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Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in small ruminants from four Caribbean islands

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite capable of infecting all warm-blooded animals including livestock. In these animals, the parasite forms cysts in the tissues which may pose a risk to public health if infected meat is consumed ...
Clare M Hamilton, Frank Katzer, Elisabeth A Innes, Patrick J Kelly   +3 more
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4D biofabrication via instantly generated graded hydrogel scaffolds

Bioactive Materials, 2022
Formation of graded biomaterials to render shape-morphing scaffolds for 4D biofabrication holds great promise in fabrication of complex structures and the recapitulation of critical dynamics for tissue/organ regeneration.
Aixiang Ding, Sang Jin Lee, Sriramya Ayyagari, Rui Tang, Cong Truc Huynh, Eben Alsberg   +5 more
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Toxoplasma gondii in livestock in St. Kitts and Nevis, West Indies

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Toxoplasma gondii is a ubiquitous protozoan parasite capable of infecting all warm-blooded animals including livestock. In these animals, the parasite forms cysts in the tissues which may pose a risk to public health if infected meat is ...
Clare M Hamilton, Patrick J Kelly, Paul M Bartley, Alison Burrells, Alice Porco, Deidra Metzler, Kirsten Crouch, Jennifer K Ketzis, Elisabeth A Innes, Frank Katzer   +9 more
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Targeted FMD Vaccines for Eastern Africa: The AgResults Foot and Mouth Disease Vaccine Challenge Project

Viruses, 2021
As one of the most infectious livestock diseases in the world, foot and mouth disease (FMD) presents a constant global threat to animal trade and national economies.
Jef M. Hammond, Badi Maulidi, Nina Henning   +2 more
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Functional Optical Coherence Tomography for Intrinsic Signal Optoretinography: Recent Developments and Deployment Challenges

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
Intrinsic optical signal (IOS) imaging of the retina, also termed as optoretinogram or optoretinography (ORG), promises a non-invasive method for the objective assessment of retinal function.
Tae-Hoon Kim, Guangying Ma, Taeyoon Son, Xincheng Yao, Xincheng Yao   +4 more
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Precision worm control in grazing lambs by targeting group treatment based on performance of sentinels

Animal, 2021
Given the economic impact of gastrointestinal nematode infection on livestock farming worldwide, and increasing anthelmintic resistance, it is imperative to develop practical, efficient and sustainable control strategies.
L.A. Melville, A. Hayward, E.R. Morgan, D.J. Shaw, D. McBean, L. Andrews, A. Morrison, F. Kenyon   +7 more
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Exact Probability Landscapes of Stochastic Phenotype Switching in Feed-Forward Loops: Phase Diagrams of Multimodality

Frontiers in Genetics, 2021
Feed-forward loops (FFLs) are among the most ubiquitously found motifs of reaction networks in nature. However, little is known about their stochastic behavior and the variety of network phenotypes they can exhibit.
Anna Terebus, Anna Terebus, Farid Manuchehrfar, Youfang Cao, Youfang Cao, Jie Liang   +5 more
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Evaluation of the Protective Efficacy of Different Doses of a Chlamydia abortus Subcellular Vaccine in a Pregnant Sheep Challenge Model for Ovine Enzootic Abortion

Animals
Chlamydia abortus causes the disease ovine enzootic abortion, which is one of the most infectious causes of foetal death in small ruminants worldwide. While the disease can be controlled using live and inactivated commercial vaccines, there is scope for ...
Morag Livingstone, Kevin Aitchison, Javier Palarea-Albaladejo, Francesca Chianini, Mara Silvia Rocchi, Sergio Gastón Caspe, Clare Underwood, Allen Flockhart, Nicholas Wheelhouse, Gary Entrican, Sean Ranjan Wattegedera, David Longbottom   +11 more
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An EU Level Analysis of Several Youth Unemployment Related Factors

Studies in Business and Economics, 2018
Over the last decades, youth unemployment has attracted serious attention of the public, politicians and researchers of social phenomena. Economic and sociological literature of the past 20-30 years abounds in studies aiming at clarifying the causes of ...
Mursa Gabriel Claudiu, Iacobuţă Andreea-Oana, Zanet Maria   +2 more
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First report of Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in wild-caught Caribbean African green monkeys

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite capable of infecting all warm-blooded animals. Humans can become infected by ingesting infective oocysts from the environment or contaminated food or water, or by ingesting tissue cysts in undercooked ...
Clare M Hamilton, Frank Katzer, Amy Beierschmitt, Esteban Soto, Elisabeth A Innes, Patrick J Kelly   +5 more
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