(n.) A species of ichneumon (Herpestes griseus), native of India. Applied also to other allied species, as the African banded mongoose (Crossarchus fasciatus).
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Mongoose
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Mongoos
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(1) The overall leptospirosis prevalence for rodents was 23.4 percent, and for mongooses it was 23.0 percent.
(2) Observations on the epidemiology and symptomatology of rabies in the Yellow Mongoose are reported and various methods of control are suggested.
(3) The distribution pattern of filiform papillae was similar both in the musk shrews and mongoose, in that the form of filiform papillae changed gradually from the lingual apex to the posterior part of the lingual body.
(4) It was shown that mongoose AcChoR does not bind alpha-BTX in vivo or in vitro.
(5) Surveys of the small mammal populations indicate rats, mice, and mongooses are the most important vectors in Hawaii.
(7) Mongooses are indigenous to Africa and Asia and have been introduced elsewhere.
(8) Population density probably determines the importance of the mongoose as a reservoir of rabies.
(9) Mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon), hyena (Hyaena hyaena), cats and dogs were susceptible.
(10) The molecular weight of the factor was estimated to be 59,000 and 52,000 by a gel filtration and SDS-disc electrophoresis, respectively, suggesting that it consists of a single subunit, as we also found for the antihemorrhagic factors of the mongoose Herpestes edwardsii.
(11) The mongoose fragment is highly homologous (greater than 90%) to the respective mouse fragment.
(12) The sera of T. flavoviridis (Habu), H. edwardsii (mongoose) and D. semicarinatus (Akamata, non-venomous snake) were tested for their capacity to neutralize 28 species of hemorrhagic snake venoms in vitro.
(13) 119) of the Autumnalis serogroup in 1973, and its subsequent inclusion in our test battery of leptospiral antigens, high percentages of cattle, dogs, mongooses and man showed sero-positive reactions against the strain.
(14) The epithelium of the lingual dorsum of the mongoose, Herpestes edwardsi, was composed of two main areas: the interpapillary area, characterised by the absence of keratinisation; and the papillary area, characterised by hard keratinisation.
(16) Sequence comparison between species suggests that substitutions at positions 187, 189, and 194 are important in determining the resistance of mongoose and snake AcChoR to alpha-BTX.
(17) The thiourea treated mongooses display an increase in the number and size of the calcitonin cells.
(18) Histologically, the mongoose salivary glands were generally similar to those in other carnivores (dog, cat and ferret).
(19) The histology and mucosubstance histochemistry of the mongoose salivary glands were studied.
(20) In the current work, the prevalence of rodent and mongoose leptospirosis in the districts of Oahu was determined by the kidney-culture method.