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Limited genetic variability of Cytauxzoon felis apical membrane antigen-1 (ama1) from domestic cats and bobcats

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Background Cytauxzoon felis is a tick-transmitted apicomplexan that causes cytauxzoonosis in domestic cats (Felis catus). Even with intensive care, the mortality rate of acute cytauxzoonosis approaches 40% in domestic cats, while bobcats (Lynx rufus ...
Jaime L. Tarigo, Lisa S. Kelly, Holly M. Brown, David S. Peterson   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spatio-temporal variation in predation by urban domestic cats (Felis catus) and the acceptability of possible management actions in the UK [PDF]

, 2012
Urban domestic cat (Felis catus) populations can attain exceedingly high densities and are not limited by natural prey availability. This has generated concerns that they may negatively affect prey populations, leading to calls for management.
AR Holt, B Tschanz, BM Fitzgerald, C Driscoll, C Gillies, C Shirley, CA Lepczyk, CR Dickman, DE Chamberlain, DG Barratt, DG Barratt, EM Metsers, G Proulx, GD Ruxton, GJ Patronek, GM Siriwardena, J Coleman, J Grayson, J McNicholas, J Tratalos, JC Reynolds, JK Gordon, JK Murray, KR Crooks, KU Karanth, M Calver, M Lilith, M Lilith, M Nogales, M Woods, Mark D. E. Fellowes, Matt Hayward, MC Calver, MW Hayward, Philip J. Baker, PJ Baker, PJ Baker, PJ Jarvis, Rebecca L. Thomas, RJ Moll, RK Smith, RM May, RW Kays, SA Morgan, SE Newson, SH Nelson, SH Nelson, SJ Ash, T Smit, V Sims, WG George, Y van Heezik   +51 more
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Extinction Debt Paid Off: The Demise of the European Polecat (Mustela putorius) in NE Iberia

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We studied a vanishing polecat population for a decade, until its ultimate demise, using camera trap and roadkill data, landscape descriptors and dietary and toxicological analyses.Polecat favoured farmland and avoided forests and water bodies occupied by the invasive American mink.
Salvador Salvador, Roger Puig‐Gironès, Xavier Llopart, Santiago Palazón, Miguel Clavero   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Análise de proteínas de leucócitos polimorfonucleares de gatos domésticos

Semina: Ciências Agrárias
Os neutrófilos são a primeira linha de defesa contra os microrganismos, sendo assim, uma célula muito importante na imunidade inata. Objetivou-se com este estudo caracterizar o proteoma de neutrófilo de Felis catus.
Gabriela Mota Sena de Oliveira, Irma Yuliana Mora Ocampo, Carlos Priminho Pirovani, José Luís Menezes Varjão, Alexandre Dias Munhoz   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disentangling Multitrophic Interactions: How Vegetation Cover, Wild Boar, Deer, and Predators Shape Rodents Activity and Acorn Dispersal

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Vegetation cover promotes rodent activity and acorn dispersal, while wild boars exert a direct negative effect on mice. Conversely, deer and predators displayed no significant impact on rodent behavior. These results identify wild boars as the main disruptors of rodent‐mediated forest regeneration.
David Notario Rincón, Alberto Muñoz, Rafael Barrientos, Álvaro Gaytán, Lucía Cano, Pablo Quiles, Luis Sánchez, Alejandro Redondo, Alexander Cisneros, Raúl Bonal   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Survey of vector-borne agents in feral cats and first report of Babesia gibsoni in cats on St Kitts, West Indies [PDF]

, 2017
Background: As there is little data on vector-borne diseases of cats in the Caribbean region and even around the world, we tested feral cats from St Kitts by PCR to detect infections with Babesia, Ehrlichia and spotted fever group Rickettsia (SFGR) and
Branford, Gillian Carmichael, Huang, Ke, Kelly, Patrick john, Köster, Liza, Li, Jing, Marchi, Silvia, Vandenplas, Michel, Wang, Chengming, Zhang, Jilei   +8 more
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Relationships Between European Wildcats and Domestic Cats in an Area of Sympatry: Exploring Key Conservation Questions on Hybridization and Disease Transmission

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
We have found evidence of behavioural barriers for both hybridization and disease transmission between European wildcats and domestic cats. This includes hierarchical interspecies exclusion enforced by wildcats, as well as sexual selection exerted by wildcat females.
Jose María Gil‐Sánchez, Elena Bertos, Mariola Sánchez‐Cerdá, Emilio Virgós, Marcos Moleón   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anticoagulant Rodenticides Contribute to a Decline in an Urban Carnivore

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
Anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs) have been shown to negatively affect carnivores globally and are closely tied to human activity and development. We examined drivers of annual survival in bobcats persisting on a residentially developed barrier island over 16 years.
Meghan P. Keating, Catherine M. Bodinof Jachowski, Duane R. Diefenbach, James D. Jordan, Nicole M. Nemeth, Thomas R. Rainwater, Gregory K. Yarrow, David S. Jachowski   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human-cat relationship in an oceanic biosphere reserve: the case of La Palma Island, Canary archipelago [PDF]

, 2016
Removal of feral cats from island environments is a useful mechanism by which their ecological impact on endangered species can be reduced or ended. Nevertheless, because cats are anthropogenic in their origins, social perceptions of management practices
Aguilar, Aguilar, Aguilar, Ash, Beckman, Bonnaud, Bridgewater, Campbell, del Arco, DIISE, Driscoll, Elsa Bonnaud, Farnworth, Farnworth, Farnworth, Farnworth, Finkler, Fitzgerald, Franklin, Félix M. Medina, Haspel, Hervías, Kays, Lepczyk, Liberg, Lohr, Lowe, Loyd, Manuel Nogales, Mark J. Farnworth, Medina, Medina, Medina, Metsers, Nogales, Nogales, Oppel, Oppel, Parkes, Perry, Proulx, Rando, Rice, Tschanz, Turner, van Heezik, White, Woods   +47 more
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Scaling of internal joint distance in the elbow of small‐ to medium‐sized mammals: Implications for range of motion analyses

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
We investigated the internal joint distances (IJDs) of the humero‐ulnar and humero‐radial joint, within a sample of 15 small‐ to medium‐sized mammals and report isometric results. We also found that joint poses had no effect on IJDs and that IJDs scale isometrically within small species.
Adrian Scheidt, Alina C. E. Renk, John A. Nyakatura   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source