Sentences with phrase «of animal hosts»

Infectious disease transmission is sensitive to local, small - scale differences in weather, human modification of the landscape, the diversity of animal hosts, 71 and human behavior that affects vector - human contact, among other factors.

As you already know, fleas are parasites that feed on the blood of their animal hosts.

«Microbes can influence the behaviors of animal hosts, so it is not outside the realm of possibility that microbes could promote altruistic behaviors.»

In basic research, you can find tapeworms who thrive in the intestine of their animal hosts — or the limb - generating axolotl, a water amphibian whose very name means «water monster.»

The asymptomatic incubation period and the duration of the illnesses in various species of animal hosts is discussed along with information on additional species of Old World and New World monkeys and the domestic cat, which have been shown to be susceptible to subacute spongiform virus encephalopathies.

Not exact matches

Delta Air Lines is cracking down on comfort dogs, turkeys and a host of other animals passengers bring on board.

Jeff Corwin is a conservationist and the television host and producer of The Jeff Corwin Experience on the Animal Planet network.

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There could have been a whole host of reasons why your animal started doing the correct part of the experiment without the lamp on.

Two people cash have differing opinions on abortion, h0m0s3xuality, capital punishment, women's rights, race equality, the treatment of children, animals, and the environment, plus a host of other topics, and still be justified in calling themselves «Christian».

Apol... I know my reasoning is valid because snakes can't talk, 600 year old men can't build a boat and float 2 of every animal on the planet around for a year, the Red Sea can't part, men can't rise from the dead, and a host of other nonsense that Christians believe just can't happen.

The ancient ceremony of a communion meal bound guest to host as they ate together of meat (necessarily involving the «sacrifice» of the animal and the shedding of blood).

Where is the clear line in a progression from (1) using animal insulin to treat diabetes, to (2) using gene remodeling techniques to grow insulin in a host bacterium that will reproduce rapidly and from which a plentiful supply of insulin can be harvested, to (3) genetic surgery to replace the defective gene in a person diagnosed as diabetic, to (4) genetic surgery immediately after fertilization in order to replace the defective gene and alter the germ cells which would otherwise have transmitted the disease to one's offspring?

Chairman Jim Perdue and Dr. Bruce Stewart - Brown, senior vice president of food safety, quality and live operations, hosted a press conference at the Redbury Hotel in New York this morning to unveil the new plan titled 2016 and Beyond: Next Generation of Perdue Commitment to Animal Care.

«Since the filing of our lawsuit last September, a host of organic stakeholders representing thousands of organic farming families, organic certifiers and organic policymakers — along with leading animal welfare and retail groups speaking out for millions of consumers — have joined our challenge,» Batcha said.

When animals consume vitamin K1, their tissues convert part of it into vitamin K2, which fulfills a host of physiological functions in the animal that we are only now beginning to understand.

Confined for weeks on end, these highly intelligent and social animals are denied all quality of life and suffer a host of mental and physical ailments, including depression.

Sale Ranch Sanctuary's «An Evening for the Animals» Fundraiser / July 22 / 6:00 pm / We are hosting an exciting fundraising and silent auction event for the benefit of the Sale Ranch Sanctuary.

I've been reading her blog for a few years now and Angela is the person I look to for green smoothie ideas and OIAJ, plus a whole host of healthy, animal free versions of my favourite foods, I found it so helpful when I went dairy free.

Hunt for 6,000 eggs decorated to look like forest creatures that are hidden throughout 86 acres of trails, plus find prize eggs, the Easter Bunny, food, face painting, live animals, and more when the Capen Hill Nature Sanctuary hosts its annual Great Egg Hunt (Charlton)

Letting your toddler play with a farm play set can be a great way to bring home the outdoor world, and introduce your little one to a host of animals.

Welles Park also hosts a plethora of toddler concerts / animal encounters, Shakespeare in the Park performances and other concerts and movies all summer long.

In addition to its antique homes and buildings, heirloom gardens, and heritage breed animals, Old Sturbridge Village offers a host of classic summertime activities that are especially popular time with families.

I let my kids watch some clips and they really liked it (they totally dug the «kid» hosts) and I liked it, too, because it was remarkably devoid of spastic, screaming, anthropomorphic cartoon animals (or sponges) and it's not dumbed down to the point of tedium.

It's all about learning about the farm with Galt's Playnest and Gym with a host of farmyard animals for your baby to enjoy.

«Most baby animals and human babies start out by drinking their mothers» milk,» the television host says before showing a montage of mammals nursing their babies — including human mamas breastfeeding and bottle - feeding their little ones.

Recently, one of our momstown team members hosted a Pony birthday party (animal themed) in their very own backyard for her child.

With bright, bold artwork and a host of favourite animals, Dear Zoo is a must for every toddler's bookshelf.

ERIE COUNTY, NY — The Erie County Department of Health («ECDOH») and Department of Emergency Services is pleased to announce that the Division of Emergency Medical Services & Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response will host a free microchip clinic for companion animals (dogs and cats).

Rabies (and rabies virus, its causative agent) is usually transmitted through the bite of an infected animal into muscle tissue of the new host.

In January they reported a host of unusual animals living near the vent, including a seven - armed sea star, a «ghostly white» octopus, and a new species of yeti crab, its underside covered in hairs.

Animal studies have started to show that the microbiome, from its staging ground in the bowel, can influence the development of its host's brain.

This March it found signs of white - nose infected animals in two small caves — one hosting fewer than 10 bats and the other with around 60.

That ubiquity has created a host of problems for both the animal and its neighbors, human and otherwise.

Discover a host of plant and animal species that thrive where the sea meets the land.

Parts of the Sierra Nevada Mountains there seem suitable to host the animal, says Noah Greenwald, head of endangered species efforts at the centre.

The new study offers «yet another piece of information» that selecting for changes in behavior can trigger a host of other changes in domesticated animals, says Greger Larson, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, who was not involved with the work.

Entirely new versions of the virus can emerge as it mixes and blends in its animal hosts.

Combing the genetic data from a transmission study in ferrets, a team led by Thomas Friedrich, a professor of pathobiological sciences at the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, found that during transmission, when one animal is infected by another through sneezing or coughing, the process of natural selection acts strongly on hemagglutinin, the structure the virus uses to attach to and infect host cells.

The animals» close confinement allows the virus to exploit more of its host's tissues because it does not need to keep the host healthy to spread the infection.

Once inside a host animal the two viruses swapped genetic material, resulting in a new form of SIV that eventually crossed into humans.

The researchers also found that arteries and veins from the macaques» hearts grew into the new heart tissue, the first time it has been shown that blood vessels from a host animal will grow into and nurture a large stem - cell derived graft of this type.

A host of cell culture and animal data suggests they should work.

These animals are common hosts for the influenza virus, which comes in a wide range of strengths and types — some of which can infect humans.

If dozens of human and animal studies published over the past six years are borne out by large clinical trials, nicotine — freed at last of its noxious host, tobacco, and delivered instead by chewing gum or transdermal patch — may prove to be a weirdly, improbably effective drug for relieving or preventing a variety of neurological disorders, including Parkinson's disease, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Tourette's and schizophrenia.

Far from being passive hangers - on, symbiotic microbes may shape the evolution of the plants and animals that play host to them

Michael Kelemen, a recruiter and host of the Recruiting Animal show, a call - in career development and recruiting radio show on BlogTalkRadio, told Science Careers, «These days it's about being first to hear about new jobs and making yourself stand out as a job candidate.

In the tropics, disease sources have included a host of wild animals, most notably the nonhuman primates.

Since the sexual reproduction stage of malaria only occurs in insects, Poinar said in the new study that they must be considered the primary hosts of the disease, not the vertebrate animals that they infect with disease - causing protozoa.

Lying low inside their hosts, they scheme up attacks through coded biochemical messages that are largely imperceptible to the immune systems of plants and animals.