Showing papers in "Research in Veterinary Science in 2014"

TL;DR: An updated overview of the susceptibility and the role in the transmission of the disease of the most common domesticated animals species such as small ruminants, pigs, horses, camelids, dogs and cats is presented.

TL;DR: Because the nomenclature of the MTBC is controversial, its members have been considered species, subspecies or ecotypes, this review discusses the possible implications for diagnostics and the legal consequences of naming of new species.

TL;DR: It was determined that environmental factors impact IRT temperature measurements significantly and therefore must be managed to ensure reproducible and accurate readings.

TL;DR: A case of RHDV2 infection in another hare species, Lepus corsicanus, during a concurrent RHD outbreak in a group of wild rabbits, confirmed the capability of R HDV2 to infect hosts other than rabbits and improved the knowledge about the epidemiology and the host range of this new lagovirus.

TL;DR: The assessment of the severity of TB lesions is crucial for vaccine trials and imaging technology has allowed the development of more standardised, objective, and quantitative methods, such as multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT), which provides quantitative measures of lesion volume.

TL;DR: An overview of the current ante-mortem diagnostic tools for diagnosis of bovine TB regarding historical background, methodologies and sensitivity and specificity obtained in previous studies under different epidemiological situations is provided.

TL;DR: The findings indicate that gut microbiota may contribute to variation in various disease read-outs in the B 6.V-Lep(ob)/J model and considering them in both quality assurance and data evaluation for the B6.

TL;DR: A substantial reduction of antibiotic usage in dairy farms can be achieved through the proper use of immunomodulators, aimed at increasing immunocompetence and disease resistance of cows.

TL;DR: The role of the most relevant NTM in animal disease is summarized with a special focus on Mycobacterium avium subsp.

TL;DR: Improvements in diagnostic techniques, application of more advanced discriminatory genotyping tools, and collaboration between veterinary and human health care researchers are key to the understanding of this zoonosis.

TL;DR: Dietary salinomycin and B. subtilis affected serum anticoccidial antibody and intestinal cytokine expression, but failed to improve growth performance in broiler chickens.

TL;DR: The results demonstrated the presence of a marked antigenic diversity among Argentinean BVDV isolates and suggest the need to incorporate BVDv 1b isolates in diagnostic strategies.

TL;DR: The present results indicate that different types of stressors elicited different physiological stress responses in the pigs, and therefore including various salivary biomarkers in stress evaluation seems useful.

TL;DR: A quantitative review of TB hazard across Europe on a country-by-country basis for cattle and five widely-distributed wildlife species concluded that wild boar posed the greatest hazard of all the wildlife species, indicating thatWild boar have the greatest ability to transmit the disease to cattle.

TL;DR: The oscillometric device is more reliable than the Doppler in the determination of blood pressure in healthy medium to large breed dogs and satisfied more of the criteria set by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine consensus statement.

TL;DR: The high prevalence of PIA and HGPIN underlines the reasonable chance of their detection in routine biopsy specimens, and the awareness of the unusual patterns might be critical in avoiding diagnostic misinterpretation.

TL;DR: Waste milk samples from 103 farms in England and Wales were examined for the presence of β-lactam antibiotics and ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae and CTX-M types were identified, but none of the E. coli types identified were serotype O25, the serotype of the human pandemic strain.

TL;DR: The key factors that contribute to the accuracy of bacteriological diagnosis of M. bovis and M. caprae are highlighted, and the development of advanced genotyping techniques that are increasingly used in diagnostic laboratories for the purpose of supporting detailed epidemiological investigations are described.

TL;DR: The present results contribute important insights that CTE may have the potential to act as a natural antioxidant to prevent free radical-induced hemolysis, protein oxidation and lipid peroxidation in erythrocytes.

TL;DR: The correlated results highlight the complex and multiple interrelations between the good welfare indicators, showing once again that animal welfare is under the influence of all its three dimensions.

TL;DR: The sequence variation in partial mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) gene of E. aerophilus isolates from pets and wild animals from different countries is investigated to have implications for a better understanding of the epidemiology, phylo-geography and clinical impact of this parasite.

TL;DR: Results indicate that bovine forestomachs can receive and elaborate signals for the immune cells infiltrating the rumen content or other organs and participate in a cross-talk with the lymphoid tissues in the oral cavity and promote regulatory actions at both regional and systemic levels.

TL;DR: This cross-sectional study evaluated risk factors associated with farm-level bovine leukemia virus (BLV) seropositivity in 563 dairy and 490 beef farms throughout Japan and found the presence of purchased cattle was found to be a risk factor in both sectors.

TL;DR: P pig producers in Spain have an imperfect knowledge of the main use of antimicrobials, but there is little concern among pig producers about the harmful effects on public health of on-farm antimicrobial use.

TL;DR: The protection induced by secreted Ag30-P283 was associated with a mixed Th1/Th2 with predominance of Th2 phenotype, which was characterized by the production of IgG1, intestinal IgA antibodies and IL-5 secretion, which could provide an efficient platform technology for the design of novel vaccination strategies.

TL;DR: Antibody prevalence for several infectious and parasitic diseases in a population of roe deer inhabiting a mixed agricultural landscape (south of France) has been analyzed and found a high prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii, compared to other studies in Europe.

TL;DR: It is concluded that neutrophil number is a robust biomarker of stress and that plasma CXCL8 is a sensitive indicator of stress in weaned and control calves.

TL;DR: Indirect immunofluorescence assay and Western blot analysis demonstrated that Matrine could inhibit N protein expression in Marc-145 cells and Matrine was found to be able to impair PRRSV-induced apoptosis by inhibiting caspase-3 activation.

TL;DR: Sequence analysis performed on the obtained PCR products suggests that a genetically stable CAdV-1 strain and different C adenovirus strains circulate in the canine population examined and that coinfections are relatively frequent.

TL;DR: This study revealed the inactivation of p16 gene through hypermethylation of its CpG island in a fraction of canine lymphoid tumor cells.