Research lines:

• Integrated monitoring and control of Toxoplasma gondii and Hepatitis E virus in food supply chains (NED)
• Diagnosis of leishmaniasis in the animal reservoir (NED)
• Diagnosis of Q fever in livestock and wildlife using direct and indirect tests. (NED)
• Diagnosis of swine brucellosis (NED)
• New strategies for diagnosis and control of bovine, ovine and caprine brucellosis (NED)
• Epidemiological surveillance of zoonotic tick-borne pathogens (NED)
• Design of methods for detection of biological threat agents (NED)

Next scientific publications:

• Polo C., Hernandez M., Garcia-Seco T., Fernandez V., Briones V., Diez-Guerrier A., Abad D., Rodriguez-Lazaro D., Dominguez L. and Perez-Sancho M.. Exploiting 16S rRNA-based metagenomics to reveal neglected microorganisms associated with infertility in breeding bulls in Spanish extensive herds. Research in Veterinary Science, 150:52-57. (A)
• Barroso-Arevalo S., Sánchez-Morales L., Dominguez M., Garcia-Seco T., Risalde MA., Garcia-Bocanegra I., Dominguez L. and Sanchez-Vizcaino JM.. A subunit vaccine candidate based on the Spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 prevents infectious virus shedding in cats. Research in Veterinary Science, 148:52-64. (A)
• de la Fuente J., Armas O., Barroso-Arevalo S., Gortazar C., Garcia-Seco T., Buendia A., Villanueva F., Soriano JA., Mazuecos L., Vaz-Rodrigues R., Garcia-Contreras R., García A., Monsalve-Serrano J., Dominguez L. and Sanchez-Vizcaino JM.. Good and bad get together: Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 in particulate matter pollution from different fuels. Science of the total environment, 844:157241. (A)

Last scientific publications:

• Rebollada A., Perez-Sancho M., Rodriguez-Bertos A., Garcia N., Martinez I., Navarro A., Dominguez L. and Garcia-Seco T.. Environment and Offspring Surveillance in Porcine Brucellosis. Frontiers in veterinary science, 9:915692. 2022. (A)
• Polo C., Garcia-Seco T., Fernandez V., Hernandez M., Briones V., Diez-Guerrier A., Dominguez L. and Perez-Sancho M.. Molecular detection of Tritrichomonas foetus in bovine samples: a novel real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay targeting EF1-alpha-Tf1 and a comparative study of published PCR techniques. Parasitology Research, 121(6):1725-1733. 2022. (A)
• Vaz-Rodrigues R., Ferreras-Colino E., Ugarte-Ruiz M., Pesciarioli M., Thomas J., Garcia-Seco T., Sevilla IA., Perez-Sancho M., Mateo R., Dominguez L., Gortazar C. and Risalde MA.. Nonspecific protection of heat-inactivated Mycobacterium bovis against Salmonella Choleraesuis infection in pigs. Veterinary Research, 53(1):31. 2022. (A)
• Polo C., Garcia-Seco T., Hernandez M., Fernandez V., Rodriguez-Lazaro D., Goyache J., Dominguez L. and Perez-Sancho M.. Evaluation of PCR assays for Campylobacter fetus detection and discrimination between C. fetus subspecies in bovine preputial wash samples. Theriogenology, 172:300-306. 2021. (A)
• Garcia-Seco T., Montbrau C., Fontseca M., March R., Sitja M., Dominguez L. and Bezos J.. Efficacy of a Salmonella enterica serovar Abortusovis (S. Abortusovis) inactivated vaccine in experimentally infected gestating ewes. Research in Veterinary Science, 135:486-494. 2021. (A)

Last outreach publications:

• Garcia-Seco T. and Bezos J.. Aborto ovino causado por Salmonella Abortusovis (aborto paratifoide). Albèitar Portugal, Grupo Asis. 2019.
• Perez-Sancho M., Vela AI., Garcia-Seco T., Gottschalk M., Dominguez L. and Fernandez-Garayzabal JF.. Assessment of MALDI-TOF MS as alternative tool for Streptococcus suis identification. 113-118, Applications of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) tools in microbiology of infectious diseases. Ed. 1. Frontiers. 2017.
• Garcia-Seco T., Perez-Sancho M., Salinas J., Navarro A., Diez-Guerrier A., Garcia N., Pozo P., Goyache J., Dominguez L. and Alvarez J.. Efecto de la vacunación frente a Chlamydia abortus en el desarrollo de corderos nacidos a partir de ovejas infectadas experimentalmente. Tierras Ovino, 16(2016):23-27, Gestora de Comunicaciones de Castilla y Leon. 2016.
• Goyache J., Garcia N., Gonzalez S., Garcia-Seco T., Perez-Sancho M., Navarro A., Martinez I. and Dominguez L.. Fiebre hemorrágica de Crimea-Congo. Profesión Veterinaria, 87:6-18, Ilustre Colegio Oficial de Veterinarios de Madrid. 2016.
• Perez-Sancho M., Garcia-Seco T., Dominguez L. and Alvarez J.. Control of animal brucellosis: the most effective tool to prevent human brucellosis. Updates on Brucellosis. Ed. 1. InTech. 2015.

Last communications:

• Vaz-Rodrigues R., Ferreras-Colino E., Ugarte-Ruiz M., Pesciarioli M., Thomas J., Garcia-Seco T., Sevilla IA., Perez-Sancho M., Mateo R., Dominguez L., Gortazar C. and Risalde MA.. Protección inespecífica de Mycobacterium bovis inactivado por calor frente a la infección por Salmonella Choleraesuis en cerdos. XXXIII Reunión de la Sociedad Española de Anatomía Patológica Veterinaria. 2022. (Oral communication)
• Rebollada A., Garcia-Seco T., Dominguez L. and Rodriguez-Bertos A.. Caracterización inmunohistoquímica de la respuesta inmune en lesiones tempranas y avanzadas del epidídimo causadas por Brucella ovis en carneros. XXXIII Reunión de la Sociedad Española de Anatomía Patológica Veterinaria. 2022. (Oral communication)
• Polo C., Garcia-Seco T., Casamayor A., Diez-Guerrier A., Fernandez V., Dominguez L. and Perez-Sancho M.. Desing of a real-time PCR targeting EF1-alpha-Tf1 gene (EFa1) for Tritrichomonas foetus identification on preputial bull samples. 6th Congress of the European Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians. 2021. (Oral communication)
• Garcia-Seco T.. Muestras ambientales en sanidad animal. Apoyo del auxiliar pecuario en la toma de muestras. 2021. (Online communication)
• Perez-Sancho M., Herranz M., Palau-Poveda CS., Polo C., Casamayor A., Dominguez L. and Garcia-Seco T.. Advances in the diagnosis of contagious agalactia:development of a Taqman Real-Time PCR for the detection of Mycoplasma capricolum capricolum. 6th Congress of the European Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians. 2021. (Poster communication)