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BMC Veterinary Research is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of veterinary science and medicine, including the epidemiology, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of medical conditions of domestic, companion, farm and wild animals, as well as the biomedical processes that underlie their health.
BMC Veterinary Research (ISSN 1746-6148) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, EMBASE, Scopus, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
BMC Veterinary Research 2009, 5 :42
Serodiagnosis is a valuable tool for detecting badgers of any age with the greatest probability of transmitting tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis to cattle.
BMC Veterinary Research 2009, 5 :39
A tumor registry of cats and dogs reveals that the annual incidence rate of cancer was higher in dogs than cats, with cats having more malignant than benign tumors, and purebred animals having more malignant tumors than mixed breeds.
BMC Veterinary Research 2009, 5 :33
Spatial modeling shows that occurrence of classical sheep scrapie in Great Britain is associated with flock size and soil drainage, generating a map that correctly predicts particularly high-risk areas in south Wales.
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Investigation on the occurrence of Echinococcus multilocularis in Central Italy Pietro Calderini, Marta Magi, Simona Gabrielli, Alberto Brozzi, Susanna Kumlien, Goffredo Grifoni, Albertina Iori, Gabriella Cancrini BMC Veterinary Research 2009, 5 :44 (26 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Survival potential of wild type cellulose deficient Salmonella from the feed industry Lene K Vestby, Trond M BMC Veterinary Research 2009, 5 :43 (23 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Performance of TB immunodiagnostic tests in Eurasian badgers (Meles meles ) of different ages and the influence of duration of infection on serological sensitivity Mark A Chambers, Sue Waterhouse, Konstantin Lyashchenko, Richard Delahay, Robin Sayers, R Glyn Hewinson BMC Veterinary Research 2009, 5 :42 (17 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The effect of moxidectin 0,1% vs ivermectin 0,08% on milk production in sheep naturally infected by gastrointestinal nematodes Giuseppe Cringoli, Vincenzo Veneziano, Laura Mezzino, Mariaelena Morgoglione, Saverio Pennacchio, Laura Rinaldi, Vincenzo Salamina BMC Veterinary Research 2009, 5 :41 (12 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Trace metals and over-expression of metallothioneins in bladder tumoral lesions: a case-control study Andr BMC Veterinary Research 2009, 5 :40 (11 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Animal tumour registry of two provinces in northern Italy: incidence of spontaneous tumours in dogs and cats Marta Vascellari, Elisa Baioni, Giuseppe Ru, Antonio Carminato, Franco Mutinelli BMC Veterinary Research 2009, 5 :39 (13 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The evaluation of exposure risks for natural transmission of scrapie within an infected flock Glenda Dexter, Sue C Tongue, Lindsay Heasman, Susan J Bellworthy, Andrew Davis, S Jo Moore, Marion M Simmons, A Robin Sayers, Hugh A Simmons, Danny Matthews BMC Veterinary Research 2009, 5 :38 (9 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Giardia duodenalis in feedlot cattle from the central and western United StatesBruce R Hoar, Robert R Paul, Jennifer Siembieda, Maria das Gracas C Pereira, Edward R Atwill BMC Veterinary Research 2009, 5 :37 (2 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Temporal patterns of inflammatory gene expression in local tissues after banding or burdizzo castration in cattle Wanyong Pang, Bernadette Earley, Torres Sweeney, Vivian Gath, Mark A Crowe BMC Veterinary Research 2009, 5 :36 (23 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Transmissibility studies of vacuolar changes in the rostral colliculus of pigs Timm Konold, John Spiropoulos, Melanie J Chaplin, Leigh Thorne, Yvonne I Spencer, Gerald AH Wells, Steve AC Hawkins BMC Veterinary Research 2009, 5 :35 (18 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Virulence potential of five major pathogenicity islands (SPI-1 to SPI-5) of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis for chickens Ivan Rychlik, Daniela Karasova, Alena Sebkova, Jiri Volf, Frantisek Sisak, Hana Havlickova, Vladimir Kummer, Ariel Imre, Annamaria Szmolka, Bela Nagy BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :268 (19 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Oral malignant melanomas and other head and neck neoplasms in Danish dogs - data from the Danish Veterinary Cancer Registry Louise B Bronden, Thomas Eriksen, Annemarie T Kristensen Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2009, 51 :54 (18 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Assessment of sperm quality traits in relation to fertility in boar semen Neringa Sutkeviciene, Vita Riskeviciene, Aloyzas Januskauskas, Henrikas Zilinskas, Magnus Andersson Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2009, 51 :53 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Identification of horse chestnut coat color genotype using SNaPshot(R) Fernando Rendo, Mikel Iriondo, Carmen Manzano, Andone Estonba BMC Research Notes 2009, 2 :255 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Effects of dietary supplementation of nickel and nickel-zinc on femoral bone structure in rabbits Monika Martiniakova, Radoslav Omelka, Birgit Grosskopf, Hana Chovancova, Peter Massanyi, Peter Chrenek Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2009, 51 :52 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Aural myiasis in a neonate in peninsular Malaysia
Nazni Wasi Ahmad, Anuar Ismail, John Jeffery, Sa'diyah Ibrahim, Azahari Abdul Hadi, Mohd Noor Ibrahim, Heo Chong Chin, Lee Han Lim Parasites & Vectors (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Quantitative TaqMan(R) real-time PCR assays for gene expression normalisation in feline tissues Yvonne Kessler, A. KATRIN Helfer-Hungerbuehler, Valentino Cattori, Marina L. Meli, Bigna Zellweger, Pete Ossent, Barbara Riond, Claudia E. Reusch, Hans Lutz, Regina Hofmann-Lehmann BMC Molecular Biology 2009, 10 :106 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Selection of reference genes for quantitative real-time
PCR in equine in vivo and fresh and frozen-thawed in vitro blastocysts Katrien Smits, Karen Goossens, Ann Van Soom, Jan Govaere, Maarten Hoogewijs, Emilie Vanhaesebrouck, Cesare Galli, Silvia Colleoni, Jo Vandesompele, Luc Peelman BMC Research Notes 2009, 2 :246 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Effects of dietary phytoestrogens on plasma testosterone and triiodothyronine (T3) levels in male goat kids David Gunnarsson, Gunnar Selstam, Yvonne Ridderstrale, Lena Holm, Elisabeth Ekstedt, Andrzej Madej Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2009, 51 :51 (10 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Adhesive threads of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli Esther-Maria Antao, Lothar H Wieler, Christa Ewers Gut Pathogens 2009, 1 :22 (10 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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