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the autecology of small rodents and insectivores of the tribec mountain range.small rodents and insectivores have become the main reservoirs of tick-borne encephalitis virus. in order, therefore, to demonstrate the dynamic and structural changes occurring in a natural focus of tick-borne encephalitis, information has been collected on the distribution, habitat, life-cycle, population density and extent of tick infestation of the rodents and insectivores that inhabit the tribec region and adjacent parts of the hronský inovec mountains. the following mammals are discussed: ...19675298539
light- and electron-microscopic demonstration of immunoreactive opsin in the pinealocytes of various vertebrates.an antibody to opsin isolated from rod outer segments of the frog retina was applied in light- and electron-microscopic immunocytochemical studies to the pineal organ of various vertebrates (cyprinus carpio, carassius auratus, rana esculenta, emys orbicularis, pseudemys scripta elegans, lacerta agilis and viridis. gallus domesticus, columba livia, melopsittacus undulatus, serinus canaria, taeniopyga punctata, didelphis virginiana, erinaceus roumanicus, myotis myotis, rabbit, rat, cat).19816458362
northern white-breasted hedgehogs erinaceus roumanicus as hosts for ticks infected with borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and anaplasma phagocytophilum in romania.borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and anaplasma phagocytophilum are two tick-borne pathogens of medical and/or veterinary importance which are distributed worldwide. erinaceus roumanicus, the northern white-breasted hedgehog, is a common synanthropic species that is known to carry not only the hedgehog tick, ixodes hexagonus, but also i. ricinus, the most common european tick species. i. ricinus is the main vector of both mentioned pathogens. within this framework and because only limited informat ...201223339970
ectoparasite loads in sympatric urban populations of the northern white-breasted and the european hedgehog.we investigated abundance and prevalence of ticks and fleas infesting urban populations of two species of hedgehogs: the northern white-breasted hedgehog (erinaceus roumanicus) and the european hedgehog (erinaceus europaeus). the hedgehogs were captured in the city of poznań (western poland) over the period of 4 years. both species of hedgehogs were infested with the castor bean tick (ixodes ricinus), the hedgehog tick (ixodes hexagonus), and the hedgehog flea (archeopsylla erinacei). the northe ...201525820646
infestation of urban populations of the northern white-breasted hedgehog, erinaceus roumanicus, by ixodes spp. ticks in poland.infestation by the nest-dwelling ixodes hexagonus leach and the exophilic ixodes ricinus (linnaeus) (ixodida: ixodidae) on the northern white-breasted hedgehog, erinaceus roumanicus (erinaceomorpha: erinaceidae), was investigated during a 4-year study in residential areas of the city of poznań, west-central poland. of 341 hedgehogs, 303 (88.9%) hosted 10 061 ixodes spp. ticks encompassing all parasitic life stages (larvae, nymphs, females). ixodes hexagonus accounted for 73% and i. ricinus for 2 ...201424861150
small terrestrial mammals of albania: distribution and diversity (mammalia, eulipotyphla, rodentia).in this paper new records are reported for 23 species of small terrestrial mammals (stm) of albania collected during the field work campaigns organised in the framework of the project "strengthening capacity in national nature protection - preparation for natura 2000 network" (natural) in albania during the summer and autumn of 2016 and 2017 data on small mammals were primarily collected through sherman live-trapping campaigns in six high priority protected areas of albania: korab-koritnik, bred ...201829670434
topography of the spinal cord in the east central euorpean hedgehog (erinaceus roumanicus centroeuropaeus). 20165021683
Ticks and the city: Ectoparasites of the Northern white-breasted hedgehog (Erinaceus roumanicus) in an urban park.The European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) is known to host several ectoparasites and also tick-borne pathogens, but there is scant information on its eastern relative, the Northern white-breasted hedgehog (Erinaceus roumanicus). We have studied an urban population of E. roumanicus in a city park of central Budapest, Hungary, for 2 years to investigate their tick and flea species. A total of 5063 ticks and 818 fleas were collected from 247 hedgehogs (including 46 recaptures). Ectoparasite preva ...201122108019
[survival of tick borne encephalitis virus in the tick ixodes ricinus and the transmission of this virus to the hedge hog (erinaceus roumanicus)]. 19665984724
the role of small rodents and hedgehogs in a natural focus of tick-borne encephalitis.the role of small rodents and hedgehogs in the circulation of tick-borne encephalitis in natural foci in the tribec region of czechoslovakia has been studied. isolation of virus from the blood of apodemus flavicollis, clethrionomys glareolus and erinaceus roumanicus, as well as the demonstration of antibodies in the sera of these mammals and of a. sylvaticus, microtus arvalis and sciurus vulgaris, showed that these mammals had been in contact with the virus in recent years. the proportion of pos ...19675298543
different types of pinealocytes as revealed by immunoelectron microscopy of anti-s-antigen and antiopsin binding sites in the pineal organ of toad, frog, hedgehog and bat.s-antigen- and opsin-immunoreactive sites were studied in the pineal organ of toad (bufo bufo), frog (rana tigrina), hedgehog (erinaceus roumanicus) and bat (myotis myotis) by light microscopic avidin-biotin-peroxidase and electron microscopic immunoglobulin-gold (immunogold), protein a-gold and avidin-biotin-ferritin techniques. the corresponding retinas served as reference tissues. a large number of photoreceptors of toad and frog pineal organ exhibited either strong or weak s-antigen immunore ...19862937652
light and electron microscopy of s-antigen- and opsin-immunoreactive photoreceptors in the retina of turtle, chicken, and hedgehog.s-antigen and opsin-immunoreactive sites were studied in the retina of turtle (pseudemys scripta elegans), chicken (gallus domesticus), and hedgehog, (erinaceus roumanicus) by light-microscopic avidin-biotin-peroxidase and electron-microscopic protein a-gold and immunoglobulin-gold (immunogold) techniques. in general, s-antigen and opsin immunoreactions were exclusively localized to certain photoreceptors of the retinae studied. in turtle and chicken, strong s-antigen immunoreactivity was found ...19862937651
road-killed mammals provide insight into tick-borne bacterial pathogen communities within urban habitats.small- and medium-sized mammals play an important role in the life cycle of tick-borne pathogens in urban habitats. our aim was to apply the general protocol, dama (documentation-assessment-monitoring-action), which is an integrated proposal to build a proactive capacity to understand, anticipate, and respond to the outcomes of accelerating environmental change. here we tested whether road-killed carcasses in urban areas are useful sources of tissue and parasite samples to investigate these spec ...201930230270
survey of toxoplasma gondii and trichinella spp. in hedgehogs living in proximity to urban areas in the czech republic.hedgehogs (mammalia: erinaceidae) are omnivorous nocturnal animals typically living in anthropogenic areas. they may be suitable as sentinels for a wide range of zoonotic infections. only a few studies have investigated hedgehogs (and then as representative wildlife species) to establish their role in the life cycle of such tissue parasites with zoonotic potential as toxoplasma gondii or trichinella spp. working with frozen hedgehog cadavers, we tested for these parasites using t. gondii dna-spe ...201930627808
analysis of a novel rna virus in a wild northern white-breasted hedgehog (erinaceus roumanicus).tombusviruses are generally considered plant viruses. a novel tombus-/carmotetravirus-like rna virus was identified in a faecal sample and blood and muscle tissues from a wild northern white-breasted hedgehog (erinaceus roumanicus). the complete genome of the virus, called h14-hedgehog/2015/hun (genbank accession number mn044446), is 4,118 nucleotides in length with a readthrough stop codon of type/group 1 in orf1 and lacks a poly(a) tract at the 3' end. the predicted orf1-rt (rdrp) and the caps ...201931549303
cytogenetic karyotype analysis in selected species of the erinaceidae family.comparative analysis of the karyotype structure was made in two hedgehog species: the northern white-breasted hedgehog (erinaceus roumanicus) and the african pygmy hedgehog (atelerix albiventris).201931572815
infradian and ultradian rhythms of body temperature resumption during hibernation.the rhythms of short-term arousal episodes, associated with normalization of low body temperature, were studied in hibernating erinaceus roumanicus. the episodes of body temperature recovery during hibernation were 1.7 times more incident during the acrophase of 4.058-day rhythm of glucocorticoid hormones, detected previously, than during the batiphase of this rhythm. ultradian rhythm of arousal episodes conformed to a 4-h biorhythm: the maximum number of body temperature resumption episodes was ...201931782004
ultradian and infradian rhythms in the dynamic of testosterone concentration in the serum of the white-breasted hedgehog erinaceus roumanicus.the aim of the study was to identify ultradian (intraday) and infradian (multi-day) rhythms in the dynamics of testosterone concentration in the blood serum of white-breasted hedgehogs. blood sampling was performed from the femoral veins of 12 male hedgehogs. we found ultradian rhythms of testosterone on both sampling dates-march 7-8 (a day length of 11 hours and 15 minutes) and may 10-11 (a day length of 16 hours). an 8-hour rhythm of testosterone concentration has been established. the acropha ...202032286463
circahoralian rhythms of body temperature in mammals and birds with different metabolism levels.the time course of intraperitoneal body temperature has been analyzed in two species of mammals (laboratory c57bl/6 mice and white-breasted hedgehogs (erinaceus roumanicus) and in two species of passerine birds (common greenfinch chloris chloris and japanese quail coturnix japonica) with different body weights. similar sets of basic harmonics appearing synchronously in different individuals have been found in the body temperature spectra of the species studied. the level of basal metabolism in t ...202033083878
glacial allopatry vs. postglacial parapatry and peripatry: the case of hedgehogs.although hedgehogs are well-known examples of postglacial recolonisation, the specific processes that shape their population structures have not been examined by detailed sampling and fast-evolving genetic markers in combination with model based clustering methods. this study aims to analyse the impacts of isolation within glacial refugia and of postglacial expansion on the population structure of the northern white-breasted hedgehog (erinaceus roumanicus). it also discusses the role of the proc ...201728462018
persistent organochlorine contaminant residues in tissues of hedgehogs from turkey.the residues of persistent organochlorinated pollutants (pops), namely polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs) and organochlorine pesticides (ocps) (hchs, chls, hccps, ddts, and dicofol congeners) were investigated in the hair and muscle of road-killed erinaceus roumanicus and e. concolor in turkey. mean residue levels were as follows: in hair, pcbs = 7.43 ± 4.88 ng/g and ocps = 9.21 ± 1.27 ng/g; in muscle, pcbs = 30.73 ± 2.51 ng/g and ocps = 145.04 ± 16.59 ng/g. there was no significant difference bet ...201829333580
dicipivirus (family picornaviridae) in wild northern white-breasted hedgehog (erinaceus roumanicus).using random amplification and high-throughput sequencing technology a novel picornavirus with dicistronic genome organization and genetically related to canine picodicistrovirus (genus dicipivirus, family picornaviridae) was identified and characterized in northern white-breasted hedgehogs. hedgehog dicipivirus (hedgehog/h14/2015/hun, mf188967) was detected in 15 (75%) of 20 faecal specimens by rt-pcr with high viral loads (up to 8.2x108 genomic copies/ml faeces). hedgehog dicipivirus rna was a ...201828940090
patterns in the distribution and directional asymmetry of fleas living on the northern white-breasted hedgehog erinaceus roumanicus.fleas infecting northern white-breasted hedgehogs, erinaceus roumanicus (barrett-hamilton), collected from 2009-2011 in budapest (hungary) were studied. a total of 305 white-breasted hedgehogs were captured and 1,251 fleas were collected. the flea community comprised two species, the hedgehog flea archaeopsylla erinacei (bouche, 1835) and the dog flea ctenocephalides canis (curtis, 1826), although the latter was only found on three hedgehogs. fleas were found on half of the host specimens (51%; ...201728783031
helminth fauna of the northern white-breasted hedgehog (erinaceus roumanicus) in serbia.the result of helminthological examination of 28 hedgehogs died at traffic accident and 12 samples of feces collected from pets hedgehogs during 2013-2015 were presented. three species of helminths were found: crenosoma striatum, hymenolepis erinacei and aonchotheca erinacei. this is the first research of parasitic fauna of hedgehogs in serbia.201728615890
coprology of a single northern white-breasted hedgehog (erinaceus roumanicus): first report of isospora rastegaievae in poland.coprological analysis of a sample from one free-living hedgehog was done with the use of a direct flotation method with additional incubation of fecal material. the study revealed three types of eggs and oocysts in the feces. the most commonly diagnosed were oocysts of isospora rastegaievae (543/3g), while oocysts of monocystis sp. (267/3g) and eggs of aonchotheca/eucoleus spp. (52/3g) were seen less often. this is the first report of coccidia i. rastegaievae (apicomplexa: eimeriida) and acephal ...201627447231
[the first genetic evidence of hybridization between west european and northern white-breasted hedgehogs (erinaceus europaeus and e. roumanicus) in moscow region].the complex genetic examination of hedgehogs from the vicinity of the village of nikolina gora (moscow region, odintsovskii district) showed both erinaceus europaeus and e. roumanicus in the sample. one of the hedgehogs was designated as e. roumanicus by the nucleotide sequence of 1 ttr intron but possessed mitochondrial dna of e. europeus. only one of the chromosomal pairs that differ in e. europeus and e. roumanicus was heteromorphic in this specimen. its hybridous origin as the offspring of o ...201620143638
microevolution of sympatry: landscape genetics of hedgehogs erinaceus europaeus and e. roumanicus in central europe.we used the mitochondrial control region and nuclear microsatellites to assess the distribution patterns, population structure, demography and landscape genetics for the hedgehogs erinaceus europaeus and erinaceus roumanicus in a transect of the mid-european zone of sympatry. e. roumanicus was less frequent and restricted to regions with lower altitudes. demographic analyses suggested recent population growth in this species. a comparison of patterns in the spatial variability of mitochondrial a ...201221863052
vector-borne agents detected in fleas of the northern white-breasted hedgehog.this is the first large-scale molecular investigation of fleas from a geographically widespread and highly urbanized species, the northern white-breasted hedgehog. in this study, 759 fleas (the majority were archaeopsylla erinacei) collected from 134 hedgehogs were molecularly analyzed individually or in pools for the presence of three groups of vector-borne pathogens. all flea samples were positive for rickettsiae: in two samples (1.5%) rickettsia helvetica and in 10% of the others a novel rick ...201424359423
candidatus neoehrlichia mikurensis and anaplasma phagocytophilum in urban hedgehogs. 024565170
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