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    • Díaz, Leonela; Gutiérrez, Sebastián; Moreno Switt, Andrea; Herve Lelievre, Luis; Hamilton-West Miranda, Christopher Norman; Padola, Nora Lía; Navarrete Wallace, Paola Alejandra; Reyes Jara, Angélica Sofía; Meng, Jianghong; González Escalona, Narjol; Toro Ibaceta, Magaly Alejandra (MDPI, 2021)
      Simple Summary Cattle are the main reservoir of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), foodborne pathogens that cause severe disease and outbreaks. However, not all STEC cause human illnesses or have the same virulence ...
    • Galarce Gálvez, Nicolás Elías; Sánchez García, Fernando Alonso; Escobar González, Beatriz del Carmen; Lapierre Acevedo, Lisette Nicole; Cornejo Kelly, Javiera; Alegría Morán, Raúl Alejandro; Neira Ramírez, Víctor Manuel; Martínez Moncada, Víctor Agustín; Johnson, Timothy; Fuentes Castillo, Danny; Sano, Elder; Lincopan, Nilton (MDPI, 2021)
      Simple Summary Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are zoonotic pathogens that cause food-borne diseases in humans, where cattle and derived products play a key role as reservoirs and vehicles. We analyzed the ...
    • Rivera, Dácil; Allel, Kasim; Dueñas, Fernando; Tardone, Rodolfo; Soza, Paula; Hamilton-West Miranda, Christopher Norman; Moreno Switt, Andrea I. (MDPI, 2021)
      Simple Summary In this study, for the first time in Chile, we compared resistance profiles of Salmonella strains isolated from 4047 samples from domestic and wild animals. A total of 106 Salmonella strains (2.61%) were ...
    • Palomino Zúñiga, Jaime; Gómez, Camila; Otárola Carrasco, María Teresa; Dettleff Faúndes, Phillip James; Patiño García, Daniel; Orellana, Renán; Moreno, Ricardo D. (Frontiers Media, 2021)
      In pelagic fish, embryo buoyancy is a noteworthy aspect of the reproductive strategy, and is associated with overall quality, survival, and further developmental success. In captivity, the loss of buoyancy of early embryos ...
    • Véliz Ahumada, Alexis; Vidal, Sonia; Siel Siel, Daniela Rocío; Guzmán, Miguel; Hardman, Timothy Edwin; Farías, Valentina; Lapierre Acevedo, Lisette Nicole; Sáenz Iturriaga, Leonardo Enrique (MDPI, 2021)
      Simple Summary Canine parvovirus (CPV) is a relevant pathogen, mainly affecting unvaccinated puppies, causing severe and fatal disease. CPV is classified into three variants (CPV-2a, CPV-2b and CPV-2c), which are widely ...
    • Pavez Muñoz, Erika Isabel; González, Camilo; Fernández Sanhueza, Bastián; Sánchez, Fernando; Escobar, Beatriz; Ramos, Romina; Fuenzalida, Verónica; Galarce, Nicolás; Arriagada, Gabriel; Neira, Víctor; Muñoz Aguayo, Jeannette; Flores Figueroa, Cristian; Johnson, Timothy J.; Alegría Morán, Raúl Alejandro (Frontiers Media, 2021)
      Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is a zoonotic pathogen and important cause of foodborne disease worldwide. Many animal species in backyard production systems (BPS) harbor STEC, systems characterized by low ...
    • Neira Ramírez, Víctor Manuel; Brito, Bárbara; Agüero, Belén; Berrios, Felipe; Valdés, Valentina; Gutiérrez, Alberto; Ariyama Takenaka, Naomí; Espinoza, Patricio; Retamal Merino, Patricio Iván; Holmes, Edward C.; González Reiche, Ana S.; Khan, Zenab; Van de Guchte, Adriana; Dutta, Jayeeta; Miorin, Lisa; Kehrer, Thomas; Galarce, Nicolás; Almonacid, Leonardo I.; Levican, Jorge; Van Bakel, Harm; García Sastre, Adolfo; Medina, Rafael A. (Taylor & Francis, 2021)
      Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been detected in domestic and wild cats. However, little is known about natural viral infections of domestic cats, although their importance for modelling ...
    • Pokrant Huerta, Ekaterina Valerievna; Trincado, Lina; Yevenes, Karina; Terraza Rubio, Gigliola Elvira; Maddaleno Toledo, Aldo Eugenio; San Martín, Betty; Zavala, Sebastián; Hidalgo Olate, Héctor Aníbal; Lapierre Acevedo, Lisette Nicole; Cornejo Kelly, Javiera (Elsevier, 2021)
      Antimicrobials are currently used in poultry for disease treatment. However, their excretion in bird feces may contaminate the environment. Considering this, the objective of this work was to quantify antimicrobials residues ...
    • Riquelme Muñoz, Maira Leontina (Universidad de Chile, 2019)
      El reemplazo de ambientes nativos por tierras de uso silvoagropecuario y urbano puede modificar diversas interacciones ecológicas, por ejemplo, el parasitismo. Uno de los cambios de uso de suelo de importancia en la zona ...
    • Orellana Pardo, Romina Millaray (Universidad de Chile, 2019)
      La tuberculosis bovina es una enfermedad provocada por Mycobacterium bovis, zoonótica, de distribución mundial y que afecta a la industria láctea debido a que genera limitaciones tanto productivas como comerciales. La ...
    • Boldt Corvalán, Gabriela Paulina (Universidad de Chile, 2018)
      Los virus influenza tipo A (VIA) afectan a una gran cantidad de especies incluyendo seres humanos. Se reconoce a las aves silvestres como el principal reservorio de estos virus, particularmente aquellas pertenecientes a ...
    • Huenchullan, Paula R.; Vidal, Sonia; Larraín, Rafael; Sáez Vidales, Leonardo Daniel (MDPI, 2021)
      Castration of males is a common procedure in cattle production. Surgical procedures are most commonly used, but there is an increasing interest in non-invasive alternatives to avoid risk of infection, bleeding, pain, ...
    • Asun Pinar, Arantxa (Universidad de Chile, 2019)
      La resistencia antimicrobiana es un problema mundial tanto para la salud pública como para la salud animal, amenazando nuestros estilos de vida, los de nuestros animales de compañía y los sistemas de producción animal ...
    • Silva Duque, Karla Cristina (Universidad de Chile, 2019)
      La membrana de la cáscara de huevo (ESM) es una matriz orgánica que está formada por 2 capas de fibras entrecruzadas de proteínas, la membrana externa y la membrana interna; en la membrana externa se encuentran las mamilas, ...
    • López, M. E.; Cádiz Escobar, María Ignacia; Rondeau, E. B.; Koop, B. F.; Yáñez López, José Manuel (Nature, 2021)
      Animal domestication and artificial selection give rise to gradual changes at the genomic level in populations. Subsequent footprints of selection, known as selection signatures or selective sweeps, have been traced in the ...
    • 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 ...
    • Forno Bell, Natalia; Muñoz, Marcos A.; Chacón, Óscar; Pachá, Paulina; Iragüen, Daniela; Cornejo Kelly, Javiera; San Martín Núñez, Betty Verónica (Frontiers Media, 2021)
      Synergy or additive effect between Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f. and beta-lactam (b-lactam) antibiotics has been reported against Staphylococcus aureus, one of the most important etiological agents of cow mastitis. The goal of ...
    • Galarce Gálvez, Nicolás Elías; Fuente González, Sebastián Ignacio de la; Escobar González, Beatriz del Carmen; Dettleff Faúndes, Phillip James; Ábalos Pineda, Pedro Enrique; Hormazábal, Juan Carlos; Flores, Roberto; Sallaberry Pincheira, Nicole; Martínez Mondaca, Víctor Agustín (MDPI, 2021)
      Simple Summary Wild canids play a crucial role in the environment, being an ecological agent of flora dispersal, top predators, and environmental sentinels for zoonotic emerging pathogens, such as Brucella spp. and pathogenic ...
    • Moraleda, Carolina P.; Robledo, Diego; Gutiérrez, Alejandro P.; Pozo, Jorge del; Yáñez López, José Manuel; Houston, Ross D. (BMC, 2021)
      BackgroundSalmon Rickettsial Syndrome (SRS), caused by Piscirickettsia salmonis, is one of the primary causes of morbidity and mortality in Atlantic salmon aquaculture, particularly in Chile. Host resistance is a heritable ...
    • Vergara Wilson, Vicente; Hidalgo Hermoso, Ezequiel; Sánchez, Carlos R.; Abarca Adaros, María José; Navarro Venegas, Carlos Osvaldo; Celis Diez, Sebastián; Soto Guerrero, Pilar; Díaz Ayala, Nataly; Zordan, Martin; Cifuentes Ramos, Federico Francisco José; Cabello Stom, Javier (MDPI, 2021)
      Canine distemper virus (CDV) is one of the most significant infectious disease threats to the health and conservation of free-ranging and captive wild carnivores. CDV vaccination using recombinant canarypox-based vaccines ...