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Natural Mycoplasma Infection Reduces Expression of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines in Response to Ovine Footrot Pathogens (2022)
Journal Article
Blanchard, A. M., Baumbach, C. M., Michler, J. K., Pickwell, N. D., Staley, C. E., Franklin, J. M., Wattegedera, S. R., Entrican, G., & Tötemeyer, S. (2022). Natural Mycoplasma Infection Reduces Expression of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines in Response to Ovine Footrot Pathogens. Animals, 12(23), Article 3235. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12233235

Ovine footrot is a complex multifactorial infectious disease, causing lameness in sheep with major welfare and economic consequences. Dichelobacter nodosus is the main causative bacterium; however, footrot is a polymicrobial disease with Fusobacteriu... Read More about Natural Mycoplasma Infection Reduces Expression of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines in Response to Ovine Footrot Pathogens.

Failure to detect Schmallenberg Virus in ram semen in the UK (2016-2018) (2022)
Journal Article
Curwen, A., Jones, S., Stayley, C., Eden, L., McKay, H., Davies, P., Lovatt, F., Dunham, S., & Tarlinton, R. (2022). Failure to detect Schmallenberg Virus in ram semen in the UK (2016-2018). Veterinary Record Open, 9(1), Article e39. https://doi.org/10.1002/vro2.39

Background
Schmallenberg virus is a midge borne arbovirus that first emerged in the European ruminant population in 2011 and has since settled to an endemic pattern of disease The impacts of trade restrictions on genetic products (semen, embryos) f... Read More about Failure to detect Schmallenberg Virus in ram semen in the UK (2016-2018).