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A Survey of Priority Livestock Diseases and Laboratory Diagnostic Needs of Animal Health Professionals and Farmers in Uganda
Background: Despite the investments made in veterinary diagnostic laboratory service delivery in Uganda, the scope and level of utilization remains low. This study aimed to determine the priority livestock diseases for which farmers and animal health professionals require veterinary diagnostic la...Read more -
Experimental Infection of Foot and Mouth Disease in Indian Sheep and Goats
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is an economically important contagious disease of livestock mainly cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, and pig. There is limited data available on pathogenesis of foot and mouth disease in goats. In the study, the sheep and goats were infected experimentally with a seroty...Read more -
Objects in contact with classical scrapie sheep act as a reservoir for scrapie transmission
Classical scrapie is an environmentally transmissible prion disease of sheep and goats. Prions can persist and remain potentially infectious in the environment for many years and thus pose a risk of infecting animals after re-stocking. In vitro studies using serial protein misfolding cyclic ampli...Read more -
Pharmacokinetics of Conventional and Long-Acting Oxytetracycline Preparations in Kilis Goat
Citation: The pharmacokinetics of conventional and long-acting (LA) oxytetracycline (OTC), widely used broad-spectrum antibacterial drugs in veterinary medicine, were evaluated in Kilis goats at single dosage of 20 mg/kg body weight (bw). A total of 21 goats were divided into three groups: intrav...Read more -
A Minimally Replicative Vaccine Protects Vaccinated Piglets Against Challenge With the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus
Citation:Singh G, Singh P, Pillatzki A, Nelson E, Webb B, Dillberger-Lawson S and Ramamoorthy S (2019) A Minimally Replicative Vaccine Protects Vaccinated Piglets Against Challenge With the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus. Front. Vet. Sci.6:347. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2019.00347 Porcine epidemic diar...Read more -
Influenza A Virus in Swine: Epidemiology, Challenges and Vaccination Strategies
itation:Mancera Gracia JC, Pearce DS, Masic A and Balasch M (2020) Influenza A Virus in Swine: Epidemiology, Challenges and Vaccination Strategies. Front. Vet. Sci.7:647. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00647 Influenza A viruses cause acute respiratory infections in swine that result in significant econo...Read more -
The Effects of Feeding Antibiotic on the Intestinal Microbiota of Weanling Pigs
Citation: This study investigated the use of carbadox in the diet of nursery pigs. Ten pens of weanling piglets were assigned to 2 treatments: one containing carbadox and another without it. From days 21 to 35 of age, the first group of piglets was fed carbadox at 55 mg/kg of diet; followed by 27...Read more -
Tea Tree Oil Prevents Mastitis-Associated Inflammation in Lipopolysaccharide-Stimulated Bovine Mammary Epithelial Cells
The main purpose of this study was to explore the effect of tea tree oil (TTO) on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced mastitis model using isolated bovine mammary epithelial cells (BMEC). This mastitis model was used to determine cellular responses to TTO and LPS on cellular cytotoxicity, mRNA abund...Read more -
Novel Vaccine Technologies in Veterinary Medicine: A Herald to Human Medicine Vaccines
Citation: The success of inactivated and live-attenuated vaccines has enhanced livestock productivity, promoted food security, and attenuated the morbidity and mortality of several human, animal, and zoonotic diseases. However, these traditional vaccine technologies are not without fault. The eff...Read more -
Bioequivalence Study of Two Long-Acting Formulations of Oxytetracycline Following Intramuscular Administration in Bovines
Citation: The aim of this study was to evaluate the bioequivalence of two commercial long-acting formulations based on oxytetracycline (OTC) hydrochloride between the reference formulation (Terramycin LA, Pfizer) and a test formulation (Cyamicin LA, Fort Dodge Saude Animal). Both formulations wer...Read more -
Farmers’ Uptake of Animal Health and Welfare Technological Innovations. Implications for Animal Health Policies
Citation: The paper analyses the uptake of animal health and welfare technologies by livestock farmers focusing on the identification of different behavioral patterns occurring in subpopulations of farmers and the assessment of the effect socio-economic and attitudinal factors have on these patte...Read more -
Pharmacokinetics of Free Oxytetracycline and Oxytetracycline Loaded Cockle Shell Calcium Carbonate-Based Nanoparticle in BALBc Mice
Citation: The development and utilization of nano-antibiotics is currently gaining attention as a possible solution to antibiotic resistance. The aim of this study was therefore to determine the pharmacokinetics of free oxytetracycline (OTC) and oxytetracycline loaded cockle shell calcium carbona...Read more -
Predicting the Animal Susceptibility and Therapeutic Drugs to SARS-CoV-2 Based on Spike Glycoprotein Combined With ACE2
Recently, a few animals have been frequently reported to have been diagnosed with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Whether they are SARS-CoV-2 intermediate hosts is worthy of great attention. The interaction of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and its acceptor protein ACE2 is...Read more -
Kid Goats are More Sensitive to Penicillin Overdose
Abstract: Hipracilina suspension contains benzyl penicillin (200000I U), dihydrostreptomycin sulfate (250mg), chlorpheniramine maleate (15 mg) and dexamethasone sodium phosphate (0.6 mg). This drug is used fortreatment infection in respiratory, urinary, reproductive, forelimb and hind limb system...Read more -
Veterinary Medicine Needs New Green Antimicrobial Drugs
Given that: (1) the worldwide consumption of antimicrobial drugs (AMDs) used in food-producing animals will increase over the coming decades; (2) the prudent use of AMDs will not suffice to stem the rise in human antimicrobial resistance (AMR) of animal origin; (3) alternatives to AMD use are not...Read more -
COVID-19, Companion Animals, Comparative Medicine, and One Health
The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 has stimulated open collaboration between different scientific and clinical disciplines like never before. Public and private partnershipscontinue to form in order to tackle this unprecedented global challenge. This paper highlights the importance of open collaborati...Read more -
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【Diagnosis and treatment case] A highly effective treatment scheme for a case of eperythrozoonosis suis
Eperythrozoonosis is caused by Eperythrozoon suis, characterized by anemia, jaundice and fever. The body temperature of the sick pigs suddenly increased to 40.5 ℃ – 42 ℃. The skin turned red and faded under finger pressure. Therefore, it is known as “erythroderma”. It is charact...Read more -
The wonderful use of Oxytetracycline Injection (OXYTONG)
1.Swine asthma In order to control and reduce the infection rate and incidence rate of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in pigs, effective injection of long-acting oxytetracycline (OXYTONG) by intramuscular injection of 20mg/kg can achieve good therapeutic effect on preventing and treating swine asthma, and...Read more -
The effect and dosage & administration of oxytetracycline injection (OXYTONG)
Oxytetracycline injection (OXYTONG) is mainly used for the treatment of beef cattle and pigs infected by gram-positive and negative bacteria, mycoplasma, Leptospira, Rickettsia and chlamydia. This article will introduce the function, usage and dosage of oxytetracycline injection (OXYTONG). E...Read more -
Benefits and risks of antimicrobial use in food-producing animals
Benefits and risks of antimicrobial drugs, used in food-producing animals, continue to be complex and controversial issues. This review comprehensively presents the benefits of antimicrobials drugs regarding control of animal diseases, protection of public health, enhancement of animal production...Read more -
Antiviral Drugs Against Severe Fever With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus Infection
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) isan emerging tick-borne infectious disease caused by SFTS virus (SFTSV), which is a novel bunyavirus. SFTSVwas first isolated from patients who presented with fever, thrombocytopenia, leukocytopenia, and multiorgan dysfunction in China. Subseque...Read more -
Emerging Zoonotic Diseases: Should We Rethink the Animal–Human Interface?
INTRODUCTION Humans have always been plagued by epidemics caused primarily by infectious diseases that originated from animals, especially wildlife (1). The establishment of sustained transmission from initial spillover events involves the interplay of complex mechanisms that are difficult to und...Read more -
A Risk-Based Permitting Process for the Managed Movement of Animals and Products of Animal Origin as a Tool for Disease Management
During a foreign animal disease (FAD) outbreak, in addition to detecting, controlling, containing, and eradicating the FAD, one of the goals of response in the United States (US), and many other countries, is to allow the managed movement of non-infected animals and non-contaminated animal produc...Read more -
Case Report: Intoxication in a Pig (Sus Scrofa Domesticus) After Transdermal Fentanyl Patch Ingestion
An experimental study on the effects of electroporation on pancreatic tissue was performed in pigs, and the fentanyl transdermal patch (FTP) was used postoperatively as part of multimodal pain management. Ingestion of an FTP, which resulted in fentanyl intoxication, was suspected 5 days after pla...Read more
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