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...
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Calvinho, L. F.; Dallard, B. E.
Publisher
CABI, Wallingford, UK
Citation
CABI Reviews, 2023, 2023, 0007, pp 1-13
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...
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CABI, Wallingford, UK
Citation
CABI Reviews, 2022, 17, 057, pp 1-16
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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CABI, Wallingford, UK
Citation
CABI Reviews, 2022, 17, 056, pp 1-13
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.
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CABI, Wallingford, UK
Citation
CABI Reviews, 2022, 17, 052, pp 1-24
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
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
Publisher
CABI, Wallingford, UK
Citation
CABI Reviews, 2022, 17, 046, pp 1-5
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...
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Azarpajouh, S.; Weimer, S. L.; Díaz, J. A. C.; Taheri, H.
Publisher
CABI, Wallingford, UK
Citation
CABI Reviews, 2022, 17, 033, pp 1-6
Undernourishment and food insecurity are still challenges threatening poor urban and rural communities. Approximately 12% of the global population faced severe food insecurity in 2020, representing 928 million people. A significant fraction of the world's land surface is covered by drylands, which...
Author(s)
Ronda-Borzone, P.; Donoso, G.; Riveros, J. L. F.
Publisher
CABI, Wallingford, UK
Citation
CABI Reviews, 2022, 17, 044, pp 1-9
Nigerian indigenous chickens (NICs) have undergone several years of natural selection and still maintain their natural behavioural repertoire close to that of the red jungle fowl. The three common genotypes of the NICs are normal, frizzle and naked neck, with the normal feather closest to the red...
Author(s)
Iyasere, O. S.; Durosaro, S. O.; Taylor, P. S.; Oyeniran, V. J.; Wheto, M.; Daramola, J. O.
Publisher
CABI, Wallingford, UK
Citation
CABI Reviews, 2022, 17, 045, pp 1-11
The objective of this article is to review and evaluate the epidemiological transition of African swine fever (ASF) from a typical epidemic to an endemic situation in Vietnam, and thereby propose appropriate solutions for disease prevention and re-herding for countries with similar situations. In...
Author(s)
Danh Cong Lai; Hong Nho Thi Le; Bui Thi To Nga; Duy Tien Do
Publisher
CABI, Wallingford, UK
Citation
CABI Reviews, 2022, 17, 037,