May, 2019 news
May 29th, 2019
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Estimating day range from camera-trap data: the animals’ behaviour as a key parameter
Journal of Zoology publish this investigation article
Day range (DR), the distance travelled by an individual during the day, is an important metric in movement ecology that recently gained interest by its relevance for estimating population density through the random encounter model (REM). Traditionally, DR has been estimated using GPS technology and considering raw straight-line distances between consecutive locations, which is an underestimation of the true path distance. In this work, we tested the accuracy of a new approach based on camera-trap data for the estimation of DR taking into account the animals’ behaviour. For this purpose, we con…
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May 29th, 2019
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Veterinary PhD Research Seminars
Communications in this event:
- Nuevas metodologías para el diagnóstico de la tuberculosis bovina
May 28th, 2019
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Minigene Splicing Assays Identify 12 Spliceogenic Variants of BRCA2 Exons 14 and 15
Investigation published in Frontiers in genetics
A relevant fraction of BRCA2 variants is associated with splicing alterations and with an increased risk of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC). In this work, we have carried out a thorough study of variants from BRCA2 exons 14 and 15 reported at mutation databases. A total of 294 variants from exons 14 and 15 and flanking intronic sequences were analyzed with the online splicing tools NNSplice and Human Splicing Finder. Fifty-three out of these 294 variants were selected as candidate splicing variants. All variants but one, were introduced into the minigene MGBR2_ex14-20 (with exons 1…
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May 24th, 2019
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1st One Health EJP Annual Scientific Meeting
Communications in this event:
- In-vitro Chicken Caecal Model: A Model System to Study the Transfer of ESBL Genes Between E. coli
- Presence and characterization of Staphykococcus aureus in Spanish dry-cured ham: Paletas
- Notable Spatial Patterns in Salmonella-positive Pig Farms in Spain
May 21st, 2019
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Veterinarios y ganaderos chinos se forman en España sobre la PPA
Veterinarios chinos en España
Visavet ha recibido a una delegación de veterinarios y ganaderos de China que acudió al laboratorio español para comprender mejor los mecanismos de transmisión de la enfermedad y tratar de mitigar sus efectos…
- Veterinarios chinos visitan España para formarse en peste porcina africana - diarioveterinario.com
May 16th, 2019
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Comparison of spatiotemporal patterns of historic natural Anthrax outbreaks in Minnesota and Kazakhstan
Investigation published in PLoS ONE
Disease spread in populations is a consequence of the interaction between host, pathogen, and environment, i.e. the epidemiological triad. Yet the influences of each triad component may vary dramatically for different settings. Comparison of environmental, demographic, socio-economic, and historical backgrounds may support tailoring site-specific control measures. Because of the long-term survival of Bacillus anthracis, Anthrax is a suitable example for studying the influence of triad components in different endemic settings. We compared the spatiotemporal patterns of historic animal Anthrax r…
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May 14th, 2019
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Una visión práctica de la bioseguridad
Oral communication in Jórnada Técnica Asoprovac-Arabovis
May 14th, 2019
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Cuando el tamaño importa: "big data" en el mundo de las ciencias veterinarias
Conference in Seminarios metodológicos en Ciencias Biomédicas y experimentales. Principios y aplicaciones
May 8th, 2019
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Descripción de laboratorios de Microbiología con nivel III de seguridad en la UCM. Descripción de VISAVET
Conference in IV Seminario de Prevención y defensa frente al uso de agentes biológicos como armas de destrucción masiva. Cátedra "Almirante Don Juan de Borbón"
May 3rd, 2019
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Development and characterization of mouse monoclonal antibodies to eight human complement components: analysis of reactivity with orthologs of nine mammalian genera
Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases publish this investigation article
Abstract
To study complement function in mammalian leishmanioses, we developed mouse monoclonal antibodies to the human complement system components C1q, C4, factor D, factor H, factor B, properdin, C5 and C9. Antibody specificity was determined by indirect and capture ELISA and by Western blot. In flow cytometry analysis, seven antibodies recognized the cognate component on human serum-opsonized Leishmania promastigotes. Antibody reactivity was screened against promastigotes opsonized with sera of nine mammalian genera: pig, guinea pig, goat, rabbit, cat, dog, hamster, jird and rat. No antib…
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May 2nd, 2019
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Spleen and head kidney differential gene expression patterns in trout infected with Lactococcus garvieae correlate with spleen granulomas
Investigation published in Veterinary Research
Lactococcus garvieae is a significant pathogen in aquaculture with a potential zoonotic risk. To begin to characterize the late immune response of trout to lactococcosis, we selected infected individuals showing clinical signs of lactococcosis. At the time lactococcosis clinical signs appeared, infection by L. garvieae induced a robust inflammatory response in the spleen of rainbow trout, which correlated with abundant granulomatous lesions. The response in kidney goes in parallel with that of spleen, and most of the gene regulations are similar in both organs. A correlation existed between th…
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May 1st, 2019
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Antimicrobial susceptibility and genetic characterization of Trueperella pyogenes isolates from pigs reared under intensive and extensive farming practices
Investigation article published in Veterinary Microbiology
Trueperella pyogenes is an opportunistic pathogen associated with a variety of diseases and responsible for important economic losses for pig production. Minimal Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) and Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) typing analysis were used to determine the MIC distribution and to genetically characterize a total of 180 T. pyogenes isolates obtained from slaughtered pigs reared under intensive (TpIN, n = 89) and extensive (TpEX, n = 91) farming practices. Low MIC90 values for penicillin and amoxicillin (0.008 and 0.06 μg/ml, respectively…
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May 1st, 2019
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Surveillance and control of African Swine Fever in free-ranging pigs in Sardinia
Investigation published in Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
African swine fever (ASF) is a notifiable infectious disease, caused by the ASF virus (ASFV), which is a DNA virus belonging to the family Asfarviridae, genus Asfivirus. This disease has gained importance in the last decade after its spread in several countries in Eastern and Central Europe, and more recently, in China. Despite the efforts made to eradicate it, ASF is still present on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia (Italy) and has been since 1978. ASF risk factors on the island have been analysed in previous studies; the role of free-ranging pigs in virus persistence has been suggested, …
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