Publications
| Title | Abstract | Year Filter | PMID(sorted ascending) Filter |
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| [morphogenesis and hormonogenesis in vitro of granulosa cells of the european badger meles meles l]. | granulosa cells harvested from follicles of badger during inactive luteal phaseluteinize in vitro. the results demonstrate that the serum's origin influence progesteron production of badger's granulosa cells in culture. lh appears equally to be stimulating. | 1977 | 404074 |
| [annual cycle of plasma testosterone and thyroxine in the european badger (meles meles l.)]. | in the male european badger there are important variations in the plasma testosterone and thyroxine levels during the annual cycle. during the summer, plasma testosterone concentrations are low while plasma thyroxine rises to a very high level. in winter, when the thyroid activity is minimal, testicular activity increases. from february to may, the plasma testosterone remains at a high level, and then, after a sudden fall, a second peak occurs in june at which time the concentration of thyroxine ... | 1977 | 406085 |
| delayed implantation is under environmental control in the badger (meles meles l.) | 1979 | 440410 | |
| seasonal variations of thyroid activity in the adult male badger, (meles meles l.). | 1979 | 488675 | |
| plasma progesterone levels during delayed implantation in the european badger (meles meles). | there was a biphasic pattern of progesterone secretion during the year. delayed implantation was characterized by low concentrations from february to june, a significant (p less than 0.001) increase during july, august and september, and a return to low levels in october-november. a second significant increase (p less than 0.001) was observed in december and early january just before the presumed time of implantation. | 1978 | 621697 |
| the amino acid sequence of the alpha chain of badger (meles meles) haemoglobin. | the complete amino acid sequence of the alpha chain from the badger (meles meles) haemoglobin was elucidated using conventional methods chiefly performed on tryptic peptides separated by peptide "mapping" and comparison with human alpha chain. sixteen differences were noted between the alpha chain of badger and man. phylogenetic aspects and three-dimensional structure requirements are discussed. | 1978 | 667111 |
| a report of hepatic angioma in the badger (meles meles). | 1978 | 751829 | |
| tuberculosis in wild badgers (meles meles) in gloucestershire: pathology. | the gross and histological appearances of the lesions of tuberculosis in 36 wild badgers found to be infected with mycobacterium bovis are described. these badgers were examined over a period of two years during an investigation into the possible epidemiological association of tuberculosis in badgers and cattle. the possible significance of the lesions in transmission of m bovis to cattle and other badgers is discussed. the histological appearance of the lesions was considered to be indicative o ... | 1976 | 769293 |
| [demonstration of a seasonal thyroid cycle in the male badger (meles meles l) using iodine 131 fixation]. | a seasonal cycle of thyroid activity has been determined in male adult badger by the thyroid 131i uptake. this cycle is characterized by maximal activity in autumn and minimal activity in winter and at the beginning of summer. there is no difference between animals recently caught and those living in captivity. | 1975 | 816499 |
| adiaspiromycosis in large free living carnivores. | adiaspiromycosis was identified in 6 animals in the examination of the lungs of 90 large carnivores. emmonsia crescens (chrysosporium parvum var. crescens) was demonstrated as the causative agent in 5 cases of disease-in the badger (meles meles), the otter (lutra lutra) and the fox (vulpes vulpes). e. parva was demonstrated in the remaining case of disease in a fox. the badger is a new, up to the present unknown host of e. crescens. the sporadic occurrence of adiaspiromycosis in the fox and the ... | 1976 | 945461 |
| the immobilization of the badger (meles meles). | 2003 | 990891 | |
| [endocrine activity of testis in european badger (meles meles l.)]. | 1975 | 1211954 | |
| parasites of the japanese badger, meles meles anakuma temminck, especially on isthmiophora melis (schrank, 1788) lühe, 1909. | 1975 | 1228264 | |
| primary sequence of the beta-chain of badger haemoglobin. | badger (meles meles) haemoglobin was purified by paper electrophoresis and converted into globin. chain separation was carried out on a cm-cellulose column in the presence of 8 m urea. the beta-chain was aminoethylated, purified by gel filtration and submitted to tryptic digestion. a fingerprint obtained with the enzymic digests showed 17 distinct ninhydrin-positive spots from which 20 pure peptides were isolated by further electrochromatographic separations. these peptides were sequenced using ... | 1976 | 1259993 |
| epidemiology of sylvatic trichinellosis in north-western italy. | muscle samples from 7,142 wild boars (sus scrofa), 80 free-ranging hogs, 1,462 red foxes (vulpes vulpes) 90 mustelids, 15 alpine marmots (marmota marmota), 873 rodents and 92 insectivores were examined for trichinella railliet, 1895. a wild boar, a badger (meles meles) and 30 foxes (2.1%) were found to be infected. eleven vulpine isolates and the wild boar isolate were identified as trichinella britovi. these results show that the wild boar has little significance as a reservoir of t. britovi in ... | 1992 | 1305850 |
| sarcoptic mange in swedish wildlife. | 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 the country. in 1984, mange was observed in most parts of sweden. the disease was observed to spread ra ... | 1992 | 1305857 |
| testing the role of intraguild predation in regulating hedgehog populations. | potential competitors that eat each other can engender patterns of spatial segregation similar to those produced by competition, and distinguishable only by field manipulation. this paper reports the results of a perturbation experiment to test the factors responsible for small-scale discontinuities in the distribution of a common insectivore. populations of hedgehogs (erinaceus europaeus) were monitored following their introductions into an area where they had been absent, and into a neighbouri ... | 1992 | 1359546 |
| to breed or not to breed: an analysis of the social and density-dependent constraints on the fecundity of female badgers (meles meles). | data from post-mortem examinations, population density estimates and long term capture-mark-recapture studies have been combined to look at the pattern of reproductive behaviour and the social factors leading to reproductive failure in badgers in britain. the results are used to evaluate whether the hypothesis that the defence of oestrous females (as opposed to defence of food resources) best explains territorial behaviour and the social organization of badgers. badgers in britain have two peaks ... | 1992 | 1362817 |
| placental iron transfer regulation in the haemophagous region of the badger placenta: ultrastructural localization of ferritin in trophoblast and endothelial cells. | the haemophagous region of the badger (meles meles l.) placenta is involved in iron transfer, and maternal erythrocytes are the only source of iron for the fetus. this ultrastructural study provides morphological evidence of placental ferritin iron storage intervening if haem-iron uptake exceeds fetal needs. such placental ferritin is assumed to play an active role in iron transfer regulation. in this paper we demonstrate that this regulatory process of iron transfer by storage in placental ferr ... | 1992 | 1536450 |
| disseminated histoplasmosis in a badger (meles meles) in denmark. | we report the first case of disseminated histoplasmosis in an animal in scandinavia. yeast cells compatible with those of histoplasma capsulatum var. capsulatum were found in the skin, liver, spleen, a kidney, and a lymph node of a wild badger (meles meles). the diagnosis was confirmed by electron microscopy and immunofluorescence staining of the yeast cells in tissue sections. | 1992 | 1642845 |
| pineal rhythm of n-acetyltransferase activity and melatonin in the male badger, meles meles l, under natural daylight: relationship with the photoperiod. | the rhythmicity of melatonin secretion and of pineal nat activity was compared in male badger kept in natural daylight during two distinctly different photoperiods (january and june). the hormone and its enzyme follow the same pattern with a nighttime elevation and a low level during the day, demonstrating the presence of a nyctohemeral rhythm. the high correlation found between the nat activity and the melatonin concentration suggests that nat is the rate-limiting enzyme in melatonin synthesis ... | 1991 | 1757888 |
| epidemiological methods for investigating wild animal reservoirs of animal disease. | the epidemiological and ecological methodologies used to investigate tuberculosis in badgers (meles meles) in great britain are reviewed. the objectives of these studies have been, on the one hand, to investigate the causal association between mycobacterium bovis infection in badgers and the occurrence of tuberculosis in cattle and, on the other, to acquire knowledge of the population biology of badgers and the dynamics of infection in order to identify, formulate and assess potential strategies ... | 1991 | 1760574 |
| lung and hearth nematodes in some spanish mammals. | thirteen host species belonging to the orders rodentia, insectivora and carnivora from various localities in galicia (nw spain) were examined for heart and lung parasites. the following species were found: parastrongylus dujardini (5.5%) in apodemus sylvaticus, crenosoma striatum in erinaceus europaeus (83%), angiostrongylus vasorum, crenosoma vulpis and eucoleus aerophilus in vulpes vulpes (3, 3.46 and 0.50%, respectively), crenosoma taiga in putorius putorius (100%) and crenosoma sp. in meles ... | 1991 | 1844789 |
| steroid profiles of brown adipose tissue. | in brown adipose tissue of alp-marmot (marmota marmota), badger (meles meles) and wistar rats steroids of c21- and c19-type are identified and quantified. the detection of 3 alpha-hydroxy-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one, 3 alpha-hydroxy-5 beta-pregnan-20-one, 3 alpha,21-dihydroxy-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one, 3 alpha,21-dihydroxy-5 beta-pregnan-20-one and 3 beta,21-dihydroxy-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one is of special interest since sleep-inducing properties have been described with these steroids. | 1991 | 1911431 |
| effects of photoperiod, melatonin implants and castration on molting and on plasma thyroxine, testosterone and prolactin levels in the european badger (meles meles). | 1. the seasonal molt, which lasts six months in the badger, begins in mid-july and ends at the beginning of winter. it occurs under natural long-day conditions, following the seasonal drop in plasma testosterone levels, concomitant with high levels of thyroxine and prolactin. 2. to examine the role of the different factors involved (day length, prolactin, thyroxine, testosterone), different groups of badgers, divided into subgroups of castrated or intact animals, were subjected to the influence ... | 1989 | 2570666 |
| the epidemiology of echinococcus granulosus in great britain. v. the status of subspecies of echinococcus granulosus in great britain. | twenty-five years ago williams and sweatman suggested that in great britain there are two subspecies of echinococcus granulosus--e. granulosus granulosus and e. granulosus equinus. echinococcus granulosus granulosus does not mature either in foxes or in horses: e. granulosus equinus will mature in either. the prepatent period of e. granulosus granulosus in the definitive host is about 42 days while that of e. granulosus equinus is about 70 days. each subspecies has a characteristic morphology. m ... | 1989 | 2596902 |
| the amino-acid sequence of the double-headed proteinase inhibitor from badger (meles meles) submandibular glands. | badger submandibular glands contain a double-headed secretory proteinase inhibitor. its amino acid sequence was determined. extensive homologies were found between this inhibitor and the corresponding inhibitors of fox, dog, lion and cat in both domains. as in fox and dog inhibitor, the trypsin-inhibiting domain of badger inhibitor contains an arg residue in the reactive site in contrast to a lys residue in the inhibitors of lion and cat. domains i and ii of badger inhibitor are structurally rel ... | 1989 | 2626426 |
| use of recombinant vaccinia-rabies glycoprotein virus for oral vaccination of wildlife against rabies: innocuity to several non-target bait consuming species. | the pathogenicity of a vaccinia recombinant virus expressing the rabies glycoprotein (vvtggrab) was tested in several wild animal species which could compete with the natural rabies host, the red fox (vulpes vulpes) in consuming vaccine baits in europe. the following species were included in this study: wild boar (sus scrofa), eurasian badger (meles meles), wood mouse (apodemus sylvaticus), yellow-necked mouse (apodemus flavicollis), bank vole (clethrionomys glareolus), common vole (microtus arv ... | 1989 | 2681844 |
| population dynamics of the badger (meles meles) and the epidemiology of bovine tuberculosis (mycobacterium bovis). | 1985 | 2865760 | |
| isolation and characterization of the major plasma apolipoproteins, a-1 and b, in the european badger, meles meles. | the two major apolipoproteins of badger serum, apoa-i and apob, have been isolated and characterized. apolipoprotein a-i was the principal protein of badger lipoproteins with density 1.063-1.21 g/ml and, in addition, was present in the lipoprotein class with density 1.006-1.063 g/ml. this apolipoprotein displayed an mr of approximately equal to 27,000-28,000 and was polymorphic (three prominent isoproteins) on isoelectric focusing, with pi values in the range 5.38-5.55. the amino acid profile of ... | 1986 | 3083034 |
| the haematological values of european badgers (meles meles) in health and in the course of tuberculosis infection. | captive, healthy, adult badgers have blood containing haemoglobin at 13.3 g/dl, and 8.4 x 10(12)/l red cells with an mcv of 46.2 fl and an mch of 15.6 pg. they have 5.1 x 10(9) white cells/l of which 3.29 x 10(9) are polymorphs, 1.49 x 10(9) are lymphocytes, 0.26 x 10(9) are monocytes, 0.07 x 10(9) are eosinophils and 0.01 x 10(9) are basophils. these values are somewhat less in adult animals just trapped from the wild, and are lower still in wild cubs. changes associated with tuberculosis are a ... | 1988 | 3181308 |
| experimental infection of badgers (meles meles) with mycobacterium bovis. | the intradermal inoculation of four badgers with small numbers of mycobacterium bovis resulted in localized lesions with ulceration which slowly healed by 5 months after inoculation. lesions of generalized tuberculosis were seen in three badgers, one of which died at 17 months post-inoculation and in the remaining two killed 22 months post-inoculation. in the fourth badger lesions were confined to the draining lymph node of the inoculation site but m. bovis was isolated from the liver. monthly c ... | 1987 | 3549340 |
| the immunological consequences of challenge with bovine tubercle bacilli in badgers (meles meles). | optimal conditions were determined for performing antibody measurements (elisa), lymphocyte transformation tests and, to some extent, skin tests in badgers. these parameters, together with the bacteriological and pathological studies reported previously (pritchard et al. 1987), were used to follow the course of intradermal and intratracheal challenge of badgers with bovine tubercle bacilli. two challenge doses were used for each route of infection and two animals received each dose. none of the ... | 1987 | 3549341 |
| [the badger (meles meles) in the netherlands: veterinary assistance for an endangered animal species]. | 1987 | 3590136 | |
| thyroid and gonadal regulation of hair growth during the seasonal molt in the male european badger, meles meles l. | in the male badger we showed that hair growth and molt are related to plasma testosterone and thyroxine cycles. we established the action of testosterone by castration and subcutaneous testosterone implants, and the action of thyroxine by thyroidectomy and dietary supplementation with thyroxine. the following groups of animals were studied: controls, thyroidectomized, thyroidectomized and thyroxine-treated, castrated, castrated and thyroxine-treated, thyroidectomized and castrated and thyroxine- ... | 1987 | 3817452 |
| seasonal variations in plasma luteinizing hormone and testosterone levels in the european badger meles meles l. | although active spermatogenesis occurs throughout the year in the male european badger meles meles l., seasonal fluctuations of testicular activity were observed. the present study compared the pattern of luteinizing hormone (lh) and testosterone (t) secretions throughout the annual cycle. lh secretion was investigated by means of a heterologous radioimmunoassay using anti-ovine lh beta antiserum and canine reference standard. seasonal and nycthemeral changes in lh and t secretions were observed ... | 1985 | 3886472 |
| the skin inflammatory response of the badger (meles meles). | twenty-five badgers, captured in an area where they had been implicated in outbreaks of bovine tuberculosis, received intradermal inoculations of control medium, 150 micrograms phytohaemagglutinin (pha), 40 units streptokinase/10 units streptodornase (sk/sd), 200 micrograms purified protein derivative of mycobacterium bovis (ppd), freund's incomplete adjuvant (ifa), and freund's complete adjuvant (cfa), each in 0.1 ml of inoculum. the reactions were assessed by skinfold thickness and skin histol ... | 1985 | 3910074 |
| an electrophoretic behavior of the badger's meles meles serum proteins in starch gel in comparison with that of man and rat. | 1969 | 4186716 | |
| [weight changes of the testis of the european badger (meles meles l.) during the annual genital cycle]. | 1967 | 4229394 | |
| [action of genital steroids on nuclear inclusions of the luteal cells of the european badger (meles meles l)]. | 1967 | 4234299 | |
| dental caries in the european badger (meles meles l). | 1974 | 4446310 | |
| trypanosoma (megatrypanum) pestanai in british badgers (meles meles). | 1974 | 4448586 | |
| some observations on the sexual activities of badgers (meles meles) in yorkshire in the months december to april. | 1974 | 4468892 | |
| tetragomphius melis n. sp. (nematoda; ancylostomidae) from the japanese badger, meles meles anakuma temminck. | 1974 | 4547319 | |
| [sexual cycle of the male badger (meles meles l.)]. | 1972 | 4667908 | |
| thallium poisoning in red foxes (vulpes vulpes) and badgers (meles meles) in denmark. | 1974 | 4831790 | |
| piroplasmosis in british badgers (meles meles). | 1974 | 4853650 | |
| [experimental test of luteal reactivation in the european badger (meles meles l.)]. | 1967 | 4962223 | |
| [some ultrastructural aspects of the luteal cell in the badger (meles meles l.)]. | 1967 | 4963472 | |
| [experimental change of the circadian rhythm in the european badger, meles meles l]. | 1967 | 4963829 | |
| [results of hemicastration in the male european badger (meles meles l.)]. | 1967 | 4963849 | |
| [electrophysiologic study of the uterine musculature of the european badger (meles meles l.)]. | 1969 | 4983266 | |
| [early experimental ovo-implantation in the european badger (meles meles l.) during the blastocyst latency period]. | 1971 | 5003026 | |
| [dynamics of blastocyst migration in the european badger (meles meles l.)]. | 1971 | 5003753 | |
| [luteal function in the european badger, meles meles l]. | 1967 | 5615168 | |
| [on hemogobin of the dachshund (meles meles)]. | 1968 | 5727741 | |
| [behavior, in organ culture, of inactive corpus luteum of the european badger (meles meles l.)]. | badger luteal tissue fragments harvested and cultivated during the inactive phase do not resemble active corpus luteum as do granulosa cells in vitro. production of oestrogen and progesterone by these fragments was examined. amounts produced are much smaller than in the case of granulosa cells and are slightly influenced by the nature of the serum used in culture medium. | 1982 | 6212103 |
| a comparison of the antibody responses of badgers (meles meles) and rabbits (oryctolagus cuniculus) to some common antigens. | the primary and secondary antibody responses of rabbits and badgers were compared after intravenous inoculation of inactivated influenza a virus, sheep erythrocytes (srbcs), bovine serum albumin (bsa) or bacteriophage psi x174. bsa was also given as a primary injection by the intramuscular route in solution or in freund's incomplete or complete adjuvant, followed by an intravenous secondary inoculation without adjuvant. antibody responses were monitored by: haemagglutination inhibition and neutr ... | 1984 | 6237062 |
| response of the badger (meles meles) to infection with brucella abortus. | three badgers exposed to conjunctival instillation of brucella abortus strain 544 developed a mild subclinical infection accompanied by the production of agglutinating and complement fixing antibodies. six months after inoculation, the infection could not be detected in one badger and was confined to lymphoid tissue in the other two. no cell mediated immune response to b abortus antigens could be detected by in vitro lymphocyte transformation tests or intradermal tests for delayed hypersensitivi ... | 1983 | 6410474 |
| [role of blood thyroxine levels in the regulation of the annual cycle of body weight in the adult male badger (meles meles l.)]. | male badgers were shown to display an annual body weight (bw) cycle characterized by an autumnal phase of fattening, coinciding with depressed plasma levels of thyroxine, and a phase of emaciation starting in late winter and leading to a minimal bw in summer, when plasma thyroxine concentrations were peaking. surgical thyroidectomy in the fall did not suppress the bw cycle, but the onsets of fattening and of emaciation were advanced, respectively by 1 and 2 months. on the other hand thyroxine su ... | 1983 | 6412979 |
| infection of free-living carnivores with leptospires of the australis serogroup. | leptospires belonging to the australis serogroup were isolated from badgers (meles meles), mink (lutreola lutreola) and a fox (vulpes vulpes). most isolates were identified by cross-agglutination absorption as serovar muenchen but one isolate from a fox from surrey and one isolate from a badger from northern ireland were identified as serovar bratislava. maintenance of serovar muenchen by a wide range of free-living species is an ecological condition unique to great britain. | 1983 | 6636479 |
| seasonal reproductive endocrine profiles in two wild mammals: the red fox (vulpes vulpes l.) and the european badger (meles meles l.) considered as short-day mammals. | the annual cycle of the testicular function (testis and epididymis weights and plasma testosterone levels) were considered in relation to seasonal variations in plasma lh and prolactin concentrations in two wild european mammals: the badger and the fox. phase relationships were established between the annual prolactin cycles and daylight duration. the influence of castration on the seasonal variations in plasma lh levels was also studied. the resumption of activity in the testicular function occ ... | 1984 | 6695539 |
| c21 steroids and transcortin-type protein during delayed implantation in the european badger meles meles l. | a high-affinity corticosteroid-binding protein (cbg) roughly resembling a transcortin-type protein is present in badger plasma. plasma cbg, corticosteroid and progesterone (p) concentrations were measured in relation to delayed implantation, true progestation and gestation. two significant cbg increases were observed during pregnancy. the first, in the second half of embryonic diapause coincides with an increase in plasma corticosteroid concentration and the second, during true progestation and ... | 1984 | 6708540 |
| [seasonal variations in the nyctohemeral rhythm of plasma testosterone in the european badger meles meles l]. | in the badger a seasonal sexual rhythm of the plasma testosterone is observed. there is also a nycthemeral rhythm of the testosterone secretion; during the regressed period of the testis this rhythm is bimodal with testosterone peaks during the light phase of the day; during the active period and "activity rhythm" with many transitorys peaks during the dark phase is added. | 1980 | 6775840 |
| [changes in plasma progesterone levels in the female badger after removal of the pregnant uterus]. | in the european badger meles meles l., the progesterone profile during the gestational phase shows two successive periods. the first, corresponding to implantation could be due to pituitary stimulation and seems not to have any relation with embryos. the second seems to be due to the presence of the placenta. indeed, after hysterectomy the levels of plasma progesterone are significantly lower. | 1981 | 6794864 |
| plasma androgen patterns during delayed implantation in the european badger (meles meles l.). | androstenedione and testosterone were measured by radioimmunoassay after chromatography on celite microcolumns throughout the delayed implantation period in the european badger (meles meles l.). androstenedione and testosterone concentrations varied from 0.05 to 22 ng/ml, and from 30 pg/ml to 359 pg/ml, respectively. there was a typical biphasic pattern in the fluctuation of these two steroids. androstenedione levels increased between june and august (x= 7.9 +/- 0.8 ng/ml), decreased from septem ... | 1983 | 6852523 |
| environmental control of delayed implantation in the european badger (meles meles). | 1981 | 6939866 | |
| [epidemiology and control of wildlife rabies-analysis of potential causes for the vigorous reduction of the badger (meles meles) population in hesse 1952 till 1977 (frg) (author's transl)]. | 1980 | 7006978 | |
| the intestinal helminths of the red fox and some other carnivores in southwest germany. | in south-west germany between 1975 and 1980, 3,573 red foxes (vulpes vulpes), 84 badgers (meles meles), 47 stone martens (martes foina), and 387 cats (felis catus) were examined for intestinal helminths. in foxes the extent of infections was: taenia crassiceps 24%, t. polyacantha 8%, t. taeniaeformis 0.6%, t. serialis 0.5%, mesocestoides leptothylacus 20%, mesocestoides sp. 0.2%, toxocara canis 32%, toxascaris leonina 3%, uncinaria stenocephala 26%. one to three foxes harboured t. hydatigena, t. ... | 1982 | 7072323 |
| further characterization of the changes occurring in the plasma lipoprotein spectrum in the european badger (meles meles l.) during winter. | the plasma lipoprotein pattern in the european badger has been shown previously to undergo marked and complex quantitative and qualitative seasonal modifications (laplaud, p.m. et al., 1980, j. lipid res., 21, 724-738). however, the conventional ultracentrifugal techniques then in use in our laboratory were of insufficient discriminating power with regard to the numerous lipoprotein fractions whose presence was suggested by our analyses. in the present study, a new density gradient ultracentrifu ... | 1982 | 7093291 |
| luteal vascularization in the european badger (meles meles l.). | 1982 | 7093407 | |
| electrophoretic variation in large mammals. ii. the red fox, vulpes vulpes, the stoat, mustela erminea, the weasel, mustela nivalis, the pole cat, mustela putorius, the pine marten, martes martes, the beech marten, martes foina, and the badger, meles meles. | 1982 | 7107306 | |
| diet-induced and physiologically occurring hypercholesterolemias in the spontaneous hypothyroid european badger (meles meles l.): a density gradient study of lipoprotein profile. | as previously shown in this laboratory (laplaud, p. m. et al. j. lipid res. 1980. 21: 724-738), the european badger is, with regard to its plasma lipid transport system, an original and complex animal of great potential interest to lipoprotein research. in an effort to study the response of this animal to cholesterol feeding, we gave a diet supplemented with 1% cholesterol to six male badgers (group h) during the late fall period when spontaneous hypercholesterolemia and hypothyroidism occur. si ... | 1982 | 7119576 |
| possible phoretic association between mallophagan and flea ectoparasites of the badger, meles meles (l.). | 1982 | 7149840 | |
| short-term variations of plasma testosterone concentrations in the european badger (meles meles). | badgers were sampled once during the sexually inactive season (july-november) and during the breeding season (february-april) and testosterone and dihydrotestosterone (dht) concentrations were measured by radioimmunoassay after separation by chromatography. concentrations of both hormones were higher in the breeding than non-breeding season, but the mean ratio of testosterone to dht was greater in the breeding (14) than in the non-breeding season (7). during the breeding season (march 1979) 18 a ... | 1981 | 7192742 |
| isolation of mycoplasmas from raccoon dog (nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus), fox (vulpes vulpes japonica) and japanese badger (meles meles anakuma). | 1981 | 7289340 | |
| plasma estrogen levels during delayed implantation in the european badger (meles meles l.). | 1980 | 7419041 | |
| a spontaneously seasonal hypercholesterolemic animal: plasma lipids and lipoproteins in the european badger (meles meles l.). | the european badger has previously been shown to exhibit yearly cycles of locomotor activity, endocrine secretions, and body weight, as well as seasonal variations in plasma cholesterol. over a period of 2 years, we have followed the plasma levels of free and esterified cholesterol, triglycerides and phospholipids, and of plasma lipoproteins (by means of polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, agarose column chromatography and preparative and analytical ultracentrifugation). some preliminary observa ... | 1980 | 7419984 |
| bronchial ramification and lobular division of the lung of the japanese badger (meles meles anakuma). | the right lung of the japanese badger (meles meles anakuma) consists of the cranial, middle, caudal and accessory lobes. the left lung consists of the middle and caudal lobes. the japanese badger has four bronchiole systems, dorsal, lateral, ventral and medial, on each side. the cranial lobe is formed by the first bronchiole of the dorsal bronchiole system. the middle lobe is formed by the first bronchiole of the lateral bronchiole system. the accessory lobe is formed by the first bronchiole of ... | 1995 | 7492660 |
| the occurrence of mycobacterium bovis infection in cattle in and around an area subject to extensive badger (meles meles) control. | the occurrence of mycobacterium bovis infection in cattle herds during the period 1966-92 in two geographically related areas in south-west england is compared. in one area comprising 104 km2 all badgers were systematically destroyed from 1975-81, after which recolonization was allowed; in the other, comprising 116 km2, small scale, statutory badger removal operations were undertaken from 1975 onwards where specific herds were detected with m. bovis infection. in the area with total clearance, n ... | 1995 | 7867737 |
| the fungal flora of zoo animals' ears. | the mycotic flora of the ears of zoo animals was investigated in a large zoological garden in germany. malassezia pachydermatis was isolated from the following animals: big ant-eater, brown bear, common wombat, eurasian badger, indian elephant, mangaliza pig and wide-mouthed rhinoceros. aspergillus and penicillium species, yeasts and zygomycetes were also isolated from some animals. | 1994 | 7935595 |
| sarcocysts (sarcocystis sp.: sporozoa) in the european badger, meles meles. | sarcocysts from the tongue muscle of a european badger (meles meles) are reported for the first time and described by light and transmission electron microscopy. judging from the ultrastructure of the cyst wall, the parasite is similar to the species sarcocystis gracilis rátz, 1909 sensu erber, boch & barth (1978) from roe deer and possibly identical with it. this is noteworthy regarding the intermediate host specificity. | 1994 | 8008456 |
| tuberculosis in badgers (meles meles). | this review examines the incidence of tuberculosis in badgers, the pathogenesis and diagnosis of the disease in the badger, and the control prospects related to spread of tuberculosis from badgers to cattle. | 1994 | 8073624 |
| badgers (meles meles), cattle and bovine tuberculosis (mycobacterium bovis): a hypothesis to explain the influence of habitat on the risk of disease transmission in southwest england. | badgers are believed to be responsible for a high proportion of the cases of bovine tuberculosis in cattle in southwest england where, despite the onset of badger control operations in 1975, comparatively high numbers of cattle continue to fail the tuberculin test. to determine why the disease remains a problem in these areas, data on badger densities and patterns of land use were examined. areas subject to repeated badger control operations had greater landscape heterogeneity and a higher densi ... | 1993 | 8234365 |
| mycobacterium bovis in the european badger (meles meles): epidemiological findings in tuberculous badgers from a naturally infected population. | this study investigates the course of tuberculosis in a naturally infected badger population, its impact on the population and the risk of spread to other species in the light of capture data and post-mortem findings from 47 tuberculous badgers, stratified by age group and sex, accrued since 1975. the findings are compared with those for 260 badgers from the same population in whom no evidence of infection was detected. detailed estimates of seasonal variations in bodyweight for uninfected male ... | 1993 | 8348937 |
| mammalian spinal biomechanics. i. static and dynamic mechanical properties of intact intervertebral joints. | four-point bending was used to apply pure extension and flexion moments to the ligamentous lumbosacral spine and pelvic girdle of monkey (macaca fascicularis), rabbit (domestic and wild, oryctolagus cuniculus), badger (meles meles), wallaby (wallabia rufogrisea frutica), sheep (ovis aries), seal (phoca vitulina) and tiger (panthera tigris). the absolute ranges of angular change in lumbar-lumbar joints (from x-radiographs) were considerable and similar in monkey and wallaby (greater in flexion) a ... | 1993 | 8440968 |
| bovine tuberculosis in badger (meles meles) populations in southwest england: the use of a spatial stochastic simulation model to understand the dynamics of the disease. | a spatial stochastic simulation model was developed to describe the dynamics of bovine tuberculosis in badger populations in southwest england, based on data from the literature and from unpublished sources. as there are no data on intra- and intergroup infection probabilities, estimates of these were obtained through repeated simulations based on field observations of the spread and prevalence of the disease. the model works on a grid-cell basis, with each grid cell potentially occupied by one ... | 1995 | 8570681 |
| bovine tuberculosis in badger (meles meles) populations in southwest england: an assessment of past, present and possible future control strategies using simulation modelling. | a spatial stochastic simulation model was used to compare the efficacy of different badger control policies and to determine the theoretical requirements for the control of endemic bovine tuberculosis in badger populations in southwest england. culling-based strategies for controlling endemic disease were compared with strategies employing a yet-to-be-developed oral vaccine which would provide uninfected badgers with immunity to the infection. a comparative assessment was made of the efficacy of ... | 1995 | 8570682 |
| evaluation of an elisa for mycobacterium bovis infection in badgers (meles meles). | the performance of an indirect elisa for diagnosing mycobacterium bovis infection in live badgers was evaluated by examining blood samples collected from 1982 badgers captured during statutory badger removal operations in south west england. the validity of the test and the factors affecting the prevalence of infection are described. the sensitivity of the elisa was 40.7 percent, its specificity was 94.3 percent, the predictive value of a positive test was 67.5% percent and the predictive value ... | 1995 | 8644433 |
| vaccination of the badger (meles meles) against mycobacterium bovis. | this review summarizes current knowledge relating to the potential development of a vaccine against mycobacterium bovis (m. bovis) for use in badgers. the serious economic loss incurred from bovine tuberculosis in ireland is highlighted. the problems presented to national bovine tuberculosis eradication programmes by wildlife reservoirs of m bovis, in particular the badger and the brushtail possum, are outlined. badger and possum ecology and the epidemiology of m. bovis infection in these specie ... | 1996 | 8870197 |
| safety study of the sag2 rabies virus mutant in several non-target species with a view to its future use for the immunization of foxes in europe. | the safety of the sag2 virus, a low virulence mutant of the sad strain, was investigated in ten species of mammals and seven species of birds liable to consume vaccine baits. these species are the western hedgehog (erinaceus europaeus), the meadow vole (microtus arvalis), the bank vole (clethrionomys glareolus), the water vole (arvicola terrestris), the field mouse (apodemus flavicollis or a. sylvaticus), the norway rat (rattus norvegicus), the european badger (meles meles), the domestic ferret ... | 1996 | 9014291 |
| on physaloptera sibirica petrow et gorbunow, 1931 (nematoda: physalopteridae) parasitizing iberian mammals. | faunistic and morphological study of physaloptera sibirica petrow et gorbunow, 1931 (nematoda: physalopteridae), a nematode isolated in spain from three mammal species: red fox, vulpes vulpes (linnaeus, 1758) (carnivora: canidae), eurasian badger, meles meles (linnaeus, 1758) (carnivora: mustelidae), and garden dormouse, eliomys quercinus (linnaeus, 1766) (rodentia: myoxidae) in the iberian peninsula. morphological features of cephalic and caudal regions of males are presented for the first time ... | 1996 | 9077116 |
| the european badger (carnivora:mustelidae) as intermediate host of further three sarcocystis species (sporozoa). | three species of sarcocysts are described by light and electron microscopy from the european badger (meles meles): sarcocystis hofmanni n. sp. (a species otherwise occurring in roe deer, capreolus capreolus), s. sp., cf. sebeki (c species usually parasitizing certain murids); and s. melis n. sp. (c species presumably specific for the badger). | 1994 | 9140470 |
| the n-player war of attrition and territorial groups. | the choices made by juveniles, in territorial species, between dispersing and remaining in the natal territory, can be modelled as a simple multi-player evolutionary game, related to the well-known war of attrition [maynard smith, j. (1974) j. theor. biol. 47, 209-221; haigh j. & cannings, c. (1989) acta applicandae mathematicae 14, 59-74]. the game is shown to have a unique evolutionarily stable strategy, involving a random choice between dispersing early in the game and staying indefinitely. a ... | 1997 | 9405135 |
| fertility control as a means of controlling bovine tuberculosis in badger (meles meles) populations in south-west england: predictions from a spatial stochastic simulation model. | a spatial stochastic simulation model was used to assess the potential of fertility control, based on a yet-to-be-developed oral bait-delivered contraceptive directed at females, for the control of bovine tuberculosis in badger populations in south-west england. the contraceptive had a lifelong effect so that females rendered sterile in any particular year remained so for the rest of their lives. the efficacy of fertility control alone repeated annually for varying periods of time was compared w ... | 1997 | 9447730 |
| morphology and morphometry of skulls of raccoon dogs, nyctereutes procyonoides and badgers, meles meles. | in order to obtain the basic data to identify the skeletal remains from the archaeological sites, morphological and morphometrical studies were carried out on skulls of living raccoon dogs (35 males and 45 females) and badgers (16 males and 8 females) from kagoshima prefecture. macroscopically, the sexual differences were observed in badgers for the parts of the zygomatic process of the temporal bone and the occipital squama, but were not in raccoon dogs. among 24 cranial measurements, significa ... | 1998 | 9524938 |
| a histometrical study on the long bones of raccoon dogs, nyctereutes procyonoides and badgers, meles meles. | to obtain the data required for identification of skeletal remains excavated from archaeological sites, histometrical observations were made in the cross sections of the mid-shaft of humerus, radius, femur and tibia of raccoon dogs (nyctereutes procyonoides) and badgers (meles meles) captured in kagoshima prefecture. there were interspecific differences between both animals in the breadth, the depth and the area of medullary cavity at the mid-shaft of the bones, all measurements were greater in ... | 1998 | 9560780 |
| movement of badgers (meles meles) in a high-density population: individual, population and disease effects. | the movement of 1763 badgers trapped between 36 social groups in woodchester park, gloucestershire, over 18 years was analysed to determine the frequency and duration of moves, the factors associated with a predisposition to move and the spatial pattern of movements. of those badgers whose capture history could be categorized, nearly half had moved. of these, 73.1% were classified as 'occasional movers', 22.1% as 'permanent movers' and 4.8% as 'frequent movers'. most adult badgers that moved mad ... | 1998 | 9718736 |
| spatial and temporal trends in levels of trace metals and pcbs in the european badger meles meles (l., 1758) in the netherlands: implications for reproduction. | in the netherlands the european badger meles meles is presently recovering from earlier declines in numbers. the rate of recovery, however, varies between regions. it is argued that the effects of traffic accidents cannot account for the differences in recovery between regions. it is further shown that the population recovery is relatively poor in areas with high cadmium and zinc concentrations, such as near rivers. it is suggested that cadmium has an adverse effect on reproduction and that this ... | 1998 | 9842755 |
| individual differences in den maintenance effort in a communally dwelling mammal: the eurasian badger. | group living has potential costs in terms of relative fitness for individuals that invest effort in activities providing general benefit, if other competing individuals exploit those activities and accrue similar benefits at no cost. we examined the roles of individual badgers, meles meles, in the den maintenance activities of digging and bedding collection at their communal setts. twenty per cent of adults and yearlings were responsible for 60-90% of the observed digging and bedding collection ... | 1999 | 10053082 |