COVID-19 travel restrictions and the International Health Regulations – Call for an open debate on easing of travel restrictions
(2020)
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Petersen, E., McCloskey, B., Hui, D. S., Kock, R. A., Ntoumi, F., Memish, Z. A., …Zumla, A. (2020). COVID-19 travel restrictions and the International Health Regulations – Call for an open debate on easing of travel restrictions. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 94, 88-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.04.029
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Toward Improving Interventions Against Toxoplasmosis by Identifying Routes of Transmission Using Sporozoite- specific Serological Tools (2020)
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Walker, M., Webster, J. P., & Milne, G. (2020). Toward Improving Interventions Against Toxoplasmosis by Identifying Routes of Transmission Using Sporozoite- specific Serological Tools. Clinical Infectious Diseases, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa428Background. Horizontal transmission of Toxoplasma gondii occurs primarily via ingestion of environmental oocysts or con- sumption of undercooked/raw meat containing cyst-stage bradyzoites. The relative importance of these 2 transmission routes remain... Read More about Toward Improving Interventions Against Toxoplasmosis by Identifying Routes of Transmission Using Sporozoite- specific Serological Tools.
Extended durotomy to treat severe spinal cord injury after acute thoracolumbar disc herniation in dogs (2020)
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Jeffery, N. D., Mankin, J. M., Ito, D., Boudreau, C. E., Kerwin, S. C., Levine, J. M., …Granger, N. (2020). Extended durotomy to treat severe spinal cord injury after acute thoracolumbar disc herniation in dogs. Veterinary Surgery, https://doi.org/10.1111/vsu.13423
Modelling for policy: The five principles of the Neglected Tropical Diseases Modelling Consortium (2020)
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Blanton, J., Behrend, M. R., Basáñez, M., Hamley, J. I. D., Porco, T. C., Stolk, W. A., …de Vlas, S. J. (2020). Modelling for policy: The five principles of the Neglected Tropical Diseases Modelling Consortium. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14(4), e0008033
Dysautonomia in 53 cats and dogs: retrospective review of clinical data and outcome (2020)
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Clarke, K. E., Sorrell, S., Breheny, C., Jepson, R. E., Adamantos, S., Milne, E. M., & Gunn-moore, D. (2020). Dysautonomia in 53 cats and dogs: retrospective review of clinical data and outcome. Veterinary Record, https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.105258The aim of this study was to perform a retrospective multicentre review of clinical data relating to cats and dogs diagnosed with dysautonomia and to evaluate their outcome.
In vitro-virtual-reality: an anatomically explicit musculoskeletal simulation powered by in vitro muscle using closed loop tissue-software interaction (2020)
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Richards, C. T., & Eberhard, E. A. (2020). In vitro-virtual-reality: an anatomically explicit musculoskeletal simulation powered by in vitro muscle using closed loop tissue-software interaction. Journal of Experimental Biology, https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.210054Muscle force-length dynamics are governed by intrinsic contractile properties, motor stimulation and mechanical load. Although intrinsic properties are well-characterised, physiologists lack in vitro instrumentation accounting for combined effects of... Read More about In vitro-virtual-reality: an anatomically explicit musculoskeletal simulation powered by in vitro muscle using closed loop tissue-software interaction.
Indications for the use of highest priority critically important antimicrobials in the veterinary sector (2020)
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Christensen, J. P., Olsen, J. E., Weese, J. S., La Ragione, R. M., Lhermie, G., & Guardabassi, L. (2020). Indications for the use of highest priority critically important antimicrobials in the veterinary sector. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkaa104
Outbreak severity of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) viruses is inversely correlated to polymerase complex activity and interferon induction (2020)
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Vigeveno, R. M., Poen, M. J., Parker, E., Holwerda, M., de Haan, K., van Montfort, T., …Eggink, D. (2020). Outbreak severity of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) viruses is inversely correlated to polymerase complex activity and interferon induction. Journal of Virology, https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.00375-20Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) viruses first emerged in China in 2010 and in 2014 spread throughout Asia and to Europe and The United States via migrating birds. Influenza A(H5N8) viruses were first detected in the Netherlands in 2014 and... Read More about Outbreak severity of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) viruses is inversely correlated to polymerase complex activity and interferon induction.
Minimally Invasive Markers of Stress and Production Parameters in Dairy Cows before and after the Installation of a Voluntary Milking System (2020)
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Jerram, L. J., Van Winden, S. C. L., & Fowkes, R. C. (2020). Minimally Invasive Markers of Stress and Production Parameters in Dairy Cows before and after the Installation of a Voluntary Milking System. Animals, 10(4), 589. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10040589Automatic milking systems (AMS) are a low-labour alternative to conventional parlours, with previous studies demonstrating that cows vary in their ability to cope with the change to AMS. Cortisol expression can be combined with other measures to asse... Read More about Minimally Invasive Markers of Stress and Production Parameters in Dairy Cows before and after the Installation of a Voluntary Milking System.
Characterisation of Peste Des Petits Ruminants Disease in Pastoralist Flocks in Ngorongoro District of Northern Tanzania and Bluetongue Virus Co-Infection (2020)
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Jones, B. A., Mahapatra, M., Chubwa, C., Clarke, B., Batten, C., Hicks, H., …Parida, S. (2020). Characterisation of Peste Des Petits Ruminants Disease in Pastoralist Flocks in Ngorongoro District of Northern Tanzania and Bluetongue Virus Co-Infection. Viruses, 12(4), 389. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12040389Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) disease was first confirmed in Tanzania in 2008 in sheep and goats in Ngorongoro District, northern Tanzania, and is now endemic in this area. This study aimed to characterise PPR disease in pastoralist small ruminant... Read More about Characterisation of Peste Des Petits Ruminants Disease in Pastoralist Flocks in Ngorongoro District of Northern Tanzania and Bluetongue Virus Co-Infection.
An individual-based model to assess the spatial and individual heterogeneity of Brucella melitensis transmission in Alpine ibex (2020)
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Lambert, S., Gilot-Fromont, E., Toïgo, C., Marchand, P., Petit, E., Garin-Bastuji, B., …Thébault, A. (2020). An individual-based model to assess the spatial and individual heterogeneity of Brucella melitensis transmission in Alpine ibex. Ecological Modelling, 425, 109009. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2020.109009Heterogeneity of infectious disease transmission can be generated by individual differences in the frequency of contacts with susceptible individuals, in the ability to transmit the infectious agent or in the duration of infection, and by spatial var... Read More about An individual-based model to assess the spatial and individual heterogeneity of Brucella melitensis transmission in Alpine ibex.
Convergence-Retraction Nystagmus in a Dog With Presumptive Ischemic Encephalopathy Following Acute Cervicothoracic Myelopathy (2020)
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Liatis, T., Furtado, A. R., Mantis, P., & Cherubini, G. B. (2020). Convergence-Retraction Nystagmus in a Dog With Presumptive Ischemic Encephalopathy Following Acute Cervicothoracic Myelopathy. Topics in Companion Animal Medicine, 38, 100381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcam.2019.100381A 6.5-year-old male neutered Trailhound was admitted for hyperacute, nonprogressive, left-sided hemiparesis. Physical and neurologic examination revealed nonpainful, left-sided poorly ambulatory hemiparesis, decreased left-sided postural reactions an... Read More about Convergence-Retraction Nystagmus in a Dog With Presumptive Ischemic Encephalopathy Following Acute Cervicothoracic Myelopathy.
Implications of squirrelpox virus for successful red squirrel translocations within mainland UK (2020)
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Sainsbury, A. W., Chantrey, J., Ewen, J. G., Gurnell, J., Hudson, P., Karesh, W. B., …Tompkins, D. M. (2020). Implications of squirrelpox virus for successful red squirrel translocations within mainland UK. Conservation Science and Practice, 2(6),
Use of nociceptive threshold testing in cats in experimental and clinical settings: a qualitative review (2020)
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Adami, C., & Spadavecchia, C. (2020). Use of nociceptive threshold testing in cats in experimental and clinical settings: a qualitative review. Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaa.2019.12.009The objective of this work was to review the scientific articles on the use of nociceptive threshold testing (NTT) in cats, and to summarise the clinical and experimental applications in this species.
The Effect of Tungsten Road Nails on Upper Body Movement Asymmetry in Horses Trotting on Tarmac (2020)
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Day, P., Collins, L., Horan, K., Weller, R., & Pfau, T. (2020). The Effect of Tungsten Road Nails on Upper Body Movement Asymmetry in Horses Trotting on Tarmac. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, 103000. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jevs.2020.103000
Structural Uncertainty in Onchocerciasis Transmission Models Influences the Estimation of Elimination Thresholds and Selection of Age Groups for Seromonitoring (2020)
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Hamley, J. I. D., Walker, M., Coffeng, C. E., Milton, P., De Vlas, S. J., Stolk, W. A., & Basáñez, M. (2020). Structural Uncertainty in Onchocerciasis Transmission Models Influences the Estimation of Elimination Thresholds and Selection of Age Groups for Seromonitoring. Journal of Infectious Diseases, https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiz674
The effect of human mobility and control measures on the COVID-19 epidemic in China (2020)
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Kraemer, M. U. G., Yang, C., Gutierrez, B., Wu, C., Klein, B., Pigott, D. M., …Scarpino, S. V. (2020). The effect of human mobility and control measures on the COVID-19 epidemic in China. Science, eabb4218. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb4218The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak expanded rapidly throughout China. Major behavioral, clinical, and state interventions have been undertaken to mitigate the epidemic and prevent the persistence of the virus in human populations in China and worldwide. I... Read More about The effect of human mobility and control measures on the COVID-19 epidemic in China.
Serological Evaluation of Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination in the Bakoye and Falémé foci, Mali (2020)
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Basáñez, M., Walker, M., Nutman, T. B., Colebunders, R., Diarra, D., Coulibaly, M. E., …Dolo, H. (2020). Serological Evaluation of Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination in the Bakoye and Falémé foci, Mali. Clinical Infectious Diseases, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa318In Mali, ivermectin-based onchocerciasis elimination from the Bakoye and Falémé foci, reported in 2009–2012, was a beacon leading to policy shifting from morbidity control to elimination of transmission (EOT). These foci are also endemic for lymphati... Read More about Serological Evaluation of Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination in the Bakoye and Falémé foci, Mali.
Ethics, Genetic Technologies and Equine Sports: The Prospect of Regulation of a Modified Therapeutic Use Exemption Policy (2020)
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Campbell, M. L. H., & McNamee, M. J. (2020). Ethics, Genetic Technologies and Equine Sports: The Prospect of Regulation of a Modified Therapeutic Use Exemption Policy. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/17511321.2020.1737204This article critically reviews the current availability and selected use of genetic technologies for horses, before undertaking an ethical evaluation of current practice and regulatory positions in comparative relation to debates surrounding genetic... Read More about Ethics, Genetic Technologies and Equine Sports: The Prospect of Regulation of a Modified Therapeutic Use Exemption Policy.
Zoonotic tuberculosis—a call for an open One Health debate (2020)
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Zumla, A., Yeboah-Manu, D., Michel, A. L., Azhar, E. I., Torrelles, J. B., Cadmus, S. I., …Kock, R. A. (2020). Zoonotic tuberculosis—a call for an open One Health debate. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099%2820%2930166-3