Sentences with phrase «on a rodent which»

If you select Gibnut from a menu, you're about to chow down on a rodent which is a popular game meat in Belize.

Not exact matches

The bottom layer is the soil, an insect layer on the plants, a bird and rodent layer on the insects, and so on up through various animal groups to the apex layer, which consists of the larger carnivores.

On Thursday, the museum — which bills itself as the oldest in Chicago — will turn out some of its rarer animal specimens, including a small rodent called a southern rock vole and two specimens of prairie chicken, a species whose population has rapidly declined due to habitat destruction.

Funding for the Vector and Pest Control Program, which included rodent baiting and trapping on private property, was eliminated by former - County Executive Chris Collins in the 2011 Budget.

Y. pestis is a bacterium that lives in the bellies of fleas, which live on rodents, some of which, like rats, live near humans.

«We compiled information from all the rodent species present at more than hundred fossil sites of Iberian Peninsula and the South of France, which allow us to statistically evaluate how this rodent communities were grouped based on their ecological affinities.

In particular, Panksepp's work has focused on «the possibility that our most commonly used animal subjects, laboratory rodents, may have social - joy type experiences during their playful activities and that an important communicative - affective component of that process, which invigorates social engagement, is a primordial form of laughter.»

The rodents, which the scientists have nicknamed confetti mice, carry genetic markers that can label intestinal cells blue, green, red, or yellow depending on which cell they originate from.

Nevertheless, there are other measures of depression in humans that can be assessed in rodents — like the ability to enjoy pleasurable activities, which is a cardinal feature of depression in humans — you can measure that in a mouse to see how much a mouse likes to eat a sweet treat, have sex, how well it sleeps and so on.

Much like today's rodents, they filled an extremely wide variety of niches — below the ground, on the ground and in the trees — and this new fossil, which resembles a small rat or a chipmunk, possessed many of the adaptations that subsequent species came to rely upon, the researchers say.

The team set up the rodents on a series of «dates,» during which a male and female were paired together for 30 minutes.

The search focused on the submaxillary salivary gland of rodents, which is similar in certain respects to the venom gland of snakes.

The vaccine, which has proven effective in trials on rodents and monkeys, works by mimicking the unique structure of the heroin molecule and its key metabolite, 6 - acetylmorphine.

After three weeks of IER however, a separate study noted a reduction in fat - mass, which suggests that unlike in the rodent studies mentioned previously, humans may be unable to fully compensate for energy deficits incurred on fast days with increasing durations.

Subsequent to this, weight - loss trials within human populations 35 - 52 as well as some rodent trials 22, 27, 53, 54 have used an array of IER protocols which permit a small energy load to be consumed on the «fast» day, so that energy intake is partially but not completely restricted.

Most rodent trials 12 - 30 and preliminary trials in non-obese humans 31 - 34 have used total IER protocols in which energy intake is completely restricted on alternate days.

Studies in rodents have additionally described post-treatment elevations in the rate of fatty acid oxidation within both the liver and skeletal muscle of mice maintained on IER (100 % ER / alternate days).13 In a comparison of CER (40 % ER / day) and IER (100 % ER / alternate days), the authors of this 20 - week study noted a doubling in the Î ² - hydroxybutyrate levels (a marker of mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation) in IER - fed mice which was not present in the CER group.15 Both IER and CER interventions led to comparable reductions in fasting levels of glucose and insulin.

It will also be important to determine the effects of IER in other populations, for example in individuals with more profound metabolic derangements such as those with established T2DM, the evidence for which is relatively sparse.36 Additionally, given that several rodent and human IER (50 - 100 % ER on restricted days) trials have demonstrated metabolic improvements in the absence of overall ER 15, 22, 27, 31, 53,105, one can speculate that IER may have potential applications within non-overweight populations and as a maintenance strategy post-weight-loss.

Several trials have demonstrated that the cardiomyocytes of rodents maintained on IER become more resilient to ischaemic injury induced by occlusion of the left coronary artery 18, 21, 29, which translated into improved long - term survival following such injury in one study.21 In addition, within these studies, associations have been found between the cardiovascular improvements and markers of oxidative stress 24, 30, inflammatory responses 18, 24, 29, 30 and increases in circulating levels of adiponectin.29 Collectively, these reported changes in biochemical and physiological cardiovascular risk factors would be expected to suppress atherosclerotic development and preserve cardiovascular health.

What do you think of these studies, where rats on 45 % to 67 % sucrose + nutritious diets are reported as fine (in contrast to modern rodents which are fed deficient / purified diets)?

So far, I've reviewed the basics on assessing studies and the importance of differentiating essential oils» mechanisms in humans versus in petri dishes or rodents.6 I've also discussed why it is imperative in experiments to use quality, uncontaminated essential oils that are not polluted with plasticizers to provide valid results.6 - 9 Another pitfall I highlighted with in vitro (petri dish) studies included the use of testing trays that contain phthalates and endocrine disruptors which can escape into the experiment along with the essential oils.

Since 2013, the subcommittee has orchestrated several successes and positive outcomes, some of which include: • Collaborating with the PIJAC Zoonosis committee to update the Healthy Herp Handling poster promoting healthy reptile and amphibian handling practices; develop the Zoonotic Disease Prevention Series for Retailers; draft informative store signage on how to prevent zoonotic diseases; participate in meetings on rodent and reptile disease transmission with the Centers for Disease Control; and produce and revise best management practices (BMP) documents; • Collaborating with the United States Association of Reptile Keepers on past and current attempts to pass legislation, ordinances, and regulatory activity that may impact herp ownership and related businesses; • Attending Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) meetings with reports and summary of actions affecting import and export of reptiles; • Addressing the 2013 Center for Biological Diversity petition to list 53 herp species under the Endangered Species Act; • Reviewing and commenting on the recent US Fish and Wildlife status review on the proposal to list wood turtles under the Endangered Species Act; • Submitting comments on proposed listing of flat - tailed tortoise and spider tortoise under the Endangered Species Act; • Introducing federal legislation in 2013 to allow for the export of certain constrictors listed as injurious in air shipments with aircraft that land in a state for refueling; • Providing volunteer support for auctions at 2013 National Reptile Breeders Expo and several North American Reptile Breeders Conferences; • Providing extensive consultation on constrictor caging standards in Ohio.

Rabbit food — which is mostly ground hay and makes an excellent low - cost litter for small rodents — rates high on absorption, while ground walnut shells would rate at the bottom.

Rodents, on the other hand, are members of the single largest group of mammals, the order Rodentia, McKimmey said, which includes popular pets such as mice, rats, hamsters and guinea pigs.

It's life cycle involves an egg which develops into larval stage (6 weeks feeds on rodents and birds), then nymph (8 weeks this is believed to be the cause of Lyme disease in people also feeds on other mammals), then adult tick (current belief is that this is the cause of Lyme in the dog and feeds on other mammals).

Some dogs, cats, rabbits and rodents like to nibble on cords, which can result in serious burns and can cause a fire.

Instead of incarceration and death, a number of communities have instituted programs in which the cats are trapped, vaccinated, and sterilized, then released back into the environment where they often aid in rodent control on farms and urban areas.

Rodent populations should also be controlled since they can lead to an increase in fleas which feed on tapeworm eggs.

It can be as simple as having your bird stand on your arm and vigorously flap his wings, placing treats far apart on the floor so that your rabbit or ferret has to move from place to place to get them, having a wheel on which your small rodent or hedgehog can run, or having a large multi-level cage in which your reptile can climb.

Feed them only guinea pig pellets (not regular rodent chow), which are supplemented with vitamin C. Keep in mind that vitamin C starts to disappear within 90 days of milling, so keep a fresh supply on hand.

It turns out, the island was a hub for silk production during the Edo Period, which meant that rodents were very interested in dining on the silkworms used to produce the silk.

We report on the eradication of black rats Rattus rattus from Anacapa Island, California, in 2001 — 2002, which was the first - ever invasive rodent eradication from an entire island where an endemic rodent was present and the first aerial application of a rodenticide in North America.

A subantarctic archipelago is making «huge news»: The New Zealand Herald reports there are officially no more mice on the country's Antipodes Islands, which once housed up to 200,000 of the rodents.

In a recent interview, the man behind Epic Mickey, Warren Spector, defended the dark, twisted action / adventure game due to reviewers having «misunderstood» the game, specifically its camera issues, which ultimately gave Disney's rodent mascot's comeback a lower score that it might have deserved, currently standing at 77 on Metacritic.

Potential impacts of climate change on the transmission of Lyme disease include: 1) changes in the geographic distribution of the disease due to the increase in favorable habitat for ticks to survive off their hosts; 85 2) a lengthened transmission season due to earlier onset of higher temperatures in the spring and later onset of cold and frost; 3) higher tick densities leading to greater risk in areas where the disease is currently observed, due to milder winters and potentially larger rodent host populations; and 4) changes in human behaviors, including increased time outdoors, which may increase the risk of exposure to infected ticks.