Zoonotic diseases impact both wild and domestic animal populations and can be transmitted to humans through close contact with animal species. Reservoir species acting as vectors are major traffickers of disease. Rodents contribute to the transmission of Coxiella burnetii although little is known about its prevalence in wild animal populations. DNA was extracted from genital swabs collected fro...

1. Throughout much of Britain, Ireland and north Italy, red squirrels ( Sciurus vulgaris L.) have been replaced by alien grey squirrels ( S. carolinensis Gmelin) introduced from North America. We have studied squirrels in two mixed woodlands in north Italy and two conifer forests in north England. In each country, one site was occupied by red squirrels and one site by both species. 2. We have p...

A hormonal-challenge protocol was used to compare the stress response of males of Arctic ground squirrels and red squirrels during the breeding season (May). These squirrels live in the same boreal forest of the Yukon, but have very different life histories and utilize the forest in markedly different ways. Red squirrels had levels of total cortisol, maximum corticosteroid-binding capacity, and...

Taxonomic status of gliding squirrels belonging to the “northern” form Petinomys setosus known from N. Burma and Thailand has been controversial. Earlier it was assigned a distinct genus Olisthomys, however, currently is synonymized with P. s. str. Sumatra Borneo Islands, Malay Peninsula. A squirrel collected in Song Hinh forest (Phu Yen Province, south central Vietnam) examined genetically usi...

The adaptive value of fluorescence among the vertebrates has been studied most in fishes and birds, only a few observations have published regarding pelage mammals. Recently, reports some marsupials, platypus, flying squirrels become available. We report occurrence fluorescent properties mammals from Arkansas. Most carnivores, bats, rodents did not exhibit property when viewed under UV light. H...

A brain tumor is a portion of uneven cells, need to be detected earlier for treatment. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) routinely utilized procedure take images. Manual segmentation crucial task and laborious. There an automated system classification surgery medical treatments. This work suggests efficient based on deep learning techniques. Initially, Squirrel search optimized bidirectional Con...