Applying genetic technologies to combat infectious diseases in aquaculture.

Disease and parasitism cause major welfare, environmental and economic concerns for global aquaculture. In this review, we examine the status and potential of technologies that exploit genetic variation in host resistance to tackle this problem. We argue that there is an urgent need to improve understanding of the genetic mechanisms involved, leading to the development of tools that can be applied to boost host resistance and reduce the disease burden.

Evolutionary predictions for a parasite metapopulation: Modelling salmon louse resistance to pest controls in aquaculture.

Pests often evolve resistance to pest controls used in agriculture and aquaculture. The rate of pest adaptation is influenced by the type of control, the selective pressure it imposes, and the gene flow between farms. By understanding how these factors influence evolution at the metapopulation level, pest management strategies that prevent resistance from evolving can be developed.

Dizziness Directly Influences Postconcussion Symptoms and Is Predictive of Poorer Mental Health in UK Military Personnel: A Retrospective Analysis.

Objective: To investigate the contribution of dizziness to postconcussion symptoms, depression, and anxiety symptoms.

Setting: Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) service, Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Stanford Hall.

Participants: Two hundred eighty-three UK military personnel from the Royal Navy, Royal Airforce, Royal Marines, and British Army.

Effect of nitrogen management in cultivation on the stability and microbial community of post-harvest Monoraphidium sp. algae biomass.

Long-term storage is necessary to mitigate for seasonal variation in algae productivity, to preserve biomass quality and to guarantee a constant biomass supply to a conversion facility. While ensiling has shown promise as a solution, biomass attributes for successful storage are poorly understood. Storage studies of Monoraphidium sp.