Every year, billions of birds undertake extensive migrations between breeding and non-breeding areas, facing challenges that require behavioural adjustments, particularly to flight timing and duration.Such adjustments in daily activity patterns and the influence of extrinsic factors (e.g., environmental conditions, moonlight) have received much mor
Domain III of the envelope protein (EDIII) bostik universal primer pro is the major target of flavivirus neutralizing antibody.To date, little is known regarding antibody-mediated neutralization of Tembusu virus (TMUV), a novel flavivirus emerging in duck in 2010.Here, a novel monoclonal antibody (MAb), designated 12F11, was prepared by immunizatio
Abstract Cardiomyopathies are the most common heritable heart diseases in cats and humans.This study aimed to identify novel genetic variants in cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) using a targeted panel of genes associated with human cardiomyopathy.Cats were phenotyped for HCM/RCM by echocardiography
Recent studies have revealed that microbes play an important role in the pathogenesis of gastrointestinal (GI) diseases in various animal species, but only limited data is available about the microbiome in cats with GI disease.The aim of this study was to evaluate the fecal microbiome in cats with diarrhea.Fecal samples were obtained from healthy c