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Current trends in biosensors for the detection of cattle diseases worldwide

Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X, 2023
The abrupt outset and upsurge of existing viral illnesses in dairy cattle are anticipated to put economies and animal life around the world under aberrant stress. Throughout the world, countries are still battling the periodic invasion of diseases.
Anuj Nehra, R.S. Kundu, Sweeti Ahlawat, Krishna Pal Singh, Kanchan Karki, Aryan Singh Lather, Kanika Poonia, Savita Budania, Vinay Kumar   +8 more
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Evaluation of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides antigens capable of stimulating host IRG-47 release identifies Mmm604, Mmm605, and Mmm606 as potential subunit vaccine antigens

Infection and Immunity
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP), caused by Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides (Mmm), is a devastating cattle disease with high morbidity and mortality, threatening cattle productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa and potentially in parts of Asia ...
Tong Liu, Huanjun Zhao, Qi Wu, Yukun Wei, Jiuqing Xin, Qiao Pan   +5 more
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Indigenous Knowledge of Medicinal Plants for Treating Livestock Ailments in Megale District, Afar Region, Ethiopia

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 12, Issue 4, July 2026.
This study documents 27 medicinal plant species used to treat 22 livestock ailments in Megale district, with Euphorbiaceae and Fabaceae dominating. Balanites rotundifolia and Calotropis procera were key species, whereas shrubs and leaves were most used; remedies were mainly prepared by crushing and administered orally or dermally, primarily for wound ...
Gebremedhin Gebrezgabiher, Desalegn Meresa   +1 more
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Ben_0691 functions as an IRG-47 mycoplasma stimulator that mediates host cell resistance to Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides infection

Communications Biology
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP), caused by Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides (Mmm), is a devastating cattle disease with high morbidity and mortality. Although mass vaccination or stamping-out strategy has controlled CBPP in many countries, it
Tong Liu, Huanjun Zhao, Xiumei Wang, Qingyuan Xu, Yuan Li, Qi Wu, Yukun Wei, Jiuqing Xin, Qiao Pan   +8 more
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Diversity Patterns of Domestic Herbivore Viruses in China Reveal Transmission Dynamics with Disease Management Implications

Advanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 32, 9 June 2026.
This study performs pan‐viromic profiling of 14,529 samples from 5,710 domestic herbivores across five Chinese provinces, establishing the DhCN‐Virome (1,085,360 viral metagenomes). It reveals species/sample‐specific viromic signatures and cross‐species transmission dynamics, aiding unified disease control.
Yue Sun, Yong Li, Bagen Temur, Yuanqing Lin, Yuhang Liu, Le Yi, Zheng Sun, Gang Zhang, Jun Li, Yu Guo, Linchuan Li, Jinshan Cai, Wenliang Tian, Gen Meng, Lingling Jiang, Min Fang, Fuying Ding, Xuezhang Zhou, Changchun Tu, Biao He   +19 more
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Occurrence and Public Health Implications of Brucella Abortus and Antimicrobial Residues in Raw Cow Milk in Bukombe District, Tanzania

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 12, Issue 3, May 2026.
Poor husbandry practices in Bukombe District accelerate diseases in livestock and indiscriminate uses of antimicrobials. Cow abortions, raw cow placenta and aborted fetuses feeding dogs, communal grazing and watering and introduction of new animals predict brucellosis in the herd.
Makoye Mhozya, Mwalimu Julius K, Hezron Emmanuel Nonga   +2 more
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Weaving knowledges to support wildlife health surveillance in Kenya's pastoral rangelands

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 1, February 2026.
Abstract In wildlife–livestock–human interfaces, pathogens capable of spreading between wild and domestic animals and humans have important implications for conservation outcomes, economics, and public health. Robust wildlife health surveillance can help address these risks.
Brock Bersaglio, Charis Enns, Nashipai Karinten, Ramson Karmushu, Susanne Shultz   +4 more
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Preferences for Bundled Index‐Based Livestock Insurance: Evidence From Northern Kenya

Agricultural Economics, Volume 57, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Considerable attention has been placed on bundled index insurance to enhance climate resilience, address multiple risks simultaneously, and increase the adoption of agricultural technologies. We conducted an endow‐and‐exchange choice experiment with 1,828 female and male livestock keepers in northern Kenya to elicit their preferences for ...
Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku, Ibrahim Ochenje, Jamleck Osiemo, Rupsha Banerjee, Tanaya DuttaGupta, Duncan Khalai   +5 more
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Transboundary Animal Diseases Associated With Cross‐Border Camel Movement. A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Transboundary animal diseases (TADs) are contagious diseases that significantly impact livestock health, public health and economic stability. In regions with frequent cross‐border trade and transhumance involving camels, particularly the Middle East and Africa, TADs pose a heightened One Health risk due to their zoonotic potential and capacity to ...
Alex A. Adikwu, Theophilus I. Emeto, Paul F. Horwood, Olajide A. Owolodun, Andrew M. Adamu, Oyelola A. Adegboye, Abdelfattah Selim   +6 more
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Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (lungsickness) in Africa : historical overview : Onderstepoort and veterinary research in Africa

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2009
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) or lung sickness, is an insidious pneumonic disease of cattle caused by Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides small colony variant (MmmSC) and it is one of the major diseases affecting cattle in Africa.
W. Amanfu
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