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Improving attitudes towards adders (Vipera berus) and nature connectedness in primary‐age group children

open access: yesPeople and Nature, 2023
Adder ( Vipera berus ) populations are experiencing declines in many countries, including the United Kingdom. Perceptions of adders and other venomous snakes are generally negative, making conservation of these species a challenge, and persecution ...
Sam J. Kelly   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A new occurrence record for the Vulnerable Rhinella rumbolli (Carrizo, 1992) (Anura, Bufonidae) in Tarija, Bolivia [PDF]

open access: yesCheck List, 2021
We present a new altitudinal record for Salta Toad, Rhinella rumbolli (Carrizo, 1992). This species is recorded in northern Argentina and southern Bolivia from 700 to 1800 m a.s.l.
Patricia Mendoza-Miranda   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Complete mitochondrial genome of the Red Keelback (Pseudagkistrodon rudis Boulenger, 1906)

open access: yesMitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021
The Red Keelback (Pseudagkistrodon rudis Boulenger, 1906) is widely distributed in the southern of China. The complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of P. rudis was determined for the first time by using next-generation sequencing.
Yi-Nan Zhou   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tissue Distribution of Parrot Bornavirus 4 (PaBV-4) in Experimentally Infected Young and Adult Cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus)

open access: yesViruses, 2022
Proventricular dilatation disease (PDD) caused by parrot bornavirus (PaBV) infection is an often-fatal disease known to infect Psittaciformes. The impact of age at the time of PaBV infection on organ lesions and tissue distribution of virus antigen and ...
Jana Petzold   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of the Chong’an Moustache Toad, Leptobrachium liui (Pope, 1947) with a phylogenetic analysis of Megophryidae

open access: yesMitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021
The Chong’an Mustache Toad, Leptobrachium liui (Pope, 1947) is a Chinese endemic species, inhabiting the mountain streams with rich vegetation in southeastern China. The first complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of L.
Zi-Yong Xiang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reintroduction success of brook lamprey (Lampetra planeri) in a lowland stream in the Netherlands

open access: yesKnowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems
Brook lamprey (Lampetra planeri) disappeared in half of its former range in the Netherlands. A reintroduction effort from 2014 to 2018 aimed at re-establishing a population in the Reusel Stream.
Schiphouwer Martijn E.   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Undergraduate Research in the Time of COVID: a Remote Imaging Protocol for Socially Distanced Students Studying Wildlife

open access: yesJournal of Microbiology & Biology Education, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has shuttered many university research labs because campuses are closed, and faculty and students lack productive ways of working remotely.
Dr. Manuela Tripepi, Dr. Tobias Landberg
doaj   +1 more source

Amphibian virology

open access: yesVeterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice, 2005
Amphibians are a diverse group of species; much work remains to be done to elucidate the viruses of amphibians. Viral diseases may play an important role in wild and captive amphibian populations. Iridoviruses are a leading cause of wild amphibian mortality events in the United States and are a common cause of amphibian mortality events worldwide.
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA ( host institution )   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Morphology of Peripheral Blood Cells from Various Species of Turkish Herpetofauna

open access: yesActa Herpetologica, 2010
In this study, measurements of morphological and size parameters of peripheral blood cells (erythrocyte, leucocyte, thrombocyte) on blood smear preparation devices stained with Wright’s stain were given for 87 species from Turkish herpetofauna (19 ...
Hüseyin ARIKAN, Kerim CICEK
doaj   +1 more source

The first complete mitochondrial DNA of the Chinese short-limbed skink (Ateuchosaurus chinensis Gray, 1845) determined by next-generation sequencing

open access: yesMitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021
The complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) for the Chinese short-limbed skink (Ateuchosaurus chinensis Gray, 1845) was described by using next-generation sequencing. The total length of mtDNA was 16,840 bp, which contained 13 PCGs (COI-III, ND1-6, ND4L, ATP6,
Jun-Jie Zhong   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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