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  1. The need for wildlife health surveillance as part of disease control in wildlife, domestic animals and humans on the global level is widely recognized. However, the objectives, methods and intensity of existin...

    Authors: Jana Sonnenburg, Marie-Pierre Ryser-Degiorgis, Thijs Kuiken, Ezio Ferroglio, Rainer G. Ulrich, Franz J. Conraths, Christian Gortázar and Christoph Staubach
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:53
  2. Hemoplasma species (spp.) commonly cause infections in cats worldwide. However, data on risk factors for infections are limited. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of hemoplasma spp. infecti...

    Authors: Michèle Bergmann, Theresa Englert, Bianca Stuetzer, Jennifer R. Hawley, Michael R. Lappin and Katrin Hartmann
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:52
  3. The prevalence of cutaneous adverse food reactions (CAFRs) in dogs and cats is not precisely known. This imprecision is likely due to the various populations that had been studied. Our objectives were to syste...

    Authors: Thierry Olivry and Ralf S. Mueller
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:51
  4. Senecavirus A (SVA), a member of the family Picornaviridae, genus Senecavirus, is a recently identified single-stranded RNA virus closely related to members of the Cardiovirus genus. S...

    Authors: Cheryl M. T. Dvorak, Zeynep Akkutay-Yoldar, Suzanne R. Stone, Steven J.P. Tousignant, Fabio A. Vannucci and Michael P. Murtaugh
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:50
  5. Most Friesian horses reach their anaerobic threshold during a standardized exercise test (SET) which requires lower intensity exercise than daily routine training. Aim: to study strengths and weaknesses of an ...

    Authors: Cornelis Marinus de Bruijn, Willem Houterman, Margreet Ploeg, Bart Ducro, Berit Boshuizen, Klaartje Goethals, Elisabeth-Lidwien Verdegaal and Catherine Delesalle
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:49
  6. Accelerometer-based activity monitoring is a promising new tool in veterinary medicine used to objectively assess activity levels in dogs. To date, it is unknown how device orientation, attachment method, and ...

    Authors: Kyle W. Martin, Anastasia M. Olsen, Colleen G. Duncan and Felix M. Duerr
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:48
  7. This study focused on utilizing pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) modeling to optimize therapeutic dosage regimens of sarafloxacin against avian pathogenic Escherichia. coli O78 strain in Muscovy ducks. T...

    Authors: Yang Yu, Yu Feng Zhou, Jian Sun, Wei Shi, Xiao Ping Liao and Ya Hong Liu
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:47
  8. Two main genetic groups (B.12 and B.FTNF002-00) of Francisella tularensis ssp. holarctica are endemic in Europe. The B.FTNF002-00 group proved to be dominant in Western European countries, while strains of the B....

    Authors: Zsuzsa Kreizinger, Károly Erdélyi, Orsolya Felde, Massimo Fabbi, Kinga M. Sulyok, Tibor Magyar and Miklós Gyuranecz
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:46
  9. Urate urolithiasis is a common problem in breed homozygous for the mutation that results in hyperuricosuria. Low purine diets have been recommended to reduce purine intake in these dogs.

    Authors: Jodi L. Westropp, Jennifer A. Larsen, Eric G. Johnson, Dannika Bannasch, Andrea J. Fascetti, Vincent Biourge and Yann Queau
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:45
  10. One of the most commonly applied protectotype vaccination protocol against infectious bronchitis (IB) in broiler chickens in the EU is simultaneous or alternate use of Ma5 and 4/91 vaccine strains. After IB va...

    Authors: Marcin Smialek, Bartlomiej Tykalowski, Daria Dziewulska, Tomasz Stenzel and Andrzej Koncicki
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:44
  11. Myxomatous mitral valve disease (MVD) is the most common acquired heart disease in dogs, and the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (CKCS) is the most studied breed because of the high prevalence, early onset and h...

    Authors: Chiara Locatelli, Cristian Piras, Giulia Riscazzi, Isabella Alloggio, Ilaria Spalla, Alessio Soggiu, Viviana Greco, Luigi Bonizzi, Paola Roncada and Paola G. Brambilla
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:43
  12. A multiplex qPCR targeting a 128 bp region on the 23S rDNA gene was developed for detection of Brachyspira (B.) hyodysenteriae and B. pilosicoli, the agents of swine dysentery (SD) and porcine intestinal spirocha...

    Authors: Anna Borgström, Simone Scherrer, Constanze Kirchgässner, Sarah Schmitt, Daniel Frei and Max M. Wittenbrink
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:42
  13. Cryptococcus gattii-induced cryptococcosis is an emerging infectious disease of humans and animals with worldwide distribution and public health importance due to its significant morbi...

    Authors: Evelin Catarine da Silva, Juliana Mariotti Guerra, Luciana Neves Torres, Alessandra Maria Dias Lacerda, Raquel Gonçalves Gomes, Danilo Marin Rodrigues, Rodrigo Albergaria Réssio, Priscilla Anne Melville, Camila Cecilia Martin, Fernando José Benesi, Lílian Rose Marques de Sá and Bruno Cogliati
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:41
  14. Salmonella Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) inactivated by a regulated autolysis system was genetically engineered to express the homo-pentameric B subunit of Shiga toxin 2e (Stx2eB) on it...

    Authors: Gayeon Won, Tae Hoon Kim and John Hwa Lee
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:40
  15. The heterogeneity observed regarding persistence, and subsequent fecal shedding pattern of the Salmonella Senftenberg (S. Senftenberg) serovar in chicken’s calls for development of the optimized immunization stra...

    Authors: Nitin M. Kamble and John Hwa Lee
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:39
  16. Canine mammary tumors represent the most common neoplasm in female dogs, and the discovery of cancer biomarkers and their translation to clinical relevant assays is a key requirement in the war on cancer. Sinc...

    Authors: Giovanni Pietro Burrai, Alessandro Tanca, Tiziana Cubeddu, Marcello Abbondio, Marta Polinas, Maria Filippa Addis and Elisabetta Antuofermo
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:38
  17. Mokola virus (MOKV) is a rabies-related lyssavirus and appears to be exclusive to the African continent. Only 24 cases of MOKV, which includes two human cases, have been reported since its identification in 19...

    Authors: Jessica Coertse, Wanda Markotter, Kevin le Roux, Daniel Stewart, Claude T. Sabeta and Louis H. Nel
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:37
  18. Authors: Marie Anne Hours, Emmanuelle Sagols, Ariane Junien-Castagna, Alexandre Feugier, Delphine Moniot, Ingrid Daniel, Vincent Biourge, Samuel Serisier, Yann Queau and Alexander J. German
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:36

    The original article was published in BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:274

  19. 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...

    Authors: Lucjan Witkowski, Magdalena Rzewuska, Shinji Takai, Dorota Chrobak-Chmiel, Magdalena Kizerwetter-Świda, Małgorzata Feret, Marta Gawryś, Maciej Witkowski and Jerzy Kita
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:35
  20. 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...

    Authors: Waqas Ashraf, Hermann Unger, Sunaina Haris, Ameena Mobeen, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Asif and Qaiser Mahmood Khan
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:34
  21. 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...

    Authors: Jasmin Neßler, Chris Rundfeldt, Wolfgang Löscher, Draginja Kostic, Thomas Keefe and Andrea Tipold
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:33
  22. 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...

    Authors: Masataka Enomoto, Patricia D. Kigin, David Bledsoe, Robyn Slone, Jonathan Hash, Charles E. Smith and B. Duncan X. Lascelles
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:32
  23. 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...

    Authors: Luis Pardo-Marín, Silvia Martínez-Subiela, Josep Pastor, Asta Tvarijonaviciute, Juan Diego Garcia-Martinez, Sergi Segarra and José Joaquín Cerón
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:31
  24. Systemic nocardiosis due to Nocardia cyriacigeorgica has not been reported in dogs.

    Authors: Yesari Eroksuz, Nafia Canan Gursoy, Tolga Karapinar, Burak Karabulut, Canan Akdeniz Incili, Zeynep Yerlikaya, Zulal Asci Toraman, Mehmet Ozkan Timurkan and Hatice Eroksuz
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:30
  25. 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...

    Authors: Jacopo Guccione, Antonella Pesce, Massimo Pascale, Caterina Salzano, Gianni Tedeschi, Luigi D’Andrea, Angela De Rosa and Paolo Ciaramella
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:29
  26. 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...

    Authors: Kathrin Buntenkötter, Maren Osmers, Ina Schenk, Wilhelm Schänzer, Marc Machnik, Michael Düe and Manfred Kietzmann
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:28
  27. 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...

    Authors: Nahla Saeed AL-Wajeeh, Maryam Hajerezaie, Suzita Mohd Noor, Mohammed Farouq Halabi, Nawal Al-Henhena, Ainnul Hamidah Syahadah Azizan, Sareh Kamran, Pouya Hassandarvish, Abdrabuh N. Shwter, Hamed karimian, Hapipah Mohd Ali and Mahmood Ameen Abdulla
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:27
  28. 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...

    Authors: Sonia Boughattas, Jerzy Behnke, Aarti Sharma and Marawan Abu-Madi
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:26
  29. 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...

    Authors: E. Maina, M. Pelst, M. Hesta and E. Cox
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:25
  30. 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...

    Authors: Tommaso Banzato, Federico Bonsembiante, Luca Aresu and Alessandro Zotti
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:24
  31. 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...

    Authors: Domenico Ventrella, Francesco Dondi, Francesca Barone, Federica Serafini, Alberto Elmi, Massimo Giunti, Noemi Romagnoli, Monica Forni and Maria L. Bacci
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:23
  32. 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....

    Authors: Teklu Wegayehu, Md Robiul Karim, Junqiang Li, Haileeyesus Adamu, Berhanu Erko, Longxian Zhang and Getachew Tilahun
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:22
  33. 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...

    Authors: V. Kaiser, L. Nebel, G. Schüpbach-Regula, R. G. Zanoni and M. Schweizer
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:21
  34. 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...

    Authors: Mosiany Letura Kisipan, Caleb Oburu Orenge, David Njogu Gacheru and Raphael Muchangi Ngure
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:20
  35. 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 ...

    Authors: A. Kaspar, K. Pfister, M. K. Nielsen, C. Silaghi, H. Fink and M. C. Scheuerle
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:19
  36. 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...

    Authors: Jack D. Neville-Towle, Mariano Makara, Kenneth A. Johnson and Katja Voss
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:18
  37. 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 ...

    Authors: Mohamad Zamani-Ahmadmahmudi, Sina Aghasharif and Keyhan Ilbeigi
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:17
  38. 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.

    Authors: Claire Legallet, Kelley Thieman Mankin and Laura E. Selmic
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:16
  39. 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...

    Authors: Kai-Jen Hsueh, Li-Ting Cheng, Jai-Wei Lee, Yao-Chi Chung, Wen-Bin Chung and Chun-Yen Chu
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:15
  40. 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...

    Authors: Fang Xie, Gang Li, Long Zhou, Yanhe Zhang, Ning Cui, Siguo Liu and Chunlai Wang
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:14
  41. 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 ...

    Authors: R. Barić Rafaj, J. Kuleš, A. Marinculić, A. Tvarijonaviciute, J. Ceron, Ž. Mihaljević, A. Tumpa and V. Mrljak
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:13
  42. 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...

    Authors: Anna Szabelska, Marcin R. Tatara and Witold Krupski
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:12
  43. 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 ...

    Authors: Bill Zollers, Linda Rhodes and Ernst Heinen
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:10
  44. 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...

    Authors: Paul Vinu Salachan, Pattana Jaroenlak, Siripong Thitamadee, Ornchuma Itsathitphaisarn and Kallaya Sritunyalucksana
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:9
  45. 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...

    Authors: Amy L. Greer, Kelsey Spence and Emma Gardner
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:8
  46. 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...

    Authors: A. Javier Masot, María Gil, David Risco, Olga M. Jiménez, José I. Núñez and Eloy Redondo
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:6
  47. 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...

    Authors: Klaas Dietze, Anna Tucakov, Tatjana Engel, Sabine Wirtz, Klaus Depner, Anja Globig, Robert Kammerer and Susan Mouchantat
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:5

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