Butterfly dispersal in farmland: a replicated landscape genetics study on the meadow brown butterfly (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Maniola jurtina</Emphasis>)     

Anne Villemey  William E. Peterman  Murielle Richard  Annie Ouin  Inge van Halder  Virginie M. Stevens  Michel Baguette  Philip Roche  Frédéric Archaux 《Landscape Ecology》2016,31(7):1629-1641

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Fungal biodegradation of a phenylurea herbicide,diuron : structure and toxicity of metabolites     

Cline Tixier  Philippe Bogaerts  Martine Sancelme  Frdrique Bonnemoy  Landoald Twagilimana  Annie Cuer  Jacques Bohatier  Henri Veschambre 《Pest management science》2000,56(5):455-462

Microbial degradation, organic synthesis and ecotoxicology were used to investigate the fate of diuron after spreading on soils. Quantitative biodegradation assays were performed with fungal strains, showing that diuron was degraded but not entirely mineralized. The modifications observed consisted in demethylation of the terminal nitrogen atom. The identified metabolites were synthesized in sufficient amounts to confirm their structures and determine their non‐target toxicity using four biotests. The two metabolites exhibited higher effects than parent diuron. This limited biodegradability and potential aquatic toxicity suggest that diuron is of higher environmental concern than previously recognized. © 2000 Society of Chemical Industry  相似文献   

Pyrethroid Exposure Reduces Growth and Development of Monarch Butterfly (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Caterpillars     

Annie J Krueger  Kathryn Hanford  Thomas J Weissling  Ana M Vlez  Troy D Anderson 《Journal of insect science (Online)》2021,21(2)

Insecticide exposure has been identified as a contributing stressor to the decline in the North American monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus L. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) population. Monarch toxicity data are currently limited and available data focuses on lethal endpoints. This study examined the 72-h toxicity of two pyrethroid insecticides, bifenthrin and β-cyfluthrin, and their effects on growth and diet consumption. The toxicity of bifenthrin to caterpillars was lower than β-cyfluthrin after 72 h. Survival was the most sensitive endpoint for bifenthrin, but diet consumption and caterpillar growth were significantly reduced at sublethal levels of β-cyfluthrin. Using AgDRIFT spray drift assessment, the aerial application of bifenthrin or β-cyfluthrin is predicted to pose the greatest risk to fifth-instar caterpillars, with lethal insecticide deposition up to 28 m for bifenthrin and up to 23 m for β-cyfluthrin from treated edges of fields. Low boom ground applications are predicted to reduce distances of lethal insecticide exposure to 2 m from the treated field edge for bifenthrin and β-cyfluthrin. Growth and survival of fifth-instar monarch caterpillars developing within the margins of a treated field may be significantly impacted following foliar applications of bifenthrin or β-cyfluthrin. These findings provide evidence that pyrethroid insecticides commonly used for soybean pest control are a potential risk to monarch caterpillars in agricultural landscapes.  相似文献   

Exploring drivers of the usage of anticoagulant rodenticides on UK farms     

Alexandra J. Tomlinson  Annie Rayner  Ashleigh Bright  David P. Cowan  Kate E. Littin  Ruth Layton 《国际虫害防治杂志》2018,64(3):271-278

Anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs) are considered inhumane, show increasingly limited efficacy due to acquired resistance, and carry environmental consequences associated with non-target species uptake. In a questionnaire study of 499 UK farms that all deployed chemical rodenticide we found a high mean reliance (79%), on second generation ARs with just over half of the respondents using no other rodent control methods. Additional methods where deployed, alone or in combination, included predation (41%), kill-trap deployment (16%) and shooting (1%). Nearly 40% of all respondents deployed rodenticides year-round. There was no evidence to suggest that “tidy-farm” measures, such as clearing food spills and minimising on-farm rodent harbourage sites aimed at minimising rodent-associated problems, were associated with a lower likelihood of year-round deployment; in fact trends in our analyses suggested the opposite. We therefore encourage operators to fully evaluate the true necessity of rodenticide deployment before AR use.  相似文献   

Microalgal paste production of the diatom <Emphasis Type="Italic">Chaetoceros calcitrans</Emphasis> using electrolytic flocculation method at optimum culture conditions     

Milagros R. de la Peña  Annie Villa Franco  Hermoso P. IgcasanJr  Mary Dianne Grace N. Arnaldo  Ramil M. Piloton  Soledad S. Garibay  Vicente T. Balinas 《Aquaculture International》2018,26(4):1119-1134

The optimum culture conditions of the local strain Chaetoceros calcitrans were determined to improve biomass and reduce cost of production. Under outdoor culture conditions, higher cell density was attained when the cultures were enriched with Tungkang Marine Research Laboratory (TMRL) medium composed of cheap technical grade reagents and cultured at 25 g L^?1 salinity. The cultures were lighted with two 40 W cool-white GE fluorescent tubes (24–35 μmol photon m^?2 s^?1). Using semi-continuous culture system under established optimum culture conditions, C. calcitrans can be re-cultured thrice and concentrated at each culture cycle using electrolytic flocculation method to produce 4.6 kg m^?3 of diatom paste. The viability of concentrated C. calcitrans after 3 months of storage was comparable to live diatom cells. Simple preservation technique by low-temperature storage is convenient for storing algal concentrates for use as starter cultures and for feeding invertebrates. The paste costs USD 8.24 kg^?1 inclusive of the assets and flocculation materials for culturing and harvesting the diatom, respectively. This study established the suitable conditions for mass culture of C. calcitrans and produced concentrated diatoms in paste form that is readily available for aquaculture hatcheries at a lower cost.  相似文献   

Effects of thyroxine,cod liver oil and potassium iodide on growth and survival of juvenile seahorse,Hippocampus barbouri          下载免费PDF全文

Fatihah Abd Halid Nur  Annie Christianus  Abd Rahim Abdullah  Muta Harah Zakaria  Che Roos Saad 《Aquaculture Research》2018,49(2):867-873

Low survival at early stage is the bottleneck in seahorse aquaculture, particularly in the feeding aspect since newborn seahorses must feed immediately upon birth to sustain themselves. Seahorses are visual predator, therefore preferred live feed such as zooplankton. In aquaculture, the most common live feed used is Artemia. In this study, two experiments were conducted to determine the effect of different Artemia enrichment on the growth and survival of newborn Hippocampus barbouri. In the first experiment, six treatments using Artemia enriched with Culture Selco Plus? (SELCO), thyroxine (T4), potassium iodide (KI), cod liver oil (CLO), cod liver oil in combination with thyroxine (CLO + T4) and potassium iodide (CLO+KI) were fed to newborn H. barbouri. Newly hatched Artemia were used as control. At the end of first experiment, treatments using CLO + T4 produced juvenile H. barbouri with the best (p < .05) wet weight (0.142 ± 0.000 g), while juvenile in treatment CLO+KI recorded the highest (p < .05) standard length (3.947 ± 0.014 cm). Subsequently, a second experiment was carried out using the two best enrichment (CLO + T4 and CLO + KI) from the first experiment, but given at different frequency (daily, twice a week, once a week, once in 2 weeks). Daily enrichment using both CLO + T4 and CLO + KI showed no significant (p > .05) difference in growth performance and survival of juvenile of H. barbouri. Interestingly, juvenile fed CLO + T4 enriched Artemia at frequency of twice a week also has no significant difference (p > .05) in survival and growth performance (except for final standard length) when compared with treatment CLO + T4 at daily frequency.  相似文献   

Hypothermia and targeted temperature management in cats and dogs          下载免费PDF全文

Andrea Brodeur DVM  DACVECC  Annie Wright DVM  DACVECC  Yonaira Cortes DVM  DACVECC 《Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care》2017,27(2):151-163

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Recent advances in the understanding of Chlamydophila pecorum infections, sixteen years after it was named as the fourth species of the Chlamydiaceae family     

Khalil Yousef Mohamad  Annie Rodolakis 《Veterinary research》2010,41(3)

Chlamydophila pecorum found in the intestine and vaginal mucus of asymptomatic ruminants has also been associated with different pathological conditions in ruminants, swine and koalas. Some endangered species such as water buffalos and bandicoots have also been found to be infected by C. pecorum. The persistence of C. pecorum strains in the intestine and vaginal mucus of ruminants could cause long-term sub-clinical infection affecting the animal’s health. C. pecorum strains present many genetic and antigenic variations, but coding tandem repeats have recently been found in some C. pecorum genes, allowing C. pecorum strains isolated from sick animals to be differentiated from those isolated from asymptomatic animals. This review provides an update on C. pecorum infections in different animal hosts and the implications for animal health. The taxonomy, typing and genetic aspects of C. pecorum are also reviewed.  相似文献   

Spatial structure of shell polychromatism in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Cepaea hortensis</Emphasis> in relation to a gradient of landscape fragmentation in Western France     

Eric Le Mitouard  Alain Bellido  Annie Guiller  Luc Madec 《Landscape Ecology》2010,25(1):123-134

Because of their highly polymorphic shell patterns, Cepaea land snails have been the subject of numerous studies in ecological genetics. Here, we investigated the spatial structure of polychromatism in Cepaea hortensis in agricultural landscapes with zones from low to high hedgerow densities. Our main purpose was to search for a relationship between landscape composition and spatial structuring of chromatism. Despite significant spatial heterogeneity in the three landscapes sampled, only the high hedgerow density landscape showed a significant spatial structuring of shell polymorphism. In order to understand this result, an investigation of daily movement patterns in relation to habitat form was carried out on a mark-release experiment under semi-artificial conditions. This experiment revealed a strong influence of a linear corridor on snail dispersal. In the field, spatial heterogeneity of shell polymorphism, related to the effects of genetic drift, was shaped by restricted dispersal in narrow corridors. In the more enclosed one, i.e. where hedgerow density was the highest, the significant spatial structure we detected involved a balance between local genetic drift and environmentally mediated gene flow. This isolation-by-distance pattern resulted from direct gene exchange through fields between neighbouring populations. When applying landscape distances based on hedgerow length, no significant spatial correlation with polychromatism was found. In the more fragmented sites, random genetic drift seemed to be the prevailing force and, at the scale of the whole sampled area, selective pressures potentially interfere with these genetic drift-dispersal events.  相似文献   

The cholesterol-lowering property of soybeans fed to rats is related to the fasting duration     

Guermani-Nicolle  Lydie  Villaume  Christian  Bau  Hwei-Ming  Schwertz  Annie  Nicolas  Jean-Pierre  Mejean  Luc 《Plant foods for human nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands)》2001,56(3):239-249

Numerous factors affect plasma cholesterol and, therefore, representpotential interferences with the specific effects of diet on lipid metabolism.After casein intake, serum cholesterol levels depend on many experimentalconditions in rats, such as the type of casein, the presence or absence ofcholesterol in the diet, the age and strain of rat, the diet composition, thenutritional status. The effect of fasting duration on selected parameters wasstudied in adult male Wistar rats fed a 20% casein and 1% cholesterol-based diet. No changes were observed in total serum, lipoproteins-B andHDL cholesterol and in triglyceride values after an 8 h-fast compared tonon-fasted animals. A significant decrease was induced in total andlipoproteins-B cholesterol with a 12 h-fast. A prolonged fast resulted ina significant decrease in these parameters and in triglycerides and inHDL-cholesterol levels.Fasted animals fed heated soybean meal instead of casein did not display amarked decrease in serum lipids. It appeared that the fasting effect wasmore marked in animals fed casein than in animals fed soybeans. Theseresults showed the importance of experimental conditions such as nutritional status ofanimals when blood samples are taken in studies of the hypocholesterolemiceffect of soy protein compared to casein.  相似文献