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Cattle, sheep and pigs vaccinated against foot and mouth disease: does trade in these animals and their products present a risk of transmitting the disease?
and mouth disease (FMD) status of a country or region has a profound bearing on access to export markets for live animals and animal products. In countries without FMD-free status, and in accordance ...
Qualitative risk assessment in a data-scarce environment: a model to assess the impact of control measures on spread of African Swine Fever.
strengthening of surveillance and control measures would mitigate the risk of disease spread. Based on a generic model outlining disease introduction, spread and endemicity in a region, the impact of risk ...
Phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of Brucella strains isolated from cattle in the Gambia.
Thirty-five serum samples and six hygroma fluid samples were collected from sexually mature cattle in one herd with clinical signs of brucellosis (abortion and hygromas) in the Western Region of the Gambia in ...
No H- and L-type cases in Belgium in cattle diagnosed with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (1999-2008) aging seven years and older.
Western blot with five antibodies recognising different regions of PrPres, from N- to C-terminus: 12B2, 9A2, Sha31, SAF84 and 94B4. All antibodies clearly detected PrPres except 12B2 antibody, which is ...
Passive protection afforded by maternally-derived antibodies in chickens and the antibodies' interference with the protection elicited by avian influenza-inactivated vaccines in progeny.
vaccination can be applied when a disease has become enzootic in a country or region. The final goal of the approach is to control or eradicate the disease within the country. This is a long-term vaccination ...
Fine quantification of avian influenza H5N1 escape mutant quasispecies populations using mutation-specific real-time PCR.
G mutation could be observed. On the contrary, as expected from the inaccessibility of the HA2 region to antibodies, the HA2 mutation increased in frequency by factors unrelated to mAb-driven selection. This ...
Rapid detection of Eurasian and American H7 subtype influenza A viruses using a single TaqManMGB real-time RT-PCR.
Chain Reaction Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms Abstract: A real-time reverse transcription PCR (RRT- PCR) targeting a highly conserved HA2 H7 region was developed for the detection of all H7 subtype ...
The most likely time and place of introduction of BTV8 into Belgian ruminants.
indicators. The original introduction of BTV into the region probably occurred during spring 2006 near to the National Park of Hautes Fagnes and Eifel when Culicoides become active. CONCLUSIONS / SIGNIFICANCE: ...
Trace elements in home-produced eggs in Belgium: levels and spatiotemporal distribution.
microg/kg for mercury. Analysis of variance determined significant differences in some trace element concentrations in eggs among seasons and regions in Belgium. Average concentrations of arsenic, cadmium and ...
Epidemiological study of bovine norovirus infection by RT-PCR and a VLP-based antibody ELISA.
diarrhoeic calves screened by RT- PCR. Nucleotide sequencing performed on the polymerase region classified all the norovirus amplicons in the bovine norovirus genotype 2. Rather surprisingly, some rotavirus ...