Introduction to Non Invasive Sampling

Antlers can be used in particular for molecular genetic studies on rare or threatened species of cervids as providing non-invasive sampling.

Using non-invasive sampling and saliva ELISA testing, we found that prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies was significantly lower in young children than in primary school children.

With a simple blood draw, liquid biopsies enable the non-invasive sampling of CTCs from the blood, which have the potential to provide important insights into cancer detection and monitoring.

Accordingly, CCS is a reliable non-invasive sampling device to obtain sufficient genetic material to be analyzed for CePV-1 in tattoo-skin-lesions as well as for other purposes in cetaceans under human care.

Current devices have transitioned to non-invasive sampling due to benefits including minimal possibility of infections, convenience, no requirement for storage, and physiological safety of neo-natal and geriatric patients.

A biomarker is most often measured in biologic fluids that are sampled using relatively non-invasive sampling techniques such as blood, sputum, urine or exhaled breath.

This thesis focused on defining the urinary reference values and investigating the urinary proteome and metabolome of captive giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) by using a non-invasive sampling method.

Non-invasive sampling of the distal airspace in patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) has long eluded clinical and translational researchers.

– Development of a duplex qPCR to identify genotypic sex through non-invasive sampling.

Oral fluid (hereafter saliva) offers a non-invasive sampling method for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies.

The application of non-invasive sampling methods that extract, isolate and identify nucleic acid sequences (i.

Conclusions We provide the first insights into the oral microbial communities of wild and rehabilitated loggerhead sea turtles, and establish a framework for quick and non-invasive sampling of oral and cloacal microbial communities, useful for the expansion of the sample collection in wild loggerhead sea turtles.

These SNPs will serve as an important resource for the continued genetic monitoring of this species, especially monitoring through non-invasive sampling.

The development of non-invasive sampling methodologies is essential to consider sweat as a potential biological fluid for stress biomarker assessment.

Early screening tools that use non-invasive sampling methods combined with high specificity and sensitivity can significantly increase survival.

This article discusses the emergent biosensor technology focused on continuous biosensing of metabolites by non-invasive sampling of body fluids emphasized on physiological monitoring in mobility-constrained populations, resource-challenged settings, and harsh environments.

Conclusions/significance The low complexity requirements of RPA-LF combined with non-invasive sampling support the feasibility of its utilization by community health workers with the goal of strengthening the diagnostic capacity for cutaneous leishmaniasis in Colombia.

Oral fluid (hereafter saliva) offers a non-invasive sampling method for detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies.

Cortisol and cortisone are common markers for stress and thus preferentially analyzed in matrices that allow non-invasive sampling such as saliva.

Using small amounts of sample and a non-invasive sampling technique, the described method enables the measurement of a comprehensive set of OS parameters in nasal epithelial cells, which could be useful in research on respiratory diseases.

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based diagnostic assays, combined with non-invasive sampling methods, represent an attractive approach.

In this paper, we describe palaeoproteomic evidence obtained from a stained medieval birth girdle using a previously developed dry non-invasive sampling technique.

The use of saliva as a non-invasive sampling technique combined with the portability of the instrument has broadened the potential of this sensor.

Here, we present a novel rapid, simple, and, most importantly, painless and non-invasive sampling technique suitable for clinical studies of fragile or weakened skin.

Systematic non-invasive sampling of parchment collagen was performed on every charter and on the first bifolium from every quire of the 118 codicological units composing the books (1490 samples in total).

In legally protected or threatened species, non-invasive sampling (i.

These can be generated from many tissue sources, but non-invasive sampling would decisively broaden the spectrum of non-human primates that can be investigated.

Oral fluids offer a non-invasive sampling method for the detection of antibodies.

The development of a diagnosis method requiring a simple and non-invasive sampling with a quick and low-cost approach is on demand.

glabripennis DNA in woody frass material, thus allowing a non-invasive sampling approach.

Protocols using plucked hair, urine and buccal swab samples proved effective for collection from individuals in captivity, whereas scat was most applicable for non-invasive sampling in the wild.

In the “contributory” citizen science project INSIGNIA, beekeepers carried out non-invasive sampling of their own honey bee colonies for an environmental investigation of pesticide residues and pollen plant origin.

The rapid turnaround time, non-invasive sampling and 1-sample-1000+test-solution may lead to a faster time to pathogen diagnosis, faster time to targeted therapy and obviate the need for invasive diagnostic procedures.

Consequently, environmental DNA (eDNA) has come to the forefront of AIS management in recent years as a promising method to detect or monitor invasive species using rapid and non-invasive sampling to complement traditional surveying.

Alternatives to non-invasive sampling in POC testing are emerging, such as the use of saliva or tears.

The long-term goal of the Platform is to employ non-invasive sampling techniques such as video and eDNA; however, our aim in this study was to test the Platform’s ability to sample across different habitat types and detect differences in fish assemblages.

In the absence of a non-invasive sampling method, little research into free-living populations has been possible.

Non-invasive sampling has proven to be the most effective method to derive population parameters such as presence/absence, genetic variability and population structure in European otters.

Non-invasive sampling has been standardized by means of the plucking procedure, enabling to reproducibly obtain the mid-ORS part.

Here, we studied a stable social group of sperm whales off Mauritius, using underwater observations, individual-specific identification, non-invasive sampling and genetic analyses based on mitochondrial sequencing and microsatellite profiling.

Non-invasive sampling of exhaled breath contains metabolic markers indicative of underlying systemic metabolic abnormality.

It also identifies the potential of non-invasive sampling methods for investigating Arctic pinnipeds.

The proposed method of non-invasive sampling of the medium can be used to monitor changes in the concentrations of metals in the medium and their accumulation in the mycelium in natural environment.

Despite its imperfect accuracy, environmental sampling is an inexpensive and non-invasive sampling method to determine MAP infection status in tie-stall herds that can be used as a proxy to estimate the true within-herd prevalence.

An on-line non-invasive sampling method was used for monitoring the size distribution of particles with a dynamic image analysis sensor.

Non-invasive sampling methods are advantageous to reduce the need for venepuncture, which may be a barrier to investigations particularly in paediatric populations.

This is the first study to relate range size to the gut microbiome in wild ungulates and is an important proof of concept that advances the information that can be gleaned from non-invasive sampling.

Recently, non-invasive sampling has become the preferred sampling method of such biological material; particularly when studying endangered species.

Simple Summary The progress of animal welfare in wildlife conservation and research calls for more non-invasive sampling techniques.

Although insect exuviae-based genetics is challenging, it can be a valuable method for obtaining reliable DNA resources by non-invasive sampling.

In recent years, the interest on non-invasive sampling methods to measure cortisol as a marker of stress is increasing in both humans and animals.

Using a non-invasive sampling approach, we identified novel circovirus and anelloviruses from faecal samples of wolverines dwelling in Montana, USA.

We advocate the use of MMITs for non-invasive sampling of mosquito vectors that host seek on wild primate populations.

Alternative approaches to FMD surveillance based on non-invasive sampling methods and RT-qPCR tests have the potential to enable post outbreak surveillance substantiating FMD freedom to be done more quickly and less expensively than traditional approaches based on serological surveys.

The excellent sensitivity, even when tested with asymptomatic patient samples, along with the mobile detection scheme and non-invasive sampling procedure, makes this biosensor design ideal for mass screening.

These new eDNA based approaches have the potential to revolutionise data collection in the marine environment using non-invasive sampling methods and providing snapshots of biodiversity beyond the capacity of traditional sampling.

Environmental DNA (eDNA) is a novel, non-invasive sampling procedure that allows the obtaining of genetic material directly from environmental samples without any evidence of biological sources.

A non-invasive sampling method was developed, consisting in smooth vacuuming of the selected sampling points and therefore preventing any damage to the artwork.

Non-invasive sampling of 172 seahorses for which profiles were pictured and biometric data recorded were genotyped using 291 informative SNPs.

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of a non-invasive sampling procedure based on 13-gene DNA methylation analysis in the follow-up of patients previously treated for oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC).

In a recent study our research group described a non-invasive sampling procedure based on [.

As this species is distributed throughout Australia and in New Guinea (currently comprising of five recognised sub-species), this project aimed to develop a DNA based method to definitively determine the source country of an echidna and explore the use of non-invasive sampling techniques.

The main advantages of the device are the low power; the wireless communication; and the non-invasive sampling method, which allow its use in a real context of sport practice.

It offers non-invasive sampling for cancer diagnosis and real-time monitor of biological tumor information to study the mechism of tumor metastasis.

As it was shown in pig that the olfactory secretome (proteins secreted in the nasal mucus) could be modified under hormonal control, we monitored its composition in females of both species through several reproductive seasons, thanks to a non-invasive sampling of olfactory mucus.

TAFC/creatinine index determination in urine showed promising results for diagnosis of IA offering the advantages of non-invasive sampling.

Methods for the repeated non-invasive sampling of individuals are needed.

Further efforts should be focalised towards the development of forefront wearable sensors able providing simple and non-invasive sampling (e.

In this review we will focus on recent achievements regarding measurements from non-invasive sampling, in particular from plucked hair and skin tape-strips which seem well suited for the diagnosis of lupus erythematosus and psoriatic inflammation, respectively.

Buccal swabs are collected to provide a completely non-invasive sampling method.

The non-invasive sampling procedure without the need of specific conditions of storage and transport support the usefulness of hair and cerumen for the diagnosis of CanL.

Genetic non-invasive sampling (gNIS) provides cost-effective access to demographic information, though its application to small mammals is still scarce.

In this study, non-invasive sampling techniques for the collection of scats adopted.

The aim of this study was to analyze the genetic diversity, population genetic structure and historical population dynamics of the species in the Chaco-pampean region, using mitochondrial DNA control region sequences and a non-invasive sampling design.

Non-invasive sampling allows field-based researchers to reduce disturbance related to monitoring adrenocortical function, thereby avoiding artificially increasing circulating corticosterone concentration as it is not necessary to physically restrain study animals.

Non-invasive sampling in the claws of turtles show that Hg concentrations were not related to their sex or size, but we found an effect of age (1.

During 2007–2009 and 2012–2014, avian influenza virus (AIV) was studied in a wild avian community of a northern Spanish wetland using non-invasive sampling methods and host identification by COI barcoding.

To study individuals with an intensive, longitudinal study design that requires repetitive sampling in their daily life, non-invasive sampling techniques are a necessity.

Despite an increasing interest in using non-invasive sampling to study Neotropical avifauna, its application is still largely concentrated in the most developed countries in this region and to explore a limited number of questions.

Although our results argue against combining gut and fecal samples in analyses of host-specific microbiome differences, they also confirm that non-invasive sampling of feces can provide useful information of gut microbiomes in aquatic vertebrates, which may be important especially when working with endangered species.

Buccal swabs are collected to provide a completely non-invasive sampling method.

A simple, non-invasive sampling procedure was employed to obtain information from the brain.