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Donkey endometrium: Characterization of resident immune cells.
Radar-Chafirovitch, Ariana; Quaresma, Miguel; Yánez-Ortiz, Ivan; Leiva, Belen; Ferreria-Dias, Graça; Payan-Carreira, Rita; Miro, JordiThe Burro de Miranda is an endangered donkey breed. The dynamics of the immune system of the donkey's reproductive tract are essential to manage the fertility of these animals for the improvement and survival of the species. In mares, high numbers of immune cells infiltrating the endometrium promote endometrosis, which is still to be confirmed in jennies. Uterine biopsies of 32 jennies were evaluated based on t...
Walk or be walked by the dog? The attachment role
Martins, Catarina Freitas; Silva , Luís; Soares, Jorge; Pinto, Graça Sofia Monteiro; Abrantes, Catarina; Gomes , Francisca; Cardoso , LuísThe recruitment of dogs as a source of encouragement and motivation for physical activity (PA) has garnered increased scientific attention (Christian et al., 2016; Morrison et al., 2014; Soares et al., 2015; Westgarth et al., 2014). Accelerometers are a valuable instrument for quantifying PA and energy expenditure in both humans and dogs (Montoye et al., 2020; Yam et al., 2011). However, a recent meta-analytica...
Depression in cancer survivors: the role of companion animal
Mota, Maria Paula; Freitas Martins, Catarina; Pinto Soares, Jorge; Azevedo, Luís; Monteiro, Graça; Abrantes, Catarina; Mota, Maria da GraçaIt has been suggested that living with a pet reduces psychological stress, isolation, and loneliness while increasing social support and communication (Martins et al., 2023). Regarding cancer survivors, depression is one of the most common psychiatric diagnoses, so it may be hypothesised that these patients can benefit from a pet company. Nevertheless, an issue that should be considered in this human-animal bon...
Seasonal variations on testicular morphology, boar taint, and meat quality trai...
Botelho-Fontela, Sofia; Ferreira, Sílvia; Paixão, Gustavo; Pereira-Pinto, Ricardo; Vaz-Velho, Manuela; Pires, Maria dos Anjos; Payan-Carreira, RitaTraditional outdoor pig farming is renowned for its emphasis on animal welfare and the production of highly valued, quality meat. While seasonality is known to impact certain animals, particularly those raised outdoors, there is a lack of research on Bísaro boars, a native Portuguese breed. This research study was conducted on a total of 20 male entire Bísaro pigs, reared in outdoor pens from 4 to 13 months old...
Effect of immunocastration on culled sows: a preliminary study on reproductive ...
Botelho-Fontela, Sofia; Paixão, Gustavo; Pereira-Pinto, Ricardo; Vaz-Velho, Manuela; Pires, Maria dos Anjos; Payan-Carreira, Rita; Patarata, LuísThe Bísaro pig is a Portuguese autochthonous breed greatly appreciated for its meat quality and is mainly reared outdoors. Immunocastration could be a solution to avoid undesirable pregnancies and boar taint in cull sows. The present study tested three immunocastration protocols (with Improvac®) according to their reproductive cycle. The first inoculation was performed two weeks after farrowing (IM1, n = 5), at...
Estimating sequence diversity of prion protein gene (PRNP) in Portuguese popula...
Pereira, Jorge C.; Gonçalves-Anjo, Nuno; Orge, Leonor; Pires, Maria dos Anjos; Rocha, Sara; Figueira, Luís; Matos, Ana Cristina; Silva, JoãoAmong the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), chronic wasting disease (CWD) in cervids is now a rising concern in wildlife within Europe, after the detection of the first case in Norway in 2016, in a wild reindeer and until June 2022 a total of 34 cases were described in Norway, Sweden and Finland. The definite diagnosis is post-mortem, performed in target areas of the brain and lymph nodes. Sampl...
Chronic wasting disease risk assessment in Portugal: results and future work.
Pires, Maria dos Anjos; Torres, Juan Maria; Pereira, Jorge C.; Gonçalves-Anjo, Nuno; Bastos, Estela; Matos, Ana Cristina; Gama, Adelina; Alves, AnabelaChronic wasting disease risk assessment in Portugal: results and future work.
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) risk assessment in Portugal : The genetic approac...
Pereira, Jorge C.; Gonçalves-Anjo, Nuno; Bastos, Estela; Rocha, Sara; Figueira, Luís; Matos, Ana Cristina; Machado, Carla; Silva, João; Mendonça, PaulaAmong the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), chronic wasting disease (CWD) in cervids is now the rising concern in wildlife within Europe, after the first case was detected in Norway in 2016, in a wild reindeer and until October 2021, a total of 34 cases were described in Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Analysis of sequence variability of prion protein gene (PRNP) in Portuguese cer...
Pereira, Jorge C.; Machado, Ana; Gonçalves-Anjo, Nuno; Bastos, Estela; Orge, Leonor; Rocha, Sara; Figueira, Luís; Matos, Ana Cristina; Silva, JoãoTransmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) or prion diseases are a family of neurodegenerative diseases caused by lethal infectious pathogens called Prions. Among the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), chronic wasting disease (CWD) in cervids is now the rising concern in wildlife within Europe, after the first case was detected in Norway in 2016, in a wild reindeer and until October 2021, a to...
Chronic wasting disease risk assessment in Portugal: analysis of variability an...
Gonçalves-Anjo, Nuno; Pereira, Jorge C.; Machado, Ana; Saianda, Mafalda; Bastos, Estela; Orge, Leonor; Rocha, Sara; Figueira, Luís; Matos, Ana CristinaAmong the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies, Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in cervids is now the rising concern in wildlife within Europe after the first case detected in Norway in 2016. CWD shows a notable horizontal transmission, affecting both free-ranging and captive cervids. Furthermore, several genetic variants in the Prion Protein (PRNP) gene coding sequence of the cervid were identified, which i...