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Animals, 2023 Background: Conservation of species diversity is the need of the hour for preserving life forms on Earth. Extinction of any part of the ecosystem has negative impacts on many processes and systems.
Róbert Kirchner +11 more
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Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science, 2023 Species specific physiology, seasonal changes, sex, and husbandry factors all influence the blood chemistry of chelonians, including vitamin D3, calcium, phosphate and magnesium levels. Problems in the supply of many of these are commonly seen in captive
Gregor Geisler +4 more
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New Recording of Toxoplasma gondii in Wild Tortoise Testudo graeca Using Nested PCR Method [PDF]
Archives of Razi Institute, 2023 Toxoplasmosis is one of the most widespread zoonotic diseases, especially in warm and humid areas, and affects all mammals, including humans and many herbivores and carnivores. The present study investigated the Toxoplasma gondii (T.
S Aziz Anah, S Aziz Anah
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Tortoise panopticon: Linkages between taboos and conservation management in Madagascar
, 2022 Species-specific taboos are relevant to nature conservation, yet the relation of conservation with such social mechanisms and connected traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) is underexposed in both conservation science and nature conservation practices.
Arts, Koen +7 more
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Estimating gopher tortoise abundance through design-based and model-based methods [PDF]
, 2010 Gopher tortoises are a small land tortoise that inhabit south-eastern United States and are listed as threatened due to habitat loss. They are rather hard to survey, since they occur at low density.
Bal, Payal
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Ecology and Society, 2015 Chelonians constitute an important source of food and income for the inhabitants of tropical forests. We assessed the social, biological, and environmental factors affecting the hunting and trade of the endangered yellow-footed tortoise ( Chelonoidis ...
Thaís Q Morcatty, João Valsecchi
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FIGEMPA, 2023 El objetivo de este trabajo es identificar y comprender el estado de situación del ecosistema de la Inteligencia Artificial (IA) del Ecuador, para lo que se define una metodología de medición del estado de la IA aplicado a los países líderes en este ...
Xavier Barragán-Martínez
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Functional behavior of tortoise hemoglobin Geochelone denticulata [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2002 The hemolysate from Geochelone denticulata contains two main hemoglobin components, as shown by ion exchange chromatography and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE).
M. A. TORSONI +3 more
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Host species, pathogens and disease associated with divergent nasal microbial communities in tortoises [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2018 Diverse bacterial communities are found on every surface of macro-organisms, and they play important roles in maintaining normal physiological functions in their hosts. While the study of microbiomes has expanded with the influx of data enabled by recent
Chava L. Weitzman +2 more
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HEMATOLOGICAL AND PARASITOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION IN TESTUDO GRAECA (LINNAEUS,1758) TORTOISE KEPT IN CAPTIVITY IN EGYPT [PDF]
Kafrelsheikh Veterinary Medical Journal, 2018 Chelonians (Turtle and Tortoise) are kept in captivity as pet animals. Testudo. graeca called Spur thighed tortoise for its large conical tubercle present on each Thigh.T. graeca considered endangered across its entire range. They were illegally imported
Adel E. A. Mohamed +3 more
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