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25-06-2019
 New edition of the Biosafety and Biosecurity Module of the IDOH master’s degree at IRTA-CReSA (read more) |
18-06-2019
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18-06-2019
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13-06-2019
 World experts in virology meet in Barcelona. Climate change, globalization and emerging viral diseases (read more) |
04-06-2019
 Dr. Júlia Vergara-Alert is awarded a scholarship from the HKU-Pasteur Research Pole to participate in a coronavirus course at the University of Hong Kong (read more) |
30-05-2019
 First longitudinal study assessing the infection dynamics of PCV-3 in commercial healthy farms of Spain (read more) |
29-05-2019
 Analyzing a cerebrospinal fluid protein will help diagnose and predict the clinical evolution of patients with prion diseases (read more) |
27-05-2019
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23-05-2019
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23-05-2019
 The ‘Scientists at Games’ video game designed by a school about IRTA-CReSA wins the best aesthetic mention (read more) |
20-05-2019
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10-05-2019
.jpg) Eliminating treatment with antibiotics in piglets increases diversity in their nasal microbial and promotes a better health (read more) |
10-05-2019
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07-05-2019
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06-05-2019
 The Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) follows a seasonal pattern in the Arabian Peninsula (read more) |
30-04-2019
Yasser Mahmmod: “It’s just a wonderful feeling when your job is to improve the current knowledge to give a better health for animals”
We interviewed Yasser Mahmmod, Postdoctoral Researcher at IRTA-CReSA with a Marie Sklodowska-Curie MSC CO-FUND grant. (read more) |
24-04-2019
The whale located in the Catalan coast this Easter was killed by a ship
The necropsy performed by the Autonomous University of Barcelona indicates that the body of the specimen, a whale with a Cuvier’s beak, or common beaked whale, had a significant cut in the skin and six broken ribs, most likely due to the impact of a boat. (read more) |
09-04-2019
Veterinarians of the ”Landbrugets Veterinære Konsulenttjeneste” visit IRTA-CReSA, sponsored by MSD
The past 4 April 2019, IRTA-CReSA was visited by 8 veterinarians working at the ”Landbrugets Veterinære Konsulenttjeneste”. (read more) |
08-04-2019
SYMPOSIUM: Generic risk assessment for introduction of animal diseases
A one-day symposium will be organised by Wageningen Bioveterinary Research to disseminate results of the G-RAID project (Generic approaches for Risk Assessment of Infectious animal Disease introduction). (read more) |
02-04-2019
New Open Acces call of RLASB
The Red de Laboratorios de Alta Seguridad Biológica (RLASB) (Hight Biosecurity Laboratories Network) launches a new Open access call. (read more) |
26-03-2019
Students from the school Torre de la Llebre of Rubí visit us to make a scientific videogame
Students from the public primary school Torre de la Llebre of Rubí participate in the contest “Scientists in play”. (read more) |
25-03-2019
Rift Valley virus study made by IRTA-CReSA and INIA-CISA is awarded by the Royal Entomological Society
The work showed for the first time that some species of mosquito found in Europe such as the common mosquito and the Asian tiger mosquito are capable of transmitting the Rift Valley fever virus. (read more) |
20-03-2019
Researchers from IRTA-CReSA attended the annual meeting of the European ZAPI Project about zoonosis
The European Project ZAPI (Zoonoses Anticipation and Preparedness Initiative) held its annual Meeting in Paris. (read more) |
19-03-2019
Zoonotic Tuberculosis, a public health challenge?
On March 20th is the International Day of Tuberculosis (TB). What do we know about TB? (read more) |
15-03-2019
Sewage reveals levels of antimicrobial resistance worldwide
An international study led by the Technical University of Denmark, with the participation of the researcher of the IRTA Animal Health Program Marta Cerdà-Cuéllar, shows that analyzing the genetic material of sewage informs quickly, accurately and economically of the types and levels of bacteria resistant to antibiotics. (read more) |
11-03-2019
Recognition of Industrial Doctorates of the projects awarded in 2015
On February 7, the recognition ceremony of Industrial Doctorates was held by the Department of Enterprise and Knowledge of the Generalitat of Catalonia. (read more) |
08-03-2019
African swine fever, an epidemic that crosses Europe
Review of the origins, epidemiology, clinical signs and the future of the most worrisome disease for the sector at present. An article by Jorge Martínez i Francesc Accensi, from the Department of Health and Anatomy of Animals (UAB) and the Center for Research in Animal Health (IRTA-CReSA) in the journal “albeitar”, section on Emerging diseases in pigs. (read more) |
04-03-2019
Teat skin colonization with contagious mastitis pathogens increase the risk of bovine intramammary infections
A team of researchers with the participation of Yasser Mahmmod from IRTA-CReSA conclude that the presence of Staphilococcus aureus and Streptococcus agalactiae on teat skin increase the risk of bovine intramammary infections with the same pathogens. (read more) |
28-02-2019
IRTA and CIBERNED sign an agreement to investigate prion diseases
The Animal Health program of IRTA and the Neurodegenerative Diseases Network Research Center (CIBERNED) of the Carlos III Health Institute will work together to exchange knowledge and new techniques to study prion diseases. (read more) |
27-02-2019
IRTA coordinates the group ‘MIXOlepus’ to face mixomatosis in the hare
Myxomatosis is a disease that mainly affected rabbits, but recent outbreaks have been detected in the Iberian hare for the first time. The working group ‘MIXOlepus’, coordinated by the researcher of the Animal Health Program of IRTA Ignacio Badiola and from the sub-program of endemic diseases, will study the disease with the aim of developing a vaccine. (read more) |
19-02-2019
Pigs and llamas are also susceptible to be infected by MERS-CoV
The Middle East respiratory syndrome (or MERS) is an infection caused by MERS-Coronavirus or MERS-CoV. It is a type of virus that is transmitted to people by direct contact with infected dromedaries and causes serious pneumonia, to the point of being able to cause death. (read more) |
15-02-2019
World Brain Week 2019
From 11 to 15 March 2019, the Escolab program of the Barcelona City Council organizes a cycle of talks on the occasion of World Brain Week in different educational centers in Barcelona. (read more) |
13-02-2019
Virgina Aragón awarded with the best article in Suis magazine of 2018
The advisory committee of Suis has chosen the article “Haemophilus parasuis and resistance to antimicrobials” as the most relevant information of 2018. Virginia Aragón, from the Animal Health Research Center IRTA-CReSA is the author of the article published in number 152 of Suis. (read more) |
01-02-2019
Available the Chikungunya, Dengue and Zika virus cases report in Catalonia during 2018
The Sub-Directorate General for Emergency Surveillance and Response in Public Health of the Public Health Agency of Catalonia has published the report on the surveillance and control of arbovirosis transmitted by mosquitoes in Catalonia during the period from June to November 2018. IRTA-CReSA collaborates in the execution of this surveillance. (read more) |
30-01-2019
New diagnostics to detect contagious mastitis pathogens in different niches of cow udder
Intramammary subclinical infections (IMI) with Streptococcus agalactiae and Staphylococcus aureus are a major problem in dairy herds from an economic, diagnostic and public health related point of view. (read more) |
28-01-2019
Created a sensor that identifies mosquito-borne diseases
Irideon company creates a device based on a trap that captures the insect, automatically identifies it thanks to an optical sensor and cloud machine learning technology and sends the data in real time to the specialists in prevention. The company has received support from ACCIÓN and the participation of the Animal Health Research Center (IRTA-CReSA) and the Public Health Agency of Barcelona in the pilot phase. (read more) |
24-01-2019
Updated edition of the Atlas of Avian Necropsy with participation of IRTA-CReSA
Available the new “Atlas of Avian Necropsy: Macroscopic Diagnosis Sampling” (Spanish) written by Roser Dolz Pascual and Natàlia Majó Masferrer, Professor of the Department of Animal Health and Anatomy of the Veterinary School of the UAB and researcher attached to the Center for Research in Animal Health (IRTA-CReSA). (read more) |
15-01-2019
One Health: human, animals and ecosystems
According to CDC data, 6 out of every 10 infectious diseases in humans are spread from animals. Many of the same microbes infect animals and humans, as they share the ecosystems they live in. This is the reason why efforts must be destined to both animal and human health in order to prevent or eliminate many health problems. (read more) |
10-01-2019
“Ramón y Cajal” Grant application
The Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities publishes subsidies for contracts Ramón y Cajal 2018, 200 grants aimed at promoting the incorporation of national and foreign researchers with a distinguished career in R & D centers. (read more) |
09-01-2019
A new European network is born to fight against mosquito-borne diseases
The “Aedes Invasive Mosquitoes” (AIM) COST Action Program has received four years of funding to develop synergies between scientists and public health professionals to deal with invasive mosquitoes Aedes that can transmit diseases such as Dengue, Zika, the West Nile virus fever and the Chikungunya. (read more) |
02-01-2019
Approved the new map of Singular Scientific and Technological Infrastructures (ICTS)
Last 6th November of 2018, the Scientific, Technological and Innovation Policy Council approved the updating of the Unique Scientific and Technical Infrastructure Map (ICTS). The new Map integrates 29 ICTS, which brings together 62 infrastructures, all of them operative. (read more) |
27-12-2018
Viral comments (45): Ebola and Congo, almost a perfect storm
This is the fifth (false) month of a new outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a country that has already experienced ten epidemics for this virus throughout its history. In fact, the virus was discovered there in 1976. And it is not being given excessive importance, assuming it will be solved as precedents. And maybe yes, but… (read more) |
13-12-2018
Tips to avoid food poisoning at home
Who has ever had a gastroenteritis? In most cases, those responsible for this bad experience are Campylobacter and Salmonella, two zoonotic bacteria that are transmitted through the consumption of contaminated foods. In times of family encounters it is a good time to review some guidelines to avoid these cases in our homes. (read more) |
13-12-2018
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Researchers of CReSA at the 10th International Global Virus Network Meeting
At the end of November, the 10th Edition of the International Global Virus Network Meeting was held in Veyrier du Lac, France, this year dedicated to the eradication and control of re-emerging viruses. This is an annual meeting where scientists from this global network meet to learn about current research, address collaborative priorities and plan future programs related to diseases caused by viruses in humans. (read more) |
13-12-2018
Citizen campaign to avoid African swine fever
The Government of Catalonia launches an information campaign aimed at the whole society with the aim of preventing the arrival of African Swine Fever (PPA) in Catalonia and detect it as soon as possible if there is some suspicious case. (read more) |
10-12-2018
Pathogens scattered by humans in polar latitudes threaten Antarctic wildlife
A team of researchers from the Animal Health Research Center (IRTA-CReSA) and the Biodiversity Research Institute of the UB (IRBio) warns that it is becoming easier to introduce infectious agents of human origin in remote regions of the Southern Hemisphere of the planet. Through a study published in Science of The Total Environment, experts have detected infectious intestinal bacteria of human origin in seabirds from the ecosystems of Antarctica. (read more) |
05-12-2018
Trick, treat or salmonellosis?
A few weeks ago, since the end of October was near, when different festivities were celebrated around the world related to chestnuts, pumpkins, ghosts and others, several American media echoed some strange news: the CDC had warned people against dressing chickens up in Halloween costumes. (read more) |
13-11-2018
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Porcine circovirus 2 (PCV-2) genetic variability under natural infection scenario reveals a complex network of viral quasispecies
A study revealing the complex network of viral quasiespecies present under natural infection scenario of porcine circovirus 2 (PCV-2), was published recently by researchers from IRTA-CReSA in collaboration with a researcher from University of Padua (Italy). (read more) |
05-11-2018
African swine fever, frequently asked questions
What is the current status of the African Swine Fever virus? What is the resistance of the virus? What are its transmission routes? And the forms of infection? What can we do to prevent it? Dr. Llilianne Ganges, IRTA-CReSA researcher and OIE expert on Classical Swine Fever virus answers these questions. (read more) |
29-10-2018
Viral comments (44): Postgraduate course in Biosecurity, the path is made by walking
Last week finished the postgraduate course BIOSAFETY AND BIOCONTAINMENT STRATEGIES, taught in Spanish, coordinated academically by Dr. Antonio Villaverde and organized by the Faculty of Biociences and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, with the support of the UAB’s Environment Office and of the Spanish Biosafety Association (AEBioS). (read more) |
17-10-2018
First detection of the circulation of West Nile Virus on a horse in Catalonia
For more than 12 years IRTA-CReSA has been carrying out the diagnosis and technical assessment of the West Nile virus surveillance program in Catalonia as a service by the Departament d’Agricultura, Ramaderia i Pesca (DARP). This program was initiated with the objective of detecting early the circulation of West Nile virus, a virus that can affect wild birds and equids and is transmitted by mosquito vectors to people. (read more) |
03-10-2018
Innovation mornings: research in ecological livestock.
The Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food (DARP) from the Catalan Government organized a workshop on Ecological livestock on 20th September 2018. The main goal was to bring the livestock sector closer to the main research centers from Catalonia. (read more) |
25-09-2018
Viral comments (41): AEBioS 2018, congress of biosafety in Salamanca
At the end of next week, from 3 to 5 of October, AEBioS, the Spanish Association of Biosafety will hold its 4th congress, this time in Salamanca. For more information you can access its website. (read more) |
20-09-2018
Application of MALDI-TOF assay for identification and differentiation of mastitis-causing pathogens from milk and non-milk samples
Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight (MALDI-TOF), a culture-dependent assay, is a rapid and reliable method that is able to identify a great variety of isolated bacteria. The MALDI-TOF works by using laser excitation of proteins to create a unique protein spectrum pattern of an unknown microorganism. (read more) |
13-09-2018
African swine fever in Belgium. Don’t panic!
Today we had dinner over the sad news of the first case declared of African Swine fever in the South of Belgium. Just a few hours ago we learned that the virus causing this disease, the African Swine Fever virus (ASFv), had been diagnosed in two wild boars. In the absence of new data, everything is speculation. (read more) |
10-09-2018
Glässer disease and nasal microbiota, hot topics of the XIV Swine Production Congress in Córdoba, Argentina
The past 28, 29 and 30 of August, the pig sector of Argentina met in Córdoba (Argentina) to celebrate its XIV Swine Production Congress (in conjunction with the IX congress of swine production of Mercosur and the XX Swine Update Days). (read more) |
05-09-2018
Bovine Tuberculosis: The role of wildlife.
After World War II, several countries in Central and Northern Europe launched campaigns to eradicate bovine tuberculosis (TB). Among them, the United Kingdom, which achieved remarkable success in reducing the incidence and prevalence of bovine TB since the 1950s to the mid-eighties of the last century. (read more) |
21-08-2018
How much does Bovine cysticercosis cost us?
Taenia saginata is a zoonotic parasite that causes taeniosis in people (definitive host) and cysticercosis in cattle (intermediate host). The adult form of the parasite or tapeworm develops in the small intestine of people (taeniasis) while the larval or cysticercus form establishes in the musculature of cattle (cysticercosis). (read more) |
24-07-2018
Biosafety through risk assessments; more flexibility, for sure, but more dispersion?
The release of the new Laboratory Biosafety Manual of the World Health Organization (WHO) is imminent. The last edition dates from 2004 and has become one of the reference texts although it does not provide technical information but rather gives advice and organizes how to approach the world of Biosafety through the classification of microorganisms according to their risks and the corresponding levels of Biosafety of the facilities and their requirements. (read more) |
17-07-2018
Visiting the Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences
On 15th June 2018, Dr. Joaquim Segalés, researcher at IRTA-CReSA and associate professor of UAB, visited the Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science of the Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, SAAS (Shanghai, China).(read more) |
16-07-2018
SESC organizes a lesion description workshop for porcine meat inspectors
Last Friday, July the 6th we organized a practical workshop on lesion identification and description for porcine slaughterhouse official meat inspectors. To do this, we went to two pig slaughterhouses in Osona to collect condemned viscera. We would like to thank the collaboration and availability of the abattoir staff to facilitate the viscera collection. (read more) |
10-07-2018
JIACRA-ES report; a One Health approach to associate consumption of antimicrobials and emergence of resistance
Lourdes Migura and Ignacio Badiola, researchers from IRTA-CReSA have actively participated in the elaboration of the JIACRA-ES report, coordinated by the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices (AEMPS). This report was presented at the headquarters of Fundación Ramon Areces the 5thof June as part of the National Action Plan to Reduce Antimicrobial Resistance. (read more) |
03-07-2018
Infectious Diseases One Health Master at CReSA; a path that starts with a lot of road to walk.
Emerging and re-emerging diseases have fuelled the construction and operation of high number of high biocontainment facilities (or Biosafety level 3) and maximum biocontainment (Biosafety level 4) facilities. (read more) |
28-06-2018
Healthy Pig, Safe Pork, the 25th International Pig Veterinary Society. IPVS 2018 Chongqing, China.
With the theme of “Healthy Pig, Safe Pork, the 25th International Pig Veterinary Society (IPVS) Congress kicked off on June 11, 2018 in Chongqing. More than 5000 delegates attended the conference. (read more) |
26-06-2018
Streptococcus suis in wild boars from Barcelona: a potential public health risk
Wild boar populations have substantially increased in Europe during the last decades. The great adaptability of this native wild species to a wide range of habitats has also prompted its appearance in urban and suburban areas in the last years, being nowadays common in big cities like Barcelona or Berlin. This novel situation regarding urban wild boars poses several conflicts like traffic accidents, occasional aggressions or the possibility to transmit diseases to other animals and human beings. (read more) |
11-06-2018
IRTA-CReSA on TVE24h: The power propper communication
A few weeks ago the LAB24 program of TVE24h contacted with us, it is probably the only program of the Spanish national Television dedicated exclusively to Scientific Divulgation. (read more) |
04-06-2018
The prionic pilgrimage
On May 22-25, 2018 the international congress PRION 2018 took place in Santiago de Compostela, since its first edition in Paris in 2009, this congress brings together experts from all over the world in prions, it is a multidisciplinary meeting that gathers from doctors to veterinarians through biochemists, biologists and bioinformatics who study the structure of the molecules to give a holistic approach to a problem that is far from having a solution: the diseases caused by protein misfolding. (read more) |
29-05-2018
Bovine tuberculosis: Challenges and controversies (III). Is vaccination an option?
No, it is not. This bold answer has been given so far by the competent authorities. However, this answer is sustained by the ban on cattle vaccination of the current legal framework at the EU (it is explicitly forbidden by the Council Directive 78/52/EEC). (read more) |
22-05-2018
Biosafety will be sustainable and proportionate or it will not prevail.
For almost three decades (the first edition of LBM, Laboratory Biosafety Manual of the World Health Organization, WHO, is from 1983) Biosafety has been implanted, stumbling in some cases, in different countries of different continents. (read more) |
15-05-2018
#ESPHM2018 a sucessful edition
The 10th European Symposium of Porcine Health Management (ESPHM) was held in Barcelona (Spain) between May 9th and 11th, 2018. The meeting was attended by a total of 1,906 delegates, including regular, exhibitor and press ones, from 55 different countries from all around the globe. The symposium was a great success in attendance and from organizational issues, and numerous positive comments were received during and after its celebration. (read more) |
09-05-2018
Impact of the microbiome on animal health
The term microbiota is defined as the set of commensal, autochthonic microorganisms, co-existing with a host without causing any harm. Several studies on microbiota have increased over the last years with the arrival of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology. (read more) |
08-05-2018
Prions in the desert
Prion diseases or transmissible spongiform encephalopathies involve a quite diverse spectrum of hosts, from domestic animals such as cows with mad cow disease (aka Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, BSE), wild animals such as cervids with Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) and even people who may suffer from Creutzfeld Jackob Disease. (read more) |
24-04-2018
Project PIGSs Annual Meeting 2018, Cambridge
Last week, members of the Project PIGSs celebrated their annual meeting in Cambridge, and updated the rest of the partners in the development of their work. In addition, the advisory board, constituted by external evaluators, was able to examine the progress of the project and give their recommendations. (read more) |
07-03-2018
REDPRION is launched, a project to reinforce the control of human and animal prion diseases on both sides of the Pyrenees.
A consortium consisting of five research centers and two companies from France and Spain launches the REDPRION cross-border Pyrenean project, worth € 2 million to develop innovative diagnostic tools and to identify therapeutic compounds for patients affected by a prion disease. (read more) |
26-02-2018
Cephalosporin resistance in Escherichia coli of broilers, flies and white storks
The 13th of March, Marc Solà Ginés will defend his PhD thesis entitled “Molecular epidemiology and mechanisms of cephalosporin resistance in Escherichia coli of different origins; broilers, flies and white storks” directed by Dra. Lourdes Migura Garcia. (read more) |
19-02-2018
Viral comments (37): A WHO action plan not to end up between a rock and a hard place.
Since 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) has been developing and polishing a “tool” (risk assessment committees of experts based on the available information) to try to identify those diseases that represent (or will represent) a risk to public health due to its epidemic potential and against which there are no countermeasures or these are considered insufficient. (read more) |
12-02-2018
Aedes aegypti detection in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands
At the beginning of December 2017, the Ministry of Health of the Canary Islands Government, through its General Department of Public Health, detected some specimens of the mosquito Aedes aegypti in an urban area, Las Granadas , in the Puerto del Rosario on the island of Fuerteventura. (read more) |
12-02-2018
IRTA-CReSA signs up for ESCOLAB and Brain Awareness Week
ESCOLAB is an initiative of the Barcelona City Council to bring research closer to students of all ages with the aim of motivating them to face their professional trajectory towards research, innovation and technology. (read more) |
31-01-2018
IRTA-CReSA collaborates with EFSA, the European Food Safety Authority, in two risk assessment projects
Two Partnering Grant Projects, in which IRTA-CReSA participates have been recently awarded by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). EFSA’s Partnering Grants aim to build risk assessment capacity by transferring knowledge and expertise between two or more organizations in Member States. (read more) |
24-01-2018
Do you need a BSL3 facility to study a zoonosis or an OIE notifiable disease? A new call is open to fund your experiment in our center!
IRTA-CreSA is a member of the VetBioNet network, a Veterinary Biocontained facility Network for excellence in animal infectious disease research and experimentation. (read more) |
15-01-2018
Bovine tuberculosis: Challenges and controversies (II). Biological and non-biological context.
A few weeks ago, we wrote a post on this blog where we remarked that one of the key points to address the control of bovine tuberculosis is the complexity of its epidemiology, as it involves a multi-host system. Therefore, the solutions will require control measures for all the reservoirs of the disease. (read more) |
08-01-2018
IRTA-CReSA will investigate a possible relationship between cases of sporadic Creutzfeldt Jackob disease and prion diseases of goats and sheep
The State Program for the Promotion of Research, Scientific and Technical Excellence, State Subprogram of Knowledge Generation, within the framework of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2013-2016 of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MEIC) has resolved to estimate the partial (a 56%) funding of the project presented by IRTA-CReSA with the title: "Study of a possible causal relationship between cases of sporadic Creutzfeldt Jackob disease and Scrapie of small ruminants". (read more) |
28-12-2017
In Colombia, transferring Haemophilus parasuis diagnostic skills
Dra. Virginia Aragón, researcher at IRTA-CReSA, gave the course "Training in microbiological and molecular techniques for the diagnosis of Haemophilus parasuis", which was held in Bogotá from 27 to 29 November 2017, organized by the Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (ICA) and the PorkColombia association. (read more) |
18-12-2017
2nd Prize for the best idea for RES-KIT: a field tool for detecting multiresistant bacteria
Laila Darwich and I (Lourdes Migura-Garcia), researchers from IRTA-CReSA have participated together with researchers from CSIC and UAB in the course organized by the “Parc de Recerca de la UAB” (PRUAB) named Generation of Ideas Programme. With our novel idea RES-KIT, our team has been awarded the second price. (read more) |
18-12-2017
Viral comments (36): WHO consultative meeting on high/maximum containment laboratories networking.
Laboratories of high biocontainment (BSL3) and maximum biocontainment (BSL4) worldwide represent the highest levels of biological containment, offering great protection for the user, the sample and the environment. (read more) |
13-12-2017
Bovine tuberculosis: Challenges and controversies (I). A shared disease.
Over the last 100 years developed countries have carried out numerous and expensive actions for the control of tuberculosis in people and livestock with variable results depending on the case. (read more) |
23-11-2017
The key to the dog’s resistance to prions has been discovered
CICbioGUNE researchers in collaboration with researchers from IRTA-CReSA, UAB, LCV in Madrid and the University of Salamanca, among others, have recently published in the journal PLoS Pathogens the following study. (read more) |
13-11-2017
First detection of West Nile Virus in a bird of prey in Catalonia
For more than 10 years IRTA-CReSA has carried out the diagnosis and technical assessment of the West Nile virus surveillance program in Catalonia as a service by the DARP. This program was initiated with the objective of detecting early the circulation of West Nile virus (WNV), a virus that can affect wild birds and equids and is transmitted by mosquito vectors to human beings. (read more) |
07-11-2017
See you in Barcelona at the next European Symposium of Porcine Health Management
La edición del próximo Simposio Europeo de Gestión Sanitaria Porcina se celebrará en la ciudad de Barcelona los días 9 y 11 de mayo de 2018. El comité organizador está integrado por investigadores de IRTA-CReSA y de la Facultad de Veterinaria de la UAB. (read more) |
07-11-2017
Why chamois go Blind?
Infectious keratoconjunctivitis is a highly contagious ocular disease that causes inflammation of the cornea and the conjunctiva, typically caused by Mycoplasma conjunctivae in wild and domestic caprines (Caprinae Subfamily). It is an old-known disease considered of least concern in domestic small ruminants because its generally sporadic occurrence, self-limiting course, and because it does not cause mortality if outbreaks are properly managed. (read more) |
27-10-2017
CSF Eradication, Our Commitment
Dr. Llilianne Ganges IRTA-CReSA researcher has participated in the 2017 Symposium of Prevention and Control Strategies for Classical Swine Fever (CSF), which has taken place in Beijing, China on October 12-13, 2017. (read more) |
09-10-2017
Global Virus Network, we continue working to overcome the viruses
The 9th international meeting of the Global Virus Network –GVN took place the past 9-27 September 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. (read more) |
09-10-2017
REARVOVIR network approved to deal with viral diseases transmitted by insects
IRTA-CReSA is part of a new network, approved on 07-07-2017, led by the Institute of Medical Chemistry (IQM) of the CSIC and with the participation of the University of Alcalá, Pompeu Fabra University, and ISGLOBAL. Dr. Núria Busquets, from the Exotic Disease Subrogramme, is the CReSA responsible of this initiative funded by the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness in the call of Networks of Excellence (SAF 2016-81856-REDT). The initial meeting of the project will take place in Barcelona next November. (read more) |
14-09-2017
IRTA-CReSA conducts, as an OIE classical swine fever (CSF) reference laboratory, a training on CSF virus diagnosis in Colombia
Dr. Llilianne Ganges, CSF OIE Expert visits the National Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, in the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) in Bogotá, from July 31 to August 4, 2017. (read more) |
04-09-2017
A significant step forward in the fight against african swine fever
African Swine Fever (ASF) is a highly lethal hemorrhagic disease for domestic pigs and European wild boards. ASF is a disease of mandatory declaration to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and is caused by African Swine Virus (ASFV), a rather complex and large virus against which there is no treatment, nor vaccine, thus relying for its control in its early detection and slaughtering of infected and potentially exposed animals. (read more) |
28-08-2017
Of goats, sheep and tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is one of the diseases with which we work at IRTA-CReSA. We can do this because we have a level 3 biocontainment unit that allows us to work directly and safely with the infectious agents that cause tuberculosis. Zoonoses like this, diseases that affect animals and people, are also one of the reasons that explain the existence of a research center like ours. (read more) |
21-08-2017
From the microbes of chickens to our plate
Campylobacter is one of the main responsible bacteria for foodborne diarrheal diseases. Most of the cases of diarrhea are associated with the consumption of food, mainly poultry meat contaminated with Campylobacter, hence, this bacterium represents a problem for food security of first order. Unlike Salmonella, Campylobacter is not part of the popular vocabulary, nor does it appear regularly in the media, although it is one of the pathogens responsible for the largest number of cases of diarrhea in humans in the European Union. (read more) |
25-07-2017
Annual IRTA-CReSA results presentation day, the change is announced
Last Monday, July the 17th 2017, the annual IRTA-CReSA results presentation day was held in Josep Tarragó Conference room in Torre Marimón, IRTA headquarters. Since the integration of CReSA to IRTA in 2015, it is a tradition that this event takes place in this historic building. (read more) |
14-06-2017
TRANSVAC2 project Kick off meeting
The TRANSVAC2 (European Vaccine Research and Development Infrastructure) held its Kick Off Meeting in Heidelberg, Germany, on May 30-31, 2017. (read more) |
12-06-2017
CReSA-IRTA designated as an OIE Collaborating Center on emerging and re-emerging pig diseases in Europe and Reference Center for classical swine fever
As of 26 May 2017, during the General Assembly of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), the Animal Health Research Center (CReSA-IRTA) has been designated as a Collaborating Center of the OIE for "Research and control of emerging and re-emerging pig diseases in Europe", with Dr. Joaquim Segalés as a point of contact, as well as the OIE Reference Center for Classical Swine Fever, with Dr. Llilianne Ganges as the designated expert.(read more) |
01-06-2017
IRTA-CReSA carries out a pathology course for the Asian swine sector
The past 16 and 17 May 2017, 11 veterinarians and pig integration managers from the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and South Korea, as well as three members of the technical and marketing team form ECO Animal Health, the animal health company that organized the course, attended a swine pathology course performed at CReSA-IRTA. (read more) |
19-05-2017
A Chinese delegation of Novus International, leading company in animal nutrition, visits CReSA
Last 10th May, CReSA received a Chinese delegation of Novus International, from the poultry feed and nutrition area. (read more) |
04-04-2017
Annual Meeting of the ZAPI project: fighting for a One Health
The European Project ZAPI (Zoonoses Anticipation and Prepardness Initiative) held its annual Meeting in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on March 26-27, 2017. ZAPI is the first “One Health” project of IMI (Innovative Medicines Initiative) which connects experts on animal and public Health. (read more) |
16-03-2017
Strengthening bonds with Latin American Animal Health
On 16 December 2016 a delegation from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR, Curitiba - PR, Brazil) visited IRTA-CReSA. They had previously visited other centers such as the IRTA Monells where Angela Cristina da Fonseca de Oliveira (PUCPR atudent) is conducting a research project or IRTA Mas de Bover where, in the future, Antonio Melo Diego Brandão, PhD student of PUCPR, will perform part of his thesis project. (read more) |
06-03-2017
An experimental study demonstrates that llamas and pigs are susceptible to the virus MERS-CoV
The Middle East respiratory syndrome or MERS is an infectious disease caused by a coronavirus, named MERS-CoV. This virus was first detected in Saudi Arabia in 2012. The symptoms in humans range from mild to moderate (fever, cough, and breathing problems) and severe, even causing the death of the individual (30% of cases). (read more) |
08-02-2017
A serological test allows the monitoring of tuberculosis in wild boars in contact with infected cattle
Tuberculosis is a Zoonotic disease caused by bacteria of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that affects various animal species, including humans. In particular, tuberculosis in wildlife is an emerging problem in Europe and is considered the main cause of failure of disease eradication programs in cattle. In Spain, the wild boar is the main wild reservoir of tuberculosis. (read more) |
11-01-2017
Inscriptions open to Erasmus Mundus master’s degree: Infectious Diseases and One Health, IDOH.
The registration period to the IDOH master’s degree (Infectious Diseases and one health) is now open until the 9th of February 2017. IDOH is a training program of 120 ECTS, multidisciplinary and international which aims to train professionals in the field of a one health. (read more) |
03-01-2017
Joaquim Segalés and Natalia Majó receive recognition from President Puigdemont for their participation in the Ambassadors of Catalonia program
On Monday December 19 two IRTA-CReSA researchers and professors of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the UAB, Dr. Natalia Majó and Dr. Segalés, attended a ceremony for the recognition of the Program Ambassadors of the Catalan Tourism Agency and the Network of Ambassadors Catalonia Trade & Investment. The reception, carried out at the St. George Hall of the Generalitat de Catalunya Palace, was held by the President of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, who awarded a badge with the shield of the Government to all members of these programs. (read more) |
28-11-2016
Antimicrobial use as a risk factor associated with the emergence of cephalosporin resistance in Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp in pigs
The next December 13, 2016 the thesis of Karla Alejandra Cameron Veas will be presented in the Sala de Graus of the Veterinary School of the UAB. The thesis is entitled "Antimicrobial use as a risk factor associated with the emergence of cephalosporin resistance in Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp in pigs" (read more) |
23-11-2016
Campylobacter epidemiology in broiler farms: prevalence, risk factors and infection dynamics.
The next November 24, 2016 the thesis of Saul Hely Urdaneta Vargas will be presented in the Vicedean Room of the Veterinary School of the UAB, through a videoconference from Venezuela, reading. The thesis is entitled " Campylobacter epidemiology in broiler farms: prevalence, risk factors and infection dynamics". (read more) |
04-11-2016
Global Virus Network, joining forces to address viral threats
The past 23 to 25 October the 8th international meeting of the Global Virus Network -GVN- was held in Sapporo, Japan.(read more) |
25-10-2016
AEBioS meeting with IRTA-CReSA participation. David Solanes Foz awarded as the most significant 2015-16 associate.
The Spanish Biosafety Association (AEBioS) held its 3rd national congress in Bizkaia Aretoa building past 17th and 18th October. With a large representation of staff of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/ EHU) and IRTA’s staff, as David Solanes with the communication "Handling of infected arthropods in a biocontainment facility" or Xavier Abad with "What makes Officer Biosafety in a place like this?" (read more) |
18-10-2016
Bacterial molecular pathogenesis on the spotlight in Prato, Italia
The past 11 to 14 October the VetPath 2016 conference took place in Prato (Italy) in which the IRTA-CReSA researcher, Dr. Virginia Aragón, was invited to give a lecture entitled "Haemophilus parasuis in the respiratory tract". (read more) |
26-09-2016
Identification and characterization of microRNAs in porcine circovirus type 2 and African swine fever virus infections in vivo
On Friday 30th of September, at 11:00 am, the doctoral thesis dissertation of Fernando Núñez will be held at the Hall of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the UAB. The thesis is entitled: Identification and characterization of microRNAs in porcine circovirus type 2 and African swine fever virus infections in vivo. The thesis was conducted at IRTA-CReSA facilities, under the direction of Dr. Jose Ignacio Núñez. (read more) |
22-09-2016
IRTA-CReSA at the 10th Annual Meeting EPIZONE, Madrid 2016
The 10th Annual Meeting EPIZONE (European Research Group for Epizootic Disease Diagnosis and Control) hosted by CISA-INIA will take place from 27-29 September in Madrid. The venue of the meeting will be Hotel Novotel Madrid Center. The emphasis of EPIZONE will be on communication between all partners within the research group and with external partners to better exchange new research outcomes and to monitor the spread, transmission and emergence of epizootic viruses. (read more) |
14-09-2016
IRTA-CReSA at the Congress of the Spanish Biosafety Association (AEBioS)
The next 17 and 18 October the 3rd congress of the Spanish Association of Biosafety (AEBioS) will take place in Bilbao. In an amazing location: the Bizkaia Aretoa building on the banks of the ría and with views to the nearby Guggenheim Museum. Attendees, professionals in the field of biosafety, biocontainment and biosecurity from either government facilities such as universities, research centers, hospitals and private companies will discuss experiences and exchange knowledge for one day and a half with a dense calendar of interesting presentations and some hot topics. For more information, visit the link www.aebios2016.info. (read more) |
12-09-2016
34th Meeting of the European Society of Veterinary Pathology
The past 7 to 10 September 2016 in the city of Bologna, Italy, hosted the 32nd edition of the annual meeting of the European Society of Veterinary Pathology (ESVP) organized in parallel to the 27tn meeting of the European College of Veterinary Pathologists (ECVP).(read more) |
05-09-2016
IRTA-CReSA at the World Vaccine Congress, Barcelona 2016
The next 10, 11 and 12 October will take place in Barcelona, at the Fairmont Hotel Rey Juan Carlos I, 17na edition of the World Vaccine Congress in Europe. This meeting, which will be done in parallel to the World Veterinary Vaccine Congress in 2016 and the Immune Profiling World congress 2016, brings together, once again, world specialists in the field of research, manufacture and distribution of vaccines. (read more) |
30-08-2016
IRTA-CReSA in PORCIAMÉRICAS
The past 13, 14 and 15 of July 2016, the PORCIAMÉRICAS 2016 congress took place. It was the XVIII National Congress of the Colombian Association of Porcicultors in the city of Santa Marta, Colombia. On behalf of IRTA- CReSA, the Animal Health program director, Joaquim Segalés, presented a talk entitled "Emerging and reemerging diseases in pigs."(read more) |
29-07-2016
IRTA-CReSA participates in the organization of an Erasmus Mundus Master’s degree on infectious diseases and One Health
The European Commission has accepted the proposal of the Erasmus Mundus "International Master of Science in Infectious Diseases and One Health", available starting in 2017 as a joint programme between the UAB, the University of Edinburgh, UK, and the François Rabelais University in Tours, France. The first edition will begin in 2017. The coordinators of the programme at the UAB will be IRTA-CReSA researcher Natalia Majó and Laila Darwich, both lecturers of the Department of Animal Health and Anatomy of the UAB. (read more) |
26-07-2016
Cooperation project of IRTA-CReSA with CENSA, Cuba, to fight classical swine fever virus
Three researchers form the Animal health program (CReSA) of IRTA Pestivirus research line: Llilianne Ganges (principal researcher), Rosa Rosell (researcher), Sara Muñoz (PhD student) and a laboratory technician, Marta Pérez, participate in a project for cooperation and for development, AECID granted to CRESA. The project is entitled: Studies of evolution and pathogenesis of classical swine fever virus (CSFV) in endemic condition. This initiative is taking place in Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (CENSA), La Habana, Cuba. (read more) |
20-07-2016
Genomic characterization and molecular epidemiology of infectious bursal disease virus in Spain
The past Thursday July the 14th, 2016, in the UAB Faculty of Veterinary medicine the doctoral thesis dissertation of Jennifer S. Toskano Hurtado took place. The thesis was entitled “Caracterización genómica y epidemiología molecular del virus de la Bursitis infecciosa en España” (Genomic characterization and molecular epidemiology of infectious bursal disease virus in Spain) and was directed by Natalia Majó and Jose Ignacio Núñez, researchers from IRTA-CReSA. (read more) |
01-07-2016
David Solanes takes part in a training course on biosafety at the University of Medicine in Galveston, Texas
Invited by the Director of Institutional Biocontainment Resources, Professor Miguel A. Grimaldo, the Head of IRTA-CReSA Technical Services and responsible of the Biocontainment Level 3 Unit, David Solanes, has attended an advanced training course on biosafety and biocontainment. The course took place in the Keiller building facilities of the Galveston National Lab at the University of Texas Branch in Galveston, Texas (United States), from 6 to 10 June 2016. (read more) |
22-06-2016
Autochthonous and invasive mosquitoes of Catalonia as vectors of zoonotic arboviruses
On Friday July 22, 2016 at 11: 00h in the morning in the Hall of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the UAB the thesis dissertation Marco Brustolin will take place. The thesis entitled "Autochthonous and invasive mosquitoes of Catalonia as vectors of zoonotic arboviruses" was performed under the supervision of researchers from IRTA-CReSA: Dr. Nuria Busquets and Dr. Nitu Pagès. (read more) |
31-05-2016
SESC third training session for slaughterhouse veterinarians
On Friday May 20, the "SESC 2016 training session for Slaughterhouse veterinarians" was held in the Hall of the Faculty of Veterinary UAB. It is already the third edition of this event organized from SESC, the Slaughterhouse support network. (read more) |
17-05-2016
A delegation from UNAN, Nicaragua, visits IRTA-CReSA
On April the 25th 2016, a delegation from the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua (UNAN) visited the IRTA-CReSA. The delegation included Ramona Pérez Rodríguez, Rector of UNAN-Managua, Emilio Lopez Jarquín, Dean of the Regional Multidisciplinary Faculty UNAN-Chontales and Marvy Lucia Palacios Vargas, assistant to the Rector, accompanied by Lourdes Molina, retired professor of the Faculty of Education Sciences, and Jordi Bartolomé Filella, professor in the Department of Animal and Food Science UAB. (read more) |
09-05-2016
Vet+i visit IRTA-CReSA to promotes public-private partnership with Singular Scientific and Technical Infrastructures (ICTS)
Last Tuesday April the 26th, Day of Public-Private Partnerships took place and included a visit to IRTA-CReSA Center. The Animal Health Research Centre (CReSA) is the animal health program at the Institute for Food and Agricultural Research and Technology (IRTA), a public company of the Generalitat de Catalunya, attached to the Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca i Alimentació (DARP). (read more) |
07-04-2016
Two CReSA PhD students, Elisa Crisci and Joan Tarradas, awarded with the Extraordinary Doctorate awards from UAB.
On Friday 8 April 2016 the ceremony of UAB 2015 Extraordinary Doctorate Awards will be held. In this edition two PhD students who did their thesis at CReSA have been awarded with this distinciton. These are doctors Elisa Crisci and Joan Tarradas. (read more) |
01-04-2016
BCG tuberculosis vaccine is safe for use in goats
Vaccination of lifestock is increasingly being considered as a long-term strategy for the control of tuberculosis. In Spain, goat tuberculosis, mainly caused by the Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium caprae is responsible for significant economic losses due to trade restrictions and requires the sacrifice of all animals in many of the infected herds. In addition, it has recently been shown that infected goats can be a source of TB infection to cattle farms. (read more) |
26-02-2016
Global Virus Network (GVN) Launches Zika Task Force Comprised of Leading Virus Researchers from Around the Globe
GVN catalyzes international collaborations in an effort to address the urgent need to share information and research to better combat the global Zika outbreak (read more) |
15-02-2016
The genus Culicoides in the Iberian Peninsula: study of the biology of the potential vectors of Bluetongue and Scmallenberg virus
Last Tuesday, February the 9th 2016, Sandra Talavera thesis dissertarion took place in the Sala de Graus of the UAB Veterinary Faculty. The thesis entitled The genus Culicoides in the Iberian Peninsula: study of the biolbogy of the potential vectors of Bluetongue and Scmallenberg virus was directed by Dr. Nonito Pagès. (read more) |
08-02-2016
Doctoral thesis dissertation: Juliana Gonzalez Zabala
On Wednesday 10th of February 2016 the PhD thesis dissertation of Juliana Gonzalez Zabala will take place in the Sala de Graus of the UAB Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. The work entitled: “Conserved Hemagglutinin Peptides of Influenza Virus as Potential multivalent Vaccine Candidate: Characterization of Immune Response in different animal models” has been directed by Ayub Darji researcher of the IRTA-CReSA Exotic Diseases Subprogram. (read more) |
24-12-2015
1st Congress of the Colombian Association of Science and Welfare of Laboratory Animals (ACCBAL)
From the 2nd to 4th of December the first meeting of the Colombian Association of Science and Welfare of Laboratory Animals (ACCBAL) was held in Bucaramanga, Colombia. The Congress was held in the auditorium of the Cooperative University of Colombia, and it was organized by the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the same University. (read more) |
18-12-2015
New vaccine against Middle East respiratory syndrome virus (MERS) tested on dromedary camels
An international research project with the involvement of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the Animal Health Research Centre (IRTA-CReSA), has designed a vaccine shown to be effective in protecting dromedaries against the coronavirus (CoV) that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). This vaccine may reduce animal-to-animal and animal-to-human infections by significantly reducing nasal excretion of the virus, and could be also tested for the protection of persons at greater risk of infection by the virus. (read more) |
15-12-2015
Lessons learned from using African swine fever Attenuated viruses
Lack of vaccines available against African swine fever (ASF) difficult even more the control of this important swine disease. The great complexity of ASF virus (ASFV) together with the lack of knowledge about the mechanisms involved in protection partially explains this absence. (read more) |
10-12-2015
IRTA-CReSA advises Central America on cattle meat inspection
IRTA-CReSA researchers Dr. Miquel Nofrarías and Dr. Enric Vidal participated in a project consisting of an advisory technical mission regarding meat inspection of cattle for countries in Central America. The initiative arose form a request by the OIRSA: Regional International Organization for Agricultural Health, an organization representing different countries of Central America dealing with food safety. (read more) |
03-12-2015
Presented Bernardo Bello-Orti’s PhD thesis: Haemophilus parasuis host-pathogen interactions in the respiratory tract
In the veterinary field, Glässer’s disease is a common disease that leads to considerable economic losses. This disease is caused by the bacterium Haemophilus parasuis. Many studies have focused in understanding the factors involved in disease outcome, but the pathogenesis of this bacterium is not completely understood yet. Different H. parasuis strains exist, ranging from non-virulent to highly virulent. Virulent strains have mechanisms to produce damage in the host, while nonvirulent strains only colonize the upper respiratory tract and are unable to cause disease. (read more) |
26-11-2015
Postnatal Persistent Infection with Classical Swine Fever Virus and Its Immunological Implications
Despite intensive vaccination programs in some endemic countries, Classical Swine Fever (CSF) has not been eradicated, due to failures in the responses to vaccination associated with poor handling of the vaccine, among other issues. (read more) |
19-11-2015
Inefficacy of a CSFV live attenuated vaccine when postnatal persistent infection takes the stage
Classical swine fever (CSF) is a devastating disease for the pig industry worldwide. The endemic countries implement vaccination programs against classical swine fever virus (CSFV) in their health policies for prevention and control. (read more) |
06-11-2015
A new study shows that rabbits are not resistant to prion infection
A project carried out in IRTA-CReSA (Barcelona) and the CNB (Madrid), led by CIC bioGUNE (Bilbao), shows that rabbits are susceptible to spongiform encephalopathies, neurodegenerative diseases caused by prions. The research, which was published in the journal PLoS Pathogens, used actual prions that are found livestock species. (read more) |
31-07-2015
First report of control of Torque teno sus virus viremia in pigs
A study carried out by scientists of IRTA-CReSA and MSD Animal Health demonstrates for the first time that Torque teno sus virus (TTSuV) viremia can be controlled by a combined DNA and protein immunization during naturally occurring infection. (read more) |
28-07-2015
Potential of bovine fallen stock data as a surveillance tool
Researchers from IRTA-CReSA (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food from the Government of Catalonia) in collaboration with scientists from Spain, Canada and Sweden have demonstrated that data related to fallen stock provide valuable information for epidemiological surveillance of animal population health, and constitute a potential source in the field of veterinary syndromic surveillance. (read more) |
03-07-2015
Postgraduate course "Strategies in biosafety and biocontainment" open registration
This course, organized by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and with the acknowledgement and support of the Asociación Española de Bioseguridad (AEBioS), will be held from 5 to 9 October, 2015 at the UAB. Staff from the Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (IRTA-CReSA) will participate as teachers. (read more) |
30-06-2015
Researchers from IRTA-CReSA participate in the National Plan on Antibiotic Resistance (PRAN)
Dr Ignacio Badiola and Dr Lourdes Migura, researchers from IRTA-CReSA, are actively involved in the Strategic and action plan to reduce the risk of selection and spread of antibiotic resistance. This National Plan (PRAN) aims to reduce the emergence of antimicrobial resistant bacteria due to inappropriate use of antibiotics in both, human and veterinary medicine. (read more) |
29-06-2015
IRTA-CReSA, new Center of Excellence of the Global Virus Network
The Global Virus Network (GVN) recently announced the induction of the Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (IRTA-CReSA) as its newest center of excellence. There are now 34 GVN centers of excellence in 24 countries. (read more) |
18-06-2015
IRTA-CReSA investigates the MERS-CoV in a new European project
The new European ZAPI (Zoonosis Anticipation and Preparedness Initiative) aims to shorten the time to adequately respond to emerging infectious diseases using a “one world, one health” approach. (read more) |
08-06-2015
Transitory emergence of cephalosporin resistant E. coli is associated with beta-lactams treatments in pigs
A recently published study describes that the treatment of pigs with ceftiofur and amoxicillin are associated with the emergence of cephalosporin resistant (CR) E. coli during the course of the treatment. (read more) |
13-05-2015
Doctoral thesis on pandemic flu
Next Friday 15th, Beatriz Vidaña Mateo, PhD student from CReSA, will defend hes doctoral thesis entitled “Pathogenesis of the 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1 ) infection in the ferret model", directed by Dr. Natalia Majó and Dr. Jorge Martínez. (read more) |
22-04-2015
General assembly of PORCAT was held at CReSA
On April 13, the general assembly of the Catalan Association of Pork Producers (PORCAT) was held at CReSA. The meeting counted on the presence of Mr. Miquel Molins, General Director of Agriculture and Livestock of DAAM, Mr. Joaquim Xifra, Deputy Director of Livestock of DAAM, and Mr. Ricard Parès, Director of PORCAT. (read more) |
20-04-2015
Described a novel plasmid bearing resistance to beta-lactams
in Haemophilus parasuis
A collaborative study between Dr Virginia Aragón, IRTA researcher at CReSA, and Dr Junkal Garmendia, CSIC researcher at the Institute of Agrobiotechnology from Navarra, has described a new plasmid in H. parasuis bearing resistance to beta-lactams, such as penicillins and cephalosporins. This plasmid was only detected in avirulent colonizers H. parasuis strains. (read more) |
09-04-2015
CReSA organizes a course on biosafety 3 and 4
Last week, from 24 to 27 March, a theoretical and practical training course on biosafety level 3 and 4 activities was held at the CReSA facilities of IRTA. Students from Italy, Germany, Kosovo, Senegal, the Netherlands and Spain participated. (read more) |
23-03-2015
Paving the road for designing an African swine fever vaccine
Work lead by Dr. Fernando Rodriguez, IRTA researcher from the CReSA Animal Health Program, demonstrates the feasibility of designing a safe and efficient vaccine against African swine fever virus (ASFV) in the near future. There is no vaccine available today to fight ASF. (read more) |
19-03-2015
Awarded a project from CReSA with the European PCV2 Research Award
The project authorship by Dr. Tuija Kekarainen, was awarded at the 8th edition of the European Porcine Circovirus 2 (PCV2) Research Award sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim. (read more) |
20-02-2015
Animal nutrition, welfare and health: the three pillars of the Animal Health research
Last month of November, CReSA organized two technical sessions, which were addressed to veterinarians and other professionals interested on knowing the progress on animal nutrition, welfare and health on Catalonia, on the fields of the poultry and porcine sectors. (read more) |
22-01-2015
XVII UAB and AVPC Swine Conference
A new edition of the Swine Conference will be conducted from January 28th to 30th of 2015, which is organized by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the Asociació de Veterinaris de Porcí de Catalunya (AVPC - the Catalan Association of Swine Veterinarians). (read more) |
08-01-2015
A partnership framework agreement signed by the Veterinary Council of Catalonia and CReSA
Both entities are committed to reinforce relationships, join efforts and agree on wide standards of practice, within a pre-established framework, with the aim to increase contacts and collaboration agreements about training activities and on scientific-technical diffusion between the Veterinary Council of Catalonia (CCVC, from Catalan Consell de Col·legi de Veterinaris de Catalunya ) and the CReSA. (read more) |
16-12-2014
A delegation from the Colombian Association of Pig Producers visits the CReSA
Colombian entrepreneurs from the pig sector affiliated to the Colombian Association of Pig Producers visited the CReSA on September 26th of 2014. This encounter was organized in the framework of a technical tour through the pig sector in Catalonia during the September 21st to 27th. (read more) |
10-12-2014
SESC training session for slaughterhouse veterinarians
On the first Friday of December, CReSA and the Catalan Public Health Agency (ASPCAT) has organized a continuous training session about some of the main diseases found in the last years in Europe, such as the Tuberculosis and other pathologies that may affect the humans and the animals. It has been promoted by the SESC, a Slaughterhouse support network, and there were a total of 42 participants. (read more) |
27-11-2014
Epidemiological study on PCV2
Next November 27th, Mr. Sergio López Soria, researcher in CReSA, carried out the lecture and defense of his PhD thesis entitled “Puzzling over the epidemiology of porcine circovirus type 2”, directed by Dr. Joaquim Segalés i Coma. (read more) |
18-11-2014
11th Annual Scientific Meeting on Microbiology
Next Friday, November 21th, the 11th Annual Scientific Meeting on Microbiology, known in Catalan as RECAM, is going to be celebrated. It is a event promoted by the Catalan Society of Biology. The aim is to debate about the more recent advances of the microbiology, to introduce different groups dedicated to the microbial sciences and to promote cooperation activities between laboratories, research centers and universities. (read more) |
06-11-2014
CReSA joined the ICTS Map
The Council for Science, Technology and Innovation approved the update of the “National Scientific and Technological Infrastructure” Map, known in Spanish as ICTS Map, in which the Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA) is a new member within the Network of Biosecurity Laboratories. (read more) |
03-10-2014
Technical session about the porcine research on Catalonia
Next Thursday, November 13, CReSA and IRTA are going to organize the technical session about the “Animal nutrition, health and welfare: the porcine applied research on Catalonia”. This technical session is included within the Pla Annual de Transferència Tecnològica (PATT), from the Department of Agriculture, Farming, Fishery, Food and Natural Environment (DAAM). (read more) |
22-10-2014
Bacteroides spp. strains identified as probiotics for rabbit
Next Octuber 28th, Mrs. Ana Pérez de Rozas, researcher in CReSA, will carry out the lecture and defense of her PhD thesis entitled “Use of Bacteroides spp. strains as probiotics for rabbits”, directed by Dr. Ignacio Badiola Saiz. (read more) |
15-10-2014
Training session about the control and impact of the PRRS
The recent platform for the control of the PRRS (ConPRRS), which it is constituted by researchers from CReSA-UAB, UACM and UdL, will organize a training session the next Thursday, on October 23, 2014, at the Faculty of Veterinary of Zaragoza. (read more) |
14-08-2014
CReSA organized the first flow cytometry course
The flow cytometry course was given by the cytometry unit from CReSA in March of 2014 during four days. In total, thirty-one professionals participated, between which there was laboratory technician, PhD students and researchers from this Research Center. (read more) |
11-08-2014
CReSA will be part of IRTA
The Trustees Board of the Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), the maximum decision body of the Foundation, agreed on its dissolution for the global cession of its assets and liabilities to the Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), a public sector company from the Generalitat de Catalunya, which it is affiliated to the Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca, Alimentació i Medi Natural (DAAM). (read more) |
18-07-2014
CReSA is awarded with 7 projects from the Spanish Scientific-technical Research and Innovation National Plan 2013-2016
African swine fever virus, bovine tuberculosis, viral evolution of the porcine circovirus type 2, the Rift Valley fever, influenza viruses, Glässer's disease and prion diseases are the topics of the new projects that the State Secretariat for Research, Development and Innovation (Estado de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación), as part of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad) has decided to finance to CReSA. These projects fit within the framework of Spanish National Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2013-2016 (Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016). (read more) |
18-07-2014
CReSA is awarded with 7 projects from the Spanish Scientific-technical Research and Innovation National Plan 2013-2016
African swine fever virus, bovine tuberculosis, viral evolution of the porcine circovirus type 2, the Rift Valley fever, influenza viruses, Glässer's disease and prion diseases are the topics of the new projects that the State Secretariat for Research, Development and Innovation (Estado de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación), as part of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad) has decided to finance to CReSA. These projects fit within the framework of Spanish National Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2013-2016 (Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016). (read more) |
14-07-2014
A delegation from Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia visits the CReSA
Representatives of leadings research centers in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia visited the CReSA on May 28. This encounter was organized in the framework of the First Training Workshop, promoted by the Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (Institute for Research and Technology Food and Agriculture, IRTA). This activity belongs to the CINEA project, which it is funded by the 7th Research Framework Programme “Research to Innovation”. (read more) |
30-06-2014
A committee from Yamaguchi University visits CReSA
Dr. Yasuo Kiso, dean of Yamaguchi University Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, along with the Drs. Koichi Sato and Masaru Okuda, vice dean and the director of Animal Medical Center of the same faculty, respectively, visited the CReSA accompanied by Dr. Joaquim Segalés, director of this center, and the Dr. Jorge Martínez, researcher of the CReSA and the Coordinator for Exchange and International Relations of the UAB Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. (read more) |
30-05-2014
Advances in the quest for virulence factors of Haemophilus parasuis
The pathogenicity of H. parasuis is poorly characterised, while prevention and control of Glässer's disease continues to be challenging. A review published by researchers of CReSA provides an overview of the current knowledge of virulence factors of H. parasuis. (read more) |
26-05-2014
Immune characterization of pentraxin 3 in pigs infected with influenza virus
Researchers from CReSA, Universitat de Lleida, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center and Department of Translational Medicine (University of Milan) have characterized, for the first time, swine PTX3 (SwPTX3) in the porcine innate immune system. This protein is a candidate novel marker for acute inflammatory and infectious pathology in pigs. (read more) |
08-05-2014
Awarded a porcine circovirus research project from CReSA
The project by Sergio López-Soria was awarded at the 7th edition of the European PCV2 Research Award sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim. (read more) |
29-04-2014
CReSA launches its expert finder in animal health
From now on, scientists, journalists and all professionals interested in the field of animal diseases have available an online search-engine to find CReSA’s experts in their own area of expertise. (read more) |
14-04-2014
CReSA researchers involved in bovine tuberculosis diagnosis training courses
On March 24, precisely the World tuberculosis day, began the second edition of the training course "Theoretical, practical and legal basis for the diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis". (read more) |
07-04-2014
One-dose vaccination of sows against PCV2 induces colostral antibody transfer
A study from CReSA investigated the presence of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) DNA and antibody to the virus in the serum and colostrum of sows vaccinated prior to mating and in their offspring. (read more) |
02-04-2014
CReSA renews its accreditation as a member of the UCC+i Network
CReSA has received the renewal as accredited member of the Network of Units for Scientific Culture and Innovation (UCC+i Network) from the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT). (read more) |
20-03-2014
Swine practitioners from Denmark visit CReSA
On March 20, 2014, a group of Danish practitioners from the Postgraduate Programme in Porcine Health Management met with researchers from CReSA. (read more) |
14-03-2014
The role of viral and host microRNAs in the Aujeszky's disease virus during the infection process
This is the first study that describes the profile of viral and cellular miRNAs expression during the infection process in the Aujeszky's disease. (read more) |
07-03-2014
Recombination of PRRS viruses may produce mosaic isolates
Analysis of ORF5 and full-length genome sequences of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus isolates of genotypes 1 and 2 retrieved worldwide provides evidences supporting that recombination is a common phenomenon and may produce mosaic isolates. (read more) |
28-02-2014
The new platform ConPRRS has been launched
ConPRRS is an integral and independent group with a contrasted experience in PRRS, including controlling the disease, with the aim of enhancing the salubriousness and competitiveness of the swine sector. (read more) |
25-02-2014
Influenza A viruses circulating in pigs in Spain
The complete genome sequences of some swine influenza viruses circulating in Spain in different outbreaks suggest that these outbreaks could be due to the persistency of some viruses in determinate Spanish regions. (read more) |
14-02-2014
“Mad cow” disease: can be transmitted to other species?
A paper recently published by researchers of CReSA, in collaboration with other institutions, suggest that caution must be taken when considering the use of any mammal derived protein in feedstuffs. The reason is the risk of transmission to other species, as dogs and rabbits. (read more) |
10-02-2014
Tested successfully a new vaccine against tuberculosis that improves the protection
CReSA researchers have tested for the first time and successfully the new vaccine, designed at the Jenner Institute (UK). The study has been conducted using domestic goats, which reproduce active tuberculosis in humans with a high similitude. The new vaccine acts by reinforcing the efficacy of the BCG vaccine, the only one available to date. (read more) |
06-02-2014
CReSA collaborates with Infopork
Dr. Ivan Díaz, researcher at CReSA, has been invited to collaborate periodically with Infopork’s journal and website in order to present the last scientific studies conducted in CReSA. Exceptionally, the first article addresses "the economic impact of the pork reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) in three countries: Spain, United States of America and Holland". (read more) |
05-02-2014
The Department of Health is the new member of the Trust Board of CReSA
The Secretary of Public Health of Catalonia, Antoni Mateu Serra, is the representative of the Department of Health in the Trust Board, the maximum decision body of CReSA. This board has the purpose to represent, manage and administrate CReSA, and also guarantee the compliance of the objectives of the institution. (read more) |
28-01-2014
CReSA participates in Circonews,
the new scientific platform about PCV2 from Merial
The animal health company Merial has initiated 2014 with the starting of the Spanish scientific platform Circonews, considered by them as the most complete tool about the porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2). This website was designed to serve as a meeting point among veterinaries who seek information and updating about circovirosis. (read more) |
22-01-2014
Free-living waterfowl as a source of zoonotic bacteria
CReSA researchers have identified a high prevalence of Campylobacter in a dense wild bird population area in Northeastern Spain, the Ebro Delta. This suggests that these species can act as an important reservoir of zoonotic bacteria. (read more) |
20-01-2014
Launched an European network on taeniosis/cysticercosis
Institutions from eighteen European countries have recently built a strong, multi-disciplinary scientific network to advance knowledge and understanding of these zoonotic disease complexes. CReSA is one of the scientific partners. (read more) |
16-01-2014
CReSA participates in the program “Research with RecerCaixa”
The initiative is driven by the Associació Catalana d’Universitats Públiques (ACUP) and the Obra Social “La Caixa” within the frame of the RecerCaixa Program, which granted research projects being developed at universities and research centers throughout Catalonia. (read more) |
09-01-2014
DAG Expression: high-throughput gene expression analysis of real-time PCR data using standard curves for relative quantification
The IT manager of CReSA in collaboration with researchers of the UAB-CRAG have recently developed a freely available software for the management and analysis of high-throughput gene-expression data. (read more) |
07-01-2014
Mediterranean countries meet in an OIE conference to promote animal health
Dr. Sebastian Napp, researcher at CReSA, was a member of the Scientific Committee of the conference “Risk analysis as a tool for the control of animal diseases and zoonoses in the Mediterranean basin” organized by the IZSAM (Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise “Giuseppe Caporale”), a World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) collaborating centre for Epidemiology. (read more) |
20-12-2013
A partnership framework agreement signed by CReSA and CESAC
The agreement establishes a partnership in the scientific and technological fields of common interest and includes the joint participation in R&D projects, both at regionally level and at a national or international level. (read more) |
19-12-2013
Sequencing of the genes responsible for the capsule production in Haemophilus parasuis
A study published in the Journal of Bacteriology, with the participation of Dr. Virginia Aragón (CReSA researcher), opens new possibilities in assisting the diagnosis and monitoring of Glässer’s disease. (read more) |
12-12-2013
XVI swine conference at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Will be held the days 29, 30 and 31 January, 2014 at the Faculty of Veterinary of the UAB, Bellaterra, organized by the UAB and the Catalan Association of Swine Veterinarians (AVPCAT). (read more) |
12-12-2013
A CReSA project wins the third prize in the Generating Ideas Programme organized by the PRUAB
Enric Vidal, researcher from CReSA, and Ferran Sala, researcher from the Pharmacy Service of the Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital, won the third prize in the Ideas Generating Programme of the UAB Research Park (PRUAB) for the presentation of the CReSA project called SESC (Support Service for Slaughterhouses). (read more) |
11-12-2013
Guadeloupe: paving the way for a centre of excellence on vector-borne and emerging diseases
EPIGENESIS–a new European project coordinated by the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), with CReSA as a partner, was just launched in Guadeloupe on 1st September and will run for 3 years. The aim is to enhance the research potential on vector-borne and emerging diseases within the Caribbean region. (read more) |
05-12-2013
Institutional meeting between CRESIB and CReSA
Scientists from the Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB) and the Centre for Research in Animal Health (CReSA) met in Bellaterra to present relevant research topics and consider possible cooperation between both institutions. (read more) |
25-11-2013
The disconcerting lack of knowledge about Campylobacter
The first Thursday of November, CReSA organized a session with a group of professionals involved in the study of the campilobacteriosis, the most important zoonosis in the EU. (read more) |
22-11-2013
333formación launches the new Campus CReSA
333formación has launched the new Campus CReSA, an online training platform where you can learn about the latest on swine health. This campus will be managed by CReSA. (read more) |
14-11-2013
Training on swine diseases in Colombia
Laila Darwich and Joan Pujols, researchers of CReSA, participated as speakers at the International Seminar on Swine Reproductive and Respiratory Diseases, held last 21-25 October in Colombia. (read more) |
13-11-2013
Advance on Glasser's disease: two phosphatases Haemophilus parasuis identified
The microbiologist Paula Manrique will read her doctoral thesis next November 18, about the acid phosphatase in the Gram-negative bacterium Haemophilus parasuis, the etiological agent of Glasser's disease. (read more) |
12-11-2013
CReSA becomes member of the EPIZONE European Research Group
The goal of EPIZONE is playing a key role in research on prevention, detection and control of animal diseases of poultry, swine, fish, sheep, cattle, horses and wildlife in order to reduce both the risks and the harm to animal health in the EU and beyond. (read more) |
12-11-2013
CReSA strengths its relationship with the pig sector
Representatives of the National Association of Swine Producers (ANPROGAPOR), the Catalan Association of Swine Producers (PORCAT) and the Group for Swine Sanitation of Lleida (GSP Lleida) visited the CReSA to know more about the activities of the center and search for new collaborations. (read more) |
06-11-2013
West Nile fever and Chikungunya viruses as potential emergent viruses in Catalonia
At the beginning of October, Dr. Nitu Pagès, researcher of CReSA, presented the first results of the study “Transmission and incidence in Catalonia of emergent diseases transmitted by mosquito”. (read more) |
30-08-2013
The natural history of porcine circovirus type 2: from an inoffensive virus to a devastating disease?
A recently published review done by researchers from CReSA summarizes the current knowledge on the natural history of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) infection and its related diseases. (read more) |
29-08-2013
Ecological surveillance for West Nile virus in Catalonia: early alert in public health
Epidemics caused by West Nile virus have caused serious diseases in Europe in the last years. No acute infection was detected in domestic animal populations in Catalonia during the ecological surveillance for the virus in 2007-2011. Virus was not detected in mosquitoes either. However, local virus or other closely related flaviviruses transmission was occurring among bird populations. (read more) |
13-08-2013
The blurred border between porcine circovirus type 2-systemic disease and porcine respiratory disease complex
Researchers of CReSA have published a retrospective study suggesting that PCV2-lung disease is probably a negligible condition and porcine circovirus type 2 mainly contributes to porcine respiratory disease complex by means its systemic infection. (read more) |
08-08-2013
Role of the European quail on the transmission of the avian influenza viruses
Researchers of CReSA have demonstrated that European quail may play a major role in avian influenza epidemiology. This is the first experimental infection investigating the susceptibility of this specie to the avian influenza virus. (read more) |
15-07-2013
Visit of the public health secretary to CReSA
The past wednesday, July the 10th, Antoni Mateu, Public Health Secretary of the Health Department of the Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan Government) paid an official visit to the facilities of the Research Centre for Animal Health (CReSA), IRTA-UAB, located in Bellaterra (Cerdanyola Vallès, Barcelona). (read more) |
02-07-2013
CReSA, member of the Technical Board of CESAC
Natalia Majó, CReSA researcher has been named CReSA representative of the Technical Board of the Center of Bird-raising Health of Catalonia and Aragon (Centre de Sanitat Avícola de Catalunya i Aragó, CESAC). (read more) |
28-06-2013
Risk Factors for Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Tanzania
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) occurrence in Tanzania is more related to animal movement and human activity via communication networks than transboundary movements or contact with wildlife. (read more) |
20-06-2013
Simultaneous porcine circovirus type 2 and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae co-inoculation
A study carried out by researchers of CReSA shows that simultaneous porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (Mhyo) co-inoculation does not potentiate disease in pigs seropositive for both pathogens. (read more) |
14-06-2013
Conclusions of the Second Conference on zoonoses and emerging diseases
Over 100 health professionals (human and veterinary fileds) discussed multiple aspects of mosquito-borne viral diseases on 23 and 24 May 2013 in Cosmocaixa Barcelona. (read more) |
11-06-2013
Highly (H5N1) and low (H7N2) pathogenic avian influenza virus infection in falcons
Researchers of CReSA have demonstrated that gyr-saker hybrid falcons are highly susceptible to H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus infection, and that they may play a major role in the spreading of both HPAI and pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) viruses. (read more) |
10-06-2013
Biosecurity practices in Spanish pig herds
Researchers of CReSA have evaluated the perceptions of farmers and veterinarians of the most important biosecurity measures. Farmers awarded significantly higher scores to their farms' level of biosecurity than the veterinarians servicing said farms. (read more) |
06-06-2013
CReSA joins the Global African Swine Fever Research Alliance (GARA)
GARA, an initiative of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is created to establish and sustain global research partnerships that will generate scientific knowledge and tools to contribute to the successful prevention, control and where feasible eradication of African Swine Fever, an important transboundary animal diseas. (read more) |
10-05-2013
Awarded a porcine circovirus research project from CReSA
The project by Dr. Marina Sibila and Dr. Segalés was awarded at the 6th edition of the European PCV2 Research Award sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim. (read more) |
07-05-2013
Doctoral thesis on avian influenza virus
Next May 10th 2013, Kateri Bertran Dols (PhD student of CReSA) will carry out the lecture and defense of her research work entitled "Avian influenza infection dynamics in minor avian species", directed by Dr. Natàlia Majó and Dr. Roser Dolz. (read more) |
02-05-2013
A new method of diagnosis allows the detection and differentiation of five porcine viruses in a single run.
Researchers of CReSA and the Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuria (CENSA) have developed a real-time PCR system for the detection and differentiation of porcine circovirus 2 (PCV-2), pseudorabies virus (PRV1), porcine parvovirus (PPV) and swine torque teno viruses 1 (TTSuV1) and 2 (TTSuV2). (read more) |
19-04-2013
Almost opposite models of immune response to PRRSV could exist depending on the strain.
Researchers of CReSA have demonstrated that inoculation with different porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) strains result in different virological and immunological outcomes and in different degrees of homologous and heterologous protection. (read more) |
17-04-2013
Journalists and scientific communicators visit the CReSA
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary and the inauguration of the high biological security building, the Centre for Research on Animal Health (CReSA) organized an open day for journalist and scientific communicators on 11 April. (read more) |
04-04-2013
Mariano Domingo has been named manager of the Deputy Directorate for Research Projects
Last March 1st, 2013, Mariano Domingo Álvarez assumed the position of manager of the Deputy Directorate for Research Projects of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, in the area of Livestock, Aquaculture and Fishing. (read more) |
14-03-2013
European project EDENext experts meeting: control of emerging disease vectors and reservoirs
European experts on diseases transmitted by vectors will meet from 18-22 March, 2013 in Bellaterra (Barcelona). The purpose is to discuss the most recent results of the EDENext project". (read more) |
11-03-2013
Assessment of the risk of a bluetongue outbreak in Europe
Researchers of CReSA studied the risk of a bluetongue outbreak in Europe caused by Culicoides midges introduced through intracontinental transport and trade networks. (read more) |
22-02-2013
Identified two virulence factors of Haemophilus parasuis
Researchers of the CReSA have demonstrated that two trimeric autotransporters of Haemophilus parasuis are surface-exposed proteins that are involved in resistance to phagocytosis. These properties make these proteins promising vaccine candidates against Glässer’s disease. (read more) |
20-02-2013
Demonstrated correlation between TTSuV2 and classical swine fever
Researchers of CReSA have demonstrated that viral load and prevalence of Torque teno sus virus 2 are increased in pigs experimentally infected with classical swine fever virus. (read more) |
19-02-2013
Doctoral thesis on African swine fever
Next February 20th 2013, Anna Lacasta Marín (PhD student of the CReSA) will carry out the lecture and defense of her research work entitled "New advances in the development of vaccines against African swine fever", directed by Drs. Fernando Rodríguez and Francesc Accensi. (read more) |
11-02-2013
Workshop on epidemiology organized by the FAO and CReSA
The workshop 'Analysis and representation of surveillance data' by the FAO and CReSA took place in Barcelona from 3rd to 7th of December 2012. (read more) |
08-02-2013
Biosecurity on farms
In November 2012, CReSA organized a technical workshop about biosecurity on farms. The presentations are already available to consult (Spanish version). (read more) |
01-02-2013
CReSA launches a new cytometry service
This is the only service in Catalonia that offers a FACSAria I (BD) cytometer in Biosecurity level-3 (BSL3) conditions and a cytometry service in Biosecurity level-2 (BSL2) laboratories (read more) |
24-01-2013
CReSA takes part in the publication PRRS al día
Dr. Ivan Díaz, one of CReSA's researchers, is the author of this collectable publication sponsored by Progressis®. The aim of this work is to publish the last news about the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS). (read more) |
28-12-2012
Representatives of technological centers visited the CReSA
Last December, 10th, a group of members of the ACTec (Catalan Association of Technology) associated centers visited the CReSA (Bellaterra, Barcelona). (read more) |
14-12-2012
A step forward towards a vaccine against the African swine fever
Researchers from CReSA have demonstrated that protecting pigs against African swine fever it is not science fiction. These are the conclusions of a study recently published in the journal PLoS One. African swine fever virus (ASFV) is in continuous expansion since its last entrance in Europe through Georgia in 2007. (read more) |
04-12-2012
The Councilor of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and Natural Environment of the Catalonian Government visits the CReSA facilities
On the 9th October 2012, the Honorable Mr. Josep Maria Pelegrí visited the facilities of the Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), located in Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain). The CReSA is one of the research centres (CERCA) of the Generalitat de Catalunya. (read more) |
30-11-2012
A new discovery in the virulence mechanisms of the porcine pathogen Haemophilus parasuis
CReSA’s researchers have found that Haemophilus parasuis can utilize the sialic acid from the host to avoid recognition by the immune system and be able to cause disease. In addition, a gene associated with the virulence of the bacterial strain has been identified. This gene could be useful in the diagnosis of virulent strains of H. parasuis. (read more) |
27-11-2012
A new vaccine against human tuberculosis is successfully tested in goats for the first time
The new vaccine has been developed by researchers of Canada (McMaster University) and is currently in clinical trials phase I. The study, carried out by CReSA researchers, opens a new way for the study of new treatments. (read more) |
26-10-2012
Following classical swine fever
The research trajectory of the CReSA in classical swine fever during the last 4 years has resulted in new insights in the protective response against the virus, and in the viral evolution in endemics areas. This information is the great interest for the development of new diagnostic techniques and new vaccines. These studies have resulted in the publication of six articles in prestigious international journals. (read more) |
25-10-2012
Workshops about tuberculosis and prionic diseases
During the last months, the CReSA has organized two technical workshops addressed to veterinarians and other professionals interested in knowing the last new son these diseases. The presentations are already available to consult (Spanish/Catalan version). (read more) |
10-10-2012
Representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Morocco visited the CReSA
Last September 2012, 22nd, Dr. Abderrahman El Abrak, Chef de la Division de la Santé Animale de l'Office National de Securité Sanitaire des Produits Alimentaires (ONSSA, Rabat, Morocco) visited the CReSA facilities located in Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès). (read more) |
26-09-2012
Rift Valley fever: what do we know today?
Rift Valley fever virus (FVRV) has shown the ability to inflict significant damage to livestock and is also a threat to public health. A review published by researchers of the Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal (CISA-INIA) and CReSA discuss several aspects of the virus and measures proposed to limit future epidemics. (read more) |
18-09-2012
More than 100 science teachers attended a workshop organized by the CReSA
The “I update workshop for science teachers” organized by the CReSA was hold in July 2012, 4. This first edition was entitled “Zoonosis: concepts, techniques and biosafety” and was very successful, with more than 100 registrations. (read more) |
24-08-2012
CReSA doctoral thesis on September
Next September 2012, Tufària Mussá, Mar Costa and Júlia Vergara (PhD students of the CReSA) will defend their doctoral thesis on the research carried out on porcine viruses and/or bacteria. (read more) |
27-06-2012
Workshop on influenza in Mozambique
A group of scientist from CReSA-IRTA and Hospital Clínic de Barcelona-CRESIB visited the Instituto Nacional de Saúde (INS) and Instituto de Investigãçao Agrária de Moçambique (IIAM) in Maputo, Mozambique to exchange experiences on influenza. (read more) |
21-06-2012
Experimental West Nile Virus infection in hybrid falcons
For the first time, researchers of the CReSA have reported an experimental infection with West Nile Virus (WNV) in Gyr-Saker hybrid falcons and have demonstrated that can become infected with WNV. (read more) |
15-05-2012
PMWS clinical expression under field conditions is modulated by the pig genetic background
Post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) is one of the porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) associated diseases. Researchers of CReSA studied the effect of 3 different genetic boar lines on the expression of PMWS in their offspring. (read more) |
27-04-2012
New doctoral thesis on PRRS
Last March 2012, 28th, Mariona Gimeno (CReSA-UAB PhD student) defended her doctoral thesis entitled “Immunological and pathogenic characterization of different genotype-I porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (vPPRS) isolates” directed by Dr Enric Mateu. (read more) |
24-04-2012
Dr Joaquim Segalés Coma, new director of the CReSA
Dr. Joaquim Segalés has been appointed Director of the Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA) by the Patronate of the centre, gathered in session on 17th of April, 2012. He substitutes Dr Mariano Domingo Álvarez who has directed the center since it was created 12 years ago. (read more) |
23-04-2012
CReSAPIENS issue number 2 is now available
Different aspects concerning food safety are discussed in CReSAPIENS issue number 2. CReSAPIENS is a science divulgation journal aimed to divulgate the knowledge and results of research generated at the CReSA. (read more) |
13-04-2012
Virus-like particles are suitable as vaccine vectors against swine viruses
Researchers of the CReSA have demonstrated the strong potential and immunogenicity of virus-like particles in pig and, therefore, their suitability as appealing vaccine vectors for veterinary viral vaccinology. This is the first immunological report on the potential use of chimeric RHDV-VLPs as antigen carriers in pigs. (read more) |
30-03-2012
Rabbits also can suffer diseases caused by prions
Researchers from CReSA have participated in a recently published study which proves that rabbits are not resistant to prion infection, the opposite of what was believed for the last four decades. The paper has been published in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. (read more) |
23-03-2012
Porcine circovirus research projects from France and Spain awarded
For the fifth time, the European PCV2 Research Award sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim funds research projects related to Porcine Circovirus Type 2 (PCV2) infection and associated diseases. Two projects from the CReSA were awarded. (read more) |
19-03-2012
The association between consumption of antimicrobials and occurrence of resistance will be studied
This study from CReSA will investigate the presence of extended-spectrum cephalosporinase (ESC) producing E. coli and S. enterica in pigs, and evaluate the possible association between consumption of different antimicrobials and occurrence of resistantce. (read more) |
05-03-2012
NADIR Annual Meeting held in Barcelona
The last General Annual Meeting of the NADIR (Network of Animal Disease Infectiology Research Facilities) was held in Barcelona in November 2-4 2011, and was organized by the NADIR Executive Committee and CReSA. (read more) |
23-02-2012
Schmallenberg virus: a new bovine and small ruminants virus
More than 140 veterinarians attended the informative meeting about the Schmallenberg virus. The meeting counted on Iscle Selga (Head of the Animal Health Prevention Service of the Generalitat de Catalunya) and Mariano Domingo (Director of the CReSA). (read more) |
17-02-2012
Are the mosquitoes in Catalonia capable to transmit new emerging diseases?
The answer to this question is a key issue for the design of future prevention and control strategies to avoid both the introduction and dissemination of viral emerging diseases in our country, such the West Nile Fever and Chikungunya. This question pretends to be solved by CReSA researchers trough a research grant from RecerCaixa 2011 call. (read more) |
15-02-2012
Swine influenza virus interacts with porcine dendritic cells
Scientists from CReSA studied the particular interaction of swine influenza virus with porcine dendritic cells. This virus causes sub-acute or acute respiratory infections on swine farms and pigs can act as “mixing vessels” for new influenza strains. (read more) |
13-02-2012
Training and assessment in Mozambique about influenza
A new project will be coordinated by the CReSA to train technicians from the Instituo Nacional de Saúde (INS) and Instituto de Investigação Agrária (IIAM) in Mozambique. Training will be focused on diagnosis, surveillance and research on the influenza virus. (read more) |
30-01-2012
More than 150 attendants at CReSA training seminars
During November 2011, CReSA organized two technical seminars addressed to veterinarians and other professionals interested in the lasts news on West Nile fever and the cases of the Support Service for Slaughterhouses of the CReSA. (read more) |
19-01-2012
Doctoral thesis on Classical Swine Fever
On January 25, 2012, Joan Tarradas Font (PhD student of the CReSA) will defend his doctoral thesis entitled “Studies on immunopathogenesis of classical swine fever virus for developing of new vaccination methods”, directed by Dr Llilianne Ganges. (read more) |
16-01-2012
New Ibero-American pig journal
The Porcine Ibero-American Network (Red Porcina Iberoamericana) has recently launched an electronic, open-access journal to spread scientific and technical information on pig production, health and food. This Network is funded by the CYTED. (read more) |
28-11-2011
Doctoral thesis about new vaccine vectors
On December 2, 2011, Elisa Crisci, (PhD student of the CReSA) will defend her doctoral thesis entitled “Immunogenic properties of calicivirus-like particles as vaccine vectors”, directed by Dr Maria Montoya. (read more) |
18-11-2011
Doctoral thesis about pathogenesis of avian influenza virus
On November 25 2011, Aida Chaves (PhD student of the CReSA) will defend her doctoral thesis entitled “Study of the pathogenesis of highly pathogenic influenza A virus (H7N1) infection in chickens, with special focus in the central nervous system”, directed by Dr Natàlia Majó. (read more) |
14-11-2011
CReSA scientists: close to you, an exhibition
An itinerant exhibition for the general public on research in animal health is shown from 8 to 8 November, 2011 at the Veterinary School, UAB Campus (Bellaterra, Barcelona). After this period, the exhibition will be offered to schools, libraries and other institutions to be used during the 2011-2012 planning year. (read more) |
02-11-2011
Published a study that evaluated vaccination campaigns against avian influenza
Researchers from the Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA) participated in a study published in Clinical and Vaccine Immunology with the objective to evaluate two vaccination campaigns carried out between 2006 and 2008 in zoos and wildlife centers. To date, this is the most comprehensive study reported concerning number of animals and species. (read more) |
25-10-2011
Veterinary epidemiology course offered in Morocco
With aim of improving the development of an animal health alert system, CReSA researchers offered a training course about epidemiological surveillance in Rabat (Morocco), during September 19 to 30. The course was supported by the Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional (AECID). (read more) |
06-10-2011
Elimination of bovine tuberculosis has been heterogeneous in Spain
Despite control campaigns carried out since 1956, Bovine tuberculosis eradication has not yet been achieved and prevalence has remained between 1.6% and 1.8%. Researchers from the CReSA and UAB studied the success of these campaigns in Spain and concluded that the elimination pattern was not homogeneous throughout Spain and the ratio of elimination was different among zones. (read more) |
30-09-2011
CReSA is granted by the FECYT for activities of scientific culture and innovation
CReSA has been granted by the Spanish Foundation for the Science and Technology (FECYT) to carry out the annual program of activities within the Network of Scientific Culture and Innovation Units (UCC+i). (read more) |
23-09-2011
Usefulness of wing form in differentiating Culicoides species  The correct identification of vector species is considered an essential issue for entomological surveillance and therefore to understand the epidemiology of arthropod borne diseases, as is the case for Bluetongue disease. Researchers of the CReSA have described significant differences in wing form among Culicoides species by means of geometric morphometric techniques in the Journal of Medical Entomology.
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15-09-2011
Doctoral thesis about Torque teno virus  Next September 21st, Laura Martínez Guinó, PhD student of the CReSA, will defend her doctoral thesis entitled "New insights into the biology of Torque Teno sus viruses”, led by Tuija Kekarainen and Joaquim Segalés.
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16-08-2011
Streptococcus suis polysaccharide interferes with dendritic cell functions  A study by scientists at the University of Montreal in collaboration with scientists at CReSA has determined that the capsular polysaccharides of Streptococcus suis are an important virulence factor involved in the functions of porcine dendritic cells.
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09-08-2011
Seminar for cooperative veterinarians at CReSA  Last 6th July, Laila Darwich, Sergio López and Gerard Martin offered the seminar called “Swine viral diseases: PRRS, circovirus and influenza”. This event was organized by the CReSA, in association with the Federació de Cooperatives Agràries de Catalunya (FCAC) and the IRTA.
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07-07-2011
Implication of the host nucleus during African swine fever virus (ASFV) infection  Researchers of the CReSA have demonstrated the relevance of the host nucleus during ASFV infection. These discoveries might have important implications when searching for antiviral strategies against ASF that is currently causing real economical problems in many sub-Saharan countries and knocking at the door of the EU.
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04-07-2011
Services commissioned by the Generalitat de Catalunya  During 2010, CReSA carried out different actions for the departments of the Generalitat de Catalunya with animal health and public health responsibilities. The 2010 Annual Report is already available at the CReSA website.
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23-06-2011
More than 1000 attendants at the international symposium organized by CReSA  More than 1000 people attended the 6th International Symposium on Emerging and Re-emerging Pig Diseases held at the Palau de Congressos de Catalunya, Barcelona (Spain). During 4 days, veterinarians and scientists from around the world presented the latest and more relevant information on emerging and re-emerging diseases of swine, with special emphasis on porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), porcine circovirus diseases (PCVD) and swine influenza (SI).
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21-06-2011
CReSAPIENS, new science divulgation journal |
07-06-2011
Professor Zygmunt Pejsak visited the CReSA |
16-05-2011
DNA immunization of pigs with foot-and-mouth disease virus minigenes |
11-05-2011
From genetic characterization to Glässer's disease vaccine development |
03-05-2011
Future prospects in the development of vaccines against RNA viruses |
27-04-2011
Role of T interferon-gamma in protection against classical swine fever (CSF) |
19-04-2011
Quantitative assessment of the probability of bluetongue virus overwintering by horizontal transmission: application to Germany |
12-04-2011
A study shows the high susceptibility of the partridge against the highly pathogenic H7N1 strain |
07-04-2011
CReSA TV expands the audiovisual contents |
25-03-2011
African swine fever virus is plenty of energy |
14-03-2011
CReSA researchers present the last applied research in pigs |
10-03-2011
The new General Director of Research visits the CReSA |
09-03-2011
The feather pulp, an ideal sample for the early detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses in poultry |
21-02-2011
CReSA will collaborate in the avian influenza surveillance of wild birds for one year more |
16-02-2011
Emerging2011: Young person's bursary |
11-02-2011
Seminar for cooperative veterinarians at CReSA |
09-02-2011
CReSA becomes part of ENIVD |
04-02-2011
CReSA tv: a digital channel to bring science to everybody |
01-02-2011
Pathologists from CReSA have developed an atlas of avian necropsy |
17-01-2011
CReSA takes part at the COPIT meeting |
12-01-2011
A low cost experimental vaccine protects pigs against circovirus |
20-12-2010
A report situates CReSA at the forefront of the investigation |
16-12-2010
The XIII Swine Conference registration form is already available |
10-12-2010
The Science Week brings young people to CReSA |
03-12-2010
Relevant facts of the research activities of the CReSA in 2009 |
30-11-2010
CReSA will participate in the third Forum Biocat |
26-11-2010
CReSA describes new vaccine antigens against Glässer's disease |
19-11-2010
Defence of the doctoral thesis about bluetongue |
17-11-2010
New knowledge on the pandemic H1N1 virus in pigs |
09-11-2010
Two projects will study emergent diseases transmitted by arthropods and their mosquito vectors |
03-11-2010
The "International Symposium on Emerging and Re-emerging pig Diseases" presents the program of lectures and discussions |
29-10-2010
The Ministry of Science and Innovation finances 6 CReSA's projects |
27-10-2010
Avian influenza virus circulating in wild birds in Catalonia |
19-10-2010
European vets attending the CReSA Training Programs |
06-10-2010
CReSA is awarded with a grant for science divulgation from the DIUE |
04-10-2010
CReSA actively participates at the IPVS2010 in Vancouver |
21-09-2010
CReSA is granted by the FECYT for carrying out activities of divulgation |
17-09-2010
JARC representatives of the pig sector visited CReSA |
15-09-2010
Conclusions of the conference on flu organized by the CReSA and SEV |
08-09-2010
CReSA seminar on avian diseases |
08-07-2010
39 scientific papers of the CReSA during the first semester 2010 |
05-07-2010
Defence of doctoral thesis on porcine circovirus |
23-06-2010
Call to researchers proposing experiments to be conducted in the CReSA facilities |
14-06-2010
Experimental infection of European breed sheep with Rift Valley fever virus |
17-05-2010
CReSA Bluetongue seminar |
11-05-2010
Pigs used as a model for studying human tuberculosis, for the first time |
05-05-2010
Next Conference on Avian and Swine Flu organized by the CReSA and the SEV |
30-04-2010
First Master in Virology in Spain: open registration |
12-04-2010
Porcine Circovirus research by Professor Segalés is awarded |
31-03-2010
Defence of doctoral thesis on vectors of Bluetongue |
16-02-2010
Reported new non-described cryptic Culicoides species in Catalonia using molecular analysis |
04-02-2010
Insemination with beef bull semen reduces the risk of neosporosis abortion in dairy cows |
29-01-2010
Invasion of endothelial cells by systemic and nasal strains of Haemophilus parasuis |
26-01-2010
Technical events organized by CReSA-UAB (February 2010) |
20-01-2010
CReSA participates in a Latin American Network for improving pig production |
18-01-2010
Bioinformatics prediction for determining epitopes of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) |
11-01-2010
The Scientific Advisory Board of the CReSA is created |
18-12-2009
Correlation between clinico-pathological outcome and typing of Haemophilus parasuis field strains |
23-11-2009
CReSA's participation in the activities of the Catalan Society for Immunology |
23-11-2009
Financing from Acc1Ó to evaluate CReSA's technology |
20-11-2009
Korean Veterinary Services of Gyeonggi visit the CReSA |
18-11-2009
Defence of doctoral thesis on avian influenza |
02-11-2009
Estonian veterinarians visit the CReSA |
28-10-2009
Defence of work of research on PCV2 |
20-10-2009
7th Conference on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) |
19-10-2009
Study of the transfer of markers of bacterial resistance |
01-10-2009
The CReSA complies with Good Laboratory Practice Principles (GLP) |
28-09-2009
Defence of doctoral thesis on hepatits E |
23-09-2009
Lecture of research work on detection of Culicoides |
22-09-2009
Immunohistochemical characterisation of classical scrapie neuropathology in sheep |
21-09-2009
Call for open positions at CReSA |
16-09-2009
Lecture of research work on swine influenza |
09-09-2009
New results on epidemiological studies of the CReSA |
07-09-2009
A new method for the diagnosis of pestivirus infections in swine |
02-09-2009
Cysticercosis and biosecurity: CReSA topics at the ISAH Congress 2009 |
31-08-2009
CReSA is awarded with a grant for scientific divulgation from the AGAUR |
27-08-2009
CReSA will take part in the next European immunology events |
24-08-2009
Determination of serum biochemical reference intervals for the Iberian lynx |
21-08-2009
Searching a candidate for a doctoral thesis in birds |
20-08-2009
Visit of the vice-president and acting president of the Catalan government, Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira, to the CReSA |
23-07-2009
Lecture of research work on tuberculosis in ruminants |
23-07-2009
Lecture of research work on avian influenza |
21-07-2009
CReSA and the X National Congress of Virology |
20-07-2009
New PORCIVIR's website about swine viral infections |
09-07-2009
Defence of doctoral thesis on porcine circovirus type 2 |
09-07-2009
Lecture of research work on Swine influenza |
08-07-2009
Defence of doctoral thesis on new vaccine strategies against the African Swine Fever |
08-07-2009
New publications about porcine circovirosis during 2009 |
30-06-2009
Open position: Laboratory Technician |
29-06-2009
Th1 immune response could be protective against Neospora caninum abortion |
16-06-2009
Torque teno virus: new discoveries during 2009 |
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09-06-2009
Relevant facts of the research activities of the CReSA in 2008 |
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04-06-2009
CReSA research contributions to the 3rd Annual Meeting EPIZONE |
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29-05-2009
Phagocytosis resistance is a virulence mechanism of Haemophilus parasuis |
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27-05-2009
Last relevant results on swine hepatitis E virus |
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26-05-2009
More than 250 students visited the CReSA |
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20-05-2009
Training: pathology, inspection, welfare and necropsies |
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11-05-2009
Prion from atypical Scrapie lacks lymphotropism |
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07-05-2009
Special article about flu: the influence of the stars |
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24-04-2009
Defence of doctoral thesis on epidemiology of PCV2 |
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24-04-2009
Chlamydia trachomatis infection modulates trophoblast cytokine/chemokine production |
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21-04-2009
New website about diseases that affect animals for human consumption |
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15-04-2009
CReSA concludes that the mortality of sheep and goats is multifactorial |
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14-04-2009
Risk factors associated with pleuritis and cranio-ventral pulmonary consolidation in slaughter-aged pigs |
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19-03-2009
It is now possible to differentiate pathogenic and non-pathogenic strains of the bacteria Haemophilus parasuis without challenging animals |
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13-03-2009
The CReSA is investigating the death and health deterioration of sheep and goats in Catalan farms |
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13-03-2009
The Expertise of CReSA in Avian Influenza |
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04-03-2009
New vaccine strategy with chimeric virus particles without adjuvant |
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02-03-2009
Retrospective serological survey of Porcine circovirus-2 infection in Mexico |
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25-02-2009
Emerging viral diseases and zoonoses |
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18-02-2009
Nutritional recommendations for avoiding digestive pathologies in piglets |
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10-02-2009
Searching for new vaccine strategies against classical swine fever |
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02-02-2009
Defence of doctoral thesis on PCV2 |
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26-01-2009
European meeting on Bird Flu, in Barcelona |
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13-01-2009
XI UAB Swine Conference |
From the active Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) surveillance programme in Catalonia, the Priocat laboratory of CReSA has detected a noticeable lack of lymphotropism of the atypical scrapie-associated prion protein deposition.
Due to the interest generated by the cases of infection by A(H1N1), Dr. María Montoya (researcher of the CReSA) has prepared a brief opinion piece to make the doubts clear about the different influenza virus circulating among the domestic animals and routes of transmission (updated 11th May).
Next Tuesday, 28th April 2009, Llorenç Grau Roma, PhD student of the CReSA, will defend his doctoral thesis entitled “New insights into the epidemiology of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS)”, directed by Dr. Joaquim Segalés Coma and Dr. Lorenzo José Fraile Sauce.
A paper recently published in The Journal of Immunology describes that the effect of a Chlamydia infection on trophoblast secretion of chemokines and cytokines may have a profound impact on the microenvironment of the maternal-fetal interface and this could influence pregnancy outcome.
”Mad cows disease”, avian flu, bluetongue, salmonellas… The new website 
The general director of Agriculture and Livestock, Rosa Cubel and the director of the Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), Mariano Domingo, have presented the conclusions of the study about the cases of mortality and health deterioration in sheep and goats in approximately forty Catalan farms.
A study carried out by researchers of the CReSA and IRTA reports pleuritis and cranio-ventral pulmonary consolidation lesions in 26.8% and 55.7% of slaughter-aged pigs in Spain, respectively. Among lungs with pleuritis, 50.1% had lesions compatible with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (App) infection.
A genomic study has demonstrated that pathogenic strains of Haemophilus parasuis (H. parasuis) display a type of proteins which allows the bacteria to adhere to tissues and quickly disseminate in the organism. From this discovery, a simple molecular assay was designed for distinguishing possible pathogenic strains of this bacteria and therefore to develop future vaccines.
Source: DAR. As requested by the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Action (DAR), the Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA) is investigating those cases of mortality and health deterioration in sheep and goats in Catalan farms.
The CReSA Avian Influenza Research Group is a multidisciplinary group made up of researchers, graduate students and technicians. This summary reflects the expertise of CReSA in Avian Influenza since this group was created in 2005.
Researchers of the CReSA, in collaboration with researchers of the Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal (CISA-INIA) and Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC) have been able to obtain a protective anti-viral cytotoxic response using chimeric calicivirus-like particles without adjuvant.
The results of a retrospective serological survey of Porcine circovirus-2 infection in Mexico have been published in The Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research. Dr. Joaquim Segalés is one of researchers of this study.
