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Spatiotemporal variation in the fecal microbiota of mule deer is associated with proximate and future measures of host health
BackgroundMule deer rely on fat and protein stored prior to the winter season as an energy source during the winter months when other food sources...
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LAMA: Lesion-Aware Mixup Augmentation for Skin Lesion Segmentation
Deep learning can exceed dermatologists’ diagnostic accuracy in experimental image environments. However, inaccurate segmentation of images with...
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Landscape Seroprevalence of Three Hemorrhagic Disease-Causing Viruses in a Wild Cervid
Disease plays a major role in sha** wildlife populations worldwide, and changes in landscape conditions can significantly influence risk of...
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First glanders cases detected in Nepal underscore the need for surveillance and border controls
BackgroundGlanders is a transmissible zoonotic disease caused by Burkholderia mallei that infects equids and humans. No glanders cases in equids...
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Specific detection and differentiation of classic goose parvovirus and novel goose parvovirus by TaqMan real-time PCR assay, coupled with host specificity
BackgroundClassic goose parvovirus (cGPV) causes high mortality and morbidity in goslings and Muscovy ducklings. Novel GPV (N-GPV) causes short beak...
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Classical bovine spongiform encephalopathy and chronic wasting disease: two sides of the prion coin
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are a group of progressive and ultimately fatal neurologic diseases of man and animals, all...
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MRI imaging features for predicting macrotrabecular-massive subtype hepatocellular carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis
PurposeTo identify significant MRI features associated with macrotrabecular-massive hepatocellular carcinoma (MTM-HCC), and to assess the...
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Strength of interference screw fixation of meniscus prosthesis matches native meniscus attachments
PurposeMeniscal surgery is one of the most common orthopaedic surgical interventions. Total meniscus replacements have been proposed as a solution...
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of parasitic infections in equids in Ethiopia
We performed this review to determine the weighted prevalence of equids parasitic infections in Ethiopia. Article searches on parasites of equids...
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Chronic wasting disease: a cervid prion infection looming to spillover
The spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD) during the last six decades has resulted in cervid populations of North America where CWD has become...
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Low transmission rates of Equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV) in foals born to seropositive feral mares inhabiting the Amazon delta region despite climatic conditions supporting high insect vector populations
BackgroundMarajó Island, within in the Amazon River Delta, supports numerous bands of feral equids including the genetically distinct Marajoara...
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Review on PRNP genetics and susceptibility to chronic wasting disease of Cervidae
To date, chronic wasting disease (CWD) is the most infectious form of prion disease affecting several captive, free ranging and wild cervid species....
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Classical BSE dismissed as the cause of CWD in Norwegian red deer despite strain similarities between both prion agents
The first case of CWD in a Norwegian red deer was detected by a routine ELISA test and confirmed by western blotting and immunohistochemistry in the...
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The structure and regulation of the E3 ubiquitin ligase HUWE1 and its biological functions in cancer
E3 ligases are a class of critical enzymes that can catalyse the transfer of ubiquitin (Ub) from an E2 enzyme to the substrate and are essential to...
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Identification and genomic analysis of two novel duck-origin GPV-related parvovirus in China
BackgroundSince early 2015, mule duck and Cherry Valley duck flocks have been suffering from short beak and dwarfism syndrome. This widely spreading...
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Fat in mass in primary liver lesions: are usual MRI diagnostic criteria of both malignant and benign liver lesions still applicable?
PurposeTo evaluate the accuracy of the usual MRI diagnostic patterns of primary liver lesions applied to the diagnosis of pathologically proven...
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No evidence of uptake or propagation of reindeer CWD prions in environmentally exposed sheep
BackgroundChronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prion disease of cervids first reported in North America in the 1960s. In Europe, CWD was first...
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Putting the cart before the horse: mixed-methods participatory investigation of working equid harnessing practices in three selected towns of the Oromia national regional state in Ethiopia
BackgroundMillions of working equids provide socio-economic support for many low-income communities worldwide. With the prevalence of harness-related...
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Seroevidence of SARS-CoV-2 spillback to rodents in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo
BackgroundSARS-CoV-2 is believed to have originated from a spillover event, where the virus jumped from bats to humans, leading to an epidemic that...
