scholarly journals Body temperatures of Manis pentadactyla and Manis javanica

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yishuang Yu ◽  
Shibao Wu ◽  
Wenhua Wang ◽  
Amna Mahmood ◽  
Fuhua Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Body Temperatures ◽  
Manis Javanica ◽  
Manis Pentadactyla

scholarly journals Comparative optical genome analysis of two pangolin species: Manis pentadactyla and Manis javanica

GigaScience ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Huang Zhihai ◽  
Xu Jiang ◽  
Xiao Shuiming ◽  
Liao Baosheng ◽  
Gao Yuan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genome Analysis ◽  
Manis Javanica ◽  
Manis Pentadactyla

scholarly journals Newly identified viral genomes in pangolins with fatal disease

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Hua Gao ◽  
Xian-Dan Lin ◽  
Yan-Mei Chen ◽  
Chun-Gang Xie ◽  
Zhi-Zhou Tan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Sampling Site ◽  
Amino Acid Level ◽  
Sequence Divergence ◽  
Genomic Analysis ◽  
Symptomatic Treatment ◽  
Tick Population ◽  
The Status ◽  
Manis Javanica ◽  
Manis Pentadactyla

Abstract Epizootic pathogens pose a major threat to many wildlife species, particularly in the context of rapidly changing environments. Pangolins (order Pholidota) are highly threatened mammals, in large part due to the trade in illegal wildlife. During July to August 2018 four sick wild pangolins (three Manis javanica and one Manis pentadactyla) exhibiting a variety of clinical symptoms were rescued by the Jinhua Wildlife Protection Station in Zhejiang province, China. Although three of these animals died, fortunately one recovered after 2 weeks of symptomatic treatment. Using meta-transcriptomics combined with reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), we identified two novel RNA viruses in two of the dead pangolins. Genomic analysis revealed that these viruses were most closely related to pestiviruses and coltiviruses, although still highly genetically distinct, with more than 48 and 25 per cent sequence divergence at the amino acid level, respectively. We named these Dongyang pangolin virus (DYPV) and Lishui pangolin virus (LSPV) based on the sampling site and hosts. Although coltiviruses (LSPV) are known to be transmitted by ticks, we found no evidence of LSPV in ticks sampled close to where the pangolins were collected. In addition, although DYPV was present in nymph ticks (Amblyomma javanense) collected from a diseased pangolin, they were not found in the local tick population. Epidemiological investigation revealed that both novel viruses might have been imported following the illegal international trade of pangolins. Hence, these data indicate that illegal wildlife trafficking not only threatens the status of pangolin populations, but may also spread epizootic pathogens.

scholarly journals Allometry of scales in Chinese pangolins (Manis pentadactyla) and Malayan pangolins (Manis javanica) and application in judicial expertise

2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhao-Min ZHOU ◽  
Hong ZHAO ◽  
Zhong-Xu ZHANG ◽  
Ze-Hui WANG ◽  
Han WANG
Keyword(s):  
Manis Javanica ◽  
Manis Pentadactyla ◽  
Judicial Expertise

Effect of Feed and Water Intake on Rumen and Body Temperatures of Sheep under Subtropical Conditions

1961 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 718-722 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. L. Noffsinger ◽  
K. K. Otagaki ◽  
C. T. Furukawa
Keyword(s):  
Water Intake ◽  
Body Temperatures

Effect of Anti-Exposure Suits on Body Temperatures during Shipboard Flooding Activities,

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Hagan ◽  
R. D. Bernhard ◽  
B. S. Cohen ◽  
J. A. Hodgdon
Keyword(s):  
Body Temperatures

scholarly journals Contrasting capabilities of two ungulate species to cope with extremes of aridity

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Melinda Boyers ◽  
Francesca Parrini ◽  
Norman Owen-Smith ◽  
Barend F. N. Erasmus ◽  
Robyn S. Hetem
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
High Water ◽  
Future Climate Change ◽  
Body Temperatures ◽  
Wet Season ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Ambient Temperatures ◽  
Mammalian Herbivores ◽  
Dry Seasons ◽  
Connochaetes Taurinus

AbstractSouthern Africa is expected to experience increased frequency and intensity of droughts through climate change, which will adversely affect mammalian herbivores. Using bio-loggers, we tested the expectation that wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), a grazer with high water-dependence, would be more sensitive to drought conditions than the arid-adapted gemsbok (Oryx gazella gazella). The study, conducted in the Kalahari, encompassed two hot-dry seasons with similar ambient temperatures but differing rainfall patterns during the preceding wet season. In the drier year both ungulates selected similar cooler microclimates, but wildebeest travelled larger distances than gemsbok, presumably in search of water. Body temperatures in both species reached lower daily minimums and higher daily maximums in the drier season but daily fluctuations were wider in wildebeest than in gemsbok. Lower daily minimum body temperatures displayed by wildebeest suggest that wildebeest were under greater nutritional stress than gemsbok. Moving large distances when water is scarce may have compromised the energy balance of the water dependent wildebeest, a trade-off likely to be exacerbated with future climate change.

scholarly journals Molecular Detection of Novel Borrelia Species, Candidatus Borrelia javanense, in Amblyomma javanense Ticks from Pangolins

Pathogens ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 728
Author(s):  
Bao-Gui Jiang ◽  
Ai-Qiong Wu ◽  
Jia-Fu Jiang ◽  
Ting-Ting Yuan ◽  
Qiang Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Molecular Detection ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Natural Circulation ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Flagellin Gene ◽  
Manis Javanica ◽  
The 16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Novel Agent

A novel Borrelia species, Candidatus Borrelia javanense, was found in ectoparasite ticks, Amblyomma javanense, from Manis javanica pangolins seized in anti-smuggling operations in southern China. Overall, 12 tick samples in 227 (overall prevalence 5.3%) were positive for Candidatus B. javanense, 9 (5.1%) in 176 males, and 3 (5.9%) in 51 females. The phylogenetic analysis, based on the 16S rRNA gene and the flagellin gene sequences of the Borrelia sp., exhibited strong evidence that Candidatus B. javanense did not belong to the Lyme disease Borrelia group and the relapsing fever Borrelia group but another lineage of Borrelia. The discovery of the novel Borrelia species suggests that A. javanense may be the transmit vector, and the M. javanica pangolins should be considered a possible origin reservoir in the natural circulation of these new pathogens. To our knowledge, this is the first identification of a novel Borrelia species agent in A. javanense from pangolins. Whether the novel agent is pathogenic to humans is unknown and needs further research.

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