Tapirs are truly interesting creatures. They are a species of mammal that looks like a bovine with a short prehensile trunk. In fact, they are also the largest native terrestrial mammal in the Amazon. The South American tapir is one of the four species of tapir, and it is also known as ...
The water buffalo ( Bubalus bubalis ), a ruminant mammal of the Bovidae family, is a very important dairy and work animal in many countries of Asia and Africa. It does not live in water as the name might imply, rather it has been domesticated along the watercourses such as riversides ...
Meanwhile, the taurus traces its origins to Europe. The predecessor to modern-day cows was the auroch. The auroch was an undomesticated bovine that lived in what is now Turkey and Pakistan. As cows were domesticated, they were interbred and soon started to spread across different civilizations...
The Bornean bearded pig, also simply known as the bearded pig, is a truly peculiar creature. It is gray to black, lives in southeastern Asia, from the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra and Borneo, and has a prominent beard. It lives in a family and can reproduce from the age of 18 months. ...
Eukaryotes have evolved towards one of two extremes along a spectrum of strategies for remodelling the nuclear envelope during cell division: disassembling the nuclear envelope in an open mitosis or constructing an intranuclear spindle in a closed mitosi
Bovine infectious rhinotracheitis is an acute, febrile and contagious disease of cattle. This disease has a worldwide distribution, and its pathogen is bovine herpesvirus type I of the herpesviridae family. Due to the lack of specific drugs, the mortality rate of diseased animals is high, causi...
After mating, females are thought to give birth to a single calf (much in the same way as other Bovine species) after a gestation period that is thought to last for between 7 and 8 months. Females have four nipples on their undersides where the young can suckle milk but very little is...
The stability of the labelled particles was assessed in PBS with or without 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS). After incubation at 37 °C for different time, the samples were determined by thin layer chromatography (TLC), and the stability was calculated by the leftover counts of particles versus...
Besides cats and dogs, ferrets are also common pet animals in several countries. Notably, laboratory animals of the Mustelidae family are frequently used models for respiratory diseases [29], including SARS coronavirus. In addition, recent experimental studies verified the possibility of airborne transmi...
The African buffalo is a large species of bovine native to much of sub-Saharan Africa. It has large horns that form a continuous bone shield across the top of its head, and is widely known as one of the most dangerous animals in Africa, trampling, goring, and killing more than 200 peop...