Sentences with phrase «comes from rodent»

«Much of this information currently comes from rodent models and small clinical trials but the evidence is encouraging.»

However, a large proportion of this mechanistic evidence is limited to indirect observations and / or has come from rodent studies requiring translation into humans.

Not exact matches

Strong interpersonal relationships have been shown to ward off drug addiction, and new clues as to why come from prairie voles — rodents that form long - term, monogamous bonds with their mates.

They likewise came across carrion - feeding flesh flies emerging from a dead rodent, two nearly microscopic hermit crabs trapped dozens of kilometers from the closest seashore and a larval - stage beaded lacewing, which immobilizes termites with a chemical released from its anus before eating them.

* Two small lab vials of Yersinia pestis, the cause of plague, is an acute bacterial infection transmitted to humans and some domestic animals by fleas that come from infected rodents.

Believed to have originally come to Europe from Asia via the Silk Road trading route, it was thought that the repeated plague outbreaks that followed the Black Death epidemic were caused by rodent reservoirs in Europe — bacteria - infested fleas hiding out in rats.

«Sry» Daughterless Mice The greatest conservation successes in recent years have come from cleansing entire islands of the most devastating invasive animals, especially rodents.

Some parasites come from swallowing infected fleas, rodents, snails, slugs, or birds — others through contact with contaminated stool, or via an infected mother's milk.

If the pet eats an infected rodent or bird, the pet will become infected just the same as if the infection came directly from the soil.

Even if Fluffy's an indoor cat, even if she's trained to come running at the sound of her name, all it takes is an open window and the scent of rodent for her to be lured from her scratching post.

When it comes to rodent infestation, it would be best to discourage cats from hunting by keeping them indoors.

Only a very small amount is carbohydrate (~ 2 % - most of it coming from eating stored liver and muscle glycogen)(ref) The cat's normal rodent diet is about 66 % water.