From the active TSE surveillance programme in Catalonia, the Priocat laboratory of animal health research centre (CReSA) has detected a noticeable lack of lymphotropsim as far as scrapie-associated prion protein deposition is concerned. Results described in the paper, where...
Metallothioneins (MT) play an important role in the pathological processes concerning the central nervous system. Due to their antioxidant properties, CReSA and UAB researchers intracerebrally inoculated...
This work analyzes almost 300 roe deer from different regions in Spain, in order to get information about risk factors on the host-parasite relationship by T. gondii (responsible of toxoplasmosis). The study concludes that environmental factors are important, and indicates high exposure to T....
Neonate foals frequently suffer a bacterial infection of the blood known as septicemia, which is usually detected when it has fatal consequences for the animals. After a complete study, the authors of this work have determined the usefulness of some protein fragments, known as...
Bird fancier's lung (BFL) affects between 4% and 8% of people who are fond of pigeon, and also people taking care of other types of birds. The current study is an in-depth research into the clinical characteristics of BFL in the largest series examined for this purpose by a...
Border disease virus (BDV), which affects mainly sheep and goats, has substantial loss-related economic implications worldwide. An outbreak of a previously unreported disease, associated with a new Pestivirus belonging to the BDV virus cluster, was...
The little bustard is a globally near-threatened species. Their capture and radiotagging is necessary to implement conservation practices, but this may cause some adverse effects. In this research, the risk factors associated with capture and handling are...
A new multisystemic disease in ferrets caused by a coronavirus has been described for the first time. This findig opens a new way of research of the role of coronavirus in animal diseases.
Neospora caninum is a protozarian parasite that causes abortions in dairy and beef cattle around the world. A research carried out by UAB scientists has studied risk factors for Andorran cattle. The results suggest that the locations of the grazing sites can enhance horizontal transmission and that some breeds...
