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Tactile Experience Shapes Prey-Capture Behavior in Etruscan Shrews

open access: yesFrontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2012
A crucial role of tactile experience for the maturation of neural response properties in the somatosensory system is well established, but little is known about the role of tactile experience in the development of tactile behaviors.
Michael eBrecht, Farzana eAnjum
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Helminthes of shrews (Soricidae) in the «Malaya Sosva» Nature Reserve (Russia)

open access: yesNature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2018
The paper present data on species composition of helminths of shrews in the State Nature reserve «Malaya Sosva», Western Siberia, Russia. We found 22 helminths species in four species of shrews (Sorex araneus, S. caecutiens, S. minutus and Neomys fodiens)
Zinaida V. Sheykina, Oksana N. Zhigileva
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Infections of horses and shrews with Bornaviruses in Upper Austria: a novel endemic area of Borna disease

open access: yesEmerging Microbes &Infections, 2017
Borna disease, a lethal infection with Borna disease virus-1 (BoDV-1), was diagnosed in four horses from Upper Austria in 2015 and 2016. All cases occurred in winter (two cases in February 2015 and two cases in December 2016), and the maximal distance of
H. Weissenböck   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The tree shrew is a promising model for the study of influenza B virus infection

open access: yesVirology Journal, 2019
Background Influenza B virus is a main causative pathogen of annual influenza epidemics, however, research on influenza B virus in general lags behind that on influenza A viruses, one of the important reasons is studies on influenza B viruses in animal ...
Bing Yuan   +12 more
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Stomach contents from invasive American bullfrogs Rana catesbeiana (= Lithobates catesbeianus) on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Invasive alien American bullfrog populations are commonly identified as a pernicious influence on the survival of native species due to their adaptability, proliferation and consequent ecological impacts through competition and predation. However, it has
Jancowski, Kevin, Orchard, Stan A.
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The characterization of auditory brainstem response (ABR) waveforms: A study in tree shrews (Tupaia belangeri)

open access: yesJournal of Otology, 2018
To characterize the patterns of ABR waves in tree shrews, we must understand the hearing sensitivity and auditory function of healthy adult tree shrews.
Lihong Xie   +7 more
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American Recent Eulipotyphla: Nesophontids, Solenodons, Moles, and Shrews in the New World

open access: yesSmithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 2018
The mammalian taxonomic order Eulipotyphla comprises the living families Erinaceidae (gymnures, hedgehogs, and moonrats), Solenodontidae (solenodons), Soricidae (shrews), and Talpidae (desmans and moles), as well as the recently extinct Nesophontidae ...
N. Woodman
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Detection of Virus-Related Sequences Associated With Potential Etiologies of Hepatitis in Liver Tissue Samples From Rats, Mice, Shrews, and Bats

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Hepatitis is a major global health concern. However, the etiology of 10–20% hepatitis cases remains unclear. Some hepatitis-associated viruses, like the hepatitis E virus, are zoonotic pathogens.
Wenqiao He   +7 more
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Time outdoors and the prevention of myopia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Recent epidemiological evidence suggests that children who spend more time outdoors are less likely to be, or to become myopic, irrespective of how much near work they do, or whether their parents are myopic.
Ashby, Regan S.   +3 more
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Evolutionary history and phylogeographic relationships of shrews from Sorex araneus group

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
Shrews of the Sorex genus are an evolutionarily successful group that includes more than 77 species widely distributed in Eurasia and North America. The genus is one of the rare cases where karyotypic changes reflect well the evolutionary relationships ...
P. Mackiewicz   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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