Continuing Orthohantavirus Circulation in Deer Mice in Western Montana [PDF]
Viruses, 2021 Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is an often-fatal disease caused by New World hantaviruses, such as Sin Nombre orthohantavirus (SNV). In the US, >800 cases of HPS have been confirmed since it was first discovered in 1993, of which 43 were reported ...
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Peromyscus spp. Deer Mice as Rodent Model of Acute Leptospirosis [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesLeptospirosis is a global zoonotic disease affecting humans, wildlife, companion, and domestic animals. Incidental hosts can contract the disease directly or indirectly from asymptomatic reservoir hosts, most commonly small rodents.
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Distinct Mechanisms Underlie Developmental Plasticity and Adult Acclimation of Thermogenic Capacity in High-Altitude Deer Mice [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2021 Developmental plasticity can elicit phenotypic adjustments that help organisms cope with environmental change, but the relationship between developmental plasticity and plasticity in adult life (e.g., acclimation) remains unresolved. We sought to examine
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Adrenergic control of the cardiovascular system in deer mice native to high altitude [PDF]
Current Research in Physiology, 2022 Studies of animals native to high altitude can provide valuable insight into physiological mechanisms and evolution of performance in challenging environments.
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Identification and field testing of sex-attractant semiochemicals produced by male deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceFollowing previous reports that male deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus, produce chemical signals that attract conspecific females, we analysed and field-tested sex-attractant semiochemicals (message-bearing chemicals) of male deer mice.
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Behavioral restriction, lorazepam, and escitalopram uniquely influence the expression of naturalistic stereotypy in deer mice: perspectives on anxiety- and compulsive-like behavior [PDF]
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2022 Introduction: Stereotypical expression in laboratory-housed rodents can be explained by different motivational, coping, and motor dysfunction theories.
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SARS-CoV-2 infection, neuropathogenesis and transmission among deer mice: Implications for spillback to New World rodents. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2021 Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) emerged in late 2019 in China and rapidly became pandemic. As with other coronaviruses, a preponderance of evidence suggests the virus originated in horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus spp.) and may have infected an intermediate
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SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission in the North American deer mouse
Nature Communications, 2021 Deer mice are natural hosts for a number of human pathogens. Here, Griffin et al. report that intranasal exposure of the North American deer mouse to SARS-CoV-2 results in virus replication and shedding, despite causing only mild or asymptomatic illness.
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Anthropogenic noise decreases activity and calling behavior in wild mice [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Background Animals rely on sound to mediate a myriad of daily activities, and anthropogenic noise is a pollutant that alters the natural soundscape within which they are active.
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Deer Mice As Laboratory Animals [PDF]
ILAR Journal, 1998 Although laboratory mice (Mus) and rats (Rattus) are the most widely used research rodents, deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) and their congeneric species are favored as nontraditional alternatives for some purposes. Mice of the native genus Peromyscus are the most abundant and widely distributed rodents in North America.
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