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Inherited pathology and pet trading

Veterinary Record, 2015
RECENTLY, two miniature schnauzer dogs affected by persistent Mullerian duct syndrome (PMDS) have been referred by independent local veterinary practitioners to the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences in Zaragoza, Spain. In light of the observed malformations in the genitalia, we performed DNA sequencing and verified that both dogs were homozygous carriers ...
Luis V, Monteagudo, M Teresa, Tejedor, Alicia, Uixerá, Olga, Mitjana, M Victoria, Falceto, Cristina, Bonastre   +5 more
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Global Trade in Exotic Pets 2006–2012

Conservation Biology, 2014
Abstract International trade in exotic pets is an important and increasing driver of biodiversity loss and often compromises the standards required for good animal welfare. We systematically reviewed the scientific and gray literature and used the United Nations Environment Programme ‐ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP‐WCMC ...
Emma R, Bush, Sandra E, Baker, David W, Macdonald   +2 more
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Novel chytrid pathogen variants and the global amphibian pet trade

Conservation Biology, 2022
Abstract Global wildlife trade spreads emerging infectious diseases that threaten biodiversity. The amphibian chytrid pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has caused population declines and species extinctions worldwide except in Asia. Fire‐bellied toads (
Minjie Fu, Bruce Waldman
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The Morality of the Reptile “Pet” Trade

Journal of Animal Ethics, 2014
Abstract The trade in, and private keeping of, reptiles as "pets" raises several ethical concerns regarding animal welfare (associated with handling, storage, transportation, intensive captive breeding, captivity stress, injury, disease, and high premature mortality); public health and safety (associated with zoonotic disease and animal ...
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Invasion risk posed by the pet trade

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
The legal trade in exotic pets is linked to the establishment of nonnative species and climate change compounds the risk of invasion, overwhelming management efforts. We characterized the world's largest market for exotic pets—the US—by providing a real‐time snapshot of species with invasion potential, and assessed the current and future risk posed to ...
Luke J Evans, J Alex Baecher, Brett R Scheffers   +2 more
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Illegal Parrot Pet Trade in Mexico

2022
The illegal traffic of wildlife is one of the major enemies of biodiversity. Unfortunately, Mexico is an important part of the wildlife trafficking network, with the illicit market for the sale of wild animals being one of the most severe problems that face the country's wild animal species.
Cajiga, Rosa Maria, Wu, Chang-Hsien
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Advisory logos for pet‐trade fishes in public aquariums

International Zoo Yearbook, 1995
As members of the Marine Fishes Taxon Advisory Group, three institutions, Vancouver Aquarium, John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, and National Aquarium in Baltimore, have developed trial logos to advise visitors to public aquariums on the suitability of fishes for home aquariums.
JEFFREY MARLIAVE, MICHAEL MULLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER ANDREWS   +2 more
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A Pluralist–Expressivist Critique of the Pet Trade

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 2009
Elizabeth Anderson’s “pluralist–expressivist” value theory, an alternative to the understanding of value and rationality underlying the “rational actor” model of human behavior, provides rich resources for addressing questions of environmental and animal ethics.
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