Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (10056)

Computed tomographic arthrography, gross anatomy and histology demonstrate a communication between synovial invaginations in the proximal aspect of the third interosseous muscle and the carpometacarpal joint in horses (2022)
Journal Article
Gerdes, C., Morgan, R., Terry, R., Foote, A., & Smith, R. (2022). Computed tomographic arthrography, gross anatomy and histology demonstrate a communication between synovial invaginations in the proximal aspect of the third interosseous muscle and the carpometacarpal joint in horses. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 9, https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.958598

This descriptive anatomical study investigates the relationship between the third interosseous muscle, also known as the suspensory ligament, and the carpometacarpal joint in forelimbs of horses, with the hypothesis that there was a direct synovial c... Read More about Computed tomographic arthrography, gross anatomy and histology demonstrate a communication between synovial invaginations in the proximal aspect of the third interosseous muscle and the carpometacarpal joint in horses.

Spherical Frame Projections for Visualizing Joint Range of Motion (2022)
Journal Article
Herbst, E. C., Eberhard, E. A., Richards, C. T., & Hutchinson, J. R. (2022). Spherical Frame Projections for Visualizing Joint Range of Motion. Journal of Experimental Biology, https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.xxxxxx

Quantifying joint range of motion (RoM), the reachable poses at a joint, has many applications in research and clinical care. Joint RoM measurements can be used to investigate the link between form and function in extant and extinct animals, to diagn... Read More about Spherical Frame Projections for Visualizing Joint Range of Motion.

Histopathological description of iridophoromas resembling skin nodule syndrome in Siamese fighting fish Betta splendens (2022)
Journal Article
Oros, J., Priestnall, S., & Suarez-Bonnet, A. (2022). Histopathological description of iridophoromas resembling skin nodule syndrome in Siamese fighting fish Betta splendens. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 151, 23-27. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03686

Intensive breeding of the Siamese fighting fish Betta splendens, a species that inhabits marshlands in Thailand and other countries in south-east Asia, was traditionally focused on game fighting because the males are very territorial, but has evolved... Read More about Histopathological description of iridophoromas resembling skin nodule syndrome in Siamese fighting fish Betta splendens.

Effect of tuberculin skin testing on serological results against Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis (MAP): Evidence of distinct effects in MAP-infected and noninfected cows. (2022)
Journal Article
Nunney, E., Crotta, M., Van Winden, S., Bond, K., Green, M., & Guitian, J. (2022). Effect of tuberculin skin testing on serological results against Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis (MAP): Evidence of distinct effects in MAP-infected and noninfected cows. Journal of Dairy Science, https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2021-21753

Quantitative pharmacodynamic characterization of resistance vs. heteroresistance of colistin in E. coli using a semi-mechanistic modelling of killing curves (2022)
Journal Article
Mead, A., Toutain, P., Richez, P., & Pelligand, L. (2022). Quantitative pharmacodynamic characterization of resistance vs. heteroresistance of colistin in E. coli using a semi-mechanistic modelling of killing curves. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.00793-22

Heteroresistance correspond to the presence in a bacterial isolate of an initial small subpopulation of bacteria characterized by a significant reduction in their sensitivity to a given antibiotic. Mechanisms of heteroresistance vs. resistance are po... Read More about Quantitative pharmacodynamic characterization of resistance vs. heteroresistance of colistin in E. coli using a semi-mechanistic modelling of killing curves.

Locating a novel autosomal recessive genetic variant in the cattle glucokinase gene using only WGS data from three cases and six carriers (2022)
Journal Article
Pollott, G. E., Piercy, R. J., Massey, C., Salavati, M., Cheng, Z., & Wathes, D. C. (2022). Locating a novel autosomal recessive genetic variant in the cattle glucokinase gene using only WGS data from three cases and six carriers. Frontiers in Genetics, 13, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.755693

New Mendelian genetic conditions, which adversely affect livestock, arise all the time. To manage them effectively, some methods need to be devised that are quick and accurate. Until recently, finding the causal genomic site of a new autosomal recess... Read More about Locating a novel autosomal recessive genetic variant in the cattle glucokinase gene using only WGS data from three cases and six carriers.

Controlled feeding experiments with juvenile alligators reveal microscopic dental wear texture patterns associated with hard-object feeding (2022)
Journal Article
Winkler, D., Iijima, M., Blob, R., Kubo, T., & Kubo, M. (2022). Controlled feeding experiments with juvenile alligators reveal microscopic dental wear texture patterns associated with hard-object feeding. Frontiers in Ecology Evolution, 10, https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.957725

Dental wear analyses are classically applied to mammals because they have evolved heterodont dentitions for sophisticated mastication. Recently, several studies have shown a correlation between pre-assigned and analytically inferred diet preferences... Read More about Controlled feeding experiments with juvenile alligators reveal microscopic dental wear texture patterns associated with hard-object feeding.

Evolutionary features of a prolific subtype of avian influenza A virus in European waterfowl (2022)
Journal Article
Wille, M., Tolf, C., Latorre-Margalef, N., Fouchier, R., Halpin, R., Wentworth, D., …Waldenstrom, J. (2022). Evolutionary features of a prolific subtype of avian influenza A virus in European waterfowl. Virus Evolution, 8(2), https://doi.org/10.1093/ve/veac074

Avian influenza A virus (AIV) is ubiquitous in waterfowl and is detected annually at high prevalence in waterfowl during the Northern Hemisphere autumn. Some AIV subtypes are globally common in waterfowl, such as H3N8, H4N6, and H6N2, and are detecte... Read More about Evolutionary features of a prolific subtype of avian influenza A virus in European waterfowl.

East Coast fever, a neglected tropical disease with an outdated vaccine approach? (2022)
Journal Article
Kolakowski, J., Connelley, T., Lukacik, P., Pfuhl, M., & Werling, D. (2022). East Coast fever, a neglected tropical disease with an outdated vaccine approach?. Trends in Parasitology, 38(11), 930-932. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2022.08.006

Since its discovery, bovine theileriosis has caused major socioeconomic losses in sub-Saharan Africa. Acaricide resistance of the intermediate host, paucity of therapeutics, and lack of sufficiently cross-protective vaccines increase the risk of para... Read More about East Coast fever, a neglected tropical disease with an outdated vaccine approach?.

The origins and molecular evolution of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in the UK (2022)
Journal Article
Hill, V., Du Plessis, L., Peacock, T., Aggarwal, D., Colquhoun, R., Carabelli, A., …Rambaut, A. (2022). The origins and molecular evolution of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in the UK. Virus Evolution, 8(2), https://doi.org/10.1093/ve/veac080

The first SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern (VOC) to be designated was lineage B.1.1.7, later labelled by the World Health Organization as Alpha. Originating in early autumn but discovered in December 2020, it spread rapidly and caused large waves of inf... Read More about The origins and molecular evolution of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in the UK.

A threat from both sides: Multiple introductions of genetically distinct H5 HPAI viruses into Canada via both East Asia-Australasia/Pacific and Atlantic flyways (2022)
Journal Article
Alkie, T., Lopes, S., Hisanaga, T., Xu, W., Suderman, M., Koziuk, J., …Berhane, Y. (2022). A threat from both sides: Multiple introductions of genetically distinct H5 HPAI viruses into Canada via both East Asia-Australasia/Pacific and Atlantic flyways. Virus Evolution, 8(2), https://doi.org/10.1093/ve/veac077

From 2016 to 2020, high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) H5 viruses circulated in Asia, Europe, and Africa, causing waves of infections and the deaths of millions of wild and domestic birds and presenting a zoonotic risk. In late 2021, H5N1 HPAI... Read More about A threat from both sides: Multiple introductions of genetically distinct H5 HPAI viruses into Canada via both East Asia-Australasia/Pacific and Atlantic flyways.

Designing a Multi-Epitope Vaccine against Toxoplasma gondii: An Immunoinformatics Approach (2022)
Journal Article
Hammed-Akanmu, M., Mim, M., Osman, A., Sheikh, A., Behmard, E., Rabaan, A., …Hajissa, K. (2022). Designing a Multi-Epitope Vaccine against Toxoplasma gondii: An Immunoinformatics Approach. Vaccines, 10(9), https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10091389

Infection with the intracellular apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii causes serious clinical outcomes in both human and veterinary settings worldwide. Although approximately onethird of the world's population is infected with T. gondii, an effect... Read More about Designing a Multi-Epitope Vaccine against Toxoplasma gondii: An Immunoinformatics Approach.

The nose is not enough: Multi-site sampling is best for MRSP detection in dogs and households (2022)
Journal Article
Frosini, S., Bond, R., King, R. H., & Loeffler, A. (2022). The nose is not enough: Multi-site sampling is best for MRSP detection in dogs and households. Veterinary Dermatology, https://doi.org/10.1111/vde.13118

Background: Following recovery from meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP) infection of any type, dogs may continue to carry MRSP asymptomatically on skin and mucosae, contributing to the spread of this multidrug-resistant, veter... Read More about The nose is not enough: Multi-site sampling is best for MRSP detection in dogs and households.

Auditory sensory range of male mosquitoes for the detection of female flight sound (2022)
Journal Article
Nakata, T., Simoes, P., Walker, S., Russell, I., & Bomphrey, R. (2022). Auditory sensory range of male mosquitoes for the detection of female flight sound. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface, 19(193), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2022.0285

Male mosquitoes detect and localize conspecific females by their flight-tones using the Johnston's organ (JO), which detects antennal deflections under the influence of local particle motion. Acoustic behaviours of mosquitoes and their JO physiology... Read More about Auditory sensory range of male mosquitoes for the detection of female flight sound.

Conservation translocations from the ‘Global Reintroduction Perspectives’ series: Disease and other biological problems (2022)
Journal Article
Beckmann, K. M., & Soorae, P. S. (2022). Conservation translocations from the ‘Global Reintroduction Perspectives’ series: Disease and other biological problems. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 3(3), https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12163

1. Conservation translocations, defined as population reinforcement, reintroduction, assisted colonisation or ecological replacement, have become a popular tool in efforts to restore wildlife populations and their wider ecosystems. Given that conserv... Read More about Conservation translocations from the ‘Global Reintroduction Perspectives’ series: Disease and other biological problems.

Contrasting long-term dynamics of antimicrobial resistance and virulence plasmids in Salmonella Typhimurium from animals (2022)
Journal Article
Mellor, K., Blackwell, G., Cawthraw, S., Mensah, N., Reid, S., Thomson, N., …Mather, A. (2022). Contrasting long-term dynamics of antimicrobial resistance and virulence plasmids in Salmonella Typhimurium from animals. Microbial Genomics, 8(8), https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000826

Plasmids are mobile elements that can carry genes encoding traits of clinical concern, including antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and virulence. Population--level studies of Enterobacterales, including Escherichia coli, Shigella and Klebsiella, indicat... Read More about Contrasting long-term dynamics of antimicrobial resistance and virulence plasmids in Salmonella Typhimurium from animals.

Genetic parameters and genome-wide association study of digital cushion thickness in Holstein cows (2022)
Journal Article
Barden, M., Li, B., Griffiths, B., Anagnostopoulos, A., Bedford, C., Psifidi, A., …Oikonomou, G. (2022). Genetic parameters and genome-wide association study of digital cushion thickness in Holstein cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 105(10), 8237-8256. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2022-22035

The digital cushion is linked to the development of claw horn lesions (CHL) in dairy cattle. The objectives of this study were to (1) estimate genetic parameters for digital cushion thickness (DCT), (2) estimate the genetic correlation between DCT an... Read More about Genetic parameters and genome-wide association study of digital cushion thickness in Holstein cows.