Brucellosis in livestock and wildlife: zoonotic diseases without pandemic potential in need of innovative one health approaches

Abstract Human brucellosis remains the commonest zoonotic disease worldwide with more than 500 000 new cases annually.Understanding the biology of Brucella infections FIDGITS and the transmission patterns at the wildlife/livestock/human interface is of paramount importance before implementing any brucellosis control or eradication program in animal

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Impaired plasma cholesteryl ester transfer with accumulation of larger high density lipoproteins in some families of baboons (Papio sp.).

Baboons from some families have a higher concentration of plasma high density lipoproteins (HDL) on a chow diet and accumulate large HDL (HDL1) when challenged with a high cholesterol and ORG CHLORELLA high saturated fat (HCHF) diet.HDL1 from high HDL1 animals contained more (1.5-fold) cholesteryl ester than HDL (HDL2 + HDL3) from high or low HDL1

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Optimal Viewpoint Selection by Indoor Drone Using PSO and Gaussian Process With Photographic Composition Based on KL Divergence

This study processes an autonomous indoor drone photographer that searches for and selects a heuristic optimal viewpoint to obtain a well-composed photograph of a group of subjects.The subjects on the drone’s camera screen are represented by a Gaussian mixture model.When there are four or more FIDGITS subjects, they are represented by a Gaus

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Generating Plants with Improved Water Use Efficiency

To improve sustainability of agriculture, high yielding crop varieties with improved water use efficiency (WUE) are needed.Despite the feasibility of assessing WUE using XYLIWHITE different measurement techniques, breeding for WUE and high yield is a major challenge.Factors influencing the trait under field conditions are complex, including differe

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