Sentence examples for indicator animals from inspiring English sources

This observation led to the recommendation of focusing surveillance efforts on indicator animals when a disease of concern appears to be absent in a wildlife population.

This combination was chosen, because it allows the use of the assays for samples of various mammal species, which is important for screening the animal reservoir and indicator animals [ 6, 10, 11].

Investigations into the efficacy of using different information sources for detecting disease occurrence showed that analysis of indicator animals (i.e., animals found dead or presenting disease signs) is more efficient than analysis of animals expected to be healthy (such as hunted animals).

At the molecular levels, the most widely used population genetic indicator in animals is mitochondrial DNA (Avise et al. 1987).

A natural acoustic indicator of animal welfare is the appearance (or absence) of coughing in the animal habitat.

The hydroxyproline is an indicator of animal glue presence: a quite high content in samples 1 and 4, lower in samples 2 and 3 [28–30].

Bekoff has made much of play behavior as an indicator of animal emotions, an idea that is also taken up by Cabanac et al. (2009).

The use of play as an indicator of animal welfare shows promise, and an arena test is one method used to assess how different procedures or housing conditions affect calves' motivation to perform locomotor play.

Lying behavior may be a good indicator of animal well-being.

In all groups of mice, the hepatic index (HI), an indicator of animal health, was measured.

As body weight is a generic indicator of animal physiology influenced by body metabolism, activity, and feeding behaviour, the weight of Nes-R26 Met mice was followed over-time and no significant differences were found versus controls (P>0.05; Figure 7j).