Publications by authors named "Dervel Felipe Diaz-Herrera"
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- Crossbreeding has been effectively used to tackle environmental and economic challenges, exemplified by the Siboney de Cuba breed, created from Cuban Zebu and Holstein in the 1960s.
- The study conducted the first genomic characterization of Siboney de Cuba using SNP array technology, analyzing 48 cattle samples and discovering 83,314 SNPs to assess genetic diversity, inbreeding levels, and copy number variants (CNVs).
- Results showed the Siboney de Cuba has high genetic variability and low inbreeding compared to global cattle breeds, revealing a complex genetic background influenced by historical factors, along with genetic similarities to other hybrid breeds from the Americas and Africa.
Brucellosis is a serious infectious disease that causes significant economic losses in the livestock industry. Its early diagnosis allows an adequate disease control in cattle. DAVIH Laboratories designed a lateral flow immunochromatographic assay using protein A-colloidal gold as a detector reagent (LFIA-PA).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: antigen immobilization in solid supports is used for the development of several immunoassays. One of the first technologies developed was the protein adsorption by direct application to nitrocellulose.
Objective: to standardize the immobilization of a synthetic peptide of the HIV-2 transmembrane protein gp36 to nitrocellulose support for diagnostic purposes and to evaluate the performance parameters in a group of serum samples with recognized interesting reactivity.