Important new findings show longer-term, population impacts of whale entanglements in the pressured North Atlantic Right Whales by Rob Harcourt Peter Corkeron theconversation.com/surviving-fish… via The Conversation U.S.

Join our #OneHealth seminar tomorrow Nord universitet Steinkjer campus Innocamp Bistro O-121 kl11. We will discuss how to get social scientists and natural scientists to work together 🤨🙋🏻‍♀️👩🏻‍🔬 by studying risk perceptions of people living near flying fox roosts in Cambodia

Our paper out today: “Spillover is an ecological process… While the human health issues arising from spillover events…are addressed by epidemiological and biomedical countermeasures…, the ecological aspects of spillover necessitate ecological solutions” nature.com/articles/s4146…

Paper alert! New panel characterises immune system genes across #whales and #dolphins…. & what these genes can tell us about the quality of genome assemblies! in Molecular Ecology resources Ellen Garland University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau Claire Garrigue Franca Eichenberger #mhc onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Great to see the Australian CDC up and running. Emerging infections in humans have ecological drivers, which are best addressed by ecological solutions. I look forward to seeing meaningful efforts towards incorporation of One Health approaches as the CDC continues developing

First cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in dairy cattle in the state of Idaho, USA. Virus thought to have been transmitted from cow to cow. #vogelgriep 1/3 agri.idaho.gov/main/hpai-dete…

Florian Krammer Agree 100%. Goats, too.

Great video of our urban bat research UniSC: University of the Sunshine Coast with Robin Rowland youtu.be/vt2uw_FTTr8?si… via YouTube

MMRP has been conducting work into the health of the humpback whale population since 2018. This is one of the biggest undertakings of its kind, and over 40% of the Hawaii population have now been assessed as part of this work. 1/3

⚠️ BREAKING: USDA reported two new dairy herds infected with H5N1 bird flu, bringing the total number of infected herds in the US to 26. 8 states have so far been affected.

Just coming back from a great European Cetacean Society conference in Sicily, Italy, where we presented the first preliminary findings of the project 🤩

Southern Ocean humpback whales have a clear favourite food!

#pilotwhale #masstranding abc.net.au/news/2024-05-1…

To vaccinate or not vaccinate against HPAI H5N1. Lots of factors, and of course contexts to consider. Can be a useful tool to control HPAI if done properly, but important to avoid further evolution and silent spread. 👉thelancet.com/journals/lanmi…

A must read to understand the current dynamics of bird flu #onehealth #pandemic #H5N1 #birdflu

SOPOPP Lab are looking for new #PhD members on the topics of: 1) Biogeochemical Cycling of #POPs in #Antarctica 2) Long range v Distant sources of #chemicals in #Antarctica 3) #HumpbackWhale diet Must hold 1st class Honours equivalent. EOI by 8th July Pm for more details

This is still the best transcript vs protein abundance review I have yet to find . I'd love to see an updated figure 2b for the last 4 years nature.com/articles/s4157…

How migratory species use finite energy stores is important. In this #PhD publication by Md Hafiz we show how mitochondrial bioenergetics are impacted by known chemical contaminants of the Antarctic sea-ice ecosystem Griffith Science & Environment pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Our WHT podcast takes a deep breath and dives into Dr Helena Costa's study of viruses in the blow of humpback whales that visit Norway for the annual herring run. Listen on your favourite app or Google Wildlife Health Talks. WDA members, email [email protected]

A #ProudSupervisorPost. Both of these wonderful humans started their field and lab intensive #PhDs at the start of the COVID pandemic. Both landed in Australia as the country went into lock-down. Their success is a credit to their spirit and determination🐳