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Calendar 2022-2023: Course Guide

, 2022
The Academic Calendar includes the Academic Schedule, Admission Requirements and Fees, Course Descriptions, and other training opportunities. The web version is now the official Academic Calendar of Red Deer Polytechnic.Universities and colleges ...

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STATUS AND MANAGEMENT OF MOOSE IN THE PARKLAND AND GRASSLAND NATURAL REGIONS OF ALBERTA

Alces, 2018
Moose (Alces alces) naturally colonized the Parkland Natural Region of Alberta during the 1980s and early 1990s, and later colonized the Grassland Natural Region by the early 2000s.
Ronald R. Bjorge, Delaney Anderson, Emily Herdman, Scott Stevens   +3 more
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Red-deer Horns [PDF]

Nature, 1884
IN continuation of my remarks on the eating of shed deer-horns by other deer, I have to add that six shed horns in various stages of erosion have been sent to me from Sutherlandshire. They each bear well defined teeth-marks on the gnawed portions, and this leaves little if any doubt that the popular belief that the horns are eaten by deer is founded on
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Hunting motivations, behaviour and forest access: Characterising wildlife hunting practices in a multi‐ethnic, forested landscape of Brunei Darussalam, Southeast Asia

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Unsustainable hunting practices can alter population dynamics, driving biodiversity declines, which leads to ‘empty forests’. Understanding hunting behaviour, including motivations for hunting and relationships with market drivers, and access to hunting grounds are important to develop affirmative policies to stem biodiversity loss.
Natasha L. M. Mannion, Rachel Gaulton, Maria Erica Jamil, Marion Pfeifer, Johan Willem Ferry Slik, Stephen G. Willis, F. Merlin Franco   +6 more
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Vegetation Type Preferences in Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) Determined by Object Detection Models

Drones
This study investigates the possibility of utilising a drone equipped with a thermal camera to monitor the spatial distribution of red deer (Cervus elaphus) and to determine their behavioural patterns, as well as preferences for vegetation types in a ...
Annika Fugl, Lasse Lange Jensen, Andreas Hein Korsgaard, Cino Pertoldi, Sussie Pagh   +4 more
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Piroplasmosis in wildlife: Babesia and Theileria affecting free-ranging ungulates and carnivores in the Italian Alps

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Piroplasmosis are among the most relevant diseases of domestic animals. Babesia is emerging as cause of tick-borne zoonosis worldwide and free-living animals are reservoir hosts of several zoonotic Babesia species.
Stefania Zanet, Anna Trisciuoglio, Elisa Bottero, Isabel Garcia Fernández de Mera, Christian Gortazar, Maria Grazia Carpignano, Ezio Ferroglio   +6 more
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First description of Onchocerca jakutensis (Nematoda: Filarioidea) in red deer (Cervus elaphus) in Switzerland

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2016
Twenty-seven species of the genus Onchocerca (Nematoda; Filarioidea) can cause a vector-borne parasitic disease called onchocercosis. Most Onchocerca species infect wild and domestic ungulates or the dog, and one species causes river blindness in humans ...
Felix Bosch, Ralph Manzanell, Alexander Mathis   +2 more
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Wild meat consumption in changing rural landscapes of Indonesian Borneo

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Wild meat can play a crucial role in the food system of rural communities residing near tropical forests. Yet, socio‐ecological changes across tropical landscapes are impacting the patterns and sustainability of meat consumption. To understand the prevalence, frequency and drivers of wild meat, domestic meat and fish consumption in this ...
Katie L. Spencer, Daniel J. Ingram, Namrata B. Anirudh, Ardiantiono, Susan M. Cheyne, Leejiah J. Dorward, Abdul Kadir, Michaela G. Y. Lo, Courtney L. Morgans, Jatna Supriatna, Nurul L. Winarni, Freya A. V. St. John, Matthew J. Struebig   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diversity of Anaplasma phagocytophilum Strains from Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) and Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) in Poland

Animals
Background: The Gram-negative bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum is an intracellular pathogen and an etiological agent of human and animal anaplasmosis. Its natural reservoir comprises free-ranging ungulates, including roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) and
Anna W. Myczka, Żaneta Steiner-Bogdaszewska, Grzegorz Oloś, Anna Bajer, Zdzisław Laskowski   +4 more
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Morphology and molecular study of Fascioloides magna – a growing threat to cervids (Cervidae) in Poland

Journal of Veterinary Research, 2016
Introduction: The giant liver fluke, Fascioloides magna, has spread across Europe over the years posing a serious threat to the Polish cervid population.
Houszka Marek, Piekarska Jolanta, Podkowik Magdalena, Gorczykowski Michał, Bania Jacek   +4 more
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