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African Swine Fever: Prevalence, Farm Characteristics, Farmer’s Insight and Attitude toward Reporting of African Swine Fever Cases in the Northwest, West, Littoral and Southwest Regions of Cameroon

Agriculture, 2021
The African swine fever virus (ASFV) has been circulating in and ravaging the swine industry in Cameroon for decades. Annual ASFV epidemics occur in Cameroon from April to August.
Ebanja Joseph Ebwanga, Stephen Mbigha Ghogomu, Jan Paeshuyse   +2 more
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Construction of Antibody Phage Libraries and Their Application in Veterinary Immunovirology

Antibodies, 2020
Antibody phage display (APD) technology has revolutionized the field of immunovirology with its application in viral disease diagnostics and antiviral therapy.
Shahbaz Bashir, Jan Paeshuyse
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African Swine Fever in Cameroon: A Review

Pathogens, 2021
African swine fever (ASF) is a hemorrhagic contagious porcine disease caused by the African swine fever virus. The disease poses enormous problems to the pork industry with pig mortality ranging from 30% to 100%, depending on the virulence of the virus ...
Ebanja Joseph Ebwanga, Stephen Mbigha Ghogomu, Jan Paeshuyse   +2 more
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Why Were Zebras Not Domesticated? A Review of Domesticability Traits and Tests of Their Role in Ungulate Domestications with Macroevolutionary Models

Animals
Since Darwin, many evolutionary and behavioral researchers have considered the role of phenotypic traits that favor the domestication of nonhuman animals.
Netzin G. Steklis, Mateo Peñaherrera-Aguirre, Horst Dieter Steklis, Isabel Herrera   +3 more
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Epidemiological Dynamics of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in the Horn of Africa: The Role of Virus Diversity and Animal Movement

Viruses, 2023
The Horn of Africa is a large area of arid and semi-arid land, holding about 10% of the global and 40% of the entire African livestock population. The region’s livestock production system is mainly extensive and pastoralist.
Fanos Tadesse Woldemariyam, Christopher Kinyanjui Kariuki, Joseph Kamau, Annebel De Vleeschauwer, Kris De Clercq, David J. Lefebvre, Jan Paeshuyse   +6 more
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Nay to Prey: Challenging the View of Horses as a “Prey” Species

Animals
This paper challenges the prevalent characterization of domesticated horses as prey species that inherently view humans as predators. Drawing on evolutionary, ethological, and cognitive evidence, we propose the “mutualistic coevolution hypothesis”, which
Netzin G. Steklis, Mateo Peñaherrera-Aguirre, Horst Dieter Steklis   +2 more
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Rational Use of Herbal Products in Pediatric Patients Treated With Anticancer Drugs in the European Union

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction The use of herbal medical preparation (HMP) is rising among pediatric oncology patients, often to manage treatment‐related symptoms. Their effectiveness remains uncertain, and the risk of herb–drug interactions is underestimated.
Orianne Mahot, Mathieu Corvaisier, Laurence Spiesser‐Robelet, Mylène Duplan, Isabelle Pellier, Delphine Bourneau‐Martin, Séverine Derbré   +6 more
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Comparative analysis based on shared amplicon sequence variants reveals that cohabitation influences gut microbiota sharing between humans and dogs

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
IntroductionThe One Health concept is a comprehensive understanding of the interaction between humans, animals, and the environment. The cohabitation of humans and pets positively affects their physical, mental, and social well-being. It is recognized as
Yutaro Ito, Miho Nagasawa, Kahori Koyama, Kohei Ito, Takefumi Kikusui   +4 more
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Risk Factor Assessment, Sero-Prevalence, and Genotyping of the Virus That Causes Foot-and-Mouth Disease on Commercial Farms in Ethiopia from October 2018 to February 2020

Agriculture, 2021
A cross-sectional serological, active outbreak search and a questionnaire-based survey were carried out to investigate foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) sero-epidemiology in Ethiopia.
Fanos Tadesse Woldemariyam, Annebel De Vleeschauwer, Nato Hundessa, Ayelech Muluneh, Daniel Gizaw, Susanne Tinel, Kris De Clercq, David Lefebvre, Jan Paeshuyse   +8 more
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Development and Human-Animal Interaction [PDF]

Human Development, 2014
Over the past several decades there has been a steady increase in research on human-animal interaction (HAI). Dozens of measures have been developed [see Anderson, 2007] to understand peoples’ attachment to animals and connections between those relations with health and psychological outcomes.
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