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Dissecting the Genomic Architecture of Resistance to Eimeria maxima Parasitism in the Chicken (2018)
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Boulton, K., Nolan, M. J., Wu, Z., Riggio, V., Matika, O., Harman, K., Hocking, P. M., Bumstead, N., Hesketh, P., Archer, A., Bishop, S. C., Kaiser, P., Tomley, F. M., Hume, D. A., Smith, A. L., Blake, D. P., & Psifidi, A. (2018). Dissecting the Genomic Architecture of Resistance to Eimeria maxima Parasitism in the Chicken. Frontiers in Genetics, 9, https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2018.00528

Coccidiosis in poultry, caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Eimeria, is an intestinal disease with substantial economic impact. With the use of anticoccidial drugs under public and political pressure, and the comparatively higher cost of live-... Read More about Dissecting the Genomic Architecture of Resistance to Eimeria maxima Parasitism in the Chicken.

Draft genome assembly of the poultry red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae (2018)
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Burgess, S. T. G., Bartley, K., Nunn, F., Wright, H. W., Hughes, M., Gemmell, M., Haldenby, S., Paterson, S., Rombauts, S., Tomley, F. M., Blake, D. P., Pritchard, J., Schicht, S., Strube, C., Øines, Ø., Van Leeuwen, T., Van De Peer, Y., & Nisbet, A. J. (2018). Draft genome assembly of the poultry red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 7(18), https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.01221-18

The poultry red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae, is a major worldwide concern in the egg-laying industry. Here, we report the first draft genome assembly and gene prediction of Dermanyssus gallinae, based on combined PacBio and MinION long-read de novo se... Read More about Draft genome assembly of the poultry red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae.

Genetic diversity and population structure of Angiostrongylus vasorum parasites within and between local urban foxes (Vulpes Vulpes) (2018)
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Blanch-Lazaro, B., Mitton, Z., Tudor, C., Hindle, J., Martineau, H., Fox, M. T., & Blake, D. P. (2018). Genetic diversity and population structure of Angiostrongylus vasorum parasites within and between local urban foxes (Vulpes Vulpes). Veterinary Parasitology, 262, 42-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2018.09.008

Angiostrongylus vasorum is a nematode parasite of the pulmonary arteries and heart that infects domestic and wild canids. Dogs (Canis familiaris) and red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) are the most commonly affected definitive hosts. Recent studies suggest th... Read More about Genetic diversity and population structure of Angiostrongylus vasorum parasites within and between local urban foxes (Vulpes Vulpes).

Vaccines as alternatives to antibiotics for food producing animals. Part 2: new approaches and potential solutions (2018)
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Hoelzer, K., Bielke, L., Blake, D. P., Cox, E., Cutting, S. M., Devriendt, B., Erlacher-Vindel, E., Goossens, E., Karaca, K., Lemiere, S., Metzner, M., Raicek, M., Collell Suriñach, M., Wong, N. M., Gay, C., & Van Immerseel, F. (2018). Vaccines as alternatives to antibiotics for food producing animals. Part 2: new approaches and potential solutions. BMC Veterinary Research, 49(70), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13567-018-0561-7

Vaccines and other alternative products are central to the future success of animal agriculture because they can help minimize the need for antibiotics by preventing and controlling infectious diseases in animal populations. To assess scientific adva... Read More about Vaccines as alternatives to antibiotics for food producing animals. Part 2: new approaches and potential solutions.

Vaccines as alternatives to antibiotics for food producing animals. Part 1: challenges and needs (2018)
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Hoelzer, K., Bielke, L., Blake, D. P., Cox, E., Cutting, S. M., Devriendt, B., Erlacher-Vindel, E., Goossens, E., Karaca, K., Lemiere, S., Metzner, M., Raicek, M., Collell Suriñach, M., Wong, N. M., Gay, C., & Van Immerseel, F. (2018). Vaccines as alternatives to antibiotics for food producing animals. Part 1: challenges and needs. BMC Veterinary Research, 49(64), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13567-018-0560-8

Vaccines and other alternative products can help minimize the need for antibiotics by preventing and controlling infectious diseases in animal populations, and are central to the future success of animal agriculture. To assess scientific advancements... Read More about Vaccines as alternatives to antibiotics for food producing animals. Part 1: challenges and needs.

Microbial diversity and community composition of caecal microbiota in commercial and indigenous Indian chickens determined using 16s rDNA amplicon sequencing (2018)
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Pandit, R. J., Hinsu, A. T., Patel, N. V., Koringa, P. G., Jakhesara, S. J., Thakkar, J. R., Shah, T. M., Limon, G., Psifidi, A., Guitian, J., Hume, D. A., Tomley, F. M., Rank, D. N., Raman, M., Tirumurugaan, K. G., Blake, D. P., & Joshi, C. G. (2018). Microbial diversity and community composition of caecal microbiota in commercial and indigenous Indian chickens determined using 16s rDNA amplicon sequencing. Microbiome, 6, 115. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-018-0501-9

Eimeria spp. in captive-reared corncrakes (Crex crex): results of GeneScan assay consistent with high prevalence of infection and extra-intestinal life stages (2018)
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Serna, H., Pocknell, A., Sainsbury, A. W., Peniche, G., Blake, D. P., & Beckmann, K. M. (2018). Eimeria spp. in captive-reared corncrakes (Crex crex): results of GeneScan assay consistent with high prevalence of infection and extra-intestinal life stages. Avian Pathology, https://doi.org/10.1080/03079457.2018.1451621

Eimeria crecis and Eimeria nenei have been detected in association with enteric disease (‘coccidiosis’) in the corncrake (Crex crex: Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes). Both parasite species are common in apparently healthy free-living corncrakes, bu... Read More about Eimeria spp. in captive-reared corncrakes (Crex crex): results of GeneScan assay consistent with high prevalence of infection and extra-intestinal life stages.

The molecular characterisation of Cryptosporidium species in relinquished dogs in Great Britain: a novel zoonotic risk? (2018)
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Rosanowski, S. M., Banica, M., Ellis, E., Farrow, E., Harwood, C., Jordan, B., James, C., McKenna, D., Fox, M. T., & Blake, D. P. (2018). The molecular characterisation of Cryptosporidium species in relinquished dogs in Great Britain: a novel zoonotic risk?. Parasitology Research, 117(5), 1663-1667. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-018-5857-z

Surveillance was conducted to investigate the occurrence of protozoan parasites of the genus Cryptosporidium in dogs newly admitted to a dog rehoming charity in London, Great Britain. Voided faecal samples were collected from all new admissions betwe... Read More about The molecular characterisation of Cryptosporidium species in relinquished dogs in Great Britain: a novel zoonotic risk?.

Discrimination, molecular characterisation and phylogenetic comparison of porcine Eimeria spp. in India (2018)
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Sharma, D., Singh, N. K., Singh, H., Joachim, A., Rath, S. S., & Blake, D. P. (2018). Discrimination, molecular characterisation and phylogenetic comparison of porcine Eimeria spp. in India. Veterinary Parasitology, 255, 43-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2018.03.020

Infections with Eimeria spp. are common in pigs worldwide,occasionally affecting animals clinically after weaning or during the fattening period when diarrhoea and weight loss can be observed upon infection with the more pathogenic species. Molecular... Read More about Discrimination, molecular characterisation and phylogenetic comparison of porcine Eimeria spp. in India.

Development of cross-protective Eimeria-vectored vaccines based on apical membrane antigens (2018)
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Pastor-Fernández, I., Kim, S., Billington, K., Bumstead, J., Marugán-Hernández, V., Küster, T., Ferguson, D. J. P., Vervelde, L., Blake, D. P., & Tomley, F. M. (2018). Development of cross-protective Eimeria-vectored vaccines based on apical membrane antigens. International Journal for Parasitology, 48(7), 505-518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2018.01.003

Recently, the availability of protocols supporting genetic complementation of Eimeria has raised the prospect of generating transgenic parasite lines which can function as vaccine vectors, expressing and delivering heterologous proteins. Complementat... Read More about Development of cross-protective Eimeria-vectored vaccines based on apical membrane antigens.

Veterinary Parasitology Teaching at London – Meeting the ‘Day-One Competency’ Needs of New Veterinarians (2018)
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Fox, M. T., Blake, D. P., & Jacobs, D. E. (2018). Veterinary Parasitology Teaching at London – Meeting the ‘Day-One Competency’ Needs of New Veterinarians. Veterinary Parasitology, 254, 131-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2018.01.029

Over the past four decades, there has been an exponential increase in veterinary parasitology knowledge, coinciding with the advent of molecular biology in research. Therefore, it is unrealistic for teachers to expect students to graduate with an enc... Read More about Veterinary Parasitology Teaching at London – Meeting the ‘Day-One Competency’ Needs of New Veterinarians.

Molecular Identification of Eimeria Species in Broiler Chickens in Trinidad, West Indies (2018)
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Brown, J. A., Blake, D. P., Beard, J., Beharry, A., Serrette, L., Soleyn, A., Sookhoo, J., Blake, L., Brown, G., & Oura, C. (2018). Molecular Identification of Eimeria Species in Broiler Chickens in Trinidad, West Indies. Veterinary Sciences, 22(5), 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci5010012

Coccidiosis is an intestinal disease of chickens of major economic importance to broiler industries worldwide. Species of coccidia found in chickens include Eimeria acervulina, Eimeria brunetti, Eimeria maxima, Eimeria mitis, Eimeria necatrix, Eimeri... Read More about Molecular Identification of Eimeria Species in Broiler Chickens in Trinidad, West Indies.