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Harnessing Clinical Trial Capacity to Mitigate Zoonotic Diseases: The Role of Expert Scientists in Ethiopia
Background:?The emergence and resurgence of zoonotic diseases have continued to be a major threat to global health and the economy. Developing countries are particularly vulnerable due to agricultural expansions and domestication of animals with humans. Scientifically sound clinical trials are im...Read more -
Complex Circulation of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus in Cattle in Nigeria
Nigeria is a large densely populated country in West Africa. Most of its livestock is raised in a pastoralist production system with typical long distance migration in search of water and feed. As the demand for animal products largely exceeds the domestic production, large numbers of livestock a...Read more -
Large Animal Models of Breast Cancer
In this mini review the status, advantages, and disadvantages of large animal modeling of breast cancer (BC) will be discussed. While most older studies of large animal BC models utilized canine and feline subjects, more recently there has been interest in development of porcine BC models, with s...Read more -
Smallholder dairy production in Kenya
Abstract Kenya’s dairy sub sector contributes about 8% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) with an annual milk production of 3.43 billion litres. Kenyan milk production is 3% of the 18% global production by Sub Saharan Africa. Dairy cattle population is estimated at 4.3 million kept under extensive, ...Read more -
Critical Linkages Between Livestock Production, Livestock Trade and Potential Spread of Human African Trypanosomiasis in Uganda: Bioeconomic Herd Modeling and Livestock Trade Analysis
Background:?Tsetse-transmitted human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) remains endemic in Uganda. The chronic form caused by?Trypanosoma brucei gambiense?(gHAT) is found in north-western Uganda, whereas the acute zoonotic form of the disease, caused by?T. b. brucei rhodesiense?(rHAT), occurs in the e...Read more -
Using Biosecurity Measures to Combat Respiratory Disease in Cattle: The Norwegian Control Program for Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Bovine Coronavirus
Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) cause important health problems in all cattle husbandry systems. It contributes substantially to the use of antimicrobial substances and compromises animal welfare and the sustainability of the cattle industry. The existing preventive measures of BRD focus at the ...Read more -
Co-resistance to Amoxicillin and Tetracycline as an Indicator of Multidrug Resistance in Escherichia coli Isolates From Animals
Objectives:?To examine the relevance of co-resistance to amoxicillin and tetracycline as an indicator of multidrug resistance (MDR) in animal health. Methods:?Escherichia coli?isolates collected between 2012 and 2016 by the French surveillance network for antimicrobial resistance in diseased anim...Read more -
One Health Approach Reveals the Absence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Autochthonous Cattle and Their Environments
Antimicrobial resistance represents one of the greatest challenges of the twenty-first century, and it is globally recognized that addressing this problem requires a concerted One Health approach involving humans, animals, and the environment. Methicillin-resistant?Staphylococcus aureus?(MRSA) cu...Read more -
Control of Antimicrobial Resistance Requires an Ethical Approach
Ethical behavior encompasses actions that benefit both self and society. This means that tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) becomes an ethical obligation, because the prospect of declining anti-infectives affects everyone. Without preventive action, loss of drugs that have saved lives over t...Read more -
Comparative pharmacokinetics of levamisole-oxyclozanide combination in sheep and goats following per os administration
Abstract Since there is no registered anthelmintic drug available for use in goats, extra-label use of drugs is a common practice in most countries. The aim of the present study was to compare the pharmacokinetic disposition of levamisole (LVM)-oxyclozanide (OXZ) combination in sheep and goats fo...Read more -
A Review on Sheeppox and Goatpox: Insight of Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment and Control Measures in Ethiopia
Abstract Sheeppox and goatpox are caused by a genus of Capripox virus causing a severe problem and great economic loss in Ethiopia and also in sheep and goat rearing countries in many parts of the world. The objective of this review is to give insight on epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and con...Read more -
The price of Veterinary drug preparation is much higher than APIs, so can we save more money by using APIs?
Many?farmers?use?APIs?directly,?as?they?think?APIs?is?cheap,?and?they?think?that?the?veterinary?drug?preparation?is?simply?mixing?some?excipients?into?the?APIs,?which?has?no?much?difference?from?the?direct?use?of?the?APIs.?The?price?of?veterinary?drug?preparations?in?the?market?is?much?higher?tha...Read more -
Some Studies on Deviated Appetite (Pica) in Cattle
Abstract This study was carried out on Thirty two non-pregnant lactating cows aged (5±0.5) year, these cattle?were examined separately as individual cases in Behera governorate, Egypt. All cattle were admitted to?clinical and laboratory examination. Accordingly, the chosen cattle were divided i...Read more -
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
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