Publications

occurrence and genotype characterization of giardia duodenalis in goat kids from the canary islands, spain.	giardia duodenalis (syn. giardia lamblia, giardia intestinalis) is a wide-spread intestinal protozoa of both humans and animals. although giardiosis in goat is commonly asymptomatic, young kids may bear an enteric disease associated with persistent diarrhoea and delayed weight gain. in the present study we have analysed the occurrence of giardia in 315 young goat kids (2-6 months old) from gran canaria island (spain) through visualization of faecal cysts. the identification of genotypes of g. du ...	2008	18436382
seroprevalence of coxiella burnetii in domestic ruminants in gran canaria island, spain.	coxiella burnetii is the causative agent of q fever, a zoonosis with worldwide occurrence. in the canary islands, the overall seroprevalence in humans has been estimated to be 21.5%. gran canaria island concentrates the highest ruminant population in the archipelago and the prevalence of the human infection is 23.5%. to evaluate the seroprevalence in livestock and the affected areas in gran canaria island, a total of 1249 ruminants were randomly selected for this study (733 goats, 369 sheep and ...	2010	20537108
analysis of the spatial variation of bovine tuberculosis disease risk in spain (2006-2009).	in this study we explored the spatial variation of bovine tuberculosis (btb) risk of being positive, new positive or persistently positive, as well as the risk of eliminating btb in positive herds throughout spain from 2006 to 2009 by means of hierarchical bayesian models. the results of the models showed that the risk of infection (positive or new positive herds), persistence and elimination was lower in counties located in north and north-eastern of spain, and in the balearic and canary island ...	2011	21429605
ancient mtdna analysis of early 16(th) century caribbean cattle provides insight into founding populations of new world creole cattle breeds.	the columbian exchange resulted in a widespread movement of humans, plants and animals between the old and new worlds. the late 15(th) to early 16(th) century transfer of cattle from the iberian peninsula and canary islands to the caribbean laid the foundation for the development of american creole cattle (bos taurus) breeds. genetic analyses of modern cattle from the americas reveal a mixed ancestry of european, african and indian origins. recent debate in the genetic literature centers on the ...	2013	23894505
a proteomics study of colostrum and milk from the two major small ruminant dairy breeds from the canary islands: a bovine milk comparison perspective.	colostrum and milk feeding are key factors for the newborn ruminant survival, affecting the future performance of the animal. nowadays, there is an increasing interest in the potential of feeding newborn ruminants (mainly goat kids and lambs) with colostrum and milk from other more productive ruminant species (mainly cows). although some studies regarding differences between colostrum and milk from these three species have been performed, herein we conduct for the first time a comparison using a ...	2016	27600973