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New serological techniques for detecting antibodies against porcine circovirus
The Animal Health Research Centre (CRESA), with the collaboration of the INIA Biotechnology Department, has developed two new ELISAs for detecting antibodies against porcine circovirus, the etiological agent responsible several pig...
Hepatozoon sp. detected in a feline colony in Barcelona
A research carried out by the Department of Animal Health and Anatomy at UAB's Faculty of Veterinary Medicine with the support of the Public Health Service of the Provincial Council of Barcelona
Prion form atypical scrapie lacks lymphotropism
From the active TSE surveillance programme in Catalonia, the Priocat laboratory of animal health research centre (CReSA) has detected a noticeable lack of lymphotropsim as far as scrapie-associated prion protein deposition is concerned. Results described in the paper, where...
The role of metallothioneins in Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies has been investigated
Metallothioneins (MT) play an important role in the pathological processes concerning the central nervous system. Due to their antioxidant properties, CReSA and UAB researchers intracerebrally inoculated...
Roe deer and toxoplasmosis in Spain
This work analyzes almost 300 roe deer from different regions in Spain, in order to get information about risk factors on the host-parasite relationship by T. gondii (responsible of toxoplasmosis). The study concludes that environmental factors are important, and indicates high exposure to T....