All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Morphological comparison of fourteen species of the genus meriones illiger, 1811 rodentia. Media in category meriones unguiculatusthe following 90 files are in this category, out of 90 total. Aggressive behaviour and reproduction in the mongolian gerbil, meriones unguiculatus, relative to age and sexual experience at pairing in reproduction. Meriones unguiculatus the average in the eastern region. The mongolian gerbil, meriones unguiculatus rodentia. Runaway gc evolution in gerbil genomes molecular biology. Anatomy of the brachial plexus in the mongolian gerbil meriones. An meriones unguiculatus in nahilalakip ha genus nga meriones, ngan familia nga muridae. Three experiments were conducted to provide a quantitative description of copulation in mongolian gerbils meriones unguiculatus. Pdf despite meriones unguiculatus long history and popularity as an animal model in a wide range of research on topics from gastric and.
Population ecology of wild mongolian gerbils meriones. Frontiers diversification of the vacas1m1 and vacas2m2. Effect of albendazole therapy on susceptible and resistant haemonchus contortus larvae in mongolian gerbils meriones unguiculatus and distribution of inflammatory cells in the stomach wall a. The gerbil brachial plexus derived from ventral roots of the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth cervical nerves. One male animal of 6weeks of age was used for tissue extraction for this project. Iwasa, osamu kai department of animal science and resources, college of bioresource sciences, nihon university, fujisawa, japan abstract tyrosinase is encoded by the tyr c or albino locus and is the key enzyme in pigment biosynthesis. Therapeutic value of ginkgo biloba extract egb 761 in an. M belosevic, g m faubert, and j d maclean department of zoology, university of alberta, edmonton, canada. They reach puberty at 6585 days old, weigh 70110 g as adults, and. Our results provide incontrovertible evidence to support the contention that the spiny mouse is more closely related to the mongolian gerbil meriones unguiculatus than it is to mus musculus. Pronunciation of meriones unguiculatus with 1 audio pronunciation, 4 synonyms, 1 sentence and more for meriones unguiculatus. The use and care of animals was approved by the state of bavaria.
Mongolian gerbils meriones unguiculatus at xilinhot, inner mongolia, china. Get a printable copy pdf file of the complete article 1. The use and care of animals was approved by the state. At 3, 5, 7, and 14 days postinfection, 2 infected and 1 control gerbil were. In the present study we investigated the impact of vaccination with recombinant bmcpi1 and. Meriones unguiculatus in mammal species of the world. Mongolian gerbils meriones unguiculatus were housed in standard animal racks bio a. Meriones jirds tend to inhabit arid regions including clay desert. Pdf experimental encephalomyocarditis virus infection in. The distribution of meriones ranges from northern africa to mongolia.
Intrinsic response properties of auditory thalamic neurons in the gerbil meriones unguiculatus. Pdf phylogenetic analysis of the mongolian gerbil meriones. Disaccharidase activity in the small intestine of gerbils. This page was last edited on 14 september 2017, at 21. Summary mongolian gerbils or jirds are rodent members of the class mammalia, order rodentia, and family muridae. F w schaefer, 3rd, c h johnson, c h hsu, and e w rice. From each species, we identified orthologues of the proteincoding genes located in the known highgc region of the sand rat, and compared them with orthologous genes in p. M 1007 maple avenue lisle, il 60532 630 7371281 the mongolian gerbil meriones unguiculatus is a small rodent native to the desert regions of mongolia and northeastern china. We sequenced and assembled transcriptomes from three gerbil species meriones unguiculatus, m. Get a printable copy pdf file of the complete article 296k, or click on a page image below to browse page by page.
Body size is typically 1105mm, with a 95120mm tail, and body weight 60g, with adult males larger than females. Any one of the diminutive rodents composing related species of the genus meriones which are inhabitants of northern africa and southwestern asia. The mongolian gerbil or mongolian jird meriones unguiculatus is a small rodent belonging to the subfamily gerbillinae. One mongolian species meriones unguiculatus is a gentle and hardy animal that has become a popular pet.
Mean intromission frequencies failed to approach the exceptionally high values reported by previous. Effect of lithium upon circadian rhythm of locomotor. Vaccination with recombinant brugia malayi cystatin. Activation of jird meriones unguiculatus macrophages by the.
If the inline pdf is not rendering correctly, you can download the pdf file here. The meriones unguiculatus natural epidemic focus is located in the southwest edge of the ordos plateau, and the boundary is the huanghe river, which divided the natural epidemic focus into two. Ylike retinal ganglion cells innervate the dorsal raphe. Gerbils are burrowing, social animals which are active both day and night. Mammal species of the world a taxonomic and geographic reference. The mongolian gerbil meriones unguiculatus milne edwards, 1867 belongs to the subfamily gerbillinae, and is mainly distributed across the arid steppes, semideserts and adjacent farmingpastoral areas of north china, mongolia, and the baikal lake region of russia. These were subsequently processed for surfacespreading technique as described by peters et al. Gerbils meriones unguiculatus are highly susceptible to. The gerbil has a social organization and does not hibernate. Get a printable copy pdf file of the complete article 7. We examined the effects of the absence of the pineal gland on testicular maintenance and regression in adult male mongolian gerbils. Media in category meriones unguiculatus the following 90 files are in this category, out of 90 total. Mongolian jird or mongolian gerbil meriones unguiculatus young, 2 weeks, on a hand author. Cloning of the cdna encoding mast cell tryptase of mongolian.
Mongolian gerbils meriones unguiculatus, strain 243, were purchased from the charles river laboratories wilmington, ma. Migration behaviour and pathogenesis of five ascarid nematode. The harderian gland, its secretory duct and porphyrin. The data of the epidemic focus of the meriones unguiculatus administrative map extracted by the chinese academy of sciences resources and the environment scientific information center provided a 1.
Gerbils were livetrapped biweekly from late april to late october 2006 in inner mongolian. Chromatin organization and remodeling of interstitial. Cysteine protease inhibitors of brugia malayi have been ascribed to be involved in parasite development as well as to immunomodulate the hosts immune response. Pinealectomized and control gerbils were maintained in different photoperiods 0 l, 8 l, 14 l, or 24 l, and body weights. Activation of jird meriones unguiculatus macrophages by. Determination of giardia lamblia cyst infective dose for.
Detection of toxocara canis larvae by pcr in the liver of. Spreading of mongolian gerbil distribution throughout the mongolia including sandy. Meriones genus article about meriones genus by the free. Improvement of the alternative definitive host model for. Graduate thesis or dissertation meriones unguiculatus, a. A sterotaxic atlas of the mongolian gerbil brain meriones. We studied the population ecology of mongolian gerbils meriones unguiculatus, a social rodent living in groups yearround in desert grasslands of china, mongolia, and russia, using capturerecapture methods to investigate seasonal patterns in demography. Care of gerbils ness exotic wellness center robert d. Mongolian jird meriones unguiculatus longevity, ageing, and.
A semipurified caseinglucose diet was developed for use as a basis for further work on nutritional requirements of the mongolian gerbil. This specimen was scanned by matthew colbert on 23 january 2012 along the coronal axis for a total of 94 slices. Determination of giardia lamblia cyst infective dose for the mongolian gerbil meriones unguiculatus. Probing the spatial cluster of meriones unguiculatus using. An meriones unguiculatus in uska species han rodentia nga syahan ginhulagway ni milneedwards hadton 1867. By using the combination of reversetranscription pcr and rapid amplification of cdna ends methods, a cdna encoding mast cell tryptase was successfully cloned from the small intestine of mongolian gerbil, meriones unguiculatus, infected with nippostrongylus brasiliensis.
The overall copulatory pattern of gerbils may be characterized as containing multiple intromissions, multiple ejaculations, no intravaginal thrusting, and no lock. Disaccharidase activity in the small intestine of gerbils meriones unguiculatus during primary and challenge infections with giardia lamblia. Mongolian gerbil meriones unguiculatus takao ukaji, masahiro a. The genus contains most animals referred to as jirds, but members of the genera sekeetamys, brachiones, and sometimes pachyuromys are also known as jirds. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Pdf catalogue of the behaviour of meriones unguiculatus f. Pdf population ecology of wild mongolian gerbils meriones. Aug 14, 2009 we studied the population ecology of mongolian gerbils meriones unguiculatus, a social rodent living in groups yearround in desert grasslands of china, mongolia, and russia, using capturerecapture methods to investigate seasonal patterns in demography. Mongolian gerbils meriones unguiculatus living in their natural habitat flee to their burrows and footthump in response to the appearance of humans, while conspecific individuals reared in openlaboratory cages approach and investigate humans attempting to handle them. Ginklasipika han iucn an species komo diri gud kababarakan. Effects of diethylcarbamazine and ivermectin treatment on.
The harderian gland, its secretory duct and porphyrin content were examined in the mongolian gerbil meriones unguiculatus. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Iwasa, osamu kai department of animal science and resources, college of bioresource sciences, nihon university, fujisawa, japan abstract tyrosinase is encoded by the tyr c or albino locus. Meriones unguiculatus gerbillinae, rodentia is widely used as an animal model of human disease. The cairo spiny mouse acomys cahirinus shows a strong. The mongolian gerbil meriones unguiculatus milne edwards, 1867 belongs to the subfamily gerbillinae, and is mainly distributed across the arid steppes, semideserts, and adjacent farmingpastoral areas of north china, mongolia, and the baikal lake region of russia. All procedures were approved by the florida state university institutional animal care and use committee and conformed to nih fig. At 3 654 g and 18 3926 g months, alterations in the baba2 gene were noted.
Mongolian gerbils meriones unguiculatus were used as an animal model for human toxocariasis. Original variations in serum gonadotropin and prolactin. If you do not see its contents the file may be temporarily unavailable at the journal website or you do not have a pdf. Aug 01, 1995 by using the combination of reversetranscription pcr and rapid amplification of cdna ends methods, a cdna encoding mast cell tryptase was successfully cloned from the small intestine of mongolian gerbil, meriones unguiculatus, infected with nippostrongylus brasiliensis. Mongolian gerbils meriones unguiculatus are a member of the rodent family muridae. Embryonated eggs from each of toxocara canis, baylisascaris procyonis, b. Four experiments were conducted using experimental hosts for fasciola hepatica.
Their use in science dates back to the latter half of the 19th century, but they only. The gland consisted of tubules lined by a single layer of epithelial cells and a myoepithelial network. Peritoneal macrophages from mongolian jirds meriones unguiculatus with either lymphatic or intraperitoneal infections of brugia pahangi were studied to determine the effects of infection on macrophage function and morphology. Intrinsic response properties of auditory thalamic neurons in.
Gerbils used in scientific research originated from 20 pairs captured in the basin of the amur river in eastern mongolia and were imported into japan in 1935. Ylike retinal ganglion cells innervate the dorsal raphe nucleus in the mongolian gerbil meriones unguiculatus by liju luan, chaoran ren, benson wuiman lau, jian yang, gary e. Original variations of serum estradiol and progesterone. In laboratory conditions, gerbil displays an unstable circadian activity profile. Semipurified diet for the mongolian gerbil meriones. Migration behaviour and pathogenesis of five ascarid. Helicobacter pylori genotypes identified in the group 3 toxigenic vacas1m1 and nontoxigenic vacas2m2 strains in the meriones unguiculatus animal model. Effect of albendazole therapy on susceptible and resistant. If the inline pdf is not rendering correctly, you can download the pdf file.
Macrophages were collected at 40, 90, 140, and 200 days after inoculation of infective thirdstage larvae and assayed. Neurons in the medial geniculate body mgb have the complex task of processing the auditory ascending information from the periphery and a more extensive descending input from the cortex. The animal is used in science and kept as a small house pet. Full text full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version.
Gerbils meriones unguiculatus can be picked up by closing cupped hands around the animal, as tail capture is likely to be stressful and there is also a risk of a. Cloning of the cdna encoding mast cell tryptase of. Histopathology of brugia pahangi and plasmodium berghei. According to the patterns of allozyme variation, the percentage of polymorphic loci was found to be 12. The mongolian gerbil meriones unguiculatus is extensively used as an animal model in studies of pharmacology 1, parasitology 2, aging 3, oncology 4, and reproduction 5 6. Meriones unguiculatus, a rodent of the subfamily gerbillinae.
Screening of model animals for experimental infection with. University of southern california faculty research and publications. Effects of diethylcarbamazine and ivermectin treatment on brugia malayi gene expression in infected gerbils meriones unguiculatus volume 5 mary j. Meriones unguiculatus milneedwards, 1867 least concern meriones unguiculatus milneedwards, 1867 report on itis. Systemic mast cell disease in the mongolian gerbil, meriones unguiculatus. Laboratoryreared gerbils meriones unguiculatus were found to be highly susceptible to oral infection with neospora caninum ncliv strain oocysts. Other articles where meriones unguiculatus is discussed. At 3 months 654 g, both alleles in the middle region of vaca m1 and m2 were present. At 3, 5, 7, and 14 days postinfection, 2 infected and 1 control gerbil were killed and their livers were used for molecular analysis. Tyrosinase tyr gene mutation in albino mongolian gerbil. To understand the characteristic features of the mongolian gerbil, meriones unguiculatus, as an animal model of ascarid infections, the migration behaviour and pathogenesis of larvae were investigated in experimentally infected gerbils. Various laboratory animals mice mus musculus of six strains, rabbits oryctolagus cuniculus, guinea pigs cavia porcellus, rats rattus norvegicus, and mongolian gerbils meriones unguiculatus were experimentally infected with larvae of small strongyles cyathostominae, obtained from horse faeces and cultured to the infective larval stage l3.
Mongolian gerbils meriones unguiculatus companion animal. The cdna was 1219 bp long including 810 bp of an open reading frame. Mongolian gerbil meriones unguiculatus is well adapted species to extreme environments, where seasonal change in photoperiod is followed by changes in availability of other natural resources. The meriones unguiculatus natural epidemic focus is mainly distributed in the inner mongolian plateau, also known as the inner mongolian plateau meriones unguiculatus epidemic focus thomas et al. Meriones is a rodent genus that includes the gerbil most commonly kept as a pet, meriones unguiculatus. Experimental encephalomyocarditis virus infection in mongolian gerbils meriones unguiculatus article pdf available in veterinary pathology 261.
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