Vaccines not protecting farmed fish from disease
The vaccines used by commercial fish farmers are not protecting fish from disease, according to a new study.
Ecology
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New study suggests human fleas and lice were behind Black Death, not rodents
A team of researchers with the University of Oslo has found evidence that suggests human fleas and lice, not rodents, were behind the spread of the plague that killed millions of people over the course of several centuries. ...
Mammoth projects to make Norway's fish farms eco-friendly
"We could produce five times as much fish by 2050": in a posh hotel in the Norwegian town of Trondheim, a fishing industry representative winds up his presentation on Norway's sky-high fish farming goals.
Ecology
Nov 1, 2017
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Literally lousy: Parasite plagues world salmon industry
Salmon have a lousy problem, and the race to solve it is spanning the globe.
Ecology
Sep 18, 2017
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Lice and their bacterial sidekicks have evolved together for millions of years
A Florida Museum of Natural History study provides new insights into the complex, shared history between blood-sucking lice and the vitamin-producing bacterial sidekicks that enable them to parasitize mammals, including primates ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 14, 2017
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Anti-sea lice drugs may pose hazard to non-target crustaceans
To treat sea lice infections in aquaculture, veterinary medicines are widely used. However, these medicines may cause collateral damage.
Ecology
Jan 20, 2017
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Paying a heavy price for loving the Neanderthals
One of the biggest surprises about our evolution revealed over just the last decade is the extent to which our ancestors engaged in amorous congress with the evolutionary cousins.
Archaeology
Oct 18, 2016
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Taking the environmental bite out of salmon farming
In a peaceful bay off Norway's Hitra island, massive nets teem with salmon destined for dinner tables worldwide—an export boon for the Nordic nation that comes with a long list of environmental side-effects.
Ecology
Sep 28, 2016
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"Perfect storm" brought sea louse epidemic to BC salmon—likely due to high temperatures and uncoordinated treatment
High ocean temperatures and poor timing of parasite management likely led to an epidemic of sea lice in 2015 throughout salmon farms in British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Strait, a University of Toronto-led study has found.
Ecology
Jul 20, 2016
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PostDoc Project Plan invites collaborators to study how plant lice cope with variability
While Climate change steadily takes its toll, promising to raise temperatures around the world by at least 1.5 °C within the next 100 years, organisms have already started defending their species' existence in their own ...
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