Introduction: Leptospirosis is an infectious disease caused by the Leptospira bacteria and transmitted from animals to humans. can be spread rodents. In health aspects, rats play a role as carriers or reservoirs of various diseases Apart leptospirosis, many other through One places where rodents are found in high numbers traditional market. Aim: The purpose this study was assess density ectopar...

We examined small mammal (insectivores, bats and rodents) diversity in community legally protected forest remnants the Ghana-Togo Highlands of Volta Region Ghana, West Africa, a zoologically understudied area compared to neighboring Togo East, or Ghana west River. recorded 34 species: three species shrews (Soricidae Fischer, 1815), 12 rodents, one primate (Galagidae Gray, 1825) 17 (Chiroptera B...

Rodents (Rodentia) are the most abundant and diverse order of mammals, present in all habitats, including urban areas. The traffic linked to globalisation has favoured their involvement biological invasions that have an impact on local biodiversity, economy human health. In Franceville, Gabon, little is known about rodent community. We therefore studied composition distribution rodents along a ...

the rodents’ fauna of boundary zones of iran are still poorly known. in this research rodents fauna of khaf township in northeast of iran have been reported mainly based on pellets of birds of prey. alive samples and also rodent’s remains from pellet materials of birds of prey in the present study was collected from 46 localities in khaf, northeast of khorasanrazavi province and different speci...

background: ectoparasites of mammalian hosts play an important role for transmission of diseases from the host res­ervoirs to human. the aim of this study was to determine the species composition and infestation parameters for para­sitic arthropods associated with rhombomys opimus. methods: ectoparasites of r. opimus were collected from seven endemic district of zcl in iran including shirvan an...

Pavlovian conditioning paradigms have become important model systems for understanding the neuroscience of behavior. In particular, studies of the extinction of Pavlovian fear responses are yielding important information about the neural substrates of anxiety disorders, such as phobias and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in humans. These studies are germane to understanding the neural mec...

Background Rodents are considered as reservoirs of various zoonotic diseases including helminthic infections. The current study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of helminth infections in rodents, in Boyer-Ahmad district, Southwestern Iran. Methods Overall, 52 rodents were captured from various areas of the district by Sherman live traps. The animals were then euthanized and dissected. During ...

AbstractThe multimammate mouse (Mastomys natalensis) is the reservoir for Lassa virus (LASV). Zoonotic transmission occurs when humans are directly or indirectly exposed to fluids of the multimammate mouse, such as urine, saliva, and blood. Housing characteristics and domestic organization affect rodent density in and around households and villages, and are likely to be a risk factor for Lassa ...