Comparative Analysis of Microbial Community Structure and Function in the Gut of Wild and Captive Amur Tiger [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 It has been well acknowledged that the gut microbiome is important for host health, composition changes in these microbial communities might increase susceptibility to infections and reduce adaptability to environment.
Yao Ning +8 more
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Impacts of Climate Change on Habitat Suitability and Landscape Connectivity of the Amur Tiger in the Sino-Russian Transboundary Region [PDF]
AnimalsThe Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) is a flagship and umbrella species of forest ecosystems in northeastern Asia. Climate change is profoundly and irreversibly affecting wildlife habitat suitability, especially for large mammals.
Die Wang +3 more
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Estimating the potential impact of canine distemper virus on the Amur tiger population (Panthera tigris altaica) in Russia. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2014 Lethal infections with canine distemper virus (CDV) have recently been diagnosed in Amur tigers (Panthera tigris altaica), but long-term implications for the population are unknown.
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Phenotypic plasticity determines differences between the skulls of tigers from mainland Asia [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2022 Tiger subspecific taxonomy is controversial because of morphological and genetic variation found between now fragmented populations, yet the extent to which phenotypic plasticity or genetic variation affects phenotypes of putative tiger subspecies has ...
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Spatial conservation prioritization for the Amur tiger in Northeast China [PDF]
Ecosphere, 2021 The Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) is critically endangered and also the subspecies of the tiger with the most restoration potential in China. It is challenging to protect large‐ranging carnivores like tigers under increasing pressure of human ...
Zexu Long +8 more
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Multiple myeloma in an Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica). [PDF]
Open Vet J, 2017 Health Service ...
Lee AM, Guppy N, Bainbridge J, Jahns H.
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Leydig cell tumor in an Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica). [PDF]
J Vet Med Sci, 2019 A 14-year and 8-month-old intact male Amur tiger presented with an enlarged left testis, measuring 5.7 × 5.5 × 4.5 cm. The cut surface was mottled dark red to reddish brown in color. Microscopically, the enlarged left testis comprised round or polygonal neoplastic cells arranged in a diffuse sheet pattern.
Kawata R +7 more
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Ascarid infection in wild Amur tigers (Panthera tigris altaica) in China [PDF]
BMC Veterinary Research, 2020 Background Wild Amur tigers are a sparsely populated species, and the conservation of this species is of great concern worldwide, but as an important health risk factor, parasite infection in them is not fully understanding.
Zhi-wei Peng +8 more
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PLoS ONE, 2009 The Caspian tiger (Panthera tigris virgata) flourished in Central Asian riverine forest systems in a range disjunct from that of other tigers, but was driven to extinction in 1970 prior to a modern molecular evaluation.
Carlos A Driscoll +6 more
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Comparative Histopathological and Morphometric Analysis of Lung Tissues in Stillborn Cubs of South China Tiger and Amur Tiger [PDF]
BiologyThis study aimed to determine whether the fetuses experienced hypoxic distress or intra-partum death due to compromised oxygen supply by quantitatively analyzing the lung structures of deceased captive South China Tiger (Panthera tigris amoyensis, SCT ...
Le Zhang +10 more
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