Animal and Veterinary Sciences

Volume 6, Issue 6, November 2018

  • A Multicenter, Randomized Field Trial on the Efficacy and Safety of VEPURED®, A New Vaccine Against Edema Disease in Pigs

    Eva Perozo, Joaquim Mallorquí, Ainhoa Puig, David Sabaté, Laura Ferrer-Soler, Ricard March

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 6, November 2018
    Pages: 95-101
    Received: Dec. 11, 2018
    Accepted: Jan. 02, 2019
    Published: Jan. 31, 2019
    DOI: 10.11648/j.avs.20180606.11
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    Abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate under field conditions the efficacy and safety of Vepured, a new recombinant vaccine against Edema Disease in pigs. The study was conducted on five commercial farrow-to-finish pig farms, which had historical records of clinical signs and presented F18-positive E.coli producing VT2e. The study was designed as a ... Show More
  • Potential of Water Extracts from Reticulitermes Flavipes on Control of Solenopsis Gayi

    Joaquín Ipinza-Regla, Alejandra Olivares, Jaime Eduardo Araya

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 6, November 2018
    Pages: 102-106
    Received: Sep. 04, 2018
    Accepted: Oct. 11, 2018
    Published: Mar. 15, 2019
    DOI: 10.11648/j.avs.20180606.12
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    Abstract: Five nests each of Reticulitermes flavipes Kollar (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) and Solenopsis gayi Spinola (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) were collected in sites distanced at least 1 km in the Metropolitan Region, Santiago, Chile, to study the modification of hermeticism conducts of termites exposed to ant specimens on transparent plastic arenas lined wi... Show More