pathological damage in t...

    Authors: Ruiqiao Li, Kangkang Guo, Caihong Liu, Jing Wang, Dan Tan, Xueying Han, Chao Tang, Yanming Zhang and Jingyu Wang
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:255
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  24. Dendritic cells are professional antigen-presenting cells that play an essential role in the initiation and modulation of T cell responses. They have been studied widely for their potential clinical applicatio...

    Authors: Anja Ziegler, Helen Everett, Eman Hamza, Mattia Garbani, Vinzenz Gerber, Eliane Marti and Falko Steinbach
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:254
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  25. Borna disease virus is a neurotropic pathogen and infects the central nervous system. This virus infected a variety of animal species including cows. The most of cows infected with Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-...

    Authors: Tadashi Takino, Taku Okamura, Tatsuya Ando and Katsuro Hagiwara
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:253
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  26. Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is one of the most common enteropathogenic bacteria found in pigs in Europe. In our previous work, we demonstrated the protective effects in suc...

    Authors: Jan Gebauer, Hana Kudlackova, Marcel Kosina, Kamil Kovarcik, Radek Tesarik, Alena Osvaldova, Martin Faldyna and Jan Matiasovic
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:252
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  27. Lactoferrin (LF) is an 80 kDa glycoprotein which is known for its effects against bacteria, viruses and other pathogens. It also has a high potential in nutrition therapy and welfare of people and a variety of...

    Authors: Nada Zemankova, Katarina Chlebova, Jan Matiasovic, Jana Prodelalova, Jan Gebauer and Martin Faldyna
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:251
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  28. Mutant prevention concentration (MPC) is an alternative pharmacodynamic parameter that has been used to measure antimicrobial activity and represents the propensities of antimicrobial agents to select resistan...

    Authors: Yafei Li, Yanan Zhang, Huanzhong Ding, Xian Mei, Wei Liu, Jiaxiong Zeng and Zhenling Zeng
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:250
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  29. During the last decade, the spread of many flaviviruses (Genus Flavivirus) has been reported, representing an emerging threat for both animal and human health. To further study utility of wild ruminant samples in...

    Authors: Ignacio García-Bocanegra, Jorge Paniagua, Ana V. Gutiérrez-Guzmán, Sylvie Lecollinet, Mariana Boadella, Antonio Arenas-Montes, David Cano-Terriza, Steeve Lowenski, Christian Gortázar and Ursula Höfle
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:249
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  30. Epilepsy is the most common neurological disease in veterinary practice. However, contrary to human medicine, epilepsy classification in veterinary medicine had not been clearly defined until recently. A numbe...

    Authors: Yuji Hamamoto, Daisuke Hasegawa, Shunta Mizoguchi, Yoshihiko Yu, Masae Wada, Takayuki Kuwabara, Aki Fujiwara-Igarashi and Michio Fujita
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:248
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  31. Human inflicted bruises in slaughter pigs are hampering animal welfare, are an infringement of the animal protection act, and are a focus of public attention. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the g...

    Authors: Kristiane Barington, Jens Frederik Gramstrup Agger, Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Kristine Dich-Jørgensen and Henrik Elvang Jensen
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:247
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  32. Joint impact injuries initiate a progressive articular damage finally leading to post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA). Racehorses represent an ideal, naturally available, animal model of the disease. Standardb...

    Authors: Andrea Bertuglia, Eleonora Pagliara, Elena Grego, Alessandro Ricci and Nika Brkljaca-Bottegaro
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:246
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  33. The match play patterns in equestrian polo are unique and require specific training programs to ensure sport performance. The effect of commonly used exercise training regimens on the adaptation of skeletal mu...

    Authors: Metha Chanda, Ratchakrit Srikuea, Worakij Cherdchutam, Arthit Chairoungdua and Pawinee Piyachaturawat
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:245
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  34. Lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) is a Capripoxvirus infecting cattle and Buffalos. Lumpy skin disease (LSD) leads to significant economic losses due to hide damage, reduction of milk production, mastitis, infertil...

    Authors: Mohamed A. Shalaby, Ayman El-Deeb, Mohamed El-Tholoth, Donata Hoffmann, Claus-Peter Czerny, Frank T. Hufert, Manfred Weidmann and Ahmed Abd El Wahed
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:244
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  35. Chitosan oligosaccharide (COS) is widely consumed as a functional food due to its multiple health effects, but few studies about COS supplement on placental antioxidant and nutrition transport capacity were re...

    Authors: Chunyan Xie, Xin Wu, Cimin Long, Qinhua Wang, Zhiyong Fan, Siming Li and Yulong Yin
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:243
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  36. Leptin has been measured in human in saliva samples. However, the low leptin concentration found in this biological fluid makes necessary the use of high sensitive methods. To the authors’ knowledge, leptin ha...

    Authors: Elizabeth M. S. Schmidt, Damián Escribano, Silvia Martinez-Subiela, Silvia Martinez-Miró, Fuensanta Hernández, Asta Tvarijonaviciute, José J. Cerón and Fernando Tecles
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:242
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  37. Sepsis is a serious health problem associated with a range of infectious diseases in animals and humans. Early events of this syndrome can be mimicked by experimental administration of lipopolysaccharides (LPS...

    Authors: Øyvind Salvesen, Malin R. Reiten, Peter M. H. Heegaard, Michael A. Tranulis, Arild Espenes, Kerstin Skovgaard and Cecilie Ersdal
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:241
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  38. In a dog with joint pain, it is important to determine whether it has suppurative joint disease, characterized by exudation of neutrophils in the synovial fluid, or not, as this affects choice of diagnostic te...

    Authors: Anna Hillström, Jonas Bylin, Ragnvi Hagman, Karin Björhall, Harold Tvedten, Kristian Königsson, Tove Fall and Mads Kjelgaard-Hansen
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:240
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  39. Data extracted from electronic patient records (EPRs) within practice management software systems are increasingly used in veterinary research. The use of real patient data gives the potential to generate rese...

    Authors: Julie S. Jones-Diette, Marnie L. Brennan, Malcolm Cobb, Hannah Doit and Rachel S. Dean
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:239
    Content type: Methodology article Published on:

  40. The presence of lymphoma in buffaloes was first reported in India in the 1960s. The disease is similar to Enzootic Bovine Leucosis (EBL) caused by Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) in cattle; however, according to our ...

    Authors: Cairo H S De Oliveira, José D Barbosa, Karine A Damasceno, Geovanni D Cassali, Carlos MC Oliveira, Rômulo C Leite and Jenner K P Reis
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:238
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  41. The neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) plays a crucial role in transporting IgG and associated antigens across polarized epithelial barriers in mucosal immunity. However, it was not clear that FcRn expression in aggr...

    Authors: Wang-Dong Zhang, Wen-Hui Wang, Shu-Xian Li, Shuai Jia, Xue-Feng Zhang and Ting-Ting Cao
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:237
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  42. Biosecurity measures such as cleaning, disinfection and a vacancy period between production cycles on pig farms are essential to prevent disease outbreaks. No studies have tested the effect of a longer vacancy...

    Authors: K. Luyckx, S. Millet, S. Van Weyenberg, L. Herman, M. Heyndrickx, J. Dewulf and K. De Reu
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:236
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  43. Numbers of giraffes are declining rapidly in their native habitat. As giraffe research and conservation efforts increase, the demand for more complete measures of the impact of conservation interventions and t...

    Authors: Meredith J. Bashaw, Florian Sicks, Rupert Palme, Franz Schwarzenberger, Adrian S. W. Tordiffe and Andre Ganswindt
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:235
    Content type: Methodology article Published on:

  44. Schmallenberg virus (SBV) emerged in northern-Europe in 2011 resulting in an epidemic of ruminant abortions and congenital malformations throughout the continent. In the years following the epidemic there have...

    Authors: Á. B. Collins, D. Barrett, M. L. Doherty, M. Larska and J. F. Mee
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:234
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  45. Bacterial intercellular communication, called quorum sensing, takes place via the production and collective response to signal molecules. In Gram-negative bacteria, like Pseudomonas aeruginosa, these signaling mo...

    Authors: Darja Kušar, Karin Šrimpf, Petra Isaković, Lina Kalšek, Javid Hosseini, Irena Zdovc, Tina Kotnik, Modest Vengušt and Gabrijela Tavčar-Kalcher
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:233
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  46. Bacterial pneumonia in goats is usually caused by Mannheimia haemolytica and Pasteurella multocida. Another important infection disease in lactating goats is intramammary infection producing mastitis, usually ass...

    Authors: Emilio Fernández-Varón, Carlos Cárceles-García, Juan Manuel Serrano-Rodríguez and Carlos M. Cárceles-Rodríguez
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:232
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  47. Host defence peptides are a diverse group of small, cationic peptides and are important elements of the first line of defense against pathogens in animals. Expression and functional analysis of host defense pe...

    Authors: Mi Ok Lee, Hyun-Jun Jang, Deivendran Rengaraj, Seo-Yeong Yang, Jae Yong Han, Susan J. Lamont and James E. Womack
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:231
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  48. Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) remains a major threat to swine industry all over the world. The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanism of pathogenesis and immune responses cau...

    Authors: Zhenguang Li, Yanliang He, Xiaoqin Xu, Xue Leng, Shufen Li, Yongjun Wen, Fengxue Wang, Mingqi Xia, Shipeng Cheng and Hua Wu
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:230
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  49. Lung cancer is the most commonly diagnosed neoplasm in humans, however this does not apply to other animal species. Living in an aquatic environment the respiratory system of cetaceans had to undergo unique ad...

    Authors: Cristian M. Suárez-Santana, Carolina Fernández-Maldonado, Josué Díaz-Delgado, Manuel Arbelo, Alejandro Suárez-Bonnet, Antonio Espinosa de los Monteros, Nakita Câmara, Eva Sierra and Antonio Fernández
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:229
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  50. Feline morbillivirus (FmoPV) is a novel paramyxovirus found to infect domestic cats. FmoPV has been isolated in several countries in Asia and Europe and is considered to have genetic diversity. Also, it is sus...

    Authors: Eun-Sil Park, Michio Suzuki, Masanobu Kimura, Hiroshi Mizutani, Ryuichi Saito, Nami Kubota, Youko Hasuike, Jungo Okajima, Hidemi Kasai, Yuko Sato, Noriko Nakajima, Keiji Maruyama, Koichi Imaoka and Shigeru Morikawa
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:228
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