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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.
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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.
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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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The prevalence of atypical scrapie in sheep from positive flocks is not higher than in the general sheep population in 11 European countries Alexandre Fediaevsky, Cristiana Maurella, Maria Noremark, Francesco Ingravalle, Stefania Thorgeirsdottir, Leonor Orge, Renaud Poizat, Maria Hautaniemi, Barry Liam, Didier Calavas, Giuseppe Ru, Petter Hopp BMC Veterinary Research 2010, 6 :9 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Unchanged triclabendazole kinetics after co-administration with ivermectin and methimazole: failure of its therapeutic activity against triclabendazole-resistant liver flukes Laura Ceballos, Laura Moreno, Luis Alvarez, Laura Shaw, Ian Fairweather, Carlos Lanusse BMC Veterinary Research 2010, 6 :8 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli O157:H7 from Swedish cattle; isolates from prevalence studies versus strains linked to human infections - A retrospective study Anna Aspan, Erik Eriksson BMC Veterinary Research 2010, 6 :7 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Ultrasound imaging in an experimental model of fatty liver and cirrhosis in rats Andreia S Lessa, Bruno D Paredes, Juliana V Dias, Adriana B Carvalho, Luiz Fernando Quintanilha, Christina M Takiya, Bernardo R Tura, Guilherme FM Rezende, Antonio C Campos-de-Carvalho, Celia MC Resende, Regina CS Goldenberg BMC Veterinary Research 2010, 6 :6 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Molecular-based tumour subtypes of canine mammary carcinomas assessed by immunohistochemistry Francesco Sassi, Cinzia Benazzi, Gastone Castellani, Giuseppe Sarli BMC Veterinary Research 2010, 6 :5 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Comparative distribution of human and avian type sialic acid influenza receptors in the pig Rahul K Nelli, Suresh V Kuchipudi, Gavin A White, Belinda Baquero Perez, Stephen P Dunham, Kin-Chow Chang BMC Veterinary Research 2010, 6 :4 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Seroepidemiological study of Q fever in domestic ruminants in semi-extensive grazing systems Francisco Ruiz-Fons, Ianire Astobiza, Jesus F. Barandika, Ana Hurtado, Raquel Atxaerandio, Ramon A. Juste, Ana L. Garcia-Perez BMC Veterinary Research 2010, 6 :3 (20 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A single vaccination with an inactivated bovine respiratory syncytial virus vaccine primes the cellular immune response in calves with maternal antibody Mirjam T.W. van der Sluijs, Eva M. Kuhn, Birgit Makoschey BMC Veterinary Research 2010, 6 :2 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Risk factors associated with within-herd transmission of bovine leukemia virus on dairy farms in Japan Sota Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Tsutsui, Takehisa Yamamoto, Yoko Hayama, Ken-ichiro Kameyama, Misako Konishi, Kenji Murakami BMC Veterinary Research 2010, 6 :1 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Digestibility of Duddingtonia flagrans chlamydospores in ruminants: in vitro and in vivo studies Nadia F Ojeda-Robertos, Juan FJ Torres-Acosta, Arm BMC Veterinary Research 2009, 5 :46 (28 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Apoptosis of resident and inflammatory macrophages before and during the inflammatory response of the virgin bovine mammary gland Zbysek Sladek, Dusan Rysanek Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010, 52 :12 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Reproductive Performance, Udder Health, and Antibiotic Resistance in Mastitis Bacteria isolated from Norwegian Red cows in Conventional and Organic Farming Randi T Garmo, Steinar Waage, Stale Sviland, Britt IF Henriksen, Olav Osteras, Olav Reksen Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010, 52 :11 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Early recurrence of thoracolumbar intervertebral disc extrusion after surgical decompression: a report of three cases Oyvind Stigen, Nina Ottesen, Karin H Jaderlund Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010, 52 :10 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Susceptibility of turkeys to pandemic-H1N1 virus by reproductive tract insemination Mary Pantin-Jackwood, Jamie L Wasilenko, Erica Spackman, David L Suarez, David E Swayne Virology Journal 2010, 7 :27 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Effect of exogenous circulating anti-bPL antibodies on bovine placental lactogen measurements in foetal samples Andrea Vivian Alvarez-Oxiley, Noelita Melo de Sousa, Jean-Luc Hornick, Kamal Touati, Gysbert C Van der Weijden, Marcel AM Taverne, Szenci Otto, Beckers Jean-Francois Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010, 52 :9 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Evaluation of an in-clinic Serum Amyloid A (SAA) assay and assessment of the effects of storage on SAA samples Anna Hillstrom, Harold Tvedten, Inger Lilliehook Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010, 52 :8 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Anthrax outbreak in a Swedish beef cattle herd - 1st case in 27 years: Case report Susanna Sternberg Lewerin, Marianne Elvander, Therese Westermark, Lisbeth Nisu Hartzell, Agneta Karlsson-Norstrom, Sara Ehrs, Rickard Knutsson, Stina Englund, Ann-Christin Andersson, Malin Granberg, Stina Backman, Per Wikstrom, Karin Sandstedt Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010, 52 :7 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Acute paretic syndrome in juvenile White Leghorn chickens resembles late stages of acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies in humans Sophie R Bader, Sonja Kothlow, Sascha Trapp, Susanne CN Schwarz, Hans-Christian Philipp, Steffen Weigend, Ahmad R Sharifi, Rudolf Preisinger, Wolfgang Schmahl, Bernd Kaspers, Kaspar Matiasek Journal of Neuroinflammation 2010, 7 :7 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Characteristics and risk factors for symptomatic Giardia lamblia infections in Germany Werner Espelage, Matthias an der Heiden, Klaus Stark, Katharina Alpers BMC Public Health 2010, 10 :41 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Retrospective space-time analysis of H5N1 Avian Influenza emergence in Thailand Marc Souris, Jean-Paul Gonzalez, Jothiganesh Shanmugasundaram, Victoria Corvest, Pattamaporn Kittayapong International Journal of Health Geographics 2010, 9 :3 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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