Sentences with phrase «small wild carnivores»
McAloose and her colleagues are now working on collecting samples from dogs and small wild carnivores in the Russian Far East to get a more complete picture of the various strains of CDV in circulation in the hopes of linking tiger infections to a source, knowledge that would hopefully aid in preventing more infections among tigers.
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The results are 15 small carnivore and 5 wild cat papers which discuss the distribution, conservation and research priorities for each of the 20 Bornean small carnivores and cats.
This seems to be due to the presence of abundant, small - bodied wild carnivores that act as an alternative reservoir of infection, and a source of canine distemper for endangered species.
Less is actually more here because dogs are mainly carnivores (animals who eat other animals, i.e. meat), and would only find a small amount of digested plant matter in their prey's stomach out in the wild.
As obligate carnivores, cats survive in the wild by hunting small prey.