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Antimicrobial prophylaxis in companion animal surgery: A scoping review for European Network for Optimization of Antimicrobial Therapy (ENOVAT) guidelines (2024)
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Sørensen, T. M., Scahill, K., Ruperez, J. E., Olejnik, M., Swinbourne, F., Verwilghen, D. R., …Allerton, F. (2024). Antimicrobial prophylaxis in companion animal surgery: A scoping review for European Network for Optimization of Antimicrobial Therapy (ENOVAT) guidelines. Veterinary Journal, 304, Article 106101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2024.106101

Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis (SAP) is widely used to reduce the risk of surgical site infections (SSI), but there is uncertainty as to what the proportion of SSI reduction is. Therefore, it is difficult for surgeons to properly weigh the costs,... Read More about Antimicrobial prophylaxis in companion animal surgery: A scoping review for European Network for Optimization of Antimicrobial Therapy (ENOVAT) guidelines.

A Living Lab approach to understanding dairy farmers' technology and data needs to improve herd health: Focus groups from 6 European countries (2024)
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Doidge, C., Ånestad, L. M., Burrell, A., Frössling, J., Palczynski, L., Pardon, B., Veldhuis, A., Bokma, J., Carmo, L. P., Hopp, P., Guelbenzu-Gonzalo, M., Meunier, N. V., Ordell, A., Santman-Berends, I., van Schaik, G., & Kaler, J. (2024). A Living Lab approach to understanding dairy farmers' technology and data needs to improve herd health: Focus groups from 6 European countries. Journal of Dairy Science, 107(8), 5754-5778. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2024-24155

For successful development and adoption of technology on dairy farms, farmers need to be included in the innovation process. However, the design of agricultural technologies usually takes a top-down approach with little involvement of end-users at th... Read More about A Living Lab approach to understanding dairy farmers' technology and data needs to improve herd health: Focus groups from 6 European countries.

Expression profiles of host miRNAs and circRNAs and ceRNA network during Toxoplasma gondii lytic cycle (2024)
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Wang, S.-S., Wang, X., He, J.-J., Zheng, W.-B., Zhu, X.-Q., Elsheikha, H. M., & Zhou, C.-X. (2024). Expression profiles of host miRNAs and circRNAs and ceRNA network during Toxoplasma gondii lytic cycle. Parasitology Research, 123(2), Article 145. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-024-08152-x

Toxoplasma gondii is an opportunistic protozoan parasite that is highly prevalent in the human population and can lead to adverse health consequences in immunocompromised patients and pregnant women. Noncoding RNAs, such as microRNAs (miRNAs) and cir... Read More about Expression profiles of host miRNAs and circRNAs and ceRNA network during Toxoplasma gondii lytic cycle.

An in silico and in vitro assessment of the neurotoxicity of mefloquine (2024)
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El Sharazly, B. M., Ahmed, A., Elsheikha, H. M., & Carter, W. G. (2024). An in silico and in vitro assessment of the neurotoxicity of mefloquine. Biomedicines, 12(3), Article 505. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines12030505

Mefloquine (MQ) is a quinoline-based anti-malarial drug used for chemoprophylaxis or as treatment in combination with artesunate. Although MQ has clear anti-Plasmodium properties, it can induce neurotoxicity and undesired neuropsychiatric side effect... Read More about An in silico and in vitro assessment of the neurotoxicity of mefloquine.

Dolphin-WET—Development of a Welfare Evaluation Tool for Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) under Human Care (2024)
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Baumgartner, K., Hüttner, T., Clegg, I. L. K., Garcia Hartmann, M., Garcia-Párraga, D., Manteca, X., …Delfour, F. (2024). Dolphin-WET—Development of a Welfare Evaluation Tool for Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) under Human Care. Animals, 14(5), Article 701. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14050701

Ensuring high standards of animal welfare is not only an ethical duty for zoos and aquariums, but it is also essential to achieve their conservation, education, and research goals. While for some species, animal welfare assessment frameworks are alre... Read More about Dolphin-WET—Development of a Welfare Evaluation Tool for Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) under Human Care.

Modulation of the pre-metastatic bone niche: molecular changes mediated by bone-homing prostate cancer extracellular vesicles (2024)
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Brown, T. J., Rutland, C. S., Rutland, C. S., Choi, K. K., Tse, F., Pfeffers, M. J., …James, V. (2024). Modulation of the pre-metastatic bone niche: molecular changes mediated by bone-homing prostate cancer extracellular vesicles. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 12, Article 1354606. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2024.1354606

Prostate cancer (PCa) is a leading male malignancy worldwide, often progressing to bone metastasis, with limited curative options. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have emerged as key players in cancer communication and metastasis, promoting the formatio... Read More about Modulation of the pre-metastatic bone niche: molecular changes mediated by bone-homing prostate cancer extracellular vesicles.

The long and short of it: benchmarking viromics using Illumina, Nanopore and PacBio sequencing technologies (2024)
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Cook, R., Brown, N., Rihtman, B., Michniewski, S., Redgwell, T., Clokie, M., …Millard, A. (2024). The long and short of it: benchmarking viromics using Illumina, Nanopore and PacBio sequencing technologies. Microbial Genomics, 10(2), Article 0.001198. https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.001198

Viral metagenomics has fuelled a rapid change in our understanding of global viral diversity and ecology. Long-read sequencing and hybrid assembly approaches that combine long- and short-read technologies are now being widely implemented in bacterial... Read More about The long and short of it: benchmarking viromics using Illumina, Nanopore and PacBio sequencing technologies.

Development of Virus-like Particle Plant-Based Vaccines against Avian H5 and H9 Influenza A Viruses (2024)
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Elbohy, O. A., Iqbal, M., Daly, J. M., & Dunham, S. P. (2024). Development of Virus-like Particle Plant-Based Vaccines against Avian H5 and H9 Influenza A Viruses. Veterinary Sciences, 11(2), Article 93. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci11020093

Avian influenza A virus (AIV) is a significant cause of mortality in poultry, causing substantial economic loss, particularly in developing countries, and has zoonotic potential. For example, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses of the H5... Read More about Development of Virus-like Particle Plant-Based Vaccines against Avian H5 and H9 Influenza A Viruses.

Repeat patient testing-quality control compared to commercial quality control material for the Sysmex XT-2000iV hematology analyzer in a multi-site veterinary laboratory (2024)
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Daly, S., Rishniw, M., Graham, P. A., & Freeman, K. P. (2024). Repeat patient testing-quality control compared to commercial quality control material for the Sysmex XT-2000iV hematology analyzer in a multi-site veterinary laboratory. Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 53(S1), 48-59. https://doi.org/10.1111/vcp.13332

Background: Quality control material (QCM) for hematology in veterinary laboratories is limited, and repeat patient testing quality control (RPT‐QC) is an alternative method using excess matrix‐specific samples. Objectives: This study aimed to determ... Read More about Repeat patient testing-quality control compared to commercial quality control material for the Sysmex XT-2000iV hematology analyzer in a multi-site veterinary laboratory.

Quantification of the effect of in utero events on lifetime resilience in dairy cows (2024)
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Lewis, K., Shewbridge Carter, L., Bradley, A., Dewhurst, R., Forde, N., Hyde, R., …Green, M. (2024). Quantification of the effect of in utero events on lifetime resilience in dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 107(7), 4616-4633. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2023-24215

Currently, the dairy industry is facing many challenges that could affect its sustainability, including climate change and public perception of the industry. As a result, interest is increasing in the concept of identifying resilient animals, those w... Read More about Quantification of the effect of in utero events on lifetime resilience in dairy cows.