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  1. A unique clade of the bacterium Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG), which causes chronic respiratory disease in poultry, has resulted in annual epidemics of conjunctivitis in North American house finches since the 199...

    Authors: Sungwon Kim, Myeongseon Park, Ariel E. Leon, James S. Adelman, Dana M. Hawley and Rami A. Dalloul
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:276
  2. The gold standard to diagnose adverse food reactions (AFRs) in the dog and cat is currently an elimination diet with subsequent provocation trials. However, those trials are inconvenient and client compliance ...

    Authors: Ralf S. Mueller and Thierry Olivry
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:275
  3. Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M. hyopneumoniae) is the primary agent of enzootic pneumonia in pigs. Pigs are often infected with different M. hyopneumoniae strains. This study assessed the...

    Authors: Annelies Michiels, Ioannis Arsenakis, Filip Boyen, Roman Krejci, Freddy Haesebrouck and Dominiek Maes
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:274
  4. Trueperella pyogenes is a worldwide known bacterium causing mastitis, abortion and various other pyogenic infections in domestic animals like ruminants and pigs. In this study we repre...

    Authors: Samy Nagib, Stefanie P. Glaeser, Tobias Eisenberg, Osama Sammra, Christoph Lämmler, Peter Kämpfer, Nicole Schauerte, Christina Geiger, Ute Kaim, Ellen Prenger-Berninghoff, André Becker and Amir Abdulmawjood
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:273
  5. Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) is caused by Mycobacterium bovis, which belongs to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Mycobacterium bovis have been described to be responsible of most cases of bovine tuberculosis....

    Authors: Hind Yahyaoui-Azami, Hamid Aboukhassib, Mohammed Bouslikhane, Jaouad Berrada, Soukaina Rami, Miriam Reinhard, Sebastien Gagneux, Julia Feldmann, Sonia Borrell and Jakob Zinsstag
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:272
  6. Blood profiles have been used to monitor herd health status, diagnose disorders, and predict the risk of diseases in cattle and calves. Characterizing plasma metabolites in dairy calves could provide further i...

    Authors: Morteza H. Ghaffari, Jayden A. R. MacPherson, Harma Berends and Michael A. Steele
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:271
  7. Articular osteochondrosis is a common cause of leg weakness in pigs and is defined as a focal delay in the endochondral ossification of the epiphysis. The first demonstrated steps in the pathogenesis consist o...

    Authors: Andreas Finnøy, Kristin Olstad and Magnus B. Lilledahl
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:270
  8. Antimicrobial resistant Staphylococcus are becoming increasingly important in horses because of the zoonotic nature of the pathogens and the associated risks to caregivers and owners. Knowledge of the burden and ...

    Authors: James Wabwire Oguttu, Daniel Nenene Qekwana and Agricola Odoi
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:269
  9. The patterns of relative species abundance are commonly studied in ecology and epidemiology to provide insights into underlying dynamical processes. Molecular types (MVLA-types) of Mycobacterium bovis, the causal...

    Authors: Hannah Trewby, David M. Wright, Robin A. Skuce, Carl McCormick, Thomas R. Mallon, Eleanor L. Presho, Rowland R. Kao, Daniel T. Haydon and Roman Biek
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:268
  10. Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is the most important viral tick borne zoonosis in Europe. In Germany, about 250 human cases are registered annually, with the highest incidence reported in the last years coming ...

    Authors: Brigitte Böhm, Benjamin Schade, Benjamin Bauer, Bernd Hoffmann, Donata Hoffmann, Ute Ziegler, Martin Beer, Christine Klaus, Herbert Weissenböck and Jens Böttcher
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:267
  11. Salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) is considered a biomarker of sympathetic activation in humans, but there is controversy regarding the existence of sAA in dogs. The hypothesis of this study was that sAA exists in ...

    Authors: María Dolores Contreras-Aguilar, Fernando Tecles, Silvia Martínez-Subiela, Damián Escribano, Luis Jesús Bernal and José Joaquín Cerón
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:266
  12. Outbreaks of a Haemorrhagic Septicaemia (HS) like disease causing large mortalities in camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Asia and in Africa have been reported since 1890. Yet the aetiology of this condition remains...

    Authors: Ilona V. Gluecks, Astrid Bethe, Mario Younan and Christa Ewers
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:265
  13. Canine diabetes is a strikingly prevalent and growing disease, and yet the standard treatment of a twice-daily insulin injection is both cumbersome to pet owners and only moderately effective. Islet transplant...

    Authors: Stephen Harrington, S. Janette Williams, Vern Otte, Sally Barchman, Cheryl Jones, Karthik Ramachandran and Lisa Stehno-Bittel
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:264
  14. In goats, contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP) is a cause of major economic losses in Africa, Asia and in the Middle East. There is no information emphasising the importance of diagnostic ultrasound in go...

    Authors: Mohamed Tharwat and Fahd Al-Sobayil
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:263
  15. Spirocerca lupi is a nematode that parasitizes vertebrates in particular canids, by forming nodules in the thoracic cavity specifically in the oesophagus. In 25% of Spirocerca infectio...

    Authors: Kgomotso Sako, Ilse jv Rensburg, Sarah Clift and Vinny Naidoo
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:262
  16. The development of a mouse model as an in vivo pathogenicity screening tool for Brachyspira spp. has advanced the study of these economically important pathogens in recent years. However, none of the murine model...

    Authors: Courtney E. Ek, Roman Nosach, Champika Fernando, Yanyun Huang, Jason Byron D.S. Perez, Matheus O. Costa, Samantha Ekanayake, Janet E. Hill and John C.S. Harding
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:261
  17. The Orf virus (ORFV) is the causative agent of orf, a globally-occurring, acute, pustular, contagious disease affecting sheep, goats and humans with a worldwide distribution. Currently, the genomic analysis of...

    Authors: Huiqin Chen, Wei Li, Zhenzhan Kuang, Daxiang Chen, Xiaoqing Liao, Ming Li, Shuhong Luo and Wenbo Hao
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:260
  18. Environmental sampling based on boot swabs and/or liquid manure samples is an upcoming strategy for the identification of paratuberculosis (paraTB) positive herds, but only limited data are available regarding...

    Authors: Nathalie Hahn, Klaus Failing, Tobias Eisenberg, Karen Schlez, Peter-Michael Zschöck, Karsten Donat, Esra Einax and Heike Köhler
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:259
  19. Covering the eye of all snakes is a transparent integumental structure known as the spectacle. In order to determine variations in spectacle thickness among species, the spectacles of 217 alcohol-preserved mus...

    Authors: Mari-Ann Otkjaer Da Silva, Steffen Heegaard, Tobias Wang, Jacob Thorup Gade, Christian Damsgaard and Mads Frost Bertelsen
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:258
  20. Feline fecal microbiota analyses can potentially be impacted by a variety of factors such as sample preparation, sequencing method and bioinformatics analyses. Another potential influence is changes in the mic...

    Authors: Moran Tal, Adronie Verbrugghe, Diego E. Gomez, Charlotte Chau and J. Scott Weese
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:256
  21. Canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) is endemic in São Luís Maranhão/Brazil and it leads a varied clinical picture, including neurological signs.

    Authors: Weline Lopes Macau, Joicy Cortez de Sá, Ana Patrícia de Carvalho da Silva, Alessandra Lima Rocha, Renata Mondêgo-Oliveira, Fábio Henrique Evangelista de Andrade, Caroline Magalhães Cunha, Kátia da Silva Calabrese and Ana Lucia Abreu-Silva
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:255
  22. Selenium (Se) is an essential trace mineral in broilers, which has several important roles in biological processes. Organic forms of Se are more efficient than inorganic forms and can be produced biologically ...

    Authors: A. M. Dalia, T. C. Loh, A. Q. Sazili, M. F. Jahromi and A. A. Samsudin
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:254
  23. Control of animal tuberculosis (TB) through vaccination has emerged as a long-term strategy to complement test and slaughter control strategy. A pilot trial under field conditions was conducted in a goat herd ...

    Authors: Enric Vidal, Claudia Arrieta-Villegas, Miriam Grasa, Irene Mercader, Mariano Domingo and Bernat Pérez de Val
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:252
  24. The central premise for the commercialization of diets with hydrolyzed ingredients is that the small-sized digested peptides would be unable to crosslink allergen-specific IgE at the surface of tissue mast cel...

    Authors: Thierry Olivry, Jennifer Bexley and Isabelle Mougeot
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:251
  25. Complete rupture of the cranial cruciate ligament (CrCL) in dogs causes profound disturbance to stifle joint biomechanics. The objective of this study was to characterize the effects of cranial cruciate ligame...

    Authors: Stanley E. Kim, Geoffrey J. Zann, Selena Tinga, Erica J. Moore, Antonio Pozzi and Scott A. Banks
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:250
  26. Typing of Toxoplasma gondii strains is important in epidemiological surveys, to understand the distribution and virulence of different clones of the parasite among human and animal populations. Stray dogs can be ...

    Authors: Sergio Migliore, Salvatore La Marca, Cristian Stabile, Vincenzo Di Marco Lo Presti and Maria Vitale
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:249
  27. The increasing trend of ban on the use of antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) across the globe in the poultry industry has led to a growing need for alternatives to AGPs. Prebiotic, probiotic and their combinat...

    Authors: Shirley Gee Hoon Tang, Chin Chin Sieo, Kalavathy Ramasamy, Wan Zuhainis Saad, Hee Kum Wong and Yin Wan Ho
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:248
  28. Canine joint sarcomas, designated synovial sarcomas, are uncommon malignant mesenchymal neoplasms that occur in the large joints of the extremities of middle-aged, large-breed dogs. We report the diagnosis of ...

    Authors: SER Lovell, RK Burchell, PJ Roady, RL Fredrickson and A Gal
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:247
  29. In mammals, homeostasis and survival are dependent on effective trans-membrane movement of ions and enzyme function, which are labile to extreme acid-base changes, but operate efficiently within a narrow regul...

    Authors: Gareth E. Zeiler and Leith C. R. Meyer
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:246
  30. The pathology of spirocercosis, a disease caused by the infestation of carnivores with the nematode Spirocerca lupi, has been extensively described in domestic dogs and coyotes. However, it has not been described...

    Authors: M. M. Bumby, M. C. Williams, J. C. A. Steyl, R. Harrison-White, H. Lutermann, G. T. Fosgate, P. J. de Waal, J. Mitha and S. J. Clift
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:245
  31. Nausea is a subjective sensation which is difficult to measure in non-verbal species. The aims of this study were to determine the efficacy of three classes of antiemetic drugs in a novel low dose cisplatin mo...

    Authors: Hannah Kenward, Jonathan Elliott, Terry Lee and Ludovic Pelligand
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:244
  32. Pasteurella multocida is a Gram-negative bacterium that causes economically significant infections of a broad range of animal species. Pneumonic and septicaemic pasteurellosis caused b...

    Authors: Teerasak E-kobon, Ratiporn Leeanan, Saengtian Pannoi, Pornchai Anuntasomboon, Pacharee Thongkamkoon and Arinthip Thamchaipenet
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:243
  33. Canine distemper, caused by Canine distemper virus (CDV), is a highly contagious and fatal systemic disease in free-living and captive carnivores worldwide. Recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA), as an is...

    Authors: Jianchang Wang, Jinfeng Wang, Ruiwen Li, Libing Liu and Wanzhe Yuan
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:241
  34. Several pathological changes associated with reproductive systems of marine mammals have been reported in primary literature. However, no such records exist regarding ovarian cysts in the Antillean manatee (Trich...

    Authors: Karolina Goździewska-Harłajczuk, Joanna Klećkowska-Nawrot and Stanisław Dzimira
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:240
  35. Currently, the best resources for assessment of bone tissue using imaging techniques are expensive and available in few medical facilities, thus serum or urinary bone turnover biomarkers could be useful as ear...

    Authors: José A. Camassa, Camila C. Diogo, João P. A. Bordelo, Marília de A. Bonelli, Carlos A. Viegas, Jorge T. Azevedo, Nuno Dourado and Isabel R. Dias
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:239
  36. Vector-borne diseases of dogs in Australian Aboriginal communities are relatively unexplored. These dogs represent a unique group with variable ecto- and endo-parasitic burdens, nutritional stresses and a gene...

    Authors: Amanda J. Shapiro, Graeme Brown, Jacqueline M. Norris, Katrina L. Bosward, Debbie J. Marriot, Nandhakumar Balakrishnan, Edward B. Breitschwerdt and Richard Malik
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:238
  37. The main cause of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is believed to be Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis). Nontuberculosis mycobacteria (NTM) are neglected but opportunistic pathogens and obstacles for bTB diagnosis. This stu...

    Authors: Anwar Nuru, Aboma Zewude, Temesgen Mohammed, Biniam Wondale, Laikemariam Teshome, Muluwork Getahun, Gezahegne Mamo, Girmay Medhin, Rembert Pieper and Gobena Ameni
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:237
  38. In Europe, synthetic corticosteroids are not allowed in animal breeding for growth-promoting purposes. Nevertheless, a high prevalence of non-compliant urine samples was recently reported for prednisolone, how...

    Authors: Lieven Van Meulebroek, Nathalie De Clercq, Julie Vanden Bussche, Mathias Devreese, Eric Fichant, Philippe Delahaut, Siska Croubels and Lynn Vanhaecke
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:236
  39. We recently reported that a conformation score derived from the tibial plateau angle (TPA) and the femoral anteversion angle (FAA), best discriminates limbs predisposed to, or affected by cranial cruciate liga...

    Authors: Devin P. Cunningham, Ayman A. Mostafa, Wanda J. Gordan-Evans, Randy J. Boudrieau and Dominique J. Griffon
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:235
  40. Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are considered the gold standard form of evidence for assessing treatment efficacy, but many factors can influence their reliability including methodological quality, report...

    Authors: K. J. Wareham, R. M. Hyde, D. Grindlay, M. L. Brennan and R. S. Dean
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:234
  41. Proliferative enteropathy is a global enteric disease of particular importance in pigs. The causative bacterium, Lawsonia intracellularis, has a wide range of susceptible host species. Recently, L. intracellulari...

    Authors: Jeong-Min Hwang, Myung-Ji Seo and Jung-Yong Yeh
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:233
  42. In Ethiopia, plant based remedies are still the most important and sometimes the only source of therapeutics in the management of livestock diseases. However, documentation of this indigenous knowledge of ther...

    Authors: Teka Feyera, Endalkachew Mekonnen, Befekadu Urga Wakayo and Solomon Assefa
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:232
  43. A link between lipid metabolism and disease has been recognized in cats. Since hepatic lipidosis is a frequent disorder in cats, the aim of the current study was to evaluate liver and plasma lipid dimorphism i...

    Authors: Chiara Valtolina, Arie B. Vaandrager, Robert P. Favier, Maidina Tuohetahuntila, Anne Kummeling, Isabelle Jeusette, Jan Rothuizen and Joris H. Robben
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:231
  44. The objective was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of two serum ELISAs and one quantitative PCR on feces for the diagnosis of paratuberculosis in sub-clinically infected young-adult sheep. A cross-sectional...

    Authors: Yoann Mathevon, Gilles Foucras, Rémy Falguières and Fabien Corbiere
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:230
  45. Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common progressive joint disease in dogs and cats. The goal of OA treatment is to reduce inflammation, minimize pain, and maintain joint function. Currently, non-steroidal anti-inflamm...

    Authors: Domenico Britti, Rosalia Crupi, Daniela Impellizzeri, Enrico Gugliandolo, Roberta Fusco, Carlo Schievano, Valeria Maria Morittu, Maurizio Evangelista, Rosanna Di Paola and Salvatore Cuzzocrea
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:229
  46. Feline coronavirus (FCoV) exists as two pathotypes, and FCoV spike gene mutations are considered responsible for the pathotypic switch in feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) pathogenesis. The aim of this study...

    Authors: Sandra Felten, Christian M. Leutenegger, Hans-Joerg Balzer, Nikola Pantchev, Kaspar Matiasek, Gerhard Wess, Herman Egberink and Katrin Hartmann
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:228
  47. Recently moderate-virulence classical swine fever virus (CSFV) strains have been proven capable of generating postnatal persistent infection (PI), defined by the maintenance of viremia and the inability to gen...

    Authors: Oscar Cabezón, Sara Muñoz-González, Andreu Colom-Cadena, Marta Pérez-Simó, Rosa Rosell, Santiago Lavín, Ignasi Marco, Lorenzo Fraile, Paloma Martínez de la Riva, Fernando Rodríguez, Javier Domínguez and Llilianne Ganges
    Citation: BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:227

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