AIM To analyse and present the epidemiological and epizootological situation of brucellosis in humans, sheep and goats caused by Brucella melitensis. METHODS The veterinary health services analyzsd epidemiological reports, as well as other official documents, in relation to the epidemiology and the measures undertaken for control of brucellosis in Bulgaria, 2005-08. RESULTS In Bulgaria anim...

The aim of the study was to analyze if body positioning during electrocardiogram recording has an influence on results in goats. Forty-seven Polish White Improved and Fawn goats from a large dairy herd selected for sanitary culling due caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus (CAEV) infection, ranging 2-12 years (median 5.5 years) were included study. ECG records obtained each goat sternal recumben...

BACKGROUND MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNA molecules that serve as important post-transcriptional gene expression regulators by targeting messenger RNAs for post-transcriptional endonucleolytic cleavage or translational inhibition. miRNAs play important roles in many biological processes. Extensive high-throughput sequencing studies of miRNAs have been performed in several animal mod...