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Tag Archives: protozoan
Cattle which resist a devastating disease
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
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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
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Jumping species: how good intentions spread diseases
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
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Bees under threat from bumblebee imports
Here in Britain, some market gardeners and amateur gardeners import bumblebees to pollinate crops. Some of them are bringing in bee diseases. Scientists funded by the Natural Environment Research Council say that this may be killing our wild buff-tailed bumblebees … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, ecology, horticulture, miniculture
Tagged alien species, apiculture, arthropod, bacterium, bumblebee, disease, disease testing, entomoculture, garden, honeybee, hymenopteran, insect, insecticide, knowledge, law, native species, neonicotinoid, parasite, pathogen, pesticide, pollination, protozoan, research, trade, virus
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SOILS: The Hidden World Under Our Feet
Originally posted on LEARN FROM NATURE:
One of the most important threats to biodiversity has received little attention — though it lies just below us… From the NY Times Sunday special : THE world’s worrisome decline in biodiversity is well known. Some experts…
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Tagged arachnid, arthropod, biodiversity, earthworm, ecosystem, extinction, fungus, invertebrate, mite, nematode, protozoan, research, soil, worm
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Tree of the month: Willow
This photograph of willow leaves, provided to the Centre for Biosciences Imagebank by Prof Paul F. Brain at the University of Wales, Swansea, illustrates an instalment in my Tree of the Month series. I base this series (‘ogham’ tag) loosely … Continue reading
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Tagged arboriculture, bacterium, biofuel, bird, bryophyte, conservation, ecosystem, fungus, habitat creation, human, invertebrate, lake, land reclamation, landscape, lichen, moss, ogham, pharmaceutical, plant_dicot, pond, poplar, protozoan, river, tree, vertebrate, wildlife, willow
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The aliens are landing. That means the foreign plants and animals which are invading Europe
Here in Europe, we’re seeing an influx of alien species. Species have always moved around, but in these times of international transport and climate change, there’s more of it happening than there used to be. Newcomers can be exciting. They … Continue reading
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Tagged alien species, arthropod, beetle, biodiversity, climate, coleopteran, ecosystem, history, insect, invasive species, ladybird, ladybug, microsporidian, parasite, protozoan, transport
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