This study evaluated the vaccine-induced serological response after administering four commercial formulations containing Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV) type-1, BVDV-2, and Bovine Herpesvirus type 1 (BoHV-1) to young heifers with circulating maternal antibody titers. The study also determined...

Two disease outbreaks were encountered in cage cultured cobia fingerlings with the mortality of 36.80% and 83.70% during summer month at Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar, respectively. The mortality started with the appearance of clinical signs like off feed, erratic swimming behavior with circling...

Whilst the hybrids of F1 generations usually experience heterosis for fitness-related traits (including the resistance to parasites), post-F1 generations, due to Dobzhansky-Muller genetic incompatibilities, express numerous disadvantageous traits (including susceptibility to parasites). Genetic...

The giant grouper is one of the most important farmed marine animals worldwide; however, red-spotted grouper nervous necrosis virus (RGNNV) has seriously affected its survival. Here, we performed a genome-wide association study on the same pedigree population of 202 giant grouper individuals for...

Many amphibian populations are declining worldwide, and infectious diseases are a leading cause. Given the eminent threat infectious diseases pose to amphibian populations, there is a need to understand the host-pathogen-environment interactions that govern amphibian susceptibility to disease and...

Embryonic lethal vision-like protein 1 (ELAVL1), an AU-rich elements (AREs) binding protein involved in the regulation of inflammatory transcript stability, which has not been reported in fish. In this study, we identified the ELAVL1 gene in Miichthys miiuy (mmiELAVL1), and then analyzed its...

White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) is a notorious pathogen that has plagued shrimp farming worldwide for decades. To date, there are no known treatments that are effective against this virus. Lactoferrin (LF) is a protein with many bioactivities, including antiviral properties. In this study, the...

Background: The life cycles of zoonotic and vector-borne diseases can be complex. This complexity makes it challenging to identify factors that confound the association between an exposure of interest and infection in one of the susceptible hosts. In epidemiology, directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) can ...

The extent of the social behaviour issues that arose in dogs following the Covid-19 pandemic has been apparent for several years now, but some owners are still struggling to cope. Following the first Covid-19 lockdown in 2020, various sources reported increases in unwanted behaviours with...

Parvovirus infections have been well known for around 100 years in domestic carnivores. However, the use of molecular assays and metagenomic approaches for virus discovery and characterization has led to the detection of novel parvovirus species and/or variants in dogs. Although some evidence...