Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias: Recent submissions
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(2011)From an animal production point of view, Cryptosporidium can cause great economic losses in systems that involve the raising of cattle by producing various degrees of diarrhea, particularly in calves that are less than 30 ...
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(2012)A total of 189 faecal samples of the critically endangered Darwin's fox (Pseudalopex fulvipes [Martin, 1837]), from different areas within Chiloé Island in southern Chile were examined for parasites eggs and oocysts using ...
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(2011)This study assessed the contribution of various feed ingredients used in swine feeding as a source of dioxins, furans and dioxin like polychlorinated biphenyls (DL-PCBs) contamination in pork, considering the dietary changes ...
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(2011)Plantation clearcuts represent an important habitat for many open-area wildlife species – including conservation-concern species – in landscapes dominated by industrial forests. However, due to the ephemeral nature of ...
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(2012)Salmon sea lice represent one of the most important threats to salmon farming throughout the world. Results of private monitoring efforts have shown an increase in the number of positive cages and cage-level abundance of ...
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(2012)The use of extracellular matrix (ECM) molecules from tissues is an interesting way to induce specific responses of cells grown onto composite scaffolds to promote adhesion, proliferation and differentiation. There have ...
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(2010)Renal papillary necrosis is a multifactorial entitiy that encompasses a wide range of consecuences, including end-stage renal impairment or even death. Its appearance on intravenous pyelography pictures reveals multiple ...
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(2010)The Northern scallop, Argopecten purpuratus, is a hermaphrodite species which has a great economical importance in Chile and Perú. Hatchery techniques for juvenile production have been developed for this species, allowing ...
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(Carfax Publishing, 1999)A total of 100 free-living urban pigeons (Columba livia) were captured in the city of Santiago, Chile, in order to evaluate, for the first time, their health status. Negligible antibody titres (1 to 3 log(2)) were detected ...
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(Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal, 2010)In this work, we document the presence of Harmonia axyridis in Chile, an invasive coccinellid species that has had negative effects in other regions of the world, such as: Impacts on non-target arthropods, invasions of ...
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(2011)Among the aphidophaga guild present in alfalfa [Medicago sativa L. (Fabaceae)], coccinellids forage on aphids most of the time on the foliage and carabids on the ground. The result of their combined effect can be synergistic, ...
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(Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal, 2010)Permanent and permeable edges, where natural enemies can feed, overwinter or easily cross over, should enhance the early arrival of these predators to crops. We evaluated the abundance and species richness of coccinellids ...
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(2010)The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of Candida and Cryptococcus in Chilean psittacine birds. Twenty eight cloacae swab samples were collected from 131 captive psittacine birds kept in a rehabilitation wildlife ...
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(2009)The northern scallop, Argopecten purpuratus, is a hermaphrodite species which has a great economic importance in Chile. Recently, hatchery techniques for juvenile production have been developed for this species, which ...
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(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 ...
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(American Dairy Science Association, 2009)Ionized calcium (Ca+2) appears to be required by the 3 predominant species of rumen cellulolytic bacteria, Fibrobacter succinogenes, Ruminococcus flavefaciens, and Ruminococcus albus. The present study evaluated the role ...
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(2009)The striking feature of osteoarthritis (OA) is fibrilation and loss of articular cartilage. Nitric oxide (NO center dot) has been involved as an important biological mediator of OA and its production is significantly higher ...
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(2010)A male Persian cat was presented with persistent fever, anorexia, weakness, hypopyon, nystagmus, and intention tremors. The hemogram showed severe neutropenia and laboratory analysis on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) smears ...
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(2009)Veterinary epidemiology began in different Latin American countries during the 1960s and the 1970s in different universities and state-run institutes of animal health. The discipline evolved as a continuation of the ...
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(2010)Protected areas are the most important tool for the conservation of biodiversity. However. many species are area-demanding and their populations seldom meet their space requirements in reserves. In this context, the ...