December, 2009 news
December 24th, 2009
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Coxiella burnetti, a neglected pathogen
New post published in Blog Madri+d de Seguridad Alimentaria y Alimentación
Q fever outbreak started in Holland has come to Belgium by creating an unprecedented situation makes it difficult to see whether the measures taken are appropriate and where there are no European recommendations. However, cases of transmission of Q fever from animals to humans are atypical and associated with management and environmental conditions specific to the affected areas…
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December 21st, 2009
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Q fever importance in Europe nowadays
New online article published in VISAVET Outreach Journal
Q fever is one of the most widespread neglected zoonoses worldwide, in spite of the fact that it can be considered as emerging or reemerging in many countries. The disease has been described in almost every country where its presence has been investigated with the sole described exception of New Zealand. However, many aspects of the Q fever and its causative agent, the obligate intracellular bacterium Coxiella burnetii, remain unclear although in the last years it has received a growing attention that could explain its “emergent” nature (due to the use of improved diagnostic techniques and enh…
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December 17th, 2009
Sergio González Domínguez
Food handlers trainers Course
New edition organized by the Official Veterinary Association of Madrid and promoted by the Regional Ministry of Health of Madrid
With the objectives of technically trained in the design, development and evaluation of Food Handlers Training programs will be held this course for review the knowledge of Hygiene, in connection with handling throughout the food chain should receive Food handlers and be given the necessary training tools in their educational task. The course will run for 30h and will be held in the Official Veterinary Association of Madrid from 18 to January 26, 2010…
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December 15th, 2009
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Global Biosecurity 2010
New post published in Blog Madri+d de Seguridad Alimentaria y Alimentación
Biosecurity has become a major economic problem of concern to governments, agricultural industries and environmental organizations worldwide. Under the slogan safeguarding agriculture and the environment is announcing this global conference will provide a forum for stakeholders across the biosafety spectrum, including researchers, industry representatives, policy makers, primary producers and importers or exporters…
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December 2nd, 2009
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Experimental inoculation of sheep with bluetongue virus serotype 1 and 4: clinical signs, gross and histopathologic lesions
Oral communication in 60th Annual Meeting of The American College of Veterinary Pathologists and 44th Annual Meeting of The American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology
December 1st, 2009
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Reflection paper on the use of third and fourth generation cephalosporins in food producing animals in the European Union: development of resistance and impact on human and animal health
Investigation published in Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Resistance to third and fourth generation cephalosporins is rapidly increasing in bacteria infecting humans. Although many of these problems are linked to human to human transmission and to use of antimicrobials in human medicine, the potential role of community reservoirs such as food producing animals needs to be scrutinized. Resistance to third and fourth generation cephalosporins is emerging in enteric bacteria of food producing animals and also in food of animal origin. The genes encoding resistance to these cephalosporins are transferrable and often linked to other resistance genes. Syst…
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December 1st, 2009
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Novel genetic environment of qnrB2 associated with TEM-1 and SHV-12 on pB1004, an IncHI2 plasmid, in Salmonella Bredeney BB1047 from Spain
Investigation article published in The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Resistance to fluoroquinolones through plasmid-mediated qnr genes, especially when associated with resistance to cephalosporins by extended-spectrum b-lactamases (ESBLs), is an emerging phenomenon in enterobacteria. This is worrisome in the case of Salmonella, as these are two of the major antimicrobials used in invasive salmonellosis…
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December 1st, 2009
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Unilateral scrotal pyocele in ram caused by Staphylococcus capitis
Australian Veterinary Journal publish this investigation article
A massive unilateral scrotal pyocele caused by Staphylococcus capitis in a 6-year-old ram is reported. Ultrasound examination of the right hemiscrotum showed an irregular hyperechoic mass in an anechoic fluid. A dense exudate was collected from the scrotum for microbiological analysis. Grossly, there was an extensive greenish purulent exudate and a completely atrophied right testis. Coagulase-negative S. capitis was isolated in pure culture. To the authors` knowledge, this is the first report of genital infection by S. capitis in rams. This microorganism should be included in the differential …
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December 1st, 2009
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Veterinary Studies in the European Higher Education Area: The Bologna Process
Profesión Veterinaria publish this article
The article explores the European Higher Education Area foundations and its influence on veterinary studies, to explore new methodologies that have to be implemented, and its future impact on certification, concluding that the so-called Bologna Process will have a important influence on veterinary education, although less than in other degrees studies.…
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