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    • Correa, Juana P.; Bacigalupo, Antonella; Botto Mahan, Carezza; Bucarey Vivanco, Sergio; Cattan Ayala, Pedro; García de Cortázar, Rodrigo; Landaeta Aqueveque, Carlos; Ramírez Estrada, Juan (Wildlife Disease Assoc, Inc., 2017)
      We report natural infections by pathogenic Leptospira of two rodent species endemic to Chile: the degu (Octodon degus) and Darwin's pericote (Phyllotis darwini). We detected Leptospira DNA in kidney and urine samples taken ...
    • 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 ...
    • Hervé Claude, Luis Pablo; Lavado A., Alan; Rivera O., Dacil; Navarrete Talloni, María; Hamilton-West Miranda, Christopher (Universidad de Córdoba, Colombia, 2017)
      Objective. To provide information about seroprevalence and risk factors of Neospora caninum infection in bovines of central Chile. Material and Methods. The study population are small dairy farms that are part of a Government ...
    • Alegría Moran, Raúl; Miranda, Daniela; Barnard, Matt; Parra, Alonso; Lapierre Acevedo, Lisette (Elsevier, 2017)
      Rabies is a zoonotic disease of great impact to public health. According to the World Health Organization, the country of Chile is currently declared free from human rabies transmitted by dogs. An epidemiological ...
    • Neira Carrillo, Andrónico; Fernández Garay, María Soledad; Poblete Hevia, Gonzalo Andrés; Arias Bautista, José Luis; Gebauer, Denis; Coelfen, Helmut (Elsevier, 2017)
      Gastroliths are highly calcified structures formed in the cardiac stomach wall of crustaceans for the temporary storage of amorphous CaCO3 (ACC). The gastrolithic ACC is stabilized by the presence of biomolecules, and ...
    • Rives Blanchard, Ninette; Torres Pérez, Fernando; Ortiz, Silvia; Solari Illescas, Aldo; Campos Soto, Ricardo (Elsevier, 2017)
      Chagas disease is one of the main zoonosis mediated by vectors in America. The etiologic agent Trypanosoma cruzi infects different mammals and is transmitted principally by the subfamily Triatominae. Mepraia is a genus ...
    • Neira Ramírez, Víctor; Tapia, Rodrigo; Verdugo, Claudio; Barriga, Gonzalo; Mor, Sunil; Fei Fan Ng, Terry; García, Victoria; Río, José del; Rodrigues, Pedro; Briceño Urzúa, Cristóbal; Medina, Rafael A.; González Acuña, Daniel (Centers Disease Control, 2017)
    • Alaniz, Alberto J.; Bacigalupo, Antonella; Cattan Ayala, Pedro (Oxford Universitu Press, 2017)
      Background: Zika virus is an emerging Flaviviridae virus, which has spread rapidly in the last few years. It has raised concern because it has been associated with fetus microcephaly when pregnant women are infected. The ...
    • Neira Ramírez, Víctor; Brito, Bárbara; Mena, Juan; Culhane, Marie; Apel, María Ignacia; Max, Vanessa; Pérez, Patricio; Moreno, Valentina; Mathieu, Christian; Johow, Magdalena; Badía, Catalina; Torremorell, Montserrat; Medina, Rafael; Ortega, René (Public Library Science, 2017)
      Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome ( PRRS) is endemic in most pork producing countries. In Chile, eradication of PRRS virus ( PRRSV) was successfully achieved in 2009 as a result of the combined efforts of ...
    • Bahamondes Guerra, Francisca; Flores Pavez, Estefanía; Cattaneo Univaso, Federico; Bruna, Flavia; Conget, Paulette (BioMed Central, 2017-06-08)
      Background: Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) are a promising therapeutic tool in veterinary medicine. Currently the subcutaneous adipose tissue is the leading source of MSCs in dogs. MSCs derived from distinct fat depots have ...
    • Adarmes Ahumada, Héctor; Donders Riveros, Leonardo; Dörner Santa María, Cristóbal; González Zamora, Ema; Galleguillos Caamaño, Marco (Universidad Austral de Chile, 2017)
      The purpose of this study was to establish if there was any difference in the GAGs content between loaded and unloaded surfaces of the joint. Furthermore, the results were compared between macroscopically healthy and damaged ...
    • Lapierre Acevedo, Lisette; Asenjo Andrews, Gabriela; Vergara, Constanza; Cornejo Kelly, Javiera (Sage, 2017-05)
      The objective was to gather information on the status of antimicrobial surveillance in the Asia Pacific region and suggest control strategies. Twenty-one economies of the Asia Pacific region participated in this initiative. ...
    • Olivares Pérez-Montt, Ricardo; Gil G., Julio (Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía, 2016)
      The laboratory rat (Rattus norvegicus albinus) laboratory rat has long been used as a biological model for research. Therefore knowledge of its anatomy, particularly as related to pulmonary lobulation is useful for any ...
    • Pérez Melendez, Patricio; Squella Narducci, Fernando; Aguilar, Claudio; Idalsoaga Ferrer, María José; Vera, Raúl; Morales Silva, María Sol; Maino Menéndez, Mario; Egaña Moreno, Juan Ignacio (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Agronomía Ingeniería Forestal, 2016)
      To evaluate increased levels of dehydrated olive cake (DOC) in lambs ration on main carcass traits, 40 Suffolk Down male lambs (75.8 +/- 7.4 days of age, 24.5 +/- 3.1 kg live weight) were randomly assigned to one of five ...
    • Bravo Vásquez, Nicolás; Di Pillo Sanhueza, Francisca; Lazo Quezada, Juan; Jiménez Bluhm, Pedro; Schultz Cherry, Stacey; Hamilton-West Miranda, Christopher (Elsevier, 2016)
      In South America little is known regarding influenza virus circulating in backyard poultry and swine populations. Backyard productive systems (BPS) that breed swine and poultry are widely distributed throughout Chile with ...
    • Fernández Garay, María Soledad; Valenzuela, F.; Arias Bautista, José; Neira Carrillo, Andrónico (Elsevier, 2016)
      Biominerals are inorganic-organic hybrid composites formed via self-assembled bottom up processes under mild conditions. Biominerals show interesting physical properties, controlled hierarchical structures and robust ...
    • Barriga, Gonzalo; Boric Bargetto, Dusan; Martin, Marcelo; Neira Ramírez, Víctor; van Bakel, Harm; Thompsom, Michele; Tapia Tapia, Rodrigo; Toro Ascuy, Daniela; Vásquez, Yesseny; Sallaberry Ayerza, Michel; Torres Pérez, Fernando; González Acuña, Daniel; Medina, Rafael (Centers Disease Control, 2016)
    • Alvarez Rojas, Cristian A.; Fredes Martínez, Fernando; Torres, Marisa; Acosta Jamett, Gerardo; Alvarez, Juan Francisco; Pavletic, Carlos; Paredes, Rodolfo; Cortés, Sandra (BioMed Central, 2016)
    • San Martín Núñez, Betty; Muñoz Obregón, Rubén; Cornejo Kelly, Javiera; Martínez, M. A.; Araya Jordán, C.; Maddaleno Toledo, Aldo; Anadón, A. (Wiley, 2016)
      Ribavirin is an antiviral used in human medicine, but it has not been authorized for use in veterinary medicine although it is effective against infectious salmon anemia (ISA) virus, between others. In this study, we present ...
    • Frías Aranda, Daniela; Tadich Gallo, Tamara; Franco Rosselló, R.; Dwyer, D. M.; Figueroa Hamed, Jaime (American Society of Animal Science, 2016)
      In animal production, the palatability of feeds or solutions has typically been inferred from measurements of preference or acceptance. However, laboratory studies in rats have demonstrated that palatability quantified ...