The emergence of Senecavirus A (SVA) as a causative agent of vesicular diseases in pigs is noteworthy, since it was identified in 2014 through outbreaks in Brazil. The SVA belongs to the Picornaviridae family and is a non-enveloped virus with the ability to adapt to the environment. As the virus’s stability allows it to persist on farms post-outbreak, maintaining stringent biosecurity measures is crucial for effective control....

Cyanobacterium Microcoleus anatoxicus, isolated from a coastal stream in northern California, produces both anatoxin-a (ATX) and dihydroanatoxin-a (dhATX), responsible for dog deaths, but its environmental preferences are unknown. We tested the effect of environmentally relevant stressors, e.g., salinity enrichment and nitrogen (N) depletion, on mat formation and toxicity of M. anatoxicus during the stationary growth phase in...

Variations of strontium isotope ratios ( 87 Sr/ 86 Sr) in river systems are increasingly utilised to geochemically trace origin and movement patterns of migratory fish species. Accretionary calcified structures, such as otoliths, preserve 87 Sr/ 86 Sr signatures of the surrounding water during a fish’s lifetime. In this study, we present 87 Sr/ 86 Sr measurements of water samples and catfish otoliths collected in the estuaries...

Varroa destructor is an ectoparasitic mite of immature and adult honey bees that can transmit several single-stranded RNA viruses to its host. Varroa reproduce in brood cells, and mite populations increase as colonies produce brood in spring and summer. Mite numbers also can sharply rise, particularly in the fall, by the migration of varroa into hives on foragers. Colonies with high levels of varroa and viruses often die over...