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Animals, Volume 13, Issue 12

June-2 2023 - 159 articles

Cover Story: The rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is an emerging zoonotic parasite, and the primary etiological agent causing eosinophilic meningitis. In the Canary Islands (Spain), it was first discovered parasitizing Rattus rattus on the island of Tenerife. The present study confirms the spread to other islands, including La Gomera and Gran Canaria. In addition to being detected in the definitive host R. rattus, it was also detected in the accidental hosts Mus musculus and Felis catus; and in four terrestrial gastropod species, Limacus flavus, Milax gagates, Insulivitrina emmersoni, and Insulivitrina oromii, as intermediate hosts. This study reinforces the expansion character of A. cantonensis and highlights the importance of knowledge about sentinel species for identifying new transmission locations that help prevent and control the transmission of the parasite. View this paper
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Articles (159)

  • Review
  • Open Access
30 Citations
18,876 Views
18 Pages

Gabapentin: Clinical Use and Pharmacokinetics in Dogs, Cats, and Horses

  • Federica Di Cesare,
  • Viviana Negro,
  • Giuliano Ravasio,
  • Roberto Villa,
  • Susanna Draghi and
  • Petra Cagnardi

20 June 2023

Gabapentin is an anticonvulsant drug, which presents an established clinical efficacy in human patients for the management of refractory partial seizures, secondarily generalized tonic-clonic seizures, and for the control of chronic neuropathic pain....

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,186 Views
16 Pages

Mitochondrial Genome Fragmentation Occurred Multiple Times Independently in Bird Lice of the Families Menoponidae and Laemobothriidae

  • Yalun Dong,
  • Martina Jelocnik,
  • Amber Gillett,
  • Ludovica Valenza,
  • Gabriel Conroy,
  • Dominique Potvin and
  • Renfu Shao

20 June 2023

Mitochondrial (mt) genome fragmentation has been discovered in all five parvorders of parasitic lice (Phthiraptera). To explore whether minichromosomal characters derived from mt genome fragmentation are informative for phylogenetic studies, we seque...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,483 Views
31 Pages

20 June 2023

The small ruminant industry is the most important branch of Greek agriculture. Nevertheless, despite the importance of small ruminant farming for Greece, no detailed mapping of the respective farms has been undertaken and published. The present work...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,239 Views
23 Pages

Impact of Phytase Supplementation on Meat Quality of Heat-Stressed Broilers

  • Clay J. Maynard,
  • Craig W. Maynard,
  • Garrett J. Mullenix,
  • Alison Ramser,
  • Elizabeth S. Greene,
  • Mike R. Bedford and
  • Sami Dridi

20 June 2023

Heat stress (HS) is one of the most challenging stressors to poultry production sustainability. The adverse effects of HS range from feed intake and growth depression to alteration of meat quality and safety. As phytase supplementation is known to im...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,868 Views
11 Pages

Male Reproductive Organ Weight: Criteria for Detection of Androstenone-Positive Carcasses in Immunocastrated and Entire Male Pigs

  • Gregor Fazarinc,
  • Nina Batorek-Lukač,
  • Martin Škrlep,
  • Klavdija Poklukar,
  • Alice Van den Broeke,
  • Kevin Kress,
  • Etienne Labussière,
  • Volker Stefanski,
  • Milka Vrecl and
  • Marjeta Čandek-Potokar

20 June 2023

Immunocastration and rearing of entire males (EMs) are sustainable alternatives to surgical castration. However, these animal carcasses have variable risk of boar taint and should be identified at the slaughter line. We aimed to identify a simple and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,153 Views
15 Pages

20 June 2023

Antiepileptic drugs (e.g., carbamazepine; CBZ) are widely prescribed for various conditions beyond epilepsy, including neurologic and psychiatric disorders. These medications can have both favorable and unfavorable impacts on mood, anxiety, depressio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,053 Views
12 Pages

20 June 2023

Thawed plasma (TP) refers to defrosted fresh frozen plasma stored refrigerated. TP is used in human medicine for the rapid provision of coagulation factors and resuscitation of haemorrhagic shock, but its use in dogs is poorly described. The objectiv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,888 Views
15 Pages

Animal Research in Spain: A Study of Public Perception and Attitudes

  • Andrea Miguel-Batuecas,
  • Manuel Fuertes-Recuero,
  • David Díaz-Regañón,
  • Gustavo Ortiz-Díez,
  • Luis Revuelta and
  • Juan A. De Pablo-Moreno

20 June 2023

Since the time of Hippocrates in the 4th century BC, animal research has been extensively used for various purposes up to the present day. However, the use of animals for research has also been controversial for a long time. We report the findings of...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
17 Citations
2,676 Views
8 Pages

20 June 2023

The cellular events leading to the development of the woody breast myopathy in broiler breast muscle are unclear. Affected woody breast muscle exhibits muscle fiber degeneration/regeneration, connective tissue accumulation, and adverse morphological...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,351 Views
23 Pages

Investigation of the Effect of Three Commercial Water Acidifiers on the Performance, Gut Health, and Campylobacter jejuni Colonization in Experimentally Challenged Broiler Chicks

  • Tilemachos Mantzios,
  • Vasilios Tsiouris,
  • Georgios A. Papadopoulos,
  • Vangelis Economou,
  • Evanthia Petridou,
  • Georgia D. Brellou,
  • Ilias Giannenas,
  • Costas G. Biliaderis,
  • Konstantinos Kiskinis and
  • Paschalis Fortomaris

20 June 2023

This study investigated the effect of three commercial water acidifiers on the performance, gut health, and C. jejuni colonization in experimentally challenged broiler chicks. A total of 192 one-day-old broiler chicks (Ross 308®) were randomly al...

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