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  1. Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is a costly feature of modern cattle production. Early and accurate detection of BRD may prove useful in the successful management of this disease. The primary objective of the...

    Authors: Charles A Hinds, Andrew J Niehaus, Christopher Premanandan, Paivi J Rajala-Schultz, Donald M Rings and Jeffrey Lakritz
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:261
  2. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the feasibility of using a telephone survey in gaining an understanding of the possible herd and management factors influencing the performance (i.e. safety and eff...

    Authors: Heiko Nathues, Johanna Meyer-Hamme, Petra Maass, Ruediger Goessl, Wibke Stansen, Rolf Steens and Elisabeth grosse Beilage
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:260
  3. The efficacy, acceptability and tolerability of the new oral phosphate binder Lenziaren® (SBR759) were evaluated in a randomized parallel-group design study in 36 healthy cats (n = 6 per group). Five groups we...

    Authors: Jonathan N King, Heidi L Erasmus, Peet C Delport, Ina CJ Bester and Wolfgang Seewald
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:258
  4. Since 2009, large-scale Streptococcus agalactiae infections have broken out in cultured tilapia farms in China, resulting in considerable economic losses. Screening of the surface proteins is required to identify...

    Authors: Guangjin Liu, Wei Zhang, Yongjie Liu, Huochun Yao, Chengping Lu and Pao Xu
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:259
  5. Schmallenberg virus (SBV) was first detected in November 2011 in Germany and then rapidly spread throughout Europe. In beef suckler farms, clinical signs are mainly associated with reproductive disorders, part...

    Authors: Didier Raboisson, Agnès Waret-Szkuta, Jonathan Rushton, Barbara Häsler and Pablo Alarcon
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:254
  6. Mycoplasma bovis is a worldwide pathogen, causative agent of pneumonia, mastitis, arthritis, and a variety of other symptoms in cattle. The economic losses due to mycoplasma pneumonia could be reduced by antibiot...

    Authors: Kinga M Sulyok, Zsuzsa Kreizinger, Lilla Fekete, Veronika Hrivnák, Tibor Magyar, Szilárd Jánosi, Nóra Schweitzer, Ibolya Turcsányi, László Makrai, Károly Erdélyi and Miklós Gyuranecz
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:256
  7. Various antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are used for the management of canine idiopathic epilepsy (IE). Information on their clinical efficacy remains limited. A systematic review was designed to evaluate existing ...

    Authors: Marios Charalambous, David Brodbelt and Holger A Volk
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:257
  8. In order to characterize the functional properties of canine protein C (CnPC), the zymogen needs to be purified from plasma. The goals of this study were (1) to purify protein C from fresh frozen canine plasma...

    Authors: Valerie M Wong, Dorothee Bienzle, M Anthony Hayes, Paul Taylor and R Darren Wood
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:251
  9. Opioid-induced immobilization is associated with severe respiratory depression in the white rhinoceros. We evaluated the efficacy of butorphanol and oxygen insufflation in alleviating opioid-induced respirator...

    Authors: Anna Haw, Markus Hofmeyr, Andrea Fuller, Peter Buss, Michele Miller, Gregory Fleming and Leith Meyer
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:253
  10. A variety of analgesic agents are available, and which one can be used in dogs and cats is a highly controversial issue, existing however a fear in the use of opiates due to possible adverse effects that these...

    Authors: Marina C Evangelista, Rodrigo A Silva, Larissa B Cardozo, Marcia A P Kahvegian, Thais C Rossetto, Julia M Matera and Denise T Fantoni
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:252
  11. Sonographic ophthalmic examinations have become increasingly important in veterinary medicine. If the velocity of ultrasound in ocular tissues is known, the A-mode ultrasound method may be used to determine th...

    Authors: Ulrike Meister, Bernhard Ohnesorge, Daniel Körner and Michael H Boevé
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:250
  12. The Schmallenberg virus (SBV) emerged in Europe in 2011 and caused a widespread epidemic in ruminants.

    Authors: Morgane Dominguez, Kristel Gache, Anne Touratier, Jean-Baptiste Perrin, Alexandre Fediaevsky, Eric Collin, Emmanuel Bréard, Corinne Sailleau, Cyril Viarouge, Gina Zanella, Stephan Zientara, Pascal Hendrikx and Didier Calavas
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:248
  13. Right ventricular (RV) volume and function are important diagnostic and prognostic factors in dogs with primary or secondary right-sided heart failure. The complex shape of the right ventricle and its retroste...

    Authors: Anne K Sieslack, Peter Dziallas, Ingo Nolte, Patrick Wefstaedt and Stephan O Hungerbühler
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:242
  14. Active surveillance of peste des petits ruminants (PPR) should ease prevention and control of this disease widely present across Africa, Middle East, central and southern Asia. PPR is now present in Turkey at ...

    Authors: Ataur Rahman Bhuiyan, Emdadul Haque Chowdhury, Olivier Kwiatek, Rokshana Parvin, Mushfiqur M Rahman, Mohammad R Islam, Emmanuel Albina and Geneviève Libeau
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:247
  15. Regional anaesthetic techniques have been used in combination with systemic analgesics during small animal surgery to provide multimodal analgesia. Brachial plexus nerves block using local anaesthetics provide...

    Authors: Peter Kimeli, Eddy M Mogoa, Willy E Mwangi, Ambrose N Kipyegon, Gilbert Kirui, Daniel W Muasya, John D Mande, Edward Kariuki and Dominic Mijele
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:249
  16. Bovine Neonatal Pancytopenia (BNP) is a disease of calves characterised by bone marrow trilineage hypoplasia, mediated by ingestion of alloantibodies in colostrum. Suspected subclinical forms of BNP have been ...

    Authors: Charlotte R Bell, Morag G Kerr, Philip R Scott, W Ivan Morrison and Helen Brown
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:245
  17. Concern has been raised regarding the potential contributions of veterinary antimicrobial use to increasing levels of resistance in bacteria critically important to human health. Canine pyoderma is a frequent,...

    Authors: Jennifer F Summers, Anke Hendricks and David C Brodbelt
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:240
  18. Thymidine kinase 1 (TK1) is a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) precursor enzyme and a proliferation biomarker used for prognosis and treatment monitoring of breast cancer in humans. The aim was to determine if seru...

    Authors: Kiran Kumar Jagarlamudi, Sara Westberg, Henrik Rönnberg and Staffan Eriksson
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:228
  19. Mastitis is still considered to be the most economically important infectious disease in dairy cattle breeding. The immune response in mammary gland tissues could help in developing support strategies to comba...

    Authors: Ewa M Kościuczuk, Paweł Lisowski, Justyna Jarczak, Józef Krzyżewski, Lech Zwierzchowski and Emilia Bagnicka
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:246
  20. Taenia solium is a zoonotic helminth with the potential to cause life threatening epilepsy in people through the aberrant larval infection of the brain called Neurocysticercosis (NCC). The pig is the intermediate...

    Authors: Zachary Nsadha, Lian F Thomas, Eric M Févre, George Nasinyama, Lonzy Ojok and Charles Waiswa
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:239
  21. Atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathies (BSEs), classified as H-type and L-type BSE based on the Western immunoblot profiles, are naturally occurring diseases in cattle, which are phenotypically different ...

    Authors: Timm Konold, Laura J Phelan, Derek Clifford, Melanie J Chaplin, Saira Cawthraw, Michael J Stack and Marion M Simmons
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:243
  22. Following infection and initial multiplication in the gut lumen, Salmonella Typhimurium crosses the intestinal epithelial barrier and comes into contact with cells of the host immune system. Mononuclear phagocyte...

    Authors: Kamila Kyrova, Hana Stepanova, Ivan Rychlik, Ondrej Polansky, Lenka Leva, Zuzana Sekelova, Martin Faldyna and Jiri Volf
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:244
  23. The intensive use of anthelmintics for the control of helminthic infections has resulted in the development of anthelmintic resistance, which has become a major practical problem in many countries. A variety o...

    Authors: Michaela Dolinská, Oksana Ivanišinová, Alžbeta Königová and Marián Várady
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:233
  24. Prednisolone was one of the first glucocorticoids to be synthesised, but it is still widely applied to cattle. Illegal uses of prednisolone include its uses for masking a number of diseases before animal sale ...

    Authors: Carlo Nebbia, Pierluigi Capra, Marta Leporati, Flavia Girolami, Gandolfo Barbarino, Stefano Gatto and Marco Vincenti
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:237
  25. Infection with Toxoplasma gondii in water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) is of epidemiological importance because of the risk for transmission to humans. We sought to determine the seroprevalence of T. gondii infect...

    Authors: Cosme Alvarado-Esquivel, Dora Romero-Salas, Zeferino García-Vázquez, Anabel Cruz-Romero, Álvaro Peniche-Cardeña, Nelly Ibarra-Priego, Mariel Aguilar-Domínguez, Adalberto A Pérez-de-León and Jitender P Dubey
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:232
  26. Evaluation of factors that might impact microbiota assessment is important to avoid spurious results, particularly in field and multicenter studies where sample collection may occur distant from the laboratory...

    Authors: J Scott Weese and Mohammad Jalali
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:230
  27. Canine mammary tumors (CMTs) are the most common type of cancer found in female dogs. Establishment and evaluation of tumor cell lines can facilitate investigations of the biological mechanisms of cancer. Diff...

    Authors: Yen-Ling Hsiao, Tai-Zu Hsieh, Chian-Jiun Liou, Yeong-Hsiang Cheng, Chung-Tien Lin, Chi-Yao Chang and Yu-Shen Lai
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:229
  28. Toxoplasmosis is a major public health concern in many countries of the world. A cross-sectional and follow up experimental study designs were used for seroepidemiological and bioassay studies, respectively fr...

    Authors: Endrias Zewdu Gebremedhin, Hasen Awel Yunus, Gebregergs Tesfamaryam, Tesfaye Sisay Tessema, Fufa Dawo, Getachew Terefe, Vincenzo Di Marco and Maria Vitale
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:222
  29. Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) is an etiological agent of porcine circovirus diseases (PCVDs). Post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) as the most important PCVD is considered a multifactorial dis...

    Authors: Michaela Vlasakova, Valeria Leskova, Ivan Sliz, Anna Jackova and Stefan Vilcek
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:221
  30. Inclined or slippery surfaces and various other types of obstacles are common demands in our environment. Dogs with impaired locomotion might have difficulties to manage rough terrain. Gait analyses using forc...

    Authors: Therese Strasser, Christian Peham and Barbara A Bockstahler
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:241
  31. Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic pathogen that can infect a range of animals and humans. Ingestion of T. gondii oocysts in soil is a significant transmission route for humans and animals acquiring toxoplasmosis. I...

    Authors: Meng Wang, Peng Meng, Qiang Ye, Yuan-Hua Pu, Xiao-Yu Yang, Jian-Xun Luo, Nian-Zhang Zhang and De-Lin Zhang
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:238
  32. Canine angiostrongylosis is a nematode infection in domestic dogs and wild carnivores. The present report focuses on epidemiological, clinical and histopathological findings in a case of fatal disseminated ang...

    Authors: Laura Rinaldi, Laura Cortese, Leonardo Meomartino, Teresa B Pagano, Paola Pepe, Giuseppe Cringoli and Serenella Papparella
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:236
  33. Bovine herpes virus type 1 (BHV-1) still causes great economic loss to the livestock industry and trade because there aren’t any available drugs that proved to be fully effective against it. In this study, the...

    Authors: Ramzi Boubaker–Elandalousi, Marwa Mekni–Toujani, Belhassen Kaabi, Imen Larbi, Mohamed-Fethi Diouani, Mohamed Gharbi, Hafidh Akkari, Fatma B’chir and Abdeljelil Ghram
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:231
  34. In ruminants, lower ruminal pH causes massive disruption of ruminal epithelial structure during periods of feeding high-concentrate diets. However, the influence of excessive organic fatty acids in the lumen o...

    Authors: Shiyu Tao, Yongqian Duanmu, Haibo Dong, Jing Tian, Yingdong Ni and Ruqian Zhao
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:235
  35. Perosomus elumbis (PE) is a congenital defect that has been observed sporadically in Holstein cattle for many years. However, several cases have been reported in recent years and this may indicate an unrecogni...

    Authors: Jørgen S Agerholm, Wendy Holm, Mette Schmidt, Poul Hyttel, Merete Fredholm and Fintan J McEvoy
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:227
  36. The supplementation of fat to lactating dairy cows has long been used as a management tool to increase dietary energy density for improving cow production, reproduction and to alleviate negative energy balance...

    Authors: John R Otto, Bunmi S Malau-Aduli, Razaq O Balogun, Peter Nish and Aduli E O Malau-Aduli
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:224
  37. Endocardiosis is the most common heart disease in Dachshunds and is therefore an important cause of cardiac morbidity and death. In recent years we have observed an increasing interest in the development of ne...

    Authors: Magdalena Hulanicka, Magdalena Garncarz, Marta Parzeniecka-Jaworska and Michał Jank
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:205
  38. Mycoplasma synoviae is an avian pathogen that can lead to respiratory tract infections and arthritis in chickens and turkeys, resulting in serious economic losses to the poultry industry. Enolase reportedly plays...

    Authors: Shijun Bao, Xiaoqin Guo, Shengqing Yu, Jiabo Ding, Lei Tan, Fanqin Zhang, Yingjie Sun, Xusheng Qiu, Guanghua Chen and Chan Ding
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:223
  39. Since its initial detection in May 2013, porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) has spread rapidly throughout the US swine industry. Recently, contaminated feed was confirmed as a vehicle for PEDV infection of...

    Authors: Scott Dee, Casey Neill, Travis Clement, Jane Christopher-Hennings and Eric Nelson
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:220
  40. Human breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease classified by molecular subtyping into luminal A, luminal B, HER2-overexpressing, basal-like, claudin-low and normal-breast like. The routinely applied and standa...

    Authors: Diego Caliari, Valentina Zappulli, Roberta Rasotto, Barbara Cardazzo, Federica Frassineti, Michael H Goldschmidt and Massimo Castagnaro
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:185
  41. Duck viral hepatitis (DVH) is an acute disease of young ducklings with few convenient and effective veterinary drugs to treat. In pathology, present study mainly focused on the immune mechanism, but very few s...

    Authors: Wen Xiong, Yun Chen, Yu Wang and Jiaguo Liu
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:226
  42. As the importance of chlamydial infections in pigs has become more obvious, a rapid and sensitive method to study the prevalence of Chlamydia suis in pig herds is required. Such a method should permit routine dia...

    Authors: Paweł Lis, Aleksandra Kumala, Mirosław Spalinski and Krzysztof Rypula
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:225
  43. Anatomical differences between humans and domestic mammals preclude the use of reported stereotactic approaches to the brainstem in animals. In animals, brainstem biopsies are required both for histopathologic...

    Authors: Anne Staudacher, Anna Oevermann, Michael H Stoffel and Daniela Gorgas
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:216
  44. Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis is the etiologic agent of caseous lymphadenitis, a common disease in small ruminant populations throughout the world and responsible for a significant economic impact for produc...

    Authors: Manuela Oliveira, Cynthia Barroco, Carla Mottola, Raquel Santos, Abdelhak Lemsaddek, Luis Tavares and Teresa Semedo-Lemsaddek
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:218
  45. The snatch-farrowed porcine-colostrum-deprived (SF-pCD) pig model, in which neonates are raised on commercially available bovine colostrum, is an alternative model for porcine infectious disease research. It i...

    Authors: Yanyun Huang, Andrea Ladinig, Carolyn Ashley, Deborah M Haines and John CS Harding
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:219
  46. Hybrid external fixation (HEF) is an emerging technique for fracture stabilization in veterinary orthopedics, but its use has been reported in few papers in the veterinary literature. The linear and circular e...

    Authors: María Jiménez-Heras, Gian Luca Rovesti, Gianluca Nocco, Massimo Barilli, Paolo Bogoni, Emilio Salas-Herreros, Matteo Armato, Francesco Collivignarelli, Federico Vegni and Jesus Rodríguez-Quiros
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:189
  47. The yst gene that encodes the production of Yst enterotoxins is one of the most important and reliable virulence markers. Its ability to produce Yst has been demonstrated in pathogenic strains isolated from clini...

    Authors: Agata Bancerz-Kisiel, Karolina Lipczyńska, Anna Szczerba-Turek, Eugenia Gospodarek, Aleksandra Platt-Samoraj and Wojciech Szweda
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:207
  48. Veterinary infection control for the management of Hendra virus (HeV), an emerging zoonosis in Australia, remained suboptimal until 2010 despite 71.4% (5/7) of humans infected with HeV being veterinary personn...

    Authors: Diana H Mendez, Jenny Kelly, Petra Buttner, Madeleine Nowak and Rick Speare
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:215

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