Digital dissection and three-dimensional interactive models of limb musculature in the Australian estuarine crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Digital dissection is a relatively new technique that has enabled scientists to gain a better understanding of vertebrate anatomy. It can be used to rapidly disseminate detailed, three-dimensional information in an easily accessible manner that reduces ...
Ada J Klinkhamer, Matt A White
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Implications of past and present genetic connectivity for management of the saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) [PDF]
Evolutionary Applications, 2023 Effective management of protected species requires information on appropriate evolutionary and geographic population boundaries and knowledge of how the physical environment and life‐history traits combine to shape the population structure and ...
Luke R. Lloyd‐Jones +10 more
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Crocodylus porosus Gut Bacteria: A Possible Source of Novel Metabolites [PDF]
Molecules, 2021 Crocodiles are remarkable animals that have the ability to endure extremely harsh conditions and can survive up to a 100 years while being exposed to noxious agents that are detrimental to Homo sapiens.
Naveed Ahmed Khan +5 more
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Crocodylus porosus Sera a Potential Source to Identify Novel Epigenetic Targets: In Silico Analysis [PDF]
Veterinary Sciences, 2022 We have previously found that sera from Crocodylus porosus contain anticancer agents and the treatment of MCF7 cells with this serum resulted in the differential expression of 51 genes.
Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui +3 more
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New records of Hepatozoon and Oswaldofilaria from saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) in Australia [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and WildlifeDiseases affecting wild Australian saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) are rarely reported due to the difficulty in capturing animals and obtaining samples. In this investigation, we identified two haemoparasites (Hepatozoon and a filarial nematode)
T. Franciscus Scheelings +2 more
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Understanding the structure and blemishes of Australian farmed saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) leather [PDF]
Veterinary and Animal ScienceAustralian saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) are farmed to harvest their belly skin to produce high quality leather products. This is the first descriptive study to explore the structure of leather across different finishes; incrust, matte and ...
Rhiannon L. Slape +2 more
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Mosquito-Independent Transmission of West Nile virus in Farmed Saltwater Crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) [PDF]
Viruses, 2020 West Nile virus, Kunjin strain (WNVKUN) is endemic in Northern Australia, but rarely causes clinical disease in humans and horses. Recently, WNVKUN genomic material was detected in cutaneous lesions of farmed saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus ...
Gervais Habarugira +15 more
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Strong purifying selection in endogenous retroviruses in the saltwater crocodile (
Mobile DNA, 2012 Background Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) are remnants of exogenous retroviruses that have integrated into the nuclear DNA of a germ-line cell. Here we present the results of a survey into the ERV complement of Crocodylus porosus, the saltwater crocodile,
Chong Amanda Yoon-Yee +3 more
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Spatial Ecology of Estuarine Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) Nesting in a Fragmented Landscape [PDF]
Sensors, 2016 The role that oil palm plays in the Lower Kinabatangan region of Eastern Sabah is of considerable scientific and conservation interest, providing a model habitat for many tropical regions as they become increasingly fragmented.
Luke J. Evans +4 more
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Behaviours of farmed saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) housed individually or in groups [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceSaltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) are farmed in Australia primarily for their skins and meat. Commercially, they are raised in group pens as hatchlings and grower crocodiles and then moved to unitised (individual) pens for the final finishing ...
Dana L. M. Campbell +4 more
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