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Biological Control of Pest Non-Marine Molluscs: A Pacific Perspective on Risks to Non-Target Organisms

open access: yesInsects, 2021
Classic biological control of pest non-marine molluscs has a long history of disastrous outcomes, and despite claims to the contrary, few advances have been made to ensure that contemporary biocontrol efforts targeting molluscs are safe and effective ...
Carl C. Christensen   +3 more
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Impact of Ag Nanoparticles (AgNPs) and Multimicrobial Preparation (EM) on the Carcass, Mineral, and Fatty Acid Composition of Cornu aspersum aspersum Snails

open access: yesAnimals, 2021
The hygienic practices on farms should reduce pathogenic microorganisms while simultaneously not harming the animals themselves; they must also not degrade the products’ quality. We assessed the effect of covering feed tables with paint containing silver
Tomasz Niemiec   +6 more
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Inhibition of PI3K/Akt signaling suppresses epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in hepatocellular carcinoma through the Snail/GSK-3/beta-catenin pathway [PDF]

open access: yesClinical and Molecular Hepatology, 2020
Background/Aims Patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have a poor prognosis due to the lack of effective systemic therapies. Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a pivotal event in tumor progression, during which cancer cells ...
Seulki Lee   +7 more
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Density-Dependent Prophylaxis in Freshwater Snails Driven by Oxylipin Chemical Cues

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2022
While animal aggregations can benefit the fitness of group members, the behaviour may also lead to higher risks of parasite infection as group density increases.
Olwyn C. Friesen   +7 more
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Imported Schistosomiasis, China, 2010–2018

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2020
China has made remarkable progress in reducing schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma japonicum over the past 7 decades but now faces a severe threat from imported schistosomiasis.
Si-Min Dai   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION OF URINARY SCHISTOSOMIASIS IN TAMWAH AREA, GIZA, EGYPT: ASSESSMENT AND CONTROL [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2016
Preliminary studies were carried out on schistosomiasis in Giza Governorate for the last three years. These studies revealed that Tamwah village was one of areas afflicted by the highest number of Schistosoma haematobium infection cases.
BAHAA FARID, SALWA DAHESH
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding A Snail's Eye at a Snail's Pace [PDF]

open access: yesAmerican Zoologist, 1975
This paper is cast in the form of answers to pertinent (sometimes impertinent) questions which a reader might ask of persons devoting the better part of a scientific career to studying the eye of a snail. Two structures in the eye of Helix aspersa are emphasized: the microvilli and microvesicles of type I photosensory cells.
RICHARD M. EAKIN, JEAN L. BRANDENBURGER
openaire   +1 more source

Venomous secretions from marine snails of the Terebridae family target acetylcholine receptors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Venoms from cone snails (Conidae) have been extensively studied during the last decades, but those from other members of the suborder Toxoglossa, such as of Terebridae and Turridae superfamilies attracted less interest so far. Here, we report the effects
Wunder, C.   +26 more
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Suchozemští plži přírodní rezervace Plané loučky a přírodních památek Častava, Hvězda a Kurfürstovo rameno v CHKO Litovelské Pomoraví [PDF]

open access: yesMalacologica Bohemoslovaca, 2022
In 2022, four small-scale protected areas (SPA) within Litovelské Pomoraví Protected Landscape Area were surveyed for terrestrial molluscs. All localities are floodplain forest fragments with oxbow lakes, pools and marshes in the Morava river catchment ...
Radovan Coufal
doaj   +1 more source

Secondary poisoning of non-target animals in an Ornithological Zoo in Galicia (NW Spain) with anticoagulant rodenticides: a case report

open access: yesVeterinární Medicína, 2013
The use of anticoagulants has increased in recent times as a method for controlling rodent populations. However, this increased use also provokes accidental and intentional ingestion for both animals and humans, triggering poisoning of non-target ...
D. Hernandez-Moreno   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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