Section Editors
- Wolfgang Baeumer, NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine
- Patrick Boerlin, University of Guelph
- Patrick Butaye, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre
- Jose J Ceron, University of Murcia
- Javier Guitian, The Royal Veterinary College
- Manfred Kietzmann, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover
- Peter Leegwater, Utrecht University
- Cheryl London, The Ohio State University
- Alun Williams, The Royal Veterinary College
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- Hayley Henderson, BioMed Central
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BMC Veterinary Research 2013, 9:92NSAID therapy in canine surgery pain control
A treatment regimen of a new NSAID, robenacoxib, by subcutaneous injection followed by oral tablets, demonstrates good tolerability and non inferior efficacy compared to meloxicam for the management of perioperative pain and inflammation associated with soft tissue surgery in dogs.
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BMC Veterinary Research 2013, 9:31Differences in furious and paralytic rabies
Lower rabies virus (RV) antigen is found in paralytic rabies compared to furious in several CNS regions of dogs, but is associated with greater brainstem inflammation in paralytic rabies, which could retard RV propagation towards the cerebral hemispheres.
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BMC Veterinary Research 2013, 9:27Bioavailability of oral ivermectin formulations
Assessment of three different oral ivermectin formulations showed no comparable differences in overall kinetic behaviour or systematic exposure in sheep naturally infected with resistant gastrointestinal nematodes, and also demonstrated high prevalence of anthelmintic resistance.
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BMC Veterinary Research 2013, 9:14APP markers in swine disease
Simultaneous infection with H1N1 swine influenza virus and Pasteurella multocida in pigs reveal more severe clinical signs correlated with a marked increase in acute phase protein (APP) concentration, including serum amyloid A, a potential marker for disease severity.
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BMC Veterinary Research 2013, 9:13Its a Dogslife for canine disease
Dogslife, a large internet-based platform, has been developed to recruit and monitor UK-based, pedigree Labrador Retrievers in order to identify environmental and genetic risk factors that could be linked to specific diseases in this breed.
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BMC Veterinary Research 2012, 8:233Polish parrots with psittacosis
Detection of Chlamydophila psittaci in asymptomatic captive parrots in Poland reveals widespread dissemination of this bacteria, highlighting a potential zoonotic risk and prompting further large scale PCR screening tests to identify C.psittaci genotypes in this country.
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Featured case report
New protocol for a quicker wound healing in turtles
The use of a tissue optimization-basic protocol employing a radio electric asymmetric conveyer to enhance the healing of soft tissues injuries and wounds of the carapace in turtles could reduce the time of tissue repair in these animals.
BMC Veterinary Research 2013, 9:39Featured review
Sebastian McBride and Daniel Mills review the physiological and psychological factors including behavioural modifications that can improve the ability of the performance horse, however, further research is still required to continue improvement of the equine athlete.
BMC Veterinary Research 2012, 8:180Hot topic
Research article
Evidence of effective scrapie transmission via colostrum and milk in sheep
BMC Veterinary Research 2013, 9:99
Scope
BMC Veterinary Research is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on 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.
It is journal policy to publish work deemed by peer reviewers to be a coherent and sound addition to scientific knowledge and to put less emphasis on interest levels, provided that the research constitutes a useful contribution to the field.
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Section Editor's profile
Patrick Boerlin is currently associate Professor in the Department of Pathobiology at the University of Guelph, Canada.
Dr Boerlin's research activities focus on the molecular epidemiology of bacterial pathogens of animals and of zoonotic agents. In recent years his research focus has been mainly on E. coli and Salmonella from animals, humans, and the environment, but also on some specific Gram-positive pathogens of animals such as Clostridium perfringens and Enterococcus cecorum. A particular emphasis in his laboratory's activities is on antimicrobial resistance and its transfer between bacteria of different origins and ecological compartments.
“Few veterinary journals are freely available to the animal health professions. This essentially limits first hand access to peer-reviewed scientific information in this field to the few who can enjoy costly institutional subscriptions. With its high impact factor in the field of veterinary science, its broad scope, and high quality standards, BMC Veterinary Research is well posed to help fill this gap, and to become a leading journal and important open source of information for people in animal health professions in general. It is also our hope, that, through its open access platform, BMC Veterinary Research can help make the specialized knowledge of veterinary research more widely available to the scientific community at large, thus anchoring it better in the global context of health and biological sciences in general.”
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