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The wild boar ("Sus scrofa") in the eco-epidemiology of "Rickettsia slovaca"
Scientists of the UAB Faculty of Veterinary and Parc Taulí Health Corporation have studied the role that wild boar plays in the epidemiology of Rickettsia slovaca, aetilogical agent of TIBOLA -Tick-borne-lymphadenopathy-, an...
Heat stress influences low conception of dairy herds
Summer heat stress is a main factor related to low conception rates in high producing dairy herds in warm areas worldwide. A research group of UAB Faculty of Veterinary Medicine has studied the impact of several climate variables on conception rates in high producing...
Bovine Spongiforme Encephalopathy in Galicia
Galicia is one of the Spanish regions where the Bovine Spongiforme Encephalopathy (BSE) has more impact. The first case of a cow with BSE took place in 2000 in Galicia. Now, a group of researchers has analysed the geographic distribution of BSE cases and the infection risk...
First report of Neospora caninum abortion in a beef cow-calf herd
Neospora caninum causes abortion both in dairy and beef cattle in many countries. However, comparatively little is known of the disease in beef cattle. We report the first N. caninum-associated abortion in a 7-month gestational age beef cow fetus from...
Artificial canine skin
Researchers at UNIVET, a spin-off of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, in cooperation with the animal nutrition company Affinity Petcare, have developed an artificial cellular model which faithfully reproduces the characteristics of dog skin and which will allow, therefore, the carrying out of various lines of...
