Since FOX-7 (1, 1-diamino-2, 2-dinitroethylene) is a relatively new energetic material, little is known about its physical and chemical properties. Therefore, first-principles quantum chemical calculations are used to predict the energies of atoms of FOX-7. Under gentle heating (thermolysis) is likely to cause hydrogen transfer between molecules, producing highly reactive chemical species. Conv...

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) are the ideal marker for characterizing genomic variation but can be difficult to find in nonmodel species. We explored the usefulness of the dog genome for finding SNPs in distantly related nonmodel canids and evaluated so-ascertained SNPs. Using 40 primer pairs designed from randomly selected bacterial artificial chromosome clones from the dog genome, we ...

In red fox sylvatic rabies area, red foxes, badgers, roe deers and stone martens were controlled for the presence of rabies virus in salivary glands (Table 2). These species correspond to the most frequent wildlife victims of sylvatic rabies and all of them except stone martens showed a high percentage of presence of rabies virus in salivary glands in these natural conditions. The comparison of...

Non-consumptive effects of predators on each other and on prey populations often exceed the effects of direct predation. These effects can arise from fear responses elevating glucocorticoid (GC) hormone levels (predator stress hypothesis) or from increased vigilance that reduces foraging efficiency and body condition (predator sensitive foraging hypothesis); both responses can lead to immunosup...

Food habits of the Red Fox Vulpes vulpes were studied in Dachigam National Park Kashmir Himalaya from December 2017 to November 2018 by scat analysis. A total 246 scats collected across seasons different habitat types park. The diet was characterized a wider prey spectrum with small rodents, plants, and Himalayan Grey Langur Semnopithecus ajax as major food items. dietary behaviour showed sligh...

The reduction of rabies in dogs by means of the obligatory parenteral vaccination in Poland has resulted in th appearance of a new vector of rabies the red fox. Because traditional methods have become too expensive and ineffective therefore in 1993 oral vaccination of red foxes was introduced in Poland as a method of rabies eradication in wild animals. The data concerning rabies in Poland inclu...