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Variations in the temperature-humidity index and dorsal fat thickness during the last trimester of gestation and early postpartum period affect fertility of Bos indicus cows in the tropics

Díaz, Ramiro; Galin, Carlos S; Estrada, Sandra; MONTIEL, FELIPE; Castillo, Gloriana; ROMERO-ZUÑIGA, JUAN JOSÉ (Hindawi, 2018-07-24)

In order to measure the infuence of the temperature-humidity index (THI) and the variation of fat thickness on reproductive performance, ninety-two Bos indicus cows kept under grazing conditions were used in two farms in ...

Vector-borne pathogens in dogs from Costa Rica: first molecular description of Babesia vogeli and Hepatozoon canis infections with a high prevalence of monocytic ehrlichiosis and the manifestations of co-infection

Montenegro, Víctor M.; Rojas, Alicia; Rojas Jiménez, Diana Carolina; Gutiérrez, Ricardo; Yasur-Landau, Daniel; Baneth, Gad (Veterinary Parasitology, 2014-01-31)

Infection with canine vector-borne pathogens was evaluated in dogs from four different regions of Costa Rica by PCR. Demographic data, clinical signs, packed cell volume values, and the presence of tick infestation were ...

Vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein is a determinant of pathogenesis in swine, a natural host

Martinez, Isidoro; Jiménez, Carlos; Pauszek, Steven J.; Wertz, Gail W.; Rodriguez, Luis L. (American Society for Microbiology., 2003-07)

There are two major serotypes of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), Indiana (VSIV) and New Jersey (VSNJV).We recovered recombinant VSIVs from engineered cDNAs that contained either (i) one copy of the VSIV G gene(VSIV-GI); ...

Veterinario de la UNA elabora sustancia que regeneraría cartílago en caballos y humanos

Núñez Z, Johnny (Oficina de Comunicación, Universidad Nacional., 2019-07)

Rafael Vindas Bolaños, médico veterinario de la cátedra de Cirugía de Especies Mayores de la Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria de la Universidad Nacional (UNA), se convirtió en el primer científico costarricense ...

Veterinarios explican cómo la Brucella resiste acción del sistema inmune

Núñez Z., Johnny (Oficina de Comunicación, Universidad Nacional, 2019-02)

Estudio de la Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria evidenció que dicha bacteria resiste y se replica en las células encargadas de contrarrestar las infecciones bacterianas en el organismo

Virulent Brucella nosferati infecting Desmodus rotundus has emerging potential due to the broad foraging range of its bat host for humans and wild and domestic animals

Hernández-Mora, Gabriela; Chacón-Díaz, Carlos; Moreira-Soto, Andres; Barrantes-Granados, Osvaldo; Suárez-Esquivel, Marcela; Viquez-Ruiz, Eunice; BARQUERO-CALVO, ELIAS; Ruiz-Villalobos, Nazareth; Hidalgo Montealegre, Daniela; González-Barrientos, Rocío; Demeter, Elena A.; Estrella-Morales, Josimar; Zúñiga-Pereira, Ana Mariel; Quesada-Gómez, Carlos; Chaves-Olarte, Esteban; Lomonte, Bruno; Guzman-Verri, Caterina; Drexler, Jan Felix; Moreno, Edgardo (American Society for Microbiology, 2023-07-05)

Desmodus rotundus, vampire bats, transmit dangerous infections, and brucellosis is a hazardous zoonotic disease, two adversities that coexist in the subtropical and tropical areas of the American continent. Here, we ...

Viviendo con esclerosis sistémica y enfermedad pulmonar intersticial: impacto en el significado subjetivo de actividad física y la calidad de vida, desde la perspectiva de mujeres con esta patología

Murillo Rodríguez, Laura Eugenia (L. Murillo., 2014)

Determina que la Esclerosis Sistémica (ES) es una enfermedad inflamatoria crónica del tejido conectivo, que se caracteriza por la producción excesiva de colágeno en la piel y en los órganos internos tales como pulmones, ...

Volumen de entrenamiento, puesta a punto y rendimiento físico de competidores universitarios de taekwondo

Carazo Vargas, Pedro (Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, 2017)

Evalúa el efecto del volumen de entrenamiento de la fase de puesta a punto (“tapering”), sobre cualidades físicas asociadas al rendimiento (i. e., fuerza, potencia, tiempo de movimiento de pateo, tiempo de respuesta de ...

What have we learned from brucellosis in the mouse model?

Moreno, Edgardo; Grilló, María-Jesús; Blasco, José María; Gorvel, Jean-Pierre; Moriyon, Ignacio (Veterinary Research, 2012)

Brucellosis is a zoonosis caused by Brucella species. Brucellosis research in natural hosts is often precluded by practical, economical and ethical reasons and mice are widely used. However, mice are not natural Brucella ...

What Is the Evolutionary Fingerprint in Neutrophil Granulocytes?

Dolz, Gaby; Fingerhut, Leonie; de Buhr, Nicole (University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany, 2020-06-25)

Over the years of evolution, thousands of di erent animal species have evolved. All these species require an immune system to defend themselves against invading pathogens. Nevertheless, the immune systems of di erent ...

What is the evolutionary fingerprint in neutrophil granulocytes?

de Buhr, Nicole; Fingerhut, Leonie; Dolz, Gaby (MDPI AG, 2020-06-25)

Over the years of evolution, thousands of different animal species have evolved. All these species require an immune system to defend themselves against invading pathogens. Nevertheless, the immune systems of different ...

White spot syndrome virus and Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei in shrimp farms in Costa Rica

Peña Navarro, Nelson; Castro Vásquez, Ruth; Dolz, Gaby (Universidad de Costa Rica, 2020-03-04)

Introduction. The white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) causes systemic destruction of ectodermal and mesodermal tissues in shrimp and can cause 100 % mortality. Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) is an intracellular ...

Whole genome sequencing of Shigella sonnei through PulseNet Latin America and Caribbean: advancing global surveillance of foodborne illnesses

Guzman-Verri, Caterina; Baker, K.S.; Campos, J.; Pichel, M.; Della Gaspera, A.; Duarte-Martínez , Francisco; Campos-Chacón, E.; Bolaños-Acuña, H.M.; Mather, A.E.; Diaz Velasco, S.; Zamudio Rojas, M.L.; Forbester, J.L.; Connor, T.R.; Keddy, K.H.; Aguayo, C.; Morales Aguilar, M.; Valenzuela, C.; Smith, A.M.; López de Delgado, E.A.; Angiolillo, G.; Cuaical, N.; Fernández, J.; Morales Medrano, A.J.; Sirok, A.; Weiler Gustafson, N.; Diaz Guevara, P.L.; Montaño, L.A.; Perez, E. (Clinical Microbiology and infection, 2017-11)

Objectives: Shigella sonnei is a globally important diarrhoeal pathogen tracked through the surveillance network PulseNet Latin America and Caribbean (PNLA&C), which participates in PulseNet International. PNLA&C laboratories ...