There are thousands of rodent species in the world. While they provide a number ecosystem functions, unfortunately, some cause significant damage to agriculture. Rodent occurs crops field, but also stored foods, livestock feed, and structures. many methods available reduce populations and/or damage, including both lethal non-lethal methods. advantages disadvantages most methods, regulated by fe...

The mammalian and flea fauna of La Rioja Province is one of the least known from northwestern Argentina. In this study, the distribution and nomenclature of 13 species of fleas of bats and rodents from La Rioja Province are updated. Four species of fleas are recorded for the first time in La Rioja Province including a new record for northwestern Argentina, and two new flea-host associations. An...

Grasses are recognized as a critical regeneration barrier in tropical pastures, yet the effects of rodents and rodent–grass interactions not well understood. As selective foragers, could shape tree communities, moderating biodiversity regenerating landscapes. We utilized fully crossed two-way factorial design to examine effect that grasses, rodents, their interaction had on seedling establishme...

linguatula serrata is one of the important zoonotic parasites. carnivores serve as definitive host. the larvae existed in mesenteric lymph nodes (mlns), liver, lungs, etc of intermediate herbivores. the definitive host becomes infected by ingesting viscera containing the infective nymphal stage. humans may be infected with linguatula either by ingestion of nymphs resulting in a condition called...

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 ...