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Reproduction in South American wild canids—A review
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022 Canids occupy the top of the food chain and are fundamental in sustaining a wild animal/environmental balance. South America, the most biodiverse continent, has 11 species of canids inhabiting diverse biomes, with or without overlapping territories ...
Jaqueline Candido de Carvalho +4 more
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Epizootiological-epidemiological importance of parasitic infections in wild canids [PDF]
Veterinarski Glasnik, 2012 The family of wild canids belongs to the order Carnivora and comprises 16 genuses that are distributed in most countries all over the world. The most important endoparasitic diseases of wild canids are toxocariasis, uncinariasis, capillariasis ...
Ilić Tamara +2 more
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Multiple FGF4 Retrocopies Recently Derived within Canids. [PDF]
, 2020 Two transcribed retrocopies of the fibroblast growth factor 4 (FGF4) gene have previously been described in the domestic dog. An FGF4 retrocopy on chr18 is associated with disproportionate dwarfism, while an FGF4 retrocopy on chr12 is associated with ...
Hadji Rasouliha, Sheida +27 more
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Cooperation and cognition in wild canids [PDF]
, 2022 Canids are believed to be clever animals applying sophisticated social and hunting strategies. However, current studies under natural conditions do not indicate higher cognitive requirements beyond associative learning, but likely also underestimate them
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Cross-species transmission of gastrointestinal parasites between wild and domestic canids. [PDF]
Rev Bras Parasitol VetThe interface between wild and domestic canids can facilitate cross-transmission of gastrointestinal parasites, with implications for biodiversity conservation and public health. In this study, we evaluated the occurrence and diversity of these parasites
Santos ACID +5 more
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Evolutionary radiation in canids following continental colonizations [PDF]
, 2023 Colonization of a new environment may trigger an evolutionary radiation, defined as an accelerated accumulation of species in a short period of time. However, how often colonization events trigger such radiations is still an open question. We studied the
Maestri, Renan +5 more
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Animals, Affect and Annihilation: Campaigns against Canids in Postwar Canada [PDF]
, 2023 This essay suggests that culling campaigns against canids in postwar Canada have striking affective dimensions. Drawing on examples of canid management in the 1950s and 60s from Nunavik, Alberta, and Ontario, we contend that the killing of supposedly ...
Pearson, Chris +2 more
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Scavenging Effects of Large Canids
Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2021 Synopsis Many large predators are also facultative scavengers that may compete with and depredate other species at carcasses. Yet, the ecological impacts of facultative scavenging by large predators, or their “scavenging effects,” still receive relatively little attention in comparison to their predation effects.
Aaron J Wirsing, Thomas M Newsome
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Morphometric variation in wolves and golden jackal in India (Mammalia, Carnivora) [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2021 Species of Canis (Carnivora, Canidae) have similar morphology and distinguishing sympatric species is challenging. We present data on morphometry of skull, body and hair of three wild Canis species that occur in India, which include two wolves (Indian ...
Yellapu Srinivas, Yadvendradev Jhala
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Main mites associated with dermatopathies present in dogs and other members of the Canidae family
Open Veterinary Journal, 2023 Dermatological diseases of parasitic origin are one of the most frequent in the clinical practice of dogs and cats. Mites such as Sarcoptes scabiei, Otodectes cynotis, Demodex canis, and Cheyletiella spp., they commonly affect domestic dogs. However, the
Pamela Thomson +2 more
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