| zoo animals as sentinels for schmallenberg virus monitoring in spain. | schmallenberg virus (sbv) is a newly emerged vector-borne pathogen that affects many domestic and wild animal species. a serosurvey was carried out to assess sbv exposure in zoo animals in spain and to determine the dynamics of seropositivity in longitudinally sampled individuals. between 2002 and 2019, sera from 278 animals belonging to 73 different species were collected from five zoos (a-e). thirty-one of these animals were longitudinally sampled at three of these zoo parks during the study p ... | 2020 | 33243564 |
| monitoring of bluetongue virus in zoo animals in spain, 2007-2019. | bluetongue (bt) is an emerging and re-emerging communicable vector-borne disease of animal health concern. a serosurvey was performed to assess exposure to bt virus (btv) in zoo animals in spain and to determine the dynamics of seropositivity in longitudinally sampled individuals during the study period. serum samples were collected from 241 zoo animals belonging to 71 different species in five urban zoos (a-e) in spain between 2007 and 2019. twenty-four of these animals were longitudinally surv ... | 2021 | 33963677 |
| insertion of an endogenous jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus element into the bco2 - gene abolishes its function and leads to yellow discoloration of adipose tissue in norwegian spælsau (ovis aries). | the accumulation of carotenoids in adipose tissue leading to yellow fat is, in sheep, a heritable recessive trait that can be attributed to a nonsense mutation in the beta-carotene oxygenase 2 (bco2) gene. however, not all sheep breeds suffering from yellow fat have this nonsense mutation, meaning that other functional mechanisms must exist. we investigated one such breed, the norwegian spælsau. | 2021 | 34193038 |