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Establishing the spread of bluetongue virus at the end of the 2006 epidemic in Belgium.
of herds with confirmed clinical infected ruminants. A cross-sectional serological survey targeting all Belgian ruminants was then undertaken during the vector-free season. The first objective of this ...
Foot-and-mouth disease vaccine potency testing in cattle using homologous and heterologous challenge strains: precision of the "Protection against Podal Generalisation" test.
relatedness of the vaccine strain and circulating field isolate. The “Gold Standard” FMD vaccine potency test is the in vivo test performed in the target species. The objective of the study was to determine the ...
Use of continuous results to compare ELISAs for the detection of antibodies to non-structural proteins of foot-and-mouth disease virus.
and a working example is presented to show how these likelihood ratios might be used in an objective approach to deciding the true infection status of surveyed populations. Health Topics: Animal health ...
Influenza vaccines and vaccination strategies in birds.
during circulation in poultry. Therefore, the final objective of poultry vaccination against AI must be eradication of the virus and the disease. Actually, important differences exist in the control of ...
European Pharmacopoeia foot-and-mouth disease vaccine potency testing in cattle: between test variability and its consequences.
event of a foot-and-mouth (FMD) outbreak in a densely populated livestock area within the European Community, emergency vaccination will most likely be employed. The objective of the present study was to ...
TSE detected in a Belgian ARR-homozygous sheep via active surveillance.
are genetically controlled. Consequently, the selection of sheep with scrapie-resistant genotypes is currently one of the most important objectives of the sheep breeding associations. However, during ...
Detection of polymorphisms in the prion protein gene in the Belgian sheep population: some preliminary data.
protein (PRNP) gene. The most important polymorphisms appear to be at codons 136, 154, and 171. The objective of this study was to investigate the polymorphisms at these codons in the Belgian sheep ...
The diversity of microorganisms associated with Acromyrmex leafcutter ants.
previous studies on social insects, which targeted specific groups of symbionts occurring in the gut (termites, Tetraponera ants) or in specialised cells (Camponotus ants) the objective of our present study ...
DNA ploidy and nuclear morphometric variables for the evaluation of melanocytic tumors in dogs and cats.
Biopsy Cat Diseases Cats Densitometry DNA, Neoplasm Dog Diseases Dogs Melanoma Ploidies Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To determine the prognostic importance of the DNA content and nuclear morphometric variables in ...
Effects of inhalation of dust and endotoxin on respiratory tracts of pigs.
Inhalation Exposure L-Lactate Dehydrogenase Leukocyte Count Lung Nasal Lavage Fluid Radioimmunoassay Random Allocation Respiratory Tract Diseases Swine Swine Diseases Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects ...