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Actualidad sobre la Encefalopatía Espongiforme Bovina

New outreach post in Weblog Madri+d de Seguridad Alimentaria y Alimentación

El pasado mes de diciembre se publicó, por parte de la Dirección General sobre Salud y Consumidores, el informe anual de la UE sobre la vigilancia en rumiantes de las Encefalopatías Espongiformes Transmisibles (EETs), correspondiente al año 2010. En respuesta, el 30 de Enero de 2012, la EFSA emitió un comunicado mostrando su satisfacción por los resultados alcanzados. Estos revelan un evidente éxito para las políticas llevadas a cabo en la UE en relación a la lucha contra estas enfermedades, así como en la excelente percepción que sobre estos temas tienen los consumidores europeos… Read more

Chryseobacterium oncorhynchi sp. nov., isolated from rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Investigation published in Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Genotypic and phenotypic analyses were performed on five Gram-negative, catalase and oxidasepositive, rod-shaped bacteria isolated from the gill and liver of four rainbow trout. Studies based on comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that the five new isolates shared 99.8–100% sequence similarity and that they belong to the genus Chryseobacterium. The nearest phylogenetic neighbours of the strain 701B-08T were Chryseobacterium ureilyticum F-Fue-04IIIaaaaT (99.1% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity) and Chryseobacterium joosteii LMG 18212T (98.6%). DNA–DNA hybridization values between… Read more

Tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium caprae in sheep

Investigation article published in The Veterinary Journal

Tuberculosis was diagnosed in three flocks of sheep in Galicia, Spain, in 2009 and 2010. Two flocks were infected with Mycobacterium bovis and one flock was infected with Mycobacterium caprae. Infection was confirmed by the comparative intradermal tuberculin test, bacteriology, molecular analysis and histopathology. Sheep have the potential to act as a reservoir for tuberculosis… Read more

First isolation of the anamorph of Kazachstania heterogenica from a fatal infection in a primate host

Medical Mycology publish this investigation article

We describe the isolation of the anamorph of the ascomycetous yeast Kazachstania heterogenica from a fatal infection in a 2 year, 9-month-old female white-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar). The yeast was observed in histological sections (lung and intestine) and co-isolated with the bacterium Escherichia coli from different internal organs. This is the first report of the recovery of this yeast from a fatal infection in a primate host… Read more

Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Camelids: Old Problems, Current Solutions and Future Challenges

Investigation published in Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

In spite of great efforts for its control and eradication, tuberculosis remains one of the most important zoonosis worldwide. Its causative agents, the members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, have a wide host range that complicates the epidemiology of this disease. Among susceptible species to these pathogens, camelids from the New World (llama, alpaca and vicuña) and Old World (Bactrian camel and dromedary) are acquiring an increasing importance in several European countries because of its growing number and could act as reservoirs of the disease for livestock and humans in their n… Read more

Tuberculosis in goats: Assessment of current in vivo cell-mediated and antibody-based diagnostic assays

Investigation article published in The Veterinary Journal

Tuberculosis in goats, mainly caused by Mycobacterium bovis and M. caprae, is a zoonotic disease with implications for public health, as well as having an economic impact due to decreased goat production, increased mortality rates and costs of diagnosis. There is an increasing need for surveillance of tuberculosis-infected goat herds, particularly in countries that are not officially free of bovine tuberculosis, and goats sharing farms with cattle should be subjected to the official tuberculin test. In Spain, some regions have programmes for the control of tuberculosis in goats, applying the s… Read more

Application of the Enfer chemiluminescent multiplex ELISA system for the detection of Mycobacterium bovis infection in goats

Veterinary Microbiology publish this investigation article

A study was conducted to optimise a multiplex serological immunoassay for use in identification of goats infected with Mycobacterium bovis. To assess assay specificity, 31 goats with a history of being free from M. bovis infection were used. To determine assay sensitivity, 180 Single Intradermal Comparative Tuberculin test (SICTT) positive goats were recruited. Additionally, 286 SICTT negative goats classed as potentially exposed animals present in the same positive herds were also included in the study. The results of the assay demonstrated a specificity of 100%. The multiplex assay detected … Read more

Update on ASF research

Oral communication in Fourth GF-TADS for Europe Steering Committee meeting (SC4) of the Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases for the Europe

ASF: A Brief overview of the past, present and ...future?

3tres3.com publish this article

African Swine Fever (ASF) is probably the most complex disease affecting many pigs. An illness that made us Spaniards suffer a lot from 1960 to 1995 and that for some years has been very active in Africa and more recently, in Europe, where it is again posing a threat to the pig sector. Despite scientific efforts by different research groups in several countries, we still don’t have a vaccine against this disease, so the main weapons continue to be early detection and rapid implementation of important control measures. To recall some of the most critical points about ASF we have asked some ques… Read more

Master en Seguridad Alimentaria. 8ª Edición

VISAVET participated in this event with the next communications:

- Control de microorganismos patógenos en conservas y productos estables

- Control de microorganismos patógenos en platos preparados y en restauración colectiva II

- Control de microorganismos patógenos en platos preparados y en restauración colectiva I

- Control de microorganismos patógenos en productos crudos y mínimamente procesados II y III

- Control de microorganismos patógenos en productos crudos y mínimanente procesados I

- Control de micotoxinas en materias primas y alimentos procesados