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Equine Health Surveillance Unit
VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre
Universidad Complutense
Av. Puerta de Hierro s/n. 28040 Madrid. Spain
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(+34) 646 237 530
SEVISEQ (Equine Health Surveillance Unit) is created due to the need of support for the official institutions and is focused on several aspects: the high presence of equine infectious diseases in Spain, the existence of clinical outbreaks, the lack of awareness regarding the importance of equine infectious diseases by horse owners and professionals of the equine industry, and the importance of a correct application of prevention and control measures in every equine premises.
The work at SEVISEQ is divided into six lines:
- Diagnosis of acute infection.
- Analysis of samples prior to exportation and sales.
- Analysis of samples for the annual health surveillance in breeding stud farms.
- Technical assistance to veterinary surgeons.
- Production of health surveillance reports.
- Research in equine infectious diseases.
The work at SEVISEQ is divided into six lines:
- Diagnosis of acute infection.
- Analysis of samples prior to exportation and sales.
- Analysis of samples for the annual health surveillance in breeding stud farms.
- Technical assistance to veterinary surgeons.
- Production of health surveillance reports.
- Research in equine infectious diseases.
Investigation
Last scientific publications:
- Dorrego-Rodriguez A., Herranz-Benito C., Perez-Sancho M., Camino E., Gomez-Arrones V., Carrasco JJ., de Gabriel-Perez J., Serres C. and Cruz F.. First report and molecular characterization of cases of natural Taylorella asinigenitalis infection in three donkey breeds in Spain. Veterinary Microbiology, 276:109604. 2023. (A)
- Camino E., Buendia A., Dorrego-Rodriguez A., Pozo P., de Juan L., Dominguez L. and Cruz F.. Sero-molecular survey and risk factors of equine piroplasmosis in horses in Spain. Equine veterinary journal, 53(4):771-779. 2021. (A)
- Buendia A., Teng KT., Camino E., Dominguez L. and Cruz F.. Influence of multiple factors on hematologic reference intervals in horses residing in livery yards in Spain. Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 50(2):273-277. 2021. (A)
- Mitchell C., Steward KF., Charbonneau ARL., Walsh S., Wilson H., Timoney JF., Wernery U., Joseph M., Craig D., van Maanen K., Hoogkamer-van Gennep A., Leon A., Witkowski L., Rzewuska M., Stefanska I., Zychska M., van Loon G., Cursons R., Patty O., Acke E., Gilkerson JR., El-Hage C., Allen J., Bannai H., Kinoshita Y., Niwa H., Becu T., Pringle J., Guss B., Bose R., Abbott Y., Katz L., Leggett B., Buckley TC., Blum SE., Cruz F., Fernadez-Ros A., Marotti Campi MC., Preziuso S., Robinson C., Newton JR., Schofield E., Brooke B., Boursnell M., de Brauwere N., Kirton R., Barton CK., Abudahab K., Taylor B., Yeats CA., Goater R., Aanensen DM., Harris SR., Parkhill J., Holden MTG. and Waller AS.. Globetrotting strangles: the unbridled national and international transmission of Streptococcus equi between horses. Microbial Genomics, 7(3):mgen000528. 2021. (A)
- Camino E., Cruz F., de Juan L., Dominguez L., Shiels B. and Coultous RM.. Phylogenetic analysis and geographical distribution of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi sequences from horses residing in Spain. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 11(6):101521. 2020. (A)
Last PhD thesis:
- Aránzazu Buendía Andrés. Determination of reference intervals of haematological, biochemical and oxidative stress parameters in horses residing in equestrian centers in central Spain. 2022.
- Eliazar Camino Gutiérrez. Strategies for the prevention and control of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi in the equine population of Spain. 2021. (Doctorado Internacional)
Outreach
Last outreach publications:
- Rebollada A., Cruz F. and Rodriguez-Bertos A.. Principales patologías que se pueden encontrar en un caballo de tiro. El caballo de tiro y arrastre valenciano. Evaluación de su actividad física. Ed. 1. 130-151, Universidad de León. 2023.
- Cruz F.. Anthrax outbreaks in Spain. BEVA Equine Disease Surveillance Reports, 3(17):4-5, Equine Infectious Disease Surveillance. DEFRA. 2021.
- Dorrego-Rodriguez A., Serres C. and Cruz F.. Taylorella asinigenitalis: raising awareness on the importance and presence in equine and asinine populations. BEVA Equine Disease Surveillance Reports, 17(4):24-27, Equine Infectious Disease Surveillance. DEFRA. 2021.
- Camino E., Buendia A., Dorrego-Rodriguez A., Pozo P., de Juan L., Dominguez L. and Cruz F.. Epidemiological situation of equine piroplasmosis in Spain: where is the risk?. Equine Veterinary Journal, 53:43-44, Wiley & Sons, Inc.. 2021.
- Cruz F., Santiago I., Gonzalez S., Varela M., Dorrego-Rodriguez A., Perez MD., Serres C. and de Juan L.. Equine Herpesvirus 1. Trojan Horse in the 2021 rhinopneumonitis outbreak. Profesión Veterinaria, 96:6-18, Ilustre Colegio Oficial de Veterinarios de Madrid. 2021.
Last communications:
- Acurio Gutsche KL. y Cruz F.. Utilidad del análisis hematológico y bioquímico en la investigación con animales. Seminarios VISAVET 2023. 2023. (Oral communication)
- Dorrego-Rodriguez A.. Técnicas Inmunológicas. Fijación de Complemento. Auxiliares de Laboratorio. 2023. (Oral communication)
- Gago-Munoz P.. Epidemiología del virus de la enfermedad de Borna en caballos en España. Seminarios de Investigación Doctorado en Veterinaria. 2023. (Oral communication)
- Gago-Munoz P.. Trabajos relacionados con el diagnóstico del virus de la enfermedad de Borna presentados en el VI Congreso de la Asociación Europea de Veterinarios especialistas en Diagnóstico Laboratorial. Seminarios VISAVET 2022. 2022. (Oral communication)
- Gago-Munoz P., Dorrego-Rodriguez A., Camino E., Rivera B., Heras-Marquez D., de Juan L. y Cruz F.. Importance of other hosts as reservois and zoonotic implications of Borna disease virus in horses in Spain. Congress of the European Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians. 2022. (Poster communication)
