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Diagnosis of tuberculosis in groups of badgers: an exploration of the impact of trapping efficiency, infection prevalence and the use of multiple tests (2016)
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Buzdugan, S. N., Chambers, M. A., Delahay, R. J., & Drewe, J. A. (2016). Diagnosis of tuberculosis in groups of badgers: an exploration of the impact of trapping efficiency, infection prevalence and the use of multiple tests. Epidemiology and Infection, 144(8), 1717-1727. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268815003210

Accurate detection of infection with Mycobacterium bovis in live badgers would enable targeted tuberculosis control. Practical challenges in sampling wild badger populations mean that diagnosis of infection at the group (rather than the individual) l... Read More about Diagnosis of tuberculosis in groups of badgers: an exploration of the impact of trapping efficiency, infection prevalence and the use of multiple tests.

Detection of viable Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in powdered infant formula by phage-PCR and confirmed by culture (2016)
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Botsaris, G., Swift, B. M. C., Slana, I., Liapi, M., Christodoulou, M., Hatzitofi, M., …Rees, C. E. (2016). Detection of viable Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in powdered infant formula by phage-PCR and confirmed by culture. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 216, 91-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2015.09.011

Surveys from different parts of the world have reported that viable Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) can be cultured from approximately 2% of samples of retail pasteurised milk samples. Pasteurised milk is used for the production of... Read More about Detection of viable Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in powdered infant formula by phage-PCR and confirmed by culture.

Antimicrobial susceptibility of bacteria isolated from neonatal foal samples submitted to a New Zealand veterinary pathology laboratory (2004 to 2013) (2016)
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Toombs-Ruane, L. J., Riley, C. B., Kendall, A. T., Hill, K. E., Benschop, J., & Rosanowski, S. M. (2016). Antimicrobial susceptibility of bacteria isolated from neonatal foal samples submitted to a New Zealand veterinary pathology laboratory (2004 to 2013). New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 64(2), 107-111. https://doi.org/10.1080/00480169.2015.1109006

A method for isolating and culturing placental cells from failed early equine pregnancies (2016)
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Rose, B. V., Cabrera-Sharp, V., Firth, M. J., Barrelet, F. E., Bate, S., Cameron, I. J., …De Mestre, A. M. (2016). A method for isolating and culturing placental cells from failed early equine pregnancies. Placenta, 38, 107-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2015.12.014

Early pregnancy loss occurs in 6–10% of equine pregnancies making it the main cause of reproductive wastage. Despite this, reasons for the losses are known in only 16% of cases. Lack of viable conceptus material has inhibited investigations of many p... Read More about A method for isolating and culturing placental cells from failed early equine pregnancies.

Neuroprotective coordination of cell mitophagy by the ATPase Inhibitory Factor 1 (2016)
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Matic, I., Cocco, S., Ferraina, C., Martin-Jimenez, R., Florenzano, F., Crosby, J., …Campanella, M. (2016). Neuroprotective coordination of cell mitophagy by the ATPase Inhibitory Factor 1. Pharmacological Research, 103(1), 56-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrs.2015.10.010

The mitochondrial ATPase Inhibitory Factor 1 (hereafter referred to as IF1) blocks the reversal of the F1Fo-ATPsynthase to prevent detrimental consumption of cellular ATP and associated demise. Herein, we infer further its molecular physiology by ass... Read More about Neuroprotective coordination of cell mitophagy by the ATPase Inhibitory Factor 1.

Thromboelastographic assessment of the contribution of platelets and clotting proteases to the hypercoagulable state of dogs with immune-mediated hemolytic anemia: Platelet contribution to hypercoagulability in IMHA (2016)
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Hamzianpour, N., & Chan, D. L. (2016). Thromboelastographic assessment of the contribution of platelets and clotting proteases to the hypercoagulable state of dogs with immune-mediated hemolytic anemia: Platelet contribution to hypercoagulability in IMHA. Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, 26(2), 295-299. https://doi.org/10.1111/vec.12315

Effects of environmental enrichment on aspects of maternal behavior, and infant growth and mortality, in American mink (Neovison vison) (2016)
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Diez-Leon, M., & Mason, G. (2016). Effects of environmental enrichment on aspects of maternal behavior, and infant growth and mortality, in American mink (Neovison vison). Zoo Biology, 35(1), 19-28. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.21249

In several species, stress compromises maternal behaviors that are important for infant viability (e.g. licking and grooming). Understanding how stress in captivity affects maternal behavior could therefore be beneficial, especially for carnivores in... Read More about Effects of environmental enrichment on aspects of maternal behavior, and infant growth and mortality, in American mink (Neovison vison).

Beyond aggression: Androgen-receptor blockade modulates social interaction in wild meerkats (2016)
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DelBarco-Trillo, J., Greene, L. K., Goncalves, I. B., Fenkes, M., Wisse, J. H., Drewe, J. A., …Drea, C. M. (2016). Beyond aggression: Androgen-receptor blockade modulates social interaction in wild meerkats. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.11.001

In male vertebrates, androgens are inextricably linked to reproduction, social dominance, and aggression, often at the cost of paternal investment or prosociality. Testosterone is invoked to explain rank-related reproductive differences, but its role... Read More about Beyond aggression: Androgen-receptor blockade modulates social interaction in wild meerkats.

Sialic Acid on the Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Anchor Regulates PrP-mediated Cell Signaling and Prion Formation (2016)
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Bate, C., Nolan, W., McHale-Owen, H., & Williams, A. (2016). Sialic Acid on the Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Anchor Regulates PrP-mediated Cell Signaling and Prion Formation. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 291(33), 17093-17101. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M116.731117

The prion diseases occur following the conversion of the cellular prion protein (PrPC) into disease-related isoforms (PrPSc). In this study, the role of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor attached to PrPC in prion formation was examined us... Read More about Sialic Acid on the Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Anchor Regulates PrP-mediated Cell Signaling and Prion Formation.