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Eloquent Alogia: Animal Narrators in Ancient Greek Literature

open access: yesHumanities, 2017
Classical Greek literature presents a variety of speaking animals. These are not, of course, the actual voices of animals but human projections. In a culture that aligns verbal mastery with social standing, verbal animals present a conundrum that speaks ...
Tom Hawkins
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The King in Exile: Ecocriticism, Lawrence and Animals

open access: yesÉtudes Lawrenciennes, 2021
According to Timothy Morton Lawrence’s “ecological awareness” has a fivefold basis: a rousseauesque critique of civilization, the cultural pessimism of the late nineteenth century, the experience of growing up in an environment profoundly affected by ...
Peter Fjågesund
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An Analysis of Rabies Incidence and Its Geographic Spread in the Buffer Area Among Orally Vaccinated Wildlife in Ukraine From 2012 to 2016

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019
The statistics of rabies cases in Volyn, Lviv, and Zakarpattia oblasts of Ukraine from 2012 to 2016 were analyzed to establish spatial–temporal distribution of rabies endemic outbreaks and to identify causes of widespread infections among wild and ...
Ivan Polupan   +7 more
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Isolation of extended‐spectrum β‐lactamase‐producing Escherichia coli from Japanese red fox (Vulpes vulpes japonica)

open access: yesMicrobiologyOpen, 2022
Antimicrobial resistance is a global concern requiring a one‐health approach. Given wild animals can harbor antimicrobial‐resistant bacteria (ARB), we investigated their presence in 11 fecal samples from wild animals using deoxycholate hydrogen sulfide ...
Tetsuo Asai   +4 more
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Imported disease of dogs and cats exotic to Ireland: echinococcus multilocularis

open access: yesIrish Veterinary Journal, 2006
Changes in legislation that facilitate the movement of animals within the European Union may increase the risk that some microbial and parasitic organisms, currently exotic to Ireland, will be introduced by travelled pet animals.
Goodfellow Mark, Shaw Susan, Morgan Eric
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IGF1 Gene Polymorphism in Selected Species of the Canidae Family

open access: yesActa Veterinaria, 2017
The gene IGF1 has been shown to have a significant influence on the size of individuals, including animals of the Canidae family. In this study we determined SNP mutations of the IGF1 gene in dogs, raccoon dogs and farmed and free-living red foxes from ...
Jakubczak Andrzej   +3 more
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The Taurus Mountains, the Hotspot of Western Palearctic Biodiversity, Is in Danger: Marble Quarries Affect Wildlife

open access: yesDiversity
The Taurus Mountains in the Mediterranean Coastal Basin, considered a biodiversity hotspot, have a rich biodiversity in the Western Palearctic. The number of marble quarries in the Taurus Mountains has dramatically expanded over the past ten years.
Tamer Albayrak, Tamer Yılmaz
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The Devil’s Threat in Medieval Bestiaries: Recognizing and Resisting Evil in the Dragon, Serpent, Wolf, Fox, Ape, Whale, Hawk, Partridge, and Raven

open access: yesÍtaca
To medieval contemplatives, the devil posed a clear spiritual threat to those seeking to be piously devoted to Jesus. To avoid the plotting of the devil, monastics were advised to pray and study the scriptures.
Jane Beal
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Opposing effects of inhibitors of Aurora-A and EGFR in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD)

open access: yesFrontiers in Oncology, 2015
Aurora-A kinase (AURKA) overexpression in numerous tumors induces aneuploidy, in part because of cytokinetic defects. Alisertib and other small-molecule inhibitors targeting AURKA are effective in some patients as monotherapies or combination therapies.
Anna S Nikonova   +7 more
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Intestinal helminths of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in north-west Italy

open access: yesHelminthologia, 2016
A total of 180 foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from an area scarcely investigated of north-west Italy, were examined for intestinal helminths using sedimentation and counting technique (SCT).
Magi M.   +4 more
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