Assessing the risk of human‐to‐wildlife pathogen transmission for conservation and public health

AC Fagre, LE Cohen, EA Eskew, M Farrell… - Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic has led to increased concern over transmission of pathogens
from humans to animals, and its potential to threaten conservation and public health. To …

A meta-analysis of impacts of immune response and infection on oxidative status in vertebrates

D Costantini - Conservation Physiology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Inferring from patterns observed in biomedical research, ecoimmunological theory predicts
that oxidative stress is a ubiquitous physiological cost that contributes to generating variation …

Putative neural consequences of captivity for elephants and cetaceans

B Jacobs, H Rally, C Doyle, L O'Brien… - Reviews in the …, 2022 - degruyter.com
The present review assesses the potential neural impact of impoverished, captive
environments on large-brained mammals, with a focus on elephants and cetaceans. These …

Putrid meat in the tropics: it wasn't just for Inuit

JD Speth, M Eugène - PaleoAnthropology, 2022 - theologie-geschichte.de
It is widely known that traditional northern hunter–gatherers such as the Inuit included putrid
meat, fish, and fat in their diet, although the ubiquity and dietary importance of decomposing …

[HTML][HTML] Differences in constitutive innate immunity between divergent Australian marsupials

R Odewahn, BR Wright, GÁ Czirják… - Developmental & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding immunity in wildlife populations is important from both One Health and
conservation perspectives. The constitutive innate immune system is the first line of defence …

Spillback in the Anthropocene: the risk of human-to-wildlife pathogen transmission for conservation and public health

AC Fagre, L Cohen, EA Eskew, MJ Farrell, E Glennon… - 2021 - ecoevorxiv.org
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has led to increased concern over transmission of pathogens
from humans to animals (“spillback”) and its potential to threaten conservation and public …

[HTML][HTML] Gasterophilus intestinalis infestation in lion (Panthera leo) and plains zebra (Equus quagga) in the Serengeti ecosystem: Morphological and molecular …

BA Ndossi, EE Mjingo, MM Mdaki, MW Zebedayo… - Parasite, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This study was conducted to clarify the host specificity and the geographical distribution of
Gasterophilus species (Diptera, Oestridae) in the Serengeti ecosystem. A total of 317 larvae …

[HTML][HTML] Mitigating wildlife spillover in the clinical setting: How physicians and veterinarians can help prevent future disease outbreaks

T Tran, S Xie - AJPM focus, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction The transmission of pathogens from wildlife to humans is a major global health
threat that has been highlighted by the proposed origins of the COVID-19 pandemic …

Utilizing animal gut microbiomes to mitigate biodiversity loss in the Anthropocene

KM Lagerstrom, S Vance… - Evolutionary …, 2023 - evolutionary-ecology.com
Background: Microbial communities inhabiting animal gastrointestinal tracts play crucial
roles in maintaining global biodiversity by contributing to the health of their hosts. Argument …

Large captivity effect based on gene expression comparisons between captive and wild shrew brains

MA Bedoya Duque, WR Thomas, DKN Dechmann… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Compared to their free-ranging counterparts, wild animals in captivity are subject to different
conditions with lasting effects on their physiology and behavior. Alterations in gene …