Roundworm infection in a wild boar was linked to lesions in several organs
A postmortem examination of a female wild boar in Tamil Nadu, India, found four Ascaris suum roundworms and…
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Research, conservation and new discoveries
A continuing selection of new studies, conservation projects and important developments connected to species in the archive.
A macaque antibody neutralised diverse H5 flu viruses by blocking membrane fusion
An antibody isolated from immunised rhesus macaques neutralised H5 influenza viruses collected from 1997 to 2024, including recent…
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Coyotes and dogs may share a hookworm that can infect people
In Costa Rica, hookworm variants found in coyotes and dogs did not group by host or sampling area.…
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Coyote tapeworm infection is linked to farmland and managed green space near Chicago
In a study of 85 coyotes in the Chicago metropolitan area, 27.1% tested positive for Echinococcus multilocularis. Infection…
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Bird serum failed to kill the tested Borrelia garinii strains
In laboratory tests, all tested Borrelia garinii strains resisted complement-mediated killing by bird sera, whether they came from…
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Canine distemper virus found in foxes and badgers in northern Italy
Researchers detected canine distemper virus in six red foxes and six European badgers among 43 wild carnivores examined…
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DNA from paratuberculosis bacterium found in faeces of five wild mammal species in Sudan
Researchers detected the bacterium’s DNA in 104 of 274 wildlife faecal samples from Dinder National Park. Positive sample…
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An introduced mosquito and bird malaria point to local transmission on Rangitāhua
On Rangitāhua, about 1,000 km northeast of mainland New Zealand, researchers found an introduced mosquito alongside malaria parasites…
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Virus known from sheep and goats detected in an Italian roe deer
Researchers detected small ruminant lentivirus in one of 179 roe deer sampled in central Italy—the first reported molecular…
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A tapeworm’s life cycle links Arctic sea ducks and barnacles
DNA evidence connects larval Fimbriarioides intermedia in barnacles with adult worms in eiders. Samples from four northern seas…
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Urban waterfowl across New Zealand share many of the same virus species
Researchers detected 96 avian viruses at 13 urban-waterfowl sites across New Zealand. Many virus species occurred at more…
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Could wild boar help keep a tick-borne bacterium circulating in Sweden?
Researchers found no Neoehrlichia mikurensis DNA in spleen samples from 87 wild boar in southern and central Sweden,…
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Great Tits Infected Ticks With Borrelia Most Often During Breeding
Across 420 xenodiagnoses in northern Belgium, wild Great Tits were much more likely to transmit Borrelia garinii to…
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Inuit harvesters help detect an emerging parasitic disease in Arctic caribou
Near Kugluktuk in Nunavut, Inuit harvesters reported unusual tissue changes in caribou. Tests found DNA from two parasitic…
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Endoparasites Infected 71.2% of Tropical House Geckos in Western Pará
In western Pará, Brazil, researchers found internal parasites in 71.2% of 156 wild Tropical House Geckos. Larger geckos…
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Faecal egg counts missed many nematode infections in African ungulates
In Kruger National Park, egg counts in faeces often detected fewer infections than counts of adult worms recovered…
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Three Mosquito-Borne Viruses Followed Different Paths After an Outbreak in Southern Portugal
Bird and mosquito surveillance from 2021 to 2023 found West Nile virus each year, Usutu virus in two…
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Seven overlaps linked wild-bird H5 clusters with poultry outbreaks in the US
Across seven periods between 2022 and 2025, clusters of H5 detections in wild waterfowl overlapped in time and…
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Bird Droppings Contained Both Plant Nutrients and Resistance Genes
Droppings from wintering waterbirds at Caohai in China contained phosphorus that can readily become available to algae. Researchers…
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Dunnock pox cases were most often recorded in August
A 15.5-year study in Somerset, England, found avian pox mainly in young dunnocks in late summer. Researchers detected…
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