| multiple detection of zoonotic variegated squirrel bornavirus 1 rna in different squirrel species suggests a possible unknown origin for the virus. | the recently discovered variegated squirrel bornavirus 1 (vsbv-1) caused the death of three squirrel breeders in germany. subsequent first screening of squirrels with in vivo collected swab samples and a vsbv-1-specific rt-qpcr revealed not only variegated squirrel infections (sciurus variegatoides), but also prevost's squirrels (callosciurus prevostii) as positive for vsbv-1 genome. in this study, 328 squirrels were tested using the established rt-qpcr assays. in 16 individual animals vsbv-1 rn ... | 2017 | 28593419 |
| impact of striped-squirrel nectar-robbing behaviour on gender fitness in alpinia roxburghii sweet (zingiberaceae). | nectar-robbing has the potential to strongly affect male and female reproductive fitness of plants. one example of nectar theft is that shown by striped-squirrels (tamiops swinhoei) on a number of ginger species, including alpinia roxburghii and a. kwangsiensis (zingiberaceae). in this study, we used a fluorescent dye as a pollen analogue, and measured fruit and seed output, to test the effect of squirrel nectar-robbing on a. roxburghii reproductive fitness. pollen transfer between robbed and un ... | 2015 | 26689684 |
| fatal systemic toxoplasma gondii infection in a red squirrel (sciurus vulgaris), a swinhoe's striped squirrel (tamiops swinhoei) and a new world porcupine (erethizontidae sp.). | toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease that affects man and animals worldwide. the primary hosts and major reservoir for toxoplasma gondii are felids and the intermediate hosts are most warm-blooded animals including man. this report describes fatal toxoplasmosis in three different rodent species in germany: a female red squirrel (sciurus vulgaris) and a male swinhoe's striped squirrel (tamiops swinhoei), both kept as pets, and a female new world porcupine (erethizontidae sp.) from a zoo. all thre ... | 2017 | 26987509 |
| complete mitochondrial genome of the tamiops swinhoei (rodentia: sciuridae). | the complete mitochondrial genome of tamiops swinhoei has been determined in this study. it is 16,513 bp in size and consists of 2 rrna genes, 13 protein-coding genes, 22 trna genes and one non-coding region (d-loop). the overall base composition of the heavy strand of the t. swinhoei mitochondrial genome is a: 32.63%, t: 28.67%, c: 26.33% and g: 12.37%. the alignment of the tamiops species control regions exhibited high genetic variability and rich a + t content (63.42%). | 2016 | 25427814 |