ONRAB(®) is a recombinant human adenovirus type 5 (HAd5) with the rabies glycoprotein gene incorporated into its genome. ONRAB(®) has been used in Canada as an oral rabies vaccine in target wildlife species such as: red fox (Vulpes vulpes), raccoon (Procyon lotor), and striped skunk (Mepthis mephitis). We evaluated the safety of ONRAB(®) in non-target wildlife species likely to contact the vacc...

Mange caused by Sarcoptes scabiei var. vulpes appeared among red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Scandinavia (south-west Finland) for the first time in this century in 1967. The disease was most probably introduced by foxes crossing the Gulf of Finland from Estonia. The mange epizootic spread northwards through Finland and reached Sweden in late 1975, when mangy foxes appeared in the northern part of ...

Sexually mature male mice of three different strains (CD-1 outbred, CBA, and C57BI/6J inbred) were exposed in an arena to a small black cylinder (35 mm film container), filled with faeces of either a mouse predator (red fox, Vulpes vulpes) or a non-predator (rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus) during a 3 min test. Control animals were given an empty container. Locomotor activity and behavioural resp...

INTRODUCTION Hydroperoxides are well-recognized reactive oxygen species which are associated with oxidative stress, a phenomenon of current clinical interest as oxidative stress is associated with a number of disease condition. Ferrous ion oxidation xylenol orange (FOX) methods of hydroperoxide estimation has outdated other methods available for hydroperoxide estimation. Two versions FOX assays...

Abstract Two introduced carnivores, the European red fox Vulpes vulpes and domestic cat Felis catus , have had extensive impacts on Australian biodiversity. In this study, we collate information consumption of birds by fox, paralleling a recent study reporting consumed cats. We found records foxes 128 native bird species (18% non-vagrant fauna 25% those within fox’s range), smaller tally than f...

1,1-Diamino-2,2-dinitroethene (FOX-7) reacts readily with copper nitrate in an aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide to form pea green Cu(FOX)(2)(H(2)O)(2) (5). FOX-7 complexes of copper and nickel supported by a variety of diamines including Cu(en)(2)(FOX)(2)(H(2)O) (1), Cu(pn)(2)(FOX)(2) (2), Cu(bipy)(FOX)(2)(H(2)O)(4) (3a), Cu(bipy)(2)(FOX)(2)(H(2)O)(2.5) (3b), Cu(bipy)(FOX)(2)(DMSO)(2)·2D...

The direct and indirect interactions that large mammalian carnivores have with other species can have far-reaching effects on ecosystems. In recent years there has been growing interest in the role that Australia’s largest terrestrial predator, the dingo, may have in structuring ecosystems. In this study we investigate the effect of dingo exclusion on mammal communities, by comparing mammal ass...