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  1. GM1 and GM2 gangliosidoses are progressive neurodegenerative lysosomal storage diseases resulting from the excessive accumulation of GM1 and GM2 gangliosides in the lysosomes, respectively. The diagnosis of ga...

    Authors: Moeko Kohyama, Akira Yabuki, Kenji Ochiai, Yuya Nakamoto, Kazuyuki Uchida, Daisuke Hasegawa, Kimimasa Takahashi, Hiroaki Kawaguchi, Masaya Tsuboi and Osamu Yamato
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:67
  2. Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) possess a positive sense, single stranded RNA genome. Internal ribosomal entry site (IRES) element exists within its 5′ untranslated region (5′UTR) of the viral RNA. Transla...

    Authors: Takehiro Kanda, Makoto Ozawa and Kyoko Tsukiyama-Kohara
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:66
  3. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) transplantation has become a promising therapeutic choice for musculoskeletal injuries. Joint-related disorders are highly prevalent in horses. Therefore, these animals are consid...

    Authors: N. Ardanaz, F. J. Vázquez, A. Romero, A. R. Remacha, L. Barrachina, A. Sanz, B. Ranera, A. Vitoria, J. Albareda, M. Prades, P. Zaragoza, I. Martín-Burriel and C. Rodellar
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:65
  4. The aim of the work is the application of a bolus tracking technique for tomographic evaluation of the uretero-vesicular junction in dogs. Ten adult dogs (8–14 years) with variable body weight (2,8–32 kg) were...

    Authors: Maurizio Longo, Maria Elena Andreis, Cinzia Pettinato, Giuliano Ravasio, Vanessa Rabbogliatti, Donatella De Zani, Mauro Di Giancamillo and Davide Danilo Zani
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:64
  5. Commercial bacterins are widely used at weaning to control Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae infections in pigs. However, it is not known whether the efficacy of vaccinating against M. hyopneumoniae can be influenced by t...

    Authors: Ioannis Arsenakis, Luca Panzavolta, Annelies Michiels, Rubén Del Pozo Sacristán, Filip Boyen, Freddy Haesebrouck and Dominiek Maes
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:63
  6. In today’s porcine industry, lameness has a major welfare and economic impact, and is often caused by osteochondrosis (OC). The etiological factors of the disease have been studied in depth, however, to this d...

    Authors: Christian P. Bertholle, Ellen Meijer, Willem Back, Arjan Stegeman, P. René van Weeren and Arie van Nes
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:62
  7. Intra-articular inflammation resulting in lameness is a common health problem in horses. Exogenous intra-articular hyaluronic acid has been shown to provide an analgesic effect and reduce pain in equine and hu...

    Authors: Tytti M. Niemelä, Riitta-Mari Tulamo and Anna K. Hielm-Björkman
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:60
  8. A clear association of amino acid variation in the prion protein gene (PRNP) with susceptibility and resistance to classical scrapie exists in sheep, but not in goats. In this study we examined DNA sequence varia...

    Authors: Vythegi Srithayakumar, Gordon B. Mitchell and Bradley N. White
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:59
  9. Defects in the abdominal wall of horses have high relapse rate. This is mainly in lateral eventrations and hernias caused by trauma from kicks of other horses or installation structures. The eventration region...

    Authors: Carla Faria Orlandini, Denis Steiner, André Giarola Boscarato, Gabriel Coelho Gimenes and Luiz Romulo Alberton
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:58
  10. Monsegmental pedicle instrumentation (MSPI) has been used to treat thoracolumbar fractures. However, there are few reports about the biomechanical characteristics of MSPI compared with traditional short-segmen...

    Authors: Fuxin Wei, Zhiyu Zhou, Le Wang, Shaoyu Liu, Rui Zhong, Xizhe Liu, Shangbin Cui, Ximin Pan, Manman Gao and Yajing Zhao
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:57
  11. Bones continually adapt their morphology to their load bearing function. At the level of the subchondral bone, the density distribution is highly correlated with the loading distribution of the joint. Therefor...

    Authors: W. Dingemanse, M. Müller-Gerbl, I. Jonkers, J. Vander Sloten, H. van Bree and I. Gielen
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:56
  12. The study presents the phenotypic and genetic characterization of selected P. salmonis isolates from Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout suffering from SRS (salmonid rickettsial septicemia) in Chile and in Canada. ...

    Authors: Alexander Otterlei, Øyvind J. Brevik, Daniel Jensen, Henrik Duesund, Ingunn Sommerset, Petter Frost, Julio Mendoza, Peter McKenzie, Are Nylund and Patricia Apablaza
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:55
  13. Ciclosporin is a selective immunomodulator used for the treatment of atopic dermatitis in dogs. A new 100 mg/ml oral solution formulation (Cyclavance®, Virbac) was developed as a pharmaceutical equivalent to the ...

    Authors: C. Navarro, L. Séguy, M. Vila and P. Birckel
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:54
  14. The present in vitro study investigated whether the utilization of fructooligosaccharides (FOS) may influence canine fecal microbial population in presence of diets differing in their protein content and diges...

    Authors: Carlo Pinna, Carla Giuditta Vecchiato, Giuliano Zaghini, Monica Grandi, Eleonora Nannoni, Claudio Stefanelli and Giacomo Biagi
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:53
  15. The role of wild birds in the transmission and spread of mycoplasmas is not clear. Up to now different Mycoplasma species have been isolated from wild birds many of which are not considered pathogens sensu strict...

    Authors: Salvatore Catania, Federica Gobbo, Ana S. Ramirez, Davide Guadagnini, Elisa Baldasso, Maria Luisa Moronato and Robin A. J. Nicholas
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:52

    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:75

  16. This study describes a model developed to evaluate the transboundary risk of PEDV-contaminated swine feed ingredients and the effect of two mitigation strategies during a simulated transport event from China t...

    Authors: Scott Dee, Casey Neill, Aaron Singrey, Travis Clement, Roger Cochrane, Cassandra Jones, Gilbert Patterson, Gordon Spronk, Jane Christopher-Hennings and Eric Nelson
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:51
  17. Ketogenesis is a secondary metabolic pathway to provide energy to dairy cows during early lactation; however when the production of ketone bodies (acetoacetate, acetone, ß- hydroxybutyrate) is above certain le...

    Authors: Pedro Melendez, Pablo Pinedo, José Bastias, Maria Paz Marin, Carolina Rios, Consuelo Bustamante, Natalia Adaro and Mario Duchens
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:50
  18. Canine inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic enteropathy of unknown etiology, although microbiome dysbiosis, genetic susceptibility, and dietary and/or environmental factors are hypothesized to be invo...

    Authors: Sergi Segarra, Silvia Martínez-Subiela, Marta Cerdà-Cuéllar, Daniel Martínez-Puig, Alberto Muñoz-Prieto, Fernando Rodríguez-Franco, Antonio Rodríguez-Bertos, Karin Allenspach, Alfonso Velasco and José Cerón
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:49
  19. Goat caseous lymphadenitis (CLA) is a chronic disease caused by Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis. However, there is paucity of data about goat’s acute phase response during the course of CLA. This study was con...

    Authors: Z. K. H. Jeber, Z. MohdJin, F. F. Jesse, A. A. Saharee, J. Sabri, R. Yusoff and H. Wahid
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:48
  20. Bovine ephemeral fever (BEF) is a febrile disease of cattle that is transmitted by arthropod vectors such as mosquitoes and Culicoides biting midges. An outbreak of BEF recently occurred in Ishigaki Island and su...

    Authors: Yoko Hayama, Sachiko Moriguchi, Tohru Yanase, Moemi Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Niwa, Kazufumi Ikemiyagi, Yoshiki Nitta, Takehisa Yamamoto, Sota Kobayashi, Kiyokazu Murai and Toshiyuki Tsutsui
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:47
  21. For the last few years, researchers have been interested in developing a method for chemical sterilization which may be a better alternative to surgical castration. An ideal chemical sterilant would be one tha...

    Authors: Ahmed Ibrahim, Magda M. Ali, Nasser S. Abou-Khalil and Marwa F. Ali
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:46

    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:61

  22. Recently, equine multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) have received significant attention as therapy for various conditions due to their proposed regenerative and immune-modulating capacity. MSC are com...

    Authors: Lynn B. Williams, Keith A. Russell, Judith B. Koenig and Thomas G. Koch
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:45
  23. Worldwide, there is a need to expand the number of drugs available to treat parasitic infections in aquaculture. One of the new materials being tested is metal nanoparticles, which have unique chemical and phy...

    Authors: Mona Saleh, Gokhlesh Kumar, Abdel-Azeem Abdel-Baki, Saleh Al-Quraishy and Mansour El-Matbouli
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:44
  24. Infection with Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) has been associated with reductions in milk production in dairy cows and sub optimal fertility. The aim of this study was to highlight the prod...

    Authors: A. E. Kennedy, N. Byrne, A. B. Garcia, J. O’Mahony and R. G. Sayers
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:43
  25. Since yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and its components are being used for the prevention and treatment of enteric diseases in different species, they may also be useful for preventing Johne’s disease, a chronic ...

    Authors: Ziwei Li, Qiumei You, Faisury Ossa, Philip Mead, Margaret Quinton and Niel A. Karrow
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:42
  26. Newcastle disease (ND), which is caused by the Newcastle disease virus (NDV), is one of the most important avian diseases in poultry. Since its discovery in 1926, ND has caused great economic losses to the wor...

    Authors: Xiaolong Gao, Xiangyun Hu, Lina Tong, Dandan Liu, Xudong Chang, Haixin Wang, Ruyi Dang, Xinglong Wang, Sa Xiao, Enqi Du and Zengqi Yang
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:39
  27. Nonesterified fatty acids (NEFAs) are involved in proinflammatory processes in cattle, including in the increased expression of adhesion molecules in endothelial cells. However, the mechanisms underlying these...

    Authors: Anitsi Loaiza, María D. Carretta, Anja Taubert, Carlos Hermosilla, María A. Hidalgo and Rafael A. Burgos
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:38
  28. Individual animal-level reporting of cattle movements between agricultural holdings is in place in Scotland, and the resulting detailed movement data are used to inform epidemiological models and intervention....

    Authors: Jessica Enright and Rowland R Kao
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:37
  29. Listeria monocytogenes (LM), a foodborne pathogen, can cause pregnancy failure in animals, especially in ruminants. Recent studies have shown that LM activates inflammasomes to induce IL-1β release in macrophages...

    Authors: Wenyan Li, Yumei Chang, Shuang Liang, Zhenyu Zhong, Xiujin Li, Jiexia Wen, Yonghong Zhang, Jianlou Zhang, Liyue Wang, Hongyu Lin, Xuebin Cao, Heling Huang and Fei Zhong
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:36
  30. Anaplasma phagocytophilum is a causative agent of granulocytic anaplasmosis in mammals, which has a broad geographical distribution and a high degree of clinical diversity. Currently, ...

    Authors: Jifei Yang, Zhijie Liu, Qingli Niu, Junlong Liu, Jingying Xie, Qiuyu Chen, Ze Chen, Guiquan Guan, Guangyuan Liu, Jianxun Luo and Hong Yin
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:35
  31. Dairy cows have a massive demand for glucose at the onset of lactation. A poor adaption to this period leads to an excessive negative energy balance with an increased risk for ketosis and impaired animal healt...

    Authors: B. Mair, M. Drillich, D. Klein-Jöbstl, P. Kanz, S. Borchardt, L. Meyer, I. Schwendenwein and M. Iwersen
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:34
  32. Meloxicam (MLX) is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug used in the relief of postoperative pain for human and veterinary medicine. This study was designed to investigate the effect of surgery on the plasma d...

    Authors: Umit Karademir, Dilek Aksit, Cavit Kum, Hasan Erdogan, Eyup Hakan Ucar, Cevdet Peker and Cengiz Gokbulut
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:33
  33. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is an advanced and frequently used technique for studying brain functions in humans and increasingly so in animals. A key element of analyzing fMRI data is group an...

    Authors: Jan-Peter Bach, Matthias Lüpke, Peter Dziallas, Patrick Wefstaedt, Stefan Uppenkamp, Hermann Seifert and Ingo Nolte
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:32
  34. The present study aimed to direct detect Mycobacterium bovis in milk (n = 401) and blood (n = 401) samples collected from 401 dairy cows of 20 properties located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, by real-time q...

    Authors: Renata Duarte da Silva Cezar, Norma Lucena-Silva, Antônio Fernando Barbosa Batista Filho, Jonas de Melo Borges, Pollyane Raysa Fernandes de Oliveira, Érica Chaves Lúcio, Maíra Arruda-Lima, Vania Lucia de Assis Santana and José Wilton Pinheiro Junior
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:31
  35. The DOGRISK questionnaire is an internet-based ongoing study of canine nutrition, living environment, and disease. Here we aim to assess the performance of the questionnaire using data from the first three yea...

    Authors: Johanna Roine, Liisa Uusitalo and Anna Hielm-Björkman
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:30
  36. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of two feed supplements on rumen bacterial communities of heifers fed a high grain diet. Six Holstein-Friesian heifers received one of the following dietary...

    Authors: Roberta De Nardi, Giorgio Marchesini, Shucong Li, Ehsan Khafipour, Kees J. C. Plaizier, Matteo Gianesella, Rebecca Ricci, Igino Andrighetto and Severino Segato
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:29
  37. Perinatal infections with feline panleukopenia virus (FPV) have long been known to be associated with cerebellar hypoplasia in kittens due to productive infection of dividing neuroblasts. FPV, like other parvo...

    Authors: Mutien Garigliany, Gautier Gilliaux, Sandra Jolly, Tomas Casanova, Calixte Bayrou, Kris Gommeren, Thomas Fett, Axel Mauroy, Etienne Lévy, Dominique Cassart, Dominique Peeters, Luc Poncelet and Daniel Desmecht
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:28
  38. Classical scrapie is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) that affects sheep and goats. Our previous bioassay studies in lambs revealed that scrapie prions could be detected in association with peri...

    Authors: Rohana P. Dassanayake, Sally A. Madsen-Bouterse, Thomas C. Truscott, Dongyue Zhuang, Michelle R. Mousel, William C. Davis and David A. Schneider
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:27
  39. Euthanasia of pets has been described by veterinarians as “the best and the worst” of the profession. The most commonly mentioned ethical dilemmas veterinarians face in small animal practice are: limited treat...

    Authors: Sonja Hartnack, Svenja Springer, Marta Pittavino and Herwig Grimm
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:26
  40. The objective of this study was to elucidate the pathogenic mechanisms of how Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae enhances secondary Pasteurella multocida type A infection which leads to porcine enzootic pneumonia in infect...

    Authors: Changhoon Park, Jiwoon Jeong, Ikjae Kang, Kyuhyung Choi, Su-Jin Park and Chanhee Chae
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:25
  41. Equine sarcoids are locally invasive, fibroblastic benign skin tumors. Bovine papillomavirus type-1 (BPV-1) and/or Bovine papillomavirus type-2 (BPV-2) are believed to be the causative agent of sarcoids, altho...

    Authors: Manuela Martano, Annunziata Corteggio, Brunella Restucci, Maria Ester De Biase, Giuseppe Borzacchiello and Paola Maiolino
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:24
  42. Diabetes insipidus (DI) is a rare disease in humans and animals, which is caused by the lack of production, malfunction or dysfunction of the distal nephron to the antidiuretic effect of the antidiuretic hormo...

    Authors: Alexander Grahofer, Natalie Wiedemar, Corinne Gurtner, Cord Drögemüller and Heiko Nathues
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:22
  43. Despite the crucial role of domestic dogs as reservoirs for zoonosis and some of the most threatening diseases for wild carnivores such as distemper and parvovirosis, little is known about the epidemiological ...

    Authors: Nelson Henrique de Almeida Curi, Rodrigo Lima Massara, Ana Maria de Oliveira Paschoal, Amanda Soriano-Araújo, Zélia Inês Portela Lobato, Guilherme Ramos Demétrio, Adriano Garcia Chiarello and Marcelo Passamani
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:21
  44. The amputation of a limb is a surgical procedure that is regularly performed in small animal practice. In spite of several clinical reports indicating high owner satisfaction after limb amputation in dogs, an ...

    Authors: Vladimir Galindo-Zamora, Verena von Babo, Nina Eberle, Daniela Betz, Ingo Nolte and Patrick Wefstaedt
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:20
  45. All of oral hamartomas has been previously found in mandibular gingiva in younger calves, and were histologically diagnosed as a vascular hamartoma. This is the first case report describing a calf with a mass ...

    Authors: Takeshi Tsuka, Takehito Morita, Hinako Tanaka, Shinji Kono, Yusuke Murahata, Kazuo Azuma, Tomohiro Osaki, Norihiko Ito, Yoshiharu Okamoto and Tomohiro Imagawa
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:19
  46. The commercial pet-food industry and the market value of the pet industry have increased. Most owners are concerned about their pets’ health, and prefer commercial pet foods as their regular diet. This study t...

    Authors: Tanyalak Khuntamoon, Apanchanid Thepouyporn, Sarunya Kaewprasert, Pattaneeya Prangthip, Somchai Pooudoung, Urai Chaisri, Phudit Maneesai and Karunee Kwanbunjan
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:17

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