Publications by authors named "C Sauter-Louis"
African swine fever (ASF) emerged in Germany in 2020. A few weeks after the initial occurrence, infected wild boar were detected in Saxony. In this study, data from wild boar surveillance in Saxony were analyzed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Usutu virus (USUV) and West Nile virus (WNV) are zoonotic arthropod-borne orthoflaviviruses. The enzootic transmission cycles of both include mosquitoes as vectors and birds as amplifying hosts. For more than 10 years, these viruses have been monitored in birds in Germany by a multidisciplinary network.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTick infestation poses an important challenge to livestock in Pakistan. Farm management practices and environmental variables can influence tick infestation prevalence in animals. To this end, a cross-sectional survey of 96 farms in four different geographical districts (24 farms from each district) was conducted in Punjab, Pakistan, between October 2021 and January 2022.
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- African swine fever virus (ASFV) poses a significant threat to domestic pigs and wild boar, necessitating better understanding and detection methods for disease control.
- Researchers demonstrated that ASFV can be transmitted through artificial insemination from infected boars to healthy gilts, emphasizing the need for monitoring boar semen before use.
- The study evaluated different nucleic acid extraction kits and qPCR protocols, ultimately establishing an effective workflow for detecting ASFV in boar semen just 2 days after infection, especially focusing on low-level virus detection.
Poor limb conformation in cattle is believed to be closely associated with claw and limb disorders. Limb conformation is part of genetic evaluation and is assessed visually. In this descriptive study, the assessment of conformation in calves was evaluated objectively using joint angle measurements.
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