Atlantic cod farming experiences renewed growth in Norway, and increased awareness is essential to address emerging diseases in this species. There are few reports on gill diseases in cod, and to date, no viral gill infections of cod have been documented. In this study, we collected samples from three sequential time points in summer 2023 from farmed cod suffering from cardiorespiratory disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFinfish aquaculture is one of the fastest-growing food production sectors in the world, and numerous infectious diseases are a constant challenge to the fish farming industry, causing decreased fish health and, consequently, economic losses. Specific and sensitive tools for pathogen detection are crucial for the surveillance of environmental samples to prevent the spread of fish pathogens in farms. Monitoring of waterborne pathogens through filtration of water and subsequent molecular detection of target-specific DNA or RNA sequence motifs is an animal-friendly method.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Treatment adherence is a primary key in controlling diabetes disease. The study aims to determine the prevalence of treatment adherence in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients, investigate the potential influence of adherence on elevated blood glucose levels, and identify the key factors which play a role in non-adherence to the prescribed drugs.
Method: A cross-sectional study method was utilized to collect data from all T2DM patients at the Diabetic and Endocrine Centre and Shar Hospital in Sulaymaniyah city in the Kurdistan region of Iraq from February 2022 to April 2022.
Salmonid alphavirus strain 3 is responsible for outbreaks of pancreas disease in salmon and rainbow trout in Norway. Although the extensive amount of research on SAV3 focused mainly on the heart and pancreas (of clinical importance), tropism and pathogenesis studies of the virus in other salmon tissues are limited. Here, we used a combination of RT-qPCR (Q_nsp1 gene) and in situ hybridization (RNAscope) to demonstrate the tropism of SAV3 in situ in tissues of Atlantic salmon, employing a challenge model (by cohabitation).
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