Posts Tagged ‘animal’

Canine bocavirus 3

Canine bocavirus 3 (CnBoV3) is a newly discovered canine bocavirus found in the liver of the dog.

CnBoV3 belongs to the genus bocavirus in the family Parvoviridae. This family of viruses has single-stranded DNA with genome length between 4.5 – 5.5 kb. Bocaviruses are pathogenic in some of the mammalian species including humans, cows, pigs, gorillas, chimpanzees, California sea lions, dogs, cats, bats, and pine martens. Bocavirus can cause respiratory and gastrointestinal disorders in young animals and possibly human beings.

Previously, two species of bocavirus have been reported in the dogs; one is the minute virus of canines (MVC) – discovered in 1967 – that is related to the neonatal diseases and fertility disorders while the other is the Canine bocavirus (CBoV) – discovered in 2011 – that is thought to be related to the respiratory disease.

CnBoV3 is very much different from MVC and CBoV. The presence of CnBoV3 in the liver tissues showed that the virus may have opened the way through the mucosal barrier of the usual sites of bocavirus replication in the respiratory or enteric tracts. Researchers have also found that the replication of the virus may take place in the hepatocytes or the other liver cell types.

Researchers have reported that the role of the CnBoV3 in the complex diseases of animals have to be studied in detail. Read more…

Mice mothers inspire mice fathers to take care of their children

Researchers have found that mice mothers not only take care of their kids but also force mouse fathers to care of them.

This research has been published online in the journal Nature Communications.

This research would remind you of the movie “Stuart Little” or “Chicken Run”; talking mice, and you would say “What is this?” or “Fact is stranger than fiction” etc.

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Fossils of the giant penguin have successfully been reconstructed; Research

Penguins in artist's rendition

Researchers have found and reconstructed the fossils of the tallest and fattest penguin in New Zealand.

This research has been published online in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Read more…

Highly potent glue containing substance made by considering gecko feet’s adhesive forces; Research

Electric Blue Gecko

Researchers have developed glue that is capable of holding 318 kg of weight on a smooth wall.

This research has been done by a team of polymer scientists and a biologist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and has been published online findings in the journal of Advanced Materials. Read more…

Capybara in California

Capybara in California

Capybara is the largest living rodent on Earth. Rodent is a group of animals including mice, rats, squirrel and guinea pigs. These animals have large flat sharp teeth in the upper and lower jaws.

Capybara is native to South America but recently it has been found in California’s Central Coast. Read more…