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DNA analysis to determine the identity of plant material from the digestive tracts of katydids

Four species of Phaneropterine katydids from Barro Colorado Island

May 3, 2019

DNA analysis to determine the identity of plant material from the digestive tracts of katydids

Researchers adapted a laboratory protocol for extracting and sequencing plant material from gut contents and applied it to Neotropical forest katydids (bush crickets).

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May 6, 2019

Molecular epidemiology of coagulase-negative Staphylococcus species isolated at different lactation stages from dairy cattle in the United States

Stephen N. Jenkins, Emmanuel Okello, Paul V. Rossitto, Terry W. Lehenbauer, John Champagne, Maria C.T. Penedo, Andréia G. Arruda, Sandra Godden, Paul Rapnicki, Patrick J. Gorden, Leo L. Timms, Sharif S. Aly

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6749 PubMed 31119068

May 23, 2019

Molecular serotyping of clinical strains of Haemophilus (Glaesserella) parasuis brings new insights regarding Glässer’s disease outbreaks in Brazil

Julia Pires Espíndola, Natalia Balbinott, Letícia Trevisan Gressler, Gustavo Machado, Catia Silene Klein, Raquel Rebelatto, César Bernardo Gutiérrez Martín, Luiz Carlos Kreutz, Anthony Bernard Schryvers, Rafael Frandoloso

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6817 PubMed 31198621

May 31, 2019

Comparison of heparinized saline and 0.9% sodium chloride for maintaining central venous catheter patency in healthy dogs

Julieann Vose, Adesola Odunayo, Joshua M. Price, Maggie Daves, Julie C. Schildt, M. Katherine Tolbert

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7072 PubMed 31183263

May 17, 2019

Genotypic analyses and virulence characterization of Glaesserella parasuis isolates from Taiwan

Wei-Hao Lin, Hsing-Chun Shih, Chuen-Fu Lin, Cheng-Yao Yang, Chao-Nan Lin, Ming-Tang Chiou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6960 PubMed 31149406

May 20, 2019

Evidence for low prevalence of ranaviruses in Ontario, Canada’s freshwater turtle population

Sue J. Carstairs