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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, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
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BMC Veterinary Research 2009, 5 :17
The relationship between sheep farm size and the number of scrapie cases is not linear, possibly due to reporting artefacts or biological effects, and this needs to be taken into account in predictive modelling and surveillance planning.
BMC Veterinary Research 2009, 5 :9
Young lambs homozygous for the VRQ allele of the PrP gene can be orally infected with scrapie, providing a reliable model in which to study uptake and dissemination of prions in the natural host.
BMC Veterinary Research 2009, 5 :8
Post-mortems have revealed atypical scrapie in three elderly sheep from a supposedly scrapie-free UK research flock founded from New Zealand imports, suggesting that atypical scrapie can arise spontaneously in flocks free of classical scrapie.
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Dog ecology and demography in Antananarivo, 2007 Maherisoa Ratsitorahina, Jhon H Rasambainarivo, Soloherilala Raharimanana, Hary Rakotonandrasana, Marie-Perle Andriamiarisoa, Fidilalao A Rakalomanana, Vincent Richard BMC Veterinary Research 2009, 5 :21 (1 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Biofilm forming abilities of Salmonella are correlated with persistence in fish meal- and feed factories Lene K Vestby, Trond M BMC Veterinary Research 2009, 5 :20 (27 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Experimental infection of Foxes with European bat Lyssaviruses type-1 and 2 Florence Cliquet, Evelyne Picard-Meyer, Jacques Barrat, Sharon M Brookes, Derek M Healy, Marine Wasniewski, Estelle Litaize, M BMC Veterinary Research 2009, 5 :19 (19 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Follow-up of Bernese Mountain dogs and other dogs with serologically diagnosed Borrelia burgdorferi infection: What happens to seropositive animals? Bernhard Gerber, Katharina Haug, Simone Eichenberger, Claudia E Reusch, Max M Wittenbrink BMC Veterinary Research 2009, 5 :18 (8 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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On the question of proportionality of the count of observed Scrapie cases and the size of holding Dankmar B BMC Veterinary Research 2009, 5 :17 (6 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Comparison of strategies for substantiating freedom from scrapie in a sheep flock Benoit Durand, Marie-Jos BMC Veterinary Research 2009, 5 :16 (30 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Correspondence
Linkages between animal and human health sentinel data Matthew Scotch, Lynda Odofin, Peter Rabinowitz BMC Veterinary Research 2009, 5 :15 (23 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A novel Respiratory Health Score (RHS) supports a role of acute lung damage and pig breed in the course of an Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae infection Doris Hoeltig, Isabel Hennig-Pauka, Kerstin Thies, Thomas Rehm, Martin Beyerbach, Katrin Strutzberg-Minder, Gerald F Gerlach, Karl-Heinz Waldmann, FUGATO-consortium IRAS BMC Veterinary Research 2009, 5 :14 (21 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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Expression levels of immune markers in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae infected pigs and their relation to breed and clinical symptoms Laurentiu Benga, Doris Hoeltig, Thomas Rehm, Hermann-Josef Rothkoetter, Reinhard Pabst, Peter Valentin-Weigand, FUGATO-consortium IRAS BMC Veterinary Research 2009, 5 :13 (21 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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A time series model of the occurrence of gastric dilatation-volvulus in a population of dogs Michael Levine, George E Moore BMC Veterinary Research 2009, 5 :12 (15 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Short report
Detection of novel insect flavivirus sequences integrated in Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Northern Italy David Roiz, Ana Vazquez, Mari Paz Sanchez-Seco, Antonio Tenorio, Annapaola Rizzoli Virology Journal 2009, 6 :93 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Characterization of subcellular localization of duck enteritis virus UL51 protein Shen Chanjuan, Guo Yufei, Cheng Anchun, Wang Mingshu, Zhou Yi, Lin Dan, Xin Hongyi, Zhang Na Virology Journal 2009, 6 :92 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Computer tomographic investigation of subcutaneous adipose tissue as an indicator of body composition Fintan J McEvoy, Mads T Madsen, Mai B Nielsen, Eiliv L Svalastoga Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2009, 51 :28 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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An imbalance between apoptosis and proliferation contributes to follicular persistence in polycystic ovaries in rats Natalia R Salvetti, Carolina G Panzani, Eduardo J Gimeno, Leandro G Neme, Natalia S Alfaro, Hugo H Ortega Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2009, 7 :68 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Simultaneous differential detection of Chlamydophila abortus, Chlamydophila pecorum and Coxiella burnetii from aborted ruminant's clinical samples using multiplex PCR Mustapha Berri, Abdessalem Rekiki, Karim Sidi Boumedine, Annie Rodolakis BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :130 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Brief communication
A study of duration of digital dermatitis lesions after treatment in a Danish dairy herd Bodil H Nielsen, Peter T Thomsen, Jan T Soerensen Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2009, 51 :27 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Analysis of host- and strain-dependent cell death responses during infectious salmon anemia virus infection in vitro Berit L Schiotz, Espen S Baekkevold, Lene C Poulsen, Siri Mjaaland, Tor Gjoen Virology Journal 2009, 6 :91 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Acute heat stress brings down milk secretion in dairy cows by up-regulating the activity of the milk-borne negative feedback regulatory system Nissim Silanikove, Fira Shapiro, Dima Shinder BMC Physiology 2009, 9 :13 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Tularemia induces different biochemical responses in BALB/c mice and common voles Hana Bandouchova, Jana Sedlackova, Miroslav Pohanka, Ladislav Novotny, Martin Hubalek, Frantisek Treml, Frantisek Vitula, Jiri Pikula BMC Infectious Diseases 2009, 9 :101 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV) isolated from the ISA disease outbreaks in Chile diverged from ISAV isolates from Norway around 1996 and was disseminated around 2005, based on surface glycoprotein gene sequences Frederick S.B. Kibenge, Marcos G Godoy, Yingwei Wang, Molly J.T. Kibenge, Valentina Gherardelli, Soledad Mansilla, Angelica Lisperger, Miguel Jarpa, Geraldine Larroquete, Fernando Avendano, Marcela Lara, Alicia Gallardo Virology Journal 2009, 6 :88 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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