Lamellae provide ducks with the ability to grip something more firmly and/or rip, which is ideal if you’re hunting frogs and crayfish or pulling pond plants. Having been nibbled on countless times by ourWelsh Harlequin ducks, we can say that duck bites are more entertaining than injurious t...
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There are lots of sayings aboutpigs. “You can’t fatten the pig on market day. You can put wings on a pig, but you don’t make it an eagle. Pork is a nice sweet meat.” Okay, that last one is a line fromBabe,but you get the point. Pigs have served a central role in both...
53 The fetus usually is delivered in a fresh state but can be retained in the uterus for 1 or 2 days, in which case it will be autolyzed. Some weak newborns may survive, and a few females may have a retained placenta.30,35 Occasionally, pneumonia may be seen in young animals during...
Attenuated vaccines consist of live microorganisms lacking the ability to cause a productive infection. They tend to be more immunogenic than inactivated vaccines due to their ability to proliferate, provide cellular and humoral immunity, and ease of host entry. However, they have a short validity ...
And, it can be an experience that will have you wanting to repeat it. Not that it was a question of comfort zone, a fall vacation to spend time with family in Iowa was just what we needed. In Iowa this time of year many people are showing their colors in the form of Cyclone or ...
Mortality episodes have affected young-of-year smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) in several river systems in Pennsylvania since 2005. A series of laboratory experiments were performed to determine the potential role of largemouth bass virus (Ranavirus, Iridoviridae) in causing these events. Resul...
She has had dogs, cats, birds, turtles, fish, frogs, and rabbits. Her current children are a German shepherd named Guinness and a black domestic cat called Derby. It’s because of them that she decided to become a pet nutritionist and focus her journalistic career on the world of ...
The familyIridoviridaeare composed of large double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) viruses with icosahedral symmetry and diameters ranging from 120 to 200 nm. Members of this family have a broad host range and infect vertebrates, including bony fish, amphibians, and reptiles [27] (Table1). The genera ca...