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Evaluation of different antiparasitic molecules in captive mammals at Rabat Zoo, Maroc [PDF]

open access: yesMedicamentul Veterinar, 2022
At the Rabat zoological garden, 30 species belonging to 5 mammalian orders were investigated for the prevalence of gastrointestinal and pulmonary parasites by fecal analysis, and the prevalence rate was found to be 70%, with 21 species revealed infected.
Yahya Taki   +2 more
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A 50‐year perspective on the use and potential of artiodactyl calcanei in bone adaptation studies

open access: yesBiological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 1, Page 437-485, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Sheep and deer calcanei are important models for studying cortical (compact) and trabecular (cancellous) bone adaptation because they are amenable to direct strain measurement (due to lack of surrounding muscles), experience relatively simple/unidirectional bending, exhibit osteon remodelling, and have the most pronounced regional variations ...
John G. Skedros
wiley   +1 more source

Contrasted patterns of evolution of the LINE-1 retrotransposon in perissodactyls: the history of a LINE-1 extinction

open access: yesMobile DNA, 2018
Background LINE-1 (L1) is the dominant autonomously replicating non-LTR retrotransposon in mammals. Although our knowledge of L1 evolution across the tree of life has considerably improved in recent years, what we know of L1 evolution in mammals is ...
Akash Sookdeo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Brain of the Black (Diceros bicornis) and White (Ceratotherium simum) African Rhinoceroses: Morphology and Volumetrics from Magnetic Resonance Imaging

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2017
The morphology and volumetrics of the understudied brains of two iconic large terrestrial African mammals: the black (Diceros bicornis) and white (Ceratotherium simum) rhinoceroses are described.
Adhil Bhagwandin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of species interactions in shaping the geographic pattern of ungulate abundance across African savannah

open access: yesScientific Reports
Macroecologists traditionally emphasized the role of environmental variables for predicting species distribution and abundance at large scale. While biotic factors have been increasingly recognized as important at macroecological scales, producing ...
N. Pranzini   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Campamento Vespucio, una nueva localidad con mamíferos pleistocenos en la provincia de Salta, Argentina

open access: yesEstudios Geologicos, 2012
En la presente contribución damos a conocer una nueva localidad con mamíferos fósiles pleistocenos, provenientes de una región poco explorada. Los materiales fueron hallados en la Quebrada del Aguay, en Campamento Vespucio, localidad de General Mosconi ...
G. G. Zacarías   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hippidion saldiasi Roth, 1899 (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) en el Pleistoceno tardío de Calama, norte de Chile Late Pleistocene Hippidion saldiasi Roth, 1899 (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from Calama, northern Chile

open access: yesRevista Chilena de Historia Natural, 2007
Se describen restos del género Hippidion procedentes de la zona del desierto de Atacama (Calama, Segunda Región de Chile). El conjunto analizado corresponde a un esqueleto bastante completo proveniente del yacimiento Betecsa 1, así como escasas unidades ...
MARÍA TERESA ALBERDI   +4 more
doaj  

History and development of research on wildlife parasites in southern Africa, with emphasis on terrestrial mammals, especially ungulates

open access: yesInternational Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2015
The history of wildlife parasitology in South Africa, and to some extent southern Africa, is reviewed, giving a brief overview of the early years and following its development from the founding of the Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute in 1908 until the ...
Kerstin Junker   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Les Rhinocerotidae (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) miocènes et pliocènes des Tugen Hills (Kénya)

open access: yesEstudios Geologicos, 2011
[fr] Plus de 70 restes déterminables appartenant à neuf espèces de Rhinocerotidae ont été recueillis dans 26 gisements miocènes et pliocènes des Tugen Hills, les plus riches étant Cheboit, Kapsomin, Kipsaraman et Tabarin.
C. Guérin
doaj   +1 more source

Os animais na fraseologia brasileira

open access: yesRevista de Ciências Humanas, 2012
Os animais são utilizados como referência para desenvolver o comportamento, aspecto físico, personalidade e estados subjetivos de uma pessoa (e. g., mosca: pessoa importuna ou insistente; cacarejar: palrar monotonamente, tagarelar).
Rogério Ferreira Guerra
doaj   +1 more source

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