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  1. Various information about the genetic diversity of Escherichia coli isolates from chickens are available but a detailed epidemiological investigation based upon isolates obtained from interrelated pullet and laye...

    Authors: Surya Paudel, Beatrix Stessl, Claudia Hess, Angelika Zloch and Michael Hess
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:221
  2. In Thailand, pig production intensified significantly during the last decade, with many economic, epidemiological and environmental implications. Strategies toward more sustainable future developments are curr...

    Authors: Weerapong Thanapongtharm, Catherine Linard, Pornpiroon Chinson, Suwicha Kasemsuwan, Marjolein Visser, Andrea E. Gaughan, Michael Epprech, Timothy P. Robinson and Marius Gilbert
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:218
  3. A clinical trial was conducted in order to assess the efficacy of rifaximin, a broad-spectrum antibiotic with negligible gastrointestinal absorption, in comparison with metronidazole, a commonly employed antim...

    Authors: Alessandro Menozzi, Manuel Dall’Aglio, Fausto Quintavalla, Luca Dallavalle, Valentina Meucci and Simone Bertini
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:217
  4. Periodontal disease is a highly prevalent illness that affects many dogs, reaching up to 85 % prevalence in individuals over the age of 4 years. Currently the drug of choice for combating the formation of dent...

    Authors: Fábio Alessandro Pieri, Marina Campos de Castro Souza, Ligia Lobato Ramos Vermelho, Marina Lobato Ramos Vermelho, Pedro Griffo Perciano, Fabiano Souza Vargas, Andréa Pacheco Batista Borges, Valdir Florêncio da Veiga-Junior and Maria Aparecida Scatamburlo Moreira
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:216
  5. Few pharmaceuticals are registered in cats for the management of post-operative pain and inflammation. The objective of this study was to assess the field efficacy and safety of an injectable formulation of th...

    Authors: Stephen King, Elizabeth S. Roberts and Jonathan N. King
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:215
  6. Canine keratoconjunctivitis sicca (cKCS) is an inflammatory eye condition related to a deficiency in the tear aqueous fraction. Etiopathogenesis of such disease is substantially multifactorial, combining the i...

    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 12:214

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  7. There is a growing concern regarding the increase of antimicrobial resistant bacteria in companion animals. Yet, there are no studies comparing the resistance levels of these organisms in European countries. T...

    Authors: Cátia Marques, Luís Telo Gama, Adriana Belas, Karin Bergström, Stéphanie Beurlet, Alexandra Briend-Marchal, Els M. Broens, Marta Costa, Delphine Criel, Peter Damborg, Marloes A. M. van Dijk, Astrid M. van Dongen, Roswitha Dorsch, Carmen Martin Espada, Bernhard Gerber, Maria Kritsepi-Konstantinou…
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:213
  8. The study’s objective was to evaluate the ability of fecal culture (FCUL) and fecal PCR (FPCR) to identify dairy goat and dairy sheep shedding Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis. A cross-sectional study of...

    Authors: Cathy A. Bauman, Andria Jones-Bitton, Jocelyn Jansen, David Kelton and Paula Menzies
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:212
  9. Approximately 20 % of obese dogs have metabolic disturbances similar to those observed in human metabolic syndrome, a condition known as obesity-related metabolic dysfunction. This condition is associated with...

    Authors: Asta Tvarijonaviciute, Jose J. Ceron, Carlos de Torre, Blanka B. Ljubić, Shelley L. Holden, Yann Queau, Penelope J. Morris, Josep Pastor and Alexander J. German
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:211
  10. This study aimed to investigate the possible serum protein changes after endotoxin administration in healthy and choline-treated calves using proteomics. These results are expected to contribute to the underst...

    Authors: Z. Yilmaz, O. Eralp Inan, M. Kocaturk, A. T. Baykal, O. Hacariz, I. Hatipoglu, A. Tvarijonaviciute, M. Cansev, J. Ceron and I. H. Ulus
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:210
  11. Cross-contamination of feed with low concentrations of antimicrobials can occur at production, transport and/or farm level. Concerns are rising about possible effects of this contaminated feed on resistance se...

    Authors: Laura E. J. Peeters, Els Daeseleire, Mathias Devreese, Geertrui Rasschaert, Annemieke Smet, Jeroen Dewulf, Marc Heyndrickx, Hein Imberechts, Freddy Haesebrouck, Patrick Butaye and Siska Croubels
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:209
  12. Previous studies confirmed that classical scrapie can be transmitted via milk in sheep. The current study aimed to investigate whether scrapie can also be transmitted via goat milk using in vivo (new-born lamb...

    Authors: Timm Konold, Leigh Thorne, Hugh A. Simmons, Steve A. C. Hawkins, Marion M. Simmons and Lorenzo González
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:208
  13. Leukemia/lymphoma cell lines have been critical in the investigation of the pathogenesis and therapy of hematological malignancies. While human LL cell lines have generally been found to recapitulate the prima...

    Authors: Sarah C. Roode, Daniel Rotroff, Kristy L. Richards, Peter Moore, Alison Motsinger-Reif, Yasuhiko Okamura, Takuya Mizuno, Hajime Tsujimoto, Steven E. Suter and Matthew Breen
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:207
  14. African swine fever (ASF) is a viral infectious disease of domestic and wild suids of all breeds and ages, causing a wide range of hemorrhagic syndromes and frequently characterized by high mortality. The dise...

    Authors: P. Sastre, C. Gallardo, A. Monedero, T. Ruiz, M. Arias, A. Sanz and P. Rueda
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:206
  15. In order to investigate host factors associated with the establishment of persistent foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) infection, the systemic response to vaccination and challenge was studied in 47 steers. ...

    Authors: Michael Eschbaumer, Carolina Stenfeldt, Steven I. Rekant, Juan M. Pacheco, Ethan J. Hartwig, George R. Smoliga, Mary A. Kenney, William T. Golde, Luis L. Rodriguez and Jonathan Arzt
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:205
  16. Ancylostoma spp. is one of the most prevalent canine intestinal nematode infections which usually causes subclinical disease in adult dogs and has zoonotic implications. Therefore, the...

    Authors: Elizabeth M. S. Schmidt, Asta Tvarijonaviciute, Silvia Martinez-Subiela, José J. Cerón and Peter D. Eckersall
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:203
  17. Cystic echinococcosis (CE) or hydatidosis, caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus (EG)-complex, is a neglected parasitic disease of public health importance. The disease is endemic in many African ...

    Authors: Mohamed E. Ahmed, Mawahib H. Eldigail, Fatima M. Elamin, Ibtisam A. Ali, Martin P. Grobusch and Imadeldin E. Aradaib
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:202
  18. Large bone defects in canines usually require assistance to achieve healing. Implantation of osteoinductive factors can promote bone healing, while transplantation of osteoprogenitor cells can enhance bone reg...

    Authors: Takamasa Itoi, Yasuji Harada, Hiroyuki Irie, Michiko Sakamoto, Katsutoshi Tamura, Takuya Yogo, Satoshi Soeta, Hajime Amasaki, Yasushi Hara and Masahiro Tagawa
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:201
  19. Chlamydia is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases in humans worldwide, causing chronic lesions in the reproductive tract. Due to its often asymptomatic course, there is limited knowledge about ...

    Authors: Karin Erneholm, Emma Lorenzen, Sarah Bøje, Anja Weinreich Olsen, Peter Andersen, Joseph P. Cassidy, Frank Follmann, Henrik E. Jensen and Jørgen S. Agerholm
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:200
  20. Animal reservoirs of brucellosis constitute an ongoing threat to human health globally, with foodborne, occupational and recreational exposures creating opportunities for transmission. In Australia and the Uni...

    Authors: Siobhan M. Mor, Anke K. Wiethoelter, Amanda Lee, Barbara Moloney, Daniel R. James and Richard Malik
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:199
  21. Central sensitization is a potential severe consequence of invasive surgical procedures. It results in postoperative and potentially chronic pain enhancement. It results in postoperative pain enhancement; clin...

    Authors: Ubedullah Kaka, Bullo Saifullah, Adamu Abdul Abubakar, Yong Meng Goh, Sharida Fakurazi, Asmatullah Kaka, Atique Ahmed Behan, Mahdi Ebrahimi and Hui Cheng Chen
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:198
  22. Classical swine fever (CSF) or hog cholera is a highly contagious swine viral disease. CSF endemic countries have to use routine vaccination with modified live virus (MLV) vaccines to prevent and control CSF. ...

    Authors: Rachel Madera, Wenjie Gong, Lihua Wang, Yulia Burakova, Karen Lleellish, Amy Galliher-Beckley, Jerome Nietfeld, Jamie Henningson, Kaimin Jia, Ping Li, Jianfa Bai, John Schlup, Scott McVey, Changchun Tu and Jishu Shi
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:197
  23. Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis is the etiologic agent of caseous lymphadenitis (CL), a chronic disease that affects goats and sheep. CL is characterized by the formation of granulo...

    Authors: Vera Lúcia Costa Vale, Marcos da Costa Silva, Andréia Pacheco de Souza, Soraya Castro Trindade, Lília Ferreira de Moura-Costa, Ellen Karla Nobre dos Santos-Lima, Ivana Lucia de Oliveira Nascimento, Hugo Saba Pereira Cardoso, Edson de Jesus Marques, Bruno Jean Adrien Paule and Roberto José Meyer Nascimento
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:195
  24. Streptococcosis is an important disease of tilapia throughout the world. In Malaysia, streptococcosis outbreak was commonly reported during the 3-month period of high water temperature between April and July. ...

    Authors: M. S. Ismail, A. Siti-Zahrah, M. R. M. Syafiq, M. N. A. Amal, M. Firdaus-Nawi and M. Zamri-Saad
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:194
  25. Arthritis is an economically significant disease in lambs and is usually the result of a bacterial infection. One of the known agents of this disease is Chlamydia pecorum, a globally recognised livestock pathogen...

    Authors: Evelyn Walker, Cecily Moore, Patrick Shearer, Martina Jelocnik, Sankhya Bommana, Peter Timms and Adam Polkinghorne
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:193
  26. African swine fever (ASF), caused by African swine fever virus (ASFV), is a severe haemorrhagic disease of pigs, outbreaks of which can have a devastating impact upon commercial and small-holder pig production...

    Authors: Lian F. Thomas, Richard P. Bishop, Cynthia Onzere, Michael T. Mcintosh, Karissa A. Lemire, William A. de Glanville, E. Anne J. Cook and Eric M. Fèvre
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:192
  27. Regenerative and anti-inflammatory effects on tendinopathies have been attributed to blood-derived biologicals. To date the evidence for the efficacy of autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP) treatment of natur...

    Authors: Florian Geburek, Moritz Gaus, Hans T. M. van Schie, Karl Rohn and Peter M. Stadler
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:191
  28. The present study was undertaken to gain knowledge on the role of bile components and lecithin on development of aberrations in digestive functions which seemingly have increased in Atlantic salmon in parallel...

    Authors: Trond M. Kortner, Michael H. Penn, Ingemar Bjӧrkhem, Kjell Måsøval and Åshild Krogdahl
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:190
  29. Colonisation of the environment of nursery units by pathogenic micro-organisms is an important factor in the persistence and spread of endemic diseases in pigs and zoonotic pathogens. These pathogens are gener...

    Authors: K. Luyckx, S. Millet, S. Van Weyenberg, L. Herman, M. Heyndrickx, J. Dewulf and K. De Reu
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:189
  30. Canine ventral atlantoaxial (AA) stabilization is most commonly performed in very small dogs and is technically challenging due to extremely narrow bone corridors. Multiple implantation sites have been suggest...

    Authors: Guillaume Leblond, Luis Gaitero, Noel M. Moens, Alex zur Linden, Fiona M. K. James, Gabrielle Monteith and John Runciman
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:188
  31. Surveillance measures can only be effective if key players in the system accept them. Acceptability, which describes the willingness of persons to contribute, is often analyzed using participatory methods. Par...

    Authors: Katja Schulz, Clémentine Calba, Marisa Peyre, Christoph Staubach and Franz J. Conraths
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:187
  32. The quinoxaline 1,4-di-N-oxides (QdNOs) were known as potent antibacterial agents. For the purpose of evaluating the bioactivity of existing animal-used QdNOs drugs against representative pathogenic microorganism...

    Authors: Yan Zhao, Guyue Cheng, Haihong Hao, Yuanhu Pan, Zhenli Liu, Menghong Dai and Zonghui Yuan
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:186
  33. To optimize antimicrobial dosing in different animal species, pharmacokinetic information is necessary. Due to the plethora of cephalosporin antimicrobials and animal species in which they are used, assessment...

    Authors: Femke J. Taverne, Ingeborg M. van Geijlswijk, Dick J. J. Heederik, Jaap A. Wagenaar and Johan W. Mouton
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:185
  34. Diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) in farmed red deer (Cervus elaphus) is challenging and might require combining cellular and humoral diagnostic tests. Repeated skin-testing with mycobacterial purified protein derivat...

    Authors: Azlan Che-Amat, Maria Ángeles Risalde, David González-Barrio, Jose Antonio Ortíz and Christian Gortázar
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:184
  35. Dirofilaria repens is a mosquito-transmitted, filarial nematode parasitizing dogs, cats and other carnivores. Recently, this parasite has spread in central Europe, including Poland. Th...

    Authors: Anna Bajer, Anna Rodo, Ewa J. Mierzejewska, Katarzyna Tołkacz and Renata Welc-Faleciak
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:183
  36. The increasing popularity gained by pet birds over recent decades has highlighted the role of avian medicine and surgery in the global veterinary scenario; such a need for speciality avian medical practice ref...

    Authors: Irene A. Veladiano, Tommaso Banzato, Luca Bellini, Alessandro Montani, Salvatore Catania and Alessandro Zotti
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:182
  37. Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) is a pathogen of domestic and wildlife animals worldwide and is associated with several diseases. In China, there are many reports about genotyping of BVDV strains originated...

    Authors: Li Mao, Wenliang Li, Leilei Yang, Jianhui Wang, Suping Cheng, Yong Wei, Qiusheng Wang, Wenwen Zhang, Fei Hao, Yonglong Ding, Yinhua Sun and Jieyuan Jiang
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:181
  38. As fish eaters bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in human care need to receive daily vitamin supplementation, because whole thawed fish lacks certain vitamins. However, the exact concentration of supplemen...

    Authors: Angela Emilia Ricarda Gimmel, Katrin Baumgartner and Annette Liesegang
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:180
  39. Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesviruses (EEHVs) can cause acute haemorrhagic disease in young Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) and clinical EEHV infections account for the majority of their fatalities. The anti-...

    Authors: Akbar Dastjerdi, Katharina Seilern-Moy, Karin Darpel, Falko Steinbach and Fieke Molenaar
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:178
  40. This paper examines the use of Bulk Milk antibody (BM Ab), Youngstock (YS) serology (Check Tests) and Bulk Milk PCR (BM PCR) for determining the presence or absence of animals persistently infected (PI) with B...

    Authors: Richard E. Booth and Joe Brownlie
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:177
  41. Screening Atlantic cetacean populations for Cetacean Morbillivirus (CeMV) is essential to understand the epidemiology of the disease. In Europe, Portugal and Spain have the highest cetacean stranding rates, mo...

    Authors: Maria Carolina Rocha de Medeiros Bento, Catarina Isabel Costa Simões Eira, José Vitor Vingada, Ana Luisa Marçalo, Marisa Cláudia Teixeira Ferreira, Alfredo Lopez Fernandez, Luís Manuel Morgado Tavares and Ana Isabel Simões Pereira Duarte
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:176
  42. Porcine cirovirus type 1 (PCV1) and type 2 (PCV2) are circulating in Chinese pig herds and the infected pigs develop antibodies to both viruses. Current commercial available ELISA kits cannot differentiate PCV...

    Authors: Shuizhong Han, Yan Xiao, Dingding Zheng, Yanli Gu, Yajie Xuan, Yudan Jin, Wenqiang Pang, Yuxin Huang, Xiangdong Li, Junhua Deng and Kegong Tian
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:175
  43. Canine atopic dermatitis (cAD) is a common chronic and pruritic skin disease in dogs. The development of cAD involves complex interactions between environmental antigens, genetic predisposition and a number of...

    Authors: Alicja Majewska, Małgorzata Gajewska, Kourou Dembele, Henryk Maciejewski, Adam Prostek and Michał Jank
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:174
  44. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a contagious, fatal prion disease affecting cervids in a growing number of regions across North America. Projected deer population declines and concern about potential spread o...

    Authors: F. D. Uehlinger, A. C. Johnston, T. K. Bollinger and C. L. Waldner
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:173
  45. Hereditary bisalbuminemia is a relatively rare anomaly characterized by the occurrence of two albumin fractions on serum protein separation by electrophoresis. In human medicine, it is usually revealed by chan...

    Authors: Claudia Gili, Federico Bonsembiante, Renzo Bonanni, Alessia Giordano, Sabina Ledda, Giorgia Beffagna, Saverio Paltrinieri, Matteo Sommer and Maria Elena Gelain
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:172
  46. In recent decades there has been a growing concern about animal stress on intensive pig farms due to the undesirable consequences that stress produces in the normal physiology of pigs and its effects on their ...

    Authors: Silvia Martínez-Miró, Fernando Tecles, Marina Ramón, Damián Escribano, Fuensanta Hernández, Josefa Madrid, Juan Orengo, Silvia Martínez-Subiela, Xavier Manteca and José Joaquín Cerón
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:171
  47. Mycoplasma sp. 1220 can induce inflammation primarily in the genital and respiratory tracts of waterfowl, leading to serious economic losses. Adequate housing and appropriate antibioti...

    Authors: Dénes Grózner, Zsuzsa Kreizinger, Kinga M. Sulyok, Zsuzsanna Rónai, Veronika Hrivnák, Ibolya Turcsányi, Szilárd Jánosi and Miklós Gyuranecz
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:170

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