A low-protein soybean-free diet improves carcass traits and meat quality and modulates the colonic microbiota in Daweizi pigs by Haohua Fu, Taoming Yang, Hengjia Ni, Hengjia Ni, Jing Li, Fenfen Liu, Jingbo Liu, Yulong Yin, Yulong Yin

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Dual M. tuberculosis/M. bovis Infection as the Cause of Tuberculosis in a Gorilla and a Lioness, Respectively, in Ibadan Zoo, Nigeria by Aina Adeogun, Olutayo Omobowale, Chiaka Owuamanam, Olugbenga Alaka, Victor Taiwo, Dick van Soolingen, Simeon Cadmus

“…Tuberculosis (TB) in zoo animals is an important public health problem in places where it occurs. …”
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Production of β-lactoglobulin (BLG) gene knock- out blastocyst stage embryos of Indian water buffalo using CRISPR and SCNT technology by Aseem Tara, Priyanka Singh, Devika Gautam, Gaurav Tripathi, Shreya Malhotra, Sacchinandan De, Manoj K. Singh, Naresh L. Selokar

“…In India, the buffalo is the main dairy animal and contributes 45% of the total milk produced in the country. …”
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Post-treatment of rat aflatoxicosis by camel milk and silymarin by Nahla H. Hassaneen, Shabaan A. Hemeda, Abeer F. El Nahas, Ghadeer M. Albadrani, Muath Q. Al-Ghadi, Zuhair M. Mohammedsaleh, Sabreen E. Fadl, Eman M. El-Diasty, Hader I. Sakr, Hader I. Sakr

“…BackgroundAflatoxins are highly potent mycotoxins that can seriously harm the health of humans and a variety of animal species. On the other hand, camel milk and silymarin offer a variety of positive effects for many animal species. …”
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Comparative performance of tuberculin and defined-antigen cocktails for detecting bovine tuberculosis in BCG-vaccinated cattle in natural settings by Abebe Fromsa, Andrew J. K. Conlan, Sreenidhi Srinivasan, Balako Gumi, Wegene Bedada, Miserach Zeleke, Dawit Worku, Matios Lakew, Biniam Tadesse, Berecha Bayissa, Asegedech Sirak, Musse Girma Abdela, Getnet Abie Mekonnen, Tesfaye Chibssa, Maroudam Veerasami, Gareth J. Jones, H. Martin Vordermeier, Nick Juleff, James L. N. Wood, Gobena Ameni, Vivek Kapur

“…A key requirement for vaccination strategies using BCG is the validation of defined antigens to differentiate infections among vaccinated animals (DIVA). We compared tuberculin with DIVA peptide cocktails (ESAT-6, CFP-10, and Rv3615c) in 67 unvaccinated and 67 BCG-vaccinated cattle exposed to M. bovis in a natural setting. …”
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Protecting Your Family and Pets from Rabies by Holly K. Ober

“…Ober, explains what rabies is and how it spreads, which animals can get rabies, the symptoms, how common it is, how you can limit its spread, and what to do after a wild animal bite. …”
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How the Veterinary Feed Directive Affects Cattle Owners by Matt Hersom, Todd Thrift, Joel Yelich

“… The Veterinary Feed Directive (VRD) is a federal regulation from the Food and Drug Administration that will change the additives that can be included in animal feed, the ways in which cattle producers manage their animals and veterinarians interact with cattle owners, and the products available for use on the ranch. …”
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Protecting Your Family and Pets from Rabies by Holly K. Ober

“…Ober, explains what rabies is and how it spreads, which animals can get rabies, the symptoms, how common it is, how you can limit its spread, and what to do after a wild animal bite. …”
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How the Veterinary Feed Directive Affects Cattle Owners by Matt Hersom, Todd Thrift, Joel Yelich

“… The Veterinary Feed Directive (VRD) is a federal regulation from the Food and Drug Administration that will change the additives that can be included in animal feed, the ways in which cattle producers manage their animals and veterinarians interact with cattle owners, and the products available for use on the ranch. …”
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Physical and sensory properties of meltique beef steak injected with virgin coconut oil emulsion by Apriantini Astari, Cipta Dainy Nunung, Humayrah Wardina, Nurzahra Kania, Lesa Aditia Edit

“…The consumption of animal-based protein in Indonesia remains low, necessitating efforts to increase its intake, particularly through beef. …”
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Spinal Cord Pathology in Alpha-Synuclein Transgenic Mice by Sonja Mendritzki, Saskia Schmidt, Teresa Sczepan, Xin-Ran Zhu, Daniel Segelcke, Hermann Lübbert

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A Potential Linking between Vitamin D and Adipose Metabolic Disorders by Zhiguo Miao, Shan Wang, Yimin Wang, Liping Guo, Jinzhou Zhang, Yang Liu, Qiyuan Yang

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Prevalence and risk factors of teat end hyperkeratosis in cows from the Urals region of Russia by A.S. Barkova, V.V. Verkhoturov

“…Diseases of the dairy herd negatively affect the period of economic use of animals, the volume of milk production and its quality. …”
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Case report: Neuroendocrine carcinoma of the nasal cavity in a roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) by Gorazd Vengušt, Diana Žele Vengušt, Carlo Cantile, Mitja Gombač, Kristina Tekavec, Tanja Švara

“…Neuroendocrine tumors of the nasal cavity are rare in both animals and humans. This report describes the macroscopic, histopathological and immunohistochemical characteristics of a neuroendocrine tumor in a three-year-old female roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) that was shot due to a facial deformity caused by an oval, firm, exophytic lesion effacing the left frontal and parietal regions. …”
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ANTHRAX GLOBAL EPIZOOTOLOGY. 2. DISEASE INCIDENCE IN HUMANS AS INDICATOR OF EPIZOOTIC AND RISK FACTORS by V. V. Makarov, N. Ya. Makhamat

“…Consumption of infected products from domestic (up to 70%) and wild animals prevails among the trivial risk factors of zoonogenous infection in humans, while consumption of meat from domestic animals and contacts with diseased animals prevail among the lethality risk factors. …”
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Gut microbiota and bacterial associations in monkeys with gastrointestinal diseases in the setting of helminth infestation by V. A. Kalashnikova, T. P. Egorova, A. V. Demerchyan, V. I. Polyakova, Y. I. Lenshina, D. A. Ilyazyants, I. M. Arshba

“…Helminth infestations were detected in 22.0% of the diseased animals and in 30.2% of the dead ones. Trichocephalus trichiurus was found in 93.3% of the diseased and in 99.7% of the dead monkeys, Strongyloides sp. – in 12.2% of the diseased and in 3.3% of the dead animals. …”
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Regulation of ofloxacin resistance in Escherichia coli strains causing calf diarrhea by quorum-sensing acyl-homoserine lactone signaling molecules by Zi Wang, Zi Wang, Zi Wang, Miao Sun, Yongqiang Wang, Yongqiang Wang, Jinchuan Shi, Wei Gao, Dongxu Han, Fanjun Zeng, Sanren, Liyin Du, Liyin Du, Hongxia Ma, Kai Liu, Kai Liu, Kai Liu

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Mimosapudica L. aqueous extract protects mice against pilocarpine–picrotoxin kindling-induced temporal lobe epilepsy, oxidative stress, and alteration in GABAergic/cholinergic path... by Hart Mann Alain Youbi Mambou, Simon Pale, Orelien Sylvain Mtopi Bopda, Vanessa Tita Jugha, Nji Seraphin Ombel Musa, Tambong Ako Ojongnkpot, Bertrand Yuwong Wanyu, Raymond Bess Bila, Rashed N. Herqash, Abdelaaty A. Shahat, Germain Sotoing Taiwe

“…This study sought to investigate the effects of the aqueous extract of Mimosa pudica leaves and stems against pilocarpine–picrotoxin kindling-induced temporal lobe epilepsy in mice and its implication on oxidative/nitrosative stress, GABAergic/cholinergic signalling, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression. The animals were treated for seven consecutive days as follows: one normal group and one negative control group that received orally distilled water; four test groups that received orally four doses of Mimosa pudica (20, 40, 80, and 160 mg/kg), respectively; and one positive control group that received 300 mg/kg sodium valproate intraperitoneally. …”
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Corrigendum to “Pulsed electric field (PEF) processing of microalga Chlorella vulgaris and its digestibility in broiler feed” [Poultry Science, Volume 103, Issue 6, June 2024, 1037... by Sofie Van Nerom, Kobe Buyse, Filip Van Immerseel, Johan Robbens, Evelyne Delezie

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Development and use of indirect liquid-phase ELISA test system for detection of PRRS virus antigen during in-process control of raw materials intended for vaccine production by Ye. P. Baborenko, O. P. Byadovskaya, D. A. Biryuchenkov, A. V. Konstantinov, R. V. Yashin

“…The main disease control measures include preventive vaccination and animal movement control within and outside the country as well as diagnostic testing of pigs in the population. …”
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