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Can Greater Flamingo Recognize Fertile vs. Infertile Egg? A Single Case Study [PDF]
, 2017 Fertility of captive flamingos varies between flocks, species and seasons. Individuating infertile eggs could be helpful to facilitate important decisions.
Franchin, Matilde +4 more
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Development of the Human–Equine Attachment Scale
Equine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Background Human–horse relationships encompass diverse roles, from companion to competition partner. The impact of such bonds informs owner decision‐making regarding horse management and veterinary care, yet standardised instruments to measure these unique bonds are limited.
Richard H. Corrigan +5 more
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An outdoor spatially-aware audio playback platform exemplified by a virtual zoo [PDF]
, 2009 Outlined in this short paper is a framework for the construction of outdoor location-and direction-aware audio applications along with an example application to showcase the strengths of the framework and to demonstrate how it works.
Healy, Graham, Smeaton, Alan F.
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Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.This study shows the protective effects of potential probiotic strain of Pediococci strains against diarrheal Escherichia coli strains in Caenorhabditis elegans model system. The E. coli strains resulted in severe morphological and physiological damage to the worm whereas the probiotic interventions were able to reduce these damages.
Gunjan Sadera +4 more
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Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, EarlyView.Abstract Benthic incubation chambers enclose a known volume of water overlying a known area to measure water chemistry changes and are typically used to quantify the metabolic activity of benthic organisms or communities. Here we present an economical benthic incubation chamber for shallow, low‐flow environments, built using off‐the‐shelf components ...
Luke D. Groff +2 more
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Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in zoo and domestic animals in Jiangxi Province, China
Parasite, 2017 Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic protozoan parasite that infects a wide range of warm-blooded animals throughout the world. In the present study, antibodies to T.
Luo Houqiang +7 more
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Pulmonary anthracosis in Dhaka Zoo collections - a public health forecasting for city dwellers
Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2010 Anthracosis is a lung disease associated with inhalation of coal dust and carbon particles. We tested for anthracosis symptoms in 36 captive animals in the Dhaka Zoo. Necropsy revealed 27 out of 36 animals to be affected by pulmonary anthracosis.
S.A. Ahasan +5 more
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Studying goose domestication through archaeological finds has been challenging due to the similar skeletal morphology of the European domestic goose and its wild progenitor, the greylag goose (Anser anser). We analyzed stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotopes from bone collagen of subfossil domestic and potentially domestic geese to ...
Johanna Honka +7 more
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Contact urticaria to giraffe hair [PDF]
, 2005 Background: Immediate-type hypersensitivity to animal proteins is a common problem in people occupationally exposed to animals. Methods: A 19-year-old female working as a voluntary zookeeper in her off-time suffered from hives on her forearms following ...
Herzinger, T. +3 more
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Wild meat consumption in changing rural landscapes of Indonesian Borneo
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Wild meat can play a crucial role in the food system of rural communities residing near tropical forests. Yet, socio‐ecological changes across tropical landscapes are impacting the patterns and sustainability of meat consumption. To understand the prevalence, frequency and drivers of wild meat, domestic meat and fish consumption in this ...
Katie L. Spencer +12 more
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