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    • Cornejo Kelly, Javiera; Pokrant Huerta, Ekaterina; Figueroa Vergara, Francisco; Riquelme Fernández, Ricardo; Galdames Alarcón, Pablo; Di Pillo, Francisco; Jiménez Bluhm, Pedro; Hamilton-West Miranda, Christopher (MDPI, 2020)
      Simple Summary Eggs are a readily available and important food source for low income families that raise chicken in their households. It is therefore important to monitor if these products are safe for human consumption ...
    • Alzamora, Alejandra; Lobos Villalobos, Gabriel Antonio (Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre-Reabic, Findandia, 2021)
      Mediterranean biomes have been recognized as having high value due to their diversity; they are under threat due to anthropic pressures. Both freshwater fish and amphibians show high endemism and vulnerability to several ...
    • Mathieu, Christian; Moreno, Valentina; Pedersen, Janice; Jeria, Julissa; Agredo, Michel; Gutiérrez, Cristian; García, Alfonso; Vásquez, Marcela; Avalos, Patricia; Retamal Merino, Patricio (Elsevier, 2015)
      Aquatic and migratory birds, the main reservoir hosts of avian influenza viruses including those with high pathogenic potential, are the wildlife species with the highest risk for viral dissemination across countries and ...
    • Morales, M. A.; Varas, C.; Ibarra, L. (2009)
      The high population of dogs living in the streets, specially in tourist destinations such as Viña del Mar represents a problem, that requires to study some of the characteristics of this population, starting with, the dogs ...
    • Toro, H.; Prusas, C.; Raue, R.; Cerda, L.; Geisse, C.; González, C.; Hess, M. (American Association of Avian Pathologists, 1999)
      Three fowl adenovirus (FAV) isolates (341, 344, and 215) obtained during 1996-97 from field outbreaks of inclusion body hepatitis/hydropericardium syndrome (IBH/HPS) affecting broilers and broiler breeders in Chile were ...
    • Moreno-Switt, Andrea I.; Pezoa, David; Sepúlveda, Vanessa; González, Iván; Rivera, Dácil; Retamal Merino, Patricio; Navarrete Wallace, Paola; Reyes Jara, Angélica; Toro Ibaceta, Magaly (Frontiers Media, 2020)
    • Morales, Nelly; Aldridge, Dennis; Bahamonde, Andrea; Cerda, Julio; Araya, Claudio; Muñoz, Rodrigo; Saldias, María Esther; Lecocq, Claudio; Fresno, Marcela; Abalos Pineda, Pedro; Retamal Merino, Patricio (Wildlife Disease Association, 2017)
      Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis is an intracellular bacteria and the etiologic agent of caseous lymphadenitis in domestic and wildlife species. We report C. pseudotuberculosis infection in Patagonian huemul (Hippocamelus ...
    • Donoso, Álvaro; Paredes, Natalia; Retamal Merino, Patricio (Frontiers Media, 2020)
      The lesser mealworms (Alphitobius diaperinus) constitute a common cosmopolitan pest in poultry flocks andmay colonize the litter in adult and larval forms. Previous studies have documented their potential as carriers of ...
    • Dougnac, C.; Pardo, C.; Meza, K.; Arredondo, C.; Blank, O.; Ábalos Pineda, Pedro Enrique; Vidal, R.; Fernández, R.; Fredes Martínez, Fernando; Retamal Merino, Patricio (Cambridge University Press, 2015)
      Patagonia in southern South America is among the few world regions where direct human impact is still limited but progressively increasing, mainly represented by tourism, farming, fishing and mining activities. The sanitary ...
    • Álvarez Varas, Rocio; Contardo, Juan; Heidemeyer, Maike; Forero Rozo, Lina; Brito, Beatriz; Cortés, Valentina; Brain, María José; Pereira, Sofía; Vianna, Juliana (Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, 2017)
      Bahia Salado, located in northern Chile (27 degrees 41'S, 70 degrees 59'W), is the southernmost foraging ground for the endangered green turtle (Chelonia mydas) in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO). To date, almost no ...
    • Borie Polanco, Consuelo; Bravo Vásquez, Cristian; Dettleff Faúndes, Phillip; Galarce Gálvez, Nicolás; Dorner Ampuero, Jessica; Martínez Moncada, Víctor (Elsevier, 2021)
      Background: Brucella canis is the etiological agent of canine brucellosis, a worldwide neglected zoonosis that constitutes one of the major infectious causes of infertility and reproductive failure in dogs. Although genomic ...
    • Cortés, Sandra; Pozo, Karla; Llanos, Yasna; Martínez, Natalia; Foerster, Claudia; Leiva, Cinthya; Ustáriz, Javier; Přibylová, Petra; Klánová, Jana; Jorquera, Héctor (Elsevier, 2020)
      Chile is a leading agricultural producer and thus consumer of insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides. In Molina, Central Chile, a prospective cohort has been established for studying the incidence and risk factors of ...
    • Rojas, Cristian A. Álvarez; Fredes Martínez, Fernando; Torres, Marisa; Acosta Jamett, Gerardo; Álvarez, Juan Francisco; Pavletic, Carlos; Paredes, Rodolfo; Cortés, Sandra (2016)
      This report summarizes the outcomes of a meeting on cystic echinococcosis (CE) in animals and humans in Chile held in Santiago, Chile, between the 21st and 22nd of January 2016. The meeting participants included representatives ...
    • Castillo, Cristóbal; Neira Ramírez, Víctor; Aniñir, Pamela; Grecco, Sofía; Pérez, Rubén; Panzera, Yanina; Zegpi, Nhur-Aischa; Sandoval, Álvaro; Sandoval, Daniel; Cofré, Sergio; Ortega, René (Frontiers Media, 2020)
      Canine parvovirus type 2 (CPV2) is one of the most important intestinal pathogens in dogs and puppies. CPV2 has been evolved into three genetic and antigenic variants (2a, 2b, and 2c), which are distributed worldwide. We ...
    • Briceño Urzúa, Cristóbal; Yévenes Coa, Karina Andrea; Larraechea Bascuñán, Matilde; Sandoval Rodríguez, Alejandra; Silva de la Fuente, María Carolina; Fredes Martínez, Fernando Guillermo; Hidalgo Olate, Héctor Aníbal; Alcayaga, Valeria; Oyarzun Ruiz, Pablo Enrique; Munita, Cintia; González Acuña, Daniel Alfonso (Brazilian Coll Veterinary Parasitology, 2021)
      Myiopsitta monachus is an invasive psittacine with wide distribution due to the pet trade. Its large communal nests and synanthropic nature contribute to its successful colonization of cities, from where it seems to be ...
    • Agüero Aguirre, Belén; Mena Vásquez, Juan; Berríos, Felipe; Tapia Tapia, Rodrigo; Salinas Gatica, Carlos; Dutta, J.; van Bakel, H.; Mor, S. K.; Brito, B.; Medina, R. A.; Neira Ramírez, Víctor (Elsevier, 2020)
      Porcine respirovirus 1 (PRV1) is an emerging virus in pigs that has been previously described in the USA and China. There are no reports of its presence in the rest of the world. The objective of this study was to determine ...
    • Retamal Merino, Patricio; Fresno, Marcela; Dougnac, Catherine; Gutiérrez, Sindy; Gornall, Vanessa; Vidal, Roberto; Vernal Astudillo, Rolando; Pujol, Myriam; Barreto, Marlen; González Acuña, Daniel; Abalos Pineda, Pedro (Frontiers Research Foundation, 2015)
      Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis is a worldwide zoonotic agent that has been recognized as a very important food-borne bacterial pathogen, mainly associated with consumption of poultry products. The aim of this ...
    • Fernández, Gonzalo; Cichero, Daniela; Patel, Alok; Martínez, Victor (Escuela de Ciencias del Mar, 2015)
      Seriola lalandi has been recognized as a potential aquaculture species in Chile, however, little is known about the genetic structure of local populations. This is important, as the current production system is based on ...
    • Díaz, Fabián; Martínez-Valdebenito, Constanza; López, Javier; Weitzel, Thomas; Abarca Villaseca, Katia (Elsevier, 2018-05)
      The presented study analyzed the presence and geographical distribution of the tropical and temperate lineages of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato in Chile. R. sanguineus s.l. ticks were collected from dogs at 14 sites ...
    • Ipinza Regla, Joaquin; Fernández, Ana María; Morales, María Angélica; Araya Clericus, Jaime (Ediciones Universidad de Concepción, 2017)
      Hermetism, a behavior that isolates ant colonies, was studied in the laboratory between two ant species in Chile, Camponotus morosus Smith and Linepithema humile Mayr. Ants from five nests of C. morosus and L. humile were ...