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Reproduction in urban commensal rodents: the case of Mastomys natalensis from Niamey, Niger

, 2014
International audienceMost wild Sahelian rodents display a seasonal reproduction that is usually related to rainfall, hence resources availability. Mastomys natalensis is a well-documented and major pest rodent species.
Garba, Madougou, Dobigny, Gauthier, G., Dobigny, Gauthier,   +2 more
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Isozyme and allozyme markers distinguishing two morphologically similar, medically important Mastomys species (Rodentia: Muridae)

BMC Genetics, 2001
Background Two common southern African mice species, Mastomys coucha and M. natalensis, are widely distributed throughout the subregion and overlap in many areas.
Van der Bank Herman FH, Smit Andre A
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Outbreak of lassa fever in Nigeria: measures for prevention and control

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2016
Lassa fever, an acute viral haemorrhagic fever, extremely virulent and often infectious, occurs very frequently in different parts of Nigeria [1-4] and affects approximately 100,000-500,000 persons per year in West Africa.
Kehinde Charles Mofolorunsho
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Evaluation of live attenuated plague vaccines in Praomys (Mastomys) natalensis [PDF]

Infection and Immunity, 1977
A live attenuated Yersinia pestis vaccine designated EV76-51f, which had previously been shown to be pathogenic in vervet monkeys but not in guinea pigs, was tested in the multimammate mouse Praomys (Mastomys) natalensis. Doses of 10(6) viable organisms inoculated subcutaneously as either a lyophilized suspension or an agar-grown culture resulted in ...
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Small mammals as hosts of immature ixodid ticks

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2005
Two hundred and twenty-five small mammals belonging to 16 species were examined for ticks in Free State, Mpumalanga and Limpopo Provinces, South Africa, and 18 ixodid tick species, of which two could only be identified to genus level, were recovered ...
I.G. Horak, L.J. Fourie, L.E.O. Braack
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Survival and recruitment of the multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis (Smith 1834), in a rice agro-ecosystem [PDF]

, 2015
We investigated the recruitment and survival of the multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis, within irrigated rice and fallow field habitats at different time periods related to rice crop growth stages.
Mdangi, M.E., Mchomvu, Margaret, Protas Tesha, Massawe, A.W., Mchomvu, M., Kilonzo, B., Katakweba, A. S., Ara Monadjem, Massawe, A. W., Loth S. Mulungu, Kilonzo, Bukheti, Katakweba, A.S., Apia W. Massawe, Tesha, P., Margaret Mchomvu, Ngowo, V., Abdul S. Katakweba, Tesha, Protas, Steven R. Belmain, Mulungu, Loth S., Belmain, S. R., Massawe, Apia W., Monadjem, Ara, Monadjem, A., Mdangi, M. E., Furaha P. Mrosso, Ngowo, Victoria, Mrosso, Furaha P., Mashaka E. Mdangi, Belmain, Steven R., Mrosso, F.P., Bukheti Kilonzo, Katakweba, Abdul S., Belmain, S.R., Mulungu, L. S., Mdangi, Mashaka E., Victoria Ngowo, Mrosso, F. P.   +37 more
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Comparative non-metric and morphometric analyses of rats at residential halls of the University of Benin campus, Nigeria

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2018
Background: In mammals and across rat species, the variation in conformation is markedly observed in the head and the variation in the shape of the head is mostly determined by the shape of the skull.
Amienwanlen E. Odigie, Kazeem O. Ekeolu, Daniel O. Asemota, Edwin A. Uwagie-Ero, Isoken T. Aighewi, Stephena U. Ighedosa, Stella F. Usifoh, Babasola O. Olugasa, Osadolor Asemota, Toyin E. Fagboya   +9 more
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Food deprivation and drinking in two African rodents, Mastomys natalensis and Rhabdomys pumilio

, 2017
Mastomys natalensis and Rhabdomys pumilio from the moist Natal Midlands, South Africa, were deprived of food in the laboratory. Both species exhibited hypodipsia while fasting and, in terms of a hypothesis proposed by Wright (1976), therefore appear to ...
Willan, K, Meester, J
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Mastomys natalensis as alternative model in studies on experimental schistosomiasis mansoni

, 1984
Foram estudados aspectos da infecção e da imunidade experimentais em um roedor o Mastomys natalensis inoculado com a cepa LE (Belo Horizonte) do Schistosoma mansoni, comparando os resultados com os do camundongo albino, animal tido como melhor modelo ...
Campos, Rubens, Campos, Carlos Alberto Moreira, Pereira, Leógenes Horácio   +2 more
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Prevalence of Ectoparasites and Hemoparasites in Rodents and Shrews in Ilemela District, Mwanza Region, Tanzania

Journal of Applied Veterinary Science and Technology
Background: Rodents and shrews play an important role in the transmission and spreading of zoonotic diseases in Tanzania and worldwide. Purpose: This study aims to identify ectoparasites and hemoparasites in rodents and shrews captured in Ilemela ...
Aheir Achuil Deng, Emmanel P. Lita, Erneo Bernardo Ochi, Jahashi Nzalawahe, Abdul A. S. Katakweba   +4 more
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