meles meles
Social group size affects Mycobacterium bovis infection in European badgers (Meles meles)
... European badgers ( Meles meles ) are social mammals which can become infected with Mycobacterium bovis (the causative agent of bovine tuberculosis, TB). Mathematical models of TB within socially structured ...
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Evolution of MHC class I genes in the European badger (Meles meles)
... The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) plays a central role in the adaptive immune system and provides a good model with which to understand the evo- lutionary processes underlying functional genes. Trans-species ...
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Bilateral low grade serous adenocarcinoma of the ovaries in a badger (Meles meles L ) and its association with a borderline serous ovarian tumour: a case report
... In the Czech Republic as well as in many other countries limited attention has been paid to neoplas- tic diseases in wildlife mostly due to the difficulties in obtaining tissues for histopathological and mo- lecular ...
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Development and Evaluation of a Test for Tuberculosis in Live European Badgers (Meles meles) Based on Measurement of Gamma Interferon mRNA by Real Time PCR
... There has been a sharp rise in the incidence of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in cattle in the United Kingdom since the early 1990s (1). This adversely affects animal health and wel- fare and is a cause of considerable ...
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A rare cardiopulmonary parasite of the European badger, Meles meles: first description of the larvae, ultrastructure, pathological changes and molecular identification of Angiostrongylus daskalovi Janchev & Genov 1988
... Between February 2015 and April 2016, eight European badgers (Meles meles L.) were collected in the counties of Maramureș and Alba, in northern and central Romania (Fig. 1). The animals were either ...
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Neighbouring-group composition and within-group relatedness drive extra-group paternity rate in the European badger (Meles meles)
... (Meles meles) population, to investigate the relationship between the rate of EGP in litters and mate availability, mate incompatibility and mate quality ...
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Non invasive monitoring of environmental Mycobacterium bovis shedding in wild European badger (Meles meles) populations
... (Meles meles) is implicated as a wildlife reservoir and is the subject of control measures aimed at reducing the incidence of infection in cattle ...
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Performance of a non invasive test for detecting mycobacterium bovis shedding in European badger (meles meles) populations
... (Meles meles) is implicated as a wildlife reservoir and is the subject of control measures aimed at reducing the incidence of infection in cattle ...
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Performance of a Noninvasive Test for Detecting Mycobacterium bovis Shedding in European Badger (Meles meles) Populations
... (Meles meles) is implicated as a wildlife reservoir and is the subject of control measures aimed at reducing the incidence of infection in cattle ...
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Thelazia callipaeda in mustelids from Romania with the European badger, Meles meles, as a new host for this parasite
... Between March 2015 and April 2019, 77 road-killed and hunted mustelids originating from 15 counties from western, north-western, central, southern and eastern Romania were examined by necropsy: 55 European badg- ers, ...
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Validity of genus Perostrongylus Schlegel, 1934 with new data on Perostrongylus falciformis (Schlegel, 1933) in European badgers, Meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758): distribution, life cycle and pathology
... badgers, Meles meles in Germany as Strongylus falciformis Schlegel, 1933 [8] due to the sickle-shaped spicules and one year later, transferred to the genus Filaroides van Beneden, 1858 as Filaroides ...
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Reproductive biology including evidence for superfetation in the European badger Meles meles (Carnivora: Mustelidae)
... ( Meles meles ) is of wide interest because it is one of the few mammal species that show delayed implantation and one of only five which are suggested to show superfetation as a reproductive ...
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Trophic enrichment factors for blood serum in the European badger (Meles meles)
... Ecologists undertaking stable isotopic analyses of animal diets require trophic enrichment factors (TEFs) for the specific animal tissues that they are studying. Such basic data are available for a small number of ...
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Offspring sex ratio variation in the European badger Meles meles
... In polygynous animals, such as the European badger (Meles meles), determinants of fitness vary between the sexes (Clutton-Brock 1991). If traits affected by pa- rental investment influence the fitness of ...
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Investigation into the genetic diversity in toll like receptors 2 and 4 in the European badger Meles meles
... Investigation into the genetic diversity in tolllike receptors 2 and 4 in the European badger Meles meles.. This version is available at: http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/47924/.[r] ...
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Tri-axial accelerometers quantify behaviour in the Eurasian badger (Meles meles): towards an automated interpretation of field data
... Additional file 1: Example raw acceleration and frequency spectra of four behaviours (walking, trotting, snuffling and resting) for the Eurasian badger ( Meles meles ). (a) Raw acceleration in the surge, ...
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Behaviour-time budget and functional habitat use of a free-ranging European badger(Meles meles)
... A population of wild badgers has been the subject of an intensive long-term ecological and epidemiologi- cal study at Woodchester Park, Gloucestershire, South- West England. The study area consists of a mosaic of largely ...
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Badgers (Meles meles) as reservoirs of vector borne infections in the UK
... Whole badger blood samples collected at Woodchester Park in Gloucestershire, Southwest England and from around Northeast England, and ticks parasitizing these badgers, were analysed with[r] ...
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Monitoring Mycobacterium bovis in Eurasian badgers ( Meles meles ) killed by vehicles in Northern Ireland between 1998 and 2011
... prevalence and distribution of Mycobacterium bovis infection in European badgers. 279 [r] ...
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Mating system of the Eurasian badger, Meles meles, in a high density population
... We estimate the proportion of male and female breeders in the population based on the known number of cubs, the number of parents assigned to genotyped cubs and the number of candidates.[r] ...
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