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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Marine traffic has been identified as a serious threat to Mediterranean cetaceans with few mitigation strategies in place. With only limited research effort within the Eastern Basin, neither baseline species knowledge nor the magnitude of threats have ...
Tim Awbery +12 more
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Polar Research, 2023 The Spitsbergen population of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) was harvested to near extinction during the whaling era. Here, we show possible signs of recovery of the population by reporting observations of two calves in the Scoresby Sund polynya in ...
Outi M. Tervo +4 more
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Tusk anomalies in narwhals (Monodon monoceros) from Greenland
Polar Research, 2022 The elongated, spiraled tusk of male narwhals (Monodon monoceros) grows continuously throughout the life of the whale and is most likely a secondary sexual trait used in male–male hierarchical competition and possibly in female mate choice.
Eva Garde, Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen
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Pathogens, 2023 Encephalitozoon cuniculi is a microsporidial parasite that primarily infects domestic rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). It is the causative agent of encephalitozoonosis, a disease with an internationally recognized seroprevalence among rabbits. This study
Maruša Škrbec +7 more
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Veterinary Sciences, 2021 Tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) is a noninvasive sonographic method of acquiring and quantifying myocardial velocities. This technique is used in human and small animal medicine to diagnose cardiac diseases.
Marko Legler +3 more
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Pangolins in eastern Nepal: trade and ethno-medicinal importance
Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2015 Pangolin populations are declining globally due to illicit trade for meat and ethno-medicinal practices. We performed semi-structured interviews to analyze scenario of trade activities and documented the ethno-medicinal importance of pangolins in four ...
Hem Bahadur Katuwal +4 more
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023 Cetacean morbillivirus (CeMV) has caused several outbreaks, unusual mortality events, and interepidemic single-lethal disease episodes in the Mediterranean Sea.
Ignacio Vargas-Castro +13 more
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A hierarchical distance sampling model to estimate spatially explicit sea otter density
Ecosphere, 2021 Wildlife managers often rely on analyses conducted prior to the widespread adoption of hierarchical models which can lead to questions about the accuracy of previous inferences.
Ryan R. Wilson +2 more
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Veterinary Sciences, 2021 The use of pesticides is associated with the decline of several avian species. In this study, we monitored the organochlorine contaminants in common swifts (Apus apus) in the years 2016 to 2018.
Warakorn Tiyawattanaroj +3 more
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The influence of anaesthesia with isoflurane on the pulmonary and aortic blood flow of Racing Pigeons (Columba livia f. domestica) measured by pulsed wave Doppler echocardiography [PDF]
Open Veterinary Journal, 2019 Doppler echocardiographic examinations are an important technique for evaluating the blood flow also in avian cardiology. The influence of anaesthesia on the blood flow in the heart is in detail unknown for most avian species.
Marko Legler +3 more
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