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Animals, Volume 15, Issue 22

November-2 2025 - 130 articles

Cover Story: Estavelles are springs that can also act as sinkholes or ponors when water levels drop. They are common in Classic Karst Region. By surveying 61 springs for five years, we recorded five amphibian species, some regularly using springs, while some occurred just occasionally. Amphibian presence was strongly linked to springs with low water flow, high micro-habitat complexity, and absence of predators like pike. Some species used estavelles as regular shelters, as in the case of the Lataste’s frog. Notably, one of the species most regularly found is the olm (Proteus anguinus), which is a groundwater-dwelling salamander, only recently studied also in surface freshwater habitats, that uses estavelles mainly for feeding. The research underscores the conservation value of estavelles as complementary aquatic habitats in the karst landscape. View this paper
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Articles (130)

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
405 Views
13 Pages

20 November 2025

Uterus masculinus is a rare disorder of sexual development in males, characterized by the presence of tubular female genitalia. Diagnostic imaging reports of infected uterus masculinus are limited. We describe the ultrasonographic and computed tomogr...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
317 Views
6 Pages

Regional Prevalence and Molecular Detection of Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei in Coastal Shellfish from Korea

  • Beom Hee Lee,
  • Eul Bit Noh,
  • Hee Jung Choi,
  • Mun Gyeong Kwon and
  • Bo Seong Kim

20 November 2025

EHP causes hepatopancreatic microsporidiosis in shrimp, leading to growth retardation without notable mortality. To examine potential environmental carriers, farmed bivalves were collected near shrimp ponds in Korea and screened for EHP using nested...

  • Article
  • Open Access
662 Views
17 Pages

Feline Peritoneal Effusions—A Poor Prognosis?

  • Laura Letwin,
  • Sivert Nerhagen,
  • Camilla Hindar and
  • Barbara Glanemann

20 November 2025

Feline ascites has been reported to have a poor prognosis, with a median survival time of 21 days (considering all etiologies). However, previous studies included relatively small populations (<100 cases) and there is no literature evaluating the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
561 Views
16 Pages

Breed and Season: Key Determinants of Efficiency in Large-Scale Commercial In Vitro Sheep Embryo Production

  • Yubing Wang,
  • Ke Li,
  • Jia Hao,
  • Dayong Chen,
  • Lei Cheng,
  • Huijie He,
  • Riga Wu,
  • Yingjie Wu,
  • Jianhui Tian and
  • Guangyin Xi

20 November 2025

The efficiency of the laparoscopic ovum pick-up and in vitro embryo production (LOPU-IVEP) system in sheep is governed by a complex interplay of genetic and environmental factors. This study comprehensively evaluated the effects of breed, season, and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
403 Views
25 Pages

Red LED Light Irradiation Increases the Resistance Against Environmental Stress of Frozen Bovine Sperm Thawed in Suboptimal Conditions

  • Olga Blanco-Prieto,
  • Carolina Maside,
  • Andrea Gruzmacher,
  • Manuel Ortiz,
  • Marcelo Ratto,
  • Francisco Javier Urra,
  • Tomás Vera,
  • Pablo Strobel,
  • Jaime Catalán and
  • Beatrice Mislei
  • + 4 authors

20 November 2025

This work sought to test the positive effect of red LED light on frozen bovine sperm resistance to thawing in suboptimal conditions. Moreover, a preliminary study explores whether this improvement could have any repercussions on in vivo fertilizing a...

  • Review
  • Open Access
600 Views
19 Pages

The Use of Platelet-Rich Plasma in Wildlife Veterinary Medicine

  • Manuel Fuertes-Recuero,
  • Teresa Encinas Cerezo and
  • Pablo Morón-Elorza

20 November 2025

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP), an autologous blood product concentrated with platelets and their associated growth factors, has been the subject of increasing investigation in veterinary medicine. Although it is widely used in domestic species, its use...

  • Article
  • Open Access
346 Views
15 Pages

The Efficacy of Fisheries Management: A Length-Based Stock Assessment of Eight Fish Species in Xingkai Lake, China

  • Chen Zhao,
  • Zhongsi Gao,
  • Xuehao Wang,
  • Wanting Wang,
  • Huibo Wang,
  • Le Wang and
  • Tangbin Huo

20 November 2025

Standardized fishing gear represents a common fisheries management intervention, yet its effectiveness in multi-species freshwater ecosystems remains insufficiently assessed. This study presents the first application of the Length-Based Bayesian Biom...

  • Review
  • Open Access
627 Views
30 Pages

20 November 2025

Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is a naturally occurring contaminant pervasively found in agricultural produce, exhibiting extremely high carcinogenicity, teratogenicity and immunotoxicity, thereby constituting a substantial menace to worldwide food security and...

  • Review
  • Open Access
576 Views
24 Pages

Silver Pomfret (Pampus argenteus) Aquaculture: Advances, Bottlenecks, and Future Strategies

  • Guangde Qiao,
  • Bingfei Li,
  • Qiaozhen Ke,
  • Shunshun Tao,
  • Wantu Xu,
  • Yabing Wang and
  • Shiming Peng

20 November 2025

Silver pomfret (Pampus argenteus) is an economically valuable marine species with growing potential for large-scale aquaculture in China. In recent years, significant progress has been achieved in artificial breeding, nutritional research, and diseas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
538 Views
22 Pages

20 November 2025

Tumbling pigeons are prone to oxidative stress and disruption of gut microbiota balance during long-term exercise training and competitions. Considering that Portulaca oleracea (P. oleracea), as a natural plant feed additive, has natural antioxidant,...

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