Awareness about developmental coordination disorder.

The present paper is designed to promote awareness of DCD outside the academic world. With a prevalence of 5-6% it is one of the most common disorders of child development. It is therefore surprising that so little is known about it among professionals in child healthcare and education.

A Pullorum outbreak with neurological signs in adult layers and outbreak investigation using whole genome sequencing.

Cerebral granulomas are associated with nervous signs in Pullorum outbreak.Bone marrow is also a recommended tissue for isolation of Pullorum.Rapid plate agglutination test detects Pullorum antibodies in a vaccinated flock.

Adaptation, spread and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in farmed minks and associated humans in the Netherlands.

In the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (April 2020), SARS-CoV-2 was detected in farmed minks and genomic sequencing was performed on mink farms and farm personnel. Here, we describe the outbreak and use sequence data with Bayesian phylodynamic methods to explore SARS-CoV-2 transmission in minks and humans on farms. High number of farm infections (68/126) in minks and farm workers (>50% of farms) were detected, with limited community spread.

High specificity of the Pullorum/Gallinarum rapid plate agglutination test despite vaccinations against Enteritidis and Typhimurium.

In Europe, monitoring of breeding stock for Pullorum (SP) or a Gallinarum (SG) infections is compulsory at the point of lay. Vaccinations against Enteritidis (SE) and Typhimurium (ST) are increasingly administered in Europe. These vaccines might induce cross-reactions in the rapid plate agglutination (RPA) SP/SG test due to shared O-antigens, possibly resulting in a lower test specificity.

The association between mental rotation capacity and motor impairment in children with obesity-an exploratory study.

Background: Motor impairments are relatively common in children with obesity and evidence suggests that these difficulties go beyond those expected based on the extra weight. This study aimed to investigate the mental rotation capacity in children with obesity, i.e.

Structural connectivity and weight loss in children with obesity: a study of the "connectobese".

Background: Previous studies suggest that obesity (OB) is associated with disrupted brain network organization; however, it remains unclear whether these differences already exist during childhood. Moreover, it should be investigated whether deviant network organization may be susceptible to treatment.

Methods: Here, we compared the structural connectomes of children with OB with age-matched healthy weight (HW) controls (aged 7-11 years).

Weight loss, behavioral change, and structural neuroplasticity in children with obesity through a multidisciplinary treatment program.

This study evaluated the effect of a multidisciplinary treatment program for children with obesity (OB) on motor competence, executive functioning (EF), and brain structure. Nineteen children with OB (7-11 years), who attended a multidisciplinary treatment program consisting of diet restriction, cognitive behavioral therapy, and physical activity, were compared with an age-matched control group of 24 children with a healthy weight (HW), who did not follow any treatment. For both groups, anthropometric measurements and tests of motor competence and EF were administered twice, with 5 months between pretest and posttest.

Role of Motor Competence and Executive Functioning in Weight Loss: A Study in Children with Obesity.

Objective: This study aimed to compare motor competence and executive functioning (EF) between children with obesity and peers with healthy weight. Additionally, the predictive value of motor competence and EF in weight loss after a 5-month multidisciplinary residential treatment program was examined.

Methods: Thirty-two children with obesity (7-11 years, 14 boys) and 32 age-matched controls (18 boys) performed 8 motor skill tasks and 4 tasks of EF (only at baseline).

Reduced motor competence in children with obesity is associated with structural differences in the cerebellar peduncles.

Previous studies have suggested that neurological factors partly explain the reduced motor competence found in many children with obesity. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to compare motor competence and white matter organization of important pathways for motor control (cerebellar peduncles) in children with and without obesity. Nineteen children with obesity and 25 children with a healthy weight, aged 7-11 years old, were included.

Multidisciplinary residential treatment can improve perceptual-motor function in obese children.

Aim: This study evaluated the effects of a 10-month multidisciplinary residential treatment programme on the perceptual-motor function of obese children and compared them to children with a healthy weight.

Methods: We studied 26 obese Belgian children (10 girls and 16 boys) with a mean age of 10.1 years (±1.

Fine and gross motor skills differ between healthy-weight and obese children.

Within the obesity literature, focus is put on the link between weight status and gross motor skills. However, research on fine motor skills in the obese (OB) childhood population is limited. Therefore, the present study focused on possible weight related differences in gross as well as fine motor skill tasks.

A comparative study of performance in simple and choice reaction time tasks between obese and healthy-weight children.

This study investigated weight status related differences in executive functions and movement execution to determine whether or not childhood obesity is associated with impaired perceptual-motor function. Nineteen obese (OB) children (10 ♂ and 9 ♀, aged 6-12 years) and nineteen gender and age matched healthy-weight (HW) peers performed two computer-based reaction time tasks. For both the simple and four choice reaction time (SRT/CRT) task condition, absolute mean reaction time (RT) and movement time (MT) were determined and expressed as a percentage of total response time (RsT).

Specific serum antibody responses following a Toxoplasma gondii and Trichinella spiralis co-infection in swine.

The aim of this study was to examine the dynamics of parasite specific antibody development in Trichinella spiralis and Toxoplasma gondii co-infections in pigs and to compare these with antibody dynamics in T. spiralis and T. gondii single infections.

Neoplasms of the genital tract in a Vietnamese potbellied pig.

A 9-year-old, female potbellied pig showed loss of appetite and abdominal distension. After clinical examination and ultrasonography, a tumour was suspected. At laparotomy a large mass was present in the genital tract.

Estimation of seroprevalence of encephalomyocarditis in Dutch sow herds using the virus neutralization test.

Encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) has been found on pig farms worldwide and can cause myocarditis in young pigs and reproduction disorders in sows. So far, clinical signs of EMCV have not been reported in the Netherlands. The aim of this study was to estimate the seroprevalence of EMCV infection in Dutch sow herds.