We used serology and muscle digestion to test black bears (Ursus americanus) from western Oregon, USA, for Trichinella. Results indicate black bears in Oregon are not part of a sylvatic cycle for Trichinella, and risk of human exposure to Trichinella larvae from eating black bear meat from Oregon appears low.

Gjerdrum, C., R. A. Ronconi, K. L. Turner, and T. E. Hamer. 2021. Bird strandings bright lights at coastal offshore industrial sites in Atlantic Canada. Avian Conservation Ecology 16(1):22. https://doi.org/10.5751/ACE-01860-160122

We sequenced part of the mitochondrial control region of 2 Himalayan Ursus arctos isabellinus individuals and compared it with that of other U. arctos. Results indicate that the valid allopatric subspecies U. a. isabellinus represents an ancient clade and includes the Gobi bear of Mongolia as a relict population.

Parasites collected from free-ranging black bears, Ursus americanus, in northern Wisconsin included Dermacentor variabilis, D. albipictus, Ixodes scapularis, Demodex sp., Trichodectes pinguis euarctidos, Baylisascaris transfuga and Dirofilaria ursi. Mange, possibly caused by the Demodex sp., also was observed. Dental caries were common and periodontal disease was observed in one animal.

I review the current status of Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) and Himalayan brown bear (Ursus arctos) in India based on a questionnaire, interviews, and a literature survey. The Himalayan region and the hills of northeastern India probably support one of the largest populations of Asiatic black bear in Asia. Asiatic black bears live in forested mountain habitats (1,200-3,300 m) in the st...

Changes in Visual and Sensory-Motor Resting-State 1 Functional Connectivity Support Motor Learning by 2 Observing 3 4 5 Heather R. McGregor and Paul L. Gribble 6 7 1 The Brain and Mind Institute, Western University, Canada 8 2 Dept. Psychology, Western University, Canada 9 3 Dept. Physiology & Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western 10 University, Canada 11 4 Graduate Pro...

Chronic Disease Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada 6 Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and 7 Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada 8 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, 9 Mansoura, Egypt 10 Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of...

1 Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes expressing the tissue resident memory marker 1 CD103 are associated with increased survival in high-grade serous ovarian cancer. 2 3 John R. Webb, Katy Milne, Peter Watson, Ronald J. deLeeuw 4 and Brad H. Nelson d 5 6 7 8 9 Trev and Joyce Deeley Research Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Victoria, 10 Canada, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uni...