Biosecurity is key for disease control in animals, but in the livestock industry there is still much to be done to improve its application. BIOSECURE, a new European project involving researchers from the Department of...
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever is a viral tick-borne disease, considered an emerging disease in humans in the Iberian Peninsula. A recent study...
Researchers at the IRTA-UAB Joint Research Unit in Animal Health have developed and validated a technique for the culture of llama respiratory tissue that permits to study why camelids overcome infection caused by MERS-CoV without...
Oocytes can be vitrified for the conservation of animal genetic resources and for the preservation of fertility in women, but the process presents some difficulties. Researchers from the Department of...
The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the UAB, Batallé Group and INNOVACC cluster, are part of the Consortium to carry out the aWISH project, dedicated to pork welfare, and participate in one of the 6 pilot groups of the initiative.
The welfare of zoo birds kept under flight restraint has been studied by researchers of the UAB and the University of Freie with great white pelicans from German zoos. The scientists have evaluated the well-being of the animals through the ethological study and the levels of...
Probiotics are those microorganisms that proportion benefits to the host, and applicated in the animals health constitute an interesting object of study. In this paper, a research group from UAB’s...
Inclusion body hepatitis is an emergent disease in the poultry industry that can cause up to 30% mortality, especially in young fattening chickens. Vaccination is the most effective method against the spread of the disease thanks to the vertical...
Glucocorticoids modulate essential animal functions, including reproduction. A new study on their signaling mechanisms, specifically...
Porcine circovirus 3 (PCV-3) was discovered in 2015 in the United States of America. Since then, it has been detected worldwide in pigs with different clinical signs, as...
