ABSTRACT Simien sheep are the predominant fat‐tailed sheep breeds found in Northwest Ethiopia, playing a significant role in the livelihood of resource‐poor farmers. This study provides the morphometric and morphological descriptions of the appendicular skeletons of Ethiopia's indigenous female Simien sheep.
Dagmawi Yitbarek+7 more
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Molecular characterisation of <i>Coxiella burnetii</i> dairy cattle strains in Estonia. [PDF]
Neare K+4 more
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ABSTRACT Most experts agree that the dominant mechanism through which body temperature is regulated, under a thermal challenge, environmental or metabolic, is negative feedback control. However, some consider negative feedback to be too sluggish to account for the rapid speed of response.
Duncan Mitchell+4 more
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Narrow Dietary Niche With High Overlap Between Snow Leopards and Himalayan Wolves Indicates Potential for Resource Competition in Shey Phoksundo National Park, Nepal. [PDF]
Lamichhane S+7 more
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Assessment of a Social Media‐Based Method for Determining Raptor Diet
This study mined social media as a citizen science method to reduce the time burden and biases associated with recording accurate diet information for predators. In total, 1985 prey observations were recorded of two Australian coastal raptors and were used to produce diet profiles that were compared by region, social media platform, and against other ...
Leo Biggs+7 more
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Towards Genetically Informed Conservation of the Bardoka and Karakachan Sheep Breeds Autochthonous to Serbia. [PDF]
Ćosić I+6 more
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ABSTRACT To tackle lasting rural poverty and fully eradicate absolute poverty by 2020, the Chinese government introduced the “targeted poverty alleviation” (TPA) policy in 2013. Quantitative assessments prove the policy's success; yet multidimensional aspects and subjective perceptions of rural poverty are insufficiently accounted for.
Lisa Hoeschle, Shuang Liu, Xiaohua Yu
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Metabarcoding analysis of the microbiota in flocks naturally infected by <i>Coxiella burnetii</i>: First description of the global microbiota in domestic small ruminants. [PDF]
Toledo-Perona R+7 more
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The graphical abstract of an outbreak of Anthrax among humans, livestock and wildlife in Kunene region, Namibia, 2018. ABSTRACT Introduction On October 21, 2018, Opuwo District Hospital identified four suspected cases of human anthrax. They presented with wounds and swelling on various body parts after consuming chevon.
Rebekka Ndatolewe Shikesho+4 more
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The Areas of Echinococcosis From the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Extend to Yunnan: An Observation of Deworming and Control Integrated Impact Evaluation on Dogs. [PDF]
Li BF+10 more
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