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Serological evidence of sarbecovirus exposure along Sunda pangolin trafficking pathways.
BMC Biol
November 2024
State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
Background: Early in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Sunda pangolins (Manis javanica) involved in the illegal wildlife trade in mainland China were identified as hosts of severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronaviruses (SARSr-CoVs). Although it is unconfirmed whether pangolins or other traded wildlife served as intermediate hosts for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the trafficking of pangolins presents a clear risk for transmission of viruses with zoonotic and epizootic potential regardless. We have investigated the origins of pangolin carcasses seized in Hong Kong and have evaluated their potential exposure to SARSr-CoVs, other coronaviruses, and paramyxoviruses, aiming to address a gap in our knowledge with regard to the role of wildlife trade in the maintenance and emergence of pathogens with zoonotic and epizootic potential.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAmbassador Animals Do Not Have a Clear Effect on Visitor Conservation Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Exotic Pets at a Zoo Exhibit.
Zoo Biol
October 2024
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
There is relatively little work examining visitor outcomes of ambassador animal programs, such as whether these programs are educationally effective or unintentionally promote exotic pet ownership. We designed a two-way factorial experiment to test whether ambassador animals enhanced or detracted from the educational outcomes of a zoo exhibit. We surveyed 312 visitors at the Oakland Zoo at a static exhibit focused on the illegal wildlife trade.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA Microbial Cocaine Bioreporter.
Sensors (Basel)
October 2024
Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel.
The continuous emergence of new illegal compounds, particularly psychoactive chemicals, poses significant challenges for current drug detection methods. Developing new protocols and kits for each new drug requires substantial time, effort, and dedicated manpower. Whole-cell bacterial bioreporters have been proven capable of detecting diverse hazardous compounds in both laboratory and field settings, identifying not only single compounds but also chemical families.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGenomic analysis of isolates from animals and humans, Türkiye, 2010 to 2020.
Euro Surveill
September 2024
Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Jena, Germany.
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- Brucellosis is a sickness caused by bacteria that affects both people and animals, causing health problems and money loss in farming in Türkiye and other countries.
- Researchers studied the genes of 106 samples from animals and humans in Türkiye to understand how they differ from each other and from samples in other countries.
- The study found different types of the bacteria in Türkiye, showing they are also related to bacteria from neighboring countries and some European countries, which means travel might help spread the disease, so better controls are needed to keep it from spreading.
Quantifying species biases among multidata sources on illegal wildlife trade and its implications for conservation.
Conserv Biol
October 2024
School of Ecology and State Key Laboratory of Biological Control, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China.
Unsustainable wildlife consumption and illegal wildlife trade (IWT) threaten biodiversity worldwide. Although publicly accessible data sets are increasingly used to generate insights into IWT, little is known about their potential bias. We compared three typical and temporally corresponding data sets (4204 court verdicts, 926 seizure news reports, and 219 bird market surveys) on traded birds native to China and evaluated their possible species biases.
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