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Comparison of the phylogenetic analysis of PFGE profiles and the characteristic of virulence genes in clinical and reptile associated Salmonella strains
BackgroundSalmonella is generally considered as a human pathogen causing typhoid fever and gastrointestinal infections called salmonellosis, with S. ...
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Efficacy of virtual reality for pain relief in medical procedures: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BackgroundEffective pain control is crucial to optimise the success of medical procedures. Immersive virtual reality (VR) technology could offer an...
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Streamlining Disease Risk Analysis for Wildlife Using the Shark Bay Bandicoot as a Model
Disease risk analysis (DRA) is a process for identifying significant disease risks and proposing measures to mitigate those risks. Although numerous...
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Insights into the Host Specificity of Mosquito-Borne Flaviviruses Infecting Wild Mammals
Mosquito-borne flaviviruses (MBFVs) are of public and animal health concern because they cause millions of human deaths annually and impact domestic...
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Species-Spanning Echocardiography: Cardiovascular Insights from Across the Animal Kingdom
Purpose of ReviewThe objective of this review is to present comparative echocardiography as a source of insights for human cardiovascular medicine.
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A review of virulent Newcastle disease viruses in the United States and the role of wild birds in viral persistence and spread
Newcastle disease is caused by virulent strains of Newcastle disease virus (NDV), which causes substantial morbidity and mortality events worldwide...
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Diet, parasites, and other pathogens of Sunda leopard cats (Prionailurus javanensis Desmarest 1816) in Aborlan, Palawan Island, Philippines
This study is the first investigation of parasites and other pathogens present in Sunda leopard cats ( Prionailurus javanensis ) in Aborlan, Palawan,...
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Diversity of Salmonella serotypes from humans, food, domestic animals and wildlife in New South Wales, Australia
BackgroundSalmonella is an important human pathogen in Australia and annual case rates continue to increase. In addition to foodborne exposures,...
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Pioneering, prodigious and perspicacious: Grunya Efimovna Sukhareva’s life and contribution to conceptualising autism and schizophrenia
Grunya Efimovna Sukhareva’s seminal role in being the first to publish a clinical description of autistic traits in 1925, before both Kanner and...
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Identification of a broad spectrum of mammalian and avian species using the short fragment of the mitochondrially encoded cytochrome b gene
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), especially the gene for cytochrome b (MT-CYB), has been found to be highly informative for species identification. In this...
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Non-invasive sampling in Itatiaia National Park, Brazil: wild mammal parasite detection
BackgroundNon-invasive sampling through faecal collection is one of the most cost-effective alternatives for monitoring of free-living wild mammals,...
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Acute intraparenchymal cerebral haemorrhage in an Iberian golden eagle – a case report
BackgroundIn birds there are reports of intracranial lesions but not of the clinical, computed tomographic and histopathologic features of acute...
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Predicting career sector intent and the theory of planned behaviour: survey findings from Australian veterinary science students
BackgroundProducing graduates for a breadth of sectors is a priority for veterinary science programs. Undergraduate career intentions represent...
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The first reptilian circovirus identified infects gut and liver tissues of black-headed pythons
Viral metagenomic analysis of the liver of a black headed python ( Aspidites melanocephalus ) euthanized for a proliferative spinal lesion of unknown...
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First molecular detection and characterization of Marek’s disease virus in red-crowned cranes (Grus japonensis): a case report
BackgroundMarek’s disease virus (MDV) resides in the genus Mardivirus in the family Herpesviridae . MDV is a highly contagious virus that can cause...
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Global avian influenza outbreaks 2010–2016: a systematic review of their distribution, avian species and virus subtype
BackgroundWe conducted a systematic review to investigate avian influenza outbreaks and to explore their distribution, upon avian influenza subtype,...
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Psittacose bij dierenverzorgers van een zoo
Four out of nine (4/9; 44.4%) zoo workers who were exposed to newly arrived lories by cleaning cages and working at the quarantine unit of the zoo of...
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Novel encephalomyelitis-associated astrovirus in a muskox (Ovibos moschatus): a surprise from the archives
BackgroundThe small, single-stranded positive-sense RNA astroviruses are mostly known to be enteric viruses. In recent years, though, different...
