Exposure of Urban European Hedgehogs () to in Highly Populated Areas of Northeast Spain.

is a generalist zoonotic parasite that involves a wide range of warm-blooded animals as intermediate hosts and felines as definitive hosts. Recent studies have proved significant positive associations between human population density and seroprevalence in wildlife. However, there is limited data regarding wildlife in urban areas, where the highest human density occurs.

Tracking Toxoplasma gondii in freshwater ecosystems: interaction with the invasive American mink (Neovison vison) in Spain.

Water-borne transmission may play an important role in the epidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii. Mammals closely related to freshwater ecosystems, such as the American mink (Neovison vison), are potentially valuable sentinels for T. gondii.

The effects of gelatin, fibrin-platelet glue and their combination on healing of the experimental critical bone defect in a rat model: radiological, histological, scanning ultrastructural and biomechanical evaluation.

Fibrin-platelet glue (FPG) is a blood derivative, in which platelets and fibrinogen are concentrated in a small plasma volume, by differential centrifugation and precipitation. It can form a three-dimensional and biocompatible fibrin scaffold with a myriad of growth factors and proteins that are released progressively to the local environment and contribute to the accelerated postoperative bone healing. Gelatin (Gel) is a derivative of collagen and can promote cell adhesion and proliferation due to its unique sequence of amino acids, so it is suitable for bone tissue applications.

Healing potential of nanohydroxyapatite, gelatin, and fibrin-platelet glue combination as tissue engineered scaffolds in radial bone defects of rats.

Different biomaterials have been used in orthopedic surgery. Evaluation of biomaterials for bone healing promotion has been a wide area of research of the orthopedic field. Sixty critical size defects of 5 mm long were bilaterally created in the radial diaphysis of 30 rats.