| clinical and serological dynamics of besnoitia besnoiti infection in three endemically infected beef cattle herds. | the dynamics of bovine besnoitiosis were studied in an area where the disease is endemic. a four-year longitudinal study was conducted for the first time in three infected beef cattle herds located in the urbasa-andía mountains (navarra, spain). each herd was visited four to seven times, and clinical and serological prevalence rates and incidence rates were estimated. clinical inspections to identify compatible clinical signs with the disease stages were conducted at the beginning and end of the ... | 2017 | 26301388 |
| seroprevalence of besnoitia besnoiti infection and associated risk factors in cattle from an endemic region in europe. | bovine besnoitiosis, caused by the parasite besnoitia besnoiti, is a chronic, debilitating disease with both cutaneous and systemic clinical signs that has re-emerged in europe. this is the first random cross-sectional prevalence study of b. besnoiti infection in cattle carried out in an endemic area in europe (navarra, spain). dairy (n = 372) and beef (n = 340) cattle >1 year of age were randomly blood sampled. serum was evaluated using a validated elisa. true animal prevalence data were restri ... | 2014 | 24656628 |