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Habitat occupancy of sloth bear Melursus ursinus in Chitwan National Park, Nepal. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2022
Mammals around the world face serious threats and experience massive decline in their populations and geographic ranges. The sloth bear has become extinct from two of five range countries and the existing population face serious conservation threats.
Paudel RP, Kadariya R, Lamichhane BR, Subedi N, Sashika M, Shimozuru M, Tsubota T.   +6 more
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Chemical Immobilization of Sloth Bears (Melursus ursinus) with Ketamine Hydrochloride and Xylazine Hydrochloride: Hematology and Serum Biochemical Values. [PDF]

Vet Med Int, 2014
The present study was conducted to define the physiological responses of captive sloth bears immobilized with ketamine hydrochloride and xylazine hydrochloride and to determine and compare the values of hematology and serum biochemical parameters between
Veeraselvam M, Sridhar R, Perumal P, Jayathangaraj MG.   +3 more
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Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza A virus infection associated with respiratory signs in sloth bears (Melursus ursinus). [PDF]

Zoonoses Public Health, 2017
SummaryIn 2009, a pandemic influenza A virus (pH1N1) spread globally in humans and infected a broad range of captive animals with close human contact. In February 2014, a pH1N1 virus was isolated from a sloth bear with respiratory signs at a US zoo, demonstrating that recurring epidemics present an ongoing threat to animals, including threatened ...
Boedeker NC, Nelson MI, Killian ML, Torchetti MK, Barthel T, Murray S.   +5 more
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Sequencing and assembling bear genomes: the bare necessities. [PDF]

Front Zool, 2022
Unique genetic adaptations are present in bears of every species across the world. From (nearly) shutting down important organs during hibernation to preventing harm from lifestyles that could easily cause metabolic diseases in humans, bears may hold the
Willey C, Korstanje R.
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Tuberculosis infection in captive sloth bears (Melursus ursinus) : a pilot study on diagnostic strategies [PDF]

, 2016
RESUMO - Infeção por tuberculose em ursos-beiçudos (Melursus ursinus) em cativeiro - Um estudo piloto em estratégias diagnósticas - A Tuberculose (TB) provoca significativos índices de morbilidade e mortalidade em animais domésticos e selvagens, e em seres humanos, representando um considerável problema de saúde pública, sobretudo em países em vias de ...
Pereira, Maria Isabel Ribeiro
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OCULAR FINDINGS IN SLOTH BEARS (MELURSUS URSINUS) RESCUED FROM THE DANCING BEAR TRADE IN INDIA [PDF]

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
The aim of this study was to descriptively characterize the ophthalmic findings identified in 43 adult sloth bears (Melursus ursinus) rescued from the dancing bear trade in India and examined at two sloth bear rehabilitation centers in Agra and Bannerghatta nr. Bangalore.
Claudia, Hartley, Claudia, Busse, Marian Matas, Riera, Heather J, Bacon, Attur Shanmugam, Arun, Ilayaraja, Selvaraj, Kartick, Satyanarayan, Geetha, Seshamani, Alan, Knight   +8 more
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Essential Minerals Content in the Ethnozoological Products Used in the Folklore Medicines by the Tangkhul Tribe of Manipur, India [PDF]

, 2023
Background: Manipur lies in the north-eastern region of India under the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot having a rich variety of flora and fauna. Tangkhul tribes are main habitant of the Ukhrul district of Manipur and popular for using the products of ...
Oinam Ibochouba Singh, Laishram Robindro Singh, Jay Prakash Rajan, Keisham Shanta Devi, Kshetrimayum Birla Singh
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Hematology of Sloth Bears (Melursus ursinus ursinus) from Two Locations in India [PDF]

Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2008
Standard hematology parameters were determined for 122 sloth bears (Melursus ursinus ursinus) at the Sur Sarovar Bird Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh, India (27 degrees 0'N; 77 degrees 45'E), and the Bannerghatta Biological Park, Karnataka, India (12 degrees 48'N; 77 degrees 34'E) from March 2003 to July 2006.
Arun Attur, Shanmugam, Jadav Kajal, Kumar, Illayaraja, Selvaraj, Vimal, Selvaraj   +3 more
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A modified method for molecular identification of Baylisascaris transfuga in European brown bears (Ursus arctos) [PDF]

, 2017
Baylisascaris transfuga is a roundworm that has been reported worldwide in most bear species. In mammals and possibly humans, the larvae of B. transfuga can migrate in the tissues of aberrant hosts with larva migrans syndrome.
Gawor, Jakub, Gawor, Jan, Gromadka, Robert, Zięba, Filip, Zwijacz-Kozica, Tomasz   +4 more
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Mandible size and shape in extant Ursidae (Carnivora, Mammalia): A tool for taxonomy and ecogeography [PDF]

, 2017
The family Ursidae is currently one of the taxonomic groups with the lowest number of species among Carnivora. Extant bear species exhibit broad ecological adaptations both at inter- and intraspecific level, and taxonomic issues within this family remain
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