Some serum constituents of shot fallow deer (n = 52) in Slovenia have been studied and the means of various biochemical parameters have been determined for sex and age groups and the place where blood has been taken. The samples were taken from two hunting enclosures in Upper Carniola (Gorenjska) and Lower Carniola (Dolenjska) during the 2000/01 winter season. Recorded mean values were: asparta...

BACKGROUND Schmallenberg virus (SBV) first emerged in Europe in 2011, and in Sweden in late 2012. The virus was still circulating in parts of Europe in 2015. In recent testing, the virus has not been detected in Swedish domestic animals, indicating that it is no longer circulating in Sweden. It is not known if the virus has circulated and is still circulating in Swedish wild cervid populations ...

Tidal streams of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy (Sgr) may be showering dark matter onto the solar system and contributing ∼(0.3–25)% of the local density of our Galactic Halo. If dark matter consists of WIMPs, the extra contribution from the stream gives rise to a step-like feature in the energy recoil spectrum in direct dark matter detection. For our best estimate of stream velocity (...

The rutting behaviour of fallow deer (Dama dama) at Doñana National Park (SW Spain) was studied in order to test the ecological and behavioural factors affecting variation in fallow deer mating strategies. Rutting area attendance was an important determinant of male reproductive success. An increase in population density during the study period did not seem to affect the variables related to th...

La gazelle dama Nanger (Pallas, 1766) dans l'art rupestre du Sahara. Vingt-cinq images rupestres préhistoriques originales provenant Sahara en Libye, au Niger, Mauritanie et Algérie sont présentées, illustrant de manière évidente ou probable des gazelles (Mammalia, Bovidae: 1766)). Une étude la littérature sur les nordafricain sert à interpréter ces nouveaux exemples. Des procédés stylistiques ...

Bacteria produce a variety of enzymes capable of methylating DNA. In many species, the majority of adenine methylation is accomplished by the DNA adenine methylase Dam. In Escherichia coli the Dam methylase plays roles in the initiation of replication, mismatch repair, and gene regulation. In a number of other bacterial species, mutation or overexpression of Dam leads to attenuation of virulenc...

Resenha da obra Essa dama bate bué!, de Yara Nakahanda Monteiro.

Deer are acknowledged as hosts of Mycobacterium bovis, the causative agent of bovine tuberculosis (bTB), and determining the prevalence of infection in deer species is one of the key steps in understanding the epidemiological role played by cervids in the transmission and maintenance of bTB in the United Kingdom. This study evaluated a rapid lateral-flow test for the detection of bTB in samples...