Ivory poachers’ use of poison endangers vultures
Conservationists warn ivory poachers’ use of poison is further decimating Africa’s endangered vultures
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2015
A history of Neospora caninum research
The December paper of the month from Parasitology is ‘Approaches for the vaccination and treatment of Neospora caninum infections in mice and ruminant models’ by Andrew Hemphill et al. …
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Rising risk of obesity among China’s ‘left behind children’
Some 61 million rural children left behind by parents moving to China’s booming urban centres are at risk from increased fat and reduced protein in their diets.
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Goldstein wins Batchelor Prize 2016
The G K Batchelor Prize for 2016 is awarded to Professor Raymond E. Goldstein FRS, Schlumberger Professor of Complex Physical Systems in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics and Fellow of Churchill College, University of Cambridge.
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Investigating the impact of mastitis on dairy cows
Concern about dairy cows welfare is not a new issue, but there is a huge variation among farm producers and veterinarians about their perception of pain in domestic animals.
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What do harbor seals and downhill skiers have in common?
An unexpected similarity between nature’s mechanisms and man’s techniques arise in a new study published in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics. The paper reveals how harbor seals can detect prey from far away, and it’s related to skiing.
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Young seahorses threatened by coastal development
“I wonder how many of us purchase shellfish from sustainable sources in our weekly shop in the belief that we are supporting the conservation of marine ecosystems.…
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Expanding knowledge of rodent parasites
The October paper of the month from Parasitology is Bank voles (Myodes glareolus) and house mice (Mus musculus musculus; M. m.…
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The effect of inflammation on residual feed intake in piglets
Selection of animals for improved feed efficiency can affect sustainability of animal production because the most efficient animals may face difficulties coping with nutritional, environmental, social, or sanitary challenges.
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Major gaps in understanding the risks and benefits of eating fish
Source: Researchers find major gaps in understanding risks, benefits of eating fish | EurekAlert! Science News Fish tissue is rarely measured for concentrations of both harmful contaminants and healthful nutrients across a range of species and geographic regions, say a Dartmouth researcher and her colleagues who reviewed the risks and benefits of eating seafood.…
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Reducing Livestock methane emissions: A review of genetic possibilities
The livestock sector, particularly ruminants, is estimated to contribute up to 18% of total global anthropogenic Green House Gas emissions.
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Wising up to Caribbean frankincense
David Gill, Guest Editor of the Tree Conservation special issue of Oryx-The International Journal of Conservation, has chosen ‘Making business scents: how to harvest incense sustainably from the globally threatened lansan tree Protium attenuatum‘ as one of his editor’s picks from the issue. …
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What’s killing the green menace?
“The late Peter de Groot, a highly respected forest entomologist, likened the emerald ash borer Agrilus planipennis to the green wrestling persona of the character Bubbles on the TV comedy series the Trailer Park Boys.…
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Suitable Sheep Selection
The type of sheep that farmers breed for need to be suited to the farm they are managed on. To pick the best type of sheep, farmers need to know how their sheep can make more money for their farm.
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Raptors in West and Central Africa threatened by trade for bushmeat and fetish
Wageningen, The Netherlands: 14 August 2015—The trade in vultures and other raptors for traditional medicine and bushmeat is likely to be contributing to the serious declines of these birds in West and Central Africa. …
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Parallel concepts coming together – Food Security meets Sustainability
The development of the concepts of Food Security and of Sustainability have run in parallel over the past 40 years or so. Food Security originally had three elements – Availability, Accessibility and Utilization.
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Saving the Unloved, One Crowd at a Time > WCS Newsroom
Source: Saving the Unloved, One Crowd at a Time > WCS Newsroom A newly released study from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) offers hope of conservation to the world’s low-profile and more unloved members of the animal kingdom.…
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Breaking the taboo: The case for a greenhouse gas tax on meat consumption
The April 2015 issue (4:1) of Transnational Environmental Law (TEL) includes a contribution by Cordelia Bähr, Faculty of Law, University of Zurich examining the taboo of a greenhouse gas tax on meat consumption, she comments further on this issue in the blog post below.…
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On the trail of a dangerous heart and lung worm; diagnosing A. vasorum in dogs
The latest Paper of the Month from Parasitology is ‘Comparison of coprological, immunological and molecular methods for the detection of dogs infected with Angiostrongylus vasorum before and after anthelmintic treatment‘. …
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The Secret Life of Trees
This month’s issue of Oryx-The International Journal of Conservation is dedicated to tree conservation. In this blog, Dave Gill and Rob Loveridge discuss the special issue and pay tribute to the scientists whose work is guiding the conservation of the ‘charismatic megaflora’.…
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A review of non-invasive techniques to measure livestock body composition
The ability to accurately measure body or carcass composition is an important application for farm animal breeders, producers, abattoirs, butchers, meat (and fat) processors.
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A Tale of Two Farms
Imagine two farms. Farm A produces 400 acres of cabbage and beans, which it has under contract to sell to a processor in the state.…
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Seaweeds form extensive habitats in British coastal waters
This month’s Editor’s Choice from the Journal of the Marine Biological Association is entitled The distribution and environmental requirements of large brown seaweeds in the British Isles. …
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Emerald Ash Borer – marking 10 years of research
To mark the publication of the Emerald Ash Borer special issue from The Canadian Entomologist, guest editors Chris MacQuarrie and Krista Ryall from Natural Resources Canada have co-authored this blog post about the issue.…
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Cambridge launch new open access journal – Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics
Cambridge unveils new Open Access journal – Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics (GHEG) Cambridge University Press is delighted to announce a major new open access journal, Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics (GHEG), dedicated to publishing and disseminating research that addresses and increases understanding of global and population health issues through the application of population science, genomics and applied technologies.…
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Do ewe make the best nutritional choice? A study on sheep food selection
Past feeding experiences can change animals’ perception about foods.
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New in vitro drug assay system to fight coccidiosis in poultry
Researchers funded by Australian Research Council and the Phibro Animal Health Corporation have taken the first steps in identifying new drug targets to protect chickens against Eimeria parasite, one of the most important pathogens of commercial poultry.…
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Everything but the kitchen sink? Combating species extinction using multiple functional traits
The present biodiversity crisis should come as no surprise to conservationists and ecologists alike, but an often unacknowledged aspect of the increasingly rampant number of extinctions– both local and global – is that we are losing different kinds of species.…
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Tougher laws to reduce wildlife trade ‘not enough and can backfire’
Western conservation groups are seeking stricter law enforcement to tackle a trade in endangered wildlife, but an Oxford University researcher warns that this is not a ‘silver bullet’ solution.…
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New method of predicting feed digestibility
The valorization of a feed resource within an animal species depends on its intrinsic physico-chemical characteristics, but also on its actual utilization by the animal to which it is offered. However, the characterization of feeds is often done through their potential value (e.g. digestibility of nutrients) without considering the variability of animal responses.
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How do we account for human impact in the management of our oceans?
Humanity is greatly dependent on our ocean ecosystems. Oceans regulate our climate, protect our coastlines, and provide revenue, energy, food, recreation, and a sense of well-being.…
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Meet the new Editor-in-Chief of The Canadian Entomologist
My name is Kevin Floate. Back in 1985, I became a member of the Entomological Society of Canada (ESC) and found it to be a warm and supportive organization. …
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Unimagining conservation
The EC Perspectives paper from the March issue of Environmental Conservation is entitled Ecological history of Lachlan Nature Reserve, Centennial Park, Sydney, Australia: a palaeoecological approach to conservation by Rebecca Hamilton and Dan Penny.…
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From mechanisms to meaningful interventions: the latest insights from the field of the early life origins of disease
“You are what you eat” may be a truism but you may also be what your parents ate too. This is important because despite genetics contributing to health and disease, so does environment and although we can change our environments for the better, we were most susceptible to environment during the first 1,000 days of our lives.
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Citizen Science on a continental scale
The Editor’s pick from the Feburary issue of The Canadian Entomologist is Crowdsourcing for large-scale mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) sampling by Elin C.…
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Engineering Healthier Animal Products
The animal paper of the month for April discusses the possibility of the use of genetic engineering techniques to improve of health-promoting value of animal-origin products.
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The ups and downs of life for parasitic worms
The March paper of the month from Parasitology is ‘The ups and downs of life: population expansion and bottlenecks of helminth parasites through their complex life cycle’ by Robert Poulin and Clément Lagrue. …
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Exemplary protected areas for tigers in southern India
A new publication depicts the collaborative role of conservation organizations and government that resulted in exemplary results for tiger conservation in Karnataka, southern India.…
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Farming: A potential threat to the endangered Chinese giant salamander
New research, led by international conservation charity Zoological Society of London (ZSL), published in Oryx shows that Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) farms risk the extinction of wild salamander populations instead of supporting their conservation.…
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Feeding Cows Efficiently: A review
Because the cost of feeding animals is one of the greatest expenses in dairy production (40-60% of production costs), research focused on ways to identify and select for animals that are the most efficient at converting feed into milk has greatly expanded during the last decade. The animal Article of the Month is a review of current methodologies, advances, and future challenges for improving feed efficiency in growing dairy heifers and lactating cows
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Unearthing urban agriculture in the Great North
In this themed issue on urban agriculture, our article’s objective was to reveal some of the invisible spaces of food production in Chicago—on-lot and vacant lot home gardens.
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New report offers strategies to help botanical gardens protect threatened trees
With more than 8,000 tree species threatened with extinction, an urgent need exists for botanical gardens to protect threatened trees in dedicated conservation collections.…
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Asian songbird migrants in trouble | BirdLife
Asian songbird migrants in trouble | BirdLife. Migratory songbirds in East Asia are in trouble, according to new research. The study calls for national action and international cooperation to deal with threats, as well as more monitoring and research to help understand and protect this unique migration system.…
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Cultivating Urban Agriculture in the USA
Local food was once considered the purview of consumers and small-scale producers. Recently, policymakers, including those in cities, began embracing local food systems as a solution to a myriad of urban problems, including a lack of green space and access to healthy foods. As part of this shift, cities and other jurisdictions have embraced agricultural production in the urban environment
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Eurasian otter numbers decline in Albania
Although the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) is recovering in several European countries, it is still categorized as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.…
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The Origin of Parasites
This Feburary Parasitology published an Open Access Supplement entitled The Evolution of Parasite Genomes and the Origins of Parasitism. The guest-editor Dr Andrew Jackson from the Department of Infection Biology at the University of Liverpool, discusses the special issue below.…
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Reviewing new traits and phenotyping strategies in dairy cattle
Insights into recent research related to the implementation of novel traits in dairy cattle genetic improvement programs
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North Atlantic Killer Whales; past, present and future
Killer whales are one of the ocean’s top predators, including the waters around the UK. Climate change is opening new habitats and potentially offering new prey for killer whales, particularly in the Canadian Arctic.…
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Opportunist road users? Orangutans on the logging roads of Borneo
Opportunistic Behaviour May Show Resilience to Changes in Habitat An international team of scientists has found evidence that orangutans may be opportunistically choosing to walk on the ground.…
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Advances in proteomics for animal and food sciences
Proteomic analysis has developed rapidly over the last decade but applications of this technology in animal science have been notably absent, which is surprising considering that the main objective of livestock farming is the production of edible protein whether from poultry, beef, swine, dairy products or aquaculture.
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Over 28,000 endangered Lemurs are illegally kept as pets in Madagascar…
An estimated 28,000 lemurs, the world’s most endangered primates, have been illegally kept as pets in urban areas of Madagascar over the past three years, possibly threatening conservation efforts and hastening the extinction of some of lemur species, according to a study by Temple University researchers.…
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