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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 Scientific (ISI) and Google Scholar.
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BMC Veterinary Research 2008, 4 :16
Sheep infected with the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) agent were found to display the same clinical signs seen in classical scrapie disease, although intense itching and scratching symptoms manifested earlier in the course of BSE infection.
BMC Veterinary Research 2008, 4 :14
Milk from scrapie-affected ewes is capable of transmitting the infectious prion protein to unaffected, genetically susceptible lambs, although it remains to be determined whether the lambs then develop scrapie disease symptoms.
BMC Veterinary Research 2008, 4 :6
Demographic information about free-roaming dogs from a spaying program in Jaipur, India, that shows half the females are pregnant each year of their 3.4 year average lifespan, could help improve animal birth control efforts.
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Pruritus is a common feature in sheep infected with the BSE agent Timm Konold, Gemma Bone, Alberto Vidal-Diez, Raul Tortosa, Andrew Davis, Glenda Dexter, Peter Hill, Martin Jeffrey, Marion M Simmons, Melanie J Chaplin, Susan J Bellworthy, Christine Berthelin-Baker BMC Veterinary Research 2008, 4 :16 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Cross-sectional prospective survey to study indication-based usage of antimicrobials in animals: results of use in cattle Katariina Thomson, Merja Rantala, Maria Hautala, Satu Pyorala, Liisa Kaartinen BMC Veterinary Research 2008, 4 :15 (14 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Evidence of scrapie transmission via milk Timm Konold, S Jo Moore, Susan J Bellworthy, Hugh A Simmons BMC Veterinary Research 2008, 4 :14 (8 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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No temporal trends in the prevalence of atypical scrapie in British sheep, 2002-2006 K. Marie McIntyre, Victor J del Rio Vilas, Simon Gubbins BMC Veterinary Research 2008, 4 :13 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Identification of differentially expressed genes in ileal Peyer's Patch of scrapie-infected sheep using RNA arbitrarily primed PCR Lars Austb BMC Veterinary Research 2008, 4 :12 (28 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Construction of networks with intrinsic temporal structure from UK cattle movement data M Fred Heath, Matthew C Vernon, Cerian R Webb BMC Veterinary Research 2008, 4 :11 (20 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Progressive Retinal Atrophy in the Border Collie: A new XLPRA Thierry Vilboux, Gilles Chaudieu, Patricia Jeannin, Delphine Delattre, Benoit Hedan, Catherine Bourgain, Guillaume Queney, Francis Galibert, Anne Thomas, Catherine Andr BMC Veterinary Research 2008, 4 :10 (3 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Local spread of classical swine fever upon virus introduction into The Netherlands: Mapping of areas at high risk Gert Jan Boender, Gonnie Nodelijk, Thomas J Hagenaars, Armin RW Elbers, Mart CM de Jong BMC Veterinary Research 2008, 4 :9 (25 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Epithelial expression of mRNA and protein for IL-6, IL-10 and TNF- Miia Riihim BMC Veterinary Research 2008, 4 :8 (23 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Trypanosomosis in The Gambia: prevalence in working horses and donkeys detected by whole genome amplification and PCR, and evidence for interactions between trypanosome species Gina L Pinchbeck, Liam J Morrison, Andy Tait, Joanna Langford, Lucinda Meehan, Saloum Jallow, Jibril Jallow, Amadou Jallow, Robert M Christley BMC Veterinary Research 2008, 4 :7 (20 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Brief communication
Copper deficiency and effects of copper supplementation in herd of red deer (Cervus elaphus) Kjell Handeland, Aksel Bernhoft, Magne S Aartun Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008, 50 :8 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Epidemiology of foot-and-mouth disease in Landhi Dairy Colony, Pakistan, the world largest Buffalo colony Joern Klein, Manzoor Hussain, Munir Ahmad, Muhammad Afzal, Soren Alexandersen Virology Journal 2008, 5 :53 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Extent of genome-wide linkage disequilibrium in Australian Holstein-Friesian cattle based on a high-density SNP panel Mehar S Khatkar, Frank W Nicholas, Andrew R Collins, Kyall R Zenger, Julie A L Cavanagh, Wes Barris, Robert D Schnabel, Jeremy F Taylor, Herman W Raadsma BMC Genomics 2008, 9 :187 (24 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Short report
Pregnancy following homologous prepubertal ovarian transplantation in the dog Jennifer K Pullium, Ross Milner, Gary A Tuma Journal of Experimental & Clinical Assisted Reproduction 2008, 5 :1 (22 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A single nucleotide polymorphism in CAPN1 associated with marbling score in Korean cattle
Hyun Sub Cheong, Du-Hak Yoon, Byung Lae Park, Lyoung Hyo Kim, Joon Seol Bae, Sohg Namgoong, Hae Won Lee, Chang Soo Han, Ji On Kim, Il-Cheong Cheong, Hyoung Doo Shin BMC Genetics 2008, 9 :33 (19 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Genotyping of Chlamydophila psittaci using a new DNA microarray assay based on sequence analysis of omp A genes Konrad Sachse, Karine Laroucau, Helmut Hotzel, Evelyn Schubert, Ralf Ehricht, Peter Slickers BMC Microbiology 2008, 8 :63 (17 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Transcriptome architecture across tissues in the pig Andr BMC Genomics 2008, 9 :173 (16 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Bioinformatic analysis suggests that the Orbivirus VP6 cistron encodes an overlapping gene Andrew E Firth Virology Journal 2008, 5 :48 (14 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ]
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Effects of electromagnetic fields of low frequency and low intensity on rat metabolism Gabriele Gerardi, Antonella De Ninno, Marco Prosdocimi, Vanni Ferrari, Filippo Barbaro, Sandro Mazzariol, Daniele Bernardini, Getullio Talpo BioMagnetic Research and Technology 2008, 6 :3 (1 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Organic selenium supplementation increased selenium concentrations in ewe and newborn lamb blood and in slaughter lamb meat compared to inorganic selenium supplementation Arvid Steen, Turid Str Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008, 50 :7 (31 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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