16S rRNA-based assays for quantitative detection of universal, human-, cow-, and dog-specific fecal Bacteroidales: a Bayesian approach.
- Beverly J Kildare, C. Leutenegger, B. S. McSwain, D. Bambic, V. Rajal, S. Wuertz
- BiologyWater Research
- 1 August 2007
Application of Real-Time PCR To Study Effects of Ammonium on Population Size of Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria in Soil
- Y. Okano, K. Hristova, K. Scow
- Medicine, ChemistryApplied and Environmental Microbiology
- 1 February 2004
A quantitative real-time PCR assay targeting part of the ammonia-monooxygenase gene (amoA) was developed to estimate AOB population size in soil and found that the population size was significantly greater in annually fertilized versus unfertilized soil, suggesting a long-term effect of ammonium fertilization on AOBpopulation size.
Concentrations of a Koi herpesvirus (KHV) in tissues of experimentally infected Cyprinus carpio koi as assessed by real-time TaqMan PCR.
- O. Gilad, S. Yun, Francisco J. Zagmutt-Vergara, C. Leutenegger, H. Bercovier, R. Hedrick
- Biology, Environmental ScienceDiseases of Aquatic Organisms
- 8 September 2004
Although there were no recognized patterns to viral DNA concentrations as found in different tissues over time, KHV genome copies for all tissues increased with time post virus exposure and with water temperature.
Circovirus in Tissues of Dogs with Vasculitis and Hemorrhage
- Linlin Li, S. McGraw, P. Pesavento
- Biology, MedicineEmerging Infectious Diseases
- 1 April 2013
The results indicate that circovirus, alone or in co-infection with other pathogens, might contribute to illness and death in dogs.
Viruses in diarrhoeic dogs include novel kobuviruses and sapoviruses.
- Linlin Li, P. Pesavento, T. Shan, C. Leutenegger, Chunlin Wang, E. Delwart
- BiologyJournal of General Virology
- 1 November 2011
Canine kobuvirus, the first sequenced canine picornavirus and the closest genetic relative of the diarrhoea-causing human Aichi virus, was detected at high frequency in the faeces of both healthy and diarrhoeic dogs, highlighting the high frequency of new virus detection possible even in extensively studied animal species using metagenomics approaches.
Evidence of the Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis Agent in Ixodes ricinus Ticks in Switzerland
- N. Pusterla, C. Leutenegger, J. Huder, R. Weber, U. Braun, H. Lutz
- BiologyJournal of Clinical Microbiology
- 1 May 1999
The occurrence of this agent in I. ricinus in Switzerland presents a potential danger of transmission of granulocytic ehrlichiosis to dogs, horses, and humans.
Real-time RT-PCR (TaqMan) assays for the detection of Grapevine Leafroll associated viruses 1-5 and 9.
- F. Osman, C. Leutenegger, D. Golino, A. Rowhani
- Biology, MedicineJournal of Virological Methods
- 1 April 2007
Feline infectious peritonitis: Role of the feline coronavirus 3c gene in intestinal tropism and pathogenicity based upon isolates from resident and adopted shelter cats
- N. Pedersen, Hongwei Liu, Farina Mustaffa Kamal
- BiologyVirus Research
- 17 January 2012
An Experimental Model of Allergic Asthma in Cats Sensitized to House Dust Mite or Bermuda Grass Allergen
- Carol R Norris Reinero, K. Decile, L. Gershwin
- Medicine, BiologyInternational Archives of Allergy and Immunology
- 2 September 2004
Using clinically relevant aeroallergens to sensitize and challenge the cat provides an additional animal model to study the immunopathophysiologic mechanisms of allergic asthma.
Detection of Toxoplasma gondii-like oocysts in cat feces and estimates of the environmental oocyst burden.
- H. Dabritz, Melissa A. Miller, P. Conrad
- BiologyJournal of the American Veterinary Medical…
- 4 December 2007
Despite the low prevalence and short duration of T gondii oocyst shedding by cats detected in the present and former surveys, the sheer numbers of oocysts shed by cats during initial infection could lead to substantial environmental contamination.
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