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Background Chronic stress is implicated in behavioral and health issues in cats, but methods for recognition, evaluation, and measurement of stress are lacking. Cortisol concentration is typically used as an indicator of stress.
Elena T. Contreras +3 more
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Recolonization or range expansion of large marine predators can be facilitated by reestablishing formally important trophic linkages within intact coastal marine food webs.
L. C. Wing +4 more
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Variations in coat morphology are well documented among felids and are theorised to aid in camouflage during stalk and ambush hunting. A diverse array of coat types has arisen in Felis catus (feral cats) through domestication and subsequent selective ...
Alexandra J. Paton +2 more
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Processing of Leather and Furs in the Localities from the North of the Republic of Moldova [PDF]
In this article we set out as a goal to appoint some artisans in the field of manufacturing from leather and fur of various clothing items, accessories, harness pieces.
Ana ISCHIMJI
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Singeing of goat and cow hides is the major process by which fur on the skin of slaughtered animals is burnt in open fire using materials like firewood and charcoal because it preserves the animal’s hide for consumption.
Sulaiman Aliyu +4 more
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Aeromonas hydrophila, a ubiquitous bacterium in aquatic habitats with broad host ranges, has earned the nickname of a ‘Jack-of-all-trades’. However, there is still a limited understanding of the mechanism of how this bacterium fit the competition with ...
Jihong Li +15 more
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Using Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) as a bioindicator of environmental health, across some Egyptian Governorates [PDF]
Bats are a good animal model of monitoring habitat pollution by heavy metal concentration assessment. A total of 50 Egyptian fruit bat were sampled from five governorates: Beni Suef, Damietta, Fayoum, Giza and Menofia.
Basma Sheta, Mokhtar Beheary
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Imprinted Dlk1-Gtl2 cluster miRNAs are potential epigenetic regulators of lamb fur quality
Background Tan and Hu sheep are well-known local breeds in China, producing lamb fur with unique ornamental and practical values highly appreciated by consumers worldwide.
Letian Zhang +6 more
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On the move: sloths and their epibionts as model mobile ecosystems
ABSTRACT Sloths are unusual mobile ecosystems, containing a high diversity of epibionts living and growing in their fur as they climb slowly through the canopies of tropical forests. These epibionts include poorly studied algae, arthropods, fungi, and bacteria, making sloths likely reservoirs of unexplored biodiversity.
Maya Kaup, Sam Trull, Erik F. Y. Hom
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ALFA: A framework for building distributed applications [PDF]
The ALFA framework is a joint development between ALICE Online-Offline and FairRoot teams. ALFA has a distributed architecture, i.e. a collection of highly maintainable, testable, loosely coupled, independently deployable processes.
Al-Turany Mohammad +9 more
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