Though we normally do not think about it, farm animals also suffer from diseases. A team from the UAB has studied the behaviour of bacterial populations of Haemophilus parasuis found in pigs and which sometimes provokes mortal outbreaks. This bacterium is a respiratory pathogen in pigs, whose...
For many years dairy scientists have induced lactation by means of direct injection of estrogen and progesterone. A new advance allows to improve the effectiveness of this treatment in dairy goats thanks to reserpine, a prolactin releasing agent.
Scientists of the UAB Faculty of Veterinary and Parc Taulí Health Corporation have studied the role that wild boar plays in the epidemiology of Rickettsia slovaca, aetilogical agent of TIBOLA -Tick-borne-lymphadenopathy-, an...
Summer heat stress is a main factor related to low conception rates in high producing dairy herds in warm areas worldwide. A research group of UAB Faculty of Veterinary Medicine has studied the impact of several climate variables on conception rates in high producing...
Galicia is one of the Spanish regions where the Bovine Spongiforme Encephalopathy (BSE) has more impact. The first case of a cow with BSE took place in 2000 in Galicia. Now, a group of researchers has analysed the geographic distribution of BSE cases and the infection risk...
Neospora caninum causes abortion both in dairy and beef cattle in many countries. However, comparatively little is known of the disease in beef cattle. We report the first N. caninum-associated abortion in a 7-month gestational age beef cow fetus from...
