Paratuberculosis with special reference to cattle. A review     

Olsen I  Sigurğardóttir G  Djønne B 《The Veterinary quarterly》2002,24(1):12-28

Paratuberculosis is a chronic, granulomatous enteritis caused by Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis affecting domestic and wild ruminants. The symptoms of clinical paratuberculosis are chronic diarrhoea and progressive weight loss while subclinically infected animals mainly have decreased production. The infection is widespread throughout the world and causes substantial financial losses for the farming industry. One of the major obstacles in the control of this disease, is the difficulty of identifying subclinically infected animals. This review gives a summary of several aspects of paratuberculosis including clinical importance, pathology, immunology and properties of the infectious agent. Special emphasis will be on the available diagnostic methods, their use and limitations.  相似文献   

Phenotypic plasticity in the morphology of small benthic Icelandic Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus)          下载免费PDF全文

Bjarni K. Kristjánsson  Camille A.‐L. Leblanc  Skúli Skúlason  Sigurður S. Snorrason  David L.G. Noakes 《Ecology of Freshwater Fish》2018,27(3):636-645

Intraspecific phenotypic diversity is the raw material for evolution, so understanding its origin and maintenance is critically important for conservation of biodiversity. Intraspecific diversity in a trait or a suite of traits can result from genetic diversity and/or phenotypic plasticity. The two are, however, not independent as plasticity has been shown to evolve. In this study, we evaluated the importance of phenotypic plasticity in generating morphological diversity in populations of small benthic Arctic charr in Iceland, using a rearing experiment with contrasting modes of feeding. We also examined the association between phenotypic plasticity in offspring groups generated by the contrasting feeding modes and important ecological variables characterising the natural habitats of the respective populations. Although the level of plasticity could not be related to any of the ecological measurements, clear differences in morphological reaction norms among populations suggest that plasticity is an important aspect of morphological diversity of the charr. It is not clear whether that plasticity is adaptive, but it is notable that reaction norms in all populations have similar reaction to the treatments.  相似文献   

Stocking Density and its Influence on Growth of Spotted Wolffish,Anarhichas minor,in Shallow Raceways     

Albert K. Imsland  Snorri Gunnarsson  A. Foss  Benedikt Sigur?sson  Sindri Sigur?sson 《Journal of the World Aquaculture Society》2009,40(6):762-770

We compared growth properties of spotted wolffish with initial mean weight (± SE) 3.65 (± 0.15) kg reared in shallow raceways at three different densities (50, 70, and 90 kg/m², corresponding to approx. 170, 240, and 310 kg/m³) in a 447‐day‐long growth trial at ambient temperature (mean (± SD), 4.2 C ± 1.9). Growth in all three groups was comparable, but there was a trend toward higher growth at the highest density. Final mean weights (kg ± SE) were 4.90 (± 0.15), 4.80 (± 0.16), and 5.05 (± 0.11), at the 50, 70, and 90 kg/m² density, respectively. Initially, growth rates were higher at the 90 kg/m² density group compared to the two other densities, but overall growth rates were similar in all three groups. Feed conversion efficiency differed and was higher at the two highest densities compared to lowest density. The acid–base balance was influenced by the density treatment as there was a general trend toward higher partial pressure of CO₂ and HCO in the 90 kg/m² group. Calculated productivity increased almost linearly with increasing stocking density and was found to be 24, 42, and 66 g/m²/day at 50, 70, and 90 kg/m², respectively. The results show that the optimum density conditions for farming large spotted wolffish, both with respect to growth rate, feed conversion, and productivity are at densities equal to or higher than 90 kg/m².  相似文献   

Bioindication and modelling of atmospheric deposition in forests enable exposure and effect monitoring at high spatial density across scales     

Winfried Schröder  Stefan Nickel  Simon Schönrock  Roman Schmalfuß  Werner Wosniok  Michaela Meyer  Harry Harmens  Marina V. Frontasyeva  Renate Alber  Julia Aleksiayenak  Lambe Barandovski  Oleg Blum  Alejo Carballeira  Maria Dam  Helena Danielsson  Ludwig De Temmermann  Anatoly M. Dunaev  Barbara Godzik  Katrin Hoydal  Zvonka Jeran  Gunilla Pihl Karlsson  Pranvera Lazo  Sebastien Leblond  Jussi Lindroos  Siiri Liiv  Sigurður H. Magnússon  Blanka Mankovska  Encarnación Núñez-Olivera  Juha Piispanen  Jarmo Poikolainen  Ion V. Popescu  Flora Qarri  Jesus Miguel Santamaria  Mitja Skudnik  Zdravko Špirić  Trajce Stafilov  Eiliv Steinnes  Claudia Stihi  Ivan Suchara  Lotti Thöni  Hilde Thelle Uggerud  Harald G. Zechmeister 《Annals of Forest Science》2017,74(2):31

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Analysis of new temperament traits to better understand the trait spirit assessed in breeding field tests for Icelandic horses     

H. Sigurðardóttir  E. Albertsdóttir 《Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section A - Animal Sciences》2017,67(1-2):46-57

This study investigated different aspects of the trait spirit that is routinely recorded in breeding field tests (BFTs) for Icelandic horses. Genetic parameters were estimated for spirit and six newly introduced temperament suppleness traits assessed by judges and riders in Icelandic BFTs, and for everyday life temperament traits assessed by owners of breeding horses in 2014 and 2015. The findings suggested moderate heritability for some temperament traits assessed by riders in BFTs and showed that the assessment method needs to be improved in order for judges to discern the variation in these traits. Furthermore, according to estimated correlations the score for spirit described only part of the general temperament of the horse, where aspects of general nerve strength was not well covered. Nevertheless, no clearly unfavourable correlations with spirit were found and the majority of horse owners surveyed in this study were satisfied with the assessment for spirit.  相似文献   

Observation and quantification of two incidents of mass fish kill of Icelandic summer spawning herring (Clupea harengus) in the winter 2012/2013          下载免费PDF全文

Guđmundur J. Óskarsson  Sólveig R. Ólafsdóttir  Þorsteinn Sigurđsson  Héđinn Valdimarsson 《Fisheries Oceanography》2018,27(4):302-311

The Icelandic summer‐spawning herring (Clupea harengus) stock overwinters in large, dense schools like other herring stocks. In the winter of 2012/2013 around 300 thousand tonnes, or ~70% of the spawning stock, overwintered in a fjord west of Iceland. The inner part of the fjord, where the herring was located, is separated from the outer part with a natural barrier and a built‐up road with a 210 m long bridge. This creates strong tidal currents under the bridge. On 14 December and again on 1 February mass mortalities of herring took place in this location, and the sea floor and the shores were covered with dead herring. Fieldwork, including camera and video recordings on the shore and on a small boat, was conducted 3 and 4 days after the incidents. Results from this indicated that a total of 55 thousand tonnes had died during these two incidents, an amount nearly equal to the total catch from the stock that year. Measurements of environmental conditions in the days following the incidents showed that the oxygen saturation was generally 20%–40% but was as low as 15% (1.1 ml/L). The most likely explanation for the mortalities was oxygen depletion resulting from respiration of the large herring biomass, limited atmospheric‐water gas exchange due to calm and cold weather prior to both incidents and sea ice on part of the fjord, and limited renewal of water coming in and out via tidal currents. Aerobic decomposition of dead herring came additionally in the latter incident.  相似文献   

Parasite communities of eels Anguilla anguilla in freshwater and marine habitats in Iceland in comparison with other parasite communities of eels in Europe     

Kristmundsson A  Helgason S 《Folia parasitologica》2007,54(2):141-153

Ninety-five eels from one marine and three freshwater localities in Iceland were examined for parasites. Twenty species were found, 12 from marine habitat, 12 from freshwater and 4 species were found in both habitats. These are: Eimeria anguillae, Chilodonella hexasticha, Trichodina fultoni, T. jadranica, Myxidium giardi, Myxobolus kotlani, two Zschokkella spp., Derogenes varicus, Deropristis inflata, Diplostonmum sp., Plagioporus angulatus, Podocotyle atomon, Anisakis simplex (larva), Eustrongylides sp. (larva), Hysterothylacium aduncum (larva), Raphidascaris acus (larval and adult stages), Bothriocephalus claviceps, Proteocephalus macrocephalus, and a pseudophyllidean larva. Thirteen of these species are new parasite records from Icelandic waters. The component community of marine eels was characterized by low diversity and a high dominance of a single species. Overall, seven species of helminths were observed, up to five different species occurring in an individual fish. The component community of the freshwater eels was species-poor with low diversity and relatively high dominance of single species. A between-sites difference in the freshwater eels was considerable; only Diplositonun sp. was found at more then one sampling site. Similar to previous studies, there is a total replacement of freshwater macroparasite species by marine ones in saline waters. But unlike research abroad in which species richness decreases with higher salinity, the marine eels in Iceland have considerably higher richness than the freshwater ones. The parasite communities of freshwater eels in Iceland are, in general species-poorer, less diverse and having higher Berger Parker (BP) dominance than other eel communities in Europe. Marine eels have on the other hand comparable species richness, are less diverse and with a high BP dominance.  相似文献   

Are cadmium, lead and mercury concentrations in mosses across Europe primarily determined by atmospheric deposition of these metals?     

Winfried Schröder  Marcel Holy  Roland Pesch  Harry Harmens  Ilia Ilyin  Eiliv Steinnes  Renate Alber  Yuliya Aleksiayenak  Oleg Blum  Mahmut Coşkun  Maria Dam  Ludwig De Temmerman  Marina Frolova  Marina Frontasyeva  Laura Gonzalez Miqueo  Krystyna Grodzińska  Zvonka Jeran  Szymon Korzekwa  Miodrag Krmar  Eero Kubin  Kestutis Kvietkus  Sébastien Leblond  Siiri Liiv  Sigurður Magnússon  Blanka Maňkovská  Juha Piispanen  Åke Rühling  Jesus Santamaria  Zdravko Spiric  Ivan Suchara  Lotti Thöni  Viktor Urumov  Lilyana Yurukova  Harald G. Zechmeister 《Journal of Soils and Sediments》2010,10(8):1572-1584

Purpose

This study aimed at investigating correlations between heavy metal concentrations in mosses and modelled deposition values as well as other site-specific and regional characteristics to determine which factors primarily affect cadmium, lead and mercury concentrations in mosses. The resulting relationships could potentially be used to enhance the spatial resolution of heavy metal deposition maps across Europe.

Materials and methods

Modelled heavy metal deposition data and data on the concentration of heavy metals in naturally growing mosses were integrated into a geographic information system and analysed by means of bivariate rank correlation analysis and multivariate decision trees. Modelled deposition data were validated annually with deposition measurements at up to 63 EMEP measurement stations within the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP), and mosses were collected at up to 7,000 sites at 5-year intervals between 1990 and 2005.

Results and discussion

Moderate to high correlations were found between cadmium and lead concentrations in mosses and modelled atmospheric deposition of these metals: Spearman rank correlation coefficients were between 0.62 and 0.67, and 0.67 and 0.73 for cadmium and lead, respectively (p?<?0.001). Multivariate decision tree analyses showed that cadmium and lead concentrations in mosses were primarily determined by the atmospheric deposition of these metals, followed by emissions of the metals. Low to very low correlations were observed between mercury concentrations in mosses and modelled atmospheric deposition of mercury. According to the multivariate analyses, spatial variations of the mercury concentration in mosses was primarily associated with the sampled moss species and not with the modelled deposition, but regional differences in the atmospheric chemistry of mercury and corresponding interactions with the moss may also be involved.

Conclusions

At least for cadmium and lead, concentrations in mosses are a valuable tool in determining and mapping the spatial variation in atmospheric deposition across Europe at a high spatial resolution. For mercury, more studies are needed to elucidate interactions of different chemical species with the moss.  相似文献   

A framework for results‐based management in fisheries          下载免费PDF全文

Kåre Nolde Nielsen  Michaela Maria Aschan  Sveinn Agnarsson  Marta Ballesteros  Alan Baudron  Maria de Fátima Borges  Aida Campos  Rosa Chapela  Anna Kristín Daníelsdóttir  Karim Erzini  Ólavur Gregersen  Petter Holm  Alessandro Lucchetti  Sveinn Margeirsson  Hugo Vilela Mendes  Petter Olsen  Mafalda Rangel  Antonello Sala  José Luis Santiago  Sigríður Sigurðardóttir  Cristina Silva  Daryl Sykes  Jónas Rúnar Viðarsson  Massimo Virgili  Laura Wise  Paul George Fernandes 《Fish and Fisheries》2018,19(2):363-376

We present a framework for results‐based management (RBM) of commercial fisheries. The core idea of RBM is to reduce micromanagement by delegating management responsibility to resource users. The RBM framework represents an industrial organization approach to co‐management and comprises three defining processes, conducted by three independent “agents”: (i) an “authority” defines specific and measurable and achievable objectives (outcome targets, OTs) for the utilization of fisheries resources, (ii) resource user organizations (termed “operators”) take responsibility for achieving these OTs and provide documentation that (iii) allows independent “auditors” to evaluate the achievement of OTs. Using incentive mechanisms, notably deregulation, RBM grants operators the flexibility to develop and implement innovative and cost‐effective ways to achieve OTs. The feasibility of implementing RBM in five European fisheries was investigated in cooperation with relevant stakeholders through artificial planning processes and computer simulations. The operators involved were enthusiastic, and new management plans were drafted based on the framework. These included socioeconomic OTs in addition to traditional stock objectives, encompassing an ecosystem approach. Several issues are in need of further research to consolidate the approach and prepare the ground for practical implementation, including: the specification of the legal and regulatory framework required to underpin RBM, details of transitional arrangements when shifting towards RBM (including cost‐sharing) and the development of necessary organizational capacity for operators. Initially, we therefore envisage the framework being applied to high‐value single‐species fisheries, with a limited number of participants, which are adequately represented by a competent organization.  相似文献