Danays Palacio Collado, José Bertot Valdés, Marcelo Beltrao Molento, Ángel Vázquez Gil, Ramón Ortíz Vázquez, Carlos Fortune Nápoles Fortune Nápoles
{"title":"Pérdidas económicas y prevalencia de Fasciola hepaticaen bovinos sacrificados en dos provincias cubanas","authors":"Danays Palacio Collado, José Bertot Valdés, Marcelo Beltrao Molento, Ángel Vázquez Gil, Ramón Ortíz Vázquez, Carlos Fortune Nápoles Fortune Nápoles","doi":"10.21897/rmvz.1610","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21897/rmvz.1610","url":null,"abstract":"Objective. To determine the economic losses resulting from condemnation of affected livers and the presence of Fasciola hepatica in slaughtered cattle in the provinces of Camaguey and Holguin, Cuba. Materials and Methods. This study was based on the results from an anatomo-pathological examination performed at Felipe Fuentes and Cesar Escalante slaughterhouses between January 2012 and December 2018. The losses, which totaled $ 80 312 USD (Holguin) and $ 327 152 USD (Camaguey), were estimated from the number of slaughtered and affected animals throughout the period. Analyses for the comparisons of proportions were made to animals affected by F.hepatica, whereas the economic losses due to liver condemnation were analyzed by Chi-square to determine the existence of significant differences among the proportions. Analysis of means (ANOM) was made to determine the significantly different proportions within the general average. Results. Significant differences (p<0.001) were observed in animals from different slaughterhouses in 11 months, excluding July. Meanwhile, the total losses due to condemnation of affected livers underwent significant differences (p<0.001) in all the months of the evaluation period. Conclusions. The highest values of economic losses and prevalence due to condemnation of livers affected by F.hepatica were observed in the province of Camaguey, which may have been linked to varying climatic conditions. Hence, evaluation of intermediary host dynamics and the larval stages of the trematode in the two provinces studied were recommended.","PeriodicalId":49598,"journal":{"name":"Revista Mvz Cordoba","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46087966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Francisco Camargo-Assis, Salim Máttar, Marco González Tous
{"title":"Lophomonas blattarum parásito de cucarachas que causa neumonías infrecuentes en humanos","authors":"Francisco Camargo-Assis, Salim Máttar, Marco González Tous","doi":"10.21897/rmvz.1948","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21897/rmvz.1948","url":null,"abstract":"Lophomonas blattarum is a protozoan that parasites the intestinal tract of termites and cockroaches; It belongs to the supergroup Excavata, Parabasalia of first rank and Cristamonadida of second rank (1). They are unicellular, flagellated, free-living, symbionts and endosymbionts diners (2).","PeriodicalId":49598,"journal":{"name":"Revista Mvz Cordoba","volume":"1 1","pages":"1948-1948"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41356330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Challenges in the diagnosis and control of Marek's disease virus in Colombia","authors":"O. SaraLópez, A. DavidVillar, G. JennyChaparro","doi":"10.21897/RMVZ.1413","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21897/RMVZ.1413","url":null,"abstract":"Although the Colombian poultry industry has almost doubled its production in the last decade, our ability to diagnose and characterize avian pathogens is deficient, and there is little information of the circulating viral pathogens. One of these pathogens is Marek disease virus (MDV), which is an immunosuppressive agent that can cause high mortality rates and substantial production losses. Currently, there are few documented clinical cases due to the implementation of mass vaccination programs with GaHV-2 strains (serotype I) and HVT (serotype III). However, losses in production rates are likely occurring due to immunosuppression and subclinical infections. The objective of this review is to describe MDV and the current status of the infection in Colombia.","PeriodicalId":49598,"journal":{"name":"Revista Mvz Cordoba","volume":"24 1","pages":"7157-7165"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47493166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Coello-Peralta, M. González-González, G. Martínez-Cepeda
{"title":"West Nile virus in Ecuador","authors":"R. Coello-Peralta, M. González-González, G. Martínez-Cepeda","doi":"10.21897/RMVZ.1226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21897/RMVZ.1226","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49598,"journal":{"name":"Revista Mvz Cordoba","volume":"24 1","pages":"7151-7156"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48187729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Asbleide Angarita-Sánchez, Denny Cárdenas-Sierra, C. Parra-Giraldo, Claudia Díaz-Carvajal, Patricia Escandon-Hernandez
{"title":"Recovery of environmental Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii in Cúcuta and association with clinical isolates","authors":"Asbleide Angarita-Sánchez, Denny Cárdenas-Sierra, C. Parra-Giraldo, Claudia Díaz-Carvajal, Patricia Escandon-Hernandez","doi":"10.21897/RMVZ.1258","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21897/RMVZ.1258","url":null,"abstract":"espanolRESUMEN Objetivo. Aislar, identificar y caracterizar molecularmente aislamientos de Cryptococcus patogenos para humanos a partir de muestras ambientales y clinicas de la ciudad de Cucuta. Materiales y metodos. Se recolectaron 1300 muestras de 446 arboles de 10 especies diferentes, en 10 zonas publicas de Cucuta. Concomitantemente, se obtuvieron aislados clinicos de Cryptococcus neoformans (junio de 2016-junio de 2017). Se realizo cultivo en agar semillas de Guizottia abysinica, posterior identificacion bioquimica y caracterizacion genetica mediante PCR-huella Digital y RFLP-URA5. Resultados. Se determino prevalencia ambiental para C. neoformans de 4.3% (19 individuos positivos) y C. gattii de 0.2% (1 individuo positivo), para un total de 21 aislados y 20 arboles positivos. El parque Santander registro el 47.6% de la prevalencia global (10/21 aislados), seguido del parque La Victoria con 23.8% (5/21 aislados), correspondientes a C. neoformans. Se obtuvo un aislado de C. gattii en un individuo Ficus benjamina del parque Mercedes Abrego. El analisis genotipico revelo presencia de C. neoformans var. grubii VNI en el 85.7% de los aislados ambientales, asi como en el 100% de los clinicos, seguido de VNII y VGII en 9.5% y 4.8% de los aislados ambientales, respectivamente. Conclusiones. El muestreo longitudinal de los nichos ambientales previamente reportados del hongo revela su presencia y sugiere que se requiere una vigilancia permanente tanto en el medio ambiente como en los pacientes, especialmente en las zonas endemicas de la ciudad. EnglishABSTRACT Objective. Isolate, identify and molecularly characterize pathogenic Cryptococcus isolates for humans from environmental and clinical samples from the city of Cucuta. Materials and methods. A total of 1300 samples were collected from 446 trees of 10 different species in 10 public areas of Cucuta. Concomitantly, clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans were obtained (June 2016-June 2017). The samples were cultivated in Guizottia abysinica seed medium and were then biochemically identified and characterized by PCR fingerpinting and RFLP of the URA5 gene. Results. C. neoformans displayed an environmental prevalence of 4.3% (19 positive individuals), and that of C. gattii was 0.2% (1 positive individual); this yielded a total of 20 Cryptococcus-positive trees and 21 isolates (two from the same individual). Santander Park registered 47.6% of the global prevalence (10/21 isolates), followed by La Victoria Park with 23.8% (5/21 isolates), corresponding to C. neoformans. One C. gattii isolate was collected from a Ficus benjamina tree located in Mercedes Abrego Park. Genotypic analysis revealed the presence of C. neoformans var. grubii VNI in 85.7% of environmental isolates as well as 100% of clinical isolates. VNII and VGII molecular types represented 9.5% and 4.8% of the environmental isolates, respectively. Conclusions. The longitudinal sampling of previously reported environmental niches of the fun","PeriodicalId":49598,"journal":{"name":"Revista Mvz Cordoba","volume":"24 1","pages":"7137-7144"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49078215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. I. Rodríguez-Vivas, L. Cordero, Iris Trinidad-Martínez, M. Ojeda-Chi
{"title":"Spirocerca lupi in doqs of Yucatán, México: Case report and retrospective study","authors":"R. I. Rodríguez-Vivas, L. Cordero, Iris Trinidad-Martínez, M. Ojeda-Chi","doi":"10.21897/RMVZ.1253","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21897/RMVZ.1253","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49598,"journal":{"name":"Revista Mvz Cordoba","volume":"28 2","pages":"7145-7150"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41291032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Salim Máttar, Jaime Montero A, Marco González Tous
{"title":"La historia del dengue aún no termina","authors":"Salim Máttar, Jaime Montero A, Marco González Tous","doi":"10.21897/rmvz.1597","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21897/rmvz.1597","url":null,"abstract":"La primera epidemia de dengue reportada en las Américas aconteció en el siglo XVIII en Filadelfia, Norte de los Estados Unidos de América y fue descrita por primera vez en 1780 por Benjamín Rush; curiosamente en una zona de clima frio. A partir de ese brote, el dengue ha afectado a la mayoría los países de la región, pero el mayor número de casos se concentra en América Latina y el Caribe.","PeriodicalId":49598,"journal":{"name":"Revista Mvz Cordoba","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68771979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ivónn Yanine Chávez-Mora, D. Sánchez-Chiprés, Jorge Galindo-García, M. A. Ayala-Valdovinos, T. Duifhuis-Rivera, Julio Ly-Carmenatti
{"title":"Efecto de oligofructosa de agave en dietas de gallinas ponedoras en la producción de huevos","authors":"Ivónn Yanine Chávez-Mora, D. Sánchez-Chiprés, Jorge Galindo-García, M. A. Ayala-Valdovinos, T. Duifhuis-Rivera, Julio Ly-Carmenatti","doi":"10.21897/RMVZ.1522","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21897/RMVZ.1522","url":null,"abstract":"Objective . To determine egg production in laying hens treated with oligofructose from agave. Materials and methods . Eighteen weeks old Hy-line W-36 hens (n=300) were distributed randomly into 3 treatment groups: no feed supplementation (control) or feed supplementation with 0.1% of 0.2% oligofructose from agave (OFA). Hens were monitored from development until 30 weeks of egg laying. Results . A significant (p<0.05) increase in the percent of egg-laying hens as well as increased in egg weight and egg quality occurred in hens from the OFA treatment groups relative to the control hens. Significantly lower levels (p<0.05) of fecal putrescine were observed in hens from the OFA treatment groups. Conclusions. The oligofructose from agave may be used as an alternative feed additive in laying hens.","PeriodicalId":49598,"journal":{"name":"Revista Mvz Cordoba","volume":"112 1","pages":"7108-7112"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2018-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79396045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Salim Máttar, Marco González-Tous, Luis Carlos Salgado Arroyo
{"title":"Virus Nipah, un paramixovirus que emerge de los hospedadores de vida silvestre y representa una amenaza para la salud humana","authors":"Salim Máttar, Marco González-Tous, Luis Carlos Salgado Arroyo","doi":"10.21897/RMVZ.1516","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21897/RMVZ.1516","url":null,"abstract":"Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/), que permite el uso sin restricciones, la distribución y la reproducción en cualquier medio, siempre que se otorgue el crédito apropiado al autor o autores originales y la fuente. Como citar (Vancouver). Mattar S, González-Tous M. Virus Nipah, un paramixovirus que emerge de los hospedadores de vida silvestre y representa una amenaza para la salud humana. Rev MVZ Cordoba. 2019; 24(1):7089-7090. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21897/rmvz.1516 2019; 24(1):7089-7090. https://doi.org/10.21897/rmvz.1516 Revista MVZ Córdoba","PeriodicalId":49598,"journal":{"name":"Revista Mvz Cordoba","volume":"24 1","pages":"7089-7090"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2018-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45359361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"El virus Madariaga le sigue los pasos a los virus Chikungunya y Zika","authors":"S. Mattar V, Marco González T","doi":"10.21897/rmvz.1480","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21897/rmvz.1480","url":null,"abstract":"Los virus transmitidos por artrópodos son causa de importantes encefalitis. Varios virus de las encefalitis equinas pertenecen a la familia Togaviridae género Alphavirus, además de Chikungunya y Mayaro, están los virus de la encefalitis del oeste (WEEV), encefalitis equina venezolana (VEEV) y encefalitis equina del este (EEEV). La EEEV se clasificó previamente en cuatro linajes / subtipos distintos (I - IV) (1, 2). Las cepas sudamericanas (SA) (linajes II-IV), que incluyen los aislamientos de América del Sur y Central, son genéticamente diferentes en contraste con las cepas de América del Norte (NA) que pertenecen al linaje I (3). Debido a la divergencia genética y a las diferencias significativas en la ecología y la patogénesis, los aislamientos de América del Sur de EEEV se clasificaron recientemente como una especie distinta la que se denominó virus Madariaga (MADV)(1).","PeriodicalId":49598,"journal":{"name":"Revista Mvz Cordoba","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2018-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68771456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}