Claude Saegerman

Publication List Details

Period

1992 - 2009

Number

65

Co-Authors

Salmonella surveillance and control at post harvest in the Belgian pork meat chain. (2009)

Delhalle, Laurent, Saegerman, Claude, Farnir, Frédéric, Korsak Koulagenko, Nicolas, Maes, D, Messens, Winny, ...

Salmonella remains the primary cause of reported bacterial food borne disease outbreaks in Belgium. Pork and pork products are recognized as one of the major sources of human salmonellosis. In...

Does Imidacloprid Seed-Treated Maize Have an Impact on Honey Bee Mortality? (2009)

Nguyen, Bach Kim, Saegerman, Claude, Pirard, Christian, Mignon, Jacques, Widart, Joëlle, Tuirionet, B, ...

Beekeepers suspected maize. Zea mays L., treated with imidacloprid to result in substantial loss of honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies in Belgium. The objective of this study was to investigate...

Colony collapse disorder: a descriptive study. (2009)

Vanengelsdorp, Dennis, Evans, Jay D, Saegerman, Claude, Mullin, Chris, Haubruge, Eric, Nguyen, Bach Kim, ...

BACKGROUND: Over the last two winters, there have been large-scale, unexplained losses of managed honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies in the United States. In the absence of a known cause, this...

A SYBR Green RT-PCR assay in single tube to detect human and bovine noroviruses and control for inhibition (2008)

Scipioni, Alexandra, Mauroy, Axel, Ziant, Dominique, Saegerman, Claude, Thiry, Etienne

Abstract Background Noroviruses are single-stranded RNA viruses belonging to the family Caliciviridae . They are a major cause of epidemic and sporadic gastroenteritis in humans and clinical signs...

Serological Evidence of Caprine Herpesvirus 1 Infection in Mediterranean France (2008)

Thiry, Julien, Saegerman, Claude, Chartier, C, Mercier, P, Keuser, V, Thiry, Etienne

Caprine herpesvirus 1 (CpHV-1) is responsible of a systemic disease in kids and genital diseases inducing abortions in adult goats. In Europe, CpHV-1 is widespread in Mediterranean countries such as...

Echinococcus Multilocularis in Belgium: Prevalence in Red Foxes (Vulpes Vulpes) and in Different Species of Potential Intermediate Hosts (2008)

Hanosset, R, Saegerman, Claude, Adant, S, Massart, L, Losson, Bertrand

Echinococcus multilocularis causes a rare but potentially lethal zoonotic infection in humans. This tapeworm is known to be endemic in foxes in several countries of Western and Central Europe. In...

Atypical myopathy in grazing horses: A first exploratory data analysis. (2008)

Votion, Dominique, Linden, Annick, Delguste, Catherine, Amory, Hélène, Thiry, Etienne, Engels, Patrick, ...

Over the last decade, atypical myopathy (AM) in grazing horses has emerged in several European countries. An exploratory analysis was conducted to determine horse- and pasture-level indicators or...

Risk factors for Salmonella and hygiene indicators in the 10 largest Belgian pig slaughterhouses. (2008)

Delhalle, Laurent, Desadeleer, L, Bollaerts, Kaatje, Farnir, Frédéric, Saegerman, Claude, Korsak Koulagenko, Nicolas, ...

A survey was conducted to collect data on Salmonella prevalence, Escherichia coli counts (ECCs), and aerobic bacteria colony counts (ACCs) on pig carcasses after chilling at the 10 largest Belgian...

Detection and quantification of human and bovine novoviruses by a TaqMan RT-PCR assay with a control for inhibition. (2008)

Scipioni, Alexandra, Bourgot, Isabelle, Mauroy, Axel, Ziant, Dominique, Saegerman, Claude, Daube, Georges, ...

Noroviruses are single-stranded RNA viruses belonging to the family Caliciviridae. They are a major cause of epidemic and sporadic gastroenteritis in humans and calves. Reverse...

A SYBR Green RT-PCR assay in single tube to detect human and bovine noroviruses and control for inhibition. (2008)

Scipioni, Alexandra, Mauroy, Axel, Ziant, Dominique, Saegerman, Claude, Thiry, Etienne

BACKGROUND: Noroviruses are single-stranded RNA viruses belonging to the family Caliciviridae. They are a major cause of epidemic and sporadic gastroenteritis in humans and clinical signs and lesions...

Atypical myopathy in grazing horses: A first exploratory data analysis. (2008)

Votion, Dominique, Linden, Annick, Delguste, Catherine, Amory, Hélène, Thiry, Etienne, Engels, Patrick, ...

Over the last decade, atypical myopathy (AM) in grazing horses has emerged in several European countries. An exploratory analysis was conducted to determine horse- and pasture-level indicators or...

Bluetongue in captive yaks. (2008)

Mauroy, Axel, Guyot, Hugues, De Clercq, Kris, Cassart, Dominique, Thiry, Etienne, Saegerman, Claude

In August 2006, several Northern European countries including Belgium reported their first cases of bluetongue (BT). Surprisingly, it was the first time that BT was diagnosed so far in the northern...

Experimental reproduction of bluetongue virus serotype 8 clinical disease in calves. (2008)

Dal Pozzo, Fabiana, De Clercq, K., Guyot, Hugues, Vandemeulebroucke, E., Sarradin, P., Vandenbussche, F., ...

Cattle are commonly subclinically infected following natural or experimental infection with bluetongue virus (BTV). The introduction of BTV serotype 8 (BTV-8) in Europe has been characterized by the...

Epizootológia modrého jazyka (Bluetongue) v Európskej únii (2008)

Saegerman, Claude, Berkvens, D, Mellor, PS

Zhrnutie. Modrý jazyk (Bluetongue (BT)) je ochorenie podliehajúce hláseniu, ktoré vyvoláva značné socio-ekonomické znepokojenie a je veľmi závažné v súvislosti s medzinárodným obchodom...

Revue sur les évaluations quantitatives de risque de Salmonella dans les aliments. (2008)

Delhalle, Laurent, Saegerman, Claude, Farnir, Frédéric, Korsak Koulagenko, Nicolas, Daube, Georges

Following international agreements and european legislation, risk analysis has become a systematic approach to control the food chain safety. The microbial risks in the food chain and their...

Characterization of the cattle serum antibody responses against TEM beta-lactamase and the nonimmunogenic Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin (STaI) (2008)

Zervosen, Astrid, Saegerman, Claude, Antoniotti, Ingrid, Robert, Béatrice, Ruth, Nadia, Collard, Alfred, ...

In order to test the use of a subunit recombinant vaccine for its capacity to induce antibodies against the nonimmunogenic heat-stable enterotoxin STa from Escherichia coli and the TEM-1...

Sanitary control in bovine embryo transfer - How far should we go? A review (2007)

Van Soom, A, Imberechts, H, Delahaut, P, Thiry, Etienne, Van Roy, V, Walravens, K, ...

Embryo transfer is a globally executed technique which, when properly done, has both economic and sanitary advantages. International guidelines are available to prevent infection of the embryo with...

Classification of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease based on clinical and neuropathological characteristics (2007)

CORTINAS ABRAHANTES, Jose, AERTS, Marc, Van Everbroeck, Bart, Saegerman, Claude, Berkvens, Dirk, GEYS, Helena, ...

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare and fatal neurodegenerative disease of unknown cause. Patients are usually aged between 50 and 75 and typical clinical features include rapidly progressive...

Classification of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease based on clinical and neuropathological characteristics (2007)

CORTINAS ABRAHANTES, Jose, AERTS, Marc, Van Everbroeck, Bart, Saegerman, Claude, Berkvens, Dirk, GEYS, Helena, ...

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare and fatal neurodegenerative disease of unknown cause. Patients are usually aged between 50 and 75 and typical clinical features include rapidly progressive...

History and clinical features of atypical myopathy in horses in Belgium (2000-2005) (2007)

Votion, DM, Linden, Annick, Saegerman, Claude, Engels, Patrick, Erpicum, Michel, Thiry, Etienne, ...

Background: The emergent nature of atypical myopathy or atypical myoglobinuria (AM) necessitates precise description of its clinical and epidemiologic features. Purpose: To define key features of AM...

Risico's verbonden aan Enterobacter sakazakii in zuigelingenvoeding. (2006)

Uyttendaele, M, Herman, L, Daube, Georges, Lauwers, S, Vandenplas, J, Saegerman, Claude, ...

Enterobacter sakazakii is een zeldzame maar bekende oorzaak van neonatale sepsis en een ernstig verlopende vorm van meningitis met een mortaliteit van 10 tot 80 %. Verschillende infecties zijn in...

On-farm contamination of animals with chemical contaminants (2006)

Saegerman, Claude, Pussemier, Luc, Huyghebaert, André, Scippo, Marie-Louise, Berkvens, Dirk

Food products should not contain unsafe levels of chemical contaminants. However, it is not possible to monitor each and every one of the many thousands of chemicals that are used in our advanced...

Population-level retrospective study of neurologically expressed disorders in ruminants before the onset of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Belgium, a BSE risk III country (2005)

Saegerman, Claude, Berkvens, D, Claes, L, Dewaele, Albert, Coignoul, Freddy, Ducatelle, R, ...

A retrospective epidemiological study (n = 7,875) of neurologically expressed disorders (NED) in ruminants before the onset of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy epidemic (years studied, 1980 to...

Decision support tools for clinical diagnosis of disease in cows with suspected bovine spongiform encephalopathy (2004)

Saegerman, Claude, Speybroeck, N, Roels, S, Vanopdenbosch, E, Thiry, Etienne, Berkvens, D

Reporting of clinically suspected cattle is currently the most common method for detecting cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Improvement of clinical diagnosis and decision-making...

Risk evaluation of the transmission of the avian influenza virus to humans (2004)

Saegerman, Claude, Meulemans, G, Van Reeth, K, Marlier, Didier, Yane, F, Vindevogel, Henri, ...

Since mid-december 2003, an epizootic of highly pathogenic avian influenza (type A, sub-type H5N1) occurs in eastern and south-eastern Asia. This epizootic is historically unprecedented in its...

Decision support tools for clinical diagnosis of disease in cows with suspected bovine spongiform encephalopathy. (2004)

Saegerman, Claude, Speybroeck, N, Roels, S, Vanopdenbosch, E, Thiry, Etienne, Berkvens, D

Reporting of clinically suspected cattle is currently the most common method for detecting cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Improvement of clinical diagnosis and decision-making...

Evaluation of three serum i-ELISA's using monoclonal antibodies and protein G as peroxidase conjugate for the diagnosis of bovine brucellosis (2004)

Saegerman, Claude, De Waele, L, Gilson, D, Godfroid, J, Thiange, P, Limbourg, B, ...

Three i-ELISAs using LPS, the immunodominant component of Brucella abortus, were developed with three different conjugates: monoclonal antibodies 1C8 (anti-bovine IgG(1)) and 3H3 (mainly specific for...

Advantages and disadvantages of a control programme against infectious bovine rhinotracheitis in Belgium (2002)

Limbourg, B, Kerkhofs, P, Massard, C, Michelet, S, Saegerman, Claude, Thiry, Etienne

A working party of the "Association d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Animale" assessed the strategy for a control of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) in Belgium and studied its feasability and the...

Monitoring des animaux vivants : exemple d’un échantillonnage pour la détection des PCBs et des dioxines chez les bovins de boucherie en Belgique (2000)

Saegerman, Claude, Boelaert, F, Van Vlanderen, I, Lomba, M, Berkvens, D, Ermens, A, ...

In February 1999, a poisoning episode broke out in several industrial poultry farms in Belgium. The source of this contamination was found to be a stock of recycled fat that had been delivered by a...

Bluetongue Epidemiology in the European Union

Saegerman, Claude, Berkvens, Dirk, Mellor, Philip S.

Central and northern Europe are now at risk from bluetongue virus.

Classification of worldwide bovine tuberculosis risk factors in cattle: a stratified approach

Humblet, Marie-France, Boschiroli, Maria Laura, Saegerman, Claude

The worldwide status of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) as a zoonosis remains of great concern. This article reviews the main risk factors for bTB in cattle based on a three-level classification: animal,...