| climate variability and the occurrence of human puumala hantavirus infections in europe: a systematic review. | hantaviruses are distributed worldwide and are transmitted by rodents. in europe, the infection usually manifests as a mild form of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) known as nephropathia epidemica (ne), which is triggered by the virus species puumala. its host is the bank vole (myodes glareolus). in the context of climate change, interest in the role of climatic factors for the disease has increased. a systematic review was conducted to investigate the association between climate va ... | 2015 | 25557350 |
| [variants of the immunoreactivity and infectious process in bank vole (myodes glareolus) experimentally infected with the hantavirus puumala (puuv)]. | as a result of a longitudinal study of the puumala hantavirus (puuv) in the experimentally infected bank voles (myodes glareolus), we revealed three groups of the voles differing in the immunoreactivity and viral antigen concentration in the organs. the close correlation between these parameters suggested the existence of various mechanisms of the hantavirus persistence in the host. | 2016 | 25549467 |
| complete genome of a puumala virus strain from central europe. | puumala virus (puuv) is one of the predominant hantavirus species in europe causing mild to moderate cases of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. parts of lower saxony in north-western germany are endemic for puuv infections. in this study, the complete puuv genome sequence of a bank vole-derived tissue sample from the 2007 outbreak was determined by a combined primer-walking and rna ligation strategy. the s, m and l genome segments were 1,828, 3,680 and 6,550 nucleotides in length, respecti ... | 2015 | 25543297 |
| the importance of bank vole density and rainy winters in predicting nephropathia epidemica incidence in northern sweden. | pathogenic hantaviruses (family bunyaviridae, genus hantavirus) are rodent-borne viruses causing hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) in eurasia. in europe, there are more than 10,000 yearly cases of nephropathia epidemica (ne), a mild form of hfrs caused by puumala virus (puuv). the common and widely distributed bank vole (myodes glareolus) is the host of puuv. in this study, we aim to explain and predict ne incidence in boreal sweden using bank vole densities. we tested whether the num ... | 2014 | 25391132 |
| identification of factors influencing the puumala virus seroprevalence within its reservoir in amontane forest environment. | puumala virus (puuv) is a major cause of mild to moderate haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and is transmitted by the bank vole (myodes glareolus). there has been a high cumulative incidence of recorded human cases in south-eastern germany since 2004 when the region was first recognized as being endemic for puuv. as the area is well known for outdoor recreation and the bavarian forest national park (bfnp) is located in the region, the increasing numbers of recorded cases are of concern. to ... | 2014 | 25341661 |
| puumala hantavirus infection alters the odour attractiveness of its reservoir host. | the random-mixing assumptions of many parasite-transmission models are challenged if healthy individuals can alter their behaviour to reduce their risk of infection. some pathogens reduce the attractiveness of their hosts' excretions, for example, potentially altering contact rates and thus the predicted force of infection for pathogens transmissible by contact with excretions. for bank voles (myodes glareolus), contact with contaminated urine is an important route of transmission for puumala ha ... | 2014 | 25209840 |
| quantifying the past and future impact of climate on outbreak patterns of bank voles (myodes glareolus). | central european outbreak populations of the bank vole (myodes glareolus schreber) are known to cause damage in forestry and to transmit the most common type of hantavirus (puumala virus, puuv) to humans. a sound estimation of potential effects of future climate scenarios on population dynamics is a prerequisite for long-term management strategies. historic abundance time series were used to identify the key weather conditions associated with bank vole abundance, and were extrapolated to future ... | 2015 | 24889216 |
| first molecular evidence for puumala hantavirus in poland. | puumala virus (puuv) causes mild to moderate cases of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs), and is responsible for the majority of hantavirus infections of humans in fennoscandia, central and western europe. although there are relatively many puuv sequences available from different european countries, little is known about the presence of this virus in poland. during population studies in 2009 a total of 45 bank voles were trapped at three sites in north-eastern poland, namely islands o ... | 2014 | 24452006 |
| maternal antibodies contribute to sex-based difference in hantavirus transmission dynamics. | individuals often differ in their ability to transmit disease and identifying key individuals for transmission is a major issue in epidemiology. male hosts are often thought to be more important than females for parasite transmission and persistence. however, the role of infectious females, particularly the transient immunity provided to offspring through maternal antibodies (matabs), has been neglected in discussions about sex-biased infection transmission. we examined the effect of host sex up ... | 2013 | 24352416 |
| the pathogenesis of nephropathia epidemica: new knowledge and unanswered questions. | puumala virus (puuv) causes an acute hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs), a zoonosis also called nephropathia epidemica (ne). the reservoir host of puuv is the bank vole (myodes glareolus). herein we review the main clinical manifestations of ne, acute kidney injury, increased vascular permeability, coagulation abnormalities as well as pulmonary, cardiac, central nervous system and ocular manifestations of the disease. several biomarkers of disease severity have recently been discovered ... | 2013 | 24126075 |
| hantaviruses as zoonotic pathogens in germany. | hantavirus disease is a zoonosis of increasing clinical importance. a new incidence peak was reached in germany in 2012, with more than 2800 reported cases. these viruses are transmitted from small mammals to human beings. the disease begins with high fever and non-pathognomonic manifestations that can end in shock and organ failure. | 2013 | 23964302 |
| [en route in switzerland - tick-borne and hantavirus infections]. | tick-borne infections are endemic in switzerland with borreliosis being the most frequent one, followed by the vaccine-preventable tick-borne encephalitis and more rarely by anaplasmosis, rickettsioses and babesiosis. short characteristics of these infections are presented. the main preventive measures for stays in endemic regions include not leaving forest tracks and wearing closely fitted clothes and shoes, impregnated with an insecticide. following at-risk activities, clothes as well as the b ... | 2013 | 23732453 |
| microevolution of puumala hantavirus during a complete population cycle of its host, the bank vole (myodes glareolus). | microevolution of puumala hantavirus (puuv) was studied throughout a population cycle of its host, the bank vole (myodes glareolus). we monitored puuv variants circulating in the host population in central finland over a five-year period that included two peak-phases and two population declines. of 1369 bank voles examined, 360 (26.3%) were found infected with puuv. partial sequences of each of the three genome segments were recovered (approx. 12% of puuv genome) from 356 bank voles. analyses of ... | 2013 | 23717616 |
| puumala virus outbreak in western thuringia, germany, 2010: epidemiology and strain identification. | in 2010, the highest annual number of human puumala virus (puuv) infections was reported in germany since hantavirus surveillance started in 2001. the increase in annual case numbers was especially marked in western thuringia. we combined results of case-based hantavirus surveillance in humans and serological and molecular investigations in the rodent reservoir to describe the epidemiological situation and to identify the putative outbreak strain. a 5-fold increase in notified hantavirus cases c ... | 2013 | 23398736 |
| ecological niche modelling of bank voles in western europe. | the bank vole (myodes glareolus) is the natural host of puumala virus (puuv) in vast areas of europe. puuv is one of the hantaviruses which are transmitted to humans by infected rodents. puuv causes a general mild form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) called nephropathia epidemica (ne). vector-borne and zoonotic diseases generally display clear spatial patterns due to different space-dependent factors. land cover influences disease transmission by controlling both the spatial dist ... | 2013 | 23358234 |
| spatiotemporal dynamics of puumala hantavirus in suburban reservoir rodent populations. | the transmission of pathogens to susceptible hosts is dependent on the vector population dynamics. in europe, bank voles (myodes glareolus) carry puumala hantavirus, which causes nephropathia epidemica (ne) in humans. fluctuations in bank vole populations and epidemics in humans are correlated but the main factors influencing this relationship remain unclear. in belgium, more ne cases are reported in spring than in autumn. there is also a higher incidence of human infections during years of larg ... | 2012 | 23181849 |
| model-based prediction of nephropathia epidemica outbreaks based on climatological and vegetation data and bank vole population dynamics. | wildlife-originated zoonotic diseases in general are a major contributor to emerging infectious diseases. hantaviruses more specifically cause thousands of human disease cases annually worldwide, while understanding and predicting human hantavirus epidemics pose numerous unsolved challenges. nephropathia epidemica (ne) is a human infection caused by puumala virus, which is naturally carried and shed by bank voles (myodes glareolus). the objective of this study was to develop a method that allows ... | 2013 | 23176630 |
| analysis of complete puumala virus genome, finland. | puumala virus causes nephropathia epidemica, a rodent-borne zoonosis that is endemic to europe. we sequenced the complete puumala virus genome that was directly recovered from a person who died and compared it with those of viruses from local bank voles. the virus strain involved was neither a unique nor rare genetic variant. | 2012 | 23171600 |
| modelling zoonotic diseases in humans: comparison of methods for hantavirus in sweden. | because their distribution usually depends on the presence of more than one species, modelling zoonotic diseases in humans differs from modelling individual species distribution even though the data are similar in nature. three approaches can be used to model spatial distributions recorded by points: based on presence/absence, presence/available or presence data. here, we compared one or two of several existing methods for each of these approaches. human cases of hantavirus infection reported by ... | 2012 | 22984887 |
| multiple synchronous outbreaks of puumala virus, germany, 2010. | to investigate 2,017 cases of hantavirus disease in germany, we compared 38 new patient-derived puumala virus rna sequences identified in 2010 with bank vole-derived small segment rna sequences. the epidemic process was driven by outbreaks of 6 puumala virus clades comprising strains of human and vole origin. each clade corresponded to a different outbreak region. | 2012 | 22932394 |
| environmental change and disease dynamics: effects of intensive forest management on puumala hantavirus infection in boreal bank vole populations. | intensive management of fennoscandian forests has led to a mosaic of woodlands in different stages of maturity. the main rodent host of the zoonotic puumala hantavirus (puuv) is the bank vole (myodes glareolus), a species that can be found in all woodlands and especially mature forests. we investigated the influence of forest age structure on puuv infection dynamics in bank voles. over four years, we trapped small mammals twice a year in a forest network of different succession stages in norther ... | 2012 | 22745755 |
| prevalence of infection with rickettsia helvetica in ixodes ricinus ticks feeding on non-rickettsiemic rodent hosts in sylvatic habitats of west-central poland. | ixodes ricinus is the most prevalent and widely distributed tick species in european countries and plays a principal role in transmission of a wide range of microbial pathogens. it is also a main vector and reservoir of rickettsia spp. of the spotted fever group with the infection level ranging in poland from 1.3% to 11.4%. nevertheless, little research has been conducted so far to identify reservoir hosts for these pathogens. a survey was undertaken to investigate the presence of rickettsia spp ... | 2016 | 26515058 |
| rickettsia slovaca in immature dermacentor marginatus and tissues from apodemus spp. in the northern apennines, italy. | immature dermacentor marginatus ticks and tissues from small rodents were tested for infection with rickettsia slovaca in the northern apennines, lucca province, where tick-borne lymphadenopathy (tibola) was previously reported in people. prevalence of infestation with d. marginatus was 30.5% (n=131, 95% ci: 22.8-39.2%) in apodemus spp. and 26.5% (n=34, 95% ci: 12.9-44.4%) in myodes glareolus, which were captured during 1980 trap nights in 2009 and 2010. rickettsia slovaca was identified by poly ... | 2013 | 24120274 |
| identification of two novel members of the tentative genus wukipolyomavirus in wild rodents. | two novel polyomaviruses (pyvs) were identified in kidney and chest-cavity fluid samples of wild bank voles (myodes glareolus) and common voles (microtus arvalis) collected in germany. all cloned and sequenced genomes had the typical pyv genome organization, including putative open reading frames for early regulatory proteins large t antigen and small t antigen on one strand and for structural late proteins (vp1, vp2 and vp3) on the other strand. virus-like particles (vlps) were generated by yea ... | 2015 | 26474048 |
| a look into the melting pot: the mecc-harboring region is a recombination hot spot in staphylococcus stepanovicii. | horizontal gene transfer (hgt) is an important driver for resistance- and virulence factor accumulation in pathogenic bacteria such as staphylococcus aureus. | 2016 | 26799070 |
| reduced helminth parasitism in the introduced bank vole (myodes glareolus): more parasites lost than gained. | introduced species are often less parasitised compared to their native counterparts and to ecologically similar hosts in the new environment. reduced parasitism may come about due to both the loss of original parasites and low acquisition of novel parasites. in this study we investigated the intestinal helminth parasites of the introduced bank vole (myodes glareolus) in ireland. results were compared to data from other european studies and to the intestinal helminth fauna of an ecologically simi ... | 2016 | 27408800 |
| bank voles show high seropositivity rates in a natural tbev focus in hungary. | rodents captured in a known tick-borne encephalitis virus (tbev) focus were serologically surveyed for 4 years, with 28 visits. the collected sera were analysed by virus neutralization test. bank vole (myodes glareolus) had a significantly higher incidence rate of antibodies to tbev (20.5%) than apodemus flavicollis (3.7%) and apodemus agrarius (4.6%). in all species, rates were higher in adults (6.8%) than in juveniles (1.7%). a higher incidence rate was observed in female a. flavicollis indivi ... | 2015 | 25549698 |
| molecular detection and phylogenetic analysis of tick-borne encephalitis virus in rodents captured in the transdanubian region of hungary. | abstract tick-borne encephalitis virus (tbev) infection is a common zoonotic disease affecting humans in europe and asia. to determine whether tbev is present in small mammalian hosts in hungary, liver samples of wild rodents were tested for tbev rna. over a period of 7 years, a total of 405 rodents were collected at five different geographic locations of the transdanubian region. tbev nucleic acid was identified in four rodent species: apodemus agrarius, a. flavicollis, microtus arvalis, and my ... | 2014 | 25072995 |
| full genome sequences and preliminary molecular characterization of three tick-borne encephalitis virus strains isolated from ticks and a bank vole in slovak republic. | the full genome sequences of three tick-borne encephalitis virus strains, two isolated from ixodes ricinus ticks and one from the brain of a bank vole, myodes glareolus, originating from the slovak republic were determined. nucleotide sequences were found to be very similar (>99.5 % nt-identity) with only one distinct amino acid (aa) difference to each other. they all shared 30 aa-changes when compared to type strain neudoerfl, isolated in neighboring austria. an internal poly(a)-stretch similar ... | 2014 | 24068495 |
| serological evidence of tick-borne encephalitis virus infection in rodents captured at four sites in switzerland. | in a previous study, the presence of tick-borne encephalitis virus (tbev) in questing ixodes ricinus l. ticks and in field derived ticks that engorged on small mammals (n = 9,986) was investigated at four sites located in a tbe area in switzerland. two of these sites were already recognized as tbe foci (thun and belp) and the screening of ticks revealed the presence of tbev in ticks at a third site, kiesen, but not at the fourth one, trimstein. the aim here was to test another approach to detect ... | 2012 | 22493864 |
| identification of novel anelloviruses with broad diversity in uk rodents. | anelloviruses are a family of small circular ssdna viruses with a vast genetic diversity. human infections with the prototype anellovirus, torque teno virus (ttv), are ubiquitous and related viruses have been described in a number of other mammalian hosts. despite over 15 years of investigation, there is still little known about the pathogenesis and possible disease associations of anellovirus infections, arising in part due to the lack of a robust cell culture system for viral replication or tr ... | 2014 | 24744300 |
| studies on cross-immunity in herpetosoma trypanosomes of microtus, clethrionomys and apodemus. | laboratory-bred rodents of three species were inoculated with heterologous herpetosoma trypanosome species as follows: microtus agrestis with trypanosoma evotomys or t. grosi, apodemus sylvaticus with t. evotomys or t. microti and clethrionomys glareolus with t. grosi or t. microti. the three rodent species were subsequently challenged with their natural trypanosome parasite, i.e. t. microti for m. agrestis, t. grosi for a. sylvaticus and t. evotomys for c. glareolus. the parasitaemias and cours ... | 1989 | 2496408 |
| bank vole prion protein as an apparently universal substrate for rt-quic-based detection and discrimination of prion strains. | prions propagate as multiple strains in a wide variety of mammalian species. the detection of all such strains by a single ultrasensitive assay such as real time quaking-induced conversion (rt-quic) would facilitate prion disease diagnosis, surveillance and research. previous studies have shown that bank voles, and transgenic mice expressing bank vole prion protein, are susceptible to most, if not all, types of prions. here we show that bacterially expressed recombinant bank vole prion protein ( ... | 2015 | 26086786 |
| red-backed vole brain promotes highly efficient in vitro amplification of abnormal prion protein from macaque and human brains infected with variant creutzfeldt-jakob disease agent. | rapid antemortem tests to detect individuals with transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (tse) would contribute to public health. we investigated a technique known as protein misfolding cyclic amplification (pmca) to amplify abnormal prion protein (prp(tse)) from highly diluted variant creutzfeldt-jakob disease (vcjd)-infected human and macaque brain homogenates, seeking to improve the rapid detection of prp(tse) in tissues and blood. macaque vcjd prp(tse) did not amplify using normal macaque ... | 2013 | 24205298 |
| [new data on the irkutsk focus of opisthorchiasis and on the need for its investigation]. | the paper gives data on an opisthorchiasis focus in the taishetsky district, irkutsk region. the species affiliation of bithynia from the biryusa river basin was established. these mollusks are morphologically close to opisthorchophorus hispanica (= bithynia inflata). no o. felineus trematodes were found in the snails examined. roach, dace, and bream were the second intermediate hosts. analysis of long-term data revealed that fish and human infection rates have remained comparatively high for al ... | 2012 | 22774499 |
| survival of male tengmalm's owls increases with cover of old forest in their territory. | the loss and fragmentation of forest habitats have been considered to pose a worldwide threat to the viability of forest-dwelling animals, especially to species that occupy old forests. we investigated whether the annual survival of sedentary male tengmalm's owls aegolius funereus was associated with the cover of old coniferous forests in finland. survival and recapture probabilities varied annually with density changes in populations of the main prey (microtus voles). when this variation was co ... | 2008 | 18080142 |
| effects of predator removal on vertebrate prey populations: birds of prey and small mammals. | we studied the effects of removal of breeding nomadic avian predators (the kestrel, falco tinnunculus and tengmalm's owl, aegolius funereus) on small mammals (voles of the genera microtus and clethrionomys and the common shrew, sorex araneus) during 1989-1992 in western finland to find out if these predators have a regulating or limiting impact on their prey populations. we removed potential breeding sites of raptors from five manipulation areas (c. 3 km(2) each), whereas control areas had nest- ... | 1995 | 28306779 |
| influence of herbivory on caesium turnover in a forest ecosystem. | the effect of herbivory by bank vole (clethrionomys glareolus) and moose (alces alces) in relation to litterfall in a boreal forest is analysed. the main purpose is to estimate the relative importance of these processes for the transfer of caesium-137 to soil. biomasses of litterfall and food consumption were selected from different forest biotopes. the analysis of the input and output of caesium-137 in the vole and moose populations is based on mass balance calculations for caesium-137 in stead ... | 1994 | 7839117 |
| identification of hepatozoon erhardovae krampitz, 1964 from bank voles (myodes glareolus) and fleas in southern hungary. | in order to investigate the prevalence and life cycle of apicomplexan parasites, small mammals were live-trapped with modified sherman traps in southern hungary between 2010 and 2012. altogether, 528 rodents (apodemus flavicollis melchior, 1834, apodemus agrarius pallas, 1771, myodes glareolus schreber, 1780, microtus agrestis linnaeus, 1761, mus musculus linnaeus, 1758 and micromys minutus pallas, 1771) were collected and four shrews (sorex spp.) were by-catched. captured animals belonging to n ... | 2016 | 27003406 |
| host-parasite association in trombiculid mites (actinotrichida: trombiculidae) of temperate zone - the case of hirsutiella zachvatkini (schluger, 1948); are we dealing with prolonged contact with the host? | the time-extended contact of trombiculid larvae with hosts poses a question of its ecological determinants. the phenomenon, which may facilitate the overwintering of larvae in the temperate zone, was previously observed in few parasitengone taxa, but not confirmed for mammal-associated trombiculids. the study aims at tracing the phenology of larvae of hirsutiella zachvatkini and at verifying the hypothesis of contact with the host, extending beyond the parasitic phase. | 2016 | 26830356 |
| host-associated differences in morphometric traits of parasitic larvae hirsutiella zachvatkini (actinotrichida: trombiculidae). | examination of host-associated variation in the chigger mite hirsutiella zachvatkini (schluger) revealed morphological differences among larvae infesting sympatric hosts: apodemus agrarius, apodemus flavicollis and myodes glareolus. the analysis included 61 variables of larvae obtained from their gnathosoma, idiosoma and legs (measurements and counts). statistically significant differences were observed for metric characters of the legs as opposed to the scutum. in view of the conspecificity of ... | 2015 | 26002309 |
| sex differences in flea infections among rodent hosts: is there a male bias? | recognizing patterns of parasite distribution among wildlife hosts is of major importance due to growing risk of transmission of zoonotic diseases to humans. thus, sex-dependent parasite distribution in higher vertebrates is extensively studied, and males are often found more parasitized than females. male-biased parasitism may be the result of weaker immunocompetence of male hosts owing to the immunosuppressive effect of androgens. moreover, larger hosts (males) may demonstrate higher parasite ... | 2015 | 25410932 |
| variable effects of host characteristics on species richness of flea infracommunities in rodents from three continents. | we studied the effect of host gender and body mass on species richness of flea infracommunities in nine rodent host species from three biomes (temperate zone of central europe, desert of the middle east and the tropics of east africa). using season- and species-specific generalized linear mixed models and controlling for year-to-year variation, spatial clustering of rodent sampling and over-dispersion of the data, we found inconsistent associations between host characteristics and flea species r ... | 2014 | 24820040 |
| a small scale survey of leptospira in mammals from eastern poland. | samples of 30 dead small mammals each were collected on area 'a' located in eastern poland and exposed to floods by the vistula river, and on area 'b', also located in eastern poland, but not exposed to floods. kidneys and livers of the mammals were examined by the pcr and nested pcr methods for the presence of leptospira dna. from 7 species of small mammals examined, the presence of leptospira dna was detected in 2 of them. the prevalence of positive results was greatest in apodemus agrarius wh ... | 2013 | 24364438 |
| a small-scale survey of hantavirus in mammals from eastern poland. | samples of 30 dead small mammals each were collected on area 'a' located in eastern poland which is exposed to flooding by the vistula river, and on the area 'b', also located in eastern poland but not exposed to flooding. kidneys and livers of the mammals were examined by the pcr and nested pcr methods for the presence of hantavirus rna. out of 7 species of small mammals examined, the presence of hantaviruses was detected in 4 of them. hantavirus prevalence was low in apodemus agrarius (2.6%), ... | 2013 | 23772576 |
| sex-biased parasitism is not universal: evidence from rodent-flea associations from three biomes. | the distribution of parasites among individual hosts is characterised by high variability that is believed to be a result of variations in host traits. to find general patterns of host traits affecting parasite abundance, we studied flea infestation of nine rodent species from three different biomes (temperate zone of central europe, desert of middle east and tropics of east africa). we tested for independent and interactive effects of host sex and body mass on the number of fleas harboured by a ... | 2013 | 23636459 |
| [comparative morpho-functional characteristics of the organs of the reproductive system of small mammals under conditions of anthropogenic transformation of southern ural steppe ecosystems]. | the morpho-functional characteristics of reproductive organs of small mammals--striped field mouse (apodemus agrarius pallas, 1771), house mouse (mus musculus linnaeus, 1758), wood mouse (sylvaemus uralensis pallas, 1811), common vole (microtus arvalis pallas, 1778), bank vole (clethrionomys glareolus schreber, 1780), steppe lemming (lagurus lagurus pallas, 1773), little suslik (spermophilus pygmaeus pallas, 1778), and red-heeked suslik (spermophilus major pallas, 1779)--belonging to the populat ... | 2013 | 24592716 |
| molecular detection of murine noroviruses in laboratory and wild mice. | fecal specimens collected from 121 laboratory mice, 30 striped field mice (apodemus agrarius), 70 yellow-necked mice (apodemus flavicollis), and 3 bank voles (myodes glareolus) were tested in sample pools for the presence of murine noroviruses (mnv). ten of 41 laboratory mice and 2 of 3 striped field mice pooled samples were positive for mnv. all laboratory mouse mnvs were closely related to previously described mnvs. the complete orf2 (vp1) of both striped field mouse mnvs identified in this st ... | 2012 | 22748629 |
| age-dependent flea (siphonaptera) parasitism in rodents: a host's life history matters. | we studied age-dependent patterns of flea infestation in 7 species of rodents from slovakia (apodemus agrarius, a. flavicollis, a. sylvaticus, a. uralensis, clethrionomys glareolus, microtus arvalis, and m. subterraneus). we estimated the age of the host from its body mass and expected the host age-dependent pattern of flea abundance, the level of aggregation, and prevalence to be in agreement with theoretical predictions. we expected that the mean abundance and the level of aggregation of fleas ... | 2006 | 16729679 |
| the impact of great cormorants on biogenic pollution of land ecosystems: stable isotope signatures in small mammals. | studying the isotopic composition of the hair of two rodent species trapped in the territories of great cormorant colonies, we aimed to show that great cormorants transfer biogens from aquatic ecosystems to terrestrial ecosystems, and that these substances reach small mammals through the trophic cascade, thus influencing the nutrient balance in the terrestrial ecosystem. analysis of δ(13)c and δ(15)n was performed on two dominant species of small mammals, apodemus flavicollis and myodes glareolu ... | 2016 | 27179319 |
| further investigation of risk elements content in the bones of wild rodents from a polluted area in slovakia. | wild rodents are suitable for monitoring environmental pollution and exposure risk assessment for people living in contaminated areas. the content of selected risk elements in the femora of bank vole (myodes glareolus), yellow-necked mouse (apodemus flavicollis) and wood mouse (apodemus sylvaticus) was estimated from the kolíňany area of slovakia, which is characterized by a high degree of environmental pollution. the rodents were trapped in february 2011 using standard theriological methods. al ... | 2015 | 26303124 |
| occurrence and maintenance of hantavirus infections among rodent populations in their natural habitat--results of a field study from podkarpackie province, poland 2010-2012. | human cases of hantavirus infection have been reported annually in poland's podkarpackie province, since 2007. in 2014 the number of cases reported significantly increased prompting a rise in studies focusing on the infection. | 2015 | 26233088 |
| risk assessment of metals and pahs for receptor organisms in differently polluted areas in slovenia. | samples from receptor organisms (small mammals, passerine birds) and their food sources (herbaceous plants, leaves and fruits of wood plants, earthworms) were collected during 2011-2014 from the vicinity of a former lead smelter, from the vicinity of the largest slovenian thermal power plant, from along a state road and also from a reference area. the samples were then analysed to determine the degree of contamination with the metals (pb, cd, zn, hg, cu, mo) and with polycyclic aromatic hydrocar ... | 2015 | 26086372 |
| host preferences of immature dermacentor reticulatus (acari: ixodidae) in a forest habitat in germany. | dermacentor reticulatus is widespread throughout europe and is expanding its range in several european countries. it is associated with a number of different pathogens. its role in the transmission of disease to humans is currently small; however, it might play an important role in the maintenance of pathogens in enzootic cycles. the ecology of d. reticulatus, especially of the immatures, is not well known. in this study, ticks from small mammals, caught in a capture-mark-release study between m ... | 2015 | 25983104 |
| [cytogenetic indices for somatic mutagenesis in mammals exposed to chronic low-dose irradiation]. | we used cytogenetic analysis in the studies of the biological effects of a radiation factor of natural and artificial origin (under conditions ofthe 30-km exclusion zone ofthe chernobyl experimental landfills in ukraine, belarus and russia). the studies have been performed on various types of mammals: domestic animals--cows, pigs, horses and rodents--root voles, the af mouse line, and yellow necked field mouse, bank voles. we found significant changes in the level of mn and chromosomal aberratio ... | 2016 | 25962274 |
| leptospira spp. in rodents and shrews in germany. | leptospirosis is an acute, febrile disease occurring in humans and animals worldwide. leptospira spp. are usually transmitted through direct or indirect contact with the urine of infected reservoir animals. among wildlife species, rodents act as the most important reservoir for both human and animal infection. to gain a better understanding of the occurrence and distribution of pathogenic leptospires in rodent and shrew populations in germany, kidney specimens of 2973 animals from 11 of the 16 f ... | 2014 | 25062275 |
| small mammals as biomonitors of metal pollution: a case study in slovenia. | the transfer of lead, cadmium, zinc, mercury, copper and molybdenum from soil to the tissues of small mammals inhabiting differently polluted areas in slovenia was investigated. metals were determined in soil samples and in the livers of 139 individuals of five small mammal species, collected in 2012 in the vicinity of a former lead smelter, the largest slovenian thermal power plant, along a main road and in a control area. the area in the vicinity of former lead smelter differs considerably fro ... | 2014 | 24619365 |
| mast pulses shape trophic interactions between fluctuating rodent populations in a primeval forest. | how different functional responses of consumers exploiting pulsed resources affect community dynamics is an ongoing question in ecology. tree masting is a common resource pulse in terrestrial ecosystems that can drive rodent population cycles. using stable isotope (δ(13)c, δ(15)n) analyses, we investigated the dietary response of two fluctuating rodent species, the yellow-necked mouse apodemus flavicollis and the bank vole myodes glareolus, to mast events in białowieża forest (ne poland). rodent ... | 2012 | 23251475 |
| new for the fauna of poland species of psorergates spp. with the data of occurrence of mites from psorergatidae family (acari, prostigmata) in native mammals. | five species of skin mites from psorergatidae family have been found in four rodent species (apodemus flavicollis, a. sylvaticus, mus musculus, myodes glareolus) coming from northern part of poland. three species (psorergates microti, p. musculinus, p. simplex) appeared to be new ones for the fauna of poland. moreover a. sylvaticus and m. glareolus are a new hosts for p. apodemi, p. muricola, p. microti and p. musculinus from poland. all developmental stages with immature stages predominance wer ... | 2012 | 23094332 |
| accumulation of risk elements in kidney, liver, testis, uterus and bone of free-living wild rodents from a polluted area in slovakia. | free-living wild rodents are usually used as indicators of pollution, with elements being determined in either whole body or in specific organs. in the present study, the accumulation of cadmium (cd), copper (cu), iron (fe), and zinc (zn) in kidney, liver, testis, uterus and bone of yellow-necked mice (apodemus flavicollis) and bank voles (myodes glareolus) trapped in a polluted area of nováky, slovakia was investigated. yellow-necked mice and bank voles were collected using standard theriologic ... | 2012 | 22540640 |
| effects of deer density on tick infestation of rodents and the hazard of tick-borne encephalitis. i: empirical assessment. | tick borne encephalitis (tbe) is endemic to eastern and central europe with broad temporal and spatial variation in infection risk. although many studies have focused on understanding the environmental and socio-economic factors affecting exposure of humans to tbe, comparatively little research has been devoted to assessing the underlying ecological mechanisms of tbe occurrence in enzootic cycles, and therefore tbe hazard. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the main ungulate tic ... | 2012 | 22464896 |
| differences in the ecology of bartonella infections of apodemus flavicollis and myodes glareolus in a boreal forest. | the epidemiology of bartonella species infecting apodemus flavicollis and myodes glareolus in a forest in eastern poland was followed for 2 years using mark-recapture. infections could be acquired in any month, but prevalence, and probability of infection, peaked in the summer. there were significant differences in the pattern of infections between the two species. both hosts were primarily infected as juveniles, but the probability of infection was highest for a. flavicollis, which, evidence su ... | 2012 | 22336264 |
| a comparative analysis of the heavy metal loading of small mammals in different regions of bulgaria ii: chromosomal aberrations and blood pathology. | heavy metal content was monitored in small mammals inhabiting mountain ecosystems and two industrial polluted regions in bulgaria. rodents (microtus arvalis, m. rossiaemeridionalis, clethrionomys glareolus, pitymys subterraneus, chionomys nivalis, apodemus flavicollis, a. sylvaticus, and mus macedonicus) were used as zoomonitors. pathological changes in chromosome status, hematological indices, and blood cell morphology were analyzed in the context of heavy metal bioaccumulation. significant cor ... | 2003 | 12550096 |
| a comparative analysis of the heavy metal loading of small mammals in different regions of bulgaria i: monitoring points and bioaccumulation features. | data on liver and body copper, zinc, lead, and cadmium content of small mammals (rodents and insectivorous) were collected and analyzed. data comparisons were performed in two aspects: (1) points and years of monitoring; (2) monitor species bioaccumulations. specific bioaccumulation features were observed in some of the monitor species. a method for comparative evaluation of heavy metal loads in the different species is proposed using data for liver and body contamination. the loads of clethrion ... | 2003 | 12550095 |
| isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci from apodemus flavicollis (rodentia, muridae) and clethrionomys glareolus (rodentia, cricetidae). | | 1997 | 9200832 |
| seasonal acclimation of bank voles and wood mice: nonshivering thermogenesis and thermogenic properties of brown adipose tissue mitochondria. | seasonal acclimation of nonshivering thermogenesis and brown adipose tissue was studied in wild bank voles (clethrionomys glareolus), yellow necked field mice and wood mice (apodemus flavicollis, a. sylvaticus). both, voles and mice increased their capacity for nonshivering thermogenesis during winter. thermogenic properties of brown fat (cytochrome c oxidase activity, mitochondrial protein content, gdp-binding of brown fat mitochondria) showed similar changes during seasonal acclimation; clethr ... | 1988 | 3049708 |
| [relation of clethrionomys glareolus schr. and apodemus flavicollis melch. to the virus of tick-borne encephalitis in 2 different biotopes]. | | 1966 | 4224556 |
| strong "bottom-up" influences on small mammal populations: state-space model analyses from long-term studies. | "bottom-up" influences, that is, masting, plus population density and climate, commonly influence woodland rodent demography. however, "top-down" influences (predation) also intervene. here, we assess the impacts of masting, climate, and density on rodent populations placed in the context of what is known about "top-down" influences. to explain between-year variations in bank vole myodes glareolus and wood mouse apodemus sylvaticus population demography, we applied a state-space model to 33 year ... | 2017 | 28331581 |
| multihost bartonella parasites display covert host specificity even when transmitted by generalist vectors. | many parasites infect multiple sympatric host species, and there is a general assumption that parasite transmission between co-occurring host species is commonplace. such between-species transmission could be key to parasite persistence within a disease reservoir and is consequently an emerging focus for disease control. however, while a growing body of theory indicates the potential importance of between-species transmission for parasite persistence, conclusive empirical evidence from natural c ... | 2016 | 27380876 |
| analysis on population level reveals trappability of wild rodents is determined by previous trap occupant. | live trapping is central to the study of small mammals. thus, any bias needs to be understood and accounted for in subsequent analyses to ensure accurate population estimates. one rarely considered bias is the behavioural response of individuals to the trap, in particular the olfactory cues left behind by previous occupants (po). we used a data set of 8,115 trap nights spanning 17 separate trapping sessions between august 2002 and november 2013 in wytham woods, oxfordshire, uk to examine if the ... | 2015 | 26689683 |
| characterisation of perfluorooctane sulfonate (pfos) in a terrestrial ecosystem near a fluorochemical plant in flanders, belgium. | bioaccumulation of perfluorooctane sulfonate (pfos) in a restricted terrestrial food chain was investigated with the omnivorous wood mouse (apodemus sylvaticus) on top of the studied food chain. the levels detected are very high compared with literature as a result of the presence of fluorochemical plant in the immediate vicinity of the study area. soil, surface water, fruits of european elder and common blackberry, invertebrates, bank vole and wood mouse were collected at two sites, e.g. blokke ... | 2014 | 24385186 |
| deciphering bartonella diversity, recombination, and host specificity in a rodent community. | host-specificity is an intrinsic feature of many bacterial pathogens, resulting from a long history of co-adaptation between bacteria and their hosts. alpha-proteobacteria belonging to the genus bartonella infect the erythrocytes of a wide range of mammal orders, including rodents. in this study, we performed genetic analysis of bartonella colonizing a rodent community dominated by bank voles (myodes glareolus) and wood mice (apodemus sylvaticus) in a french suburban forest to evaluate their div ... | 2013 | 23894381 |
| woodland recovery after suppression of deer: cascade effects for small mammals, wood mice (apodemus sylvaticus) and bank voles (myodes glareolus). | over the past century, increases in both density and distribution of deer species in the northern hemisphere have resulted in major changes in ground flora and undergrowth vegetation of woodland habitats, and consequentially the animal communities that inhabit them. in this study, we tested whether recovery in the vegetative habitat of a woodland due to effective deer management (from a peak of 0.4-1.5 to <0.17 deer per ha) had translated to the small mammal community as an example of a higher o ... | 2012 | 22347472 |
| eye morphology in some wild rodents. | the eye anatomy of six rodent species (murinae: apodemus sylvaticus, mus domesticus, and mus spretus; arvicolinae: clethrionomys glareolus, arvicola terrestris and microtus arvalis) was compared by means of light or electron microscopy to determine adaptive, and evolutive signals. our observations revealed inter-specific morphological differences, which were moderate among representatives of the same subfamily. specifically, traits that distinguished murines from arvicolines were the globe's rel ... | 2008 | 18197899 |
| arsenic contamination in wood mice (apodemus sylvaticus) and bank voles (clethrionomys glareolus) on abandoned mine sites in southwest britain. | arsenic can be highly toxic to mammals but there is relatively little information on its transfer to and uptake by free-living small mammals. the aim of this study was to determine whether intake and accumulation of arsenic by wild rodents living in arsenic-contaminated habitats reflected environmental levels of contamination and varied between species, sexes and age classes. arsenic concentrations were measured in soil, litter, wood mice (apodemus sylvaticus) and bank voles (clethrionomys glare ... | 2000 | 15092868 |
| seasonal variation in dietary and body organ arsenic concentrations in wood mice apodemus sylvaticus and bank voles clethrionomys glareolus. | | 1999 | 10541674 |
| the effect of variation in calcium intake on the growth of wood mice and bank voles. | calcium intake by wild rodents varies with season and habitat. this may have important ecological consequences; several studies have suggested that calcium availability may limit growth and reproduction. we studied the effect on growth of varying the calcium intake of captive wood mice apodemus sylvaticus (l.) and bank voles clethrionomys glareolus (schreber 1780). to determine whether effects observed in the laboratory could be detected in free-living animals, we also compared the body weights ... | 1992 | 28311823 |
| the effect of habitat geology on calcium intake and calcium status of wild rodents. | calcium is essential for normal physiological function, reproduction and growth in mammals but its distribution in the natural environment is heterogeneous. spatial variation in calcium soil content is especially marked in the peak district, united kingdom, where both calcium-rich limestone and calcium-poor gritstone rock types occur. wood mice apodemus sylvaticus (l) and bank voles clethrionomys glareolus (schreber 1780) from limestone areas had significantly higher calcium concentrations in st ... | 1991 | 28312624 |
| changes in home range size during growth and maturation of the wood mouse (apodemus sylvaticus) and the bank vole (clethrionomys glareolus). | a field study was carried out during winter and spring of 1982/83 to determine changes in home range size with increasing body weight and maturation in the wood mouse (apodemus sylvaticus) and the bank vole (clethrionomys glareolus). individual home range sizes in males increased and in females decreased with increasing body weight. relating these changes to changed energetic requirements failed. in these species behavioral aspects seem to be a more important determinant of home range size than ... | 1986 | 28311723 |
| lead content of small mammals at a roadside site in relation to the pathways of exposure. | concentration of lead have been determined in three species of small mammal, sorex araneus, clethrionomys glareolus and apodemus sylvaticus at roadside and control sites. the results are considered in relation to the lead content of the diet and the air, and it is concluded that the diet provides far the major pathway for lead exposure, even at the roadside site. bone lead concentrations are found to be consistent with estimated lead exposure and metabolism. | 1981 | 7015499 |
| [pcr identification of dna of hosts of the taiga tick nymphs (ixodes persulcatus: ixodinae) in st. petersburg and its suburbs]. | pcr identification of host dna in unfed females and males of taiga tick ixodes persulcatus was performed. amplification of each sample was done using primers species-specific by 12s rdna mitochondrial gene. four species of small mammals (apodemus uralensis, clethrionomys glareolus, microtus arvalis, and sorex araneus) and two passeriform bird species (fringilla coelebs and parus major) were analysed. for one third of tick samples, hosts of previous stages were established using this method. in f ... | 2012 | 22384683 |
| blood supply to the abdominal and pelvic regions in the mediterranean pine vole, microtus duodecimcostatus (rodentia, arvicolidae). | the abdominal and pelvic blood supply of the mediterranean pine vole (microtus duodecimcostatus) is described. a total of 13 individuals (seven males, six females) captured in the field (sanaüja, spain) were analysed by injection of coloured latex solution and subsequent dissection. the arrangements observed in all specimens show some common traits in relation to the patterns established in other arvicolidae studied (arvicola terrestris, clethrionomys glareolus, microtus h agrestis). these share ... | 1995 | 8588705 |
| the effect of diet quality on gut anatomy in british voles (microtinae). | three species of british voles, the bank vole clethrionomys glareolus, the field vole microtus agrestis and the water vole arvicola terrestris were maintained on diets of seed and plant leaf material to investigate changes in gut anatomy. c. glareolus and m. agrestis showed significant changes in most regions of the gut; they developed longer and heavier tracts when on a high-fibre diet. this response may be important in enabling these animals to withstand seasonal changes in diet quality. | 1993 | 8408846 |
| ultrasonic vocalization and body temperature maintenance in infant voles of three species (rodentia: arvicolidae). | infant voles thermoregulate poorly and produce ultrasonic vocalizations when cooled. vocalizing and the ability to maintain body temperature in isolated pups cold-challenged at 5 degrees c or 22 degrees c were studied in nestling clethrionomys glareolus, microtus agrestis, and arvicola terrestris. the tendency to vocalize varied with age, since pups vocalized more in their 2nd week than in their 1st or 3rd weeks. rate of vocalizing was correlated with sound pressure level of vocalizations. their ... | 1992 | 1487083 |
| use of bovine recombinant prion protein and real-time quaking-induced conversion to detect cattle transmissible mink encephalopathy prions and discriminate classical and atypical l- and h-type bovine spongiform encephalopathy. | prions are amyloid-forming proteins that cause transmissible spongiform encephalopathies through a process involving conversion from the normal cellular prion protein to the pathogenic misfolded conformation (prpsc). this conversion has been used for in vitro assays including serial protein misfolding amplification and real-time quaking induced conversion (rt-quic). rt-quic can be used for the detection of prions in a variety of biological tissues from humans and animals. extensive work has been ... | 2017 | 28225797 |
| molecular survey on brucellosis in rodents and shrews - natural reservoirs of novel brucella species in germany? | brucellosis is a widespread zoonotic disease introduced from animal reservoirs to humans. in germany, bovine and ovine/caprine brucellosis were eradicated more than a decade ago and mandatory measures in livestock have been implemented to keep the officially brucellosis-free status. in contrast, surveillance of wildlife is still challenging, and reliable data on the prevalence of brucellae in small mammal populations do not exist. to assess the epidemiology of brucella spp. in rodents and shrews ... | 2017 | 26398680 |
| further characterisation of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy phenotypes after inoculation of cattle with two temporally separated sources of sheep scrapie from great britain. | the infectious agent responsible for the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (bse) epidemic in great britain is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (tse) strain with uniform properties but the origin of this strain remains unknown. based on the hypothesis that classical bse may have been caused by a tse strain present in sheep, cattle were inoculated intracerebrally with two different pools of brains from scrapie-affected sheep sourced prior to and during the bse epidemic to investigate resul ... | 2015 | 26205536 |
| generalist predator, cyclic voles and cavity nests: testing the alternative prey hypothesis. | the alternative prey hypothesis (aph) states that when the density of the main prey declines, generalist predators switch to alternative prey and vice versa, meaning that predation pressure on the alternative prey should be negatively correlated with the density of the main prey. we tested the aph in a system comprising one generalist predator (pine marten, martes martes), cyclic main prey (microtine voles, microtus agrestis and myodes glareolus) and alternative prey (cavity nests of common gold ... | 2016 | 27665542 |
| [life cycle of frenkelia. iv. pathomorphological findings in the organs of experimentally infected bank voles]. | in 1975 the buzzard (buteo buteo) was found to be the final host of frenkelia clethrionomyobuteonis. after this discovery it became possible to investigate systematically the pathomorphology of the infection in the intermediate host, the bank vole (clethrionomys glareolus). fifty bank voles were infected orally with a suspension of sporocysts recovered from the faeces of experimentally infected buzzards. each rodent receive 7000 sporocysts. six controls each were given a faecal suspension from a ... | 1978 | 362689 |
| [investigations into the fire structure of the asexual developmental stages of frenkelia in the liver of the bank vole (author's transl)]. | bank voles (clethrionomys glareolus) were infected by stomach tube with frenkelia sporocysts from the faeces of buzzards (buteo buteo). the voles were sacrificed at regular intervals and their livers examined electronmicroscopically. seven days p.i. developmental stages of frenkelia could be detected in liver parenchymal cells. the youngest schizonts detected are enveloped by a pellicle consisting of two membranes. this pellicle, which is in direct contact with the host cell mitochondria, shows ... | 1978 | 418587 |
| [contributions to the life-cycle of frenkelia. iii. the sexual development of f. clethrionomyobuteonis in the buzzard (author's transl)]. | 8 buzzards (buteo buteo) were infected orally with cysts of frenkelia clethrionomyobuteonis of the bank vole (clethrionomys glareolus). their intestines were searched for developmental stages of frenkelia 21 and 24 h and 2, 3, 4, and 5 days post infection. after 21 and 24 h male and female gamonts could be detected within epithelial cells of the villi of the first half of the small intestine. the microgamonts contained 10-14 microgametes. the macrogamonts which measured on an average 11,1 x 9,8 ... | 1977 | 403694 |
| range expansion of ixodes ricinus to higher altitude, and co-infestation of small rodents with dermacentor marginatus in the northern apennines, italy. | immature ticks (ixodes ricinus and dermacentor marginatus) were collected from small rodents (apodemus spp. and myodes glareolus), in the northern apennines, italy, at an altitude up to 1650 m above sea level (a.s.l.), from 2009 through 2012. while d. marginatus had been found at the same location in studies carried out in 1994, i. ricinus was very rare or absent. prevalence (95% confidence interval) of infestation by i. ricinus larvae on apodemus spp. was 54.4% (47.5, 61.2), and it was greater ... | 2014 | 25139531 |
| neurochemistry of myenteric plexus neurons of bank vole (myodes glareolus) ileum. | the neurochemistry of enteric neurons differs among species of small laboratory rodents (guinea-pig, mouse, rat). in this study we characterized the phenotype of ileal myenteric plexus (mp) neuronal cells and fibers of the bank vole (myodes glareolus), a common rodent living in europe and in northern asia which is also employed in prion experimental transmission studies. six neuronal markers were tested: choline acetyltransferase (chat), neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nnos), calbindin (calb), c ... | 2013 | 23969205 |
| spatially explicit analysis of metal transfer to biota: influence of soil contamination and landscape. | concepts and developments for a new field in ecotoxicology, referred to as "landscape ecotoxicology," were proposed in the 1990s; however, to date, few studies have been developed in this emergent field. in fact, there is a strong interest in developing this area, both for renewing the concepts and tools used in ecotoxicology as well as for responding to practical issues, such as risk assessment. the aim of this study was to investigate the spatial heterogeneity of metal bioaccumulation in anima ... | 2011 | 21655187 |
| seed production and outbreaks of non-cyclic rodent populations in deciduous forests. | in a 10-year study period, outbreaks of the bank vole, clethrionomys glareolus, schreber only occurred in years following huge seed production of european beech, fagus sylvatica. intensive winter reprodution preceded the outbreaks, in contrast to a normal breeding season from april through september. no winter reproduction occurred in nearby populations from habitats without mast production. during the winter, the average weight of c. glareolus remained high in the mast forests and the age struc ... | 1982 | 28311427 |
| does avian predation risk depress reproduction of voles? | reproductive output and the growth of captive voles were quantified under high and low avian predation risk in a semi-natural experiment. voles were exposed to eurasian kestrels (falco tinnunculus), the main avian predator of vole species studied (clethrionomys glareolus, microtus agrestis and m. rossiaemeridionalis). vole pairs were housed in cages settled under nest-boxes occupied by breeding kestrels or in control cages settled under empty nest-boxes for 2 weeks. the experiment was conducted ... | 1998 | 28308445 |
| identification of a new species of digenean notocotylus malhamensis n. sp. (digenea: notocotylidae) from the bank vole (myodes glareolus) and the field vole (microtus agrestis). | notocotylus malhamensis n. sp. is described from the caecum of the bank vole (myodes glareolus) and the field vole (microtus agrestis) from malham tarn nature reserve in north yorkshire, uk. in total, 581 specimens were collected from rodents trapped at a wetland site (tarn fen) between july 2010 and october 2011 with a prevalence of 66·7% and mean intensity of 94·6 in the bank vole and 50% prevalence and a mean intensity of 4·3 in the field vole. this species appears to be most closely related ... | 2012 | 23036693 |
| seasonal and photoperiodic effects on lipid droplet size and lipid peroxidation in the brown adipose tissue of bank voles (myodes glareolus). | seasonal changes in lipid droplet size and lipid peroxidation in the brown adipose tissue (bat) of wild bank voles were examined. in addition, a role of photoperiod in these changes was studied; bank voles were held from the birth under long photoperiod (lp) for 12 weeks, and then half of them was transferred to short photoperiod (sp) for 6 weeks and another one remained under lp. in the wild bank voles the absolute bat weight was seasonally constant, while the significant differences in the lip ... | 2012 | 23002286 |
| a new dicrocoeliid from the bank vole clethrionomys glareolus (rodentia: microtidae) from poland. | a new dicrocoeliid trematode, brachylecithum glareoli n. sp., is described from the biliary ducts of the bank vole, clethrionomys glareolus, in southwest poland. this is the first dicrocoeliid species described in rodents from poland. it is characterized mainly by the maximum body width at the level of the vitellaria; large, longitudinally oval testes; round, or transversely oval, ovary that is smaller than the testes; vitellaria located in the midbody; cirrus sac dorsally overlapping ventral su ... | 2007 | 17436955 |
| chromosome banding pattern in fat dormouse and bank vole (mammalia: rodentia) from turkey. | the chromosome banding pattern (c-banding, agnor staining) was studied in isolated populations of two species of rodents from turkey, glis glis and myodes glareolus. a single nucleolar organizer region was localized in an autosomal pair in the complement of g. glis. centromeric c-heterochromatin blocks and seven pairs of nor-bearing autosomes were observed in the complement of m. glareolus. a metacentric y chromosome was found in the m. glareolus males examined. the detailed structure of karyoty ... | 2013 | 23767292 |