The objective of this study is to analyse the element profiles of three tissues from these species: skeletal muscle, liver and adipose tissue, and to determine if they are affected by species and sex (male vs. female). Samples were obtained from annual hunts in two different regions of West...
A five-foot-tall male musk ox is one-fourth the height of an adult giraffe while a four-foot-tall female is two-thirds the height of a refrigerator. The record for the longest horn of a musk ox comes in at just under 30 inches. The physical adaptations of a musk ox allow it to ...
, 1985). A female ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) died of toxoplasmosis in a zoo in Spain one week after the delivery of four stillborn offspring which all had disseminated toxoplasmosis (Juan-Sallés et al., 2011). T. gondii was isolated from the tissues of a three year old secundi...
Kidney tissue (NCBI: BioSample SAMN26661894) from a male muskox (Ovibos moschatus) was obtained from the Royal Ontario Museum Tissue Archive (catalog number: ROMMRAN27). The tissue was collected on 25 October 1991 near Sachs Harbor, Banks Island, NWT, Canada. Species identity of the specimen...
These herds are usually led by a dominant female. Muskoxen, in contrast, form smaller herds typically governed by a dominant male, and are known for their defensive behavior, forming a circle around the young and vulnerable when threatened. 9 In terms of habitat, yaks thrive at high altitudes...