You are currently viewing a new version of our website. To view the old version click .

Animals, Volume 1, Issue 4

December 2011 - 8 articles

  • Issues are regarded as officially published after their release is announced to the table of contents alert mailing list .
  • You may sign up for email alerts to receive table of contents of newly released issues.
  • PDF is the official format for papers published in both, html and pdf forms. To view the papers in pdf format, click on the "PDF Full-text" link, and use the free Adobe Reader to open them.

Articles (8)

  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
13,906 Views
14 Pages

8 December 2011

Recent interest in greenhouse gas emissions from ruminants, such as cattle, has spawned a need for affordable, precise, and accurate methods for the measurement of gaseous emissions arising from enteric fermentation. A new head hood system for cattle...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
10,239 Views
19 Pages

29 November 2011

In recent years, technologically advanced high-throughput techniques have been developed that replace, reduce or refine animal use in vaccine quality control tests. Following validation, these tests are slowly being accepted for use by international...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
7,011 Views
6 Pages

Signs Observed Among Animal Species Infected with Raccoon Rabies Variant Virus, Massachusetts, USA, 1992–2010

  • Xingtai Wang,
  • Barbara G. Werner,
  • Sandra Smole,
  • Vasil Pani and
  • Linda L. Han

18 November 2011

We analyzed signs occurring among domestic and wild terrestrial animal species infected with raccoon rabies variant virus (RRV) in Massachusetts, 1992–2010. The clinical sign of aggression was significantly associated with rabid stray cats (odds rati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
8,698 Views
12 Pages

Investigation of an Imported Case of Rabies in a Juvenile Dog with Atypical Presentation

  • Nicholas Johnson,
  • Alex Nunez,
  • Denise A. Marston,
  • Graeme Harkess,
  • Katja Voller,
  • Trudy Goddard,
  • Daniel Hicks,
  • Lorraine M. McElhinney and
  • Anthony R. Fooks

18 November 2011

Movement of dogs between rabies-endemic and rabies-free countries carries the inherent risk of introducing the disease. In April of 2008, a juvenile dog was imported to the UK from Sri Lanka. It died shortly after transfer to a quarantine facility in...

  • Review
  • Open Access
39 Citations
12,035 Views
19 Pages

Zoonotic Poxviruses Associated with Companion Animals

  • Danielle M. Tack and
  • Mary G. Reynolds

17 November 2011

Understanding the zoonotic risk posed by poxviruses in companion animals is important for protecting both human and animal health. The outbreak of monkeypox in the United States, as well as current reports of cowpox in Europe, point to the fact that...

  • Review
  • Open Access
26 Citations
13,520 Views
11 Pages

Welfare of Aged Horses

  • Catherine McGowan

31 October 2011

Horses form a unique and special part of their owners’ lives and aged horses are no exception. This review considers the health and management of aged horses, including the role of the owner and their perceptions of aged horses, potential threats or...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
9,262 Views
23 Pages

19 October 2011

This paper examines the vulnerabilities of major livestock species raised in Australia to climate change using the regional livestock profile of Australia of around 1,400 regions. The number of each species owned, the number of each species sold, and...

  • Review
  • Open Access
20 Citations
12,556 Views
17 Pages

26 September 2011

Rabies is an acute, fatal viral disease that infects domestic and wild animals and is transmissible to humans. Worldwide, rabies kills over 55,000 people every year. The domestic dog plays a pivotal role in rabies transmission. Domestic dogs are not...

Get Alerted

Add your email address to receive forthcoming issues of this journal.

XFacebookLinkedIn
Animals - ISSN 2076-2615Creative Common CC BY license