Fecal microbiota transplants facilitate post-antibiotic recovery of gut microbiota in cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus).

Burgeoning study of host-associated microbiomes has accelerated the development of microbial therapies, including fecal microbiota transplants (FMTs). FMTs provide host-specific microbial supplementation, with applicability across host species. Studying FMTs can simultaneously provide comparative frameworks for understanding microbial therapies in diverse microbial systems and improve the health of managed wildlife.

Amphibian mast cells serve as barriers to chytrid fungus infections.

Global amphibian declines are compounded by deadly disease outbreaks caused by the chytrid fungus, (). Much has been learned about the roles of amphibian skin-produced antimicrobial components and microbiomes in controlling , yet almost nothing is known about the roles of skin-resident immune cells in anti- defenses. Mammalian mast cells reside within and serve as key immune sentinels in barrier tissues like skin.

Local environment shapes milk microbiomes while evolutionary history constrains milk macronutrients in captive cercopithecine primates.

Milk is a complex biochemical fluid that includes macronutrients and microbiota, which, together, are known to facilitate infant growth, mediate the colonization of infant microbiomes, and promote immune development. Examining factors that shape milk microbiomes and milk-nutrient interplay across host taxa is critical to resolving the evolution of the milk environment. Using a comparative approach across four cercopithecine primate species housed at three facilities under similar management conditions, we test for the respective influences of the local environment (housing facility) and host species on milk (a) macronutrients (fat, sugar, and protein), (b) microbiomes (16S rRNA), and (c) predicted microbial functions.

Split fertilizer nitrogen application with a cereal rye cover crop reduces tile nitrate loads in a corn-soybean rotation.

Splitting fertilizer nitrogen (N) applications and using cover crops are management strategies to reduce nitrate in tile drainage water. We investigated split fertilizer N applications to corn (Zea mays L.) on crop yields and tile nitrate loss in both corn and soybean (Glycine max L.

Using an Educational Intervention to Map our Surgical Teams' Function, Emotional Intelligence, Communication and Conflict Styles.

Objective: The leadership team invited surgical team members to participate in educational sessions that created self and other awareness as well as gathered baseline information about these topics: communication, conflict management, emotional intelligence, and teamwork.

Design: Each educational session included an inventory that was completed to help participants understand their own characteristics and the characteristics of their team members. The results from these inventories were aggregated, relationships were identified, and the intervention was evaluated.