October, 2019 news
October 30th, 2019
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Free-Ranging Pig and Wild Boar Interactions in an Endemic Area of African Swine Fever
Investigation published in Frontiers in veterinary science
African swine fever virus (ASFV) is spreading throughout Eurasia and there is no vaccine nor treatment available, so the control is based on the implementation of strict sanitary measures. These measures include depopulation of infected and in-contact animals and export restrictions, which can lead to important economic losses, making currently African swine fever (ASF) the greatest threat to the global swine industry. ASF has been endemic on the island of Sardinia since 1978, the longest persistence of anywhere in Eurasia. In Sardinia, eradication programs have failed, in large part due to th…
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October 29th, 2019
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Curso de segunda edición de actualización de tuberculosis bovina aprobado oficialmente por el Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación
Communications in this event:
- Acreditación de las pruebas de diagnóstico. Video PNT de la intradermoreacción simple y comparada
October 28th, 2019
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Zoonosis emergente de transmisión alimentaria: hepatitis E
Conference in XI Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Medicina Tropical y Salud Internacional. SEMTSI
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October 24th, 2019
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Role of Wild Boar in the Spread of Classical Swine Fever in Japan
Investigation article published in Pathogens
Since September 2018, nearly 900 notifications of classical swine fever (CSF) have been reported in Gifu Prefecture (Japan) affecting domestic pig and wild boar by the end of August 2019. To determine the epidemiological characteristics of its spread, a spatio-temporal analysis was performed using actual field data on the current epidemic. The spatial study, based on standard deviational ellipses of official CSF notifications, showed that the disease likely spread to the northeast part of the prefecture. A maximum significant spatial association estimated between CSF notifications was 23 km by…
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October 24th, 2019
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España a confirmar
Oral communication in Journées techniques 2019 de las Fesass
October 24th, 2019
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EU-RL for Bovine Tuberculosis Workshop. VII edition
Communications in this event:
- Factors affecting the performance of diagnostic test for bovine tuberculosis
- Molecular detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
- Comparative test for Histopathological diagnosis of tuberculosis
- Histopathological diagnosis of tuberculosis - main highlights
- Comparative test for detection of IFN-g for the diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis
- Comparative test for Direct DNA extraction from tissue samples and bacteriological culture
- Immunological diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis
- EU-RL presentation & Main activities
October 22nd, 2019
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El bioterrorismo del siglo XXI
Conference in XV Jornadas de difusión de la Cultura de Defensa. Seminario Cultural Permanente de Seguridad y Defensa. Cátedra Almirante Martín Granizo
October 22nd, 2019
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VISAVET Journal Club. VII edition. 2019 edition
Communications in this event:
- Predicting prolonged bovine tuberculosis breakdowns in Great Britain as an aid to control
October 16th, 2019
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Identification of host-associated genomic determinants in Escherichia coli
Oral communication in Zoonoses 2019 – International Symposium on Zoonoses Research
October 16th, 2019
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African Swine Fever
Oral communication in KBS News. Televisión Sur Koreana
October 15th, 2019
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Successful Host Adaptation of IncK2 Plasmids
Investigation published in Frontiers in Microbiology
The IncK plasmid group can be divided into two separate lineages named IncK1 and IncK2. IncK2 is found predominantly in poultry while IncK1 was reported in various mammals, including animals and humans. The physiological basis of this distinction is not known. In this manuscript we examined fitness cost of IncK1 and IncK2 plasmids at 37 and 42°C, which resembles mammalian and chicken body temperatures, respectively. We analyzed conjugation frequency, plasmid copy number and plasmid fitness cost in direct competition. Additionally, we measured levels of σ-32 in Escherichia coli carrying ei…
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October 15th, 2019
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Evaluation of the immunogenicity and efficacy of BCG and MTBVAC vaccines using a natural transmission model of tuberculosis
Veterinary Research publish this investigation article
Effective vaccines against tuberculosis (TB) are needed in order to prevent TB transmission in human and animal populations. Evaluation of TB vaccines may be facilitated by using reliable animal models that mimic host pathophysiology and natural transmission of the disease as closely as possible. In this study, we evaluated the immunogenicity and efficacy of two attenuated vaccines, BCG and MTBVAC, after each was given to 17 goats (2 months old) and then exposed for 9 months to goats infected with M. caprae. In general, MTBVAC-vaccinated goats showed higher interferon-gamma release than BCG va…
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October 15th, 2019
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Víctor Briones, nuevo director de los Cursos de Verano de la Universidad Complutense en El Escorial
Víctor Briones nuevo director de los Cursos de Verano de la Complutense
- El catedrático de Sanidad Animal Víctor Briones, nuevo director de los Cursos de Verano de la Complutense - lavanguardia.com
- El veterinario Víctor Briones, director de los Cursos de Verano de la Complutense - diarioveterinario.com
- El catedrático de Sanidad Animal Víctor Briones, nuevo director de los Cursos de Verano de la Complutense - diariosigloxxi.com
- El catedrático de Sanidad Animal Víctor Briones, nuevo director de los Cursos de Verano de la Complutense - bolsamania.com
- Víctor Briones, nuevo director de los Cursos de Verano - ucm.es
October 15th, 2019
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La red de institutos europeos One Health EJP presenta sus avances
EJP avances
El Programa Conjunto Europeo One Health, en el que participan Visavet y el INIA, ha presentado sus avances en investigación relativa a resistencias antimicrobianas y zoonosis alimentarias que ha realizado en su primer año de vida…
- La red de institutos europeos One Health EJP presenta sus avances - animalshealth.es
October 10th, 2019
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Especialista en animales salvajes y de zoo
Communications in this event:
- Principales lesiones patológicas en peces de acuario
- Lesiones patológicas en aves salvajes y de zoo
- Principales zoonosis en animales salvajes y de zoo
- Técnica de necropsia en peces
October 10th, 2019
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Extremadura reduce la prevalencia de tuberculosis bovina del 13% al 4%
Prevalencia de la tuberculosis
En una reunión mantenida por la Consejería extremeña de Agricultura se han facilitado los últimos datos de prevalencia de tuberculosis bovina en la región, que muestran una importante reducción de cerca del 9% desde la pasada legislatura…
October 8th, 2019
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Risk of African swine fever virus introduction into the United States through smuggling of pork in air passenger luggage
Investigation published in Scientific reports
African swine fever causes substantial economic losses in the swine industry in affected countries. Traditionally confined to Africa with only occasional incursions into other regions, ASF began spreading into Caucasian countries and Eastern Europe in 2007, followed by Western Europe and Asia in 2018. Such a dramatic change in the global epidemiology of ASF has resulted in concerns that the disease may continue to spread into disease-free regions such as the US. In this study, we estimated the risk of introduction of ASF virus into the US through smuggling of pork in air passenger luggage. Res…
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October 8th, 2019
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Grado de Veterinaria. 2019-2020 edition
Communications in this event:
- Diagnóstico clínico laboratorial
- Anatomía Patológica Especial
October 8th, 2019
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XXIV Simposio Avedila. 2019-2020 edition. 2019 edition
Communications in this event:
- Identificación de factores predictores de virulencia en cepas de Mycobacterium bovis
- Evaluación de un nuevo ELISA para el diagnóstico de la tuberculosis caprina en muestras de leche
- Nuevos retos en la lucha contra la resistencia a los antibióticos
October 8th, 2019
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GeoVet 2019. Novel spatio-temporal approaches in the era of Big Data
Communications in this event:
- The spatiotemporal distribution of lumpy skin disease virus
October 8th, 2019
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Résistance aux antibiotiques: humains, animaux et environnement
Conference in Antibiotiques: succès et déceptions
La résistance aux antibiotiques est, comme confirmée par l’OMS et l’ONU, la menace sanitaire actuelle la plus grave du monde. Bien qu’on utilise des antibiotiques depuis les années 30, les bactéries s’entrainent déjà depuis des millions d’années à résister contre elles-mêmes dans la nature, ce qui explique qu’elles ont développé des stratégies de résistance très efficientes. En fait, les bactéries, contrairement au reste des êtres vivants de la Terre, peuvent s’échanger entre elles des gènes responsables de divers mécanismes de résistance par un processus appelé « Transfert Horizontal des…
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October 7th, 2019
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Bioseguridad, una visión práctica
Conference in VII Jornada del Pilar de Vacuno de Cebo
October 7th, 2019
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Constituyen un grupo de trabajo sobre la tuberculosis bovina
Grupo de trabajo tuberculosis
Castilla y León ha creado un grupo de trabajo técnico sobre la tuberculosis bovina con el objetivo de mejorar los estándares sanitarios de sus explotaciones ganaderas…
October 6th, 2019
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The application of molecular tools to spatial epidemiology
Oral communication in Pre-conference workshops GeoVet 2019
October 5th, 2019
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Integron Identification in Bacterial Genomes and Cassette Recombination Assays
The book Horizontal Gene Transfer edited by Humana Press Inc. includes this chapter
Integrons are genetic elements involved in bacterial adaptation to the environment. Sedentary chromosomal integrons (SCIs) can stockpile and rearrange a myriad of different functions encoded in gene cassettes. Through their association with transposable elements and conjugative plasmids, some SCIs have acquired mobility and are now termed Mobile Integrons (MIs). MIs have reached the hospitals and are involved in the rise and spread of antibiotic resistance genes through horizontal gene transfer among numerous bacterial species. Here we aimed at describing methods for the detection of integrons…
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October 2nd, 2019
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La resistencia a los antibióticos: una de las mayores amenazas para la salud mundial
Interview in Hora 25 of Cadena SER
Periodismo a la carta investiga sobre el efecto que produce el consumo excesivo de antibióticos.…
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October 1st, 2019
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Tuberculosis vaccination sequence effect on protection in wild boar
Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases publish this investigation article
The Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa) is a reservoir for tuberculosis (TB) in which vaccination is a valuable tool for control. We evaluated the protection and immune response achieved by homologous and heterologous regimes administering BCG and heat-inactivated Mycobacterium bovis (IV). Twenty-one wild boar piglets were randomly allocated in five groups: Control, homologous BCG, homologous IV, heterologous IV-BCG, heterologous BCG-IV. Significant 67% and 66% total lesion score reductions were detected in homologous IV (IVx2) and heterologous IV-BCG groups when compared with Control group (F4,16…
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October 1st, 2019
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Risk of acquisition of human diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli virulence genes in intercontinental travellers: a prospective, multi-centre study Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Investigation article published in Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Background:
We studied the geographic distribution of diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli virulence genes (DEC VGs) acquisition in travellers and investigated if they acquired highly virulent EAEC/STEC hybrid strains.
Methods:
From the prospective, multicentre COMBAT study among 2,001 Dutch travellers, a subset of 491 travellers was were selected based on travel destination to 7 subregions. Faecal samples taken directly before and after travel were screened for nine DEC VGs with real-time PCR. Incidence proportions and rates were calculated for each gene and subregion.
Results:
479 travellers…
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October 1st, 2019
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Peste porcina africana: situación actual y perspectivas de futuro
New article published in Sólo cerdo ibérico
La peste porcina africana se encuentra en la actualidad en tres continentes, mostrando una expansión activa en Europa y Asia. En Asia, las medidas de control han comenzado a afectar al abastecimiento, incrementando el precio de la carne de cerdo en el comercio internacional.
Por ello es necesario el establecimiento de medidas de prevención y control efectivas.
Además, desde la academia se continúan realizando ensayos para hallar una vacuna efectiva…
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October 1st, 2019
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Aborto ovino causado por Salmonella Abortusovis (aborto paratifoide)
New article published in Albèitar Portugal
Numa exploração de ovinos dependendo da aptidão dos animais, as principais fontes de lucro são a venda dos borregos e produção de leite, logo uma boa fertilidade é um fator chave para garantir a produtividade e rentabilidade do negócio. Neste âmbito, é essencial prevenir e controlar os abortos para garantirmos um parto e borregos saudáveis. A Salmonella Abortusovis é considerada uma das principais causas de abortos infeciosos, a seguir à Chlamydia abortus em muitos países europeus. Este artigo pretende fazer uma revisão sobre o aborto paratifóide e respetivas medidas de preveção…
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October 1st, 2019
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Biosecurity and Prevention of Occupational Risks in the Microbiology Laboratories Course. 2019 edition
Communications in this event:
- Equipamiento y métodos de trabajo
- Bioseguridad y riesgo biológico