Impact of 24/7 loading of blood culture bottles in a new automated incubator on the diagnosis of bloodstream infections.

Blood culturing (BC) remains the gold standard for bloodstream diagnosis but its workflow is slow. We aimed reducing this time by implementing a new automated incubator with a 24/7 BC workflow. With this new strategy, time to incubation was shorter (1.

Serological Diagnosis of Lentivirus Infection in Goats Raised in Algeria.

Introduction: Infection of goats with caprine arthritis encephalitis virus (CAEV) has been detected in variable proportions in many countries all over the world. Here, we investigated the seroprevalence of CAEV in goats raised in Algeria.

Material And Methods: A serological survey was performed on serum samples from 1,313 goats, including the local breeds (Arabia and Dwarf of Kabylia) and imported European breeds (Alpine and Saanen).

A vaccination trial with a precocious line of Eimeria magna in Algerian local rabbits Oryctolagus cuniculus.

Coccidiosis is a major health problem in rabbits. A vaccine using Eimeria with perfect safety and effectiveness seems to be necessary to face this parasitosis. To assess the safety and the efficacy of a vaccine based on the Algerian precocious line of Eimeria magna against rabbit coccidiosis, twenty eight young rabbits from six litters of Coccidia free females were used to monitor oocystal excretion and body weights, they were distributed into four groups (vaccinated-challenged group, double challenged non vaccinated group, simple challenged non vaccinated group and control group).

Reproduction performance and blood biochemical parameters in dairy cows: Relationship with oxidative stress status.

Background And Aim: During the last decades, reproduction performances declined dramatically worldwide, but little is known concerning the involvement of oxidative stress as a causative factor. Oxidative stress may act at different levels, with negative impacts on cell membrane integrity and other active molecules with potential subsequent effects on reproduction. The aim of the current study was to investigate the oxidative stress status in cows according to their reproductive performances.

Infectious bursal disease virus in Algeria: Detection of highly pathogenic reassortant viruses.

Infectious bursal disease (IBD) is an immunosuppressive viral disease, present worldwide, which causes mortality and immunosuppression in young chickens. The causative agent, the Avibirnavirus IBDV, is a non-enveloped virus whose genome consists of two segments (A and B) of double-stranded RNA. Different pathotypes of IBDV exist, ranging from attenuated vaccine strains to very virulent viruses (vvIBDV).