A novel gammaherpesvirus in a large flying fox (Pteropus vampyrus) with blepharitis
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The hormonal and behavioral response to group formation, seasonal changes, and restraint stress in the highly social Malayan Flying Fox (Pteropus vampyrus) and the less social Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox (Pteropus pumilus) (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae).
This study examined behavioral and physiological responses (changes in inter-animal spacing, total glucocorticoids, testosterone, and body mass) to the formation of breeding and same-sex groups in two bat species, the socially gregarious Malayan Flying Fox (Pteropus vampyrus) and the less social Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox (Pteropus pumilus). We hypothesized that social instability, especi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1040-6387,1943-4936
DOI: 10.1177/1040638713486645