supported by grants from the National Key R&D Program of China(No.6692022YFC2602500);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant nos.32070451 to Y.H.Z.and 31872227 to J.X.Z.).
The ability to recognize and differentiate between conspecifics and heterospecifics as well as their signals is critical for the coexistence of closely related species.In the genus Rattus,species are morphologically s...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31872227 to JXZ and 32070451 to YHZ).
Pheromones and olfactory communication play vital roles in sex recognition and mate choice in rodents.Asian house rats(Rattus tanezumi)(RT)often startle easily,making behavioral measurements difficult to carry out acc...
The research was supported by the specific re-search fund of The Innovation Platform for Academicians of Hainan Province(YSPTZX202112);The State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents(Grant No.IPM2103);the 2022 PhD Launch Fund to Jing Liu(RC2200002593).
Pest rodents pose a serious threat to island biodiversity.Fertility control could be an alternative approach to control the impact of rodents on these islands.In this study,we examined the antifertility effects of EP-...
All experiments followed the guidelines of the American Society of Mammalogists(Sikes et al.2016);The protocol and procedures employed were ethically reviewed and approved by the Institute of Zoology(IOZ-IACUC-2021-093);The study was supported by the International Partnership Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Grant No.152111KYSB20160089.
The ricefield rat,Rattus argentiventer,is a significant pest of rice in Southeast Asia.Fertility control methods have the potential to provide safe and effective alternatives to control methods that often include indisc...
Supported by Hermínio Omettto Foundation.Grant number 2015/029。
OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the systemic action of electroacupuncture and laserpuncture in the repair of excisional cutaneous injuries on the back of adult female Wistar rats.METHODS:Ninety animals were divided into three e...
This study was supported in parts by the research grants from the Ministry of Higher Education,Malaysia for niche area research(Vector:rodents)under the Higher Institution Centre of Excellence(HICoE)program(MO002-2019);the University of Malaya,under the Research University grants(RU005-2020 and RU002-2019);the UMCoE Top 100 Research Grant(UM.00000188/HGA.GV).
Rodents such as Rattus rattus and Rattus norvegicus have adapted to living close to human settlements[1].This presents a public health challenge as these rodents are considered as pests that can transmit a number of z...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31470110;31301869;31670388);Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(KJZD-EW-L07);Yunnan Applied Basic Research Projects(2014FB176);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2015M570801)
Apodemus (mice) and Rattus (rats) are the top rodent reservoirs for zoonoses in China,yet little is known about their diversity.We reexamined the alpha diversity of these two genera based on a new collection of sp...
supported by funding provided to the International Rice Research Institute by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation for the CORIGAP project(Grant no.81016734);the Philippines Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Agricultural Development(DA-BAR).
Rodents are globally important pre-harvest pests of rice.In Southeast Asia,rodent damage to growing rice crops is commonly concentrated towards the center of rice fields,away from the field edge,resulting in a clear p...
The Editorial Office would like to draw the reader’s attention to the error in the following articles.Liu QS,Qin J,Chen Q,Wang D,Shi DZ(2013).Fertility control of Rattus nitidus using quinestrol:effects on reproduct...
supported by PROMEP-México-Proyecto 103.5/09/1258(Red Epidemiológica de Enfermedades Zoonóticas y Transmitidas por Vector de Importancia en Salud Pública);Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología de México(No.grant;320021)
Objective: To report the renal histological lesions in synanthropic rodents, Mus musculus and Rattus rattus, naturally infected with Leptospira spp., captured in a rural community in Yucatan, Mexico. Methods: Kidney s...