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Vector Potential Index: Bridging Competence and Contribution as an Integrative Measure of Relative Transmission Capability. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
The Vector Potential Index (VPI) is a novel metric for evaluating and comparing the potential of blood‐feeding arthropod vectors to contribute to zoonotic vector‐borne disease transmission. Taking a meta‐analysis approach, the VPI combines vector competence and host use data obtained from scientific literature to assign relative and absolute VPI ranks ...
Bauer AM, Burkett-Cadena ND, Reeves LE, Alto BW, Campbell LP.   +4 more
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Field Evaluation of a Novel Combined Vaccine Against Porcine Circovirus Types 2a/d, Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and Mycoplasma hyorhinis With an Emphasis on Growth Performance. [PDF]

Vet Med Sci
A field trial on three commercial farms evaluated a combined vaccine targeting PCV2a/d, Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, and Mycoplasma hyorhinis. Vaccinated pigs showed improved average daily weight gain, stronger immune responses against these pathogens, and significantly reduced viral and mycoplasmal loads and lesion severity, supporting its efficacy under
Suh J, Ham S, Na H, Kang I, Oh T, You Y, Park B, Chae C.   +7 more
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Comparing Different Larval Food Sources and Temperature Regimes for the Rearing of Culicoides obsoletus/scoticus Complex Midges, the Predominant Bluetongue, and Schmallenberg Virus Vectors in Northern Europe

Proceedings, 2020
During the last decade, Europe was confronted with the emergence of two Culicoides-borne viruses, bluetongue virus and Schmallenberg virus. Both diseases caused economic losses in cattle, sheep, and goats. Despite their importance, only limited knowledge
Charlotte Sohier, Severine Matthijs, Nick De Regge   +2 more
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Fibropapillomatosis and Chelonid Alphaherpesvirus 5 Infection in Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtles (Lepidochelys kempii)

Animals, 2021
Fibropapillomatosis (FP), a debilitating, infectious neoplastic disease, is rarely reported in endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii).
Annie Page-Karjian, Liam Whitmore, Brian A. Stacy, Justin R. Perrault, Jessica A. Farrell, Donna J. Shaver, J. Shelby Walker, Hilary R. Frandsen, Elina Rantonen, Craig A. Harms, Terry M. Norton, Charles Innis, Kelsey Yetsko, David J. Duffy   +13 more
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Phylogenetic Analysis of Belgian Small Ruminant Lentiviruses Supports Cross Species Virus Transmission and Identifies New Subtype B5 Strains

Pathogens, 2020
Small ruminant lentiviruses (SRLV) are a group of highly divergent viruses responsible for global and fatal infections in sheep and goats. Since the current phylogenetic classification of these viruses was proposed in 2004, it nowadays consists out of 5 ...
Rodolphe Michiels, Nadjah Radia Adjadj, Nick De Regge   +2 more
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Epidemic Alphaviruses: Ecology, Emergence and Outbreaks

Microorganisms, 2020
Over the past century, the emergence/reemergence of arthropod-borne zoonotic agents has been a growing public health concern. In particular, agents from the genus Alphavirus pose a significant risk to both animal and human health.
Sasha R. Azar, Rafael K. Campos, Nicholas A. Bergren, Vidyleison N. Camargos, Shannan L. Rossi   +4 more
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Alternative lifestyles: A plague persistence hypothesis

Ecosphere, 2023
Several explanations have been posited for how the plague bacterium (Yersinia pestis) reemerges during sylvatic cycles within the same foci over many years, and often without direct evidence of host die‐offs.
Jeffrey Wimsatt, David A. Eads, Marc R. Matchett, Dean E. Biggins   +3 more
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Nationwide Screening for Important Bee Viruses in Belgian Honey Bees

Proceedings, 2020
The ecological and economic importance of bees for pollination and biodiversity is well established. The health of bees is, however, threatened by a multitude of factors, including viruses.
Severine Matthijs, Nick De Regge
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WGS- versus ORF5-Based Typing of PRRSV: A Belgian Case Study

Viruses, 2021
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is the causative agent of one of the most widespread and economically devastating diseases in the swine industry.
Frank Vandenbussche, Elisabeth Mathijs, Marylène Tignon, Tamara Vandersmissen, Ann Brigitte Cay   +4 more
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Enzootic plague reduces survival of Mexican woodrats (Neotoma mexicana) in Colorado

Ecosphere, 2021
Plague is a flea‐vectored disease introduced to North America c. 1900. It is lethal to many American mammal species, causes major die‐offs (epizootics) in some populations, and may be ecologically disruptive even at lower interepizootic (enzootic) levels
Dean E. Biggins, Shantini Ramakrishnan, Tonie E. Rocke, Judy L. Williamson, Jeffrey Wimsatt   +4 more
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