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    • Do Shade-Grown Coffee Plantations Pose a Disease Risk for Wild Birds? 

      Hernández, Sonia M.; Peters, Valerie; Weygandt, P. Logan; Jiménez, Carlos; Villegas, Pedro; O'Connor, Barry; Yabsley, Michael; Garcia, Maricarmen; Riblet, Sylva M.; Carroll, C. Ron (International Association for Ecology and Health, 2013)
      Shade-grown coffee plantations are often promoted as a conservation strategy for wild birds. However, these agro-ecosystems are actively managed for food production, which may alter bird behaviors or interactions that could ...
    • Molecular detection of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) in Penaeus vannamei shrimps in Costa Rica 

      Dolz, Gaby; Peña Navarro, Nelson; Castro-Vásquez, Ruth; Vargas, Bernardo (Elsevier, 2020-03-02)
      Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) is a bacterial disease associated to severe mortality in farmed shrimps, and caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus containing plasmid pVA-1 encoding pirA and pirB toxins. This ...