J. Irvine

Arctic greening drives changes in the diet and gut microbiome of a resident herbivore with consequences for fitness

This study examines how Arctic greening affects the diet and gut microbiome of Svalbard reindeer, finding that increased shrub consumption improves body mass and fitness.

The duration of antibiotic treatment is associated with carriage of toxigenic and atoxigenic strains of Clostridioides difficile in dogs.

This study investigates C. difficile carriage in dogs, finding that antibiotic use increases carriage, including toxigenic strains linked to human disease, but not necessarily causing diarrhoea in dogs.