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Parasitological examination results of zoo animals in Germany between 2012 and 2022 [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
Parasitic infections in zoo animals are a critical concern for both animal health and management. The aim of this study was to assess the occurrence of endo- and ectoparasites among zoo animals in Germany.
Lea-Christina Murnik   +7 more
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First Genomic Evidence of a Henipa-like Virus in Brazil

open access: yesViruses, 2022
The viral genus Henipavirus includes two highly virulent zoonotic viruses of serious public health concern. Hendra henipavirus and Nipah henipavirus outbreaks are restricted to Australia and Southeast Asia, respectively.
Leonardo H. Almeida Hernández   +9 more
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Mammalian forelimb evolution is driven by uneven proximal-to-distal morphological diversity

open access: yeseLife, 2023
Vertebrate limb morphology often reflects the environment due to variation in locomotor requirements. However, proximal and distal limb segments may evolve differently from one another, reflecting an anatomical gradient of functional specialization that ...
Priscila S Rothier   +4 more
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First Report of Bartonella spp. in Marsupials from Brazil, with a Description of Bartonella harrusi sp. nov. and a New Proposal for the Taxonomic Reclassification of Species of the Genus Bartonella

open access: yesMicroorganisms, 2022
The genus Bartonella (Rhizobiales: Bartonellaceae) encompasses facultative intracellular Gram-negative alphaproteobacteria that parasitize mainly erythrocytes and endothelial cells, as well as macrophages, monocytes and dendritic cells. Although they can
Renan Bressianini do Amaral   +9 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the vulnerable Australian crest-tailed mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda)

open access: yesMitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021
In this announcement, we report the complete mitogenome of the vulnerable Crest-tailed Mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda) (Krefft, 1867). The mitogenome was 17,085 bp in length and contained 13 protein-coding genes, two rRNA genes, 22 tRNAs and a 1583 bp ...
Jaco D. Zandberg   +4 more
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Evolution of the patella and patelloid in marsupial mammals [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2020
The musculoskeletal system of marsupial mammals has numerous unusual features beyond the pouch and epipubic bones. One example is the widespread absence or reduction (to a fibrous “patelloid”) of the patella (“kneecap”) sesamoid bone, but prior studies ...
Alice L. Denyer   +2 more
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Cranial anatomy of the earliest marsupials and the origin of opossums. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2009
BackgroundThe early evolution of living marsupials is poorly understood in part because the early offshoots of this group are known almost exclusively from jaws and teeth.
Inés Horovitz   +5 more
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UNA NUEVA ESPECIE DE LUTREOLINA THOMAS, 1910 (MARSUPIALIA, DIDELPHIDAE) DEL PLEISTOCENO TEMPRANO DE LA PAMPA AUSTRAL (PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA)

open access: yesPublicación Electrónica de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina, 2023
Se describe a Lutreolina tonnii sp. nov. (Mammalia, Metatheria, Marsupialia, Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) procedente de niveles del Pleistoceno Temprano (o Temprano–Medio) de las barrancas costeras de los alrededores de Necochea, Provincia de Buenos ...
Francisco J. Goin, Martín de los Reyes
doaj   +1 more source

KARAKTERISTIK MORFOLOGI ESOFAGUS DAN LAMBUNG BANDIKUT (Echymipera kalubu) (Esophagus and Stomach Morphological Characteristic of Bandicoot Echymipera kalubu (Marsupialia: Peroryctidae))

open access: yesJurnal Kedokteran Hewan, 2016
The morphological characteristics of the stomach and esophagus of five adults bandicoot (Echymipera kalubu) with average 1.16±0.29 kg in body weight and 38.2±4.76 cm in body length were studied macroscopically, microscopically and histochemically.
Ursula Paulawati Maker   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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