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Raccoon Optimization Algorithm [PDF]

IEEE Access, 2019
Population-based meta-heuristic is a high-level method intended to provide sufficient solution for problems with incomplete information among a massive volume of solutions. However, it does not guarantee to attain global optimum in a reasonable time.
Sina Zangbari Koohi, Nor Asilah Wati Abdul Hamid, Mohamed Othman   +2 more
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Viral Metagenomics Reveals Diverse Viruses in the Feces Samples of Raccoon Dogs

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
Raccoon dogs as an ancient species of Canidae are the host of many viruses, including rabies virus, canine distemper virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, and so on.
Shixing Yang, Yumin He, Xu Chen, Ullah Kalim, Yan Wang, Shuyu Yang, Haifeng Qi, HengZheng Cheng, Xiang Lu, Xiaochun Wang, Quan Shen, Wen Zhang   +11 more
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Dynamic Changes in Gut Microbiota Composition and Function over Time in Suckling Raccoon Dogs [PDF]

Animals
Raccoon dog fur is a commercially valuable animal product. As the scale of raccoon dog breeding continues to expand, ensuring the health of these animals has become an urgent priority.
Shaochen Yu, Weixiao Nan, Zhipeng Li, Chongshan Yuan, Chao Xu   +4 more
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Comparison of feeding habits and habitat use between invasive raccoons and native raccoon dogs in Hokkaido, Japan

BMC Ecology, 2019
Background In Japan, invasive raccoons cause severe ecological and social problems by transmitting pathogens to humans, livestock, and native species, causing substantial crop damage, and competing with native species.
Aya Osaki, Mariko Sashika, Go Abe, Kohei Shinjo, Ayako Fujimoto, Mariko Nakai, Michito Shimozuru, Toshio Tsubota   +7 more
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First detection and phylogenetic analysis of porcine circovirus type 2 in raccoon dogs

BMC Veterinary Research, 2019
Background Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) is a major emerging virus of porcine circovirus-associated disease (PCVAD), which has brought huge economic losses to the global pig industry. Pigs are well known as the natural reservoir of PCV2.
Tao Song, Jianxiang Hao, Ran Zhang, Menghu Tang, Wenao Li, Weirong Hui, Qiyuan Fu, Chunfang Wang, Shuyang Xin, Shoucong Zhang, Ping Rui, Hai Ren, Zengjun Ma   +12 more
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Molecular epidemiology of Enterocytozoon bieneusi from foxes and raccoon dogs in the Henan and Hebei provinces in China [PDF]

BMC Veterinary Research
Background Enterocytozoon bieneusi is a zoonotic pathogen widely distributed in animals and humans. It can cause diarrhea and even death in immunocompromised hosts.
Minghui Chen, Haidong Wang, Xinmiao Li, Yunan Guo, Ying Lu, Liping Zheng, Guoqing Liang, Yuzhen Sui, Bukang Wang, Hongyu Dai, Haiju Dong, Longxian Zhang   +11 more
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Landscape-scale analysis of raccoon rabies surveillance reveals different drivers of disease dynamics across latitude. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
When raccoon rabies first invaded the mid-Atlantic United States, epizootics were larger, longer, and more pronounced than those in its historic, more southern, range, suggesting a North-South gradient in disease dynamics.
Matthew Michalska-Smith, Meggan E Craft, Amy J Davis, Amy T Gilbert, Richard B Chipman, Jordona Kirby, Kathleen M Nelson, Xiaoyue Ma, Ryan Wallace, Grace Miller, Kim M Pepin   +10 more
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Reproduction success in European badgers, red foxes and raccoon dogs in relation to sett cohabitation.

PLoS ONE, 2020
The setts of the European badger Meles meles can be cohabited during reproductive season by the red fox Vulpes vulpes and raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides. There is no information on the possible impact of both species on the size of badgers' litter.
Krzysztof Nowakowski, Agnieszka Ważna, Przemysław Kurek, Jan Cichocki, Grzegorz Gabryś   +4 more
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Structural basis for raccoon dog receptor recognition by SARS-CoV-2.

PLoS Pathogens
Since the COVID-19 outbreak, raccoon dogs have been suggested as a potential intermediary in transmitting SARS-CoV-2 to humans. To understand their role in the COVID-19 pandemic and the species barrier for SARS-CoV-2 transmission to humans, we analyzed ...
Fu-Chun Hsueh, Ke Shi, Alise Mendoza, Fan Bu, Wei Zhang, Hideki Aihara, Fang Li   +6 more
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Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Pathogens in Raccoon Dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) and Raccoons (Procyon lotor) from Schleswig-Holstein, Germany [PDF]

Pathogens
Raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) and raccoons (Procyon lotor) are invasive alien species originating from East Asia and North America, respectively.
Jana C. Klink, Alexandra Rieger, Peter Wohlsein, Ursula Siebert, Anna Obiegala   +4 more
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