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Formation, Application, and Significance of Chicken Primordial Germ Cells: A Review (2023)
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Zaib, G., Jin, K., Zuo, Q., Habib, M., Zhang, Y., & Li, B. (2023). Formation, Application, and Significance of Chicken Primordial Germ Cells: A Review. Animals, 13(6), https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13061096

Simple Summary The present review illustrates the importance of chicken primordial germ cells to understanding early-stage development for better and more fertile species. By studying early-stage development, we can develop transgenic species to meet... Read More about Formation, Application, and Significance of Chicken Primordial Germ Cells: A Review.

A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY OF CAPTIVE NORTHERN BALD IBIS (GERONTICUS EREMITA), AFRICAN SACRED IBIS (THRESKIORNIS AETHIOPICUS), AND SCARLET IBIS (EUDOCIMUS RUBER) HOUSED AT THE LONDON ZOO FROM 2000 TO 2020 (2023)
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McCreesh, K., Yaffy, D., Spiro, S., Patterson, S., & Guthrie, A. (2023). A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY OF CAPTIVE NORTHERN BALD IBIS (GERONTICUS EREMITA), AFRICAN SACRED IBIS (THRESKIORNIS AETHIOPICUS), AND SCARLET IBIS (EUDOCIMUS RUBER) HOUSED AT THE LONDON ZOO FROM 2000 TO 2020. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 54(1), 94-101. https://doi.org/10.1638/2021-0167

Necropsy (n 1/4 144) and medical (n 1/4 121) records of captive northern bald ibis (NBI; Geronticus eremita), African sacred ibis (ASI; Threskiornis aethiopicus), and scarlet ibis (SCI; Eudocimus ruber) housed at the Zoological Society of London's Lo... Read More about A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY OF CAPTIVE NORTHERN BALD IBIS (GERONTICUS EREMITA), AFRICAN SACRED IBIS (THRESKIORNIS AETHIOPICUS), AND SCARLET IBIS (EUDOCIMUS RUBER) HOUSED AT THE LONDON ZOO FROM 2000 TO 2020.

Brain magnetic resonance imaging in the DE50-MD dog model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy reveals regional reductions in cerebral gray matter (2023)
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Crawford, A. H., Hornby, N. L., De La Fuente, A. G., & Piercy, R. J. (2023). Brain magnetic resonance imaging in the DE50-MD dog model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy reveals regional reductions in cerebral gray matter. BMC Neuroscience, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12868-023-00788-2

Background Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a X-linked disease characterized by severe and progressive muscle weakness, alongside cognitive impairment and a range of neurobehavioral disorders secondary to brain dystrophin deficiency. Duchenne muscular... Read More about Brain magnetic resonance imaging in the DE50-MD dog model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy reveals regional reductions in cerebral gray matter.

Elasticity and substitutability of food demand and emerging disease risk on livestock farms (2023)
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Delabouglise, A., Fournie, G., Peyre, M., Antoine-Moussiaux, N., & Boni, M. (2023). Elasticity and substitutability of food demand and emerging disease risk on livestock farms. Royal Society Open Science, 10(3), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221304

Disease emergence in livestock is a product of environment, epidemiology and economic forces. The environmental factors contributing to novel pathogen emergence in humans have been studied extensively, but the two-way relationship between farm microe... Read More about Elasticity and substitutability of food demand and emerging disease risk on livestock farms.

Natural Polymeric Composites Derived from Animals, Plants, and Microbes for Vaccine Delivery and Adjuvant Applications: A Review (2023)
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Nordin, A., Husna, S., Ahmad, Z., Nordin, M., Ilyas, R., Azemi, A., …Shaari, R. (2023). Natural Polymeric Composites Derived from Animals, Plants, and Microbes for Vaccine Delivery and Adjuvant Applications: A Review. Gels, 9(3), https://doi.org/10.3390/gels9030227

A key element in ensuring successful immunization is the efficient delivery of vaccines. However, poor immunogenicity and adverse inflammatory immunogenic reactions make the establishment of an efficient vaccine delivery method a challenging task. Th... Read More about Natural Polymeric Composites Derived from Animals, Plants, and Microbes for Vaccine Delivery and Adjuvant Applications: A Review.

Evaluation of serum biomarkers C-reactive protein and albumin in diagnostics of primary immune-mediated polyarthritis in dogs. (2023)
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Bayer, K., Jasensky, A., Merle, R., Weber, C., Muller, E., & Kohn, B. (2023). Evaluation of serum biomarkers C-reactive protein and albumin in diagnostics of primary immune-mediated polyarthritis in dogs. Kleintierpraxis, 68(3), 116-126. https://doi.org/10.2377/0023-2076-68-116

Introduction: Canine primary (idiopathic) immune-mediated polyarthritis (IPA) is a non-infectious inflammatory joint disease, characterized by synovitis and commonly accompanied by systemic signs of disease. Acute phase proteins are used for diagnosi... Read More about Evaluation of serum biomarkers C-reactive protein and albumin in diagnostics of primary immune-mediated polyarthritis in dogs..

Short-Term Microplastic Exposure Impairs Cognition in Hermit Crabs (2023)
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Crump, A., Aiken, C., Cunningham, E., & Arnott, G. (2023). Short-Term Microplastic Exposure Impairs Cognition in Hermit Crabs. Animals, 13(6), https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13061055

We tested whether acute microplastic exposure impacts information gathering and processing (cognition) in hermit crabs (Pagurus bernhardus). For five days, we kept 51 hermit crabs in tanks containing either polyethylene microspheres (n = 27) or no pl... Read More about Short-Term Microplastic Exposure Impairs Cognition in Hermit Crabs.

Evolution of tetraspanin antigens in the zoonotic Asian blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum (2023)
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Parsons, D., Walker, A., Emery, A., Webster, J., & Lawton, S. (2023). Evolution of tetraspanin antigens in the zoonotic Asian blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum. Parasites and Vectors, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-023-05706-3

BackgroundDespite successful control efforts in China over the past 60 years, zoonotic schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma japonicum remains a threat with transmission ongoing and the risk of localised resurgences prompting calls for a novel integr... Read More about Evolution of tetraspanin antigens in the zoonotic Asian blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum.

Affective trajectories: Are hens influenced by positive and negative changes in their living conditions? (2023)
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Paul, E., Browne, W., Mendl, M., Caplen, G., Held, S., Trevarthen, A., & Nicol, C. (2023). Affective trajectories: Are hens influenced by positive and negative changes in their living conditions?. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2023.105883

Most studies of the effects of housing and husbandry on animals’ affective states and welfare investigate the impact of stable living conditions, comparing for example, animals living in enriched environments with those living in non-enriched ones. C... Read More about Affective trajectories: Are hens influenced by positive and negative changes in their living conditions?.

Antioxidants and Oxidants in Boar Spermatozoa and Their Surrounding Environment Are Associated with AMPK Activation during Liquid Storage (2023)
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Li, J., Zhao, W., Zhu, J., Ju, H., Liang, M., Wang, S., …Liu, Z. (2023). Antioxidants and Oxidants in Boar Spermatozoa and Their Surrounding Environment Are Associated with AMPK Activation during Liquid Storage. Veterinary Sciences, 10(3), https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci10030214

Simple Summary Liquid storage of boar semen at 17 degrees C is a conventional method used for artificial insemination in pig reproduction. During storage, boar sperm quality continuously decreases with time, which compromises the field results after... Read More about Antioxidants and Oxidants in Boar Spermatozoa and Their Surrounding Environment Are Associated with AMPK Activation during Liquid Storage.

Single-step genome-wide association analyses of claw horn lesions in Holstein cattle using linear and threshold models (2023)
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Li, B., Barden, M., Kapsona, V., Sanchez-Molano, E., Anagnostopoulos, A., Griffiths, B., …Banos, G. (2023). Single-step genome-wide association analyses of claw horn lesions in Holstein cattle using linear and threshold models. Genetics Selection Evolution, 55(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12711-023-00784-4

BackgroundLameness in dairy cattle is primarily caused by foot lesions including the claw horn lesions (CHL) of sole haemorrhage (SH), sole ulcers (SU), and white line disease (WL). This study investigated the genetic architecture of the three CHL ba... Read More about Single-step genome-wide association analyses of claw horn lesions in Holstein cattle using linear and threshold models.

Refractile bodies of Eimeria tenella are proteinaceous membrane-less organelles that undergo dynamic changes during infection (2023)
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Burrell, A., Marugan-Hernandez, V., von der Recke, K., Aguiar-Martins, K., Gabriel, H., Tomley, F., & Vaughan, S. (2023). Refractile bodies of Eimeria tenella are proteinaceous membrane-less organelles that undergo dynamic changes during infection. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 13, https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2023.1082622

IntroductionRefractile bodies (RB) are large membrane-less organelles (MLO) of unknown function found as a prominent mismatched pair within the sporozoite stages of all species of Eimeria, parasitic coccidian protozoa. MethodsHigh resolution imaging... Read More about Refractile bodies of Eimeria tenella are proteinaceous membrane-less organelles that undergo dynamic changes during infection.

Reconstructing locomotor ecology of extinct avialans: a case study of Ichthyornis comparing sternum morphology and skeletal proportions (2023)
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Lowi-Merri, T., Demuth, O., Benito, J., Field, D., Benson, R., Claramunt, S., & Evans, D. (2023). Reconstructing locomotor ecology of extinct avialans: a case study of Ichthyornis comparing sternum morphology and skeletal proportions. Proceedings B, 290(1994), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.2020

Avian skeletal morphology is associated with locomotor function, including flight style, swimming and terrestrial locomotion, and permits informed inferences on locomotion in extinct taxa. The fossil taxon Ichthyornis (Avialae: Ornithurae) has long b... Read More about Reconstructing locomotor ecology of extinct avialans: a case study of Ichthyornis comparing sternum morphology and skeletal proportions.

Modelling the control of bovine brucellosis in India (2023)
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Holt, H., Walker, M., Beauvais, W., Kaur, P., Bedi, J., Mangtani, P., …Guitian, J. (2023). Modelling the control of bovine brucellosis in India. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface, 20(200), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2022.0756

Brucellosis imposes substantial impacts on livestock production and public health worldwide. A stochastic, age-structured model incorporating herd demographics was developed describing within- and between-herd transmission of Brucella abortus in dair... Read More about Modelling the control of bovine brucellosis in India.

Modeling the effectiveness of One Health interventions against the zoonotic hookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicum (2023)
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Walker, M., Lambert, S., Neves, M., Worsley, A., Traub, R., & Colella, V. (2023). Modeling the effectiveness of One Health interventions against the zoonotic hookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicum. Frontiers in Medicine, 10, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2023.1092030

Hookworm disease is a major global public health concern, annually affecting 500-700 million of the world's poorest people. The World Health Organization is targeting the elimination of hookworm as a public health problem by 2030 using a strategy of... Read More about Modeling the effectiveness of One Health interventions against the zoonotic hookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicum.