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      Infectious agents affecting fertility of bulls, and transmission risk through semen: Retrospective analysis of their sanitary status in Colombia Translated title: Agentes infecciosos que afetam a fertilidade do touro e seu risco de transmissão pelo sêmen: Análise retrospectivo do estado de saúde na Colômbia Translated title: Agentes infecciosos que afectan la fertilidad del toro y su riesgo de trasmisión por el semen: Análisis retrospectivo del estado sanitario en Colombia

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          Abstract

          The most important infectious diseases that affect fertility of the bull, and their transmission via semen are reviewed in this article. Additionally, a retrospective analysis of the diseases reported in Colombia was also addressed. In general, there is high seropositivity for IBR and BVD, two diseases that can be transmitted by semen due to viral latency and persistence, and lack official control programs in Colombia. It is necessary to move forward with the support of livestock associations and animal health institutions in order to establish true artificial Insemination centers that allow a permanent surveillance of donor´s health status, and the production of pathogen-free semen as a way to control transmission of diseases via semen.

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          Foi feita uma revisão das principais doenças infecciosas que afetam a fertilidade de touros e sua transmissão pelo sêmen. Também foi analisado retrospectivamente o estado sanitário de reprodutores a parir de alguns estudos realizados na Colômbia. Em geral, há uma alta soropositividade para IBR e BVD, duas doenças que podem ser transmitidas pelo sêmen por causa da latência e persistência viral e para os quais não há um programa de controle oficial. Isso indica a necessidade de avançar com o apoio de associações de animais e instituições responsáveis pela saúde animal no desenvolvimento de verdadeiras estações de inseminação artificial que permitem a monitorização contínua da saúde dos doadores e obtenção de sêmen livre de doença como uma forma de controlar a transmissão por esta via.

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          Se revisa en este artículo las principales enfermedades infecciosas que afectan la fertilidad del toro y su trasmisión por semen. Se analiza a la vez, en forma retrospectiva, el estado sanitario de los reproductores a partir de algunos estudios realizados en Colombia. En general, existe una alta seropositividad para IBR y DVB, dos enfermedades que pueden ser trasmitidas por el semen en razón de la latencia y persistencia viral y para las cuales no existe un programa de control oficial. Se plantea la necesidad de avanzar con el apoyo de las asociaciones ganaderas y las instituciones encargadas de la sanidad Animal en el establecimiento de verdaderas centrales de inseminación artificial que permitan un monitoreo permanente del estado de salud de los donantes y la obtención de semen libre de enfermedades como una forma de controlar la trasmisión por esta vía.

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              Identification of an unusual Brucella strain (BO2) from a lung biopsy in a 52 year-old patient with chronic destructive pneumonia

              Background Brucellosis is primarily a zoonotic disease caused by Brucella species. There are currently ten Brucella spp. including the recently identified novel B. inopinata sp. isolated from a wound associated with a breast implant infection. In this study we report on the identification of an unusual Brucella-like strain (BO2) isolated from a lung biopsy in a 52-year-old patient in Australia with a clinical history of chronic destructive pneumonia. Results Standard biochemical profiles confirmed that the unusual strain was a member of the Brucella genus and the full-length 16S rRNA gene sequence was 100% identical to the recently identified B. inopinata sp. nov. (type strain BO1T). Additional sequence analysis of the recA, omp2a and 2b genes; and multiple locus sequence analysis (MLSA) demonstrated that strain BO2 exhibited significant similarity to the B. inopinata sp. compared to any of the other Brucella or Ochrobactrum species. Genotyping based on multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) established that the BO2 and BO1Tstrains form a distinct phylogenetic cluster separate from the other Brucella spp. Conclusion Based on these molecular and microbiological characterizations, we propose that the BO2 strain is a novel lineage of the newly described B. inopinata species.
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                Journal
                rccp
                Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Pecuarias
                Rev Colom Cienc Pecua
                Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad de Antioquia (Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia )
                0120-0690
                2256-2958
                December 2011
                : 24
                : 4
                : 623-633
                Affiliations
                [02] orgnameUniversidad Nacional de Colombia orgdiv1Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y de Zootecnia orgdiv2Clínica de la Reproducción
                [01] orgnameUniversidad de los Llanos orgdiv1Grupo de Investigación en Reproducción y Genética Animal
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                S0120-06902011000400008 S0120-0690(11)02400408
                1661d559-9570-48bd-a072-21ed36a58b48

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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                : 23 July 2010
                : 04 October 2011
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                Colombia,fertilidad,agentes infecciosos,infectious agents,fertility,bull,saúde animal,doenças reprodutivas,bovinos,toros

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