Tag Archives: parasite

Harvard study links pesticides to bee deaths

Posted on May 13, 2014 by argylesock

Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) in honeybees (Apis mellifera) can be linked with low-dose insecticides. Philip Case at the UK magazine Farmers Weekly tells us about research in the States, where CCD is a huge problem. This is a serious matter … Continue reading →

Posted in knowledge transfer, miniculture | Tagged academia, America, apiculture, arthropod, Bayer, behaviour, clothianidin, colony collapse disorder, Europe, honeybee, hymenopteran, imidacloprid, insect, insecticide, law, microsporidian, neonicotinoid, Nosema ceranae, parasite, pesticide, pollination, research, Syngenta, thiamethoxam | 7 Comments

Image of the Week: Varroa Parasitic Mite

Posted on April 21, 2014 by argylesock

argylesock says… Varroa mites are bad news for bees. This is the third of three articles about pollinators, from the Wellcome Trust blog, which I’m passing on today.

Posted in agriculture, ecology, food, miniculture | Tagged apiculture, arachnid, arthropod, conservation, crop, disease, emerging disease, farmer, honeybee, hymenopteran, insect, mite, parasite, pesticide, plant_dicot, pollination, research, Varroa destructor | Leave a comment

Feature: Protecting the pollinators part 2 – bees and disease

Posted on April 21, 2014 by argylesock

argylesock says… Here’s the second of three articles about pollinators, from the Wellcome Trust blog, which I’m passing on today.

Posted in agriculture, ecology, miniculture | Tagged apiculture, arachnid, arthropod, bacterium, bumblebee, conservation, data, deformed wing virus, dipteran, disease, disease transmission, emerging disease, fungus, habitat loss, honeybee, hoverfly, hymenopteran, insect, insecticide, mite, miticide, Nosema ceranae, parasite, pesticide, pollination, research, scientist, Varroa destructor, Varroa destructor virus-1, vector, virus | Leave a comment

A new invader to eat rice plants?

Posted on December 13, 2013 by argylesock

The Non-Native Species Secretariat (NNSS) for Britain doesn’t list apple snails (Pomacea canaliculata and P. maculata) as invasive species, but perhaps it should. Apple snails are aquatic. They spread when there’s flooding, when they cling onto larger animals or onto … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, ecology, miniculture | Tagged alien species, America, apple snail, aquaculture, Asia, crop, data, farmer, flood, gastropod, heliculture, herbivore, invasive species, map, mollusc, nematode, parasite, parasite transmission, pest, pet, plant_monocot, rice, roundworm, snail, vector, waterway | Leave a comment

Living With Human Bot Flies

Posted on November 13, 2013 by argylesock

Originally posted on Living With Insects Blog:
Human Bot Flies are occasionally encountered by tourists to Central and South America. Bot fly larvae will burrow under the skin and feed on the tissue. Bot flies on the head are confined…

Posted in human health | Tagged arthropod, bot fly, dipteran, human, insect, larva, parasite | 6 Comments

Cattle which resist a devastating disease

Posted on October 4, 2013 by argylesock

People in tropical countries fear diseases called sleeping sickness, and other names, caused by tiny parasites called trypanosomes (Trypanosoma spp.) also known as tryps. Now there’s new science suggesting a way to reduce Animal African Trypanosomiasis in cattle (Bos primigenius) … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture | Tagged Africa, arthropod, Asia, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, breeding, cattle, development, dipteran, disease, disease resistance, farmer, insect, invertebrate, livestock, livestock breed, local breed, mammal, meat, parasite, pastoral, protozoan, research, ruminant, selective breeding, sleeping sickness, tropical disease, trypanosome, tsetse, vector, vertebrate | 4 Comments

Wild deer carrying drug-resistant parasites between cattle and sheep farms

Posted on September 6, 2013 by argylesock

Animal Bytes is published freely by the British Society for Animal Science (BSAS). It’s there to let farmers and vets know what scientists are doing with funding from BSAS. Animal Bytes provides ‘short and incisive updates on topical themes and … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, knowledge transfer | Tagged cattle, drug, drug resistance, evolution, fallow deer, farmer, knowledge, livestock, mammal, nematode, parasite, parasite transmission, red deer, research, roe deer, ruminant, sheep, sustainable, vertebrate, veterinary, wildlife | 4 Comments

Jumping species: how good intentions spread diseases

Posted on September 2, 2013 by argylesock

Ian Le Guillou at Understanding Animal Research (UAR) tells us how infectious diseases jump between species. These jumps often happen because of things that humans do. Sometimes, the disease jumps to us. Diseases that can infect humans and also other … Continue reading →

Posted in ecology, human health, knowledge transfer | Tagged alien species, amphibian, apicomplexan, arthropod, bacterium, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, crop, disease, emerging disease, fungus, human, lab animal, laboratory, mammal, naturalised species, parasite, pathogen, pest, plant_dicot, plant_gymnosperm, plant_monocot, protozoan, Toxoplasma gondii, tree, vertebrate, zoonosis | 5 Comments

Living With Imported Pollinators

Posted on August 22, 2013 by argylesock

Originally posted on Living With Insects Blog:
Bumblebee Pollinating a Flower Honey bees are under stress in many areas and growers are evaluating alternatives to honey bee pollination. Bumblebees are a potential alternative and the worldwide trade in bumblebees for…

Posted in ecology, miniculture | Tagged alien species, arthropod, bumblebee, ecosystem, entomoculture, hymenopteran, insect, invasive species, microlivestock, parasite, pathogen, pollination, research, trade, vector | 6 Comments

World Mosquito Day – a Wellcome Perspective

Posted on August 21, 2013 by argylesock

argylesock says… I’m a day late with this reblog. How many more people have died of malaria in that day?

Posted in human health | Tagged apicomplexan, arthropod, dipteran, disease, history, human, insect, insecticide, insecticide resistance, malaria, mosquito, parasite, pest, pesticide, pesticide resistance, research, tropical disease, vector | 7 Comments