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Staphylococcus aureus is one of the main causes of mastitis in dairy cows worldwide. The most common form of the disease is characterized by chronic subclinical infection with sporadic clinical episodes that can persist throughout the life of the animal. Once infection evolves to chronicity, the...

Author(s)
Calvinho, L. F.; Dallard, B. E.
Publisher
CABI, Wallingford, UK
Citation
CABI Reviews, 2023, 2023, 0007, pp 1-13
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Subclinical mastitis (SCM) particularly affects milk yield, quality and health of lactating animals. It is an apparently invisible problem that silently leads to enormous financial damage to the whole dairy industry. It is evident from previous studies that faulty animal husbandry practices...

Author(s)
Singh, A. K.
Publisher
CABI, Wallingford, UK
Citation
CABI Reviews, 2022, 17, 057, pp 1-16
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Methods for mapping quantitative trait loci (QTL) are actively used in the sheep to identify chromosomal regions contributing to variation in wool traits. Therefore, this paper summarises and integrates QTL studies in the sheep to identify basic information on the genetic architecture of...

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Rafat, S. A.
Publisher
CABI, Wallingford, UK
Citation
CABI Reviews, 2022, 17, 056, pp 1-13
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This review categorizes 62 zoonoses humans share with dogs based on their clinical, public health importance, and global distribution. Three categories were identified. Category 1 comprise the most widespread and public health important zoonoses and includes 13 zoonoses where dogs play an essential ...

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Macpherson, M. L. A.; Pinckney, R.; Sylvester, W.; Bidaisee, S.; Macpherson, C. N. L.
Publisher
CABI, Wallingford, UK
Citation
CABI Reviews, 2022, 17, 052, pp 1-24
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Locusts may cause massive destruction of crops and pastures and adversely affect livelihoods and food security of farmers and pastoralists. Like other insects, locusts and grasshoppers are rich in protein (50-65% in dry matter) and their essential amino acid composition is good. In the diets of...

Author(s)
Makkar, H.; Heuzé, V.; Tran, G.
Publisher
CABI, Wallingford, UK
Citation
CABI Reviews, 2022, 17, 038, pp 1-14
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Spanish-speaking caretakers currently serve, and will continue to function, in roles essential for the sustainability and long-term success of United States (U.S.) animal production industries. Specifically, Latinx individuals have stepped up to fill labor shortages in the U.S. dairy industry and...

Author(s)
Wagner, B. K.; Garcia, A.; Calvo-Lorenzo, M.; Pairis-Garcia, M. D.
Publisher
CABI, Wallingford, UK
Citation
CABI Reviews, 2022, 17, 026, pp 1-5
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Infrared thermography (IRT) is a tool that has been studied extensively in the experimental medical field as a method for assessing surface thermal responses under various conditions. These may involve local inflammatory processes resulting from surgical procedures, wounds, neoplasms, pathologies,...

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Mota-Rojas, D.; Martínez-Burnes, J.; Casas-Alvarado, A.; Gómez-Prado, J.; Hernándezávalos, I.; Domínguez-Oliva, A.; Lezama-García, K.; Jacome-Romero, J.; Rodríguez-González, D.; Pereira, A. M. F.
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CABI, Wallingford, UK
Citation
CABI Reviews, 2022, 17, 040, pp 1-17
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Non-bovine milk(s) and their dairy products are showing a rise in market demand as they are gaining consumers' attention. Non-bovine milk serves as an important source of nutrition and sustenance for populations in difficult climatic and geographical regions. Milk from different non-bovine species...

Author(s)
Mahima Verma; Rout, P. K.
Publisher
CABI, Wallingford, UK
Citation
CABI Reviews, 2022, 17, 043, pp 1-21
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Respiratory tract diseases are responsible for major economic losses in the poultry industry. Avian metapneumovirus is a pathogen that causes acute infections in the upper airways of turkeys and chickens, is associated with Swollen Head Syndrome, and generates variable morbidity between 1% and 20%...

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Tamehiro, C. Y.; Kunert Filho, H. C.; Cavalli, L. S.; Grassotti, T. T.; Carvalho, D.; Brito, B. G. de; Otutumi, L. K.; Brito, K. C. T. de
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CABI, Wallingford, UK
Citation
CABI Reviews, 2022, 17, 046, pp 1-5
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The growing world population has increased the demand for meat production and has led to a rapid growth in the scale of broiler enterprises globally. Poultry producers need to implement several changes in their production systems to supply the increasing demand for poultry products while...

Author(s)
Azarpajouh, S.; Weimer, S. L.; Díaz, J. A. C.; Taheri, H.
Publisher
CABI, Wallingford, UK
Citation
CABI Reviews, 2022, 17, 033, pp 1-6

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