Drivers of sett site location by European badgers in Portugal
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DOI: 10.1007/s10531-018-1580-4
Abstract: European badgers (Meles meles) are considered central-place foragers, whose spatial ecology is predominantly determined by sett location. Many studies have assessed the factors determining sett site selection throughout this species’ range, but these have often… read more here.
Keywords: european badgers; site selection; sett site; sett location ... See more keywords
Knowing Me, Knowing You: Anal Gland Secretion of European Badgers (Meles meles) Codes for Individuality, Sex and Social Group Membership
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DOI: 10.1007/s10886-019-01113-0
Abstract: European badgers, Meles meles, are group-living in the UK, and demarcate their ranges with shared latrines. As carnivores, badgers possess paired anal glands, but olfactory information on the content of badger anal gland secretion (AGS)… read more here.
Keywords: european badgers; anal gland; gland secretion; group ... See more keywords
Linking plasma sex steroid hormone levels to the condition of external genitalia in European badgers (Meles meles): A critical evaluation of traditional field methodology
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DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2018.09.007
Abstract: Field biologists often rely on examination of external genitalia as a proxy for mammalian reproductive condition. In seasonally breeding European badgers, scrotal testes are used as an indicator of spermatogenesis, while a pink and swollen… read more here.
Keywords: external genitalia; methodology; sex steroid; european badgers ... See more keywords
A combined measure of tuberculous lesions for assessing the efficacy of vaccination against tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis) in European badgers (Meles meles) supports the 3Rs principle of reduction.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.10.079
Abstract: BACKGROUND An oral vaccine is a potential tool to tackle the reservoir of Mycobacterium bovis in European badgers (Meles meles), which contributes to tuberculosis of cattle in the British Isles. Inferences about vaccine protection against… read more here.
Keywords: european badgers; mycobacterium; tuberculous lesions; mycobacterium bovis ... See more keywords
Adverse weather during in utero development is linked to higher rates of later-life herpesvirus reactivation in adult European badgers, Meles meles
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DOI: 10.1098/rsos.211749
Abstract: Maternal immune and/or metabolic conditions relating to stress or nutritional status can affect in utero development among offspring with subsequent implications for later-life responses to infections. We used free-ranging European badgers as a host-pathogen model… read more here.
Keywords: european badgers; weather; reactivation; life ... See more keywords