Effect of touristic activities on seabirds’ habitat selection on sandy beaches by Costa Leonardo, Rangel Danilo Freitas, Zalmon Ilana

“…Physical variables, prey abundance, and human stressors, such as the number of people and dogs, were also measured. The brown booby Sula leucogaster foraged mainly in the least impacted sector, despite the lower abundance of prey and harsher physical conditions. …”
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Past Times and Our Times: Reading Our Mutual Friend by David Paroissien

“…The rapacious and grasping ballad-seller he engages to read to him proves an uncertain authority on matters of historical interpretation and comically loose with Roman names and pronunciation. But Wegg’s dogged reading of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire opens a new world to Boffin. …”
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‘We’re All Mad Here’: Alienation, Madness, and Crafting Tom Waits by Nadia López-Peláez Akalay

“…I intend to focus mainly on the lyrical content of his albums Rain Dogs and Small Change, together with their respective representations in other art forms, specifically interviews, lives, artistry, etc. …”
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Toxoplasmosis infection. by Irina Clara Delgado Varela, Carmen Niurka Piña Loyola, Ariel García Borges

“…Serological prevalence rate of antibodies IgG anti-Toxoplasma gondii was 63, 56/100 inhabitants and the most significant risk factors were: cohabitation with dogs and cats, raw vegetables and fruit intake, and no drinkable water intake. …”
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Dermoscopy and Ultraviolet-Enhanced Fluorescence Dermoscopy (UEFD) Increase the Accuracy of Diagnosis and Are Useful in Assessing the Effectiveness of <i>Kerion celsi</i> Treatment by Justyna Putek, Danuta Nowicka, Alina Jankowska-Konsur

“…<i>Microsporum canis</i>, a zoophilic dermatophyte, infects the stratum corneum and keratinized tissues like hair and nails in cats and dogs, with cats serving as the primary reservoir. …”
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Museomics and morphological analyses of historical and contemporary peninsular Italian wolf (Canis lupus italicus) samples by Elena Fabbri, Antonia Vecchiotti, Federica Mattucci, Edoardo Velli, Vilde Arntzen Engdal, Nicola Baccetti, Adriano De Faveri, Pavel Hulva, Barbora Černá Bolfíková, Urmas Saarma, Elisabetta Cilli, Romolo Caniglia

“…Multivariate, clustering and variability analyses confirmed that the Apennine wolf population is genetically and morphologically well-distinguishable from both European wolves and dogs, with no natural immigration from other populations, while its genetic variability has remained low across the last three decades, without significant changes between historical and contemporary specimens. …”
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A Case Report on Pasteurella multocida Peritoneal Dialysis-Associated Peritonitis: When Cats Think Medical Equipment Are Toys by Saeid Mirzai, Ahmad Oussama Rifai, Aron Tidrick, Qitan Huang, Justin Hale

“…Pasteurella multocida is an aerobic gram-negative coccobacillus usually found in the oral cavities of most healthy cats and dogs as part of their natural oral flora. This zoonotic pathogen can cause a variety of infections in humans through bites, scratches, or licking. …”
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FOX DOMESTICATION: MOLECULAR MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN SELECTION FOR BEHAVIOR by L. N. Trut, Yu. E. Herbeck, A. V. Kharlamova, R. G. Gulevich, A. V. Kukekova

“…The result is the more so significant that the region is similar to the region on canine chromosome 5 presumed to be responsible for early domestication of wolves and their evolutionary transformation to primitive dogs.…”
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A Deep Learning-Based Approach for Precise Emotion Recognition in Domestic Animals Using EfficientNetB5 Architecture by Rashadul Islam Sumon, Haider Ali, Salma Akter, Shah Muhammad Imtiyaj Uddin, Md Ariful Islam Mozumder, Hee-Cheol Kim

“…The actual and emotional status of dogs and cats have been classified using a modified EfficientNetB5 model. …”
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Dynamics of <i>Nakaseomyces glabratus</i> biofilm formation by E. M. Lenchenko, N. P. Sachivkina, A. V. Liseitsev

“…In the presence of gingivitis and odontolithiasis clinical signs in dogs, excessive growth of gram-positive yeast microorganisms is a differential sign of the decreased resistance of the digestive system mucous membranes to colonization. …”
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Modelling and Analyzing the Potential Controls for Neospora caninum Infection in Dairy Cattle Using an Epidemic Approach by Yue Liu, Ioannis Magouras, Wing-Cheong Lo

“…Numerical results suggest that preventive measures should at least include the prevention of access of other hosts, such as dogs, to cattle; otherwise, these control measures will lose effectiveness. …”
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Feline panleukopenia (review) by A. M. Kiselev, S. V. Shcherbinin, T. S. Galkina

“…Current preventive measures can ensure protection, however, vaccines are used in the absence of adequate testing on cats and dogs (for ethical reasons) and have a number of limitations in use. …”
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The proclivity of free-ranging indigenous village chickens for night-time roosting in trees by Takele Taye Desta

“…However, this can be circumvented using guarding dogs. Birds might be also affected by adverse weather, although they are thought to be resilient to such environmental changes. …”
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ANALYSIS OF SALMONELLA SPP. DETECTIONS IN EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES ACCORDING TO RASFF DATABASE by S. Ye. Smajhel, N. B. Shadrova

“…Salmonella spp. were detected in poultry meat (19.5%), in feed for dogs and cats (5.6%), in pork (3.7%), in fshmeal (5.1%). …”
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Heart morphology and function evaluation by transthoracic echocardiography in six captive crested gibbons (Nomascus spp.) by Irène Vonfeld, Anaïs Nowakowski, Brice Lefaux, Benoît Quintard

“…Most functional parameters evaluated, like left ventricular ejection fraction (range, 49.3 to 72.4%), shortening fraction (SF; range, 18.9 to 34.5%), left atrium/aorta ratio (range, 0.8 to 1.2), and maximal velocity of aortic, pulmonic, and mitral flows had similar values as those described in gorillas, dogs, and humans. Valvular insufficiencies were detected in two of the six individuals evaluated: one adult female N. siki was diagnosed with a discrete aortic regurgitation and one young male N. leucogenys with a mild mitral valve insufficiency. …”
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Bone-Implant Contact around Crestal and Subcrestal Dental Implants Submitted to Immediate and Conventional Loading by Ana Emília Farias Pontes, Fernando Salimon Ribeiro, Giovanna Iezzi, Juliana Rico Pires, Elizangela Partata Zuza, Adriano Piattelli, Elcio Marcantonio Junior

“…Thus, 36 implants were inserted in the edentulous mandible from six dogs. Three implants were installed in each hemimandible, in different positions in relation to the ridge: Bone Level (at crestal bone level), Minus 1 (one millimeter apical to crestal bone), and Minus 2 (two millimeters apical to crestal bone). …”
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Epidemiology of Pediatric Bite/Sting Injuries. One-Year Study of a Pediatric Emergency Department in Israel by Michal Hemmo-Lotem, Yoav Barnea, Claudia Jinich-Aronowitz, Liri Endy-Findling, David Leshem, Arik Zaretski, Joav Merrick

“…Age distribution from 0–12 years was fairly even, except for an unexplained peak at 8 years. Dogs inflicted 56%, cats 11%, and hornets 9.5% of the injuries. …”
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Molecular Characterization and Risk Factors of Giardia duodenalis among School Children from La Habana, Cuba by Luis Enrique Jerez Puebla, Fidel A. Núñez, Isabel Martínez Silva, Lázara Rojas Rivero, Marta Martínez González, Yuliet Méndez Sutil, Lucía Ayllón Valdés, Iraís Atencio Millán, Norbert Müller

“…Univariate analysis indicated that omission of washing hands before eating and keeping dogs at home were significant risk factors for a Giardia infection. …”
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Plasma Treatment Maintains Surface Energy of the Implant Surface and Enhances Osseointegration by Fernando P. S. Guastaldi, Daniel Yoo, Charles Marin, Ryo Jimbo, Nick Tovar, Darceny Zanetta-Barbosa, Paulo G. Coelho

“…The surface energy was characterized by the Owens-Wendt-Rabel-Kaelble method and the chemistry by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Five adult beagle dogs received 8 implants (n=2 per surface, per tibia). …”
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Cranial Cruciate Ligament Desmotomies in Sheep Resulting in Peroneus Tertius Injury by Peter J. Welsh, Crystal G. Collier, Holly M. Clement, Michael N. Vakula, Jeffrey B. Mason

“…Traditionally performed in rats, rabbits, cats, and dogs, CCLD in sheep provides an opportunity to study the pathology and treatment of joint instability in a species whose stifle better represents the equivalent human femorotibial joint. …”
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