• An Early Treatment With BKI-1748 Exhibits Full Protection Against Abortion and Congenital Infection in Sheep Experimentally Infected With Toxoplasma gondii 

      Sánchez Sánchez, Roberto; Imhof, Dennis; Hecker, Yanina; Ferre, Ignacio; Re, Michela; Moreno Gonzalo, Javier; Blanco Murcia, Javier; Mejías López, Elena; Hulverson, Matthew; Choi, Ryan; Ojo, Kayode; Barrett, Lynn; Hemphill, Andrew; Van Voorhis, Wesley; Ortega Mora, Luis Miguel (Oxford University Press, 2023-10)
      Congenital toxoplasmosis in humans and in other mammalian species, such as small ruminants, is a well-known cause of abortion and fetal malformations. The calcium-dependent protein kinase 1 (CDPK1) inhibitor BKI-1748 has ...
    • Bovine infectious abortion: a systematic review and meta-analysis 

      Hecker, Yanina; González Ortega, Sara; Cano, Santiago; Ortega Mora, Luis Miguel (Frontiers Media, 2023-09)
      The aim of the present systematic review and meta-analysis was to identify the main infectious agents related to bovine abortion worldwide in the period between 2000 and 2022. First, we investigated the global prevalence ...
    • Parasitemia and Associated Immune Response in Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Beef Cows 

      Gual, Ignacio; Campero, Lucia Maria; Hecker, Yanina; Regidor-Cerrillo, Javier; Leunda, Maria Rosa; Odeon, Anselmo Carlos; Campero, Carlos Manuel; Torioni, Susana Marta; Echaide, Ignacio Eduardo; Estein, Silvia; Ortega Mora, Luis Miguel; Moore, Prando Dadin (Frontiers Media, 2022-06)
      The aim of this longitudinal study was to characterize the parasitemia of Neospora caninum and the associated immunological parameters in naturally infected beef cows for 10 months. The following groups were established: ...