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Mass vaccination with attenuated infectious laryngotracheitis virus (ILTV) via drinking water is commonly used in commercial chicken farms, although the effectiveness of oral (OR) vaccination is lower than eye drop (ED). The gene expression of a select set of immune markers associated with inflammatory responses (TLR4, TLR7, TLR2-2, IL6, CCL4, CCR5, IFNγ, IL2, IL17C), immune synapse (CD80), T helper cell polarisation (IL4) and...
SNAPSHOT USA 2024: Year 6 of the Coordinated National Camera Trap Survey of the United StatesNARA Subscribed
Motivation SNAPSHOT USA is an annual, multi‐contributor camera trap survey of mammals across the United States. The growing SNAPSHOT USA dataset is intended for tracking the spatial and temporal responses of mammal populations to changes in land use, land cover and climate. These data will be useful for exploring the drivers of spatial and temporal changes in relative abundance and distribution, as well as the impacts of speci...
Marine megafauna species are affected by a wide range of anthropogenic threats. To evaluate the risk of such threats, species’ vulnerability to each threat must first be determined. We build on the existing threats classification scheme and ranking system of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species by assessing the vulnerability of 256 marine megafauna species to 23 at‐sea threat...
Ten questions concerning indoor dustNARA Subscribed
Uncovering the Calls of Data‐Deficient Masked Owls Using Morphology and Environmental GradientsNARA Subscribed
Aim To test whether vocal characteristics of little‐known and ‘lost’ owl species can be inferred from environmentally driven morphological and vocal correlations, using the Australian Masked Owl ( Tyto novaehollandiae ) as a model system. Location Australasia. Taxon Australian Masked Owl ( T. novaehollandiae superspecies, Tytonidae). Methods We fit linear models to examine the relationship between environmental variables (lati...
BMP9 knockout impairs pulmonary vessel muscularisation and confers aberrant tamoxifen sensitivityNARA Subscribed
Deleterious mutations in the GDF2 gene, encoding BMP9, are causative of pulmonary arterial hypertension and hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia. Paradoxically, BMP9 germ-line knockout ( Gdf2 −/− ; Bmp9 KO) and double Bmp9 KO / conditional Bmp10 cKO (dKO) mice exhibit an attenuated response to PAH-inducing stimuli. We asked whether this contradiction is due to the pathological, physiological, or genetic consequences of BMP9...
Incremental efficacy systematic review and meta-analysis of psilocybin-for-depression RCTsNARA Subscribed
Rationale Psilocybin is a potentially paradigm-shifting depression intervention. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of psilocybin-for-depression randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Objectives Systematically assess harm reporting, risk of bias, action mechanism specification, and incremental therapeutic effect sizes in the psilocybin-for-depression RCT literature. Methods Assessed databases included PsycINFO, C...
Viral Nervous Necrosis due to Betanodavirus: A Case Study in Pot‐Bellied Seahorses ( Hippocampus abdominals )NARA Subscribed
Betanodaviruses, members of the Nodaviridae family, are the causative agents of viral nervous necrosis in fish, resulting in great economic losses worldwide. This is the first case study describing the detection and confirmation of viral nervous necrosis in pot‐bellied seahorses ( Hippocampus abdominalis ) in Australia. Clinical signs of this infection in the seahorses included whirling, floating and cessation of feeding. Hist...
Mapping Oak (Quercus spp.) Regeneration Potential Within the Nantahala National ForestNARA Subscribed
Forest mesophication threatens the regeneration and potential future perpetuation of oak ( Quercus spp.) forests throughout southern Appalachia and eastern United States (US). We explored methods to produce stand-scale oak site suitability maps, within the Nantahala National Forest in North Carolina, which can be used to prioritize site-specific treatments to allow for oak regeneration and recruitment using silvicultural strat...
The Night Parrot is a critically endangered nocturnal bird of Australia's arid zone. The species was “lost” for most of the 20th century until its rediscovery in 1990. Extant populations are now known in eastern and western Australia, but the species has been extirpated from much of its historical range. Here we estimate critically needed Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) for the Night Parrot from historical and opportun...