December, 2018 news
December 31st, 2018
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Tail docking, castration: Prime time for PRRS tests
National Hog Farmer publish this article
Research Review: Other important findings from this study are the association between positive litters with gilts and the longitudinal description of the outbreak…
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December 31st, 2018
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Ancient Rome and the zoonoses
New article published in Revista Complutense de Ciencias Veterinarias
Ancient Rome was an unhealthy and annoying city, far from our sound idea about it, associated to palaces, temples and statues. Daily life used to take place in a crowded environment, where malnutrition and poverty thrived. Direct or indirect fecal contamination from humans and animals of water and food was highly probable. Spills and pollution of watercourses and reservoirs with filth and carrion occurred often, this favoring pathogens and vectors. The lack of appropriate cleansing of streets and sewers, and the regular presence of animals –insects included– in streets and households guara…
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December 21st, 2018
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Seasons Greetings and Happy New Year 2019
The SEVISEQ Equine Health Surveillance Unit stars the annual christmas card of the VISAVET centre of the Complutense University of Madrid
December 19th, 2018
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Application of quantitative analytic methods for the epidemiological study of zoonotic diseases
PhD Thesis defense by Mª Luisa de la Cruz Conty at the VISAVET Centre of the Complutense University of Madrid
The present doctoral thesis explored the usefulness of the application of quantitative analytic methods for the study of the epidemiology of diseases of relevance in animal and public health.
Most epidemiological studies are based on the classification of individuals from a given population as infected or uninfected based on the results obtained in a diagnostic test.
However, often the accuracy of the test is not formally evaluated, or estimates obtained in a different (and non-applicable) context are merely extrapolated, what can lead to important biases. In this thesis, Bayesian models…
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December 14th, 2018
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Immunoproteomic characterization of protein derivatives from Mycobacterium bovis, Mycobacterium avium (subspecies avium and paratuberculosis) and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis. Application in diagnosis
PhD Thesis defense by Jose Antonio Infantes Lorenzo at the VISAVET Centre of the Complutense University of Madrid
Animal tuberculosis is a zoonotic infection caused by members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), especially M. bovis and M. caprae. It represents an important health problem, in humans, domestic animals and wildlife. For this reason, in the European Union, cattle are subject to an eradication programme, based on " test-and slaughter" strategies, which implies the removal of animals that react positively to diagnostic tests. The official diagnostic tests are based on the cell immune response against the bovine tuberculin or PPDb. This is a purified protein derivative (PPD) prepar…
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December 14th, 2018
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Visita al Centro VISAVET. Asignatura de MicrobiologÃa, ParasitologÃa y VirologÃa sanitarias
Oral communication in Grado de BioquÃmica
December 13rd, 2018
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Visita a un laboratorio de alta seguridad biológica: Centro VISAVET
Oral communication in Master Universitario en Prevención de Riesgos Laborales
December 12nd, 2018
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Jornada Formativa sobre Agentes Zoonóticos y Resistencias Antimicrobianas en Alimentos
Communications in this event:
- Hepatitis E: una zoonósis emergente de transmisión alimentaria
December 4th, 2018
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Antimicrobial Prescriptions for Dogs in the Capital of Spain
Frontiers in veterinary science publish this investigation article
Objective: To characterize antimicrobial prescription patterns for dogs in veterinary practices in Spain using the city of Madrid as a model.
Design: Retrospective survey.
Settings: Dogs attending veterinary practices in the city of Madrid in 2017 were enrolled.
Subjects: Three hundred dogs from 30 veterinary practices randomly selected from a set of 388 practices grouped by zip code. The inclusion criterion for dogs was treatment with antibiotics within a few days of the data collection day.
Results: For the 300 dogs enrolled, 374 treatments with antimicrobials were recorded, 62.8% (235/3…
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December 4th, 2019
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Curso sobre Enfermedades Emergentes
Communications in this event:
- Peste porcina africana. Ya casi en toda Europa. ¿estamos preparados?
- Vigilancia de enfermedades emergentes y comunicación en crisis sanitarias
- Introducción o generalidades de enfermedades emergentes y enfermedades desatendidas
December 1st, 2018
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Hepatitis E: un riesgo emergente a estudio
New article published in Revista Alimentaria
Se han notificado casos de transmisión de este virus por los alimentos, principalmente al consumir hÃgado o bien carne cruda o poco cocinada…
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Related news in other media:
- Hepatitis E: un riesgo emergente a estudio - revistaalimentaria.es
December 1st, 2018
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Ofensiva contra la tuberculosis en caprino
Tierras. Caprino publish this article
December 1st, 2018
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El virus de la Hepatitis E: un patógeno zoonósico emergente en Europa
New article published in Badajoz Veterinaria
El virus de la hepatitis E (VHE) es considerado como el agente principal de hepatitis viral aguda epidémica en paÃses en vÃas de desarrollo (se estima que se producen cada año alrededor de 20 millones de infecciones por el VHE en todo el mundo), mientras que en paÃses desarrollados se dan casos principalmente esporádicos relacionados, en la mayorÃa de los casos, con los animales, considerándose actualmente la hepatitis E una zoonosis emergente. Existen cuatro genotipos principales del VHE (de un total de 8) que muestran caracterÃsticas epidemiológicas y clÃnicas diferenciadas. El VH…
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December 1st, 2018
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El primer prototipo de vacuna definida para jabalà que se da por inmunización oral ya está patentado
Interview in Mundo Ganadero of Mundo Ganadero
December 1st, 2018
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Ofensiva contra la tuberculosis en caprino
Interview in Tierras Caprino of Revista Tierras Caprino
Los casos de Canarias y Castilla y León avalan que es razonable pensar en la erradicación de la tuberculosis caprina…
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