Stochastic growth marks in Crocodylus niloticus [PDF]
Scientific ReportsSkeletochronology combined with growth curve reconstruction is routinely used to assess the age and growth dynamics of extinct and extant vertebrates.
Anusuya Chinsamy, Maria-Eugenia Pereyra
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Appendicular Muscle Physiology and Biomechanics in Crocodylus niloticus. [PDF]
Integr Org Biol, 2020 AbstractArchosaurian reptiles (including living crocodiles and birds) had an explosive diversification of locomotor form and function since the Triassic approximately 250 million years ago. Their limb muscle physiology and biomechanics are pivotal to our understanding of how their diversity and evolution relate to locomotor function. Muscle contraction
Michel KB +4 more
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Pancuronium Bromide for Chemical Immobilization of Adult Nile Crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus): A Field Study [PDF]
Animals, 2023 (1) Background: Pancuronium bromide is a neuromuscular blocker used for immobilizing crocodiles that can be reversed with neostigmine. A recommended drug dose has only been established for saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus), mostly based on trials
Lionel Schilliger +6 more
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Electroencephalogram (EEG) assessment of brain activity before and after electrical stunning in the Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Electrical stunning is used to capture crocodiles to perform routine management procedures. It is essential from a welfare point that electrical stunning must cause unconsciousness in animals. However, there is no information of whether or not electrical
K. J. Du Plooy +3 more
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Aquaculture Environment Interactions, 2022 Increased aquaculture production can improve food and nutrition security and economic growth in developing countries, but comes with environmental risks.
M C J Verdegem
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind or Just Something in the Way? Visual Barriers Do Not Reduce Intraspecific Agonism in an All-Male Group of Nile Crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) [PDF]
Animals, 2022 Here, we evaluated if visual barriers could reduce intraspecific agonism in an all-male group of Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) living in a zoo.
Austin Leeds +11 more
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Evolutionary trend of the broad-snouted crocodile from the Eocene, Early Miocene and recent ones from Egypt [PDF]
Scientific ReportsSkulls are a critical part of the crocodile through which we can distinguish between the different genera and species. Most of the crocodiles which previously studied from the Eocene–Oligocene to the Miocene times in Egypt were concerned with the ...
Eman S. El-Degwi +5 more
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Perfluorinated alkyl acids in the plasma of South African crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus). [PDF]
Chemosphere, 2016 Perfluorinated alkyl acids (PFAAs) are environmental contaminants that have been used in many products for over 50 years. Interest and concern has grown since 2000 on the widespread presence of PFAAs, when it was discovered that PFAAs were present in wildlife samples around the northern hemisphere.
Christie I +11 more
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Congenital Anomalies in American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus, Cuvier, 1807) Embryos from a Farm Breeder in Colombia [PDF]
Veterinary SciencesThe American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus, Cuvier, 1807) (Class Reptilia, Family Crocodylidae) is a crocodile species inhabiting the Neotropics. Congenital defects have been described in almost every vertebrate group.
Oscar Sierra Serrano +5 more
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Diversity, distribution and conservation of crocodiles (Order: Crocodylia) in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa [PDF]
Scientific ReportsChallenges in freshwater organism conservation in West Africa are worsened by significant knowledge gaps, even for charismatic species like crocodiles.
Cristian Pizzigalli +8 more
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