Publications by authors named "A Garceac"

Bovine tuberculosis is an important zoonotic infectious disease that presents a risk to human health, livestock, and wildlife. We report the complete genome sequence of a new strain that caused a bovine tuberculosis outbreak on a cattle farm in Saskatchewan, Canada, in 2023.

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Mycobacterium bovis is the primary causative agent of bovine tuberculosis, a zoonotic infectious disease of concern for human health, livestock, and wildlife conservation. We report a complete genome sequence of an endemic Mycobacterium bovis strain affiliated with a wildlife reservoir of bovine tuberculosis found in wood bison in Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada.

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Mycobacterium bovis is the primary causative agent of bovine tuberculosis, a zoonotic infectious disease that presents a risk to public health, livestock, and wildlife. Here, we report complete genome sequences of two Mycobacterium bovis strains affiliated with bovine tuberculosis outbreaks in Canadian cattle farms in 2016 and 2018.

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This study deals with the potential for the introduction of infectious agents through the use of animal-derived products. The efficacy of a recombinant bovine trypsin (RBTr) as a replacement for porcine pancreatic trypsin and a disinfectant for bovine herpesvirus-1 (BHV-1)-infected embryos was investigated according to the sanitary guidelines of the International Embryo Transfer Society. Treatment of in vivo and in vitro fertilized embryos contaminated with BHV-1 (10(5) TCID50/mL) in the presence of RBTr (525 U/mL) for 120 s, effectively removed the infectious virus compared with untreated and washed embryos (P < 0.

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Bovine diarrhea virus (BVDV) causes a variety of economically important enteric and infertility problems in cattle. For that reason, several countries have eradicated the disease, and some others have schemes in progress to achieve freedom. Although there is a considerable amount of information about the risk of BVDV transmission through contaminated semen used for artificial insemination (AI), there is no evidence to indicate whether the resulting embryos, when used for embryo transfer, can lead to the transmission of BVDV to recipients or offspring.

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