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• Transcriptional Profiling of Disease-Induced Host Responses in Bovine Tuberculosis and the Identification of Potential Diagnostic Biomarkers

  Authors:Elihu Aranday-Cortes, Philip J. Hogarth, Daryan A. Kaveh, Adam O. Whelan, Bernardo Villarreal-Ramos, Ajit Lalvani, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 16, 20127,341 words Article 1500LAuthor(s): Elihu Aranday-Cortes 1 , Philip J. Hogarth 1 , Daryan A. Kaveh 1 , Adam O. Whelan 1 , Bernardo Villarreal-Ramos 1 , Ajit Lalvani 2 , H. Martin Vordermeier 1 , * Introduction Bovine tuberculosis (bTb),...

• Identification of a Short Region on Chromosome 6 Affecting Direct Calving Ease in Piedmontese Cattle Breed

  Authors:Silvia Bongiorni, Giordano Mancini, Giovanni Chillemi, Lorraine Pariset, and Alessio ValentiniFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 4, 20124,866 words Article 1450LAuthor(s): Silvia Bongiorni 1 , Giordano Mancini 2 , * , Giovanni Chillemi 2 , Lorraine Pariset 1 , Alessio Valentini 1 Introduction Reproductive health in cattle is an economically important trait and calving is...

• Prevalence of fascioliasis (liver flukes) infection in cattle and buffaloes slaughtered at the municipal abattoir of El-Kharga, Egypt

  Authors:Nagwa T. Elshraway and Wafaa G. MahmoudFrom:Veterinary World (Vol. 10, Issue 8)

  Aug. 20172,887 words Article 1600LAim: The main objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of fascioliasis infections in cattle and buffaloes, slaughtered in El-Kharga city slaughterhouse at New Valley Governorate. Materials and...

• INNER ASIAN PASTORALISM IN THE IRON AGE: THE TALGAR CASE, SOUTH-EASTERN KAZAKHSTAN

  Author:Claudia ChangFrom:Nomadic Peoples (Vol. 21, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20177,505 words Article 1500LThe romantic image of the fierce Iron Age horse-riding pastoralists of the first millennium BC who roamed the Eurasian steppe has dominated our historical imagination of nomadic confederacies. The Scythians, Saka,...

• Red deer synchronise their activity with close neighbours

  Authors:Sean A. Rands, Hayley Muir, and Naomi L. TerryFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 10, 20143,934 words Article 1460LAuthor(s): Sean A. Rands (1), Hayley Muir (1,*), Naomi L. Terry (1,*) Introduction Many animals form groups at some point in their life cycle. In most cases, these groups occur because there is some benefit from...

• Correlation between hematological profile and theileriosis in Bali cattle from Muara Bulian, Jambi, Indonesia.

  Authors:N. Aziz, M. Maksudi, and Y.A. PrakosoFrom:Veterinary World (Vol. 12, Issue 9)

  Sept. 20192,582 words Article 1270LBackground and Aim: Theileriosis is a parasitic disease caused by the hemoprotozoan Theileria spp. The main transmission route of this disease is through tick vector bite. Theileriosis causes economic losses in livestock...

• Bovine tuberculosis breakdown duration in cattle herds: an investigation of herd, host, pathogen and wildlife risk factors.

  Authors:Georgina Milne, Adrian Allen, Jordon Graham, Angela Lahuerta-Marin, Carl McCormick, Eleanor Presho, et al.From:PeerJ (Vol. 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 3, 20209,436 words Article 1500LBackground Despite rigorous controls placed on herds which disclose ante-mortem test positive cattle to bovine tuberculosis, caused by the infection of Mycobacterium bovis, many herds in Northern Ireland (NI)...

• A genetically unique Chinese cattle population shows evidence of common ancestry with wild species when analysed with a reduced ascertainment bias SNP panel.

  Authors:Mario Barbato, Michael P. Reichel, Matilde Passamonti, Wai Yee Low, Licia Colli, Rick Tearle, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 15, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 9, 20206,421 words Article 1550LIn Hong Kong, there is a cattle population of ~1,200 individuals of uncertain origin and genetic diversity. This population shows heterogeneous morphology, both in body type and pigmentation. Once used as draught animals...

• Climate change and cattle

  From:The Science Teacher (Vol. 77, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 2010388 words Brief article 1510LKansas State University's Joseph Craine, research assistant professor in the Division of Biology, and K.C. Olson, associate professor of animal sciences and industry, have teamed up with other scientists from across the...

• Composting and vermicomposting of cattle manure and green wastes under tropical conditions: carbon and nutrient balances and end-product quality

  Authors:J. Sierra, L. Desfontaines, J. Faverial, G. Loranger-Merciris, and M. BovalFrom:Soil Research (Vol. 51, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 20136,680 words Report 1340LComposting and vermicomposting are interesting options for utilisation in restoration and improvement of weathered and infertile tropical soils. The aim of this study was to assess quality of composts and vermicomposts...

• Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in slaughtered cattle and factors associated with risk of disease transmission among cattle handlers at Oko-Oba Abattoir, Lagos, Nigeria.

  Authors:Musiliu Abiodun Agbalaya, Olayinka Olabisi Ishola, Hezekiah Kehinde Adesokan, and Olufunmilayo Ibitola FawoleFrom:Veterinary World (Vol. 13, Issue 8)

  Aug. 20205,362 words Article 1490LBackground and Aim: Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a zoonotic disease of major public health importance, especially in many developing countries, including Nigeria, where control measures are largely not applied, and the...

• Productivity, absence of a bull and endoparasitic nematodiosis in beef cattle farms in an upland area of East Java, Indonesia.

  Authors:Widi Nugroho, Siska Aditya, Rahadi Swastomo, and Aulanniam AulanniamFrom:Veterinary World (Vol. 13, Issue 9)

  Sept. 20203,952 words Article 1390LBackground and Aim: Cattle are an important economic asset for the rural community in East Java Province, Indonesia. The study aimed to provide updated data of cattle farm demography, productivity, as well as the role of...

• Animal Ethics Based on Friendship: A Reply.

  Author:Mark CauseyFrom:Journal of Animal Ethics (Vol. 9, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Spring 20192,188 words Article 1480LThis article critiques Froding and Peterson's (2011) account of friendship developed in their article "Animal Ethics Based on Friendship." I deny their central claim that friendship between a farmer qua farmer and her...

• Bluetongue Virus Serotype 1 Outbreak in the Basque Country (Northern Spain) 2007-2008. Data Support a Primary Vector Windborne Transport

  Authors:Rodrigo Garcia-Lastra, Iratxe Leginagoikoa, Jose M. Plazaola, Blanca Ocabo, Gorka Aduriz, Telmo Nunes, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 30, 20126,044 words Article 1560LBackground Bluetongue (BT) is a vector-borne disease of ruminants that has expanded its traditional global distribution in the last decade. Recently, BTV-1 emerged in Southern Spain and caused several outbreaks in...

• Impact of Imperfect Test Sensitivity on Determining Risk Factors: The Case of Bovine Tuberculosis

  Authors:Camille Szmaragd, Laura E. Green, Graham F. Medley, and William J. BrowneFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 13, 20128,469 words Clinical report 1680LBackground Imperfect diagnostic testing reduces the power to detect significant predictors in classical cross-sectional studies. Assuming that the misclassification in diagnosis is random this can be dealt with by...

• Influence of Sire Breed on the Interplay among Rumen Microbial Populations Inhabiting the Rumen Liquid of the Progeny in Beef Cattle

  Authors:Emma Hernandez-Sanabria, Laksiri A. Goonewardene, Zhiquan Wang, Mi Zhou, Stephen S. Moore, and Le Luo GuanFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 8, 20138,046 words Article 1530LThis study aimed to evaluate whether the host genetic background impact the ruminal microbial communities of the progeny of sires from three different breeds under different diets. Eighty five bacterial and twenty eight...

• The Enigmatic Origin of Bovine mtDNA Haplogroup R: Sporadic Interbreeding or an Independent Event of Bos primigenius Domestication in Italy?

  Authors:Silvia Bonfiglio, Alessandro Achilli, Anna Olivieri, Riccardo Negrini, Licia Colli, Luigi Liotta, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 5, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 28, 20106,383 words Article 1630LBackground When domestic taurine cattle diffused from the Fertile Crescent, local wild aurochsen (Bos primigenius) were still numerous. Moreover, aurochsen and introduced cattle often coexisted for millennia, thus...

• Genetic and genomic analyses of testicular hypoplasia in Nellore cattle

  Authors:Haroldo H. R. Neves, Giovana Vargas, Luiz F. Brito, Flavio S. Schenkel, Lucia G. Albuquerque, and Roberto CarvalheiroFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 24, 20196,128 words Report 1400LReproductive performance is a key indicator of the long-term sustainability of any livestock production system. Testicular hypoplasia (TH) is a morphological and functional reproductive disorder that affects bulls...

• Equine Chorionic Gonadotropin Modulates the Expression of Genes Related to the Structure and Function of the Bovine Corpus Luteum

  Authors:Liza Margareth Medeiros de Carvalho Sousa, Gabriela Pacheco Mendes, Danila Barreiro Campos, Pietro Sampaio Baruselli, and Paula de Carvalho PapaFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 11, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 6, 20169,618 words Article 1470LWe hypothesized that stimulatory and superovulatory treatments, using equine chorionic gonadotropin (eCG), modulate the expression of genes related to insulin, cellular modelling and angiogenesis signaling pathways in...

• Association between animal welfare indicators and microbiological quality of beef carcasses, including Salmonella spp., from a slaughterhouse in Ecuador.

  Authors:Maria Cevallos-Almeida, Ana Burgos-Mayorga, Carlos A. Gomez, Jose Luis Lema-Hurtado, Leydi Lema, Iveth Calvache, et al.From:Veterinary World (Vol. 14, Issue 4)

  Apr. 20215,302 words Article 1410LBackground and Aim: Pre-slaughter management and slaughter operations are considered critical factors for animal welfare and meat quality. Previous studies have found poor animal welfare management at municipal...