Noninvasive Sampling Reveals Short-Term Genetic Rescue in an Insular Red Fox Population

Noninvasive genetic sampling reveals intrasex territoriality in wolverines.

Due to its conspicuous manifestations and its capacity to shape the configuration and dynamics of wild populations, territorial behavior has long intrigued ecologists. Territoriality and other animal interactions in situ have traditionally been studied via direct observations and telemetry. Here, we explore whether noninvasive genetic sampling, which is increasingly supplementing traditional fi...

Genetic Variation of Informative Short Tandem Repeat (STR) Loci in an Iranian Population

In the present study, genotyping of six short tandem repeat (STR) loci including CSF1PO, D16S539, F13A01, F13B, LPL and HPRTB was performed on genomic DNA from 127 unrelated individuals from the Iranian province of Isfahan. The results indicated that the allele and genotype distributions were in accordance with Hardy-Weinberg expectations. The observed heterozygosity (Ho), expected heterozygosi...

Chromosomes of the Red Fox.

Microsporum canis infection in a red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

A 3-month-old male red fox that was in contact with a Persian cat referred to the small animal hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran with multi-focal circular non-pruritic skin lesions and hair loss mainly on the head and extremities. A complete series of dermatologic tests such as Wood’s light examination, direct microscopic examination, and fungal culture were perform...

Rescue corticosteroids in twin pregnancies and short-term neonatal outcomes.

OBJECTIVE To estimate the efficacy of a rescue course of antenatal corticosteroids in twin pregnancies. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Tertiary-care centre. POPULATION Twins born from 24 to <34 weeks of gestation in a single maternal and fetal medicine practice from 2006 to 2011. METHODS We compared neonatal outcomes in 88 twins exposed to a single course of corticosteroids ...