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Recommendations for approaches to meticillin-resistant staphylococcal infections of small animals: diagnosis, therapeutic considerations and preventative measures (2017)
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Morris, D. O., Loeffler, A., Davis, M. F., Guardabassi, L., & Weese, J. S. (2017). Recommendations for approaches to meticillin-resistant staphylococcal infections of small animals: diagnosis, therapeutic considerations and preventative measures. Veterinary Dermatology, 28(3), 304. https://doi.org/10.1111/vde.12444

Socio-demographic determinants of Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in migrant workers of Peninsular Malaysia (2017)
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Sahimin, N., Lim, Y. A. L., Ariffin, F., Behnke, J. M., Basáñez, M., Walker, M., …Mohd Zain, S. N. (2017). Socio-demographic determinants of Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in migrant workers of Peninsular Malaysia. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2167-8

The number of migrants working in Malaysia has increased sharply since the 1970’s and there is concern that infectious diseases endemic in other (e.g. neighbouring) countries may be inadvertently imported. Compulsory medical screening prior to enteri... Read More about Socio-demographic determinants of Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in migrant workers of Peninsular Malaysia.

The Big Pet Diabetes Survey: Perceived Frequency and Triggers for Euthanasia (2017)
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Niessen, S. J. M., Hazuchova, K., Powney, S. L., Guitian, J., Niessen, A. P. M., Pion, P. D., …Church, D. B. (2017). The Big Pet Diabetes Survey: Perceived Frequency and Triggers for Euthanasia. Veterinary Sciences, 4(2), 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci4020027

Current pet diabetes mellitus (DM) treatment necessitates the active daily involvement of owners and can be costly. The current study aimed to investigate the owner population which opts for euthanasia instead of DM treatment. A survey was designed u... Read More about The Big Pet Diabetes Survey: Perceived Frequency and Triggers for Euthanasia.

Behavioural Profiles of Brown and Sloth Bears in Captivity (2017)
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Pastorino, G. Q., Christodoulides, Y., Curone, G., Pearce-Kelly, P., Faustini, M., Albertini, M., …Mazzola, S. M. (2017). Behavioural Profiles of Brown and Sloth Bears in Captivity. Animals, 7(5), 39. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani7050039

Three brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) individuals and two sloth bear (Melursus ursinus inornatus) individuals were observed in captivity to produce behavioural profiles for each individual. Data collected through behavioural observations were used t... Read More about Behavioural Profiles of Brown and Sloth Bears in Captivity.

Hypomorphic conditional deletion of E11/Podoplanin reveals a role in osteocyte dendrite elongation (2017)
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Staines, K. A., Javaheri, B., Hohenstein, P., Fleming, R., Ikpegbu, E., Unger, E., …Farquharson, C. (2017). Hypomorphic conditional deletion of E11/Podoplanin reveals a role in osteocyte dendrite elongation. Journal of Cellular Physiology, 232(11), 3006-3019. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.25999

The transmembrane glycoprotein E11/Podoplanin (Pdpn) has been implicated in the initial stages of osteocyte differentiation. However, its precise function and regulatory mechanisms are still unknown. Due to the known embryonic lethality induced by gl... Read More about Hypomorphic conditional deletion of E11/Podoplanin reveals a role in osteocyte dendrite elongation.

Machine-learning-based calving prediction from activity, lying, and ruminating behaviors in dairy cattle (2017)
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Borchers, M. R., Chang, Y. M., Proudfoot, K. L., Wadsworth, B. A., Stone, A. E., & Bewley, J. M. (2017). Machine-learning-based calving prediction from activity, lying, and ruminating behaviors in dairy cattle. Journal of Dairy Science, 5664-5674. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2016-11526

The objective of this study was to use automated activity, lying, and rumination monitors to characterize prepartum behavior and predict calving in dairy cattle. Data were collected from 20 primiparous and 33 multiparous Holstein dairy cattle from Se... Read More about Machine-learning-based calving prediction from activity, lying, and ruminating behaviors in dairy cattle.

Brugia malayi microfilariae adhere to human vascular endothelial cells in a C3-dependent manner (2017)
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Schroeder, H., McCarthy, D., Szestak, T., Cook, D. A., Taylor, M., Craig, A. G., …Lawrence, R. A. (2017). Brugia malayi microfilariae adhere to human vascular endothelial cells in a C3-dependent manner. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11(5), e0005592. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005592

Brugia malayi causes the human tropical disease, lymphatic filariasis. Microfilariae (Mf) of this nematode live in the bloodstream and are ingested by a feeding mosquito vector. Interestingly, in a remarkable co-evolutionary adaptation, Mf appearance... Read More about Brugia malayi microfilariae adhere to human vascular endothelial cells in a C3-dependent manner.

The perception of cat stress by Italian owners (2017)
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Mariti, C., Guerrini, F., Vallini, V., Bowen, J., Fatjó, J., Diverio, S., …Gazzano, A. (2017). The perception of cat stress by Italian owners. Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 20, 74-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jveb.2017.04.002

The welfare assessment of owned pet cats has been neglected in research. The aim of this study was to assess owners' perception and recognition of impaired welfare in their own cats. One hundred ninety-four cat owners were interviewed face-to-face by... Read More about The perception of cat stress by Italian owners.

Detection of early osteogenic commitment in primary cells using Raman spectroscopy (2017)
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Smith, S. J., Emery, R., Pitsillides, A. A., Clarkin, C. E., & Mahajan, S. (2017). Detection of early osteogenic commitment in primary cells using Raman spectroscopy. Analyst, 142(11), 1962-1973. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6AN02469F

Major challenges in the development of novel implant surfaces for artificial joints include osteoblast heterogeneity and the lack of a simple and sensitive in vitro assay to measure early osteogenic responses. Raman spectroscopy is a label-free, non-... Read More about Detection of early osteogenic commitment in primary cells using Raman spectroscopy.

Immune Escape Variants of H9N2 Influenza Viruses Containing Deletions at the Hemagglutinin Receptor Binding Site Retain Fitness In Vivo and Display Enhanced Zoonotic Characteristics (2017)
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Peacock, T. P., Benton, D. J., James, J., Sadeyen, J. R., Chang, P. X., Sealy, J. E., …Iqbal, M. (2017). Immune Escape Variants of H9N2 Influenza Viruses Containing Deletions at the Hemagglutinin Receptor Binding Site Retain Fitness In Vivo and Display Enhanced Zoonotic Characteristics. Journal of Virology, 91(14), UNSP e00218. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.00218-17

H9N2 avian influenza viruses are enzootic in poultry across Asia and North Africa, where they pose a threat to human health as both zoonotic agents and potential pandemic candidates. Poultry vaccination against H9N2 viruses has been employed in many... Read More about Immune Escape Variants of H9N2 Influenza Viruses Containing Deletions at the Hemagglutinin Receptor Binding Site Retain Fitness In Vivo and Display Enhanced Zoonotic Characteristics.

Alterations in thoracolumbosacral movement when pain causing lameness has been improved by diagnostic analgesia (2017)
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Greve, L., Dyson, S., & Pfau, T. (2017). Alterations in thoracolumbosacral movement when pain causing lameness has been improved by diagnostic analgesia. The Veterinary Journal, 224, 5-3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2017.03.009

Lameness, thoracolumbosacral pain and reduced range of motion (ROM) often coexist; better understanding of their relationship is needed. The objectives were to determine if thoracolumbosacral movement of horses changes when pain causing lameness is i... Read More about Alterations in thoracolumbosacral movement when pain causing lameness has been improved by diagnostic analgesia.

Clinical reasoning in feline epilepsy: Which combination of clinical information is useful? (2017)
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Stanciu, G. D., Packer, R. M. A., Pakozdy, A., Solcan, G., & Volk, H. A. (2017). Clinical reasoning in feline epilepsy: Which combination of clinical information is useful?. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2017.04.001

We sought to identify the association between clinical risk factors and the diagnosis of idiopathic epilepsy (IE) or structural epilepsy (SE) in cats, using statistical models to identify combinations of discrete parameters from the patient signalmen... Read More about Clinical reasoning in feline epilepsy: Which combination of clinical information is useful?.

Do Female Dogs Age Differently Than Male Dogs? (2017)
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Hoffman, J. M., O'Neill, D. G., Creevy, K. E., & Austad, S. N. (2017). Do Female Dogs Age Differently Than Male Dogs?. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glx061

Humans, as well as their closest ancestors, the higher African primates, exhibit female-biased survival and multiple sex differences in causes of death. However, the effects of sex on aging and longevity in an excellent model of human health, the com... Read More about Do Female Dogs Age Differently Than Male Dogs?.

Challenges in identifying and interpreting organizational modules in morphology (2017)
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Esteve-Altava, B. (2017). Challenges in identifying and interpreting organizational modules in morphology. Journal of Morphology, 278(7), 960-974. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20690

Form is a rich concept that agglutinates information about the proportions and topological arrangement of body parts. Modularity is readily measurable in both features, the variation of proportions (variational modules) and the organization of topolo... Read More about Challenges in identifying and interpreting organizational modules in morphology.