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First report of Theileria annulata in Nigeria: Findings from cattle ticks in Zamfara and Sokoto States

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background Ticks and tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) represent a significant economic burden to cattle farming in sub-Saharan Africa including Nigeria. However, in the northern part of this country, where the largest livestock population resides, little is ...
Adamu Haruna Mamman, Vincenzo Lorusso, Babagana Mohammed Adam, Goni Abraham Dogo, Kevin J. Bown, Richard J. Birtles   +5 more
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Improving manual tagging of camera trap videos for wildlife studies: a visual assistance tool applied to the endangered huillin Lontra provocax

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
In the last decades, the use of camera traps for wildlife studies has increased significantly due to advancements in technology leading to cost reduction and improved reliability. They facilitate the study of wild animals in their natural environment in a minimally invasive manner, eliminating the need for researchers to remain in the field for long ...
Luciano Marpegan, Kenya Campos Haedo, Carla Pozzi and (cpozzi@apn.gob.ar)   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experimental assessment of large mammal population estimates from airborne thermal videography

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Wildlife resource management requires reliable, fast, and affordable methods of surveying wildlife populations to develop and adaptively adjust policies. Thermal video from drones can yield high rates of detection over large areas with relative speed and safety.
Julia S. McElhinny, Gregory D. Larsen, Maxwell Messinger, Chad H. Newbolt, Andrew Whitworth, Stephen S. Ditchkoff, Miles R. Silman, Jared T. Beaver   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aspects of bovine caesarean section associated with calf mortality, dam survival and subsequent fertility.

, 2013
Bovine caesarean section is a common surgery performed by cattle practitioners yet evidence for justifying many aspects of the surgical procedure is lacking.
Karvountzis, S, Knight-Jones, TJD, Lyons, NA   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Animal translations: AI and the intelligibility of non‐human worlds Traduire l'animal : l'IA et l'intelligibilité des mondes non humains

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Amid the general sense of worry that large language models will soon drown out human voices, some researchers are optimistic that machine learning will allow humans to listen to and understand animal voices to an unprecedented extent. As part of a broader project aimed at interspecies communication, a loosely connected set of animal behaviourists, AI ...
Courtney Handman
wiley   +1 more source

Genomic Investigations Unveil the Genetic Underpinnings of Environmental Adaptation in African Goat Populations

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This study integrates genomics and landscape genetics to analyze African goat environmental adaptation. Analyzing 1591 samples, it finds population structure differentiates geographically into four groups, with gene flow between wild Yura goats and North Africans.
Weifeng Peng, Yihua Wang, Yiyuan Zhang, Lei Gao, Lili Wu, Shuping Wang, Yiyang Gao, Wanlu Shi, Kaixin Lu, Rong Deng, Junting Li, Jing Han, Xiaohui Lu, Yujie Liu, Xiaojiao Tang, Yunxia Zhang, Guoyin Li, Li Huang, Mingsheng Yang, Xiaoyan Li   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acaricides for eradication of the tick Amblyomma variegatum in the Caribbean [PDF]

, 1993
Le succés d'une campagne d'éradication de la tique Amblyomma variegatum dans les Caraïbes impose l'utilisation d'acaricides efficaces, si possible rémanents, faciles d'emploi, ne necessitant pas le recours à de l'eau pour la préparation de liquides ...
Aprelon, Rosalie, Barré, Nicolas, Garris, G.I.   +2 more
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A Conversation With David Bellhouse

International Statistical Review, EarlyView.
Summary David Richard Bellhouse was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on 19 July 1948. He studied actuarial mathematics and statistics at the University of Manitoba (BA, 1970; MA, 1972) and completed his PhD at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, in 1975. After being an Assistant Professor for 1 year at his alma mater, he joined the University of Western ...
Christian Genest
wiley   +1 more source

A contribution to a knowledge of Canadian ticks [PDF]

, 2008
During recent years our knowledge of the biology and distribution of the ticks has greatly increased owing to the discovery of the economic importance of this group as carriers of certain serious diseases to man and domesticated animals. In North America
Hewitt, Charles Gordon
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Molecular identification of adenoviruses associated with respiratory infection in Egypt from 2003 to 2010. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Human adenoviruses of species B, C, and E (HAdV-B, -C, -E) are frequent causative agents of acute respiratory infections worldwide. As part of a surveillance program aimed at identifying the etiology of influenza-like illness (ILI) in Egypt ...
A Kandeel, AC Kroes, Adriana Kajon, AE Kajon, AE Kajon, AH Kamel, AK Adhikary, Amany Elgohary Sheta, Amel Mohamed Nageib Hasanin, Anne M Gaynor, B Biere, B Cao, B Chmielewicz, B Lin, BDJ Hess, CD Brandt, Claire Cornelius, CT Garnett, D Metzgar, D Metzgar, G Wadell, GC Gray, GJ Vora, H Schmitz, HA El-Mahallawy, HG Pereira, HS Houng, I Luksic, J Abd-Jamil, JP Fox, JY Hong, Katherine C Horton, KL Russell, LK Crawford-Miksza, M El Sayed Zaki, M El-Sayed Zaki, MA Ryan, MKA Deming, OA Adeyemi, OA Adeyi, Pola N Demian, R Al-Toum, Rania Siam, RJ Cooper, S Alharbi, S Levin, SK Schepetiuk, SY Ou, T Kojaoghlanian, TE-MB El-Shewy, TT Pham, W Saitoh-Inagawa, W Xu, W Xu, WA Andiman, WC Russell, Y Chu, YJ Kim   +57 more
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