Posture does not matter! Paw usage and grasping paw preference in a small-bodied rooting quadrupedal mammal. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BACKGROUND: Recent results in birds, marsupials, rodents and nonhuman primates suggest that phylogeny and ecological factors such as body size, diet and postural habit of a species influence limb usage and the direction and strength of limb laterality ...
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The characteristics of gut microbiota and commensal Enterobacteriaceae isolates in tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri) [PDF]
BMC Microbiology, 2019 Background Tree shrew is a novel laboratory animal with specific characters for human disease researches in recent years. However, little is known about its characteristics of gut microbial community and intestinal commensal bacteria.
Wenpeng Gu +9 more
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The characterization of auditory brainstem response (ABR) waveforms: A study in tree shrews (Tupaia belangeri) [PDF]
Journal 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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Metabolomics Analysis of Tupaia belangeri Breast Tumor Model
Shiyan dongwu yu bijiao yixueObjectiveTo explore the metabolic changes during the development of Tupaia belangeri breast tumors, to investigate the close relationship between the changes of serum metabolic substances and the occurrence and progression of tumors, and to screen for ...
FANG Xi +5 more
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The relationship among metabolic rate of tree shrews (Tupaia belangeri) under cold acclimation [PDF]
Journal of Stress Physiology & Biochemistry, 2012 Many small mammals inhabiting cold environments display enhanced capacity for seasonal changes in nonshivering thermogenesis (NST) and thermoregulatory maximum metabolic rate (MMR).
Lin Zhang +3 more
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Hemogram study of an artificially feeding tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri chinensis). [PDF]
Exp Anim, 2020 Systematic classification and determination of various cells in normal peripheral blood of artificially feeding Tupaia belangeri chinensis of different ages and genders and evaluation of the effectiveness of an automatic blood cell classification counter for measuring tree shrew blood cells.
Feng Y +8 more
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Does age matter?-Efficiency of mechanical food break down in Tupaia belangeri at different ages. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 The relationship of food comminution and individual age in Tupaia belangeri is investigated. It is hypothesized that with increasing age the performance of the molar dentition decreases due to progressive tooth wear.
Schwermann AH +7 more
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Tupaia belangeri as an experimental animal model for viral infection. [PDF]
Exp Anim, 2014 Tupaias, or tree shrews, are small mammals that are similar in appearance to squirrels. The morphological and behavioral characteristics of the group have been extensively characterized, and despite previously being classified as primates, recent studies have placed the group in its own family, the Tupaiidae.
Tsukiyama-Kohara K, Kohara M.
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A study of Epstein-Barr virus infection in the Chinese tree shrew(Tupaia belangeri chinensis) [PDF]
Virology Journal, 2017 Background Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) is closely associated with many human diseases, including a variety of deadly human malignant tumours. However, due to the lack of ideal animal models,the biological characteristics of EBV, particularly its function in
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Optimization of Milk Substitutes for the Artificial Rearing of Chinese Tree Shrews (Tupaia belangeri chinensis). [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2022 Simple Summary The Chinese tree shrew, a squirrel-like mammal, has been widely used as a laboratory animal in biological research. However, the low survival rate of the pups has seriously hindered the establishment of inbred lines of this species and ...
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