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Facing Danger: Exploring Personality and Reactions of European Hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) towards Robotic Lawn Mowers

Animals, 2023
The populations of European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) are in decline, and it is essential that research identifies and mitigates the factors causing this.
Sophie Lund Rasmussen, Bettina Thuland Schrøder, Anne Berger, David W. Macdonald, Cino Pertoldi, Elodie Floriane Briefer, Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup   +6 more
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Trade in hedgehogs (Mammalia: Erinaceidae) in Morocco, with an overview of their trade for medicinal purposes throughout Africa and Eurasia

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2015
Hedgehogs are traded locally and often in relatively small num--bers throughout Eurasia and Africa.  We here report on the trade in North African Hedgehog Atelerix algirus and to a smaller extent possibly the Desert Hedgehog Paraechinus aethiopicus in ...
Vincent Nijman, Daniel Bergin
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Clonal dissemination of successful emerging clone mecA-MRSA t304/ST6 among humans and hedgehogs in the Helsinki metropolitan area in Finland

One Health, 2023
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carrying mecC gene (mecC-MRSA) is frequently reported among European hedgehogs (Europeaus erineaus) due to co-evolutionary adaptation to dermatophyte infection in European hedgehogs.
Johansson Venla, Al-Mustapha Ahmad, Heljanko Viivi, Lindholm Laura, Salmenlinna Saara, Sainmaa Sanna, Heikinheimo Annamari   +6 more
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The evaluation of normal ocular parameters in two breeds of hedgehogs

Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2023
Objectives The purpose of this study was to evaluate conjunctival microflora and measure normal tear production and intraocular pressure (IOP) in two breeds of hedgehogs (long‐eared hedgehogs and Brandt's hedgehogs).
Ghazal Aftab, Farnoosh Arfaee, Ahmad Asghari, Taghi Zahraei Salehi   +3 more
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Co-existence of Multiple Anaplasma Species and Variants in Ticks Feeding on Hedgehogs or Cattle Poses Potential Threats of Anaplasmosis to Humans and Livestock in Eastern China

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
BackgroundAnaplasma spp., causative agents of anaplasmosis, pose significant a threat to public health and economic losses in livestock farming. Co-infections/co-existence of various Anaplasma spp.
Yong Qi, Yong Qi, Lele Ai, Lele Ai, Changqiang Zhu, Changqiang Zhu, Changqiang Zhu, Yongfeng Lu, Ruichen Lv, Ruichen Lv, Yingqing Mao, Yingqing Mao, Nianhong Lu, Nianhong Lu, Weilong Tan, Weilong Tan   +15 more
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Hedgehogs as Amplifying Hosts of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus, China

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) is a tickborne bandavirus mainly transmitted by Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks in East Asia, mostly in rural areas.
Chaoyue Zhao, Xing Zhang, Xiaoxi Si, Ling Ye, Kevin Lawrence, Yajun Lu, Chunhong Du, Haidong Xu, Qian Yang, Qianfeng Xia, Guoxiang Yu, Wei Xu, Fei Yuan, Junfeng Hao, Jia-Fu Jiang, Aihua Zheng   +15 more
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Moving in the Dark—Evidence for an Influence of Artificial Light at Night on the Movement Behaviour of European Hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus)

Animals, 2020
With urban areas growing worldwide comes an increase in artificial light at night (ALAN), causing a significant impact on wildlife behaviour and its ecological relationships.
Anne Berger, Briseida Lozano, Leon M. F. Barthel, Nadine Schubert   +3 more
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Ecology of the Daurian Hedgehog ( Hemiechinus dauuricus ) in Ikh Nart Nature Reserve, Mongolia: Preliminary Findings [PDF]

Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences, 2006
The Daurian hedgehog ranges across northern Mongolia, southern Siberia, and northern China. However, few details of the species’ behavior, ecology, or distribution are known. We conducted a pilot study of the ranging behavior and
James D. Murdoch, Batdorj Sodnompil, Suuri Buyandelger, David Kenny, Richard P. Reading   +4 more
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Testing the Impact of Robotic Lawn Mowers on European Hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) and Designing a Safety Test

Animals, 2023
Previous research has established that some models of robotic lawn mowers are potentially harmful to hedgehogs. As the market for robotic lawn mowers is expanding rapidly and the populations of European hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) are in decline, it ...
Sophie Lund Rasmussen, Bettina Thuland Schrøder, Anne Berger, Rahel Sollmann, David W. Macdonald, Cino Pertoldi, Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup   +6 more
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Wildlife Conservation at a Garden Level: The Effect of Robotic Lawn Mowers on European Hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus)

Animals, 2021
We tested the effects of 18 models of robotic lawn mowers in collision with dead European hedgehogs and quantified the results into six damage categories.
Sophie Lund Rasmussen, Ane Elise Schrøder, Ronja Mathiesen, Jeppe Lund Nielsen, Cino Pertoldi, David W. Macdonald   +5 more
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