FIRST DETECTED CASE OF RABBIT HAEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS 2 (RHDV2) IN THE IRISH HARE (LEPUS TIMIDUS HIBERNICUS)

First detected case of rabbit Haemorrhagic disease virus 2 (RHDV2) in the Irish hare (Lepus timidus hibernicus)

Abstract Background Rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) is a Lagovirus, a subgroup of the family Caliciviridae.RHDV2 is a variant first described in France in 2010, and has since spread globally.It has been reported in several Lagomorph species (rabbits, hares, and their relatives) as well as other mammals including voles and shrews.The diseas

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Cultivable Gut Microbiota in Synanthropic Bats: Shifts of Its Composition and Diversity Associated with Hibernation

The role of bats in the global microbial ecology no doubt is significant due to their unique immune responses, ability to fly, and long lifespan, all contributing to pathogen spread.Some of these animals hibernate during winter, which results in the altering of their physiology.However, gut microbiota shifts during hibernation is little Poncho/Cape

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The NPT at Fifty: Successes and Failures

The NPT succeeded in its initial task of preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons to the potential proliferators considered likely at the time of its HURRICANE entry into force in 1970.Thus, it helped prevent the spread of nuclear weapons to the ten, twenty, twenty-five countries that President John F.Kennedy once feared.It was helped by the

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