| post-mortem semen cryopreservation and characterization in two different endangered gazelle species (gazella gazella and gazella dorcas) and one subspecies (gazella gazelle acaiae). | both gazella gazella and gazella dorcas are endangered species with continually dwindling population size, yet basic knowledge on their spermatozoa is missing. semen collected post-mortem (pm) from the cauda epididymis of five adult gazelles (three gazella gazella gazella, one gazella gazella acaiae and one g. dorcas) was cryopreserved using directional freezing of large volumes (8 ml) with egg-yolk-free extender. sperm size measurements and sybr-14/propodium iodide (pi) viability stain validati ... | 2006 | 16530260 |
| seroprevalence of foot-and-mouth disease in susceptible wildlife in israel. | foot-and-mouth disease (fmd) epidemics recur in israel almost every year. wild even-toed ungulates are seldom affected during these epidemics. the seroprevalence of fmd in wild ungulates during 2000 and 2005-2013 was estimated using anti-non-structural proteins elisa. overall, 209 samples were tested, comprising sera of 120 wild boar (sus scrofa lybicus), 64 mountain gazelles (gazella gazella gazella), 6 water buffaloes (bubalus bubalis), and 19 persian fallow deer (dama dama mesopotamica). none ... | 2016 | 27200364 |