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PLoS One
January 2025
Department of Disease Control, School of Veterinary, Medicine, University of Zambia Lusaka, Lusaka, Zambia.
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is an important viral zoonotic disease that not only affects ruminants but causes serious morbidity and mortality in humans. In humans, its symptoms range from mild flu-like signs to a severe form such as retinal damage, meningoencephalitis to haemorrhagic fever. In this study, 202 human serum samples were collected from central and western parts of Zambia and tested for RVF-specific antibodies using a commercially available ELISA kit.
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January 2025
Animal Disease Diagnosis Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA), Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Gimcheon-si, Republic of Korea.
Background: Amino acid supplements are crucial for animal health and productivity. Traditional analysis methods face limitations like complexity, long testing times and toxic reagents. Therefore, a more efficient and reliable method is needed.
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January 2025
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Siirt University, Siirt, Turkey.
Background: A proper placentation is required for establishment and continuity of pregnancy. In sheep, placentomes are unique structures that enable nutrition and gas exchange between the mother and the foetus. Although placentomes are dynamic formations, there is limited knowledge of changes in placentomes during pregnancy.
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January 2025
Université de Lyon, VetAgro Sup, Marcy l'Etoile, France.
Background: Supernumerary digits, or polydactyly, have been described in various species including humans, wild and domestic animals. In horses, it represents the most common congenital limb malformation, which has only been described in isolated cases or nuclear families. Molecular aetiology has not been reported.
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January 2025
Department of Basic and Clinical Sciences, University of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosi, 24005, Cyprus.
Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of Colpodella sp. in domestic and wild animals in Cyprus. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first study to report the detection of Colpodella sp.
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