Bison bonasus bonasus as a museum exhibit in the 18th – early 20th centuries

The first report of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in free-living European bison (Bison bonasus bonasus Linnaeus).

Toxoplasma gondii Nicolle et Manceaux, 1908 is an apicomplexan parasite with a worldwide distribution. It is of great medical and veterinary importance because it may cause abortion or congenital disease in its intermediate hosts, including man. The European bison, the largest herbivorous animal in Europe, is a species that has been saved from extinction. Twenty-four of 95 examined sera of the ...

The genome sequence of the wisent (Bison bonasus)

The wisent, also known as the European bison, was rescued from extinction approximately 80 years ago through the conservation of 12 individuals. Here, we present the draft genome sequence of a male wisent individual descended from this founding stock. A total of 366 billion base pairs (Gb) of raw reads from whole-genome sequencing of this wisent were generated using the Illumina HiSeq2000 platf...

Coronary arteries of the European bison (Bison bonasus)

BACKGROUND The European bison (Bison bonasus) is an endangered species. More information on its anatomy is needed as only few studies have been published. This study is the first report on the morphology of the coronary vessels. Given the anatomical similarity between the European bison and other ruminants, the results of this study can be applied to other species, including endangered ones. ...

Assessment of interspecific and intrapopulational polymorphism at Bison bonasus specie

The morphology of the adrenal gland in the European bison (Bison bonasus)

BACKGROUND The anatomy of the adrenal glands has been widely studied in many species of domestic and wild mammals. However, there are no available literature reports describing the morphology and morphometry of the adrenal glands of the European bison (Bison bonasus). RESULTS The study was conducted on 97 European bison of both sexes. The growth of the adrenal glands corresponded to the growt...