| sensitivity of european microtines to injected cdcl2. | basic histologic and metabolic indices of damage to the testes by cdcl2 were observed in six species of rodents: lagurus lagurus, pitymys subterraneus, microtus oeconomus, m. agrestis, clethrionomys glareolus (and mus musculus for comparison). all species showed discoloration of the subcapsular tissues and damage to the testicular parenchyma. testes of all species receiving cdcl2 utilized from 43% to 76% less oxygen than did those from untreated individuals. cadmium treatment preceded few signif ... | 1979 | 232358 |
| enzymic markers of thyroid c cells in some rodents. | the paper provides comparative data of the localization of histochemical reactions demonstrating the activities of alpha-glycerophosphate and succinate dehydrogenases, acid phosphatase, non-specific esterases and non-specific acetylcholinesterase in the c cells of thyroids of 26 animals belonging to 5 rodent species. the family muridae is represented by the wistar albino rat and albino mouse, the family microtidae by the bank vole clethrionomys glareolus (schreber 1780), the field vole microtus ... | 1977 | 340363 |
| [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 |
| [prevalence of hantavirus infection in small mammals in the south moravian region]. | in 1987 to 1990 in the south moravian region 1094 lungs of small terrestrial mammals were examined for hantavirus antigen and sera of 525 rodents and 93 hares for antibodies against these viruses. in the majority the materials were not from the same individual. lungs were examined by the elisa method, antibodies were assessed by the indirect immunofluorescence reaction. an antigen resembling the western subtype (puumala) was found in 65 animals (5.9%) of two rodent species (microtus arvalis--63 ... | 1992 | 1387051 |
| serological survey with the antigen of haemorrhagic fever virus with renal syndrome in small rodents in slovakia. | results of serological survey in small rodents with the antigen of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) virus indicate the existence of a natural focus of this virus in slovakia. antibodies were found in the following free-living rodent species: clethrionomys glareolus, apodemus agrarius, apodemus sylvaticus, pitymys subterraneus, microtus arvalis and microtus economus. a total 10 out of 120 (8.2%) small rodents trapped in investigated localities of western and eastern slovakia had anti ... | 1986 | 2873734 |
| experimental infection of pitymys subterraneus with tick-borne encephalitis virus. | | 1967 | 4383032 |
| 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 |
| experimental characteristics of viraemia caused by two strains of tick-borne encephalitis virus in small rodents. | two strains of tick-borne encephalitis (tbe) virus differing in virulence for subcutaneously (s.x.) inoculated adult white mice elicited different levels of viraemia in small rodents. strain skalica of a lowered virulence caused no detectable viraemia in adult clethrionomys glareolus and only negligible viraemia in adult apodemus sylvaticus, microtus arvalis and pitymys subterraneus species. the virulent strain 204 gave rise to higher levels of viraemia, sufficient for infection of tbe virus vec ... | 1981 | 6116416 |
| ovulation and fertilization in the vole, pitymys subterraneus. | the females of pitymys subterraneus bred in laboratory conditions have an irregular sexual cycle and induced ovulation. the first freshly ovulated eggs, surrounded by dense cumulus cells, appear in oviducts 10 h after copulation. administering exogenous gonadotropins: pregnant mare's serum (pms), human chorionic gonadotropin (hcg) or luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (lhrh), also induces ovulation in mature females of pitymys subterraneus. in these experimental conditions females ovulate a s ... | 1983 | 6342689 |
| [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 |
| a serological proof of adiaspiromycosis in wild rodents. | using serological and histological methods, we examined 92 specimens of small, wild rodents (apodemus sylvaticus, clethrionomys glareolus, micromys minutus, microtus agrestis, m. arvalis, mus musculus and pitymys subterraneus) for the incidence of adiaspiromycosis. in addition, we examined 16 white, laboratory mice after their exposure to a natural biotope in which the incidence of adiaspiromycosis had been confirmed earlier. the results of serological tests were in correlation with those obtain ... | 1980 | 7450616 |
| 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 |
| pcr detection of granulocytic ehrlichiae in ixodes ricinus ticks and wild small mammals in western switzerland. | the presence of granulocytic ehrlichiae was demonstrated by pcr in ixodes ricinus ticks and wild small mammals in switzerland in two areas of endemicity for bovine ehrlichiosis. six ticks (three females and three nymphs) (1.4%) of 417 i. ricinus ticks collected by flagging vegetation contained ehrlichial dna. a total of 201 small mammals from five species, wood mouse (apodemus sylvaticus), yellow-necked mouse (apodemus flavicollis), earth vole (pitymys subterraneus), bank vole (clethrionomys gla ... | 2000 | 10698987 |
| identification of tula hantavirus in pitymys subterraneus captured in the cacak region of serbia-yugoslavia. | atypical serum neutralizing antibody responses to prototype strains of puumala viruses in some patients with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) have long suggested the existence of other hantaviruses in the balkans. | 2002 | 12044299 |
| [detection of hantavirus antigen in rodents in the czech republic]. | the work is based on the hitherto implemented examinations of lungs of rodents from the territory of the czech republic for the presence of hantavirus antigen. for detection of a species specific antigen the elisa set hantagnost from the poliomyelitis institute in moscow was used. a total of 1494 micromammalia of 15 species caught in 1991-2001 were examined. the hantavirus antigen was detected in the lungs of 101 individuals (6.8%) whereby representatives of the species microtus arvalis predomin ... | 2003 | 12647557 |
| marked species and age-dependent differences in cell proliferation and neurogenesis in the hippocampus of wild-living rodents. | variations in the extent of adult neurogenesis and natural and experimental factors controlling it have been described in laboratory animals. the wide range of variation seen even within a species, the mouse, raises the question as to which rates of neurogenesis can be expected in natural populations. answering this question is important to evaluate the functional significance of adult neurogenesis under natural conditions and to define the factors controlling it. to address this issue, we inves ... | 2004 | 15390172 |
| granule cell number, cell death and cell proliferation in the dentate gyrus of wild-living rodents. | adult neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus occurs at species-specific levels. wood mice (apodemus flavicollis) show higher proliferation rates than laboratory mice and voles (clethrionomys glareolus, microtus subterraneus). we compare rates of cell death and proliferation and investigate if cell proliferation leads to the long-term recruitment of granule cells. granule and pyknotic cell numbers were estimated in wild-living rodents in different age classes and compared with laboratory mice of mixed ... | 2004 | 15610166 |
| first detection of tula hantaviruses in microtus arvalis voles in hungary. | tula hantavirus (tulv) is a member of the genus hantavirus, family bunyaviridae and is mainly carried by the european common vole (microtus arvalis). in order to detect tulv, we tested microtus arvalis (mar) and microtus subterraneus (msu) voles captured in two different locations of the southern transdanubian region of hungary. the viral genome was detectable in 37% of the tested mar voles but, interestingly, was absent in all msu. phylogenetic analysis performed with a partial coding sequence ... | 2008 | 18836679 |
| tula virus in populations of small terrestrial mammals in a rural landscape. | over 5 years (2000-2004), populations of small mammals from a rural landscape in southern moravia (czech republic) were investigated for the presence of tula virus (tulv) antigen using the elisa set hantagnost. in total, 1566 individuals from 10 species were examined. the prevalence in the common vole (microtus arvalis pallas 1778), the main reservoir of tulv, was 10% (n = 871). the prevalence of tulv antigen increases with its population numbers. the highest number of tulv antigen-positive comm ... | 2010 | 20420534 |
| molecular evidence of rickettsia spp. in ixodid ticks and rodents in suburban, natural and rural habitats in slovakia. | natural foci of tick-borne spotted fever group (sfg) rickettsiae of public health concern have been found in slovakia, but the role of rodents in their circulation is unclear. ticks (ixodes ricinus, ixodes trianguliceps, dermacentor marginatus, dermacentor reticulatus, haemaphysalis concinna and haemaphysalis inermis) and tissues of rodents (apodemus flavicollis, apodemus sylvaticus, myodes glareolus, microtus arvalis, microtus subterraneus and micromys minutus) were examined for the presence of ... | 2017 | 28340608 |
| 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 |
| evidence of recombination in tula virus strains from serbia. | tula hantavirus (tulv) belongs to bunyaviridae family, with negative sense rna genome. segmented nature of hantaviral genome allows for genetic reassortment, but the evidence of homologous recombination also exists. in this study we analyzed tulv sequences isolated in serbia on different occasions and from different rodent hosts: 1987 strain from microtus subterraneus and 2007 strain from microtus arvalis. phylogenetic analysis of both l and s segment sequences is suggestive of geographically re ... | 2014 | 24008094 |
| 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 |
| the interrelationship of mycophagous small mammals and ectomycorrhizal fungi in primeval, disturbed and managed central european mountainous forests. | small forest dwelling mammals are considered to be major consumers and vectors of hypogeous ectomycorrhizal (ecm) fungi, which have lost the ability of active spore discharge. fungal spore dispersal by mycophagy is deemed an important process involved in forest regeneration, resilience and vitality, primarily based on evidence from australia and the pacific northwestern usa, but is poorly known for central european mountainous forests thus far. small mammal mycophagy was investigated by live tra ... | 2012 | 22466900 |
| diversity and prevalence of bartonella species in small mammals from slovakia, central europe. | wild-living rodents are important hosts for zoonotic pathogens. bartonella infections are widespread in rodents; however, in slovakia, knowledge on the prevalence of these bacteria in small mammals is limited. we investigated the prevalence and diversity of bartonella species in the spleens of 640 rodents of six species (apodemus flavicollis, apodemus sylvaticus, myodes glareolus, microtus arvalis, microtus subterraneus, and micromys minutus) and in the european mole (talpa europaea) from three ... | 2017 | 28975409 |
| effect of conspecifics on sexual maturation in female european pine voles (pitymys subterraneus). | using the number of large ovarian follicles (type 8) as an indicator of sexual maturation we found that urinary compounds released by adult males accelerated puberty while urine from females suppressed hormonal activity in juvenile female european pine voles. the release of chemosignals that delayed puberty of juvenile females was not influenced by ovarian hormones; urine from ovariectomized females was as effective as urine from unoperated animals. | 1985 | 3894652 |
| cytotaxonomic studies of the genus pitymys in poland. i. preliminary karyological investigations on pitymys subterraneus (de sélys longchamps 1835). | | 1971 | 5169998 |
| the effect of handling on the blood indices of the pine vole (pitymys subterraneus). | | 1970 | 5427940 |
| studies on the blood leukocytes in the postnatal development of pitymys subterraneus (de sélys-longchamps, 1835) (mammalia, microtidae). | | 1966 | 5954987 |
| erythrocytes, hemoglobin and hematocrit in the postnatal development of pitymys subterraneus (de sélys-longchamps, 1835) (mammalia, microtidae). | | 1966 | 5954986 |
| [structure of the adrenal cortex of the subterranean vole (pitymys subterraneus s.l.) presence of an x zone]. | | 1955 | 13243289 |
| 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 ... | 2018 | 29670434 |
| the palaeolithic cave of kalamakia (mani peninsula), greece: new insights on the palaeoenvironment using microvertebrates and mesowear analysis of ruminant teeth. | in the present study, results from the examination of mammalian teeth from the cave of kalamakia with modern techniques, as well as a qualitative overview of the microvertebrate and lithic material, are presented together with a revision of previous related work done for the site, in order to assess the palaeoenvironmental conditions in the area and the role they played in the neanderthal's repeated occupation of the cave. geometric morphometrics analyses performed on the first lower molars of m ... | 2020 | 32490227 |
| ticks, fleas and rodent-hosts analyzed for the presence of borrelia miyamotoi in slovakia: the first record of borrelia miyamotoi in a haemaphysalis inermis tick. | in slovakia, little knowledge is available on the occurrence, hosts and vectors of borrelia miyamotoi of the relapsing fever group. in the current study, 2160 questing and rodent-attached ticks of six species (ixodes ricinus, ixodes trianguliceps, dermacentor marginatus, dermacentor reticulatus, haemaphysalis concinna and haemaphysalis inermis), 279 fleas belonging to 9 species (ctenophthalmus agyrtes, ctenophthalmus solutus, ctenophthalmus assimilis, megabothris turbidus, amalareus penicilliger ... | 2020 | 32723657 |
| 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 |
| detection of rickettsia spp. in fleas collected from small mammals in slovakia, central europe. | this survey is aimed at investigation of species composition of fleas removed from small terrestrial mammals captured in rural, suburban, and urban types of habitat and molecular screening of the presence and diversity of rickettsia species in collected ectoparasites. in total, 279 fleas (siphonaptera) belonging to 9 species of 2 families, ceratophyllidae and hystrichopsyllidae, were collected from 115 (46%) out of 250 trapped small mammals of eight species (apodemus agrarius, apodemus flavicoll ... | 2020 | 32366189 |
| the prevalence of pathogenic forms of leptospira in natural populations of small wild mammals in serbia. | the greatest epidemiological significance of leptospirosis in europe comes from the fact that it is the most widespread zoonosis in the world. however, epizootiological data, especially information on maintenance hosts such as small wild mammals, are largely missing. to fill this gap in data in serbia, we used rt-pcr for the detection of pathogenic leptospira species and analysed 107 animals belonging to six species of small wild mammals (apodemus agrarius, apodemus flavicollis, microtus arvalis ... | 2019 | 31549550 |
| taxonomic interpretation of allopatric mammalian forms on the example of two karyoforms of microtus (terricola) subterraneus (rodentia, arvicolinae) from eastern europe. | new european pine vole records from the novgorod, kaluga, voronezh, and belgorod oblasts were studied by sequencing of the mtdna cytb gene (1143 bp) and by karyotyping (routine staining and g-banding techniques). the results enabled us to summarize chromosome variability of this species throughout eastern europe. in the sample studied, two geographically replacing chromosomal forms have been identified: northern, 2n = 54 (novgorod and kaluga oblasts), and southern, 2n = 52 (voronezh and, presuma ... | 2018 | 30009355 |