
Isabella NicolaUniversité de Montréal | UdeM · Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Isabella Nicola
PhD
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June 2019 - June 2022
November 2014 - October 2018
September 2008 - April 2014
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Amyloidosis is a group of disorders characterised by the injurious deposition of abnormal proteins in tissues. Most common in cattle and other animals is secondary or reactive systemic amyloidosis associated with chronic inflammation, resulting in deposition of acute-phase serum amyloid A (SAA) in organs like the kidneys, liver, and spleen. While c...
The objectives of this herd-level prospective observational cohort study were to describe the proportion of cows with elevated prepartum nonesterified fatty acid concentrations (PropElevNEFA) in dairy herds and to assess the herd-level associations between PropElevNEFA and postpartum diseases, reproductive performance, and culling. From November 20...
The objective of the present study was to quantify the relationships between prepartum nonesterified fatty acid (NEFA) concentrations and the development of subsequent diseases or culling and to identify the optimal thresholds allowing identification of animals at high risk of developing postpartum diseases or being culled. A total of 1,299 Holstei...
The abuse or misuse of antimicrobials in animal production is thought to be a potential factor in the development of antimicrobial resistance in veterinary and human medicine. With this study, we wanted to quantify antimicrobial usage in beef fattening operations in northwestern Italy and to identify factors potentially influencing antimicrobial us...
A 15-d-old female crossbreed calf was referred because of paraplegia since birth. Clinical examination revealed a skin defect covered by hair on the dorsal midline in the thoracic area of the spine. Thoracolumbar spinal cord neuroanatomic localization was determined based on neurologic examination. Computed tomography of the thoracolumbar spine rev...
Background:
The microbiota of the bovine upper respiratory tract has been recently characterized, but no data for the lower respiratory tract are available. A major health problem in bovine medicine is infectious bronchopneumonia, the most common respiratory syndrome affecting cattle. With this study, we used 16S rRNA gene sequencing to characteri...
Epidural anaesthesia has been described in cattle for various surgical procedures.[1] Combination of intravenous (IV) xylazine and caudal high volume epidural anaesthesia with xylazine and lidocaine has provided satisfactory analgesia for abdominal surgery.[2] This combination has good and prolonged analgesic effect but in young animals IV xylazine...