Pilot Study: Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability Indices in Mules Evaluated by 24-Hour Electrocardiogram [PDF]
AnimalsMules and donkeys are the 5th largest equine population in the U.S., yet basic information such as heart rate and arrhythmia prevalence in mules has not been described.
Lauren T. Maas +4 more
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DMRT3 Allele Frequencies in Batida- and Picada-Gaited Donkeys and Mules in Brazil [PDF]
Animals, 2023 In Brazil, the production of mules with a comfortable gait primarily involves the breeding of marching saddle mules. This is achieved by crossing gaited Pêga donkeys with horses from the Mangalarga Marchador and Campolina breeds.
Mariana Herman +8 more
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Stoicism or Defeat? The Psychological Impact of the Kiln Environment on Working Donkeys and Mules [PDF]
AnimalsOne of the most problematic situations for the estimated 60 million working donkeys and mules across the world is within the brick kiln environment. In countries such as Egypt, Nepal, India and Pakistan, donkeys and mules carry dried bricks into small ...
Katy Taylor +2 more
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Mule trains to mountain roads: the role of working mules in supporting resilient communities in the Himalayas [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceWorking equids play a central role in mountainous communities, but their work often goes unnoticed by the wider world, with sparse documentation of their role, value, or welfare – a state which often extends to their human counterparts.
Laura M. Kubasiewicz +4 more
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Working like a mule? The physiological toll of heavy loads on mules [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceBackgroundWorking mules are essential for human livelihoods, yet scientific evidence on their physiological limits during load-carrying tasks remains scarce.ObjectivesTo evaluate the physiological responses of mules to increasing loads during short ...
Tamara Tadich +4 more
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Viral Diseases that Affect Donkeys and Mules
Animals, 2020 Donkeys (Equus asinus) and mules represent approximately 50% of the entire domestic equine herd in the world and play an essential role in the lives of thousands of people, primarily in developing countries.
Rebeca Jéssica Falcão Câmara +2 more
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Non-invasive biomarkers to diagnose and monitor eosinophilic esophagitis: a systematic review [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineBackground and aimsCurrent assessments for diagnosing and monitoring eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) are invasive, time-intensive and costly. The development of non-invasive biomarkers that are sensitive and specific for EoE is paramount.
Sophia-Louise Noble +7 more
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eNeurologicalSci, 2021 Objective: The Mobile Universal Lexicon Evaluation System (MULES) is a rapid picture naming task that captures extensive brain networks involving neurocognitive, afferent/efferent visual, and language pathways.
Jenna Conway +8 more
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Animals, 2023 After parturition, a rapid transition occurs from the intrauterine to the extrauterine milieu, exposing neonates to physiological circumstances characterized by oxidative conditions that instigate the generation of reactive oxygen species.
Amanda Vallone Riccio +9 more
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Nested insertions and accumulation of indels are negatively correlated with abundance of mutator-like transposable elements in maize and rice. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Mutator-like transposable elements (MULEs) are widespread in plants and were first discovered in maize where there are a total of 12,900 MULEs. In comparison, rice, with a much smaller genome, harbors over 30,000 MULEs.
Dongyan Zhao, Ning Jiang
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