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  1. Bernese mountain dogs are reported to have a shorter life expectancy than other breeds. A major reason for this has been assigned to a high tumour prevalence, especially of histiocytic sarcoma. The efforts mad...

    Authors: Franziska C. Hostettler, Dominique J. Wiener, Monika M. Welle, Horst Posthaus and Urs Geissbühler
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:229
  2. Imepitoin is a novel antiepileptic drug for the treatment of canine idiopathic epilepsy. The present study was conducted to demonstrate superior antiepileptic activity of a high dose of 30 mg/kg BID over a low...

    Authors: Chris Rundfeldt, Andrea Tipold and Wolfgang Löscher
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:228
  3. In the present study, the detection of anthelmintic resistance to triclabendazole (TCBZ) in sheep infected by Fasciola hepatica was studied using an egg hatch assay (EHA). F. hepatica eggs were recovered from bil...

    Authors: David Robles-Pérez, José Manuel Martínez-Pérez, Francisco Antonio Rojo-Vázquez and María Martínez-Valladares
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:226
  4. Restrictive (i.e. elimination)-provocation dietary trials remain the standard of care to diagnose cutaneous adverse food reactions (CAFRs) in dogs and cats. There is currently no consensus on the duration of e...

    Authors: Thierry Olivry, Ralf S. Mueller and Pascal Prélaud
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:225
  5. Traditionally, histological investigations of the epileptic brain are required to identify epileptogenic brain lesions, to evaluate the impact of seizure activity, to search for mechanisms of drug-resistance a...

    Authors: Kaspar Matiasek, Martí Pumarola i Batlle, Marco Rosati, Francisco Fernández-Flores, Andrea Fischer, Eva Wagner, Mette Berendt, Sofie F. M. Bhatti, Luisa De Risio, Robyn G. Farquhar, Sam Long, Karen Muñana, Edward E. Patterson, Akos Pakozdy, Jacques Penderis, Simon Platt…
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:216
  6. Epilepsy is one of the most common chronic neurological diseases in veterinary practice. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is regarded as an important diagnostic test to reach the diagnosis of idiopathic epilep...

    Authors: Clare Rusbridge, Sam Long, Jelena Jovanovik, Marjorie Milne, Mette Berendt, Sofie F. M. Bhatti, Luisa De Risio, Robyn G. Farqhuar, Andrea Fischer, Kaspar Matiasek, Karen Muñana, Edward E. Patterson, Akos Pakozdy, Jacques Penderis, Simon Platt, Michael Podell…
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:194
  7. Dogs with epilepsy are among the commonest neurological patients in veterinary practice and therefore have historically attracted much attention with regard to definitions, clinical approach and management. A ...

    Authors: Mette Berendt, Robyn G. Farquhar, Paul J. J. Mandigers, Akos Pakozdy, Sofie F. M. Bhatti, Luisa De Risio, Andrea Fischer, Sam Long, Kaspar Matiasek, Karen Muñana, Edward E. Patterson, Jacques Penderis, Simon Platt, Michael Podell, Heidrun Potschka, Martí Batlle Pumarola…
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:182
  8. Common criteria for the diagnosis of drug resistance and the assessment of outcome are needed urgently as a prerequisite for standardized evaluation and reporting of individual therapeutic responses in canine ...

    Authors: Heidrun Potschka, Andrea Fischer, Wolfgang Löscher, Ned Patterson, Sofie Bhatti, Mette Berendt, Luisa De Risio, Robyn Farquhar, Sam Long, Paul Mandigers, Kaspar Matiasek, Karen Muñana, Akos Pakozdy, Jacques Penderis, Simon Platt, Michael Podell…
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:177
  9. In Europe, the number of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) licensed for dogs has grown considerably over the last years. Nevertheless, the same questions remain, which include, 1) when to start treatment, 2) which dr...

    Authors: Sofie F.M. Bhatti, Luisa De Risio, Karen Muñana, Jacques Penderis, Veronika M. Stein, Andrea Tipold, Mette Berendt, Robyn G. Farquhar, Andrea Fischer, Sam Long, Wolfgang Löscher, Paul J.J. Mandigers, Kaspar Matiasek, Akos Pakozdy, Edward E. Patterson, Simon Platt…
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:176
  10. Canine idiopathic epilepsy is a common neurological disease affecting both purebred and crossbred dogs. Various breed-specific cohort, epidemiological and genetic studies have been conducted to date, which all...

    Authors: Velia-Isabel Hülsmeyer, Andrea Fischer, Paul J.J. Mandigers, Luisa DeRisio, Mette Berendt, Clare Rusbridge, Sofie F.M. Bhatti, Akos Pakozdy, Edward E. Patterson, Simon Platt, Rowena M.A. Packer and Holger A. Volk
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:175
  11. This article outlines the consensus proposal on diagnosis of epilepsy in dogs by the International Veterinary Epilepsy Task Force. The aim of this consensus proposal is to improve consistency in the diagnosis ...

    Authors: Luisa De Risio, Sofie Bhatti, Karen Muñana, Jacques Penderis, Veronika Stein, Andrea Tipold, Mette Berendt, Robyn Farqhuar, Andrea Fischer, Sam Long, Paul JJ. Mandigers, Kaspar Matiasek, Rowena MA Packer, Akos Pakozdy, Ned Patterson, Simon Platt…
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:148
  12. Bovine herpesvirus 4 (BoHV-4) is a gammaherpesvirus whose genome was cloned as Bacterial Artificial Chromosome (BAC) and exploited as a gene delivery vector for vaccine purposes. Although BoHV-4 genome has bee...

    Authors: Valentina Franceschi, Antonio Capocefalo, Sarah Jacca, Alfonso Rosamilia, Sandro Cavirani, Fengwen Xu, Wentao Qiao and Gaetano Donofrio
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:224
  13. Canine babesiosis is an emerging or re-emerging disease caused by Babesia and Theileria protozoans, also called piroplasms, transmitted by Ixodid ticks. In Europe, four etiological agents have been identified to ...

    Authors: Magalie René-Martellet, Claire Valiente Moro, Jeanne Chêne, Gilles Bourdoiseau, Luc Chabanne and Patrick Mavingui
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:223
  14. To explore the morphological evidence of immunoglobulin G (IgG) participating in intestinal mucosal immunity, 8 healthy adult Bactrian camels used. First, IgG was successfully isolated from their serum and rab...

    Authors: Wang-Dong Zhang, Wen-Hui Wang and Shuai Jia
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:222
  15. Schmallenberg virus (SBV) is an emerging Orthobunyavirus of ruminant livestock species currently circulating in Europe. SBV causes a subclinical or mild disease in adult animals but vertical transmission to pregn...

    Authors: E. Laloy, M. Riou, C. Barc, G. Belbis, E. Bréard, S. Breton, N. Cordonnier, D. Crochet, R. Delaunay, J. Moreau, N. Pozzi, M. Raimbourg, P. Sarradin, S. Trapp, C. Viarouge, S. Zientara…
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:221
  16. There is a need to improve vaccination against respiratory pathogens in calves by stimulation of local immunity at the site of pathogen entry at an early stage in life. Ideally such a vaccine preparation would...

    Authors: Fawad Mansoor, Bernadette Earley, Joseph P. Cassidy, Bryan Markey, Simon Doherty and Michael D. Welsh
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:220
  17. Newcastle disease virus remains a constant threat in commercial poultry farms despite intensive vaccination programs. Outbreaks attributed to ND can escalate and spread across farms and states contributing to ...

    Authors: Seetha Jaganathan, Peck Toung Ooi, Lai Yee Phang, Zeenathul Nazariah Binti Allaudin, Lai Siong Yip, Pow Yoon Choo, Ban Keong Lim, Stephane Lemiere and Jean-Christophe Audonnet
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:219
  18. Following the recent development of a new approach to quantitative analysis of IgG concentrations in bovine serum using transmission infrared spectroscopy, the potential to measure IgG levels using technology ...

    Authors: Ibrahim Elsohaby, Siyuan Hou, J. Trenton McClure, Christopher B. Riley, R. Anthony Shaw and Gregory P. Keefe
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:218
  19. Aspirin eugenol ester (AEE) is a promising drug candidate for treatment of inflammation, pain and fever and prevention of cardiovascular diseases with less side effects. The experiment will be conducted to inv...

    Authors: Isam Karam, Ning Ma, Xi-Wang Liu, Shi-Hong Li, Xiao-Jun Kong, Jian-Yong Li and Ya-Jun Yang
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:217
  20. Cancer is the leading cause of death in older dogs and its prevalence is increasing. There is clearly a need to develop more effective anti-cancer drugs in dogs. SG2000 (SJG-136) is a sequence selective DNA mi...

    Authors: Maria Mellinas-Gomez, Victoria J. Spanswick, Solange R. Paredes-Moscosso, Matthew Robson, R. Barbara Pedley, David E. Thurston, Stephen J. Baines, Anneliese Stell and John A. Hartley
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:215
  21. Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus are the main pathogens infectious to poultry, and their resistances against antibiotics have become troublesome currently. Biofilm formation ...

    Authors: Yong Ye, Qian Yang, Fei Fang and Yue Li
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:214
  22. In Guangxi, a province of southern China, an important number of dogs and cats roam freely in rural settings, and the presence of these animals in proximity of people may represent a risk of parasitic zoonoses...

    Authors: Fang Fang, Jian Li, Tengfei Huang, Jacques Guillot and Weiyi Huang
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:211
  23. In 2010, the International Task Force on Canine Atopic Dermatitis (now International Committee on Allergic Diseases of Animals, ICADA) published the first consensus guidelines for the treatment of atopic derma...

    Authors: Thierry Olivry, Douglas J. DeBoer, Claude Favrot, Hilary A. Jackson, Ralf S. Mueller, Tim Nuttall and Pascal Prélaud
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:210
  24. Bovine brucellosis (BB) is a zoonotic disease caused by Brucella abortus. BB is endemic in Argentina, where vaccination with Brucella abortus strain 19 is compulsory for 3-to-8 month-old heifers. The objectives o...

    Authors: M. N. Aznar, F. J. Linares, B. Cosentino, A. Sago, L. La Sala, E. León, S. Duffy and A. Perez
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:209
  25. Orthobunyaviruses belonging to the Simbu sero-group occur worldwide, including the newly recognized Schmallenberg virus (SBV) in Europe. These viruses cause congenital malformations and reproductive losses in ...

    Authors: Coletha Mathew, S. Klevar, A. R. W. Elbers, W. H. M. van der Poel, P. D. Kirkland, J. Godfroid, R. H. Mdegela, G. Mwamengele and M. Stokstad
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:208
  26. Milk acute phase proteins (APP) have been identified and show promise as biomarkers of mastitis. However analysis of their profile in dairy cows from a production herd is necessary in order to confirm their be...

    Authors: Funmilola Clara Thomas, Mary Waterston, Peter Hastie, Timothy Parkin, Hayley Haining and Peter David Eckersall
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:207
  27. Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) plays a critical role in tumor development by regulating signaling pathways involved in cell proliferation, survival, metastasis and angiogenesis. STA...

    Authors: Megan E. Brown, Misty D. Bear, Thomas J. Rosol, Chris Premanandan, William C. Kisseberth and Cheryl A. London
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:206
  28. Our previous research showed that icariin (1) and its phosphorylated structural modification (2) improved the survival and attenuated oxidative stress and liver dysfunction induced by duck virus hepatitis. In thi...

    Authors: Wen Xiong, Xia Ma, Yi Wu, Yun Chen, Ling Zeng, Jiaguo Liu, Weidong Sun, Deyun Wang and Yuanliang Hu
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:205
  29. Endometrial adenocarcinomas are a rare type of tumour in cats. Though different morphologies have been reported, the most frequent histological type of feline endometrial adenocarcinoma (FEA) is the papillary ...

    Authors: Ana Laura Saraiva, Rita Payan-Carreira, Fátima Gärtner, Marta R. Fortuna da Cunha, Alexandra Rêma, Fátima Faria, Lígia M. Lourenço and Maria dos Anjos Pires
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:204
  30. Elephants are classified as critically endangered animals by the International Union for Conservation of Species (IUCN). Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV) poses a large threat to breeding programs o...

    Authors: Petra B. van den Doel, Víctor Rodríguez Prieto, Sarah E. van Rossum-Fikkert, Willem Schaftenaar, Erin Latimer, Lauren Howard, Sarah Chapman, Nic Masters, Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus, Paul D. Ling, Akbar Dastjerdi and Byron Martina
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:203

    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2015 15:851

  31. Bovine coronavirus (BCoV) together with bovine torovirus (BToV), both members of the Coronaviridae family, order Nidovirales are the most common viral enteric pathogens. Although studied separately, their joint o...

    Authors: Ivana Lojkić, Nina Krešić, Ivana Šimić and Tomislav Bedeković
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:202
  32. We compared the changes in cell morphology, total and differential cell counts between cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples analyzed within an hour of collection (fresh sample) and after the addition of autologou...

    Authors: C. Bellino, B. Miniscalco, I. Bertone, A. Cagnasso, E. Occhiena, P. Gianella and A. D’Angelo
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:201
  33. Obesity and overweight have been frequently observed in dogs and cats in recent years as in humans. The compositions of fatty acids (FAs) in the accumulated lipids in tissues of obese animals may have importan...

    Authors: Megumi Fujiwara, Nobuko Mori, Touko Sato, Hiroyuki Tazaki, Shingo Ishikawa, Ichiro Yamamoto and Toshiro Arai
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:200
  34. Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is caused by porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and is an economically important disease in swine-producing areas. The objective of...

    Authors: Longlong Zheng, Xiang Li, Lingyun Zhu, Wengui Li, Junlong Bi, Guishu Yang, Gefen Yin and Jianping Liu
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:199
  35. Echinococcus multilocularis, the causative agent of alveolar echinococcosis, is a fox tapeworm widely distributed in Europe with an increase of endemic area in recent years. Many mamma...

    Authors: Julie Brunet, Pierrick Regnard, Bernard Pesson, Ahmed Abou-Bacar, Marcela Sabou, Alexander W. Pfaff and Ermanno Candolfi
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:198
  36. Lyme borreliosis is a disease transmitted by ticks to mammals, especially in horses and humans. Caused by a spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, it can result in lameness, arthritis, carditis, dermatitis and neurolog...

    Authors: Roberta Carvalho Basile, Gabriela Gomes Rivera, Lara Antoniassi Del Rio, Talissa Camargo Mantovani de Bonis, Gabriel Paiva Domingues do Amaral, Edson Giangrecco, Guilherme Ferraz, Natalino Hajime Yoshinari, Paulo Aléscio Canola and Antonio Queiroz Neto
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:197
  37. Canine atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common, genetically predisposed, inflammatory and pruritic skin disease. The variation in clinical presentations, due to genetic factors, extent of the lesions, stage of the ...

    Authors: Patrick Hensel, Domenico Santoro, Claude Favrot, Peter Hill and Craig Griffin
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:196
  38. Avian hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the main causative agent of big liver and spleen disease, as well as hepatitis-splenomegaly syndrome in chickens. To date, conventional reverse transcriptase polymerase chain r...

    Authors: Qin Zhao, Sha Xie, Yani Sun, Yiyang Chen, Jiming Gao, Huiya Li, Xinjie Wang, Shahid Faraz Syed, Baoyuan Liu, Lizhen Wang, Gaiping Zhang and En-Min Zhou
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:195
  39. Schmallenberg virus (SBV) has spread across Europe since mid-2011, causing unspecific and transitory symptoms in ruminants and congenital malformations in their offspring. Evidence for the impact of SBV on cat...

    Authors: Marica Toson, Lapo Mughini-Gras, Katia Capello, Laura Gagliazzo, Laura Bortolotti, Matteo Mazzucato, Stefano Marangon and Lebana Bonfanti
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:193
  40. The purpose of this study was to describe the normal appearance of the bony and soft tissue structures of the stifle joint of a Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris) by low-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and th...

    Authors: Alberto Arencibia, Mario Encinoso, José R. Jáber, Daniel Morales, Diego Blanco, Alejandro Artiles and José M. Vázquez
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:192
  41. Many species of frogs secrete cutaneous antimicrobial peptides that are capable of killing Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Some of these species are nonetheless susceptible to chytridiomycosis, suggesting that ho...

    Authors: Laetitia Tatiersky, Louise A. Rollins-Smith, Ray Lu, Claire Jardine, Ian K. Barker, Mary Ellen Clark and Jeff L. Caswell
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:191
  42. Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) infections in cattle are generally challenging to detect and cost-effective test strategies are consequently difficult to identify. MA...

    Authors: Carsten Kirkeby, Kaare Græsbøll, Tariq Halasa, Nils Toft and Søren Saxmose Nielsen
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:190
  43. Brucellosis is a zoonosis of public health importance worldwide. In Tanzania, the disease is underreported due to insufficient awareness, inadequate diagnostic protocols, including lack of appropriate reagents...

    Authors: Justine A. Assenga, Lucas E. Matemba, Shabani K. Muller, Joseph J. Malakalinga and Rudovick R. Kazwala
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:189
  44. Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, the agent of Lyme borreliosis, is mainly maintained in natural foci through the transmission cycles of competent tick vectors (Ixodes sp.) and a verteb...

    Authors: Tjaša Cerar, Miša Korva, Tatjana Avšič-Županc and Eva Ružić-Sabljić
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:188
  45. Macaques are an excellent model for many human diseases, including reproductive diseases such as endometriosis. A long-recognized need for early biomarkers of endometriosis has not yet resulted in consensus. W...

    Authors: Dillon C. Muth, Melissa A. McAlexander, Lauren J. Ostrenga, Nathan M. Pate, Jessica M. Izzi, Robert J. Adams, Kelly A. Metcalf Pate, Sarah E. Beck, Baktiar O. Karim and Kenneth W. Witwer
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:187
  46. Coxiella burnetii is the etiologic agent of Q fever, a zoonotic disease causing influenza-like illness, pregnancy loss, cardiovascular disease and chronic fatigue syndrome in people. C...

    Authors: Amy E. Bauer, Sonora Olivas, Maria Cooper, Heidie Hornstra, Paul Keim, Talima Pearson and April J. Johnson
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:186
  47. In vitro platelet aggregation in feline blood samples is a well-known phenomenon in veterinary clinical laboratories resulting in high numbers of pseudothrombocytopenia. Several attempts have been made to prev...

    Authors: Barbara Riond, Andrea Katharina Waßmuth, Sonja Hartnack, Regina Hofmann-Lehmann and Hans Lutz
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:183

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