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  1. In horses, insights into the innate immune processes in acute systemic inflammation are limited even though these processes may be highly important for future diagnostic and therapeutic advances in high-mortal...

    Authors: Anne Mette L Vinther, Kerstin Skovgaard, Peter MH Heegaard and Pia H Andersen
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:134
  2. African swine fever (ASF) is one of the major setbacks to development of the pig industry in Nigeria. It is enzootic in southwest Nigeria. We determined the sero-prevalence and factors associated with ASF amon...

    Authors: Emmanuel Jolaoluwa Awosanya, Babasola Olugasa, Gabriel Ogundipe and Yrjo Tapio Grohn
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:133
  3. Equine melanoma has a high incidence in grey horses. Xenogenic DNA vaccination may represent a promising therapeutic approach against equine melanoma as it successfully induced an immunological response in oth...

    Authors: Kathrin Mählmann, Karsten Feige, Christiane Juhls, Anne Endmann, Hans-Joachim Schuberth, Detlef Oswald, Maren Hellige, Marcus Doherr and Jessika-MV Cavalleri
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:132
  4. Spenic hemangiosarcoma (HSA) in dogs treated with surgery alone is associated with short survival times, and the addition of doxorubicin (DOX) chemotherapy only modestly improves outcome. The purpose of this s...

    Authors: Heather L. Gardner, Cheryl A. London, Roberta A. Portela, Sandra Nguyen, Mona P. Rosenberg, Mary K. Klein, Craig Clifford, Douglas H. Thamm, David M. Vail, Phil Bergman, Martin Crawford-Jakubiak, Carolyn Henry, Jennifer Locke and Laura D. Garrett
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:131
  5. Rabbits are susceptible to infection by different species of the genus Mycobacterium. Particularly, development of specific lesions and isolation of Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium and Mycobacterium avium subsp....

    Authors: Rakel Arrazuria, Iker A Sevilla, Elena Molina, Valentín Pérez, Joseba M Garrido, Ramón A Juste and Natalia Elguezabal
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:130
  6. The Loggerhead Shrike, Eastern subspecies (Lanius ludovicianus ssp.) (LOSH) is a predatory songbird native to Eastern North America. It is estimated that there are fewer than 55 breeding pairs of this subspecies ...

    Authors: E. Jane Parmley, David L. Pearl, Nadine A. Vogt, Stephanie Yates, G. Douglas Campbell, Jessica Steiner, Tara L. Imlay, Simon Hollamby, Ken Tuininga and Ian K. Barker
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:129
  7. Fasciola hepatica is a parasite with a significant impact on ruminant livestock production. Previous studies in north-west Europe have described its geographical distribution and determined pot...

    Authors: Adam Novobilský, Jakub Novák, Camilla Björkman and Johan Höglund
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:128
  8. African horse sickness (AHS) is a major, Culicoides-borne viral disease in equines whose introduction into Europe could have dramatic consequences. The disease is considered to be endemic in sub-Saharan Africa. R...

    Authors: C. Faverjon, A. Leblond, P. Hendrikx, T. Balenghien, C. J. de Vos, E.A.J. Fischer and A.A. de Koeijer
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:127
  9. The prevalence of equine herpesvirus types-1 and -4 (EHV-1 and -4) in South African Thoroughbreds at auction sales is currently undefined. Commingling of young Thoroughbreds from various populations together w...

    Authors: Marcha Badenhorst, Patrick Page, Andre Ganswindt, Peter Laver, Alan Guthrie and Martin Schulman
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:126
  10. Contagious Epididymitis (CE) due to Brucella ovis (B. ovis) is a contagious disease that impairs rams’ fertility due to epididymis, testicle and accessory sexual gland alterations. An increased incidence of CE ha...

    Authors: Nicole Picard-Hagen, Xavier Berthelot, Jean Luc Champion, Laure Eon, Faouzi Lyazrhi, Maxime Marois, Marceline Peglion, Aude Schuster, Christel Trouche and Bruno Garin-Bastuji
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:125
  11. The aims of this study were to compare the pharmacokinetics of albendazole sulfoxide (ABZ-SO, ricobendazole) in goats and sheep at a dose of 5 mg/kg bodyweight (BW), after intravenous (IV) and subcutaneous (SC...

    Authors: Dilek Aksit, Hande Sultan Yalinkilinc, Selim Sekkin, Murat Boyacioğlu, Veli Yilgor Cirak, Erol Ayaz and Cengiz Gokbulut
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:124
  12. Hepatic 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3β-HSD) plays an important role in steroid inactivation and catabolism. Serum concentrations of steroid hormones differ significantly between breeds in pigs, however th...

    Authors: Xian Li, Yimin Jia, Runsheng Li, Zhiyuan Sun, Xi Li, Shiyan Sui and Ruqian Zhao
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:123
  13. Mites are one of the most common and widely distributed ectoparasites of small ruminants in Ethiopia, contributing to major hindrances in livestock productivity in the country. Despite of this fact, specific s...

    Authors: Ahmed Yasine, Bersissa Kumsa, Yacob Hailu and Dinka Ayana
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:122
  14. Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is characterized by severe reproductive failure and severe pneumonia in neonatal pigs and is caused by PRRS virus (PRRSV). Glycoprotein 5 (GP5) from PRRSV i...

    Authors: Dan Xiong, Li Song, Xianyue Zhai, Shizhong Geng, Zhiming Pan and Xinan Jiao
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:121
  15. Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals and causes significant economic losses to husbandry worldwide. The variable domain of heavy-chain antibodies (VHHs...

    Authors: Di Wang, Shunli Yang, Shuanghui Yin, Youjun Shang, Ping Du, Jianhong Guo, Jijun He, Jianping Cai and Xiangtao Liu
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:120
  16. Cystic echinococcosis, which is caused by Echinococcus granulosus, is one of the most widespread zoonotic helminth diseases that affects humans and livestock. Dogs, which harbor adult worms in their small intesti...

    Authors: Ying Wang, Di Xiao, Yujuan Shen, Xiuming Han, Fei Zhao, Xiaohong Li, Weiping Wu, Hejun Zhou, Jianzhong Zhang and Jianping Cao
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:119
  17. Brucellosis is the most common bacterial zoonosis, and serological tests are routinely used in brucellosis control and eradication programs. In order to improve the accuracy of serological diagnostic method us...

    Authors: Xiaolei Wang, Yan Wang, Limei Ma, Ran Zhang, Yanyan De, Xiaowen Yang, Chuanqing Wang and Qingmin Wu
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:118
  18. Lesions related to working conditions and improper saddle design are a concern for a variety of working animals including elephants. The objectives of the present study were to determine the prevalence of cuta...

    Authors: Scarlett Magda, Olivia Spohn, Taweepoke Angkawanish, Dale A. Smith and David L. Pearl
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:117
  19. Regular physical activity is beneficial to the health of both people and animals. The role of regular exercise undertaken together, such as dog walking, is a public health interest of mutual benefit. Explorati...

    Authors: Carri Westgarth, Hayley E. Christian and Robert M. Christley
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:116
  20. Alexander disease is a rare neurodegenerative disorder that has not often been described in dogs. None of the existing descriptions include electrodiagnostic or magnetic resonance imaging workup. This is the f...

    Authors: Marcin Wrzosek, Elżbieta Giza, Marta Płonek, Przemysław Podgórski and Marc Vandevelde
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:115
  21. Infections with carp edema virus, a pox virus, are known from Japanese koi populations since 1974. A characteristic clinical sign associated with this infection is lethargy and therefore the disease is called ...

    Authors: Verena Jung-Schroers, Mikolaj Adamek, Felix Teitge, John Hellmann, Sven Michael Bergmann, Heike Schütze, Dirk Willem Kleingeld, Keith Way, David Stone, Martin Runge, Barbara Keller, Shohreh Hesami, Thomas Waltzek and Dieter Steinhagen
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:114
  22. The benefit of pre and post-operative administration of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for the relief of post-operative pain and control of inflammation in horses following orthopaedic surgery has not b...

    Authors: Ulrich Walliser, Albrecht Fenner, Nicole Mohren, Thomas Keefe, Frerich deVries and Chris Rundfeldt
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:113
  23. Bovine parainfluenza 3 viruses (BPI3V) are respiratory pathogens of cattle that cause disease singly but are often associated with bovine respiratory disease complex (BRDC) in conjunction with other viral and ...

    Authors: John D. Neill, Julia F. Ridpath and Binu T. Valayudhan
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:112
  24. Early weaning (EW) results in a transient period of impaired integrity of the intestinal mucosa that may be associated with reduced plasma concentration of glucagon-like peptide-(GLP) 2. We have previously sho...

    Authors: Nuria de Diego-Cabero, Alessandro Mereu, David Menoyo, Jens J. Holst and Ignacio R. Ipharraguerre
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:111
  25. Displacement of canine intervertebral disk material can be seen directly in diagnostic imaging modalities such as magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomographic imaging. Canine intervertebral disk herniat...

    Authors: Lisa K Harder, Davina C Ludwig, Vladimir Galindo-Zamora, Ingo Nolte and Patrick Wefstaedt
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:110
  26. To collect lymph draining the lungs provides a useful strategy for tracing pulmonary microvascular fluid and protein biology. A methodology that allows for in vivo sampling of efferent pulmonary lymph in real-tim...

    Authors: Hung-Hsun Yen, Christina M Murray and Helen MS Davies
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:109
  27. Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2), an important pattern recognition receptor, activates proinflammatory pathways in response to various pathogens. It has been reported in humans and chicken, but not in geese, an imp...

    Authors: Yanhong Yong, Shaofeng Liu, Guohong Hua, Rumin Jia, Yuntao Zhao, Xingmin Sun, Ming Liao and Xianghong Ju
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:108
  28. Equine melanoma has a high incidence in grey horses. Xenogenic DNA vaccination may represent a promising therapeutic approach against equine melanoma as it successfully induced an immunological response in oth...

    Authors: Kathrin Mählmann, Karsten Feige, Christiane Juhls, Anne Endmann, Hans-Joachim Schuberth, Detlef Oswald, Mareu Hellige, Marcus Doherr and Jessika-MV Cavalleri
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:107
  29. African swine fever (ASF) is a fatal, haemorrhagic disease of domestic pigs, that poses a serious threat to pig farmers and is currently endemic in domestic pigs in most of sub-Saharan Africa. To obtain insigh...

    Authors: Denis Muhangi, Charles Masembe, Ulf Emanuelson, Sofia Boqvist, Lawrence Mayega, Rose Okurut Ademun, Richard P Bishop, Michael Ocaido, Mikael Berg and Karl Ståhl
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:106
  30. Bovine Amyloidotic Spongiform Encephalopathy (BASE) is a variant of classical BSE that affects cows and can be transmitted to primates and mice. BASE is biochemically different from BSE and shares some molecul...

    Authors: Andrea Trovato, Simona Panelli, Francesco Strozzi, Caterina Cambulli, Ilaria Barbieri, Nicola Martinelli, Guerino Lombardi, Rossana Capoferri and John L Williams
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:105
  31. Associations between polymorphisms in the bovine CXCR1 gene, encoding the chemokine (C-X-C motif) receptor 1 (IL8RA), and neutrophil traits and mastitis have been described. In the present study, blood neutrophil...

    Authors: Joren Verbeke, Xanthippe Boulougouris, Carolien Rogiers, Christian Burvenich, Luc Peelman, Bart De Spiegeleer and Sarne De Vliegher
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:104
  32. The incidence of reported cases of equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy (EHM) caused by infection with neuropathogenic strains of equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) has markedly increased over the last decade in m...

    Authors: Karol Stasiak, Jerzy Rola, Gabor Ploszay, Wojciech Socha and Jan F Zmudzinski
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:102
  33. There is a critical need for proven drugs other than non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for treatment of degenerative joint disease (DJD) pain in dogs. Antibodies against nerve growth factor (NGF) are analg...

    Authors: B Duncan X Lascelles, David Knazovicky, Beth Case, Mila Freire, John F Innes, Alexander C Drew and David P Gearing
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:101
  34. Interest in the welfare and diseases of donkeys is constantly increasing in several countries. Despite this, clinical research into donkeys needs to be in continual development since they show different reacti...

    Authors: Fulvio Laus, Andrea Spaterna, Vanessa Faillace, Fabrizia Veronesi, Silvia Ravagnan, Francesca Beribé, Matteo Cerquetella, Marina Meligrana and Beniamino Tesei
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:100
  35. Increased cortical or cortical and medullary echogenicity is one of the most common signs of chronic or acute kidney disease in dogs and cats. Subjective evaluation of the echogenicity is reported to be unreli...

    Authors: Alessandro Zotti, Tommaso Banzato, Maria Elena Gelain, Cinzia Centelleghe, Calogero Vaccaro and Luca Aresu
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:99
  36. This systematic review aimed to present and critically appraise the available information on the efficacy of platelet rich plasma (PRP) in equine and human orthopedic therapeutics and to verify the influence o...

    Authors: Patrícia M Brossi, Juliana J Moreira, Thaís SL Machado and Raquel YA Baccarin
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:98
  37. A retrospective study of the clinicopathological features of presumed and confirmed cases of idiopathic inflammatory polymyopathy in the Hungarian Vizsla dog and guidelines for breeding.

    Authors: Anna Tauro, Diane Addicott, Rob D Foale, Chloe Bowman, Caroline Hahn, Sam Long, Jonathan Massey, Allison C Haley, Susan P Knowler, Michael J Day, Lorna J Kennedy and Clare Rusbridge
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:97
  38. Organic acids, such as citric and sorbic acid, and pure plant-derived constituents, like monoterpens and aldehydes, have a long history of use in pig feeding as alternatives to antibiotic growth promoters. How...

    Authors: Ester Grilli, Benedetta Tugnoli, Jade L Passey, Chad H Stahl, Andrea Piva and Adam J Moeser
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:96
  39. Fungal skin infections associated with Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, a member of the Chrysosporium anamorph of Nannizziopsis vriesii (CANV) complex, have been linked to an increasing number of cases of snake fungal ...

    Authors: Elizabeth Bohuski, Jeffrey M Lorch, Kathryn M Griffin and David S Blehert
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:95
  40. Ureolytic activity of rumen bacteria leads to rapid urea conversion to ammonia in the rumen of dairy cows, resulting possible toxicity, excessive ammonia excretion to the environment, and poor nitrogen utiliza...

    Authors: Shengguo Zhao, Jiaqi Wang, Nan Zheng, Dengpan Bu, Peng Sun and Zhongtang Yu
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:94
  41. Bovine tuberculosis has led to serious economic losses for Sika Deer producers in China. Strategies for controlling the spread of Mycobacterium bovis are often hampered by a lack of epidemiological data. Specific...

    Authors: Li Yang, Chunyu Wang, Haijun Wang, Qingfeng Meng and Quankai Wang
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:93
  42. The main control strategy for visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil has been based on the elimination of seropositive dogs, although this is not widely accepted. In this context, the use of a long-lasting protectiv...

    Authors: Christiane Costa-Pereira, Marcela L Moreira, Rodrigo P Soares, Bruno H Marteleto, Vitor M Ribeiro, Michelle H França-Dias, Ludmila M Cardoso, Kelvinson F Viana, Rodolfo C Giunchetti, Olindo A Martins-Filho and Márcio S S Araújo
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:92
  43. In captive breed turtles and tortoises conjunctival disease is common. Our aim was to investigate the bacterial and fungal flora present in the eyes of healthy and pathological chelonians and to compare findin...

    Authors: Francesco Di Ianni, Pier Luigi Dodi, Clotilde Silvia Cabassi, Igor Pelizzone, Andrea Sala, Sandro Cavirani, Enrico Parmigiani, Fausto Quintavalla and Simone Taddei
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:91
  44. Cats infected with exogenous feline leukemia virus (exFeLV) have a higher chance of lymphoma development than uninfected cats. Furthermore, an increased exFeLV transcription has been detected in lymphomas comp...

    Authors: Milica Krunic, Reinhard Ertl, Benedikt Hagen, Fritz J Sedlazeck, Regina Hofmann-Lehmann, Arndt von Haeseler and Dieter Klein
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:90
  45. Meningocele and meningoencephalocele of the skull are congenital deformities. Various species, such as pigs, dogs, and cats, are susceptible to congenital meningocele and meningoencephalocele and the incidence...

    Authors: In-Cheol Cho, Yong-Sang Park, Jae-Gyu Yoo, Sang-Hyun Han, Sang-Rae Cho, Hee-Bok Park, Kyong-Leek Jeon, Kyoung-Ha Moon, Han-Seong Cho and Tae-Young Kang
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:89
  46. Mastitis is one of the most important diseases affecting dairy sheep. Antimicrobial drugs are often administered directly through teat to treat or prevent this disease, but data on drug distribution within gla...

    Authors: Cristina López, Juan José García, Matilde Sierra, María José Diez, Claudia Pérez, Ana Maria Sahagún and Nélida Fernández
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:88
  47. Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a contagious viral disease of small ruminants. Serum samples from sheep (n = 431) and goats (n = 538) of all ages were collected in a cross-sectional study in Turkana County, K...

    Authors: Simon M Kihu, John M Gachohi, Eunice K Ndungu, George C Gitao, Lily C Bebora, Njenga M John, Gidraph G Wairire, Ndichu Maingi, Raphael G Wahome and Ricky Ireri
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:87
  48. Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses pose a debilitating pandemic threat in poultry. Current influenza vaccines predominantly focus on hemagglutinin (HA) which anti-HA antibodies are often neutralizi...

    Authors: Han Lei, Xiaojue Peng, Jiexiu Ouyang, Daxian Zhao, Huifeng Jiao, Handing Shu and Xinqi Ge
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:85

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