LC Headings from July-September 2017 Lists

A Message from the Editorial Team and an Introduction to the July-September 2017 Issue

WELCOME to the July-September issue of 2017. This is the time of year when we review journal performance and report key parameters. Most important, we are happy to report that according to the 2016 Journal Citation Report, IEEE TLT has reached an impact factor of 2.267, a considerable increase from the 2015 impact factor of 1.129. The other key parameters have changed very little. For papers su...

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Background: BVD and IBR are contagious viral diseases highly prevalent in Irish cattle. Despite their significant reproductive and economic impact very little is known about the BVD and IBR status of stock bulls (a bull used for breeding purposes). There are still a high proportion of dairy farms in Ireland that rely on the use of a bull for breeding cattle and ensuring the fertility of the bul...

Editorial, Issue: September 2017

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As many European countries are currently engaged in infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) control programmes, it is widely believed that an Irish IBR eradication scheme will be realised in the very near future. In fact, a growing movement across the EU to eradicate IBR could be a barrier to trade for Irish livestock as, under EU legislation, Member States who have compulsory disease eradicati...

Preliminary report of an autochthonous chikungunya outbreak in France, July to September 2017

In August 2017, an autochthonous chikungunya case was reported in south-east France. By mid-September, eight additional autochthonous cases were found in the index case's neighbourhood, where the chikungunya virus vector Aedes albopictus was observed. Genomic characterisation identified an East-Central South African (ECSA) lineage strain, probably from the Central African region and carrying an...