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More than proteins for empty stomachs: Wild meat in the BaTonga food system

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Our paper highlights the limitations of the framework used by many conservation‐focused programmes that incorporate food security objectives. This framework encourages the substitution of wild proteins with domestic proteins by promoting animal farming in communities located near conservation areas.
Muriel Figuié, Luzibo Ottilia Munsaka, Vupenyu Dzingirai, Olivier Lepiller, Maxwell Phiri, Patrice Grimaud   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Engineering iridoviruses: development of reverse genetics and virus rescue systems

Journal of Virology
Iridoviruses are a family of large DNA viruses that infect insects and poikilotherm vertebrates, including amphibians, reptiles, and fish. Notably, members of the genus Ranavirus cause mass mortality in fish and amphibians, threatening aquaculture and ...
Daria Vladimirova, Daniela Kunecova, Mariana Nascimento, Ji Yoon Kim, Dusan Kunec, Jakob Trimpert   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Complete sequence determination of a novel reptile iridovirus isolated from soft-shelled turtle and evolutionary analysis of Iridoviridae

BMC Genomics, 2009
Background Soft-shelled turtle iridovirus (STIV) is the causative agent of severe systemic diseases in cultured soft-shelled turtles (Trionyx sinensis).
Wang Xiujie, Zhao Yingtao, Cao Jianhao, Cui Huachun, Ouyang Zhengliang, Gong Jie, Liu Hong, Huang Xiaohong, Huang Youhua, Jiang Yulin, Qin Qiwei   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the utility of autonomous recording units and spring point counts for monitoring abundance of ruffed grouse Bonasa umbellus

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
The ruffed grouse Bonasa umbellus is a species of conservation concern that has declined across most of its range. At the southeastern trailing edge of the range in Georgia, grouse are restricted to elevations 600 m a.s.l. and abundance is relatively low.
Clayton D. Delancey, William B. Lewis, Gregory T. Wann, Richard B. Chandler, Emily Rushton, James A. Martin   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Screening of a long-term sample set reveals two Ranavirus lineages in British herpetofauna.

PLoS ONE, 2017
Reports of severe disease outbreaks in amphibian communities in mainland Europe due to strains of the common midwife toad virus (CMTV)-like clade of Ranavirus are increasing and have created concern due to their considerable population impacts.
Stephen J Price, Alexandra Wadia, Owen N Wright, William T M Leung, Andrew A Cunningham, Becki Lawson   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nucleotide sequence of an immediate-early frog virus 3 gene [PDF]

Journal of Virology, 1984
We have used "gene walking" with synthetic oligonucleotides and M13 dideoxynucleotide sequencing techniques to obtain the complete coding and flanking sequences of the gene encoding a major immediate-early RNA (molecular weight, 169,000) of frog virus 3.
D, Willis, D, Foglesong, A, Granoff
openaire   +2 more sources

Resource Availability Overrides Predator Presence in Mosquito Oviposition Habitat Selection

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
Gravid Culex quinquefasciatus balance predation risk against resource availability when selecting oviposition sites. In outdoor mesocosms, we factorially manipulated sugarcane jaggery (resource) and notonectid predators (adult vs. nymph; caged vs. free‐swimming) across 2 years.
Arpita Dalal, Ross N. Cuthbert, Suman Dey, Nabajyoti Biswas, Susmita Gupta, Jaimie T. A. Dick   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Iridoviridae [PDF]

, 2017
The Iridoviridae is a family of large, icosahedral viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes ranging in size from 103 to 220 kbp. Members of the subfamily Alphairidovirinae infect ectothermic vertebrates (bony fish, amphibians and reptiles), whereas ...
Chinchar, V. Gregory, Hick, Paul, Ince, Ikbal Agah, Jancovich, James K., Marschang, Rachel, Qin, Qiwei, Subramaniam, Kuttichantran, Waltzek, Thomas B., Whittington, Richard, Williams, Trevor, Zhang, Qi-Ya   +10 more
core   +1 more source

Symposium Review: Wild Animal Welfare is in Our Backyards

The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.
Bonnie Fairbanks Flint, David R. Daversa, M. Camille Hopkins, Jessica X. Wright‐Lichter   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Zebrafish as a model for Catel–Manzke syndrome—identification and characterization of the zebrafish TGDS ortholog

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
Zebrafish Tgds, when expressed as a recombinant protein, catalyzes the dehydration of UDP‐D‐glucose, the initial step in the formation of 6‐deoxyhexoses. Corresponding Tgds mutations found in Catel–Manzke syndrome patients lead to reduced enzymatic activity and stability.
Maria Rosaria Coppola, Deianira Bellitto, Erfan Asgari, Virginia Bazzurro, Giorgia Casucci, Francesco Piacente, Matteo Bozzo, Davide Ceresa, Costantino Parisi, Cecilia Winata, Simona Candiani, Michela Tonetti   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source