Search publications of the members of the Royal Belgian institute of natural Sciences
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Monitoring the trade in exotic animal products through DNA barcoding of passenger-imported meat
- The INTERCEPT-project seeks to propose a robust framework for the long-term monitoring of (exotic) animal product imports into Belgium, highlighting the legal and illegal aspects of the trade and its implications for public and animal health. INTERCEPT aims to move towards a centralised database by integrating data from various federal services and agencies to gain a better overview of the trade and to promote the dissemination of crucial information among federal services, agencies, and stakeholders. The project also aims to introduce a secure and efficient sampling method for officials, along with a laboratory species identification pipeline by researchers, which will enable rapid DNA-based identification of illegally imported meat. During the project, meat intercepted from passengers luggage at Brussels Airport is sampled, identified using DNA barcoding and screened for pathogens. At present, 424 specimens have been sampled, of which 315 have been identified so far. About 40% were derived from non-domesticated species, including meat from 10 CITES-listed species. Among the seized wild meat samples, greater cane rat (Thryonomys swinderianus) and African brush-tailed porcupine (Atherurus africanus) were predominant. Six specimens (5%) were misidentified as domestic meat upon seizure, while DNA analyses revealed a wild species. Inversely, twelve specimens (6%) were misidentified as wild meat, while DNA analyses revealed a domestic species. By fostering collaboration among scientific institutions and federal agencies, this initiative aims to inform border control measures, and will support future research into diseases carried by both domestic and exotic meat, allowing better characterisation of the health risks associated with the illegal import of meat from third countries.
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Meules et aiguisoirs de deux occupations distinctes à « Nereth 2 » (Baelen).
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Étude pétrographique des roches riches en silice du site néandertalien de Grand-Rosière-Hottomont (Ramillies, Prov. du Brabant wallon, BE).
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De la céramique rubanée au décor incrusté d’os calciné. Description et analyses de quelques découvertes de Hesbaye liégeoise (BE).
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Ath « Les Haleurs » (BE) : les éléments en schiste du village blicquien.
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Origine, caractérisation et mise en place de matériaux riches en fer dans la grotte Scladina (Andenne, Belgique) : processus naturels et sources anthropiques potentielles.
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Robert Garcet's Eben-Ezer Flint Tower (Bassenge, Belgium): from Stone Masonry to Stone Mythology.
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Krakatauia recta (Wiedemann, 1830) in coastal habitats in Singapore with a re-description and notes on its Oriental and Australasian distribution, and the description of a new related Krakatauia species from the Philippines (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
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New Drapetis Meigen from Bulgaria (Diptera: Hybotidae)
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Knijten in Vlaanderen, een nieuw probleem?
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New data on flies from saltmarshes from the Reserva natural de s’Albufereta and the Natural Park of s’Albufera (Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain) with the description of a new species of Drapetis Meigen (Diptera: Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae)
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Exploring Hidden Biodiversity: A Diptera Survey in Rural Eastern Slovakia
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Pterosaur melanosomes support signalling functions for early feathers
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The postcranial osteology and phylogenetic position of the small ornithischian dinosaur Changchunsaurus parvus from the Quantou Formation (Cretaceous: Aptian-Cenomanian) of Jilin Province, North-Eastern China.
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The first definite record of a Valanginian ichthyosaur and its implication on the evolution of post-Liassic Ichthyosauria. Cretaceous Research, 32: 155-163.
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New data on the palaeobiogeography of Early Jurassic marine reptiles: the Toarcian fauna of the Vocontian Basin (SE France)
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A new Barremian (Early Cretaceous) ichthyosaur from Western Russia
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A partial titanosaur (Sauropoda, Dinosauria) skeleton from the Maastrichtian of Nălaţ-Vad, Haţeg Basin, Romania
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Latest Cretaceous hadrosauroid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) remains from Bulgaria
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Cranial anatomy of the small ornithischian dinosaur Changchunsaurus parvus from the Quantou Formation (Cretaceous: Aptian–Cenomanian) of Jilin Province, northeastern China