| [the life cycle of microphallus gracilis baer, 1943, a parasite of neomys fodiens in the pyrenees. modalities of the transmission of the digenea in nature (author's transl)]. | microphallus gracilis develops to the sporocyst stage in the digestive gland of the snail bythinella reyniesii. the xiphidio-cercaria monostomous, anenterous in type, is liberated in water and actively penetrates a crustacea gammarus pulex where it encysts. from the point of view of the transmission ecology, the natural focuses of m. gracilis are composed of two different areas: an area where the parasite multiplies coinciding with biotope bythinella and an area limited to the length of the rive ... | 1977 | 931318 |
| [the life cycle of plagiorchis neomidis brendow, 1970, digenean parasite of neomys fodiens in the pyrénées. chronobiology of cercarial emergence (author's transl)]. | the first host in the life cycle of plagiorchis neomidis in the pyrenees is the mollusc radix limosa var, glacialis. the cercariae encyst in the aquatic larvae of the insect sialis lutaria (megaloptera). the adult parasite is found in the rectum of neomys fodiens. the chetotaxy and the rhythm of cercarial emergence are described in detail as is the development of the metacercaria in its second intermediate host. comparison of the life cycle of p. neomidis in the pyrenees with that described in g ... | 1976 | 984664 |
| [blood parasites of small wild mammals in czechoslovakia]. | the author investigated 4,853 specimens of wild living small mammals (43 species: insectivora, chiroptera, lagomorpha, rodentia, carnivora) from czechoslovakia for blood parasites. trypanosomes were found in talpa europaea, sorex alpinus, crocidura suaveolens, myotis myotis, apodemus sylvaticus, apodemus flavicollis, mus musculus, rattus norvegicus, clethrionomys glareolus and microtus agrestis. babesia was detected in myotis emarginatus, myotis myotis, clethrionomys glareolus, microtus arvalis ... | 1975 | 1158292 |
| maximum heart rate of soricine shrews: correlation with contractile properties and myosin composition. | maximum heart rates (hr) of three soricine shrews and six other small mammals were measured in response to a single supramaximal dose of isoproterenol (iso) under urethan anesthesia. the highest hr, 1,043 +/- 66 (sd) beats/min (n = 3), was in least shrew (sorex minutus, mean body mass 3.02 +/- 0.81 g). maximum hrs of common shrew (sorex araneus, 7.16 +/- 1.54 g) and water shrew (neomys fodiens, 12.80 +/- 1.54 g) were 938 +/- 29 (n = 7) and 887 +/- 21 (n = 6), respectively. in general, maximum hr ... | 1992 | 1534206 |
| relation of the insular claustrum to the neocortex in insectivora. | the claustra of 9 species of insectivora (sorex araneus, sorex minutus, tenrec ecaudatus, solenodon paradoxus, neomys fodiens, erinaceus europaeus, talpa europaea, desmana moschata, potamogale velox) were investigated. in all examined animals we found two parts of the insular claustrum: the main part called by us the pars principalis and more medially situated lamina profunda claustri. in the "basal" insectivora the main part is in close contact with the layer via of the neocortex. in some more ... | 1990 | 1707077 |
| [studies on the life-cycle of euryhelmis squamula (rudolphi, 1819) a parasite of the shrew neomys fodiens in the pyrenees (author's transl)]. | | 1974 | 4849794 |
| 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: ... | 1967 | 5298539 |
| [presence, in the pyrenées, of skrjabinophyetus neomydis e. dimitrova and t. genov 1967, a digenic parasite of the water shrew, neomys fodiens (pennant)]. | | 1970 | 5533886 |
| [presence, in the pyrenées, of skrjabinophyetus neomydis e. dimitrova and t. genov 1967, a digenic parasite of the water sherew, neomys fodiens (pennant)]. | | 1970 | 5534529 |
| [blood parasites of small wild mammals in steiermark and burgenland]. | a total of 488 wild small mammals (16 species) trapped in two federate units of austria, steiermark and burgenland, were examined on the presence of blood parasites. in steiermark grahamelles were detected in neomys fodiens, clethrionomys glareolus, microtus arvalis, m. agrestis, apodemus flavicollis and a. sylvaticus, while trypanosoma evotomys and hepatozoon erhardovae were found in c. glareolus, and babesia microti in pitymys subterraneus and m. agrestis. in burgenland grahamelles were demons ... | 1980 | 6778802 |
| transmission of borrelia burgdorferi s.l. from mammal reservoirs to the primary vector of lyme borreliosis, ixodes ricinus (acari: ixodidae), in sweden. | factors regulating prevalence of borrelia burgdorferi s.l. johnson, schmid, hyde, steigerwalt & brenner in ixodes ricinus (l.) were examined during 1991-1992 at bogesund, near stockholm in south-central sweden. nine species of small and medium-sized mammals (sorex araneus l., s. minutus l., neomys fodiens pennant, clethrionomys glareolus [schreber], microtus agrestis [l.], apodemus sylvaticus [l.], a. flavicollis [melchior], lepus europaeus pallas, l. timidus l.) were found to infect feeding tic ... | 1994 | 7815401 |
| grahamella in small woodland mammals in the u.k.: isolation, prevalence and host specificity. | bacteria isolated from the blood of small woodland mammals were identified as members of the genus grahamella. the prevalence of grahamella infection among the 37 small mammals examined, detected by cultivation of blood samples, was 62%. this figure is somewhat higher than previous reports. further characterization of the isolates, based on restriction enzyme analysis of the 16s rrna gene, serological reactivity and dna hybridization studies, revealed three distinct grahamella species. one of th ... | 1994 | 7944677 |
| emmonsiosis of wild rodents and insectivores in czechland. | adiaspores of the fungus emmonsia crescens were detected microscopically in the lung tissue of 13% of 10.081 small mammals belonging to 24 species examined in 14 areas of the czech republic between 1986 and 1997; 441/1.934 (23%) clethrionomys glareolus, 1/6 (17%) arvicola terrestris, 357/2.172 (16%) apodemus flavicollis, 220/1.981 (11%). a sylvaticus, 23/265 (9%) a. microps, 11/81 (14%) microtus subterraneus, 93/1.275 (7%) m. arvalis, 98/1.439 (7%) m. agrestis, 1/3 (33%) ondatra zibethicus, 1/1 ... | 1999 | 10231750 |
| seewis virus, a genetically distinct hantavirus in the eurasian common shrew (sorex araneus). | more than 20 years ago, hantaviral antigens were reported in tissues of the eurasian common shrew (sorex araneus), eurasian water shrew (neomys fodiens) and common mole (talpa europea), suggesting that insectivores, or soricomorphs, might serve as reservoirs of unique hantaviruses. using rt-pcr, sequences of a genetically distinct hantavirus, designated seewis virus (swsv), were amplified from lung tissue of a eurasian common shrew, captured in october 2006 in graubünden, switzerland. pair-wise ... | 2007 | 17967200 |
| relationships of basal metabolic rate, relative testis size and cycle length of spermatogenesis in shrews (mammalia, soricidae). | the aim of the present study was to determinate the cycle length of spermatogenesis in three species of shrew, suncus murinus, sorex coronatus and sorex minutus, and to assess the relative influence of variation in basal metabolic rate (bmr) and mating system (level of sperm competition) on the observed rate of spermatogenesis, including data of shrew species studied before (sorex araneus, crocidura russula and neomys fodiens). the dynamics of sperm production were determined by tracing 5-bromod ... | 2008 | 18402763 |
| cornea, retina, and lens morphology in five soricidae species (soricomorpha: mammalia). | we analyzed the cornea, retina, and lens of five species of soricidae (pygmy shrew, sorex minutus; common shrew, sorex araneus; millet's shrew, sorex coronatus; water shrew, neomys fodiens; greater white-toothed shrew, crocidura russula) by light and electron microscopy. in all of these species, the corneal epithelium showed a dead cell layer, which may increase the refractive power of the cornea, thereby reducing the hypermetropy that would be expected in a small eye. moreover, the anterior sur ... | 2009 | 19367448 |
| the electrocardiogram of european shrews. | a recording method of electrocardiograms in resting animals is described. the electrocardiograms of crocidura russula, crocidura leucodon, crocidura suaveolens, neomys fodiens and sorex araneus are similar to those of other small mammals. t-wave directly follows the qrs-complex. the duration of electrocardiograms depends on heart mass and body temperature. heart rate shows no influence on the duration of electrocardiograms. | 2007 | 2870871 |
| [the life cycle of pseudocephalotrema pyrenaica combes and jourdane, 1970, digenea parasite of neomys fodiens in the pyrenees (author's transl)]. | | 2015 | 4778580 |
| rickettsia species in fleas collected from small mammals in slovakia. | epidemiological and epizootiological studies of rickettsia felis and other rickettsia spp. are very important, because their natural cycle has not yet been established completely. in total, 315 fleas (siphonaptera) of 11 species of ceratophyllidae, hystrichopsyllidae and leptopsyllidae families were tested for the presence of rickettsia species and coxiella burnetii with conventional and specific quantitative real-time pcr assays. fleas were collected from five rodent hosts (myodes glareolus, ap ... | 2015 | 26346455 |
| hantaviruses in finnish soricomorphs: evidence for two distinct hantaviruses carried by sorex araneus suggesting ancient host-switch. | hantaviruses are emerging viruses carried by rodents, soricomorphs (shrews and moles) and bats. in finland, puumala virus (puuv) was for years the only hantavirus detected. in 2009, however, seewis virus (swsv) was reported from archival common shrew (sorex araneus) samples collected in 1982 in finland. to elucidate the diversity of hantaviruses in soricomorphs in finland, 180 individuals were screened, representing seven species captured from 2001 to 2012: hantavirus rna was screened using rt-p ... | 2014 | 24997334 |
| soricinia genovi n. sp. from neomys fodiens in bulgaria, with redescription of soricinia globosa (baer, 1931) (cyclophyllidea: hymenolepididae). | examination of specimens collected from water shrews neomys fodiens in the rhodope mountains, bulgaria, revealed a new species of soricinia. soricinia genovi n. sp., is described and the syntype of soricinia globosa (the only other soricinia species known from neomys) is redescribed. the new species differs from s. globosa in the number of proglottids, relative length of the cirrus-sac, number of eggs in gravid proglottids, absence of vaginal sphincter and other characters. among soricinia, para ... | 2015 | 25342463 |
| histological description of seminiferous epithelium and cycle length of spermatogenesis in the water shrew neomys fodiens (mammalia: soricidae). | recently, we examined the spermatogenesis cycle length in two shrews species, sorex araneus characterized by a very high metabolic rate and a polyandric mating system (sperm competition) resulting in a short cycle and crocidura russula characterized by a much lower metabolic rate and a monogamous mating system showing a longer cycle. in this study, we investigated the spermatogenesis cycle in neomys fodiens showing an intermediate metabolic rate. we described the stages of seminiferous epitheliu ... | 2008 | 17629637 |
| the lung of shrews: morphometric estimation of diffusion capacity. | the lungs of 16 shrews from 8 species (sorex minutus, neomys fodiens, suncus etruscus, crocidura russula, c. juvenetae, c. poensis, c. flavescens, c. giffardi) ranging in body weight from 2.2 to 100 g were studied by morphometry in order to compare the structural diffusion capacity for oxygen. dl02, with the oxygen consumption, vo2, measured on the same animals. vo2 was determined by short term measurements using a respirometer. dlo2 was estimated morphometrically. both parameters demonstrated g ... | 1980 | 7394364 |
| [comparative studies on features of ontogenesis in native soricidae (crocidura russula, sorex araneus and neomys fodiens)]. | | 1972 | 4671230 |
| helminth parasites of the eurasian water shrew (neomys fodiens pennant, 1771) in south-west belarus. | the result of helminthological investigation of 25 eurasian water shrews during 1996-2011 in south-west belarus is presented. sixteen species of helminths (8 species of trematodes, 3 species of cestodes and 5 species of nematodes) were discovered in 92.0 % of animals (23 infected individuals). the most common species is the trematode neoglyphe locellus (kossack, 1910). the cestode triodontolepis sumavensis (prokopič, 1957), nematodes capillaria konstantini romashov, 1999 and longistriata neomi l ... | 2017 | 28615889 |
| co-circulation of soricid- and talpid-borne hantaviruses in poland. | previously, we reported the discovery of a genetically distinct hantavirus, designated boginia virus (bogv), in the eurasian water shrew (neomys fodiens), as well as the detection of seewis virus (swsv) in the eurasian common shrew (sorex araneus), in central poland. in this expanded study of 133 shrews and 69 moles captured during 2010-2013 in central and southeastern poland, we demonstrate the co-circulation of bogv in the eurasian water shrew and swsv in the eurasian common shrew, eurasian py ... | 2014 | 25445646 |
| boginia virus, a newfound hantavirus harbored by the eurasian water shrew (neomys fodiens) in poland. | guided by decades-old reports of hantaviral antigens in the eurasian common shrew (sorex araneus) and the eurasian water shrew (neomys fodiens) in european russia, we employed rt-pcr to analyze lung tissues of soricine shrews, captured in boginia, huta dłutowska and kurowice in central poland during september 2010, 2011 and 2012. | 2013 | 23693084 |
| the complete mitochondrial genome of eurasian water shrew (neomys fodiens). | the complete mitogenome sequence of eurasian water shrew (neomys fodiens) was determined using long pcr. the genome was 17,260 bp in length and contained 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal rna genes, 22 transfer rna genes and 1 control region. the overall base composition of the heavy strand is a (33.0%), c (23.2%), t (30.9%) and g (12.9%). the base compositions present clearly the a-t skew, which is most obviously in the control region and protein-coding genes. the extended termination-associ ... | 2016 | 26006281 |
| evaluation of the physiological activity of venom from the eurasian water shrewneomys fodiens. | animal toxins can have medical and therapeutic applications. principally, toxins produced by insects, arachnids, snakes and frogs have been characterized. venomous mammals are rare, and their venoms have not been comprehensively investigated. among shrews, only the venom ofblarina brevicaudahas been analysed so far, and blarina toxin has been proven to be its main toxic component. it is assumed thatneomys fodiensemploys its venom to hunt larger prey. however, the toxic profile, properties and mo ... | 2017 | 29026428 |
| [population of hair cells in the corti's organ of shrews]. | in shrews (family soricidase) the organ of corti was examined by means of the surface specimen technique. the analysis of the qualitative deviations from the normal cellular pattern of corti organ was based on more than 160 ears of shrews (sorex araneus, s. minutus, neomys fodiens, and crocidura suaveolens). the dislocation, rotation, malformation of hair cells, and one finding of the giant outer hair cell are described. the quantitative analyses of the population of hair cells are based on 61 e ... | 1978 | 751340 |
| [parasitic arthropods of neomys fodiens (penn.) and neomys anomalus cabr. (mammalia, insectivora) in poland]. | | 1984 | 6537107 |
| [the population dynamics of the water shrew neomys fodiens (mammalia, soricidae) and its helminthes fauna in the northern baraba]. | the water shrew population was studied in ust-urgulca (novosibirsk province) in 1978-1990; abundance, sex and age structure, reproduction rate of this animal and its helminth fauna were examined. it was found that the abiotic factors (in particular the water level of habitat areas) influenced on the water shrew populations. the number of water shrews increased when the high water level increased. in these conditions, the population of the water shrew rejuvenated and the numbers of females increa ... | 2007 | 15553774 |
| fatty acids in the triglycerides and phospholipids of the common shrew (sorex araneus) and the water shrew (neomys fodiens). | fatty acid composition of the liver, brown fat, thigh muscle and heart of sorex araneus and neomys fodiens was determined by glc and glc-ms. in both species of shrew the total amounts of omega 3-pufas in the phospholipids were greater than those in the triglycerides. sorex araneus, which feeds solely on a terrestrial diet, had a larger total amount of omega 6-pufas in the triglycerides of the brown fat. the phospholipids of the thigh muscle and heart of neomys fodiens, however, contained more om ... | 1995 | 7584849 |
| ultrastructural study on oogenesis in shrews (neomys fodiens, sorex araneus). | the ultrastructure of early follicular oocytes is described. among the differentiating organelles marked development of endoplasmic reticulum, often in close contact with mitochondria, is especially conspicuous. in addition, the dilatation of mitochondria, the accumulation of dense granular material and the formation of multivesicular bodies are discussed. | 1984 | 6702406 |
| [chaetotaxy of cercariae of two microphallid trematodes, microphallus gracilis baer, 1943 and maritrema pyrenaica deblock and combes, 1965 parasiting neomys fodiens (author's transl)]. | the distribution of papillae on the cercariae of microphallus gracilis and maritrema pyrenaica parasites of neomys fodiens is studied. the comparison between several cercariae of microphallidae parasites of birds had allowed to separate the ciliary characters of the two genera microphallus and maritrema. the ciliary characters of the two cercariae parasites of mammals described in this paper, and those previously pointed out in microphallidae of birds are identical. | 2006 | 754618 |
| record of psilotornus confertus machalska, 1974 (trematoda: psilostomidae), a parasite of birds, in water-shrew neomys fodiens pennant, 1771 (insectivora: soricidae) in the oriental pyrenean mountains. | psilotornus confertus machalska, 1974 was found in the water-shrew neomys fodiens pennant, 1771 in the oriental pyrenean mountains. this fact may be considered as accidental for the time being. the findings of p. confertus, brachylaemus fulvus (dujardin, 1843) and pseudoleuco-chloridium soricis (soltys, 1952) in n. fodiens in these mountains are discussed from the bioecological aspect. | 1978 | 640528 |
| [the biological cycle of the trematode opisthioglyphe megastomus baer, 1943 (plagiorchidae), parasite of the aquatic shrew neomys fodiens (pennant)]. | | 1971 | 5003021 |
| the chromosomes of the european water shrew (neomys fodiens). | | 1969 | 5399222 |
| protocol for the reconstruction of micromammals from fossils. two case studies: the skulls of beremendia fissidens and dolinasorex glyphodon. | we have developed a protocol for reconstructing 3d models of the skulls of extinct species of small mammals. for the first time, the reconstruction uses fragments of fossils from a mixture of different specimens and from related extant species. we use free software and commercial computers to make the process reproducible and usable for the scientific community. we present a semi-quantitative protocol to face the problem of making 3d reconstructions of fossil species that are incomplete in the f ... | 2019 | 30893322 |
| molecular evidence and diversity of the spotted-fever group rickettsia spp. in small mammals from natural, suburban and urban areas of eastern slovakia. | rickettsiae of the spotted fever group are considered as emerging pathogens; ticks, fleas and mites are known to be their vectors. however, the prevalence and species diversity of rickettsiae in small mammals and the role of these hosts in the circulation of bacteria are much less studied. during 2014-2016, a total of 250 small mammals (apodemus agrarius, apodemus flavicollis, apodemus uralensis, myodes glareolus, crocidura leucodon, crocidura suaveolens, micromys minutus, microtus arvalis, micr ... | 2018 | 30207272 |
| publisher correction: size increase without genetic divergence in the eurasian water shrew neomys fodiens. | an amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. | 2020 | 32024853 |
| size increase without genetic divergence in the eurasian water shrew neomys fodiens. | when a population shows a marked morphological change, it is important to know whether that population is genetically distinct; if it is not, the novel trait could correspond to an adaptation that might be of great ecological interest. here, we studied a subspecies of water shrew, neomys fodiens niethammeri, which is found in a narrow strip of the northern iberian peninsula. this subspecies presents an abrupt increase in skull size when compared to the rest of the eurasian population, which has ... | 2019 | 31758027 |
| correction to: description and phylogenetic relationships of pojmanskatrema balcanica n. gen., n. sp. (digenea: dicrocoeliidae) from the eurasian water shrew neomys fodiens (mammalia: soricidae) in bulgaria. | results section, 3rd paragraph: in the 4th enumeration the explanation is missing. | 2019 | 31165982 |
| description and phylogenetic relationships of pojmanskatrema balcanica n. gen., n. sp. (digenea: dicrocoeliidae) from the eurasian water shrew neomys fodiens (mammalia: soricidae) in bulgaria. | we describe a new dicrocoeliid collected from the eurasian water shrew neomys fodiens in bulgaria based on the combination of morphological characteristics and molecular data. | 2019 | 30864099 |