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Lentic freshwater systems such as ponds, lakes and reservoirs play an important role as drinking water sources or recreational venues. Algal and cyanobacterial blooms may pose a risk for water consumers and users, particularly in episodes of proliferation of toxin-produces species. The inactivation with ultraviolet (UV) light is currently used in drinking water purification as well as for ecological restoration of small water...
Nestling sex and behaviour determine the host preference of insect vectors in avian nestsNARA Subscribed
Sexual differences in pathogen prevalence in wildlife often arise from varying susceptibility influenced by factors such as sex hormones and exposure to pathogens. In the case of vector‐borne pathogens, host selection by insect vectors determines the exposure of hosts to infections, largely affecting the transmission of these infectious diseases. We identify the blood‐feeding patterns of insect vectors in Blue Tit ( Cyanistes...
RadonPotential: An interactive web application for radon potential prediction under different climates and soil texturesNARA Subscribed
The presence of radon in soil poses a significant health risk when it enters and concentrates indoors. The primary health problem associated with radon exposure is lung cancer, but it can also contribute to other respiratory issues. Estimating radon potential is a challenging task caused by the interaction of various environmental, geological, and variability factors. Although efforts are ongoing to improve radon potential ass...
Oxidative stress in dogs with chronic inflammatory enteropathy treated with allogeneic mesenchymal stem cellsNARA Subscribed
The search for new biomarkers in patients with chronic inflammatory enteropathy (CIE) is ongoing in the human and veterinary medicine fields. Oxidative stress biomarkers (malondialdehyde [MDA], reduced glutathione [GSH], and albumin) have been studied in humans with chronic enteropathies, but among them, only albumin has been studied in dogs with CIE. Moreover, the effect of mesenchymal stem cell (MSCs) treatment with or witho...
Lizard host abundances and climatic factors explain phylogenetic diversity and prevalence of blood parasites on an oceanic islandNARA Subscribed
Host abundance might favour the maintenance of a high phylogenetic diversity of some parasites via rapid transmission rates. Blood parasites of insular lizards represent a good model to test this hypothesis because these parasites can be particularly prevalent in islands and host lizards highly abundant. We applied deep amplicon sequencing and analysed environmental predictors of blood parasite prevalence and phylogenetic dive...
This study aims to evaluate the effect of the transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block on the blood cells and the inflammatory markers neutrophil– to– lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet– to– lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and systemic immune– inflammation index (SII) after the laparoscopic ovariectomy (LapOV) in dogs. 72 healthy bitches undergoing LapOV were randomly allocated to the no– TAP group of dogs under inhaled anesthesia (IA),...