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II Curso Interuniversitario UVA-UBU: Enfermedades Infecciosas y Salud Global

Communications in this event:

- El concepto One Health como estrategia indispensable para problemas emergentes

- Salud Global: nuevos retos y viejos enemigos

Emergencia de patógenos resistentes: ¿causa o consecuencia de una sociedad cambiante?

Oral communication in 19ª Reunión Anual de la Sociedad Española de Seguridad y Calidad Alimentarias. Alimentación y cambio climático

EU-RL for Bovine Tuberculosis Workshop. IX edition

Communications in this event:

- Closing of the meeting & conclusions

- Detecting the drawbacks of histopathology

- Towards the standardisation of MTBC variant calling analyses - where are we going?

- Comparative test for molecular characterization of MTBC (2021)

- Comparative test for detection of IFN-g for the diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis (2022)

- Evaluation of the automatic-magnetic bead platform for DNA extraction and verification of the VetMAXTM M. tuberculosis complex kit

- Comparative test for Direct DNA extraction from tissue samples and bacteriological culture (2022)

- TB in domestic rumiants: anything new for antemorten diagnosis?

- Non-tuberculosis mycobacteria: Interference on the Immunological diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis

- CEN (European Commitee for Standardization). CEN/TC 469 Animal health diagnosis analyses

- EURL databases - protocol database

- EU-RL presentation & main activities

Forensic investigations of religious rituals involving poultry: a case report

Investigation published in Journal of Comparative Pathology

Animal victims of human cruelty are receiving increasing attention from the press and society. Veterinary pathologists and civic authorities have a duty not only to elucidate the cause, method and manner of death but also to address the motivation behind a case. Poultry are commonly used as offering to gods in Santería rituals (ebos). Only a few cases have been reported in scientific journals, in contrast with the number of cases described in the media. Here, a hen and a cockerel (Gallus domesticus) were submitted to the VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre for autopsy, which comprised macrosco… Read more

Risk Factors for Salmonella Detection in Commercial Layer Flocks in Spain

Investigation article published in Animals

Foodborne salmonellosis remains one of the top zoonotic diseases affecting public health worldwide, and its incidence has remained stable in the last years in the European Union (EU) triggering questions on the usefulness of currently available measures to prevent its occurrence. A main focus of Salmonella national control programs is monitoring the presence of the bacteria in animal reservoirs, especially in poultry, and for this reason, thousands of samples are collected every year in poultry farms in EU countries, but the importance of certain factors in the probability of detecting Salmone… Read more

Profile and resistance levels of 136 integron resistance genes

Investigation published in npj Antimircobials and Resistance

Integrons have played a major role in the rise and spread of multidrug resistance in Gram-negative pathogens and are nowadays commonplace among clinical isolates. These platforms capture, stockpile, and modulate the expression of more than 170 antimicrobial resistance cassettes (ARCs) against most clinically-relevant antibiotics. Despite their importance, our knowledge on their profile and resistance levels is patchy, because data is scattered in the literature, often reported in different genetic backgrounds and sometimes extrapolated from sequence similarity alone. Here we have generated a c… Read more

Máster Universitario en Biología Sanitaria. IX edition. 2023-2024 edition

Communications in this event:

- Visita a un laboratorio de alta contención biológica. Grupo B

- Visita a un laboratorio de alta contención biológica. Grupo A

- Bioseguridad en laboratorios de contención biológica

Seminars VISAVET 2023

Communications in this event:

- Micología veterinaria: mirada al pasado y retos futuros

- Cultura del cuidado en proyectos con animales

- Animalario del Centro VISAVET: presente y futuro

- Utilidad del análisis hematológico y bioquímico en la investigación con animales

- Tracing the spread of the emerging multidrug resistant Salmonella Muenchen in poultry in Israel

- Enfermedades infecciosas de mayor presentación en producción bovina en Argentina. ¿Es la mastitis por Prototheca una de ellas?

- orderDB review: cuándo, quién y cómo

- Antimicrobial resistance in a recirculating aquaculture system: the case of the experimental facility at Oniris

- Introducción a la citometría de flujo

- Institute for Diagnosis and Animal Health: General presentation, structure and role in Romanian veterinary medicine public services

El laboratorio de la oveja Dolly crea pollos resistentes a la gripe aviar con edición genética

Pollos resistentes a la gripe aviar

Se trata de una prueba de concepto que aún se debe perfeccionar para conseguir una protección total y enfrentarse a los retos de su aplicación práctica…

New insights into the pathogenesis and transmission of Brucella pinnipedialis: systemic infection in two bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus)

Investigation article published in Microbiology Spectrum

The emergence of Brucella infections in marine mammals is a growing concern. The present study reports two cases of systemic Brucella pinnipedialis infection detected in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) pair stranded together in the Cantabrian coast of Spain. Both animals showed systemic lesions associated with the Brucella infection, more severe in the younger dolphin, considered the likely offspring of the other individual. Real-time PCR, bacterial culture, and whole-genome sequencing were used to detect and characterize the Brucella strains involved in both dolphins. The phylogeneti… Read more

A retrospective study of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in dogs and cats in the Community of Madrid, Spain

Frontiers in Microbiology publish this investigation article

To date, susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection in domestic animals including cats and dogs has been described. However, it is important to carry out passive surveillance of these animals to be aware of any changes in the outcomes of the disease in these species that may occur. In this study, we have performed a retrospective study in which we analyzed sera (n = 1,640) from random animals: dogs (n = 1,381) and cats (n = 259) belonging to both homes (n = 1,533) and animal protection centers (n = 107) in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Neutralizing antibodies were evaluated between November 2021… Read more

Haemato-biochemical characterization of equine piroplasmosis asymptomatic carriers and seropositive, real-time PCR negative horses

Investigation published in Veterinary Parasitology

Equine piroplasmosis (EP) is caused by Theileria equi and Babesia caballi, transmitted by tick vectors. Horses can suffer an acute, subacute, and chronic forms of the disease, with clinical signs such as poor performance, fever, pale mucosal membranes, and jaundice. The diagnosis of EP subclinical cases is complex due to the sensitivity of real-time PCR and the limited parasite load in some carriers, making it challenging to differentiate them from seropositive, PCR negative (S+PCR-) individuals. This study aimed to describe haematological and biochemical changes in asymptomatic EP carriers, E… Read more

Retos y oportunidades para la mejora de la vigilancia integral de la tuberculosis. Vigilancia de la TB en Sanidad Animal

Oral communication in Reunión del grupo de trabajo de CCAA para la prevención y Control de la Tuberculosis. División de control de VIH, ITS, Hepatitis virales

Lucas Domínguez Rodríguez has been distinguished as Honorary President of the Official Veterinary Association of Madrid

The appointment took place during the celebration of the San Francisco de Asis day, patron saint of the veterinary profession

Today, Wednesday, October 4, our colleague Lucas Domínguez Rodríguez has been distinguished as Honorary President of the Official Veterinary Association of Madrid during the celebration of San Francisco de Asis day, patron saint of the veterinary profession. in the Alfonso XIII Royal Botanical Garden of the Complutense University of Madrid.… Read more

Los veterinarios de Madrid se reúnen por San Francisco: La veterinaria es un agente clave en la sociedad

Epizootic hemorrhagic disease

El Colegio de Veterinarios de Madrid ha celebrado San Francisco de Asís con un evento en el que se han reconocido las trayectorias de Lucas Domínguez y Juan Carlos Castillejo…

- Los veterinarios de Madrid se reúnen por San Francisco: La veterinaria es un agente clave en la sociedad - animalshealth.es

Identification and characterization of colistin resistant bacteria from food-producing animals in Spain. Assessment of its persistance and possible dissemination

PhD Thesis defense by Pedro Miguela Villoldo at the VISAVET Centre of the Complutense University of Madrid

Colistin is a cationic polypeptide whose use as antibiotic was withdrawn since the 1970s because of its toxicity, but was reintroduced later in human medicine to treat infections caused by multi-resistant Gram-negative bacteria, being categorised as a "last resort antimicrobial". Colistin has been used in veterinary medicine since its discovery for the treatment of infections in animals, especially post-weaning diarrhoea caused by E. coli in piglets and calves and colibacillosis in poultry. Traditionally, colistin was linked exclusively to chromosome mutations in the two-component systems g… Read more

Bioseguridad y riesgo biológico

Online communication in Curso de Bioseguridad y Prevención de Riesgos Laborales en los Laboratorios de Microbiología

Quantitative risk assessment of African swine fever introduction into Spain by legal import of swine products

Investigation article published in Research in Veterinary Science

African swine fever (ASF) is currently threatening the global swine industry. Its unstoppable global spread poses a serious risk to Spain, one of the world`s leading producers. Over the past years, there has been an increased global burden of ASF not only in swine but also swine products. Unfortunately, many pigs are not diagnosed before slaughter and their products are used for human consumption. These ASF-contaminated products are only a source for new ASF outbreaks when they are consumed by domestic pigs or wild boar, which may happen either by swill feeding or landfill access. This study p… Read more

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Translating eco-evolutionary biology into therapy to tackle antibiotic resistance

Investigation published in Nature reviews. Microbiology

Antibiotic resistance is currently one of the most important public health problems. The golden age of antibiotic discovery ended decades ago, and new approaches are urgently needed. Therefore, preserving the efficacy of the antibiotics currently in use and developing compounds and strategies that specifically target antibiotic-resistant pathogens is critical. The identification of robust trends of antibiotic resistance evolution and of its associated trade-offs, such as collateral sensitivity or fitness costs, is invaluable for the design of rational evolution-based, ecology-based treatment a… Read more