Borrelia burgdorferi radiosensitivity and Mn antioxidant content: antigenic preservation and pathobiology by Andrés F. Londoño, Ajay Sharma, Jared Sealy, Vipin S. Rana, Shelby D. Foor, Vera Y. Matrosova, Elena K. Gaidamakova, Robert P. Volpe, Michael J. Daly, Brian M. Hoffman, Utpal Pal, J. Stephen Dumler

“…This finding defines some of the pivotal mechanisms that B. burgdorferi evolved to survive oxidative conditions experienced with tick and mammal immune responses. These observations also provide an opportunity for innovative vaccine development strategies employing ionizing radiation to disrupt the B. burgdorferi genome, while maintaining antigenic potency. …”
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Infection Frequency and Allelic Variants of <em>Toxoplasma gondii</em> in Wildlife from the Panama Canal Zone by Evelyn Henríquez-Carrizo, Hector Cruz, Alessandra Jurado, Diorene Smith, Delba Villalobos-Cerrud, Lorena Fábrega, Carolina de la Guardia, Ryan Cano, Ricardo Correa, Edy Frías, Anabel Argelis García, Nivia Ríos, Nidia Sandoval, Alex O. Martínez Torres, Armando Castillo-Pimentel, Zuleima Caballero E.

“…Stratified analyses for bird and mammal samples showed positivity rates of 67.2% and 70.12%, respectively, with no statistically significant differences. …”
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First Detection of <i>Alphacoronavirus</i> in Bats from the World’s Largest Wetland, the Pantanal, Brazil by Tayane B. S. Magalhães, Amanda de O. Viana, Thiago B. F. Semedo, Juliane S. Saldanha, Nicole A. dos Reis, Nathalia de A. Pereira, Rachel V. P. de Barros, Hannah R. Miranda, Gabriella C. Almeida, Desyrée Y. S. R. Ozaki, Giovana S. Caleiro, Gustavo O. Fenner, Fernanda P. Vizu, Theo Kraiser, Thais P. Carvalho, Luciano M. Thomazelli, Erick G. Dorlass, Clarice W. Arns, Helena L. Ferreira, Erika Hingst-Zaher, Rogério Vieira Rossi, Guilherme S. T. Garbino, Edison L. Durigon, Jansen de Araujo, Daniel M. de Aguiar

“…They represent 40% of the total number of mammal species in the Pantanal, a biodiversity hotspot in South America. …”
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Amphibian newts as experimental models for studying weight gain after castration by Mai Takehara, Mitsuki Kyakuno, Kazuko Okamoto, Ichiro Tazawa, Nobuaki Furuno, Megumi Furumitsu, Kazuyoshi Ukena, Takuya Imamura, Takashi Takeuchi, Toshinori Hayashi

“…Post-castration obesity can also be problematic for the health of companion animals, including non-mammals. In order to understand the mechanism of post-castration obesity in vertebrates other than mammals, experimental models are required. …”
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Astrovirus infection in animals (literature review) by V. A. Mischenko, A. V. Mischenko, Т. B. Nikeshina, О. N. Petrova

“…The virus has been detected in bats, rodents and marine mammals, as well as in mollusks. Presently, the list of animals susceptible to astrovirus infection has expanded to over 80 species from 22 families, including domestic, synanthropic and wild animals, birds and mammals living in the terrestrial and aquatic environments. …”
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Mutations in Homocysteine Metabolism Genes Increase Keratin N-Homocysteinylation and Damage in Mice by Kamila Borowczyk, Jacek Wróblewski, Joanna Suliburska, Noriyuki Akahoshi, Isao Ishii, Hieronim Jakubowski

“…These findings provide evidence that pelage keratin is N-homocysteinylated in vivo in mammals and birds, and that this process causes keratin damage, manifested by a reduced solubility.…”
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Unraveling Biogeographic Boundaries Within the Sierra Madre Oriental, México: An Endemicity Analysis Using a Taxonomically Diverse Dataset by Irene Goyenechea Mayer‐Goyenechea, Gustavo Montiel‐Canales, Juan Márquez, Claudia T. Hornung‐Leoni, Jesús M. Castillo‐Cerón, Norma L. Manríquez‐Morán

“…These areas are supported by several taxa, except mammals, which did not significantly contribute to the identified AEs. …”
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Oxytocin: co-evolution of human and domesticated animals by Yu. E. Herbeck, R. G. Gulevich, D. V. Shepeleva, V. V. Grinevich

“…However, as was recently demonstrated in mammals, collaterals of OT axons concomitantly project to various forebrain regions to modulate the activity of local networks. …”
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Effects of residential acaricide treatments on patterns of pathogen coinfection in blacklegged ticks by Richard S. Ostfeld, Sahar Adish, Stacy Mowry, William Bremer, Shannon Duerr, Andrew S. Evans, Ilya R. Fischhoff, Fiona Keating, Jennifer Pendleton, Ashley Pfister, Marissa Teator, Felicia Keesing, Ala Tabor

“…However, use of tick control system bait boxes, which kill ticks attempting to feed on small mammals, eliminated the bias towards coinfection. …”
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Drosophila melanogaster as an alternative animal model in fat metabolism studies by Dilan de Silva, Mangala Gunatilake

“…It is discovered that Drosophila accommodates a range of cell types and organs which entail lipid metabolism and related energy homeostasis similar to those of mammals. Fat storage in Drosophila occurs in the form of lipid droplets carrying cholesterol and triacylglycerol which are accumulated primarily in the fat body – the analogous Drosophila organ to mammalian adipose tissue. …”
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D-Amino Acids in the Nervous and Endocrine Systems by Yoshimitsu Kiriyama, Hiromi Nochi

“…Only L-amino acids have been considered necessary in mammals, including humans. However, diverse D-amino acids, such as D-serine, D-aspartate, D-alanine, and D-cysteine, are found in mammals. …”
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Cardiac regeneration: 20 years of development and update in zebrafish and mouse by Lekun Gui, Lijun Jin, Huangjun Liu

“…The conventional knowledge is that mammals have a transient cardiac regenerative potential shortly after birth, but adult cardiomyocytes, as terminally differentiated cells, cannot regenerate. …”
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The “Sanitary” Role of the Necrophagous Birds in the Ecosystems by Karimov Tahir, Ahmadli Leyla, Rajabova Sevinj, Mammadov Ayaz

“…The primary causes of death for sick domestic animals were predation by mammals in pastures, old age, weakness, and hunger. …”
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Inhibitory control in teleost fish: a methodological and conceptual review by Tyrone Lucon-Xiccato

“…While IC has been consistently investigated in humans, other mammals, and birds, research has only recently begun to explore IC in other vertebrates. …”
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Prior Exposure to Immunosuppressors Sensitizes Retinal Microglia and Accelerates Optic Nerve Regeneration in Zebrafish by Ilse Bollaerts, Jessie Van houcke, An Beckers, Kim Lemmens, Sophie Vanhunsel, Lies De Groef, Lieve Moons

“…As adult mammals lack the capacity to replace or repair damaged neurons, degeneration and trauma (and subsequent dysfunction) of the central nervous system (CNS) seriously constrains the patient’s life quality. …”
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Investigating the diet of Mesolithic groups in the Southern Alps: An attempt using stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses by Valentina Gazzoni, Gwenaëlle Goude, Giampaolo Dalmeri, Antonio Guerreschi, Elisabetta Mottes, Franco Nicolis, Fabrizio Antonioli, Federica Fontana

“…The isotopic data and the Bayesian model developed from the latter and from data in the literature indicate a very significant proportion of terrestrial resources in the protein fraction of the human diet, particularly from red deer compared to other ungulates and potentially from freshwater fish and small mammals. These results add to the information provided by zooarchaeological studies and reopen the debate on the role of secondary resources such as chamois, ibex, small mammals and fish, such as pike, in the diet of these mobile human societies. …”
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Determination of embryotoxic dose limit of detomidine with in-ovo model by Rahmi Canbar, Muhittin Uslu, Öznur Tufan, Enver Yazar

“…<p> <b>Conclusion:</b> Considering that the used smallest dose is 7.8 times higher than the highest recommended dose for the target species, recommended dose can be accepted safe in pregnant mammals for embryonic death. However, considering that the dose should be 100 times lower as a safety factor for mammals, it should be taken into account that negativities may also be observed.…”
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Switchable Adhesion of Hydrogels to Plant and Animal Tissues by Leah K. Borden, Morine G. Nader, Faraz A. Burni, Samantha M. Grasso, Irene Orueta‐Ortega, Mahima Srivastava, Paula Montero‐Atienza, Metecan Erdi, Sarah L. Wright, Rajabrata Sarkar, Anthony D. Sandler, Srinivasa R. Raghavan

“…This includes tissues from animals, including humans and other mammals; birds; fish; reptiles (e.g., lizards); amphibians (e.g., frogs), and invertebrates (e.g., shrimp, worms). …”
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Mutual coupling of neurons in the circadian master clock: What we can learn from fruit flies by Charlotte Helfrich-Förster, Nils Reinhard

“…Here, we review the organization of the bilateral master clocks in the fly brain, with a focus on synaptic and paracrine connections between the multiple clock neurons, in comparison with other insects and mammals.…”
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Orbital Myiasis: Due to Invasion of Larvae of Flesh Fly (Wohlfahrtia magnifica) in a Child; Rare Presentation by R. P. Maurya, Deepak Mishra, Prashant Bhushan, V. P. Singh, M. K. Singh

“…Wohlfahrtia magnifica larvae cause myiasis in mammals, mainly in sheep and rarely in human. In human it may infest the ear, eye, mouth or nose, damaging living tissues. …”
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