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Allonursing in Wild and Farm Animals: Biological and Physiological Foundations and Explanatory Hypotheses

Mota-Rojas, Daniel; Marcet-Rius, Míriam; Freitas-de-Melo, Aline; Muns, Ramon; Mora-Medina, Patricia; Domínguez-Oliva, Adriana; Orihuela, Agustín (MDPI, 2021-10-29)

The dams of gregarious animals must develop a close bond with their newborns to provide them with maternal care, including protection against predators, immunological transference, and nutrition. Even though lactation ...
An analysis of effects of heterozygosity in dairy cattle for bovine tuberculosis resistance

Tsairidou, S.; Allen, Adrian; Pong-Wong, R.; McBride, S.H.; Wright, D.M.; Matika, O.; Pooley, C.M.; McDowell, Stanley W.J.; Glass, E.J.; Skuce, Robin A.; Bishop, S.C.; Woolliams, J.A. (Wiley, 2018-01-24)

Genetic selection of cattle more resistant to bovine tuberculosis (bTB) may offer a complementary control strategy. Hypothesising underlying non-additive genetic variation, we present an approach using genome-wide high ...
Anti-Campylobacter Probiotics: Latest Mechanistic Insights

Balta, Igori; Butucel, Eugenia; Stef, Lavinia; Pet, Ioan; Gradisteanu-Pircalabioru, Gratiela; Chifiriuc, Carmen; Gundogdu, Ozan; McCleery, David; Corcionivoschi, Nicolae (Mary Ann Liebert, 2022-07-29)

The Campylobacter genus is the leading cause of human gastroenteritis, with the consumption of contaminated poultry meat as the main route of infection. Probiotic bacteria, such as Lactobacillus, Bacillus, Escherichia ...
Antimicrobial Properties of Basidiomycota Macrofungi to Mycobacterium abscessus Isolated from Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

Millar, Beverley Cherie; Nelson, David W. V. A.; Moore, Rachel E.; Rao, Juluri R.; Moore, John E. (Wolters Kluwer - Medknow, 2019-03-12)

Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has now emerged as a global public health crisis. Of particular concern is AMR associated with the genus Mycobacterium, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the nontuberculous ...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR): significance to food quality and safety

Nelson, David W. V. A.; Moore, John E.; Rao, Juluri R. (Oxford University Press, 2019-04-09)

Antibiotic resistance presents a significant challenge to clinical, veterinary, and plant health and is now recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a major emerging problem of global significance. As yet, ...
The Antioxidant Effect of Natural Antimicrobials in Shrimp Primary Intestinal Cells Infected with Nematopsis messor

Balta, Igori; Stef, Lavinia; Butucel, Eugenia; Pircalabioru, Gratiela Gradisteanu; Venig, Adelina; Ward, Patrick; Deshaies, Myriam; Pet, Ioan; Stef, Ducu; Koyun, Osman Y.; Callaway, Todd R.; Gundogdu, Ozan; Corcionivoschi, Nicolae (MDPI, 2022-05-15)

Nematopsis messor infections severely impact on shrimp’s health with devastating economic consequences on shrimp farming. In a shrimp primary intestinal cells (SGP) model of infection, a sub-inhibitory concentration (0.5%) ...
Assessing the impact of participatory extension programme membership on farm business performance in Northern Ireland.

Adenuga, Adewale; Jack, Claire G.; Ashfield, Austen; Wallace, Michael (MDPI, 2021-09-30)

This paper evaluates the impact of membership of the Business Development Groups (BDG), a participatory extension programme in Northern Ireland on the economic performance of participating farmers for dairy and sheep ...
Assessment and Validation of Globodera pallida as a Novel In Vivo Model for Studying Alzheimer’s Disease

Althobaiti, Norah A.; Menaa, Farid; Albalawi, Aishah E.; Dalzell, Johnathan; Warnock, Neil; McCammick, Erin M.; Alsolais, Abdulellah; Alkhaibari, Abeer M.; Green, Brian D. (MDPI, 2021-09-19)

Background: Whole transgenic or non-transgenic organism model systems allow the screening of pharmacological compounds for protective actions in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Aim: In this study, a plant parasitic nematode, ...
Assessment of Rapid MinION Nanopore DNA Virus Meta-Genomics Using Calves Experimentally Infected with Bovine Herpes Virus-1

Esnault, Gaelle; Earley, Bernadette; Cormican, Paul; Waters, Sinead M.; Lemon, Ken; Cosby, S. Louise; Lagan, Paula; Barry, Thomas; Reddington, Kate; McCabe, Matthew S. (MDPI, 2022-08-24)

Bovine respiratory disease (BRD), which is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in cattle, is caused by numerous known and unknown viruses and is responsible for the widespread use of broad-spectrum antibiotics ...
Associations between Circulating IGF-1 Concentrations, Disease Status and the Leukocyte Transcriptome in Early Lactation Dairy Cows

Wathes, D. Claire; Becker, Frank; Buggiotti, Laura; Crowe, Mark A.; Ferris, Conrad; Foldager, Leslie; Grelet, Clément; Hostens, Miel; Ingvartsen, Klaus L.; Marchitelli, Cinzia; Salavati, Mazdak; Signorelli, Federica; Takeda, Haruko; Tang, Lijing; Cheng, Zhangrui; GplusE Consortium (MDPI, 2021-11-25)

Peripartum dairy cows commonly experience negative energy balance (EB) and immunosuppression together with high incidences of infectious and metabolic disease. This study investigated mechanisms linking EB status with ...
ATAC-Seq identifies regions of open chromatin in the bronchial lymph nodes of dairy calves experimentally challenged with bovine respiratory syncytial virus

Johnston, Dayle; JaeWoo, Kim; Taylor, Jeremy F.; Earley, Bernadette; McCabe, Matthew S.; Lemon, Ken; Duffy, Catherine; McMenamy, Michael; Cosby, S. Louise; Waters, Sinéad M. (BMC (Springer nature), 2021-01-06)

Background: Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus (BRSV) is a cause of Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD). DNA-based biomarkers contributing to BRD resistance are potentially present in non-protein-coding regulatory regions ...
Badger territoriality maintained despite disturbance of major road construction

Gaughran, Aoibheann; Mullen, Enda; MacWhite, Teresa; Maher, Peter; Kelly, David J.; Kelly, Ruth; Good, Margaret; Marples, Nicola M. (PLOS ( Public Library of Science), 2021-09-03)

Road ecology has traditionally focused on the impact of in-situ and functional roads on wildlife. However, road construction also poses a major, yet understudied, threat and the implications for key aspects of animal ...
A Bayesian analysis of a Test and Vaccinate or Remove study to control bovine tuberculosis in badgers (Meles meles)

Arnold, Mark E.; Courcier, Emily A.; Stringer, Lesley A.; McCormick, Carl M.; Pascual-Linaza, Ana V.; Collins, Shane F.; Trimble, Nigel A.; Ford, Tom; Thompson, Suzan; Corbett, David; Menzies, Frazer D. (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-01-28)

A novel five year Test and Vaccinate or Remove (TVR) wildlife research intervention project in badgers (Meles meles) commenced in 2014 in a 100km2 area of Northern Ireland. It aimed to increase the evidence base around ...
Bayesian latent class estimation of sensitivity and specificity parameters of diagnostic tests for bovine tuberculosis in chronically infected herds in Northern Ireland

Lahuerta-Marin, Angela; Milne, Georgina; McNair, James; Skuce, Robin; McBride, S.H.; Menzies, F.D.; McDowell, Stanley; Byrne, A.W.; Handel, I.G.; Bronsvoort, B.M. de C. (Elsevier, 2018-05-01)

In the European Union, the recommended ante-mortem diagnostic methods for bovine tuberculosis (bTB) include the single intradermal cervical comparative tuberculin (SICCT) test and the interferon-gamma (IFN- g) test as ...
Bio-Fabrication of Human Amniotic Membrane Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles and the Wet/Dry HAM Dressing Membrane for Wound Healing

Ramasamy, Palaniappan; Krishnakumar, Ramachandran; Rekha, Ravichandran; Vaseeharan, Baskaralingam; Saraswathi, K.; Raj, Mohan; Hanna, Robert E.B.; Brennan, Gerard P.; Dayanithi, Govindan; Vijayakumar, Sekar (Frontiers Media, 2021-07-28)

The preparation of unique wet and dry wound dressing products derived from unprocessed human amniotic membrane (UP-HAM) is described. The UP-HAM was decellularized, and the constituent proteins were cross-linked and ...
Biocides as Biomedicines against Foodborne Pathogenic Bacteria

Butucel, Eugenia; Balta, Igori; Ahmadi, Mirela; Dumitrescu, Gabi; Morariu, Florica; Pet, Ioan; Stef, Lavinia; Corcionivoschi, Nicolae (MDPI, 2022-02-04)

Biocides are currently considered the first line of defense against foodborne pathogens in hospitals or food processing facilities due to the versatility and efficiency of their chemical active ingredients. Understanding ...
Bioinformatic Analysis of the Campylobacter jejuni Type VI Secretion System and Effector Prediction

Robinson, Luca; Liaw, Janie; Omole, Zahra; Xia, Dong; van Vliet, Arnoud H.M.; Corcionivoschi, Nicolae; Hachani, Abderrahman; Gundogdu, Ozan (Frontiers Media, 2021-06-29)

The Type VI Secretion System (T6SS) has important roles relating to bacterial antagonism, subversion of host cells, and niche colonisation. Campylobacter jejuni is one of the leading bacterial causes of human gastroenteritis ...
Bovine Tuberculosis in Britain and Ireland – A Perfect Storm? the Confluence of Potential Ecological and Epidemiological Impediments to Controlling a Chronic Infectious Disease

Allen, Adrian; Skuce, Robin A.; Byrne, A.W. (Frontiers Media, 2018-06-05)

Successful eradication schemes for bovine tuberculosis (bTB) have been implemented in a number of European and other countries over the last 50 years. However, the islands of Britain and Ireland remain a significant ...
Bovine tuberculosis visible lesions in cattle culled during herd breakdowns: the effects of individual characteristics, trade movement and co-infection

Byrne, Andrew W.; Graham, Jordon; Brown, Craig; Donaghy, Aoibheann; Guelbenzu Gonzalo, Maria; McNair, James; Skuce, Robin A.; Allen, Adrian; McDowell, Stanley W.J. (Springer, 2017-12)

Background: Bovine tuberculosis (bTB), caused by Mycobacterium bovis, remains a significant problem for livestock industries in many countries worldwide including Northern Ireland, where a test and slaughter regime has ...
Can We Breed Cattle for Lower Bovine TB Infectivity?

Tsairidou, Smaragda; Allen, Adrian; Banos, Georgios; Coffey, Mike; Anacleto, Osvaldo; Byrne, Andrew W.; Skuce, Robin; Glass, Elizabeth J.; Woolliams, John A.; Doeschl-Wilson, Andrea B. (Frontiers Media, 2018-12-07)

Host resistance and infectivity are genetic traits affecting infectious disease transmission. This Perspective discusses the potential exploitation of genetic variation in cattle infectivity, in addition to resistance, ...

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