Sentences with phrase «on other rodent»

Not exact matches

Data from experiments on phytic acid using mice and other rodents can not be applied to humans.

Montgomery County, otherwise considered one of the more progressive jurisdictions in the country, also does not permit food gardens on school grounds, claiming they might attract rodents and other vermin.

Mr Alexander himself sought to make light of the remark, posting a comment on his Twitter site saying: «I am proud to be ginger and rodents do valuable work cleaning up mess others leave behind.

Moreover, recent studies on rodents indicate that the internal clock also affects how the metabolism responds to the intake of carbohydrates or fats, and that certain time frames are more suitable than others for the consumption of a high - carbohydrate or a high - fat diet, seen from a health perspective.

Ixodes scapularis keeps Lyme Borrelia cycling in nature, says Clark, as do three other Ixodes species on the ground: Ixodes affinis moves among rodents; I. minor moves among rodents and probably birds; and I. dentatus moves among birds and rabbits.

Humans can easily develop tularemia through incidental contact with infected rabbits, cats, rodents or other animals (and the ticks or fleas that may be on them).

Using this biosensor in highly invasive breast cancer cells taken from rodents and humans, the Einstein team discovered that when an individual invadopodium forms and is actively degrading the ECM, its Rac1 levels are low; on the other hand, elevated Rac1 levels coincide with the invadopodium's disappearance.

«Rodents, dogs and other mammals commonly sniff themselves, and they sniff one another in social interactions, and it seems that in the course of evolution, humans have retained this practice — only on a subliminal level.»

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.

In previous studies on rodents, postdoctoral scholar Clemenson and others showed that exploring the environment resulted in the growth of new neurons that became entrenched in the hippocampus» memory circuit and increased neuronal signaling networks.

Studies of germ - free rodents and other animals on gut - disrupting antibiotics show that changing microbial communities can impair memory and cause anxiety - like behaviours.

It has been known for years that rats and other rodents live up to 50 per cent longer if they are kept on low - calorie diets from an early age.

He is working with the Environmental Protection Agency and other groups to test the impact of pollutants on human and rodent cells.

On the other hand, the forests in Northwestern Europe are dominated by cold intolerant dwarf shrubs and a three to four - year cycle of small rodent and weasels that live below the snow.

«This study entertains the possibility that probiotic treatment can be beneficial in «restoring» certain behaviours in autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions, based on experimental evidence in rodents.

In other places the authors extrapolate inappropriately from data on rodent models or data relating to different health outcomes (e.g. cancer).

They fill the ecological niches occupied in other places by rodents and rabbits — some live in the desert, others in the rainforest, some are herbivorous, while others dine mostly on insects.

Importantly, ACE has relatively higher affinities for rodent nAChRs than other neonicotinoids [16], and little published information is available regarding its effects on mammalian nAChRs.

While most rodents tend to become obese on high - fat diets, there can be variable responses in weight gain, glucose tolerance, insulin resistance, triglycerides and other parameters depending on the strain.

On the other hand, a Brs3 agonist promoted insulin secretion in both rodent insulinoma cell lines and in islets isolated from wild - type but not Brs3 mutants [53].

I encourage you to read the full CRUK Science Update Blog post «High - impact science: Hedgehogs, flies and skin cancer — the story of vismodegib», it's an excellent example of how research on flies, rodents and a range of other organisms combined with studies of cancer genetics in humans to enabled the development of an innovative therapy.

Dr. Gage has served in many countries as a short - term consultant on plague and other rodent - borne diseases for the World Health Organization (WHO) and its regional affiliates.

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.

Spray generously on your pooch, or feline / rodent / other pet.

Studies using female rodents, on the other hand, have shown that the subjects stop ovulating and menstruating when put on intermittent fasting.

Other rodent experiments have showed increased neurogenesis in brains of rats maintained on an alternate - day fasting diet, as evident by increased number of newly generated neural cells in the hippocampus (21).

Data from experiments on phytic acid using mice and other rodents can not be applied to humans.

I experienced this phenomenon (as have many others), and all rodent problems disappeared after I shot and buried every last cat (of HUNDREDS) on my land.

Dogs are at risk when they drink from stagnant water, roam on rural property or in barnyards, or catch rodents and other wild animals.

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).

Most cat owners who allow their cats outside, become accustomed to freshly killed gifts of mice and other small rodents carefully placed as an offering on the back stoop.

A curious cat may encounter bugs or other rodents that can pass on irritants.

And during the majority of that time, domestic cats lived exclusively on rodents and other small animals they could catch.

The natural place of cats in the food chain is as hunters of mice, rats, and other small rodents, who in urban habitat are themselves overwhelmingly of introduced species, and as scavengers of sick and injured birds who remain on the ground after dark, when healthy birds are roosting and cats do most of their hunting.

Bobcats sup on small animals such as mice, rabbits, squirrels and other rodents.

On the other hand freeroaming cats are welcomed in areas where rodent control is desired and individuals often care for and respect cats who may be too «wild» to become indoor pets.

Stray cats often rely on humans for food, whereas colonies of feral cats will typically feed on garbage, rodents and other small animals.

Gone are the doubts that George expressed — first, regarding the impact of cat predation on rodent and other prey populations; second, regarding the relationship between these populations and the raptors that feed on them.

A pet shop is a place where dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, reptiles, rodents, fish, and other animals not born and raised on those premises are kept for the purpose of sale to the public.

An appendage on the intestine called the cecum is very large in rabbits, guinea pigs and other grass - eating rodents and lagomorphs (rabbits).

This guide offers information on how to house, feed and care for small animals other than dogs and cats in shelters, such a rabbits, rodents, ferrets and other exotic pets.

Although cats miraculously survive in the wild on a diet consisting of birds, rodents and other prey, bones from meat or poultry cooked at home are harmful food for cats.

I experienced this phenomenon (as have many others), and all rodent problems disappeared after I shot and buried every last one of hundreds of cats on my lands.

The working terriers informally know as «dirt dogs» — a designation that covers Dachshunds, Jack Russell Terriers, Patterdale Terriers, West Highland White Terriers, Cairn Terriers, Norwich Terriers, and many other breeds — are routinely tested on their ability to quarry and «work» small rodents.

During multiple inspections in 2007 and 2008 (available on request), dog wardens found moldy food, poor maintenance, excessive feces, rodents and inadequate cage sizes for the dogs, among other violations.

Wear protective clothing if working with contaminated soil or other material on farms, in sewers, or during rodent control.

Monitors, on the other hand, are active and excellent hunters, and often include in their diets such relatively intelligent prey as birds and rodents.

All rodents tend to chew on certain materials, but some species do so more than others.

Working cats offer a valuable service in controlling rodents and other small vermin that consume farm resources (not just grain, but also grease on machinery), chew electrical wires and potentially spread disease.