Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emerging zoonotic pathogen in Europe. Even though swine species are considered the main host of the zoonotic HEV-3 genotype, rabbits are recognized as the main reservoir of the divergent HEV-3ra ...

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emerging and zoonotic pathogen of worldwide distribution, which affects at least 20 million of humans annually, being recognized as the main cause of acute human viral hepatitis. In industrialized ...

Background: Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of Q fever, is a zoonotic multi-host vector-borne pathogen of major public health importance. Although the European Food Safety Authority has recently made the monitoring ...

La importancia de la cabra montés en Andalucía como endemismo singular, su conservación y su valor cinegético hacen totalmente necesaria su gestión integral fundamentada en las mejoras de hábitat, en la monitorización ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by bacteria belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC), which can affect a wide variety of domestic and wild animal species. Although the role of ...

The role of domestic pigs in the epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) is considered to be limited due to the characteristics of intensive production systems. However, in southwestern Spain, Iberian pigs ...

Coxiella burnetii is an important zoonotic pathogen of worldwide distribution that can infect a wide range of wild and domestic species. The European wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) can play a role as a reservoir for ...

Pigs reared under extensive farming conditions are currently in high commercial demand because they are associated with high-quality products. Nevertheless, the risk of contact with different pathogens of animal and public ...

Toxoplasmosis, caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, is a worldwide zoonotic disease, which affects most warm-blooded species. Besides the zoonotic relevance, toxoplasmosis is one of the major causes of reproductive ...

The European wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and the Iberian hare (Lepus granatensis) are the most relevant lagomorph species in terms of distribution, abundance and hunting interest in Spain. In Andalusia, 1.4 million ...