Publications by authors named "Tigran Hayrapetyan"
Article Synopsis
- Infections in small mammals are significant as they can transmit pathogens to felids, which release tough oocysts into the environment via their feces.
- The authors investigated shrews and rodents in Armenia, marking the first attempt to find such infections in these species there.
- They successfully detected DNA in 10.9% of trapped small mammals, with 15 out of 137 samples showing evidence of infection from six different locations.
Background And Aim: A drawback of studies on bat blood smears in the field is the lack of time for fixation because blood sampling using a non-lethal method often provides less time for fixation in smear preparations due to the small volume of blood collected. Usually, there is insufficient blood for another smear preparation, so it is necessary to use blood smears as rationally as possible, especially for rare bats. Many stains are used for staining peripheral blood smears, and they have advantages and disadvantages.
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