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Impacts of mandatory GE food labeling: a quasi-natural experiment (2018)
Journal Article
Carter, C., & Schaefer, K. A. (2018). Impacts of mandatory GE food labeling: a quasi-natural experiment. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 101(1), 58-73. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aay066

In July 2016, Vermont became the first U.S. state to require mandatory labeling of foods containing genetically engineered (GE) ingredients. The introduction of the Vermont law serves as a quasi-natural experiment on the economic effects of mandatory... Read More about Impacts of mandatory GE food labeling: a quasi-natural experiment.

Observational Study Design in Veterinary Pathology, Part 2: Methodology (2018)
Journal Article
Caswell, J. L., Bassel, L. L., Rothenburger, J. L., Gröne, A., Sargeant, J. M., Beck, A. P., …Yamate, J. (2018). Observational Study Design in Veterinary Pathology, Part 2: Methodology. Veterinary Pathology, 55(6), 774-785. https://doi.org/10.1177/0300985818798121

Observational studies are a basis for much of our knowledge of veterinary pathology, yet considerations for conducting pathology-based observational studies are not readily available. In part 1 of this series, we offered advice on planning and carryi... Read More about Observational Study Design in Veterinary Pathology, Part 2: Methodology.

Seizure occurrence in dogs under primary veterinary care in the UK: prevalence and risk factors (2018)
Journal Article
Erlen, A., Potschka, H., Volk, H. A., Sauter-Louis, C., & O'Neill, D. G. (2018). Seizure occurrence in dogs under primary veterinary care in the UK: prevalence and risk factors. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 32(5), 1665-1676. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.15290

Antigenic evolution of H3N2 influenza A viruses in swine in the United States from 2012 to 2016 (2018)
Journal Article
Bolton, M. J., Abente, E. J., Venkatesh, D., Stratton, J. A., Zeller, M., Anderson, T. K., …Vincent, A. L. (2018). Antigenic evolution of H3N2 influenza A viruses in swine in the United States from 2012 to 2016. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 13(1), 83-90. https://doi.org/10.1111/irv.12610

Toxoplasma gondii profilin does not stimulate an innate immune response through bovine or human TLR5 (2018)
Journal Article
Tombacz, K., Burgess, G., Holder, A. L., Werners, A., & Werling, D. (2018). Toxoplasma gondii profilin does not stimulate an innate immune response through bovine or human TLR5. Innate Immunity, https://doi.org/10.1177/1753425918798450

Toxoplasma gondii is responsible for one of the most prevalent infections in people. T. gondii profilin (TgPr) is a protein integral to parasite movement and cellular invasion. Murine TLR has been described to bind TgPr. Furthermore, more recently, h... Read More about Toxoplasma gondii profilin does not stimulate an innate immune response through bovine or human TLR5.

Mapping Nairobi's dairy food system: An essential analysis for policy, industry and research (2018)
Journal Article
Kiambi, S., Alarcon, P., Rushton, J., Murungi, M. K., Muinde, P., Akoko, J., …Fèvre, E. M. (2018). Mapping Nairobi's dairy food system: An essential analysis for policy, industry and research. Agricultural Systems, 167, 47-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2018.08.007

Demand for dairy products in sub-Saharan Africa, is expected to triple by 2050, while limited increase in supply is predicted. This poses significant food security risk to low income households. Understanding how the dairy food system operates is ess... Read More about Mapping Nairobi's dairy food system: An essential analysis for policy, industry and research.

Mortalities, amyloidosis and other diseases in free-living red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) on Jersey, Channel Islands (2018)
Journal Article
Blackett, T. A., Simpson, V. R., Haugland, S., Everest, D. J., Muir, C. F., & Smith, K. C. M. A. C. (2018). Mortalities, amyloidosis and other diseases in free-living red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) on Jersey, Channel Islands. Veterinary Record, https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104779

Between 2007 and 2014, 337 free-living red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) on Jersey, Channel Islands, were examined post mortem as part of a mortality and disease surveillance scheme. Road traffic accidents (RTAs) were attributable for 50.7 per cent (1... Read More about Mortalities, amyloidosis and other diseases in free-living red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) on Jersey, Channel Islands.

Food safety metrics relevant to low and middle income countries (2018)
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Grace, D., Dominguez-Salas, P., Alonso, S., Fahrion, A. S., Haesler, B., Heilmann, M., …Lore, T. (2018). Food safety metrics relevant to low and middle income countries. https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/92505: Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions Programme

The safety of food is a matter of growing concern, especially following the recent publication of the first ever global study on the burden of foodborne diseases. The study by the Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group of the World Hea... Read More about Food safety metrics relevant to low and middle income countries.

The type of adjuvant in whole inactivated influenza a virus vaccines impacts vaccine-associated enhanced respiratory disease (2018)
Journal Article
Souza, C. K., Rajão, D. S., Sandbulte, M. R., Lopes, S., Lewis, N. S., Loving, C. L., …Vincent, A. L. (2018). The type of adjuvant in whole inactivated influenza a virus vaccines impacts vaccine-associated enhanced respiratory disease. Vaccine, 36(41), 6103-6110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.08.072

Influenza A virus (IAV) causes a disease burden in the swine industry in the US and is a challenge to prevent due to substantial genetic and antigenic diversity of IAV that circulate in pig populations. Whole inactivated virus (WIV) vaccines formulat... Read More about The type of adjuvant in whole inactivated influenza a virus vaccines impacts vaccine-associated enhanced respiratory disease.

A culture-independent method for studying transfer of IncI1 plasmids from wild-type Escherichia coli in complex microbial communities (2018)
Journal Article
Anjum, M., Madsen, J. S., Espinosa-Gongora, C., Jana, B., Wiese, M., Nielsen, D. S., …Guardabassi, L. (2018). A culture-independent method for studying transfer of IncI1 plasmids from wild-type Escherichia coli in complex microbial communities. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 152, 18-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2018.07.009

IncI1 plasmids play a central role in the transfer of antimicrobial resistance genes among Enterobacteriaceae in animals and humans. Knowledge on the dynamics of IncI1 plasmid transfer is limited, mainly due to lack of culture-independent methods tha... Read More about A culture-independent method for studying transfer of IncI1 plasmids from wild-type Escherichia coli in complex microbial communities.