Disease relevance of Alopex

• Neuropathology and host-parasite relationship of acute experimental toxoplasmosis of the blue fox (Alopex lagopus) [1].
• In both blue foxes ( Alopex lagpus) and dogs ( Canis familiaris), outbreaks of encephalitozoonosis can be severe [2].
• The purpose of this research was to determine whether trappers in northern Alaska acquired immunity to rabies virus from non-bite exposures while trapping and skinning arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus) [3].
• To study the pathogenicity of a newly isolated parvovirus of blue fox (Alopex lagopus), pregnant vixens and 43 kits of different ages were experimentally infected with the agent [4].
• The most important farmed fur animal species in Finland are the American mink (Mustela vison), blue fox (Alopex lagopus), silver fox (Vulpes vulpes) and raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides); all are susceptible to canine distemper [5].

Psychiatry related information on Alopex

• Effects of season, food deprivation and re-feeding on leptin, ghrelin and growth hormone in arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus) on Svalbard, Norway [6].

High impact information on Alopex

• We have characterized two mutations in the MC1R gene of the blue variant of the arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) that both incorporate a novel cysteine residue into the receptor [7].
• Stable isotopes in adipose tissue fatty acids as indicators of diet in arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus) [8].
• The arctic blue fox (Alopex lagopus) has a specific maximal oxygen consumption (VO2 max/Mb = 3.6 ml O2.s-1.kg-1) that is approximately 1.6-fold greater than those of dogs and horses [9].
• Fertilization and early embryonic development in the blue fox (Alopex lagopus) [10].
• Effects of melatonin implantation on spermatogenesis, the moulting cycle and plasma concentrations of melatonin, LH, prolactin and testosterone in the male blue fox (Alopex lagopus) [11].

Biological context of Alopex

• The testes of the blue fox (Alopex lagopus) showed marked seasonal variations in size [12].
• Temporal relationships between hormonal concentrations and the electrical resistance of the vaginal tract of blue foxes (Alopex lagopus) at pro-oestrus and oestrus [13].
• Post-absorptive resting metabolic rates (RMRs), body mass and ad libitum food intake were recorded on an annual cycle in captive arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus) at Svalbard [14].
• The use of dog painting probes has enabled integration of the raccoon dog chromosomes into the previously established comparative map for the domestic dog, Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus), and red fox (Vulpes vulpes) [15].
• Canine-derived cosmid probes containing microsatellites can be used in physical mapping of Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) and Chinese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides procyonoides) genomes [16].

Anatomical context of Alopex

• Structural aspects of oocyte maturation in the blue fox (Alopex lagopus) [17].
• The optimum time for single artificial insemination of blue fox vixens (Alopex lagopus ) with frozen-thawed semen from silver foxes (Vulpes vulpes ) [18].
• Fine structure and FSH binding of Sertoli cells in the blue fox (Alopex lagopus) in different stages of reproductive activity [19].
• However, these same protocols and modifications of these protocols have failed to satisfactorily preserve spermatozoa collected from farmed blue foxes (Alopex lagopus) [20].
• Levels and congener pattern of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were determined in samples of subcutaneous fat and liver from 27 polar foxes, Alopex lagopus, caught in Svalbard during the winter 1983-1984 [21].

Associations of Alopex with other chemical compounds

• Mean delta15N was lowest in muscle of Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) and foxes also show the lowest levels of Hg, Cd and Ag in liver and kidney compared to the other species analyzed [22].
• Adipose tissues from 20 arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus) of both sexes from Svalbard were analysed for polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE), polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), p,p'-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDE), chlordane, and hexachlorobenzene (HCB) concentrations [23].
• Cholinesterase activities in uterus of normal and fenchlorphos treated blue foxes (Alopex lagopus) during various reproductive states [24].
• Relationship between gonadotrophins, inhibin and sex steroid secretion during the periovulatory period and the luteal phase in the blue fox (Alopex lagopus) [25].
• Glucose turnover and defense of blood glucose levels in Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) [26].

Gene context of Alopex

• The functional properties of purified glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) from the erythrocytes of Artic foxes (Alopex lagopus) and silver foxes (Vulpes vulpes) were investigated [27].
• Seasonal variations of plasma prolactin and LH concentrations in the female blue fox (Alopex lagopus) [28].
• Concentrations of selected essential and non-essential elements in arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) and wolverines (Gulo gulo) from the Canadian Arctic [29].
• Adiponectin and peptide YY in the fasting blue fox (Alopex lagopus) [30].
• Centric-fusion translocation and whole-arm heterochromatin in the karyotype of the blue fox (Alopex lagopus L.): synaptonemal complex analysis [31].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Alopex

• Oral rabies vaccination of arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus) with an attenuated vaccine [32].
• Electroretinogram (ERG) flicker photometry was used to examine the photopigment complements of representatives of four genera of Canid: domestic dog (Canis familiaris), Island gray fox (Urocyon littoralis), red fox (Vulpes vulpes), and Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) [33].
• The neuropathology and host-parasite relationship of experimental infection with the RH-strain of Toxoplasma gondii were studied in 27 blue foxes (Alopex lagopus) aged 0 to 23 days, using light microscopy, including immunohistochemical staining, and transmission and scanning electron microscopy [1].
• Electron microscopy of intestinal adenomatosis in the blue fox, Alopex lagopus [34].
• Comparative aspects of sperm membrane fatty acid composition in silver (Vulpes vulpes) and blue (Alopex lagopus) foxes, and their relationship to cell cryopreservation [20].

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