BMC veterinary research

01 21 October 2026

DOI 10.1186/s12917-026-06017-2

Development and application of a multiplex PCR assay for detection of pathogenic Clostridium species

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Ming Wei, Yan Feng, Ruirui Wei et al.

02 21 October 2026

DOI 10.1186/s12917-026-06035-0

Primary pulmonary myxoid liposarcoma in a dog

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M. Criado, D. Zapico, P. Mendívil et al.

03 20 October 2026

DOI 10.1186/s12917-026-06022-5

Acute haematological and ultrasonographic changes followiong 13% or 15% total blood volume donation in non-sedaded military working dogs

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Talita Denny Góes, Ana Luisa Gonçalves de Moura, Ana Luisa de Freitas Morgado et al.

Background: Veterinary transfusion medicine lacks standardized protocols governing the safe maximum volume of blood that may be collected from canine donors per procedure. Unlike human medicine, where a 13% total blood volume (TBV) thres...

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04 20 October 2026

DOI 10.1186/s12917-026-05969-9

Residency time and other risk factors for large bovine tuberculosis breakdowns in Irish cattle herds

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Miriam Casey-Bryars, Jamie A. Tratalos, Andrew W. Byrne et al.

Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) poses challenges to sustainable livestock production and to animal and human health globally. Between 2016 and 2024, annual herd-level incidence of bTB in Irish cattle herds increased from 3.27% to 6.04%. To inf...

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05 20 October 2026

DOI 10.1186/s12917-026-06012-7

Fecal calprotectin concentrations in fecal extracts are associated with abnormal fecal status and gastrointestinal infection in captive and wild giant pandas

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Jingjie Wei, Yifan Wen, Li Liu et al.

06 19 October 2026

DOI 10.1186/s12917-026-05906-w

Novel double-antibody sandwich ELISA based on nanobody against spike protein for the detection of porcine deltacoronavirus

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Ruiming Yu, Dongsheng Wang, Xinyu Gao et al.

07 19 October 2026

DOI 10.1186/s12917-026-06015-4

Maternal dietary intervention with fermented feed mulberry improves offspring performance and intestinal development in suckling piglets

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Junhong Liu, Miaomiao Bai, Yueyao Xing et al.

Background: The search for sustainable, cost-effective alternatives to soybean meal in pig diets has gained significant attention. Methods: This study evaluated fermented feed mulberry (FFM) as a partial soybean meal replacement on the l...

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08 19 October 2026

DOI 10.1186/s12917-026-06030-5

Clinical outcome and exploratory analysis of endoplasmic reticulum stress marker in feline plasma cell-derived neoplasms treated with bortezomib: a retrospective pilot study

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Hiroyuki Tani, Ryo Miyamoto, Hirotaka Kondo et al.

09 19 October 2026

DOI 10.1186/s12917-026-06029-y

A rare 24-bp in-frame deletion in porcine PRNP identified in a Berkshire pig

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Yong-Chan Kim, Sae-Young Won, Min-Ju Jeong et al.

Background: Prion diseases are transmissible neurodegenerative disorders that have been reported in humans and several major food-producing animal species. No cases of natural prion infection have been reported in pigs, although suscepti...

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10 19 October 2026

DOI 10.1186/s12917-026-05948-0

An offline deep learning model for bovine muzzle identification using the variance of the laplacian, YOLOv8, EfficientNetV2-S, and ArcFace

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Ahlam G. Khalifa, Ahmed S. Abdultawab

Precise animal identification underpins livestock management, disease control, and traceability. Traditional methods such as tattoos and ear tags can fade or be lost, motivating a shift toward biometric-based systems. This study proposed...

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