On the Helminth Fauna of the Muskrat (<i>Ondatra zibethicus</i> (Linnaeus, 1766)) in the Barnim District of Brandenburg State/Germany by Rolf K. Schuster, Peter Specht, Siegfried Rieger

“…A total of 130 muskrats of different age groups trapped in different habitats in the Barnim district of the Brandenburg state by a professional hunter were examined for parasites and seven trematodes (<i>Echinostoma</i> sp., <i>Notocotylus noyeri, Plagiorchis elegans, Plagiorchis arvicolae, Psilosostoma simillimum, P. spiculigerum, Opisthorchis felineus</i> and four larval cestode species (<i>Hydatigera taeniaeformis, Taenia martis, Taenia polyacantha, Taenia crassiceps</i>) were detected. …”
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Aging traits and sustainable trophy hunting of African lions by Miller, J, Balme, G, Lindsey, P, Loveridge, A, Becker, M, Begg, C, Brink, H, Dolrenry, S, Hunt, J, Jansson, I, Macdonald, D, Mandisodza-Chikerema, R, Oriol Cotterill, A, Packer, C, Rosengren, D, Stratford, K, Trinkel, M, White, P, Winterbach, C, Winterbach, H, Funston, P

“…We tested the aging accuracy of professional hunters and inexperienced observers before and after training on aging. …”

Assessment of Aleutian mink disease virus (AMDV) prevalence in feral American mink in Iceland. Case study of a pending epizootiological concern in Europe by Remigiusz Panicz, Piotr Eljasik, Jakub Skorupski, Przemysław Śmietana, Róbert A. Stefánsson, Menja von Schmalensee, Magdalena Szenejko

“…Methods American mink (n = 164) were captured by professional hunters in 8 regions of Iceland. The detection of AMDV in the spleen of male and female individuals was based on PCR amplification of an NS1 gene fragment. …”
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