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    • Zárate, Ignacio A.; Aguilar Bolados, Héctor; Yazdani Pedram, Mehrdad; Pizarro, Guadalupe del C.; Neira Carrillo, Andrónico (MDPI, 2020)
      Electrospun meshes (EM) composed of natural and synthetic polymers with randomly or aligned fibers orientations containing 0.5% or 1% of thermally reduced graphene oxide (TrGO) were prepared by electrospinning (ES), and ...
    • Yoshida, Grazyella M.; Yáñez, José M. (Wiley, 2021)
      Through imputation of genotypes, genome-wide association study (GWAS) and genomic prediction (GP) using whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data are cost-efficient and feasible in aquaculture breeding schemes. The objective ...
    • Granda Rodríguez, Hernán D.; Montes Correa, Andrés Camilo; Jiménez Bolaño, Juan David; Alaniz, Alberto J.; Cattan Ayala, Pedro; Hernáez, Patricio (Amphibian & Reptile Conservation, 2020)
      Atelopus laetissimus is a bufonid toad that inhabits the mountainous areas of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (SNSM), Colombia. This species is endemic and endangered, so information about its ecology and distribution are ...
    • Fierro Tapia, Andrés; Vergara Egert, Pablo; Grez Villarroel, Audrey; Alaniz Baeza, Alberto; Carvajal, Mario; Lizama, Marlene E.; Ramírez Hernández, Alfredo (Springer, 2020)
      Context Although saproxylic beetles use deadwood in industrial exotic forest plantations, deadwood and historical land use patterns may interact among each other making difficult the implementation sustainable management ...
    • Guzmán, Miguel; Hidalgo Olate, Héctor (MDPI, 2020)
      Simple Summary Infectious bronchitis (IB) is one of the more prevalent diseases in poultry, and it is caused by a virus belonging to the Coronaviridae family, the infectious bronchitis virus (IBV), a Gammacoronavirus ...
    • Yoshida, Grazyella Massako; Yáñez López, José; de Queiroz, Sandra Aidar; Carvalheiro, Roberto (Elsevier, 2020)
      Optimum contribution selection (OCS) and mate selection (MS) are alternative strategies to maximize genetic gain under controlled rates of inbreeding. There is evidence in the literature that MS outperforms OCS in controlling ...
    • Sales, Francisco; Parraguez Gamboa, Víctor; Freitas de Melo, Aline; Ungerfeld, Rodolfo (Elsevier, 2020)
      Undernourishment is a frequent condition in sheep pregnancies under extensive systems, since most of the pregnancies occur when the prairie has the lowest forage allowance. Underfed sheep pregnancies are associated with ...
    • Pérez Venegas, Diego J.; Toro Valdivieso, Constanza; Ayala, Félix; Brito, Beatriz; Iturra, Lunna; Arriagada, Maite; Seguel, Mauricio; Barrios, Carmen; Sepúlveda, Maritza; Oliva, Doris; Cárdenas Alayza, Susana; Urbina, Mauricio A.; Jorquera, Alberto; Castro Nallar, Eduardo; Galbán Malagón, Cristóbal (Elsevier, 2020)
      Repeated reports of microplastic pollution in the marine pinniped diet have emerged in the last years. However, only few studies address the drivers of microplastics presence and the potential implications for monitoring ...
    • Di Pillo, Francisca; Jimenez-Bluhm, Pedro; Baumberger, Cecilia; Marambio, Víctor; Galdames, Pablo; Monti, Gustavo; Schultz Cherry, Stacey; Hamilton-West Miranda, Christopher (Frontiers Media, 2020)
      During the last 5 years there has been an alarming number of reports of highly pathogenic avian influenza worldwide. However, little is known about the status of this disease in South America. Chile has been the only country ...
    • Yoshida, Grazyella M.; Yáñez López, José (BMC, 2021)
      Background: Body traits are generally controlled by several genes in vertebrates (i.e. polygenes), which in turn make them difficult to identify through association mapping. Increasing the power of association studies ...
    • Vieira Ventura, Ricardo; Fonseca e Silva, Fabyano; Yáñez López, José; Brito, Luiz F. (Oxford University Press, 2020)
    • Caruffo, Mario; Mandakovic, Dinka; Mejías, Madelaine; Chávez Báez, Ignacio; Salgado, Pablo; Ortiz, Daniela; Montt, Liliana; Pérez Valenzuela, Javiera; Vera Tamargo, Francisca; Yáñez López, José; Wacyk González, Jurij; Pulgar, Rodrigo (BMC, 2020)
      Salmonid Rickettsial Septicaemia (SRS), caused by Piscirickettsia salmonis, is a severe bacterial disease in the Chilean salmon farming industry. Vaccines and antibiotics are the current strategies to fight SRS; however, ...
    • Galarce Gálvez, Nicolás; Sánchez García, Fernando; Fuenzalida, Verónica; Ramos Ríos, Romina; Escobar González, Beatriz; Lapierre Acevedo, Lisette; Paredes Osses, Esteban; Arriagada, Gabriel; Alegría Morán, Raúl; Lincopán, Nilton; Fuentes Castillo, Danny; Vera Leiva, Alejandra; González Rocha, Gerardo; Bello-Toledo, Helia; Borie Polanco, Consuelo (Frontiers Media, 2020)
      Non-O157 Shiga toxin-producingEscherichia coli(STEC) is a zoonotic pathogen that causes bloody diarrhea and hemolytic-uremic syndrome in humans, and a major cause of foodborne disease. Despite antibiotic treatment of STEC ...
    • Galarce, Nicolás; Escobar, Beatriz; Martínez, Eduard; Alvarado, Natalia; Peralta, Gabriela; Dettleff, Phillip; Dorner, Jéssica; Martínez, Víctor; Borie Polanco, Consuelo (MDPI, 2020)
      Simple Summary Canine brucellosis caused by Brucella canis is a zoonotic disease that is considered the main infectious cause of infertility and reproductive failure in dogs worldwide, particularly in Latin America. ...
    • Rodríguez San Pedro, Annia; Carrasco Allendes, Juan Luis; Beltrán, Clemente A.; Chaperón Gamboa, Pascal; Saldarriaga-Córdoba, Mónica María; Silva, Andrea X.; Grez Villarroel, Audrey (Elsevier, 2020)
      The top-down suppression of pest insects by their natural enemies, such as insectivorous bats, represents an important ecosystem service in agricultural systems. Recognizing the importance of bats to suppress pest populations ...
    • Ortúzar, Juan; Dogan, Onay; Sotomayor, Gustavo; Jiménez Tapia, Constanza; Clarke, Jennifer; Flores, Rolando; Gray, George; Rupnow, John; Wang, Bing (Elsevier, 2020)
      National governments are moving to integrate risk analysis frameworks into food safety management systems at the country level. However, this process is less advanced in developing countries. In this context, the Chilean ...
    • Strakova, Andrea; Nicholls, Thomas J.; Baez-Ortega, Adrian; Ni Leathlobhair, Maire; Sampson, Alexander T.; Hughes, Katherine; Bolton, Isobelle A. G.; Gori, Kevin; Wang, Jinhong; Airikkala-Otter, Ilona; Allen, Janice L.; Allum, Karen M.; Arnold, Clara L.; Bansse-Issa, Leontine; Bhutia, Thinlay N.; Bisson, Jocelyn L.; Blank, Kelli; Briceño, Cristóbal; Domracheva, Artemio Castillo; Corrigan, Anne M.; Cran, Hugh R.; Crawford, Jane T.; Cutter, Stephen M.; Davis, Eric; de Castro, Karina F.; De Nardi, Andrigo B.; de Vos, Anna P.; Delgadillo Keena, Laura; Donelan, Edward M.; Espinoza Huerta, Adela R.; Faramade, Ibikunle A.; Fazil, Mohammed; Fotopoulou, Eleni; Fruean, Skye N.; Gallardo-Arrieta, Fanny; Glebova, Olga; Gouletsou, Pagona G.; Hafeelin Manrique, Rodrigo; Henriques, Joaquim J. G. P.; Horta, Rodrigo S.; Ignatenko, Natalia; Kane, Yaghouba; King, Cathy; Koenig, Debbie; Krupa, Ada; Kruzeniski, Steven J; Lanza-Perea, Marta; Lazyan, Mihran; Lopez Quintana, Adriana M.; Losfelt, Thibault; Marino, Gabriele; Martinez Castaneda, Simon; Martinez-Lopez, Mayra F.; Masuruli, Bedan M.; Meyer, Michael; Migneco, Edward J.; Nakanwagi, Berna; Neal, Karter B.; Neunzig, Winifred; Nixon, Sally J.; Ortega-Pacheco, Antonio; Pedraza-Ordonez, Francisco; Peleteiro, Maria C.; Polak, Katherine; Pye, Ruth J.; Ramirez-Ante, Juan C.; Reece, John F.; Rojas Gutierrez, Jose; Sadia, Haleema; Schmeling, Sheila K.; Shamanova, Olga; Sherlock, Alan G.; Steenland-Smit, Audrey E.; Svitich, Alla; Tapia Martinez, Lester J.; Ngoka, Ismail Thoya; Torres, Cristian G.; Tudor, Elizabeth M.; van der Wel, Mirjam G.; Vitalaru, Bogdan A.; Vural, Sevil A.; Walkinton, Oliver; Wehrle-Martinez, Alvaro S.; Widdowson, Sophie A. E.; Zvarich, Irina; Chinnery, Patrick F.; Falkenberg, Maria; Gustafsson, Claes M.; Murchison, Elizabeth P. (Nature, 2020)
      Autonomous replication and segregation of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) creates the potential for evolutionary conflict driven by emergence of haplotypes under positive selection for 'selfish' traits, such as replicative ...
    • Moreira, Rubén; García, Alfonso; Ahumada, Carolyn; Badía, Catalina; Suárez, Paulina; Yangari, Betty; Aguayo, Carolina; Herrera, José; Espejo, Gabriela; Pinto Peña, Enrique (Universidad Austral de Chile, 2019)
      The present study reports an outbreak of equine influenza (EI) occurred in Chile in January 2018, with cases spread along the country, from the Atacama to the Magallanes Region. The virus identified corresponded to the ...
    • Bravo-Vasquez, Nicolas; Baumberger, Cecilia; Jiménez Bluhm, Pedro; Di Pillo, Francisca; Lazo Escobar, Andrés; Sanhueza, Juan; Schultz Cherry, Stacey; Hamilton West, Christopher (Wiley, 2020)
      Backyard production systems (BPS) are a common form of poultry and swine production worldwide. The limited implementation of biosecurity standards in these operations makes BPS a potential source for the emergence of ...
    • Peralta Troncoso, Óscar; Carrasco, C.; Vieytes, C.; Tamayo, M. J.; Muñoz, I.; Sepúlveda, S.; Tadich Gallo, Tamara; Duchens Arancibia, Mario; Meléndez, P.; Mella, A.; Torres, C. G. (Nature, 2020)
      Although, antibiotics are effective in the treatment of bovine mastitis, they do not address the regeneration of mammary glandular tissue and have been associated to the increment in antimicrobial resistance worldwide. ...