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Diet Overlap Between Livestock and Wild Herbivores in the Greater Himalaya
Understanding the niche usage and dietary habits of wild ungulate populations is crucial to monitoring their response to livestock grazing and changes in habitat quality. Livestock grazing is common throughout the Himalaya and may reduce available forage
Lisa Jeanne Koetke +2 more
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Large carnivores play key roles in their ecosystems, but their protection is a major challenge in biodiversity conservation due to conflicts with human interests. The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is the top predator of Asian high-altitude landscapes and
Marc Filla +6 more
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Development of a Sandwich ELISA to Measure Exposure to Occupational Cow Hair Allergens [PDF]
Background: Cow hair and dander are important inducers of occupational allergies in cattle-exposed farmers. To estimate allergen exposure in farming environments, a sensitive enzyme immunoassay was developed to measure cow hair allergens.
Angelika Flagge +36 more
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We used unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to carry out a relatively complete population census of large wild herbivores in Maduo County on the Tibetan Plateau in the spring of 2017.
Xingjian Guo +7 more
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Scaling of Electrode-Electrolyte Interface Model Parameters In Phosphate Buffered Saline [PDF]
We report how the impedance presented by a platinum electrode scales with the concentration of phosphate buffered saline (PBS). We find that the constant phase element of the model scales with approximately the log of concentration, whereas the ...
Jones, Mark Hedley, Scott, Jonathan B.
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A genomic analysis and transcriptomic atlas of gene expression in Psoroptes ovis reveals feeding- and stage-specific patterns of allergen expression [PDF]
Background: Psoroptic mange, caused by infestation with the ectoparasitic mite, Psoroptes ovis, is highly contagious, resulting in intense pruritus and represents a major welfare and economic concern for the livestock industry Worldwide.
Bartley, Kathryn +11 more
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Fatal Sarcoptes scabiei Infection of Blue Sheep (Pseudois nayaur) in Pakistan [PDF]
Sarcoptes scabiei was detected for the first time in skin scrapings, hair pluckings, and histologic sections from a blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur) from the Shimshali Pamir in the Karakorum range of the western Himalaya in Pakistan (36 degrees 28'N, 75 degrees 36'E).
M P, Dagleish +4 more
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The blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur) belongs to the subfamily Caprinae. Here, we report the complete mitochondrial genome of a blue sheep subspecies (Pseudois nayaur szechuanensis) from Gongga Mountains of Sichuan, China. The genome (GenBank accession number
Mengmeng Dong +10 more
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Ovine pedomics : the first study of the ovine foot 16S rRNA-based microbiome [PDF]
We report the first study of the bacterial microbiome of ovine interdigital skin based on 16S rRNA by pyrosequencing and conventional cloning with Sanger-sequencing.
A Dhawi +75 more
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Brucellosis is a common zoonosis in China, resulting in abortion in animals. Outbreaks of abortion in blue foxes caused by Brucella infection have rarely been reported.
Yulong Zhou +4 more
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