(n.) Any ground squirrel of the genus Spermophilus; a gopher. See Illust. under Gopher.
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Suslik
Definition:
(n.) A ground squirrel (Spermophilus citillus) of Europe and Asia. It has large cheek pouches.
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(1) A hyporeactive response to IFN induction in vivo was produced in active susliks but not in animals hibernating in summer.
(2) The quantitative morphological study of cardiomyocytes in heterothermic animals (red-cheeked susliks Citellus erythrogenys Br.)
(3) IFN levels in the organs were lower in hibernating susliks than in active ones, but, particularly in the spleen and kidneys, IFN remained detectable for longer in hibernating animals than in active susliks.
(4) An increase in osmolality, content of total lipids, sodium--free and potassium--free concentrations, and a decrease in magnesium concentration were revealed in suslik blood serum during hibernation and spontaneous awakening.
(5) The presence of the European suslik in the countries of Eastern Europe and the fleas parasitizing on the rodent, capable of transferring plague infection, permit the authors to raise the question of a possible occurrence of natural foci of plague in Roumania and Bulgaria.
(6) In high-mountain susliks the content of glutamate under these conditions increases in great cerebral hemispheres, while the asparate content lowers in cerebral hemispheres and cerebellum.
(7) High levels of blood-coagulating factors and of antithrombin III low plasma tolerance of heparin, high velocity of Hageman-dependent processes of prothrombinase formation and plasminogen activation were found in yellow suslik.
(8) The immunisation of hibernating susliks with the dermorphin conjugate leads to a gradual waking up of the animals, normalising of conditioning in all the parameters and occurrence of a motor component in avoidance conditioning.
(9) The formation of aggregations of related females is a peculiarity of the intrapopulational organization of long-tailed suslik that results in the accumulation of Citellophilus tesquorum, the main vector and keeper of the plague microbe in the Tuva plague nidus.
(10) ga at the 22nd minute on the average there occur convulsions in susliks living both in high mountains and middle mountains.
(11) In both groups, most IFN was detectable in the serum 1 min after injection; in hibernating susliks, in spite of their arousal from hibernation, IFN remained detectable for a longer period in the serum.
(12) Protein synthesis has been observed in brain and liver of susliks during hibernation using specific radioactivity assay and cycloheximide inhibitor analysis.
(13) The comparative study of trophonts morphology showed that the only species of the genus Trichomonas--T. muris inhabits the intestine of mice, rats, field-voles, hamsters and susliks.
(14) In the subsequent years, marmots died out in consequence of the economic activity of man and the habitats of susliks became sporadic and occurred in small foci.
(15) In dynamics of the hibernation (1, 7 and 30 days) either preservation of normothermal level or a certain increase of the homocarnosine content in all areas of the suslik brain under examination is observed.
(16) While studying the suslik fleas in artificial nests planted in free nature, significant changes in the population dynamics of N. setosa, C. simplex and C. orientalis (from the spring build up to the autumnal peak and the decrease of flea number until the next spring) were noted.
(17) According to the season, the environmental temperature, and their physiological state (whether active or in hibernation), spotted susliks produce different amounts of interferon (IFN) in response to intraperitoneal induction with Newcastle disease virus (NDV).
(18) Spotted suslik fibroblast interferon (SuIFN-beta) was given intravenously to animals active in summer and hibernating in winter.
(19) In susliks at a height of 1700-2000 m above sea level the content of glutamate aspartate and GABA lowers significantly as compared to that in susliks at a height of 500-600 m above sea level.
(20) The content of glutamic, asparaginic and gamma-aminobutyric (GABA) acids in norm and under hyperoxia was determined in different cerebral areas of susliks living in places at different heights above sea level.