Efficacy of a Feed Dispenser for Horses in Decreasing Cribbing Behaviour by Silvia Mazzola, Clara Palestrini, Simona Cannas, Eleonora Fè, Gaia Lisa Bagnato, Daniele Vigo, Diane Frank, Michela Minero

“…Cribbing is an oral stereotypy, tends to develop in captive animals as a means to cope with stress, and may be indicative of reduced welfare. …”
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Is the Dog a Possible Reservoir for Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Suriname? by Alida Kent, Prakash Ramkalup, Dennis Mans, Henk Schallig

“…Two dogs were seropositive with DAT (titre > 1 : 1600), and three animals had a borderline titre (1 : 800). All other animals (n=42) were DAT negative. …”
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Socioeconomic Characteristics Influencing Level of Awareness of Aflatoxin Contamination of Feeds among Livestock Farmers in Meru District of Tanzania by E. M. Ayo, A. Matemu, G. H. Laswai, M. E. Kimanya

“…Aflatoxins occurrence in feeds challenges human and animal health. Farmers’ awareness status of these toxins has an effect on their level of exposure. …”
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Biogas Power Plant Site Selection with Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methods: An Example for Polatlı in Ankara by Zeynep Ercan, Mehmet Pınarbaşı

“…Among these wastes, the amount of animal waste has an important place. The product resulting from the conversion of animal waste into energy is called biogas. …”
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Q Fever: Current State of Knowledge and Perspectives of Research of a Neglected Zoonosis by Sarah Rebecca Porter, Guy Czaplicki, Jacques Mainil, Raphaël Guattéo, Claude Saegerman

“…Frequently asymptomatic in humans and animals, Q fever can cause acute or chronic infections. …”
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Assessment of the Knowledge, Attitude, and Perception (KAP) of Sheep Farmers Regarding Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens in Tunisia, North Africa by Médiha Khamassi Khbou, Syrine Rekik, Rihab Romdhane, Limam Sassi, Felicitas Bergmann, Martin H. Groschup, Mourad Rekik, Mohamed Gharbi

“…Indeed, about half of the respondents were aware that ticks infest animals, with weight loss given as the major consequence. …”
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Effect of Ginseng Supplementation on Exercise Endurance as a Support for Cardiovascular Disease Management: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Angelika Szymańska, Anna Nowak, Anna Lipert, Ewa Kochan

“…The results suggest that ginseng supplementation may have a positive effect on CK levels in animal studies. Similar observations were stated in relation to serum lactate and BUN. …”
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Feminine fox, not so feminine box: constraints on linguistic relativity effects for grammatical and conceptual gender by James Brand, Mikuláš Preininger, Adam Kříž, Markéta Ceháková

“…We present analyses of three experiments focussing on participants (total N = 4,621) with a grammatically gendered L1 (Czech), a non-grammatically gendered L1 (English) and L1-Czech in L2-English, and on three distinct semantic categories – people, animals and inanimates (total Nitems = 1,208). Our results indicate that the most reliable effects of grammatical gender influencing conceptual gender (outside of the domain of people) are observed for items representing animals, with Czech participants showing congruency effects in both explicit and implicit paradigms, even in their L2. …”
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Investigation of prevalence and risk factors of parvovirus infection in dogs in erzurum province, turkey by Walied Fadulalseed Ahmed Ismail, Basak Hanedan

“…<p> <b>Materials and Methods: </b>The samples were obtained from 83 dogs kept animal shelter and 17 dogs presented animal hospital showing clinical signs of CPV infection. …”
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Experimental Hyperthyroidism Decreases Gene Expression and Serum Levels of Adipokines in Obesity by Renata de Azevedo Melo Luvizotto, André Ferreira do Nascimento, Maria Teresa de Síbio, Regiane Marques Castro Olímpio, Sandro José Conde, Ana Paula Lima-Leopoldo, André Soares Leopoldo, Antonio Carlos Cicogna, Célia Regina Nogueira

“…After group characterization, the OB rats continued receiving a hypercaloric diet and were randomized into two groups: obese animals (OB) and obese with 25 μg triiodothyronine (T3)/100 BW (OT). …”
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Antibody dynamics in dogs submitted to different canine visceral leishmaniasis treatment protocols by Eliesse Pereira Costa, Gisele Vaz Aguirre Samoel, Gilneia da Rosa, Vanessa Osmari, Michelli Lopes de Souza, Luís Felipe Dias Lopes, Fernanda Silveira Flôres Vogel, Sônia de Avila Botton, Luís Antônio Sangioni

“…All animals submitted to the evaluated treatment protocols showed relative improvement in clinical signs. …”
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Pre-Modern Bosom Serpents and Hippocrates' <i>Epidemiae</i> 5: 86: A Comparative and Contextual Folklore Approach by Davide Ermacora

“…A short Hippocratic passage (Epidemiae 5: 86) might constitute the earliest Western surviving variant of the well-known narrative and experiential theme of snakes or other animals getting into the human body (motif B784, tale-type ATU 285B*). …”
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Modern Approaches to the Assessment of Productive Qualities of Sheep of Ascania Fine-Wool Breed by Olena Karatieieva, Vadim Posukhin

“…In modern practice, the selection of animals is carried out according to a complex of valuable traits and qualities, since the selection of animals for only one trait is not of particular value to the breeder. …”
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Long-term dynamics of placozoan culture: emerging models for population and space biology by Daria Y. Romanova, Alexander A. Povernov, Mikhail A. Nikitin, Simkha I. Borman, Yana A. Frank, Leonid L. Moroz, Leonid L. Moroz

“…Notable, the analysis of the distribution of Fe2+ in living animals revealed not only its high abundance across most cells but also asymmetric localizations of Fe2+ in unidentified cells, suggesting that these Fe2+ intracellular patterns might be coupled with the animal’s bioenergetics. …”
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GeoGebra 3D: herramienta extensionista universitaria en la resolución de problemáticas sociales by Jorge Luis Montero-Bizet

“…En Cuba, a pesar de las leyes para la protección animal, existen grandes cantidades deespecies domésticas abandonadas. …”
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Comparison of One-Drill Protocol to Sequential Drilling In Vitro and In Vivo by Sihana Rugova, Marcus Abboud

“…This study compares the heat generated during bone drilling using different protocols and implant systems, first in vitro and then in vivo with an animal model. In the experimental phase, thermal data were collected using an infrared camera while preparing implant beds in bone similes. …”
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Natural and anthropogenic noise shape bat activity and sonar behavior by Ryan Vosbigian, Ryan Wardle, Hannah S. Rempel, Ellie Brauer, Michael Huggins, Samantha West, Joshua S. Willems, Clinton D. Francis

“…Comparing how animals respond to anthropogenic and natural noise with similar properties can provide insight into how and why animals may respond to increasing noise pollution. …”
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Undifferentiated Adipose Tissue Stem Cell Transplantation Promotes Hepatic Regeneration, Ameliorates Histopathologic Damage of the Liver, and Upregulates the Expression of Liver Re... by Konstantinos G. Apostolou, Ioannis G. Papanikolaou, Charalampos Katselis, Themistoklis Feretis, Dimitrios Kletsas, Manousos M. Konstadoulakis, Maria Lymperi, Angelica A. Saetta, Spiros Tsikalakis, George Agrogiannis, Efstratios Patsouris, George C. Zografos, Apostolos E. Papalois

“…Animals were sacrificed on the 4th, the 7th, or the 15th postoperative day (POD). …”
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Los B-agonistas adrenérgicos como modificadores metabólicos y su efecto en la producción, calidad e inocuidad de la carne de bovinos y ovinos: una revisión by Ignacio A. Domínguez-Vara, Jaime Mondragón-Ancelmo, Manuel González Ronquillo, Félix Salazar-García, José Luis Bórquez-Gastelum, Andrés Aragón-Martínez

“…Los B-agonistas adrenérgicos (BAA) se han utilizado en la producción animal, incluidos los rumiantes, propiciando una mayor eficiencia de uso del alimento, la cual se manifiesta en mejores características de la canal, así como en la composición química de la carne, al reducir el contenido de grasa y aumentar el de proteína. …”
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Vitamin C <i>in-vivo</i> Effect on Liver Enzymes and Some Endogenous Antioxidants in Paracetamol-Induced Model of Liver Toxicity on Wistar Rats by E.G. Moke, K.K. Anachuna, P.O. Onyilo, M. Emosivbe

“…Pre-treatment of the animals with vitamin C showed a reversal of the toxic effect of paracetamol on the rats. …”
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