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{"title":"Hematology and biochemistry of South American coatis Nasua nasua (Carnivora: Procyonidae) inhabiting urban fragments in Midwest Brazil: differences according to intrinsic features and sampling site","authors":"Gabriel Carvalho de Macedo, Wanessa Teixeira Gomes Barreto, William Oliveira de Assis, Andreza Castro Rucco, Filipe Martins Santos, Grasiela Edith de Oliveira Porfírio, Nayara Yoshie Sano, Julia Gindri Bragato Pistori, Gisele Braziliano de Andrade, Heitor Miraglia Herrera","doi":"10.1007/s10344-023-01753-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-023-01753-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Evaluation of free-living mammal physiological responses to natural and anthropogenic stressors constitutes a valuable tool for conservation, especially when it comes to wild mammal species living in anthropized environments. However, studies addressing “normal” physiological parameters are still limited in Brazilian wildlife. In this sense, we accessed the hematology and serum biochemistry of South American coatis inhabiting urban forested fragments and observed the influence of intrinsic factors and sampling sites on these variables. We analyzed the hematological and biochemical variables of 103 Southern coatis sampled from March 2018 to April 2019 in a conservation unit and in a residential area. Generalized linear model analysis was performed to access the influence of intrinsic factors (sex, age, the presence of clinical findings, and body condition) and two sampling sites as variables. Mean, median, standard deviation, and range were calculated for the hematological and biochemical values that were or were not influenced by intrinsic factors and studied areas. Age influenced mean corpuscular volume (MCV), platelet, creatinine, glucose, and cholesterol; sex influenced hemoglobin (Hb), alanine aminotransaminase (ALT), total serum proteins (TSP), cholesterol, and glucose; clinical findings influenced red blood cell counts (RBC), Hb, MCV, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), albumin, globulins, and cholesterol; body condition only influenced LDH; sampling site influenced neutrophil, lymphocyte, creatine kinase, aspartate transaminase, ALT, alkaline phosphatase, globulins, TSP, and triglycerides. Stress seems to be more accentuated in coatis from the residential area than from the conservation unit, and this may be attributed to their continuous exposure to the presence of humans and domestic animals.</p>","PeriodicalId":51044,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Wildlife Research","volume":"1 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138496833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Examining vertebrate road mortality on highways passing through protected areas of eastern Ethiopia","authors":"Getachew Mulualem, Wendy J. Collinson, Weldemariam Tesfahunegny, Mengistu Walle, Abeje Kassie, Mebrahtom Mesfin, Desalegn Chala, Mekonen Teferi, Tsegazeabe Hadush Haileselasie","doi":"10.1007/s10344-023-01750-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-023-01750-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Highways bisecting protected areas can have adverse impacts on wild animals. Many studies around the world have investigated the intensities of roadkill resulting from such highways and the subsequent conservation impacts. However, there have been limited studies undertaken in developing countries in this regard. We investigated road-related mortality of three taxonomic groups (birds, mammals, and reptiles) on six roads in eastern Ethiopia that bisect four protected areas. We collected roadkill occurrence data in both dry and wet seasons by undertaking 34 systematic driven road surveys over a 5-month period. A total of 128 roadkill were recorded comprising 44 species belonging to 24 families. We recorded more bird and mammal roadkills, making up 46.9.% and 45.3% of the total samples, respectively. Out of the 44 species detected, 79.6% were of least concern, while 18.1% were vulnerable, i.e., near threatened and endangered species, while 2.3% were critically endangered. Diurnal species constituted the majority of roadkill detected (75%), followed by nocturnal (18.2%) and crepuscular (6.8%). Most records of roadkill (64.8%) were encountered in roads adjacent to protected areas, highlighting the potential threat that roads pose on wildlife within protected areas of Eastern Ethiopia. Our study is aimed at adding to the baseline of impacts of roads on wildlife in developing countries. Further study of spatial and temporal patterns of roadkill on the current study roads and other roads in the country will assist with a greater understanding of the impacts of roads in Ethiopia and allow appropriate mitigation measures to be proposed.</p>","PeriodicalId":51044,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Wildlife Research","volume":"1 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138496831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Molecular detection of Coxiella burnetii in blood samples of turtles (Testudo graeca) and their associated ticks","authors":"Peyman Khademi, Amir Tukmechi, Abdulghaffar Ownagh, Ahmad Enferadi, Mojtaba Hadian","doi":"10.1007/s10344-023-01747-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-023-01747-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51044,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Wildlife Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135392139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comparison of dietary diversity and niche overlap of sympatric sika deer and roe deer based on DNA barcoding in Northeast China","authors":"Yanhua Liu, Naiying Huang","doi":"10.1007/s10344-023-01745-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-023-01745-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51044,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Wildlife Research","volume":"10 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135479709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The costs of living in the city: influence of urbanization on the trophic niche and body condition of the African rainbow lizard Agama picticauda","authors":"Benjamin Y. Ofori, Princess Martey, Roger S. Anderson, John B. Mensah, Jones K. Quartey, Daniel K. Attuquayefio","doi":"10.1007/s10344-023-01743-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-023-01743-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51044,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Wildlife Research","volume":"34 11","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135112257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The DeepFaune initiative: a collaborative effort towards the automatic identification of European fauna in camera trap images","authors":"Noa Rigoudy, Gaspard Dussert, Abdelbaki Benyoub, Aurélien Besnard, Carole Birck, Jérome Boyer, Yoann Bollet, Yoann Bunz, Gérard Caussimont, Elias Chetouane, Jules Chiffard Carriburu, Pierre Cornette, Anne Delestrade, Nina De Backer, Lucie Dispan, Maden Le Barh, Jeanne Duhayer, Jean-François Elder, Jean-Baptiste Fanjul, Jocelyn Fonderflick, Nicolas Froustey, Mathieu Garel, William Gaudry, Agathe Gérard, Olivier Gimenez, Arzhela Hemery, Audrey Hemon, Jean-Michel Jullien, Daniel Knitter, Isabelle Malafosse, Mircea Marginean, Louise Ménard, Alice Ouvrier, Gwennaelle Pariset, Vincent Prunet, Julien Rabault, Malory Randon, Yann Raulet, Antoine Régnier, Romain Ribière, Jean-Claude Ricci, Sandrine Ruette, Yann Schneylin, Jérôme Sentilles, Nathalie Siefert, Bethany Smith, Guillaume Terpereau, Pierrick Touchet, Wilfried Thuiller, Antonio Uzal, Valentin Vautrain, Ruppert Vimal, Julian Weber, Bruno Spataro, Vincent Miele, Simon Chamaillé-Jammes","doi":"10.1007/s10344-023-01742-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-023-01742-7","url":null,"abstract":"Camera traps have revolutionized how ecologists monitor wildlife, but their full potential is realized only when the hundreds of thousands of collected images can be readily classified with minimal human intervention. Deep learning classification models have allowed extraordinary progress towards this end, but trained models remain rare and are only now emerging for European fauna. We report on the first milestone of the DeepFaune initiative ( https://www.deepfaune.cnrs.fr ), a large-scale collaboration between more than 50 partners involved in wildlife research, conservation and management in France. We developed a classification model trained to recognize 26 species or higher-level taxa that are common in Europe, with an emphasis on mammals. The classification model achieved 0.97 validation accuracy and often > 0.95 precision and recall for many classes. These performances were generally higher than 0.90 when tested on independent out-of-sample datasets for which we used image redundancy contained in sequences of images. We implemented our model in a software to classify images stored locally on a personal computer, so as to provide a free, user-friendly, and high-performance tool for wildlife practitioners to automatically classify camera trap images. The DeepFaune initiative is an ongoing project, with new partners joining regularly, which allows us to continuously add new species to the classification model.","PeriodicalId":51044,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Wildlife Research","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135570773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Health risks associated with argasid ticks, transmitted pathogens, and blood parasites in Pyrenean griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) nestlings","authors":"Alberto Moraga-Fernández, Pilar Oliva-Vidal, Marta Sánchez-Sánchez, Clara Muñoz-Hernández, José María Martínez, Antoni Margalida, José de la Fuente, Isabel G. Fernández de Mera","doi":"10.1007/s10344-023-01741-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-023-01741-8","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract There is a knowledge gap in the study of Argasidae soft ticks and the pathogens they can transmit. These hematophagous arthropods are widely distributed and are often considered typical bird ectoparasites. Tick-parasitized birds can act not only as a reservoir of pathogens but also can carry these pathogen-infected arthropods to new areas. Seven griffon vulture nestlings were sampled in northeastern Spain, collecting ticks ( n = 28) from two individuals and blood from each vulture ( n = 7). Blood samples from griffon vultures tested PCR positive for Flavivirus (7/7), Anaplasma (6/7), piroplasms (4/7), and Rickettsia (1/7). A total of 27 of the 28 analyzed ticks were positive for Rickettsia , 9/28 for Anaplasma , 2/28 for piroplasms, and 5/28 for Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFv). Sequencing and phylogenetic analyses confirmed the presence of Rickettsia spp., Babesia ardeae , and zoonotic Anaplasma phagocytophilum in vultures and Rickettsia spp., B. ardeae , and CCHFv genotype V in ticks.","PeriodicalId":51044,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Wildlife Research","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135885150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Lack of detection of Mycobacterium microti infection in wild rodents from a free-ranging wild boar outbreak area","authors":"Enric Vidal, Johan Espunyes, Maria Puig Ribas, Cristian Melgarejo, Laura Martino, Lorraine Michelet, Maria Laura Boschiroli, Albert Sanz, Alberto Allepuz, Oscar Cabezón, Bernat Pérez de Val","doi":"10.1007/s10344-023-01738-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-023-01738-3","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Wild small rodents are considered the natural reservoirs of Mycobacterium microti , a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) that can cause tuberculosis (TB) in humans and animals, as well as interfere with current tuberculosis eradication plans in livestock. A cross-sectional study was carried out in the Catalan Pyrenees (Iberian Peninsula) in an area where M. microti was previously isolated from wild boars, to evaluate the role of micromammals in the epidemiology of this outbreak. A total of 350 wild rodents were necropsied (306 Murinae and 44 Arvicolinae) in spring and autumn during two consecutive natural years. Tissues were analyzed by histopathology to look for TB-like lesions and by qPCR and culture to detect MTBC. Sera were analyzed by MTBC-specific ELISA. No evidence of TB infection in wild rodents was confirmed. Results suggest that small rodents did not play a role in the epidemiology of M. microti in the area. The source of this mycobacterium remains unknown, but previous detections of M. microti in various species in southern France suggest the movements of wild boars across the French Pyrenees as the most likely origin of the outbreak detected in the Iberian Peninsula.","PeriodicalId":51044,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Wildlife Research","volume":"144 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135888527","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Predation of young brown hares (Lepus europaeus) by common buzzards (Buteo buteo) in western Poland","authors":"Marek Panek","doi":"10.1007/s10344-023-01730-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-023-01730-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51044,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Wildlife Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135994860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A comparison of genetic and field methods for assessing capercaillie abundance","authors":"David Baines, Kathy Fletcher","doi":"10.1007/s10344-023-01734-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-023-01734-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51044,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Wildlife Research","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135969143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}