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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) 673 686 909
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:
- 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)
- Camino E., Schmid S., Weber F., Pozo P., de Juan L., Konig M. and Cruz F.. Detection of antibodies against tick-borne encephalitis flaviviruses in breeding and sport horses from Spain. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 11(5):101487. 2020. (A)
Last PhD thesis:
- 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:
- 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.
- Camino E., Carvajal KA., Lozano F., Vinolo C., Dominguez L. and Cruz F.. Equine piroplasmosis seroprevalence in spanish horses prior to exportation. VISAVET Outreach Journal, VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre (U.C.M.). 2020.
Last communications:
- Gago-Munoz P.. Actividades que se realizan en el Servicio de SEVISEQ. Programa 4ºESO+Empresa. 2022. (Oral communication)
- Perez-Montero B., Miro G., Buendia A., Sarquis J., Dorrego-Rodriguez A., Fermin ML. y Cruz F.. Determination of oxidative stress biomarkers in dogs naturally infected with Leishmania infantum and healthy dogs. Alive 2022. 2022. (Poster communication)
- Cruz F.. Piroplasmosis equina. Infequus Podcast. 2022. (Oral communication)
- Cruz F., Dorrego-Rodriguez A., Benavente L., Calvo E., Cordon E., Diaz T., Erviti F., Garrido S., Izquierdo J. y Santiago I.. Detección de herpesvirus equino tipo 1 en muestras de orina de caballos con infección natural. XXI Congreso Internacional de Medicina y Cirugía Equina. 2021. (Oral communication)
- Perez-Montero B., Zaldua S., Santiago-Llorente I., Fermin ML. y Cruz F.. Estabilidad de parámetros indicadores dele estado de oxigenación y ventilación pulmonar en muestras de sangre arterial equina mantenidas en refrigeración. XXI Congreso Internacional de Medicina y Cirugía Equina. 2021. (Poster communication)
