Detection of H3N8 influenza A virus with multiple mammalian-adaptive mutations in a rescued Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup (2020)
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Venkatesh, D., Brown, I. H., Cooper, J., Seekings, J., McGinn, N., Essen, S., Brookes, S. M., Reid, S. M., Thorpe, D., Collins, R., Núñez, A., Bianco, C., & Lewis, N. S. (2020). Detection of H3N8 influenza A virus with multiple mammalian-adaptive mutations in a rescued Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup. Virus Evolution, 6(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/ve/veaa016

Avian influenza A viruses (IAVs) in different species of seals display a spectrum of pathogenicity, from sub-clinical infection to mass mortality events. Here we present an investigation of avian IAV infection in a 3- to 4-month-old Grey seal (Halich... Read More about Detection of H3N8 influenza A virus with multiple mammalian-adaptive mutations in a rescued Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup.

Detection of H3N8 influenza A virus with multiple mammalian-adaptive mutations in a rescued Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup (2020)
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Venkatesh, D., Bianco, C., Nunez, A., Collins, R., Thorpe, D., Reid, S. M., Brookes, S. M., Essen, S., McGinn, N., Seekings, J., Cooper, J., Brown, I. H., & Lewis, N. S. (2020). Detection of H3N8 influenza A virus with multiple mammalian-adaptive mutations in a rescued Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup. Virus Evolution, 6(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/ve/veaa016

Avian Influenza A Viruses (IAV) in different species of seals display a spectrum of pathogenicity, from subclinical infection to mass mortality events. Here we present an investigation of avian IAV infection in a 3-4 month old Grey seal (Halichoerus... Read More about Detection of H3N8 influenza A virus with multiple mammalian-adaptive mutations in a rescued Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup.

A Genome-Wide Association Study for Calving Interval in Holstein Dairy Cows Using Weighted Single-Step Genomic BLUP Approach. (2020)
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Atashi, H., Salavati, M., De Koster, J., Crowe, M., Opsomer, G., Hostens, M., & Werling, D. (2020). A Genome-Wide Association Study for Calving Interval in Holstein Dairy Cows Using Weighted Single-Step Genomic BLUP Approach. Animals, 10(3),

The aim of the present study was to identify genomic region(s) associated with the length of the calving interval in primiparous (n = 6866) and multiparous (n = 5071) Holstein cows. The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) solutions were estimated us... Read More about A Genome-Wide Association Study for Calving Interval in Holstein Dairy Cows Using Weighted Single-Step Genomic BLUP Approach..

Mouse transcriptome reveals potential signatures of protection and pathogenesis in human tuberculosis (2020)
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Moreira-Teixeira, L., Tabone, O., Graham, C. M., Singhania, A., Stavropoulos, E., Redford, P. S., Chakravarty, P., Priestnall, S. L., Suarez-Bonnet, A., Herbert, E., Mayer-Barber, K. D., Sher, A., Fonseca, K. L., Sousa, J., Cá, B., Verma, R., Haldar, P., Saraiva, M., & O’Garra, A. (2020). Mouse transcriptome reveals potential signatures of protection and pathogenesis in human tuberculosis. Nature Immunology, 21(4), 464-476. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-020-0610-z

Although mouse infection models have been extensively used to study the host response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, their validity in revealing determinants of human tuberculosis (TB) resistance and disease progression has been heavily debated. Here... Read More about Mouse transcriptome reveals potential signatures of protection and pathogenesis in human tuberculosis.

Development and internal validation of a prediction tool to aid the diagnosis of Cushing’s syndrome in dogs attending primary-care practice (2020)
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Schofield, I., Brodbelt, D. C., Niessen, S., Church, D. B., Geddes, R., Kennedy, N., & O'Neill, D. G. Development and internal validation of a prediction tool to aid the diagnosis of Cushing’s syndrome in dogs attending primary-care practice. [Data]

Spreadsheet data showing demographic and clinical data for 547 dogs diagnosed with Cushing’s syndrome and 541 controls from a cohort of 905,544 dogs attending VetCompassTM participating practices.

Eradication of peste des petits ruminants virus and the wildlife-livestock interface (2020)
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Fine, A. E., Pruvot, M., Benfield, C. T. O., Caron, A., Cattoli, G., Chardonnet, P., Diolo, M., Dulu, T., Gilbert, M., Kock, R. A., Mariner, J. C., Ostrowski, S., Parida, S., Fereidouni, S., Shiilegdamba, E., Sleeman, J., Schulz, C., Soula, J.-J., Van Der Stede, Y., Tekola, B. G., …Njeumi, F. (2020). Eradication of peste des petits ruminants virus and the wildlife-livestock interface. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7(50), https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00050

Growing evidence suggests that multiple wildlife species can be infected with peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV), with important consequences for the potential maintenance of PPRV in communities of susceptible hosts, and the threat that PPRV may... Read More about Eradication of peste des petits ruminants virus and the wildlife-livestock interface.

Canine T‐zone lymphoma: an apparent risk factor for adult‐onset demodicosis (2020)
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O'Neill, D. G., & Hendricks, A. (2020). Canine T‐zone lymphoma: an apparent risk factor for adult‐onset demodicosis. Journal of Small Animal Practice, https://doi.org/10.1111/jsap.13126

Peste des Petits Ruminants at the Wildlife–Livestock Interface in the Northern Albertine Rift and Nile Basin, East Africa (2020)
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Fernandez Aguilar, X., Mahapatra, M., Begovoeva, M., Kalema-Zikusoka, G., Driciru, M., Ayebazibwe, C., Adwok, D. S., Kock, M., Lukusa, J.-P. K., Muro, J., Marco, I., Colom-Cadena, A., Espunyes, J., Meunier, N., Cabezón, O., Caron, A., Bataille, A., Libeau, G., Parekh, K., Parida, S., & Kock, R. A. (2020). Peste des Petits Ruminants at the Wildlife–Livestock Interface in the Northern Albertine Rift and Nile Basin, East Africa. Viruses, 12(3), https://doi.org/10.3390/v12030293

In the recent past, peste des petits ruminants (PPR) emerged in East Africa causing outbreaks in small livestock across different countries, with evidences of spillover to wildlife. In order to understand better PPR at the wildlife–livestock interfac... Read More about Peste des Petits Ruminants at the Wildlife–Livestock Interface in the Northern Albertine Rift and Nile Basin, East Africa.

Gene Expression Profiling of B Cell Lymphoma in Dogs Reveals Dichotomous Metabolic Signatures Distinguished by Oxidative Phosphorylation (2020)
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Wu, Y., Chang, Y. M., Polton, G., Stell, A. J., Szladovits, B., Macfarlane, M., Peters, L. M., Priestnall, S. L., Bacon, N. J., Kow, K., Stewart, S., Sharma, E., Goulart, M. R., Gribben, J., Xia, D., & Garden, O. A. (2020). Gene Expression Profiling of B Cell Lymphoma in Dogs Reveals Dichotomous Metabolic Signatures Distinguished by Oxidative Phosphorylation. Frontiers in Oncology, 10, https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2020.00307

Gene expression profiling has revealed molecular heterogeneity of diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in both humans and dogs. Two DLBCL subtypes based on cell of origin are generally recognized, germinal center B (GCB)-like and activated B cell (A... Read More about Gene Expression Profiling of B Cell Lymphoma in Dogs Reveals Dichotomous Metabolic Signatures Distinguished by Oxidative Phosphorylation.

Potential of milk mid-infrared spectra to predict nitrogen use efficiency of individual dairy cows in early lactation (2020)
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Grelet, C., Froidmont, E., Foldager, L., Salavati, M., Hostens, M., Ferris, C., Ingvartsen, K., Crowe, M., Sorensen, M., Fernandez Pierna, J., Vanlierde, A., Gengler, N., & Dehareng, F. (2020). Potential of milk mid-infrared spectra to predict nitrogen use efficiency of individual dairy cows in early lactation. Journal of Dairy Science, 103(5), 4435-4445. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2019-17910

Potential of milk mid-infrared spectra to predict nitrogen use efficiency of individual dairy cows in early lactation (2020)
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Grelet, C., Froidmont, E., Foldager, L., Salavati, M., Hostens, M., Ferris, C. P., Ingvartsen, K. L., Crowe, M. A., Sorensen, M. T., Fernandez Pierna, J. A., Vanlierde, A., Gengler, N., & Dehareng, F. (2020). Potential of milk mid-infrared spectra to predict nitrogen use efficiency of individual dairy cows in early lactation. Journal of Dairy Science, https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2019-17910

Improving nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) at both the individual cow and the herd level has become a key target in dairy production systems, for both environmental and economic reasons. Cost-effective and large-scale phenotyping methods are required to... Read More about Potential of milk mid-infrared spectra to predict nitrogen use efficiency of individual dairy cows in early lactation.

Polymorphisms in the CTLA4 promoter sequence are associated with canine hypoadrenocorticism (2020)
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Boag, A. M., Short, A., Kennedy, L. J., Syme, H., Graham, P. A., & Catchpole, B. (2020). Polymorphisms in the CTLA4 promoter sequence are associated with canine hypoadrenocorticism. Canine Medicine and Genetics, 7(2), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40575-020-0081-4

Canine hypoadrenocorticism is an immune-mediated endocrinopathy that shares both clinical and pathophysiological similarities with Addison’s disease in humans. Several dog breeds are overrepresented in the disease population, suggesting that a geneti... Read More about Polymorphisms in the CTLA4 promoter sequence are associated with canine hypoadrenocorticism.

Li Wenliang, a face to the frontline healthcare worker? The first doctor to notify the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) outbreak (2020)
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Petersen, E., Hui, D., Hamer, D. H., Blumberg, L., Madoff, L. C., Pollack, M., Lee, S. S., McLellan, S., Memish, Z., Praharaj, I., Wasserman, S., Ntoumi, F., Azhar, E. I., McHugh, T. D., Kock, R. A., Ippolito, G., Zumla, A., & Koopmans, M. (2020). Li Wenliang, a face to the frontline healthcare worker? The first doctor to notify the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) outbreak. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.02.052

Assessing the role of live poultry trade in community-structured transmission of avian influenza in China (2020)
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Yang, Q., Zhao, X., Lemey, P., Suchard, M. A., Bi, Y., Shi, W., Liu, D., Qi, W., Zhang, G., Stenseth, N. C., Pybus, O. G., & Tian, H. (2020). Assessing the role of live poultry trade in community-structured transmission of avian influenza in China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(11), 5949-5954. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1906954117

The live poultry trade is thought to play an important role in the spread and maintenance of highly pathogenic avian influenza A viruses (HP AIVs) in Asia. Despite an abundance of small-scale observational studies, the role of the poultry trade in di... Read More about Assessing the role of live poultry trade in community-structured transmission of avian influenza in China.

Anthropogenic Threats to Wild Cetacean Welfare and a Tool to Inform Policy in This Area (2020)
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Nicol, C., Bejder, L., Green, L., Johnson, C., Keeling, L., Noren, D., Van der Hoop, J., & Simmonds, M. (2020). Anthropogenic Threats to Wild Cetacean Welfare and a Tool to Inform Policy in This Area. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7, https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00057

Human activities and anthropogenic environmental changes are having a profound effect on biodiversity and the sustainability and health of many populations and species of wild mammals. There has been less attention devoted to the impact of human acti... Read More about Anthropogenic Threats to Wild Cetacean Welfare and a Tool to Inform Policy in This Area.

Is Africa prepared for tackling the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic? Lessons from past outbreaks, ongoing pan-African public health efforts, and implications for the future (2020)
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Kapata, N., Ihekweazu, C., Ntoumi, F., Tajudeen, R., Chanda-Kapata, P., Mwaba, P., Mukonka, V., Bates, M., Tembo, J., Corman, V., Mfinanga, S., Asogun, D., Elton, L., Arruda, L. B., Thomason, M. J., Mboera, L., Yavlinsky, A., Haider, N., Simons, D., Hollmann, L., …Zumla, A. (2020). Is Africa prepared for tackling the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic? Lessons from past outbreaks, ongoing pan-African public health efforts, and implications for the future. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.02.049

Passengers' destinations from China: low risk of Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) transmission into Africa and South America (2020)
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Haider, N., Yavlinsky, A., Simons, D., Osman, A. Y., Ntoumi, F., Zumla, A., & Kock, R. A. (2020). Passengers' destinations from China: low risk of Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) transmission into Africa and South America. Epidemiology and Infection, 148, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268820000424

Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV [SARS-COV-2]) was detected in humans during the last week of December 2019 at Wuhan city in China, and caused 24 554 cases in 27 countries and territories as of 5 February 2020. The objective of this study was to estimate... Read More about Passengers' destinations from China: low risk of Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) transmission into Africa and South America.

Poultry Coccidiosis: Design and Interpretation of Vaccine Studies (2020)
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Soutter, F., Werling, D., Tomley, F. M., & Blake, D. P. (2020). Poultry Coccidiosis: Design and Interpretation of Vaccine Studies. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7, https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00101

Eimeria infection impacts upon chicken welfare and economic productivity of the poultry sector. Live coccidiosis vaccines for chickens have been available for almost 70 years, but the requirement to formulate blends of oocysts from multiple Eimeria s... Read More about Poultry Coccidiosis: Design and Interpretation of Vaccine Studies.

Mammalian lectin arrays for screening host-microbe interactions (2020)
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Jégouzo, S. A. F., Nelson, C., Hardwick, T., Wong, S. T. A., Lau, N. K. K., Neoh, G. K. E., Castellanos-Rueda, R., Huang, Z., Mignot, B., Hirdaramani, A., Howitt, A., Frewin, K., Shen, Z., Fox, R. J., Wong, R., Ando, M., Emony, L., Zhu, H., Holder, A. L., Werling, D., …Drickamer, K. (2020). Mammalian lectin arrays for screening host-microbe interactions. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 295(14), 4541-4555. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.RA120.012783

Many members of the C-type lectin family of glycan-binding receptors have been ascribed roles in the recognition of microorganisms and serve as key receptors in the innate immune response to pathogens. Other mammalian receptors have become targets th... Read More about Mammalian lectin arrays for screening host-microbe interactions.

The prevalence and risk factors for human Brucella species infection in a cross-sectional survey of a rural population in Punjab, India (2020)
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Mangtani, P., Berry, I., Beauvais, W., Holt, H. R., Kulashri, A., Bharti, S., Sagar, V., Nguipdop-Djomo, P., Bedi, J., Kaur, M., Guitian, J., McGiven, J., Kaur, P., Singh Gill, J. P., Grover, G. S., & Kumar, R. (2020). The prevalence and risk factors for human Brucella species infection in a cross-sectional survey of a rural population in Punjab, India. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trz133

Brucellosis is an important neglected zoonosis. Effective cattle vaccines are available but are infrequently used in India, where rural households commonly own one or two cattle as sources of protein and income. We assessed the prevalence of infectio... Read More about The prevalence and risk factors for human Brucella species infection in a cross-sectional survey of a rural population in Punjab, India.