ARE DOGS WITH CONGENITAL HEARING AND/OR VISION IMPAIRMENTS SO DIFFERENT FROM SENSORY NORMAL DOGS? A SURVEY OF DEMOGRAPHICS, MORPHOLOGY, HEALTH, BEHAVIOUR, COMMUNICATION, AND ACTIVITIES.

Are dogs with congenital hearing and/or vision impairments so different from sensory normal dogs? A survey of demographics, morphology, health, behaviour, communication, and activities.

The births of domestic dogs with pigment deletion and associated congenital hearing and/or vision impairments are increasing, as a result of mutations of certain genes expressing popular coat colour patterns (Merle, piebald, Irish spotting).The future of these dogs is often pessimistic (early euthanasia or placement in rescues/fosters, lack of inte

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FORMATION OF THE HYPOTHESIS ABOUT THE EAST SLAVIC CITY - THE ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER IN THE RUSSIAN HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE 18TH CENTURY

In Russian historiography, for more than a century, there have been disputes about the possible reasons for the origin of East Slavic / Old Russian cities.Today, several hypotheses coexist: 1) cities are products of state power, 2) their emergence was influenced by the trade and craft factor, 3) the needs of defense influenced the formation of town

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Morphological and Molecular Study of the Fish Parasitic Crustaceans Cymothoa indica and Mothocya collettei (Isopoda: Cymothoidae), with New Distribution Records

Cymothoidae are parasitic isopods that infest fishes inhabiting marine, brackish, and fresh-water environments.The systematics, distribution, and host specificity of cymothoids is often unknown.In this study, morphological observations and molecular analysis using the COI and 16S rRNA genes were conducted on a juvenile individual of Cymothoa indica

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