Rattus tiomanicus is a murid rodent of considerable agricultural and public health importance in Southeast Asia. The whole mitochondrial genome R. was sequenced by the Ion Torrent PGM platform. It had total length 16,309 bp, consisting 13 protein-coding genes, two rRNA 22 tRNA genes non-coding regions (L-strand replication origin control region). Only TAA incomplete T-stop codons were represent...

rodent ectoparasites seems have a main role in transmission of some zoonotic pathogens from commensal rats to human and pets such as leishmaniasis, plague, cchf, etc. so rodents as the main reservoirs, are potential health dangers in human communities. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and frequency of identified ectoparasites in north of tehran . rodents were captured with ...

The United States National Park Service and the United States Wildlife Services made a planned and sustained effort to eradicate the introduced roof rats (Rattus rattus) from Buck Island Reef National Monument in the Caribbean Sea during 1998–2000. The rats were causing substantial damage to a variety of the 80-ha island’s floral and faunal resources. An island-wide grid of elevated bait statio...

Twenty rats (Rattus norve<j'fciis) received infective inocula of 5, 10, 20, and 40 third-stage larvae of Angiostrongylus cantonensis. · Tti~' eff~cts of varying doses