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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 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, 00. 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.
Outreach
Last outreach publications:
- Cruz F., Santiago I., Gonzalez S., Varela M., Dorrego Rodríguez 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.
- Cruz F. and Gomez-Cuetara C.. Causas infecciosas de aborto en yeguas. Revista Equinus, 56, Grupo Asis. 2020.
- Camino E., Carvajal KA., Buendia A., Dorrego Rodríguez A. and Cruz F.. Theileria equi and Babesia caballi in vitro culture. VISAVET Outreach Journal, VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre (U.C.M.). 2018.
- Chimeno P., Vivas M., Camino E. and Cruz F.. West Nile Virus en Caballos. ¿Qué necesito saber?. Badajoz Veterinaria, Colegio Oficial de Veterinarios de Badajoz. 2017.
Last communications:
- Cruz F., Gonzalez S., Barcena C., Bezos J., Buendia A., Briones V., Camino E., Fores P., Garcia N., Mazariegos M., Perez-Sancho M., Romero B. y de Juan L.. Infequus: Plataforma de Enfermedades Infecciosas Equinas. Jornada Aprendizaje eficaz con TIC. 2021. (Oral communication)
- Cruz F.. Actualización sobre el diagnóstico, tratamiento y manejo en un brote de Rinomeumonitis. Jornada formativa online en Clínica Equina AVEE. 2021. (Online communication)
- Cruz F., Perez-Sancho M., Bezos J., Gonzalez S., Camino E., Garcia N., Romero B., Briones V., Mazariegos M., Barcena C., Buendia A., Fores P. y de Juan L.. Infequus: Equine Infectious Diseases Online Database. II Congreso Virtual Internacional de Innovación Docente Universitaria. We teach & We learn. 2021. (Poster communication)
- Bezos J., Alvarez J., Perez-Sancho M., Cruz F., Romero B., de Juan L. y Jimenez V.. Integración del proyecto Micromundo en la docencia universitaria. Equine Infectious Diseases Online Database. II Congreso Virtual Internacional de Innovación Docente Universitaria. We teach & We learn. 2021. (Poster communication)
- Camino E., Dorrego Rodríguez A., Gago-Munoz P., de Juan L., Dominguez L. y Cruz F.. Haematological findings related to acute and chronic (asymptomatic) equine piroplasmosis. 22nd Annual Congress for ESVCP&ACCP. 2020. (Oral communication)
