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Optimizing the ratio of captures to trapping effort in a black rat Rattus rattus control programme in New Zealand [PDF]

, 2013
The ratio of captures to unit effort is an important cost/benefit measure for volunteer pest control programmes. We describe an experiment designed to investigate the use of pre-feeding and trap pulsing as possible means of increasing this ratio.
King, Carolyn M., Scurr, Don
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Proteomic Profiling of Alveolar Macrophages Identifies Loss of Lysosomal Content as an Indicator of Nanofiber‐Induced Frustrated Phagocytosis

Small, EarlyView.
This proteomic study examines how nanofibers affect lung macrophages by analyzing protein changes following exposure to various fibrous materials. Nanofibers triggered the release of inflammatory enzymes, and importantly, lysosomal content release was identified as an early event associated with frustrated phagocytosis. Seventeen sensitive and relevant
Tobias Stobernack, Antje Vennemann, Carla Ribalta, Julia Schendel, Oliver Gräb, Rico Ledwith, Mario Pink, Andrea Haase, Martin Wiemann, Verónica I. Dumit   +9 more
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Field methods for rodent studies in Asia and the Indo-Pacific [PDF]

Farm Management,
Aplin, Ken P., Brown, Peter R., Jacob, Jens, Krebs, Charles J., Singleton, Grant R.   +4 more
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Detection of Leptospira in cane toads (Rhinella jimi) from urban and rural Paraíba, Brazil

Veterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Leptospirosis is a significant zoonosis in tropical regions, where poor sanitation and favourable climate aid its spread. Synanthropic animals such as the cane toad (Rhinella jimi), which share environments with both people and wild and domestic animals, may harbour Leptospira and contribute to urban and rural transmission cycles ...
Karla N. de Souza Rocha, Aline de Lima Peixoto, Lucila S. de Medeiros Pereira, Debora Ferreira Cardoso, Maria L. C. Rodrigues Silva, Sérgio S. de Azevedo, Juliana P. F. de Oliveira, Clebert J. Alves, Mozar Alves Fonseca, Severino S. dos Santos Higino   +9 more
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Reservoir displacement by an invasive rodent reduces Lassa virus zoonotic spillover risk

Nature Communications
The black rat (Rattus rattus) is a globally invasive species that has been widely introduced across Africa. Within its invasive range in West Africa, R.
Evan A. Eskew, Brian H. Bird, Bruno M. Ghersi, James Bangura, Andrew J. Basinski, Emmanuel Amara, Mohamed A. Bah, Marilyn C. Kanu, Osman T. Kanu, Edwin G. Lavalie, Victor Lungay, Willie Robert, Mohamed A. Vandi, Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet, Scott L. Nuismer   +14 more
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A new species of sucking louse Hoplopleura villosissima n. sp. (Psocodea: Phthiraptera: Hoplopleuridae) and a new host record of the spiny rat louse Polyplax spinulosa Burmeister, 1839 (Psocodea: Phthiraptera: Polyplacidae) from the long-haired rat Rattus villosissimus Waite (Rodentia: Muridae) in Australia

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background The sucking louse fauna of endemic Australian rodents has been under-studied for decades. Sixty-five species of native rodents have been recorded in Australia.
Wei Wang, Haylee J. Weaver, Fan Song, Lance A. Durden, Renfu Shao   +4 more
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Maternal glucocorticoids have persistent effects on offspring social phenotype irrespective of opportunity for social buffering

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study tests whether early‐life maternal association buffers offspring from the effects of prenatal stress in a facultatively social lizard. Despite clear effects of maternal glucocorticoids on growth and social behaviour, social associations did not mitigate these effects, revealing limits to social buffering in this species.
Kirsty J. MacLeod, Alix Bouffet‐Halle, Erik Wapstra, Tobias Uller, Geoffrey M. While   +4 more
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Calodium hepaticum (Nematoda: Capillariidae) in synanthropic rodents (Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus) in Eastern Amazonia

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
Calodium hepaticum (syn. Capillaria hepatica) is a trichurid nematode that parasitizes the hepatic parenchyma of rodents and other mammals. Infections in humans are rare, although they have been reported worldwide.
Vera Lúcia Coimbra Moreira, Elane Guerreiro Giese, Djane Clarys Baía da Silva, Francisco Tiago de Vasconcelos Melo, Adriano Penha Furtado, Arnaldo Maldonado Jr, Jeannie Nascimento dos Santos   +6 more
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Demographic buffering in natural populations: A multi‐level perspective

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
We introduce a multi‐level framework that unites stochastic elasticities with nonlinear selection to test demographic buffering. Applying it across mammals reveals a key insight: ecological robustness to variability often decouples from evolutionary constraint, reshaping how we understand resilience under environmental stochasticity.
Gabriel Silva Santos, Samuel J. L. Gascoigne, André Tavares Corrêa Dias, Maja Kajin, Roberto Salguero‐Gómez   +4 more
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Does Rodent Management Impact the Distribution of Rattus rattus and Mastomys natalensis in Village Settings?

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Ecological differences between species may result in differential impacts of control measures. Our experimental study showed that intensive removal of rodents from houses (mostly Rattus rattus) resulted in increased use of houses by Mastomys natalensis, a species usually found outdoors. Our results suggest that M.
Herieth Mkomwa, Rhodes Makundi, Steven R. Belmain, Aurore Ponchon, Mwajabu Selemani, Alfan A. Rija, Marcela P. A. Espinaze, Sandra Telfer   +7 more
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