A new multiplex qPCR assay to detect and differentiate big cat species in the illegal wildlife trade
All species of big cats, including tigers, cheetahs, leopards, lions, snow leopards, and jaguars, are protected under the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). This is due in large part to population declines resulting from
Carol S. Henger +7 more
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Human-wildlife conflict, benefit sharing and the survival of lions in pastoralist community-based conservancies [PDF]
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Blackburn, Sara +5 more
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Cistos peribiliares em leão-africano (Panthera leo)
São descritos os achados macroscópicos e histopatológicos de cistos peribiliares em uma fêmea adulta de leão-africano (Panthera leo). Macroscopicamente, todos os lobos hepáticos continham numerosos cistos preenchidos por líquido translúcido ...
Ricardo B. Lucena +2 more
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Equal contributions of feline immunodeficiency virus and coinfections to morbidity in African lions
Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is a pathogenic lentivirus related to human and simian immunodeficiency viruses that has been associated with AIDS-like pathologies in domestic and wild cats, as well as in hyenas.
Heather Broughton +4 more
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Usage of Specialized Fence-Gaps in a Black Rhinoceros Conservancy in Kenya [PDF]
Fencing is increasingly used in wildlife conservation. Keeping wildlife segregated from local communities, while permitting wildlife access to the greater landscape matrix is a complex task.
Davidson, Zeke +4 more
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Ecological thresholds and large carnivores conservation: Implications for the Amur tiger and leopard in China [PDF]
The ecological threshold concept describes how changes in one or more factors at thresholds can result in a large shift in the state of an ecosystem. This concept focuses attention on limiting factors that affect the tolerance of systems or organisms and
Holyoak, M, Jiang, G, Ning, Y, Qi, J
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Five years of mortality data of impala Aepyceros melampus, blue wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus, buffalo Syncerus caffer and kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros have been used to describe the minimum mortality profiles of the respective species in an open ...
H.P. Cronje, B.K. Reilly, I.D. Macfadyen
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Morphologic and morphometric data of a lion-like cat skull found in the Zandobbio (Lombardy -Italy) Eemian ossiferous rubble and stored in the Civic Museum of Natural History "E. Caffi" of Bergamo are presented.
FABIO BONA
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Bacteria isolated from Bengal cat (Felis catus × Prionailurus bengalensis) anal sac secretions produce volatile compounds potentially associated with animal signaling. [PDF]
In social animals, scent secretions and marking behaviors play critical roles in communication, including intraspecific signals, such as identifying individuals and group membership, as well as interspecific signaling.
Cho, Adrienne W +8 more
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Estudio paleontológico de un esqueleto de león (Panthera leo) de la Sima de Azoleta (Gorbeia, Alava) [PDF]
Se estudia la biometría de un esqueleto casi completo de león (Panthera leo) hallado en la cueva de Azoleta (Alava, España). Se completa con un catálogo actualizado de hallazgos de esta especie en la Región Cantábrica.
Pedro Castaños
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