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Chicken and duck myotubes are highly susceptible and permissive to influenza virus infection (2014)
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Baquero-Perez, B., Kuchipudi, S. V., Ho, J., Sebastian, S., Puranik, A., Howard, W., Brookes, S. M., Brown, I. H., & Chang, K.-C. (2015). Chicken and duck myotubes are highly susceptible and permissive to influenza virus infection. Journal of Virology, 89(5), https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.03421-14

Skeletal muscle, at 30 to 40% of body mass, is the most abundant soft tissue in the body. Besides its primary function in movement and posture, skeletal muscle is a significant innate immune organ with the capacity to produce cytokines and chemokines... Read More about Chicken and duck myotubes are highly susceptible and permissive to influenza virus infection.

The effects of age upon the expression of three miRNAs in muscle stem cells isolated from two different porcine skeletal muscles (2014)
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Redshaw, Z., Sweetman, D., & Loughna, P. (in press). The effects of age upon the expression of three miRNAs in muscle stem cells isolated from two different porcine skeletal muscles. Differentiation, 88(4-5), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diff.2014.12.001

Aging is associated with a gradual loss of skeletal muscle mass and an impaired ability of this tissue to compensate for trauma. Studies in rodents and humans have also shown that resident stem cells within muscle have a reduced ability to proliferat... Read More about The effects of age upon the expression of three miRNAs in muscle stem cells isolated from two different porcine skeletal muscles.

Patterns of genome evolution that have accompanied host adaptation in Salmonella (2014)
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Langridge, G. C., Fookes, M., Connor, T. R., Feltwell, T., Feasey, N., Parsons, B. N., Seth-Smith, H. M., Barquist, L., Stedman, A., Humphrey, T., Wigley, P., Peters, S. E., Maskell, D. J., Corander, J., Chabalgoity, J. A., Barrow, P., Parkhill, J., Dougan, G., & Thomson, N. R. (2015). Patterns of genome evolution that have accompanied host adaptation in Salmonella. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(3), 863-868. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1416707112

Many bacterial pathogens are specialized, infecting one or few hosts, and this is often associated with more acute disease presentation. Specific genomes show markers of this specialization, which often reflect a balance between gene acquisition and... Read More about Patterns of genome evolution that have accompanied host adaptation in Salmonella.

An investigation of the efficacy of a polyvalent mastitis vaccine using different vaccination regimens under field conditions in the United Kingdom (2014)
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Bradley, A., Breen, J., Payne, B., White, V., & Green, M. (2015). An investigation of the efficacy of a polyvalent mastitis vaccine using different vaccination regimens under field conditions in the United Kingdom. Journal of Dairy Science, 98(3), https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2014-8332

Vaccination can play a useful role in mastitis control programs, although there is a relative dearth of large, well-controlled field efficacy studies. This paper presents the findings on the use of a commercially available vaccine (Startvac, Hipra UK... Read More about An investigation of the efficacy of a polyvalent mastitis vaccine using different vaccination regimens under field conditions in the United Kingdom.

Variation in the inter-service intervals of UK dairy cows (2014)
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Remnant, J., Green, M. J., Huxley, J., & Hudson, C. (2015). Variation in the inter-service intervals of UK dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 98(2), https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2014-8366

An understanding of the normal estrous cycle length of the cow is important when managing and monitoring dairy herd fertility. Whilst the normal inter-ovulatory interval is widely considered to be 21 days, some studies have found alternative interval... Read More about Variation in the inter-service intervals of UK dairy cows.

Prebiotic and probiotic agents enhance antibody-based immune responses to Salmonella Typhimurium infection in pigs (2014)
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Naqid, I. A., Owen, J. P., Maddison, B. C., Gardner, D. S., Foster, N., Tchorzewska, M., La Ragione, R. M., & Gough, K. C. (2015). Prebiotic and probiotic agents enhance antibody-based immune responses to Salmonella Typhimurium infection in pigs. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 201, 57-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2014.12.005

Salmonellosis causes significant economic losses to the pig industry and contaminated pork products are an important source of Salmonella for humans. The EU ban on the use of antibiotic growth promoters in pig production, and the emergence of antibio... Read More about Prebiotic and probiotic agents enhance antibody-based immune responses to Salmonella Typhimurium infection in pigs.

Influence of 1α, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1, 25(OH)2D3] on the expression of Sox 9 and the transient receptor potential vanilloid 5/6 ion channels in equine articular chondrocytes (2014)
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Hdud, I. M., & Loughna, P. (2014). Influence of 1α, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1, 25(OH)2D3] on the expression of Sox 9 and the transient receptor potential vanilloid 5/6 ion channels in equine articular chondrocytes. Journal of Animal Science and Technology, 56, Article 33. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40781-014-0033-1

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Sox 9 is a major marker of chondrocyte differentiation. When chondrocytes are cultured in vitro they progressively de-differentiate and this is associated with a decline in Sox 9 expression. The active form of vitamin D, 1, 25 (OH)2D3... Read More about Influence of 1α, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1, 25(OH)2D3] on the expression of Sox 9 and the transient receptor potential vanilloid 5/6 ion channels in equine articular chondrocytes.

Theoretical evaluation of wall teichoic acids in the cavitation-mediated pores formation in Gram-positive bacteria subjected to an electric field (2014)
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Rauch, C., & Leigh, J. A. (in press). Theoretical evaluation of wall teichoic acids in the cavitation-mediated pores formation in Gram-positive bacteria subjected to an electric field. BBA - General Subjects, 1850(4), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbagen.2014.12.004

Background: Electroporation is a method of choice to transform living cells. The ability of electroporation to transfer small or large chemicals across the lipid bilayer membrane of eukaryotic cells or Gram-negative bacteria relies on the formation o... Read More about Theoretical evaluation of wall teichoic acids in the cavitation-mediated pores formation in Gram-positive bacteria subjected to an electric field.

Prioritisation of wildlife pathogens to be targeted in European surveillance programmes: expert-based risk analysis focus on ruminants (2014)
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Ciliberti, A., Gavier-Widén, D., Yon, L., Hutchings, M. R., & Artois, M. (2015). Prioritisation of wildlife pathogens to be targeted in European surveillance programmes: expert-based risk analysis focus on ruminants. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 118(4), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2014.11.021

This study attempted to develop a list of priority pathogens. It is part of a European Union (EU) project dedicated to the surveillance of emerging or re-emerging pathogens of wildlife. Partners of the consortium established an initial list of 138 pa... Read More about Prioritisation of wildlife pathogens to be targeted in European surveillance programmes: expert-based risk analysis focus on ruminants.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus infection in chickens but not ducks is associated with elevated host immune and pro-inflammatory responses (2014)
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Kuchipudi, S. V., Tellabati, M., Sebastian, S., Londt, B. Z., Jansen, C., Vervelde, L., Brookes, S. M., Brown, I. H., Dunham, S. P., & Chang, K.-C. (2014). Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus infection in chickens but not ducks is associated with elevated host immune and pro-inflammatory responses. Veterinary Research, 45(1), Article 118. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13567-014-0118-3

© 2014 Kuchipudi et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 viruses cause severe infection in chickens at near complete mortality, but corresponding infection in ducks is typically mild or asymptomatic. To unde... Read More about Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus infection in chickens but not ducks is associated with elevated host immune and pro-inflammatory responses.