Strong restructuration of skin microbiota during captivity challenges ex-situ conservation of amphibians by Léa Fieschi-Méric, Léa Fieschi-Méric, Pauline Van Leeuwen, Kevin Hopkins, Marie Bournonville, Mathieu Denoël, David Lesbarrères, David Lesbarrères

“…The resulting assurance populations are managed under strict biosecure protocols, often involving artificial cycles of temperature and humidity to induce active and overwintering phases, which likely affect the bacterial symbionts living on the amphibian skin. …”
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Intervention options for small-scale family poultry development in south-eastern Madagascar: an expert survey by Barbara Kurz, Jonathan Steinke, Stefan Sieber

“…KIs emphasised the development of animal health support services, including village vaccinators, upgrading feed with locally accessible protein sources, and the need for biosecure housing. Furthermore, training for farmers on poultry management, marketing, and vaccinations was suggested, in addition to creating awareness about the nutritional benefits of poultry products. …”
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Analysis of Microalgal Density Estimation by Using LASSO and Image Texture Features by Linh Nguyen, Dung K. Nguyen, Thang Nguyen, Binh Nguyen, Truong X. Nghiem

“…Among the estimation techniques proposed so far, image-based methods, which are less invasive, nondestructive, and more biosecure, are practically preferred. Nevertheless, the premise behind most of those approaches is simply averaging the pixel values of images as inputs of a regression model to predict density values, which may not provide rich information of the microalgae presenting in the images. …”
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Probing genetic control of swine responses to PRRSV infection: current progress of the PRRS host genetics consortium by Lunney Joan K, Steibel Juan, Reecy James M, Fritz Eric, Rothschild Max F, Kerrigan Maureen, Trible B, Rowland Raymond RR

“…After acclimation, the pigs were infected with PRRSV in a biosecure facility and followed for 42 days post infection (dpi). …”

Development of the Ileal Microbiota in Three Broiler Breeds by Peter Richards-Rios, Jo Fothergill, Marion Bernardeau, Paul Wigley

“…Chicks were housed in the same room of a climate-controlled, biosecure chicken housing unit. Between 0 and 14 d.p.h, chicks were kept in three circular brooder pens ensuring a mixture of breeds in each brooder. …”
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Bayesian analysis of herd-level risk factors for bovine digital dermatitis in New Zealand dairy herds by Dan Aaron Yang, M. Carolyn Gates, Kristina R. Müller, Richard A. Laven

“…To minimise the risk of disease introductions in herds where moving heifers cannot be avoided, it is best to purchase heifers only from herds where BDD-freedom has been confirmed and, if heifers have to graze-off a farm, they should be reared as a single biosecure management group, especially since animals may be BDD-infected without having clinically obvious lesions.…”
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Quality of Isolated Pig Islets is Improved Using Perfluorohexyloctane for Pancreas Storage in a Split Lobe Model by Brandhorst, H, Iken, M, Scott, W, Papas, K, Theisinger, B, Johnson, P, Korsgren, O, Brandhorst, D

“…It is foreseeable that shipment of pig pancreases from distant centralized biosecure breeding facilities to institutes that have a long-term experience in porcine islet isolation is essentially required in future clinical islet xenotransplantation. …”

Quality of isolated pig islets is improved using perfluorohexyloctane for pancreas storage in a split lobe model. by Brandhorst, H, Iken, M, Scott, W, Papas, K, Theisinger, B, Johnson, P, Korsgren, O, Brandhorst, D

“…It is foreseeable that shipment of pig pancreases from distant centralized biosecure breeding facilities to institutes that have a long-term experience in porcine islet isolation is essentially required in future clinical islet xenotransplantation. …”

Individuality of a group: detailed walking ability analysis of broiler flocks using optical flow approach by Jerine A.J. van der Eijk, Oleksiy Guzhva, Jan Schulte-Landwehr, Mona F. Giersberg, Leonie Jacobs, Ingrid C. de Jong

“…Several computer vision techniques have been developed for automated assessment of walking ability, providing an objective and biosecure alternative to the currently more subjective and time-consuming manual assessment of walking ability. …”
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Benefits of testing in both bio-secure and production environments in genomic selection breeding programs for commercial broiler chicken by Thinh T. Chu, Setegn W. Alemu, Elise Norberg, Anders C. Sørensen, John Henshall, Rachel Hawken, Just Jensen

“…Abstract Background A breeding program for commercial broiler chicken that is carried out under strict biosecure conditions can show reduced genetic gain due to genotype by environment interactions (G × E) between bio-secure (B) and commercial production (C) environments. …”
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Development of the Caecal Microbiota in Three Broiler Breeds by Peter Richards, Jo Fothergill, Marion Bernardeau, Paul Wigley

“…Chicks were housed in the same room of a climate-controlled, biosecure chicken housing unit. Between 0 and 14 days post hatch, chicks were kept in brooder pens ensuring a mixture of breeds in each brooder. …”
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Quality of Isolated Pig Islets is Improved Using Perfluorohexyloctane for Pancreas Storage in a Split Lobe Model by H. Brandhorst, M. Iken, W. E. Scott, K. K. Papas, B. Theisinger, P. R. Johnson, O. Korsgren, D. Brandhorst

“…It is foreseeable that shipment of pig pancreases from distant centralized biosecure breeding facilities to institutes that have a long-term experience in porcine islet isolation is essentially required in future clinical islet xenotransplantation. …”
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Risk factors for Neospora caninum, bovine viral diarrhoea virus, and Leptospira interrogans serovar Hardjo infection in smallholder cattle and buffalo in Lao PDR. by Luisa Olmo, Michael P Reichel, Sonevilay Nampanya, Syseng Khounsy, Lloyd C Wahl, Bethanie A Clark, Peter C Thomson, Peter A Windsor, Russell D Bush

“…The benchmarking of bovid exposure to emerging abortifacient pathogens and identification of their risk factors potentially informs disease prevention strategies, supporting efforts to establish a biosecure beef supply for enhanced smallholder livestock productivity, public health and food security in Laos and surrounding countries.…”
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Seeing is caring – automated assessment of resource use of broilers with computer vision techniques by Jerine A. J. van der Eijk, Oleksiy Guzhva, Alexander Voss, Matthias Möller, Mona F. Giersberg, Leonie Jacobs, Ingrid C. de Jong

“…Computer vision techniques offer exciting potential for routine and automated assessment of broiler welfare, providing an objective and biosecure alternative to the current more subjective and time-consuming methods. …”
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