Scans for signatures of selection in Russian cattle breed genomes reveal new candidate genes for environmental adaptation and acclimation

AA Yurchenko, HD Daetwyler, N Yudin, RD Schnabel… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Domestication and selective breeding has resulted in over 1000 extant cattle breeds. Many
of these breeds do not excel in important traits but are adapted to local environments. These …

Animal tuberculosis: Impact of disease heterogeneity in transmission, diagnosis and control

AC Pereira, AC Reis, B Ramos… - … and emerging diseases, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Animal tuberculosis (TB) in terrestrial mammals is mainly caused by Mycobacterium bovis.
This pathogen is adapted to a wide range of host species, representing a threat to livestock …

Improving Illumina assemblies with Hi‐C and long reads: An example with the North African dromedary

JP Elbers, MF Rogers, PL Perelman… - Molecular Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Researchers have assembled thousands of eukaryotic genomes using Illumina reads, but
traditional mate‐pair libraries cannot span all repetitive elements, resulting in highly …

Experimental pulmonary tuberculosis in the absence of detectable brain infection induces neuroinflammation and behavioural abnormalities in male balb/c mice

JV Lara-Espinosa, RA Santana-Martínez… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic infectious disease in which prolonged, non-resolutive
inflammation of the lung may lead to metabolic and neuroendocrine dysfunction. Previous …

Identification of candidate genes associated with bacterial and viral infections in wild boars hunted in Tuscany (Italy)

MC Fabbri, A Crovetti, L Tinacci, F Bertelloni… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Wild boar (Sus scrofa L.) is one of the large mammals most spread worldwide, highly
adaptable, and its population rapidly increased in many areas in Europe, including Italy …

Host genetic diversity and infectious diseases. Focus on wild boar, red deer and tuberculosis

J Pérez-González, J Carranza, R Martínez… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Genetic diversity in wildlife is a matter of growing concern in contexts
related to disease transmission and human health. Tuberculosis is a zoonotic disease with …

Genomic regions associated with pseudorabies virus infection status in naturally infected feral swine (Sus scrofa)

CF Bowden, JN Kiser, RS Miller, AC Buckley… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Pseudorabies virus (PRV)—the causative agent of Aujeszky's disease—was eliminated from
commercial pig production herds in the United States (US) in 2004; however, PRV remains …

Diagnostic performance of GeneXpert and Ziehl-Neelson microscopy in the detection of tuberculosis in Benue State, Nigeria

EF Ejeh, A Undiandeye, VO Akinseye, KO Okon… - Alexandria Journal of …, 2018 - ajol.info
Background: Accurate and timely diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) is key to effective treatment
and management. This study was designed to compare the diagnostic performance of …

Tuberculosis in Wild Pigs from Argentina

S Barandiaran, MJ Marfil, LF La Sala, A Tammone… - EcoHealth, 2024 - Springer
Mycobacterium bovis, a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) and non-
tuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM), may infect wild and domestic mammals, including …

A Study of the Resistance of Hu Sheep Lambs to Escherichia coli F17 Based on Whole Genome Sequencing

Y Duan, P Su, Y Gu, X Lv, X Cao, S Wang, Z Yuan… - Animals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Acute infectious diseases caused by Escherichia coli in lambs or young
sheep have severe impacts on the growth and development of sheep, among which …