Several modifiable lifestyle factors have been linked to cognitive ability and the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). Health coaching (HC) is an intervention that addresses lifestyle factors associated with cognition. The effectiveness of an HC protocol was evaluated and compared with a health education (HE) intervention, representing the current standard of care, in a sample of 216 adults bet...

Gill diseases are a complex and multifactorial challenge for marine farmed Atlantic salmon. Co‐infections with putative pathogens are common on farms; however, there is a lack of knowledge in relation to the potential effect co‐infections may have on pathology. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and potential effects of Neoparamoeba perurans, Desmozoon lepeophtherii , Candidatus Branchiomonas cysticola...

Summary Chemolithoautotrophic bacteria from the genera Hydrogenovibrio, Thiomicrorhabdus and Thiomicrospira are common, sometimes dominant, isolates from sulfidic habitats including hydrothermal vents, soda and salt lakes and marine sediments. Their genome sequences confirm their membership in a deeply branching clade of the Gammaproteobacteria . Several adaptations to heterogeneous habitats are apparent. Their genomes include...

A Piscirickettsia salmonis infection was diagnosed in lumpfish ( Cyclopterus lumpus L.) juveniles held in a marine research facility on the west coast of Ireland. The main clinical signs and pathology included marked ascites, severe multifocal liver necrosis and severe diffuse inflammation and necrosis of the exocrine pancreas and peri‐pancreatic adipose tissue. Numerous Piscirickettsia ‐like organisms were observed by histopa...

A microsporidian species with 98.3–98.4% nucleotide identity to Tetramicra brevifilum ( Journal of Fish Diseases , 3 , 1980, 495) was diagnosed in lumpfish ( Cyclopterus lumpus , L.) broodstock held at a breeding and rearing facility in western Ireland. The fish were wild‐caught from the west coast of Ireland, and the first case was diagnosed one year after capture. Clinical signs included severe bloating, lethargy, exophthalm...

Clinical biochemistry has long been utilized in human and veterinary medicine as a vital diagnostic tool, but despite occasional studies showing its usefulness in monitoring health status in Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar L.), it has not yet been widely utilized within the aquaculture industry. This is due, in part, to a lack of an agreed protocol for collection and processing of blood prior to analysis. Moreover, while the ana...

Pancreas disease ( PD ) is a viral disease caused by Salmonid alphavirus ( SAV ) that affects farmed Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar L.) and rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum)) in the seawater phase. Since its first description in Scotland in 1976, a large number of studies have been conducted relating to the disease itself and to factors contributing to agent spread and disease occurrence. This paper summarizes the c...

Streptococcus agalactiae infections in fish are predominantly caused by beta‐haemolytic strains of clonal complex ( CC ) 7, notably its namesake sequence type ( ST ) 7, or by non‐haemolytic strains of CC 552, including the globally distributed ST 260. In contrast, CC 23, including its namesake ST 23, has been associated with a wide homeothermic and poikilothermic host range, but never with fish. The aim of this study was to de...