Some fluorine-containing pheromone analogues     

Geoffrey G. Briggs  George R. Cayley  Glenn W. Dawson  David C. Griffiths  Ewen D. M. Macaulay  John A. Pickett  Mary M. Pile  Lester J. Wadhams  Christine M. Woodcock 《Pest management science》1986,17(4):441-448

Two analogues of the aphid alarm pheromone (E)-β-farnesene, a trifluorofarnesene and a difluoro-1-norfarnesene, were found to be highly active and were more readily detectable than the parent compound. For (Z)-hexadec-11-enal, a component of some lepidopteran sex attractant pheromones, replacement of the carbonyl oxygen with a difluoromethyl group to give a difluoroheptadecadiene resulted in loss of activity. A trifluoroacetoxyhexadecanolide was a more volatile analogue of the mosquito oviposition pheromone (?)-(5R,6S)-6-acetoxy-5-hexadecanolide and was highly active.  相似文献   

Mycobacteriosis in a black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) caused by Mycobacterium kansasii.     

P Briggs Hall  Louis C Bender  Michael M Garner 《Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine》2005,36(1):115-116

An eviscerated hunter-harvested female black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) was submitted to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. The deer was emaciated, devoid of adipose tissue, and the parietal surface of the thoracic cavity contained multiple granulomas. Acid-fast bacteria were detected histologically from the granulomas and were isolated and identified as Mycobacterium kansasii, a nontuberculous mycobacterium sporadically reported to cause tuberculosis-like disease in a variety of vertebrates. This was the first report of symptomatic disease caused by M. kansasii in free-ranging deer. This case indicates that atypical mycobacteria can cause tuberculosis-like disease in free-ranging deer and illustrates the importance of identifying causative agents of tuberculosis-like disease in wildlife.  相似文献   

Marine faunal areas     

Briggs JC 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1975,187(4171):14

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Panama's Sea-Level Canal     

Briggs JC 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1968,162(3853):511-513

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Current distribution of sarcoptic mange in wombats   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

RW MARTIN  KA HANDASYDE  LF SKERRATT 《Australian veterinary journal》1998,76(6):411-414

Objective To determine the distribution and prevalence of sarcoptic mange in wombats, particularly the common wombat ( Vombatus ursinus ).
Design Questionnaire survey in two parts.
Procedure Questionnaires were distributed to biologists, rangers, animal carers and naturalists. Part 1 of the questionnaire aimed to determine the present distribution of sarcoptic mange in wombats (103 responses). Part 2 invited respondents to assess the prevalence of sarcoptic mange in wombats over a 3 month period (four responses). Information on wombats from 66 localities was received. Each locality represented an area of about 2500 km².
Results Mange was observed at 93% of localities surveyed and Sarcoptes scabiei was present in common wombats at 52% of localities. Sarcoptic mange was highly prevalent (22%) in two common wombat populations in Victoria. Anecdotal evidence suggested that mange epizootics are sporadic, cause significant morbidity and mortality and have a substantial effect on local abundance. The respondents did not report sarcoptic mange in either northern hairy-nosed wombats ( Lasiorhinus krefftii ) or southern hairy-nosed wombats ( Lasiorhinus latifrons ).
Conclusions Sarcoptic mange occurs in common wombat populations throughout the range of the common wombat including Tasmania and Flinders Island. While mange epizootics are sporadic, they have the potential to threaten the long-term survival of small, remnant populations.  相似文献   

OBITUARY     

Briggs LJ  Michels NA 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1932,76(1963):137-138

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JOSEPH SWEETMAN AMES     

Briggs LJ 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1943,98(2535):100-101

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Convenient large-scale purification of yessotoxin from Protoceratium reticulatum culture and isolation of a novel furanoyessotoxin     

Loader JI  Hawkes AD  Beuzenberg V  Jensen DJ  Cooney JM  Wilkins AL  Fitzgerald JM  Briggs LR  Miles CO 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》2007,55(26):11093-11100

Yessotoxins from a large-scale culture (226 L) of Protoceratium reticulatum strain CAWD129 were harvested by filtration followed by solid-phase extraction. The extract was purified by column chromatography over basic alumina and reverse-phase flash chromatography to afford pure yessotoxin (193 mg). Isolation of yessotoxin was greatly facilitated by selection of a strain which did not produce analogues that interfered with yessotoxin isolation. In addition to yessotoxin, numerous minor yessotoxins were detected by LC-MS in other fractions. From one of these, an early eluting minor analogue with the same molecular weight as yessotoxin and a similar mass spectrometric fragmentation pattern was isolated. This analogue was identified by NMR and mass spectrometry as a novel yessotoxin analogue containing a furan ring in the side chain. This finding reveals biosynthetic flexibility of the yessotoxin pathway in P. reticulatum and confirms earlier findings of production of many minor yessotoxin analogues by this alga. Production of these analogues appeared to be a constitutive trait of P. reticulatum CAWD129.  相似文献   

The effects of zeolites and other alumino-silicate clays on water quality at various salinities     

MRP Briggs  S. J Funge-Smith 《Aquaculture Research》1996,27(5):301-311

Intensive marine and brackishwater shrimp farms commonly use large quantities of zeolites in ponds with the aim of removing ammonia through ion exchange, providing physical cover over sediments to prevent leaching of metabolites into the water column, removing suspended solids, and improving water colour and diatom blooms. Zeolites have the capacity to remove ammonia and other nutrients/ metabolites from fresh waters by ion exchange and absorption. However, there are doubts as to their efficacy and cost-effectiveness in saline waters. This research was conducted to investigate the effect of zeolites on water quality under a range of conditions in seven laboratory-based trials and one pond trial. These investigated the effects of six types of commercially available zeolites and three other alumino-silicate clays at levels from one to 26 times the recommended dose rate (380 kg ha^-1 month^-1) in water at salinities of 0-30%o for periods of 3-19 days. The results indicated that none of the zeolites or natural alumino-silicate clays from Thailand had any significant effects on the removal of nutrients from water at salinities of 0-30%. Neither were these able to prevent nutrient emission from shrimp pond sediments in water at 20-2l%o salinity. Furthermore, none of the other suggested functions of reducing levels of particulate nutrients, enhancing algal biomass, or affecting oxygen and pH dynamics were evident. This study could not establish any useful, cost-effective role for zeolites in shrimp pond culture.  相似文献   

Confirmation of spatial patterns and temperature effects in Bluetongue virus serotype-8 transmission in NW-Europe from the 2007 reported case data     

Gert Jan Boender  Thomas J Hagenaars  Armin RW Elbers  J?rn M Gethmann  Estelle Meroc  Helene Guis  Aline A de Koeijer 《Veterinary research》2014,45(1)

Two separate analyses were carried out to understand the epidemiology of Bluetongue virus serotype 8 (BTV-8) in 2007 in North West Europe: First, the temporal change in transmission rates was compared to the evolution of temperature during that season. Second, we evaluated the spatio-temporal dynamics of newly reported outbreaks, to estimate a spatial transmission kernel. For both analyses, the approach as used before in analysing the 2006 BTV-8 epidemic had to be adapted in order to take into account the fact that the 2007 epidemic was not a newly arising epidemic, but one advancing from whereto it had already spread in 2006. We found that within the area already affected by the 2006 outbreak, the pattern of newly infected farms in 2007 cannot be explained by between-farm transmission, but rather by local re-emergence of the virus throughout that region. This indicates that persistence through winter was ubiquitous for BTV-8. Just like in 2006, we also found that the temperature at which the infection starts to spread lies close to 15 °C. Finally, we found that the shape of the transmission kernel is in line with the one from the 2006 epidemic. In conclusion, despite the substantial differences between 2006 and 2007 in temperature patterns (2006 featured a heat wave in July, whereas 2007 was more regular) and spatial epidemic extent, both the minimum temperature required for transmission and the transmission kernel were similar to those estimated for the 2006 outbreak, indicating that they are robust properties, suitable for extrapolation to other years and similar regions.  相似文献