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Guttural pouch tympany is an uncommon ailment in which excessive amounts of air become trapped in the pouch, resulting in abnormal expansion. Tympany is usually unilateral, but in some cases can affect both pouches. It is seen most often in young foals and is more common in females than in males. [17]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an advisory on Aug. 16 warning people traveling to areas known to have the Oropouche virus to avoid getting bit by midges and mosquitoes.
[5] [6] The females of some species of hamster are known to hide their young in their cheek pouches to carry them away when they fear danger. [7] Other species of hamsters are known to fill their pouches with air, allowing them to float better while they swim. [7] [8] Cheek pouch prolapse in an anesthetized Russian hamster (Phodopus sp.)
Microcirculation may be studied in hamster cheek pouches. [29] The pouches of hamsters are thin, easy to examine without stopping bloodflow, and highly vascular. [29] When examined, the cheek pouch is pulled through the mouth while being grasped with forceps. [30] At this point the cheek is everted and can be pinned onto a mount for examination ...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday said 21 U.S. cases have been reported so far — 20 in Florida and one in New York — all of whom had been in Cuba.
Kangaroo joey inside the pouch Female eastern grey kangaroo with mature joey in pouch. The pouch is a distinguishing feature of female marsupials, monotremes [1] [2] [3] (and rarely in the males as in the yapok [4] and the extinct thylacine); the name marsupial is derived from the Latin marsupium, meaning "pouch".
Sarcoptes is a genus of skin parasites, and part of the larger family of mites collectively known as "scab mites". They are also related to the scab mite Psoroptes, also a mite that infests the skin of domestic animals. Sarcoptic mange affects domestic animals and similar infestations in domestic fowls cause the disease known as "scaly leg".
Most cases of humans contracting rabies from infected animals are in developing nations. In 2010, an estimated 26,000 people died from the disease, down from 54,000 in 1990. [ 6 ] The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that dogs are the main source of human rabies deaths, contributing up to 99% of all transmissions of the disease to humans ...