Sentences with phrase «other canids not»

The larger the number of heartworm infected dogs and other canids not receiving monthly preventatives, the less likely a parasite species is to mutate.

Not exact matches

An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the German Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), conducted genetic analyses of CDV strains obtained from a range of carnivores between 1993 and 2012 and discovered that lethal CDV infections in lions and hyenas during the 1993/1994 epidemic was caused by a rare and genetically distinct CDV strain with three rare mutations not present in any other Serengeti strain isolated from domestic dogs or wild canids.

Still, other researchers have argued that the dingo doesn't control smaller predators as well as might be expected, and that the large canid comes with its own problems in terms of over-predation.

Dogs and other canids evolved successfully through hunting and scavenging, consuming foods that were not at all like the kibble so many are fed today.

In general, we do have to be cautious about drawing parallels between the social behavior of wolves and other wild canids vs. dogs, because we know that there are important genetic behavioral differences — for example, feral dogs live in much looser social groups than wolves with members coming and going frequently, and do not have a strictly defined social hierarchy.