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Prion form atypical scrapie lacks lymphotropism
From the active TSE surveillance programme in Catalonia, the Priocat laboratory of animal health research centre (CReSA) has detected a noticeable lack of lymphotropsim as far as scrapie-associated prion protein deposition is concerned. Results described in the paper, where...
The role of metallothioneins in Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies has been investigated
Metallothioneins (MT) play an important role in the pathological processes concerning the central nervous system. Due to their antioxidant properties, CReSA and UAB researchers intracerebrally inoculated...
Roe deer and toxoplasmosis in Spain
This work analyzes almost 300 roe deer from different regions in Spain, in order to get information about risk factors on the host-parasite relationship by T. gondii (responsible of toxoplasmosis). The study concludes that environmental factors are important, and indicates high exposure to T....
Early detection of septicemia in neonate foals
Neonate foals frequently suffer a bacterial infection of the blood known as septicemia, which is usually detected when it has fatal consequences for the animals. After a complete study, the authors of this work have determined the usefulness of some protein fragments, known as...
Study on the disease of bird fancier's lung
Bird fancier's lung (BFL) affects between 4% and 8% of people who are fond of pigeon, and also people taking care of other types of birds. The current study is an in-depth research into the clinical characteristics of BFL in the largest series examined for this purpose by a...
Border Disease virus infection settles down in Catalan Pyrenees
Border disease virus (BDV), which affects mainly sheep and goats, has substantial loss-related economic implications worldwide. An outbreak of a previously unreported disease, associated with a new Pestivirus belonging to the BDV virus cluster, was...
Adverse Effects of Capturing and Handling Little Bustard
The little bustard is a globally near-threatened species. Their capture and radiotagging is necessary to implement conservation practices, but this may cause some adverse effects. In this research, the risk factors associated with capture and handling are...
A new viral disease in ferrets
A new multisystemic disease in ferrets caused by a coronavirus has been described for the first time. This findig opens a new way of research of the role of coronavirus in animal diseases.
