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  1. Direct and indirect contact among animals and holdings are important in the spread of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae. The objective of this study was to investigate the role of slaughterhouse vehicles in spreading B....

    Authors: Enrico Giacomini, Sara Gasparrini, Massimiliano Lazzaro, Federico Scali, Maria Beatrice Boniotti, Attilio Corradi, Paolo Pasquali and Giovanni Loris Alborali
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2018 14:10
  2. Acute ruminal lactic acidosis (ARLA) is a major nutritional and metabolic disorder usually characterized by excessive or non-adapted intake of diets rich in nonstructural carbohydrates. Feed additives that reg...

    Authors: Leonardo Frasson Reis, Rejane Santos Sousa, Francisco Leonardo Costa Oliveira, Frederico Augusto Mazzocca Lopes Rodrigues, Carolina Akiko Sato Cabral Araújo, Enoch Brandão Souza Meira-Júnior, Raimundo Alves Barrêto-Júnior, Clara Satsuki Mori, Antonio Humberto Hamad Minervino and Enrico Lippi Ortolani
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2018 14:9
  3. There are limited data available, in Ireland or elsewhere, to determine the extent of exposure to various endemic diseases among beef cows and factors associated with exposure to causative pathogens. The objec...

    Authors: Damien Barrett, Mervyn Parr, John Fagan, Alan Johnson, Jamie Tratalos, Francis Lively, Michael Diskin and David Kenny
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2018 14:8
  4. Nematode infections in horses are widespread across the world. Increasing levels of anthelmintic resistance, reported worldwide in equine parasites, have led to the creation of programs for the control of nema...

    Authors: Antonio Bosco, Maria Paola Maurelli, Davide Ianniello, Maria Elena Morgoglione, Alessandra Amadesi, Gerald C. Coles, Giuseppe Cringoli and Laura Rinaldi
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2018 14:7
  5. There is a general consensus in recognizing that traditional meat inspection is no longer able to address the hazards related to meat consumption. Moreover, it has been shown that invasive procedures, such as ...

    Authors: Sergio Ghidini, Emanuela Zanardi, Pierluigi Aldo Di Ciccio, Silvio Borrello, Giancarlo Belluzi, Sarah Guizzardi and Adriana Ianieri
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2018 14:6
  6. Although thoracic vertebral malformations with kyphosis and scoliosis are often considered incidental findings on diagnostic imaging studies of screw-tailed brachycephalic breeds, they have been suggested to i...

    Authors: Maria Claudia C. M. Inglez de Souza, Richard Ryan, Gert ter Haar, Rowena M. A. Packer, Holger A. Volk and Steven De Decker
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2018 14:5
  7. Trypanocidal drugs have been used to control African animal trypanosomosis for several decades. In Ethiopia, these drugs are available from both authorized (legal) and unauthorized (illegal) sources but docume...

    Authors: T. Tekle, G. Terefe, T. Cherenet, H. Ashenafi, K. G. Akoda, A. Teko-Agbo, J. Van Den Abbeele, G. Gari, P.-H. Clausen, A. Hoppenheit, R. C. Mattioli, R. Peter, T. Marcotty, G. Cecchi and V. Delespaux
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2018 14:4
  8. The bovine ephemeral fever virus (BEFV) glycoprotein neutralization site 1 (also referred as G1 protein), is a critical protein responsible for virus infectivity and eliciting immune-protection, however, binding ...

    Authors: Peili Hou, Guimin Zhao, Chengqiang He, Hongmei Wang and Hongbin He
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2018 14:3
  9. The present study aimed to throw light on the clinical characteristics of abomasal impaction in buffalo calves and its associated biochemical alterations. For this reason, a total of 20 male buffalo calves (Bubal...

    Authors: Maged R. El-Ashker, Mohamed F. Salama, Mohamed E. El-Boshy and Eman A. Abo El-Fadle
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2018 14:2
  10. Silver nanoparticles (AgNP) have gained much attention in recent years due to their biomedical applications, especially as antimicrobial agents. AgNP may be used in poultry production as an alternative to the ...

    Authors: Krishna Prasad Vadalasetty, Charlotte Lauridsen, Ricarda Margarete Engberg, Radhika Vadalasetty, Marta Kutwin, André Chwalibog and Ewa Sawosz
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2018 14:1
  11. Bovine tuberculosis (bTB), caused by Mycobacterium bovis, remains a significant problem for livestock industries in many countries worldwide including Northern Ireland, where a test and slaughter regime has utili...

    Authors: Andrew W. Byrne, Jordon Graham, Craig Brown, Aoibheann Donaghy, Maria Guelbenzu-Gonzalo, Jim McNair, Robin Skuce, Adrian Allen and Stanley McDowell
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:400
  12. Eimeria tenella (E. tenella) is a species of Eimeria that causes haemorrhagic caecal coccidiosis, resulting in major economic losses in the global poultry industry. After E. tenella in...

    Authors: Zhiyong Xu, Mingxue Zheng, Li Zhang, Xuesong Zhang, Yan Zhang, Xiaozhen Cui, Xin Gong, Rou Xi and Rui Bai
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:399
  13. Mastitis is a common disease in dairy cattle throughout the world and causes considerable economic losses each year. An important aetiological agent of this disease is bacteria of the genus Streptococcus; hence, ...

    Authors: Edyta Kaczorek, Joanna Małaczewska, Roman Wójcik and Andrzej Krzysztof Siwicki
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:398
  14. Today’s globalised and interconnected world is characterized by intertwined and quickly evolving relationships between animals, humans and their environment and by an escalating number of accessible data for p...

    Authors: Laura Contalbrigo, Stefano Borgo, Giandomenico Pozza and Stefano Marangon
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:397
  15. Bat-borne virus surveillance is necessary for determining inter-species transmission risks and is important due to the wide-range of bat species which may harbour potential pathogens. This study aimed to monit...

    Authors: Francesca Rizzo, Kathryn M. Edenborough, Roberto Toffoli, Paola Culasso, Simona Zoppi, Alessandro Dondo, Serena Robetto, Sergio Rosati, Angelika Lander, Andreas Kurth, Riccardo Orusa, Luigi Bertolotti and Maria Lucia Mandola
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:396
  16. We have previously demonstrated that a mixture of Curcuminoids extract, hydrolyzed COllagen and green Tea extract (CCOT) inhibited inflammatory and catabolic mediator’s synthesis by bovine and human chondrocyt...

    Authors: Fanny Comblain, Nicolas Barthélémy, Michael Lefèbvre, Cédric Schwartz, Isabelle Lesponne, Samuel Serisier, Alexandre Feugier, Marc Balligand and Yves Henrotin
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:395
  17. Cats with pleural effusion represent common emergencies in small animal practice. The aim of this prospective study was to investigate the diagnostic ability of a point-of-care ELISA (POC-ELISA) for the measur...

    Authors: Gabriel Wurtinger, Estelle Henrich, Nicolai Hildebrandt, Nicola Wiedemann, Matthias Schneider and Esther Hassdenteufel
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:394
  18. The genetic diversity of M. bovis in Tunisia is still underestimated despite the implementation of an eradication program. The lack of data about spatial distribution of the M. bovis population hinders the contro...

    Authors: Saif Eddine Djemal, Mariam Siala, Salma Smaoui, Sana Kammoun, Chema Marouane, Javier Bezos, Feriele Messadi-Akrout, Beatriz Romero and Radhouane Gdoura
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:393
  19. Bovine anaplasmosis is an endemic disease in tropical and subtropical areas. It is caused by a bacterium named Anaplasma marginale, and represents an economic problem for cattle farmers due to the losses it gener...

    Authors: Leandro Tana-Hernández, Katherine Navarrete-Arroyo, Jorge Ron-Román, Armando Reyna-Bello and María Augusta Chávez-Larrea
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:392
  20. Caesarean section is a routine veterinary obstetrical procedure employed to alleviate dystocia in cattle. However, CS, particularly before the onset of labour, is known to negatively affect neonatal respiratio...

    Authors: Carla Surlis, Keelan McNamara, Eoin O’Hara, Sinead Waters, Marijke Beltman, Joseph Cassidy and David Kenny
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:391
  21. The active form of the vitamin D3, 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25-(OH)2D3) has been shown to have major effects not only on physiological processes but also on the regulation of the immune system of vertebrates. ...

    Authors: Yolanda Corripio-Miyar, Richard J. Mellanby, Katy Morrison and Tom N. McNeilly
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:390
  22. Leucine-rich glioma-inactivated (LGI) proteins play a critical role in synaptic transmission. Dysfunction of these genes and encoded proteins is associated with neurological disorders such as genetic epilepsy ...

    Authors: Yoshihiko Yu, Daisuke Hasegawa, Aki Fujiwara-Igarashi, Yuji Hamamoto, Shunta Mizoguchi, Takayuki Kuwabara and Michio Fujita
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:389
  23. The use of nutraceuticals is gaining in popularity in human and canine oncology with a relatively limited understanding of the effects in the vastly different tumor types seen in canine oncology. We have previ...

    Authors: Corri B. Levine, Julie Bayle, Vincent Biourge and Joseph J. Wakshlag
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:388
  24. Rabies is a fatal viral encephalitic disease that is caused by lyssaviruses which can affect all mammals, including human and bats. In Europe, bat rabies cases are attributed to five different lyssavirus speci...

    Authors: Evelyne Picard-Meyer, Alexandre Servat, Marine Wasniewski, Matthieu Gaillard, Christophe Borel and Florence Cliquet
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:387
  25. Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus (IBRV) is a major pathogen in cattle and has led to significant economic losses to the dairy industry worldwide, and therefore a more optimal method for the rapid diagno...

    Authors: Peili Hou, Hongmei Wang, Guimin Zhao, Chengqiang He and Hongbin He
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:386
  26. Sheep pox and goat pox are contagious viral diseases of sheep and goats, respectively. The diseases result in substantial economic losses due to decreased milk and meat production, damage to hides and wool, an...

    Authors: Tsegaw Fentie, Nigusie Fenta, Samson Leta, Wassie Molla, Birhanu Ayele, Yechale Teshome, Seleshe Nigatu and Ashenafi Assefa
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:385
  27. Bovine babesiosis is one of the most economically important tick-borne diseases threatening the livestock industry globally including South Africa. This disease is induced by members of Babesia bovis species. Ant...

    Authors: Phillip Senzo Mtshali and Moses Sibusiso Mtshali
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:383
  28. Many low-income countries have a human population with a high number of cattle owners depending on their livestock for food and income. Infectious diseases threaten the health and production of cattle, affecti...

    Authors: C. Wolff, S. Boqvist, K. Ståhl, C. Masembe and S. Sternberg-Lewerin
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:382
  29. Standing surgery, especially dental procedures, are commonly performed in horses. This leads to an increasing demand for reliable sedation protocols. Therefore, it was the purpose of this study to investigate ...

    Authors: Theresa Maria Müller, Klaus Hopster, Astrid Bienert-Zeit, Karl Rohn and Sabine B.R. Kästner
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:381
  30. c-KIT expression has been related to bone metastasis in human prostate cancer, but whether c-KIT expression can be similarly classified in canine prostatic tissue is unknown. This study assessed c-KIT and Ki67...

    Authors: Carlos Eduardo Fonseca-Alves, Priscilla Emiko Kobayashi, Chiara Palmieri and Renée Laufer-Amorim
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:380
  31. Hydrogen sulphide (H2S), a member of the gasotransmitters family, is known to play patho-physiological role in different body systems including during pregnancy. But its involvement in myometrial spontaneity and ...

    Authors: Sooraj V. Nair, Vipin Sharma, Abhishek Sharma, Udayraj P. Nakade, Pooja Jaitley, Karikalan Mathesh, Soumen Choudhury and Satish Kumar Garg
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:379
  32. In the European Union, various fluoroquinolones are authorised for the treatment of food producing animals. Each administration poses an increased risk of development and spread of antimicrobial resistance. Th...

    Authors: Antje Römer, Gesine Scherz, Saskia Reupke, Jessica Meißner, Jürgen Wallmann, Manfred Kietzmann and Heike Kaspar
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:378
  33. Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) types 1 and 2 are members of the Pestivirus genus of the Flaviviridae family. This genus also includes the HoBi-like virus, tentatively classified as BVDV type 3. BVDV-1 is wide...

    Authors: Chiara Nogarol, Nicola Decaro, Luigi Bertolotti, Barbara Colitti, Bryan Iotti, Stefano Petrini, Maria Stella Lucente, Gabriella Elia, Giovanni Perona, Margherita Profiti, Canio Buonavoglia and Sergio Rosati
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:377
  34. Respiratory co-infections are important factor affecting the profitability of pigs production. Swine influenza virus (SIV) may predispose to secondary infection. Haemophilus parasuis (Hps) can be a primary pathog...

    Authors: Małgorzata Pomorska-Mól, Arkadiusz Dors, Krzysztof Kwit, Ewelina Czyżewska-Dors and Zygmunt Pejsak
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:376
  35. The influence of two different sample treatments comprising the enrichment of glycoproteins by boronic acid and dynamic range compression by hexapeptide libraries, on the detection of stress markers in saliva ...

    Authors: Ana Gutiérrez, José Joaquín Cerón, Ebrahim Razzazi-Fazeli, Sarah Schlosser and Fernando Tecles
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:375
  36. High protein diets shift the faecal microbiota into a more unfavourable composition in obese humans. In lean dogs, higher protein consumption is accompanied with increased production of putrefactive fermentati...

    Authors: Jia Xu, Adronie Verbrugghe, Marta Lourenço, An Cools, Daisy J. X. Liu, Tom Van de Wiele, Massimo Marzorati, Venessa Eeckhaut, Filip Van Immerseel, Lynn Vanhaecke, Miguel Campos and Myriam Hesta
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:374
  37. Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia abortus and Leptospira spp. are difficult to grow bacteria that play a role in bovine abortion, but their diagnosis is hampered by their obligate intracell...

    Authors: Sara Vidal, Kristel Kegler, Gilbert Greub, Sebastien Aeby, Nicole Borel, Mark P. Dagleish, Horst Posthaus, Vincent Perreten and Sabrina Rodriguez-Campos
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:373
  38. Since its emergence in 2013, porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) spread rapidly throughout the country due, in part, to contaminated livestock trailers. The objective of this study was to test the efficacy ...

    Authors: Kimberlee L. Baker, Paul R. Thomas, Locke A. Karriker, Alejandro Ramirez, Jianqiang Zhang, Chong Wang and Derald J. Holtkamp
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:372
  39. Renal biopsy is an essential tool for the diagnosis of proteinuric kidney diseases in dogs, and evaluation of immune complexes (IC) by immunofluorescence (IF) of frozen sections (IF-F) is required for the diag...

    Authors: Akira Yabuki, Mariko Sawa, Moeko Kohyama, Takeshi Hamamoto and Osamu Yamato
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:371
  40. Chlamydia suis is an important, globally distributed, highly prevalent and diverse obligate intracellular pathogen infecting pigs. To investigate the prevalence and genetic diversity o...

    Authors: Min Li, Martina Jelocnik, Feng Yang, Jianseng Gong, Bernhard Kaltenboeck, Adam Polkinghorne, Zhixin Feng, Yvonne Pannekoek, Nicole Borel, Chunlian Song, Ping Jiang, Jing Li, Jilei Zhang, Yaoyao Wang, Jiawei Wang, Xin Zhou…
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:370
  41. Optimization of the immunoglobulin (Ig) yield in bovine milk used as therapeutic immune milk or whey for the prevention of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in humans is of great importance to improve the...

    Authors: M. Hillreiner, C. Schmautz, I. Ballweg, V. Korenkova, M. W. Pfaffl and H. Kliem
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:369
  42. Wildlife rehabilitation centers routinely gather health-related data from diverse species. Their capability to signal the occurrence of emerging pathogens and improve traditional surveillance remains largely u...

    Authors: Alba Ana, M. Perez Andrés, Ponder Julia, Puig Pedro, Wünschmann Arno, Vander Waal Kimberly, Alvarez Julio and Willette Michelle
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:368
  43. Double chambered right ventricle (DCRV) is a congenital heart anomaly where the right ventricle is divided into two chambers. We describe, for the first time, an unusual combination of DCRV combined with some ...

    Authors: Iuliu Scurtu, Flaviu Tabaran, Mircea Mircean, Gavril Giurgiu, Andras Nagy, Cornel Catoi and Dan G. Ohad
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:367
  44. Thrombelastography is a useful tool in assessment of hemostasis. Beside the traditional variables, the velocity curve and the variable delta have lately earned attention. The velocity curve provides knowledge ...

    Authors: Carolin Engelen, Andreas Moritz, Franziska Barthel and Natali Bauer
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:366
  45. Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) are among the leading global foodborne pathogens and a significant public health threat. Their occurrence in animal reservoirs and their susceptibilities to commonly used antimicrob...

    Authors: Terence Odoch, Yngvild Wasteson, Trine L’Abée-Lund, Adrian Muwonge, Clovice Kankya, Luke Nyakarahuka, Sarah Tegule and Eystein Skjerve
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:365
  46. The prevalence of dog erythrocyte antigen (DEA 1) in canine population is approximately 40–60%. Often data are limited to a small number of breeds and/or dogs. The aims of this study were to evaluate frequency...

    Authors: E. Carli, A. Carminato, S. Ravagnan, K. Capello, M. T. Antognoni, A. Miglio, T. Furlanello, D. Proverbio, E. Spada, A. Stefani, F. Mutinelli and M. Vascellari
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:364
  47. Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) is a hydroxylated metabolite formed after aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is consumed by humans and animals; it can be detected in urine, milk and blood. It is well recognized that AFB1 is toxic to humans...

    Authors: Hu Suk Lee, Johanna Lindahl, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Nguyen Viet Khong, Vuong Bui Nghia, Huyen Nguyen Xuan and Delia Grace
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:363
  48. Aim of this prospective experimental study was to assess effects of systemic hypoxemia and hypovolemia on global and gastrointestinal oxygenation and perfusion in anesthetized horses. Therefore, we anesthetize...

    Authors: Klaus Hopster, Liza Wittenberg-Voges, Florian Geburek, Charlotte Hopster-Iversen and Sabine B. R. Kästner
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:361
  49. Robenacoxib (Onsiorâ„¢) is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug developed for canine and feline use for the control of pain and inflammation. It is available as both tablets and solution for injection. The obj...

    Authors: Céline E. Toutain, Mark C. Heit, Stephen B. King and Rainer Helbig
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:359

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