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Modelling exposure heterogeneity and density dependence in onchocerciasis using a novel individual-based transmission model, EPIONCHO-IBM: implications for elimination and data needs (2019)
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Hamley, J. I. D., Milton, P., Walker, M., & Basáñez, M. (2019). Modelling exposure heterogeneity and density dependence in onchocerciasis using a novel individual-based transmission model, EPIONCHO-IBM: implications for elimination and data needs. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 13(12), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007557

The development and use of Actiphage® to detect viable mycobacteria from bovine tuberculosis and Johne’s disease-infected animals (2019)
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Swift, B. M. C., Meade, N., Barron, E. S., Bennett, M., Perehenic, T., Hughes, V., …Rees, C. E. D. (2019). The development and use of Actiphage® to detect viable mycobacteria from bovine tuberculosis and Johne’s disease-infected animals. Microbial Biotechnology, 13(3), 738-746. https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13518

Here, we describe the development of a method that exploits bacteriophage D29 as a lysis agent for efficient DNA extraction from low numbers of mycobacterial cells. This method (Actiphage®) used in combination with PCR achieved rapid and sensitive (L... Read More about The development and use of Actiphage® to detect viable mycobacteria from bovine tuberculosis and Johne’s disease-infected animals.

Antimicrobial susceptibility and genetic profile of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae isolates from Brazil (2019)
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Gonzaga, N. F., De Souza, L. F. L., Santos, M. R., Assao, V. S., Rycroft, A. N., Deeney, A. S., …Silva-Júnior, A. (2019). Antimicrobial susceptibility and genetic profile of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae isolates from Brazil. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42770-019-00185-0

Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae is the etiologic agent of porcine enzootic pneumonia, responsible for major production losses worldwide. The bacteria have a limited metabolism and need to obtain molecules from the growth environment, which causes multiple d... Read More about Antimicrobial susceptibility and genetic profile of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae isolates from Brazil.

Feasibility of kilohertz frequency alternating current neuromodulation of carotid sinus nerve activity in the pig (2019)
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Fjordbakk, C. T., Miranda, J. A., Sokal, D., Donegà, M., Viscasillas, J., Stathopoulou, T., …Perkins, J. D. M. (2019). Feasibility of kilohertz frequency alternating current neuromodulation of carotid sinus nerve activity in the pig. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53566-8

Recent research supports that over-activation of the carotid body plays a key role in metabolic diseases like type 2 diabetes. Supressing carotid body signalling through carotid sinus nerve (CSN) modulation may offer a therapeutic approach for treati... Read More about Feasibility of kilohertz frequency alternating current neuromodulation of carotid sinus nerve activity in the pig.

Aging and Mechanoadaptive Responsiveness of Bone (2019)
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Javaheri, B., & Pitsillides, A. A. (2019). Aging and Mechanoadaptive Responsiveness of Bone. Current Osteoporosis Reports, 17(6), 560-569. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11914-019-00553-7

Osteoporosis is an age-related disorder characterized by bone loss and increased fracture susceptibility. Whether this is due to reduced loading in less active elderly individuals or inherent modifications in bone cells is uncertain. We suppose that... Read More about Aging and Mechanoadaptive Responsiveness of Bone.

Decision tree machine learning applied to bovine tuberculosis risk factors to aid disease control decision making (2019)
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Romero, M. P., Chang, Y. M., Brunton, L. A., Parry, J., Prosser, A., Upton, P., …Drewe, J. A. (2019). Decision tree machine learning applied to bovine tuberculosis risk factors to aid disease control decision making. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2019.104860

Identifying and understanding the risk factors for endemic bovine tuberculosis (TB) in cattle herds is critical for the control of this disease. Exploratory machine learning techniques can uncover complex non-linear relationships and interactions wit... Read More about Decision tree machine learning applied to bovine tuberculosis risk factors to aid disease control decision making.

Exploring the Risk Posed by Animals with An Inconclusive Reaction to the Bovine Tuberculosis Skin Test in England and Wales (2019)
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May, E., Prosser, A., Downs, S. H., & Brunton, L. A. (2019). Exploring the Risk Posed by Animals with An Inconclusive Reaction to the Bovine Tuberculosis Skin Test in England and Wales. Veterinary Sciences, 6(4), 97. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci6040097

The single intradermal comparative cervical tuberculin (SICCT) test is the primary test for ante-mortem diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in England and Wales. When an animal is first classified as an inconclusive reactor (IR) using this test, it... Read More about Exploring the Risk Posed by Animals with An Inconclusive Reaction to the Bovine Tuberculosis Skin Test in England and Wales.

Pathophysiology of Concussive Non-Penetrative Captive Bolt Stunning of Turkeys (2019)
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Gibson, T. J., King, E., Spence, J., & Limon, G. (2019). Pathophysiology of Concussive Non-Penetrative Captive Bolt Stunning of Turkeys. Animals, 9(12), 1049. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9121049

The non-penetrative captive bolt (NPCB) has been proposed as a more humane and practical alternative to constant voltage electrical stunning for small-scale seasonal turkey producers. This study evaluated the effectiveness of the CASH® Small Animal T... Read More about Pathophysiology of Concussive Non-Penetrative Captive Bolt Stunning of Turkeys.

Carprofen-induced depletion of proton motive force reverses TetK-mediated doxycycline resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (2019)
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Magnowska, Z., Jana, B., Brochmann, R. P., Hesketh, A., Lametsch, R., De Gobba, C., & Guardabassi, L. (2019). Carprofen-induced depletion of proton motive force reverses TetK-mediated doxycycline resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54091-4

We previously showed that doxycycline (DOX) and carprofen (CPF), a veterinary non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, have synergistic antimicrobial activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP) carrying the tetracycline... Read More about Carprofen-induced depletion of proton motive force reverses TetK-mediated doxycycline resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius.

Field Evaluation of Diagnostic Test Sensitivity and Specificity for Salmonid Alphavirus (SAV) Infection and Pancreas Disease (PD) in Farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in Norway Using Bayesian Latent Class Analysis (2019)
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Jansen, M. D., Guarracino, M., Carson, M., Modahl, I., Taksdal, T., Sindre, H., …Tavornpanich, S. (2019). Field Evaluation of Diagnostic Test Sensitivity and Specificity for Salmonid Alphavirus (SAV) Infection and Pancreas Disease (PD) in Farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in Norway Using Bayesian Latent Class Analysis. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 6, https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2019.00419

Impact of oral amoxicillin and amoxicillin/clavulanic acid treatment on bacterial diversity and ß-lactam resistance in the canine faecal microbiota (2019)
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Espinosa-Gongora, C., Jessen, L. R., Kieler, I. N., Damborg, P., Bjørnvad, C. R., Gudeta, D. D., …Guardabassi, L. (2019). Impact of oral amoxicillin and amoxicillin/clavulanic acid treatment on bacterial diversity and ß-lactam resistance in the canine faecal microbiota. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 75(2), 351-361. https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkz458

Variation in limb loading magnitude and timing in tetrapods (2019)
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Granatosky, M. C., McElroy, E. J., Lemelin, P., Reilly, S. M., Nyakatura, J. A., Andrada, E., …Ross, C. F. (2019). Variation in limb loading magnitude and timing in tetrapods. Journal of Experimental Biology, https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.201525

Comparative analyses of locomotion in tetrapods reveal two patterns of stride cycle variability. Tachymetabolic tetrapods (birds and mammals) have lower inter-cycle variation in stride duration than bradymetabolic tetrapods (amphibians, lizards, turt... Read More about Variation in limb loading magnitude and timing in tetrapods.

Development of Reporting Guidelines for Animal Health Surveillance—AHSURED (2019)
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Comin, A., Grewar, J., Schaik, G. V., Schwermer, H., Paré, J., El Allaki, F., …Lindberg, A. (2019). Development of Reporting Guidelines for Animal Health Surveillance—AHSURED. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 6, https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2019.00426

With the current trend in animal health surveillance toward risk-based designs and a gradual transition to output-based standards, greater flexibility in surveillance design is both required and allowed. However, the increase in flexibility requires... Read More about Development of Reporting Guidelines for Animal Health Surveillance—AHSURED.

Integrative concepts and practices of health in transdisciplinary social ecology (2019)
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Assmuth, T., Chen, X., Degeling, C., Haahtela, T., Irvine, K. N., Keune, H., …Vikström, S. (2019). Integrative concepts and practices of health in transdisciplinary social ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42532-019-00038-y

Increasing recognition of interdependencies of the health of humans, other organisms and ecosystems, and of their importance to socio-ecological systems, necessitates application of integrative concepts such as One Health and EcoHealth. These concept... Read More about Integrative concepts and practices of health in transdisciplinary social ecology.

The contribution of multicellular model organisms to Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis research (2019)
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Russell, C., Huber, R., Hughes, S., Wenfei Liu, , Morgan, A., & Tuxworth, R. (2019). The contribution of multicellular model organisms to Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbadis.2019.165614

The NCLs (neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis) are forms of neurodegenerative disease that affect people of all ages and ethnicities but are most prevalent in children. Commonly known as Batten disease, this debilitating neurological disorder is comprised... Read More about The contribution of multicellular model organisms to Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis research.

NF-κB2 signalling in enteroids modulates enterocyte responses to secreted factors from bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (2019)
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Jones, L. G., Vaisa, A., Thompson, L. M., Ikuomola, F. I., Caamaño, J. H., Burkitt, M. D., …Duckworth, C. A. (2019). NF-κB2 signalling in enteroids modulates enterocyte responses to secreted factors from bone marrow-derived dendritic cells. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41419-019-2129-5

Alternative pathway NF-κB signalling regulates susceptibility towards developing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), colitis-associated cancer and sepsis-associated intestinal epithelial cell apoptosis and shedding. However, the cell populations respon... Read More about NF-κB2 signalling in enteroids modulates enterocyte responses to secreted factors from bone marrow-derived dendritic cells.

Molecular Characterization of Group A Rotavirus from Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) at Human-Wildlife Interfaces in Bangladesh (2019)
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Islam, A., Hossain, M. E., Haider, N., Rostal, M. K., Mukharjee, S. K., Ferdous, J., …Epstein, J. H. (2019). Molecular Characterization of Group A Rotavirus from Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) at Human-Wildlife Interfaces in Bangladesh. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13431

Group A rotavirus (RVA) is an important cause of diarrhea in people, especially children, and animals globally. Due to the segmented nature of the RVA genome, animal RVA strains have the potential to adapt to the human host through re‐assortment with... Read More about Molecular Characterization of Group A Rotavirus from Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) at Human-Wildlife Interfaces in Bangladesh.

Species-specific consequences of an E40K missense mutation in superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) (2019)
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Draper, A. C. E., Wilson, Z., Maile, C. A., Faccenda, D., Campanella, M., & Piercy, R. J. (2019). Species-specific consequences of an E40K missense mutation in superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1). FASEB Journal, https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.201901455R

A glutamic acid to lysine (E40K) residue substitution in superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) is associated with canine degenerative myelopathy: the only naturally occurring large animal model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The E40 residue is highl... Read More about Species-specific consequences of an E40K missense mutation in superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1).