Among the main pathogens involved in food outbreaks worldwide is diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC). Cattle are considered natural reservoirs of DEC, and, during the slaughter stages, they can be a source of contamination for the carcass and final product. The objective of this work was to...

Lactococcosis is a globally prevalent infectious disease that has a significant economic and sanitary impact on the rainbow trout industry. Lactococcusgarvieae has traditionally been considered the only species implicated in the etiology of this disease, but Lactococcus petauri, a new species, has...

Lethal impact of the bacterium Francisellahalioticida on Yesso scallops Mizuhopecten yessoensis has been experimentally demonstrated, but epidemiological information for this bacterium infection in scallop farms has been limited. Thus, the present study conducted a monthly epidemiological survey...

Tenacibaculum maritimum is a cosmopolitan bacterial pathogen with the potential to cause significant losses in a broad range of farmed and wild marine fish species. This study investigated the antigenic diversity of T. maritimum isolated in culture from farmed Chinook (king) salmon (Oncorhynchus...

The aim of this study was to evaluate whether sea lice grazing efficiency, behaviour, size variation and cataract development can be improved through selective breeding of lumpfish. A series of studies was conducted over a four-year period where distinctive lumpfish families were established...

Marine bivalves include economically highly important aquacultured species worldwide (oysters, mussels, clams, scallops). Although one third of production in Europe is represented by mussels (Mytilus edulis, M. galloprovincialis) a significant decline has been observed in the last two decades,...

Cryptosporidiosis is a zoonotic protozoan infection caused by Cryptosporidium spp., with a public health concern. It has been reported widely across several countries in both wild and domestic birds. The study was designed to find out the Cryptosporidium parasite in different species of domestic...

Canine babesiosis is a disease that occurs by the transmission of Babesia spp. through ticks. The animal material of the study consisted of 100 dogs of different ages, sexes and breeds which brought to Dicle University Veterinary Faculty Animal Hospital between July - August 2022 with complaints of ...

The present study described the prevalence and factors associated with the seropositivity for anti-Brucella spp. antibodies in working equids in the semiarid regionofnortheastern Brazil. Blood samples were collected from 322 equids (76 horses, 155 mules and 91 donkeys). The Rose Bengal plate test...

Scrapie is a contagious disease of sheep and goats caused by prions (PrPSc). This study described an outbreak of Scrapie in sheep in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. An 1-year and 3-month-old sheep developed clinical signs characterized by motor incoordination of the pelvic limbs, pruritus and...