Publications by authors named "K M Biernacka"
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- In 2023, a study assessed the genotypes of small ruminant lentiviruses (SRLV) in Hungarian goats, taking blood samples from 135 seropositive adults from 10 herds.
- The researchers used a two-stage nested real-time PCR to identify SRLV DNA, revealing that six herds had genotype A or B, while four herds had mixed infections.
- Findings indicated that 81.5% of goats tested positive for SRLV, with specific subtypes identified as A1/A18, A2, and B1, marking the first identification of both SRLV genotypes in Hungarian goats.
Caprine arthritis-encephalitis (CAE) is a progressive disease of goats caused by small ruminant lentivirus (SRLV) and is considered as one of the most important threats for goat farming in developed countries. The disease prevalence has never been investigated in the Lithuanian goat population. Therefore, a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in 2021-2022 to determine if SRLV infection was present in the Lithuanian goat population and, in the case of a positive result, to estimate the true herd-level prevalence of SRLV infection and specify genotypes and subtypes of SRLV responsible for the infection.
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- A serological and coproscopic survey was conducted on Polish goats to investigate the prevalence of the common liver fluke, focusing on 33 randomly selected herds between 2014 and 2022.
- Results showed that 33.3% of herds had at least one seropositive goat, but the overall rate of infected goats was only 1.2%, indicating low infection rates.
- The study concluded that liver fluke infection in goats is sporadic and less common compared to its prevalence in cattle and sheep, suggesting minimal treatment or prevention measures are necessary for goats.
Background: Trueperella pyogenes is an opportunistic pathogen that causes suppurative infections in various animal species, including goats. So far, only limited knowledge of phenotypic and genotypic properties of T. pyogenes isolates from goats has been gathered.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA large-scale study was carried out in the Polish goat population in 2014-2021 to determine the herd-level true seroprevalence (HTP) of caseous lymphadenitis (CLA) caused by Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis (Cp) and paratuberculosis (PTB) caused by Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis (Map). Two-stage cluster sampling was applied to herds counting at least 20 adult goats (aged >1 year) and in each herd all males and 10-13 females were tested.
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