COVID-19 highlights the need for more effective wildlife trade legislation

A Borzée, J McNeely, K Magellan, JRB Miller… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2020 - cell.com
Zoonosis-based epidemics are inevitable unless we revisit our relationship with the natural
world, protect habitats, and regulate wildlife trade, including live animals and non …

Post COVID‐19: a solution scan of options for preventing future zoonotic epidemics

SO Petrovan, DC Aldridge, H Bartlett… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The crisis generated by the emergence and pandemic spread of COVID‐19 has thrown into
the global spotlight the dangers associated with novel diseases, as well as the key role of …

Growing trend of fighting infections in aquaculture environment—opportunities and challenges of phage therapy

JD Kowalska, J Kazimierczak, PM Sowińska, EA Wójcik… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Phage therapy, a promising alternative to antimicrobial treatment of bacterial diseases, is
getting more and more popular, especially due to the rising awareness of antibiotic …

Behavioural Effects of Tourism on Oceanic Common Dolphins, Delphinus sp., in New Zealand: The Effects of Markov Analysis Variations and Current Tour Operator …

AM Meissner, F Christiansen, E Martinez, MDM Pawley… - Plos one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Common dolphins, Delphinus sp., are one of the marine mammal species tourism
operations in New Zealand focus on. While effects of cetacean-watching activities have …

[HTML][HTML] Neglected fungal zoonoses: hidden threats to man and animals

S Seyedmousavi, J Guillot, A Tolooe, PE Verweij… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2015 - Elsevier
Zoonotic fungi can be naturally transmitted between animals and humans, and in some
cases cause significant public health problems. A number of mycoses associated with …

Respiratory microbiome of endangered southern resident killer whales and microbiota of surrounding sea surface microlayer in the Eastern North Pacific

SA Raverty, LD Rhodes, E Zabek, A Eshghi… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract In the Salish Sea, the endangered Southern Resident Killer Whale (SRKW) is a
high trophic indicator of ecosystem health. Three major threats have been identified for this …

Widespread use of migratory megafauna for aquatic wild meat in the tropics and subtropics

DJ Ingram, M Prideaux, NK Hodgins… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Wild animals are captured or taken opportunistically, and the meat, body parts, and/or eggs
are consumed for local subsistence or used for traditional purposes to some extent across …

The marine mammal microbiome: current knowledge and future directions

TM Nelson, A Apprill, J Mann, TL Rogers… - Microbiology …, 2015 - CSIRO Publishing
Marine mammals are globally significant because of their sensitivity to environmental
change and threatened status, often serving as 'ecosystem sentinels'. Disease is a major …

Pathogenic fungi of marine animals: a taxonomic perspective

KL Pang, BT Hassett, A Shaumi, SY Guo… - Fungal Biology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fungi cause diseases in a variety of marine animal hosts. After a thorough review of
published literature, we identified 225 fungal species causing infections of 193 animal …

Influenza virus infection of marine mammals

S Fereidouni, O Munoz, S Von Dobschuetz, M De Nardi - Ecohealth, 2016 - Springer
Interspecies transmission may play a key role in the evolution and ecology of influenza A
viruses. The importance of marine mammals as hosts or carriers of potential zoonotic …