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High genetic diversity and zoonotic potential of Staphylococcus aureus strains recovered from bovine intramammary infections in Colombians dairy herds (2022)
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Torres, G., Vargas, K., Reyes-Vélez, J., Jiménez, N., Blanchard, A., & Olivera-Angel, M. (2023). High genetic diversity and zoonotic potential of Staphylococcus aureus strains recovered from bovine intramammary infections in Colombians dairy herds. Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 93, Article 101940. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cimid.2022.101940

Genotyping of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from mastitis has become a fundamental tool to understand its complex epidemiology and to evaluate spillover events. The aim of this study was to describe the frequency of genotypes of the S. aureus strain... Read More about High genetic diversity and zoonotic potential of Staphylococcus aureus strains recovered from bovine intramammary infections in Colombians dairy herds.

Effects of norethisterone acetate on the performance of female racing Greyhounds (2022)
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Payne, R. M. (2023). Effects of norethisterone acetate on the performance of female racing Greyhounds. Research in Veterinary Science, 155, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rvsc.2022.12.013

A comparison between the performance of spayed female racing Greyhounds and those suppressed with norethisterone acetate (NTA) was made. Previous work by the author has shown that the racing performance of spayed bitches is the same as that of entire... Read More about Effects of norethisterone acetate on the performance of female racing Greyhounds.

Assessment of a joint farmer-veterinarian discussion about biosecurity using novel social interaction analyses (2022)
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Chomyn, O., Wapenaar, W., Richens, I. F., Reyneke, R. A., Shortall, O., Kaler, J., & Brennan, M. L. (2023). Assessment of a joint farmer-veterinarian discussion about biosecurity using novel social interaction analyses. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 212, Article 105831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2022.105831

Veterinarians are trusted by farmers and play an important role in assisting them to implement biosecurity. More research is needed that particularly focuses on the impact of joint farmer-veterinarian discussions to further understand the role of com... Read More about Assessment of a joint farmer-veterinarian discussion about biosecurity using novel social interaction analyses.

Developmental programming: Preconceptional and gestational exposure of sheep to a real-life environmental chemical mixture alters maternal metabolome in a fetal sex-specific manner (2022)
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Thangaraj, S. V., Kachman, M., Halloran, K. M., Sinclair, K. D., Lea, R., Bellingham, M., …Padmanabhan, V. (2023). Developmental programming: Preconceptional and gestational exposure of sheep to a real-life environmental chemical mixture alters maternal metabolome in a fetal sex-specific manner. Science of the Total Environment, 864, Article 161054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161054

Background Everyday, humans are exposed to a mixture of environmental chemicals some of which have endocrine and/or metabolism disrupting actions which may contribute to non-communicable diseases. The adverse health impacts of real-world chemical ex... Read More about Developmental programming: Preconceptional and gestational exposure of sheep to a real-life environmental chemical mixture alters maternal metabolome in a fetal sex-specific manner.

Genome Reference Assembly for Bottlenecked Southern Australian Koalas (2022)
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Blanchard, A. M., Emes, R. D., Greenwood, A. D., Holmes, N., Loose, M. W., McEwen, G. K., …Tarlinton, R. E. (2023). Genome Reference Assembly for Bottlenecked Southern Australian Koalas. Genome Biology and Evolution, 15(1), Article evac176. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evac176

Koala populations show marked differences in inbreeding levels and in the presence or absence of the endogenous Koala retrovirus (KoRV). These genetic differences among populations may lead to severe disease impacts threatening koala population viabi... Read More about Genome Reference Assembly for Bottlenecked Southern Australian Koalas.

Towards Personalized Management of Ovarian Cancer (2022)
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Algethami, M., Kulkarni, S., Sadiq, M. T., Tang, H. K., Brownlie, J., Jeyapalan, J. N., …Madhusudan, S. (2022). Towards Personalized Management of Ovarian Cancer. Cancer Management and Research, 14, 3469-3483. https://doi.org/10.2147/CMAR.S366681

Despite advances in surgery and chemotherapy, the overall outcomes for patients with advanced ovarian cancer remain poor. Although initial response rates to platinum-based chemotherapy is about 60–80%, most patients will have recurrence and succumb t... Read More about Towards Personalized Management of Ovarian Cancer.

Functional Characterization of 15 Novel Dense Granule Proteins in Toxoplasma gondii Using the CRISPR-Cas9 System (2022)
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Zheng, X. N., Wang, J. L., Elsheikha, H. M., Wang, M., Zhang, Z. W., Sun, L. X., …Li, T. T. (2023). Functional Characterization of 15 Novel Dense Granule Proteins in Toxoplasma gondii Using the CRISPR-Cas9 System. Microbiology Spectrum, 11(1), https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.03078-22

The analysis of the subcellular localization and function of dense granule proteins (GRAs) is of central importance for the understanding of host-parasite interaction and pathogenesis of Toxoplasma gondii infection. Here, we identified 15 novel GRAs... Read More about Functional Characterization of 15 Novel Dense Granule Proteins in Toxoplasma gondii Using the CRISPR-Cas9 System.

Childhood environment influences epigenetic age and methylation concordance of a CpG clock locus in British-Bangladeshi migrants (2022)
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Stöger, R., Choi, M., Begum, K., Leeman, G., Emes, R. D., Melamed, P., & Bentley, G. R. (2023). Childhood environment influences epigenetic age and methylation concordance of a CpG clock locus in British-Bangladeshi migrants. Epigenetics, 18(1), Article 2153511. https://doi.org/10.1080/15592294.2022.2153511

Migration from one location to another often comes with a change in environmental conditions. Here, we analysed features of DNA methylation in young, adult British-Bangladeshi women who experienced different environments during their childhoods: a) m... Read More about Childhood environment influences epigenetic age and methylation concordance of a CpG clock locus in British-Bangladeshi migrants.

The protein phosphatase 2A holoenzyme is a key regulator of starch metabolism and bradyzoite differentiation in Toxoplasma gondii (2022)
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Wang, J., Li, T., Elsheikha, H. M., Liang, Q., Zhang, Z., Wang, M., …Zhu, X. (2022). The protein phosphatase 2A holoenzyme is a key regulator of starch metabolism and bradyzoite differentiation in Toxoplasma gondii. Nature Communications, 13(1), Article 7560. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35267-5

Phenotypic switching between tachyzoite and bradyzoite is the fundamental mechanism underpinning the pathogenicity and adaptability of the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Although accumulation of cytoplasmic starch granules is a hallmark of the... Read More about The protein phosphatase 2A holoenzyme is a key regulator of starch metabolism and bradyzoite differentiation in Toxoplasma gondii.

Canine osteosarcoma in comparative oncology: Molecular mechanisms through to treatment discovery (2022)
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Simpson, S., Rizvanov, A. A., Jeyapalan, J. N., de Brot, S., & Rutland, C. S. (2022). Canine osteosarcoma in comparative oncology: Molecular mechanisms through to treatment discovery. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 9, Article 965391. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.965391

Cancer is a leading cause of non-communicable morbidity and mortality throughout the world, similarly, in dogs, the most frequent cause of mortality is tumors. Some types of cancer, including osteosarcoma (OSA), occur at much higher rates in dogs tha... Read More about Canine osteosarcoma in comparative oncology: Molecular mechanisms through to treatment discovery.

Bayesian model and selection signature analyses reveal risk factors for canine atopic dermatitis (2022)
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Tengvall, K., Sundström, E., Wang, C., Bergvall, K., Wallerman, O., Pederson, E., …Lindblad-Toh, K. (2022). Bayesian model and selection signature analyses reveal risk factors for canine atopic dermatitis. Communications Biology, 5(1), Article 1348. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04279-8

Canine atopic dermatitis is an inflammatory skin disease with clinical similarities to human atopic dermatitis. Several dog breeds are at increased risk for developing this disease but previous genetic associations are poorly defined. To identify add... Read More about Bayesian model and selection signature analyses reveal risk factors for canine atopic dermatitis.

Effect of deleting four Toxoplasma gondii calcium-binding EGF domain-containing proteins on parasite replication and virulence (2022)
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Wang, X., Li, T., Elsheikha, H. M., Zheng, X., Zhao, D., Wang, J., …Zhu, X. (2023). Effect of deleting four Toxoplasma gondii calcium-binding EGF domain-containing proteins on parasite replication and virulence. Parasitology Research, 122, 441-450. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-022-07739-6

Several calcium-binding proteins including calcium-dependent protein kinases play important roles in several facets of the intracellular infection cycle of the apicomplexan protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. However, the role of the calcium-bindin... Read More about Effect of deleting four Toxoplasma gondii calcium-binding EGF domain-containing proteins on parasite replication and virulence.

Evolving DNA repair synthetic lethality targets in cancer (2022)
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Kulkarni, S., Brownlie, J., Jeyapalan, J. N., Mongan, N. P., Rakha, E. A., & Madhusudan, S. (2022). Evolving DNA repair synthetic lethality targets in cancer. Bioscience Reports, 42(12), Article BSR20221713. https://doi.org/10.1042/BSR20221713

DNA damage signaling response and repair (DDR) is a critical defense mechanism against genomic instability. Impaired DNA repair capacity is an important risk factor for cancer development. On the other hand, up-regulation of DDR mechanisms is a featu... Read More about Evolving DNA repair synthetic lethality targets in cancer.

Temporal extracellular vesicle protein changes following intraarticular treatment with integrin α10β1-selected mesenchymal stem cells in equine osteoarthritis (2022)
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Clarke, E. J., Johnson, E., Caamaño Gutierrez, E., Andersen, C., Berg, L. C., Jenkins, R. E., …Peffers, M. J. (2022). Temporal extracellular vesicle protein changes following intraarticular treatment with integrin α10β1-selected mesenchymal stem cells in equine osteoarthritis. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 9, Article 1057667. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.1057667

Introduction: Equine osteoarthritis (OA) is a heterogeneous, degenerative disease of the musculoskeletal system with multifactorial causation, characterized by a joint metabolic imbalance. Extracellular vesicles are nanoparticles involved in intracel... Read More about Temporal extracellular vesicle protein changes following intraarticular treatment with integrin α10β1-selected mesenchymal stem cells in equine osteoarthritis.

Locomotory Profiles in Thoroughbreds: Peak Stride Length and Frequency in Training and Association with Race Outcomes (2022)
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Schrurs, C., Blott, S., Dubois, G., Van Erck-Westergren, E., & Gardner, D. S. (2022). Locomotory Profiles in Thoroughbreds: Peak Stride Length and Frequency in Training and Association with Race Outcomes. Animals, 12(23), Article 3269. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12233269

Racehorses competing in short (i.e., ‘sprinters’), middle- or longer-distance (i.e., ‘stayers’) flat races are assumed to have natural variation in locomotion; sprinters having an innately shorter stride than stayers. No study has objectively tested... Read More about Locomotory Profiles in Thoroughbreds: Peak Stride Length and Frequency in Training and Association with Race Outcomes.

Deep Scattering Spectrum Germaneness for Fault Detection and Diagnosis for Component-Level Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) (2022)
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Rohan, A. (2022). Deep Scattering Spectrum Germaneness for Fault Detection and Diagnosis for Component-Level Prognostics and Health Management (PHM). Sensors, 22(23), Article 9064. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22239064

Most methodologies for fault detection and diagnosis in prognostics and health management (PHM) systems use machine learning (ML) or deep learning (DL), in which either some features are extracted beforehand (in the case of typical ML approaches) or... Read More about Deep Scattering Spectrum Germaneness for Fault Detection and Diagnosis for Component-Level Prognostics and Health Management (PHM).

Fellow cows and conflicting farmers: Public perceptions of dairy farming uncovered through frame analysis (2022)
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Jackson, A., Green, M. J., & Kaler, J. (2022). Fellow cows and conflicting farmers: Public perceptions of dairy farming uncovered through frame analysis. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 9, Article 995240. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.995240

Divergence in opinion over how farm animals should be cared for is creating a disconnect between livestock farming and the public that risks a loss of “social license” to farm. One proposed solution for the dairy farming community is to engage more c... Read More about Fellow cows and conflicting farmers: Public perceptions of dairy farming uncovered through frame analysis.

Seroprevalence of Equine Influenza and Its Associated Risk Factors in Northwest Nigeria (2022)
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Olufemi, O. T., Edeh, E. R., Isyaku, M. S., Haliru, M., Samaila, S., Mshelia, P. W., …Daly, J. M. (2022). Seroprevalence of Equine Influenza and Its Associated Risk Factors in Northwest Nigeria. Pathogens, 11(11), Article 1372. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11111372

Equine influenza (EI) is a fast-spreading respiratory disease of equids caused by equine influenza A virus (EIV), often resulting in high morbidity and a huge economic impact on the equine industry globally. In this cross-sectional study to determine... Read More about Seroprevalence of Equine Influenza and Its Associated Risk Factors in Northwest Nigeria.