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The potential habitat of desert locusts is contracting: predictions under climate change scenarios [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Desert locusts are notorious for their widespread distribution and strong destructive power. Their influence extends from the vast arid and semiarid regions of western Africa to northwestern India.
Jingyun Guan +5 more
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Animal models for COVID-19: advances, gaps and perspectives
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2022 COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2, is the most consequential pandemic of this century. Since the outbreak in late 2019, animal models have been playing crucial roles in aiding the rapid development of vaccines/drugs for prevention and therapy, as well as ...
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Effects of forest disturbance on the fitness of an endemic rodent in a biodiversity hotspot
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Praomys delectorum occurs abundantly in both disturbed and intact forests in the Ukaguru Mountains within the Eastern Arc Mountains (EAM), Morogoro, Tanzania.
Olaoluwa John Ademola +5 more
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Animals, 2023 Endocrine cells can secrete a variety of gastrointestinal hormones that regulate gastrointestinal digestion and absorption, which, in turn, play an important role in animal growth, metabolism, and acclimation.
Xincheng Cai +6 more
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Native rodent species are unlikely sources of infection for Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis along the Transoceanic Highway in Madre de Dios, Peru. [PDF]
, 2014 An estimated 2.3 million disability-adjusted life years are lost globally from leishmaniasis. In Peru's Amazon region, the department of Madre de Dios (MDD) rises above the rest of the country in terms of the annual incidence rates of human leishmaniasis.
Conrad, Patricia A +7 more
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Sociobiology, 2015 The Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, is a structural pest of major economic importance in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the United States Gulf coast on August 29, 2005, inundating
Carrie Cottone +3 more
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Veterinary Sciences, 2022 Pigeon racing is a sport in which trained homing pigeons (Columba livia domestica) are released between 60 and 1200 km from their loft and then have to return home as quickly as possible. The first race was held in 1818 in Belgium and since then, Belgium
Didier Marlier
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Scent detection of Brucella abortus by African giant pouched rats (Cricetomys ansorgei)
BMC Veterinary Research, 2023 Background Brucellosis is a contagious zoonosis caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella. While the disease has been eradicated in most developed countries, it remains endemic in sub–Saharan Africa where access to reliable diagnostics is limited. African
Raphael Mwampashi +5 more
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Characterization of glyphosate-resistant goosegrass (Eleusine indica) populations in China
Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2015 Goosegrass is a worst grass weed in orchards and turf. The increased use of glyphosate for goosegrass control has led to the occurrence of many resistant populations.
Jing-chao CHEN +4 more
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Animals, 2022 The morphological and histological traits of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) enable the animal to perform some specific functions that enhance the species’ adaptability to environments.
Xincheng Cai +6 more
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