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    • Reyes Solovera, Mónica de los; Palomino Mackenney, Jaime; Gallegos, Carola; Espinoza, Roberto; Dettleff Faúndes, Phillipe; Peralta Troncoso, Óscar; Parraguez Gamboa, Víctor; Ramírez, George (CSIRO, 2020)
      The aim of this study was to evaluate the expression of connexin (Cx) 37 and Cx43 in canine cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) during the oestrous cycle. Cx localisation was analysed by immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence, ...
    • 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 ...
    • Lira, Lieschen V. G.; Ariede, Raquel B.; Freitas, Milena V.; Mastrochirico-Filho, Vito A.; Agudelo, John F. G.; Barría González, Agustín; Yáñez, José M.; Hashimoto, Diogo T. (Elsevier, 2020)
      Tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) is the main native fish produced in continental aquaculture from South America. However, its production has been negatively affected by significant economic losses due to frequent outbreaks ...
    • 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 ...
    • Alaniz, Alberto J.; Soares, Antonio O.; Vergara, Pablo M.; de Azevedo, Eduardo Brito; Grez Villarroel, Audrey (Wiley, 2020)
      We tested two questions: (i) whether the climatic conditions of the Azorean Islands in Portugal may have restricted the invasion ofHarmonia axyridisacross this archipelago and (ii) determine what population of this species ...
    • Radtke‑Schuller, Susanne; Town, Stephen M.; Yin, Pingbo; Elgueda González, Diego; Schuller, Gerd; Bizley, Jennifer K.; Shamma, Shihab A.; Fritz, Jonathan B. (Springer, 2020)
      Recent studies of the neurobiology of the dorsal frontal cortex (FC) of the ferret have illuminated its key role in the attention network, top-down cognitive control of sensory processing, and goal directed behavior. To ...
    • 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 ...
    • Reyes Jara, Paola; Urquiaga, Inés; Echeverría, Guadalupe; Durán Durán, Emerson; Morales Silva, María Sol; Valenzuela Venegas, Carolina (CSIRO, 2020)
      Context. Grape pomace maybe useful in broiler diets as a source of low cost antioxidants. Aims. The objective of this work was to determine the effect of including high concentrations of wine-grape pomace flour (WGPF) ...
    • 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 ...
    • Arroyo Jousse, Viviana; Jaramillo, A.; Castaño Moreno, E.; Lépez, M.; Carrasco Negüe, K.; Casanello, P. (Elsevier, 2020)
      Maternal pregestational obesity is a well-known risk factor for offspring obesity, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. The mechanisms by which maternal obesity can induce alterations in fetal ...
    • 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 ...
    • Parraguez Gamboa, Víctor; Sales, Francisco; Peralta Troncoso, Óscar; Narbona Narbona, Eileen; Lira, Raúl; Reyes Solovera, Mónica de los; González Bulnes, Antonio (MDPI, 2020)
      Simple Summary In twin-bearing ewes, undernourishment during pregnancy lowers the birth weight and increases morbidity and mortality of lambs. One of the causes is oxidative stress, which can be prevented by supplementing ...
    • Ramírez, George; Palomino Mackenney, Jaime; Aspée Mallanes, Karla; Reyes Solovera, Mónica de los (MDPI, 2020)
      Simple Summary The knowledge of physiological events associated with canine reproduction involving oocyte developmental potential is essential to increase the success of reproductive biotechnologies in this species. In ...
    • Honek, Alois; Brown, Peter M. J.; Martinkova, Zdenka; Skuhrovec, Jiri; Brabec, Marek; Burgio, Giovanni; Evans, Edward W.; Fournier, Marc; Grez Villarroel, Audrey; Kulfan, Jan; Lami, Francesco; Lucas, Eric; Lumbierres, Belén; Masetti, Antonio; Mogilevich, Timofej; Orlova-Bienkowskaja, Marina; Phillips, William M.; Pons, Xavier; Strobach, Jan; Viglasova, Sandra; Zach, Peter; Zaviezo, Tania (Springer, 2020)
      The Harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis Pallas, native to eastern Asia, is an invasive, non-native species that has recently achieved an almost worldwide distribution. A conspicuous feature of this species is colour ...
    • 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)
    • González Bulnes, A.; Parraguez Gamboa, Víctor; Berlinguer, F.; Barbero, A.; García Contreras, C.; López Tello, J.; Pesantez Pacheco, J. L.; Martínez Ros, P. (Elsevier, 2020)
      The present review aims to offer a non-comprehensive outline of the current state-of-the-art and future perspectives on management and therapeutic tools for intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and associated prenatal ...
    • Di Cataldo, Sophia; Ulloa Contreras, Claudia; Cevidanes, Aitor; Hernández, Claudia; Muñoz Millán, Javier Andrés (Wiley, 2020)
      We report the presence of Babesia vogeli in dogs in Chile. During two surveillance campaigns separated by a year, sixty-three blood samples from free-ranging rural dogs in Coquimbo, Chile, were analysed through conventional ...
    • 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 ...
    • Briceño Urzúa, Cristóbal; González Acuña, Daniel; Jiménez, Jaime E.; Bornscheuer, María Loreto; Funk, Stephan M.; Knapp, Leslie A. (Wildlife Disease Association, 2020)
      We found the ear mite parasite (Otodectes cynotis; Acari: Psoroptidae) in two distant insular endangered fox populations in Chile. We identified O. cynotis in both the Darwin's fox (Pseudalopex fulvipes) from Chiloe and ...
    • Mendoza, Hugo; Rubio Carrasco, André; García Peña, Gabriel E.; García Pena, Gabriel; Suzan, Gerardo; Simonetti Zambelli, Javier (Springer, 2020)
      Land-use change can raise the risk of human exposure to zoonotic diseases by increasing abundance of reservoir hosts. In this study, we conducted a meta-analysis on the associations between land-use change and the abundance ...