Cows painted with zebra-like striping can avoid biting fly attack

Experimental and comparative studies suggest that the striped coats of zebras can prevent biting fly attacks. Biting flies are serious pests of livestock that cause economic losses in animal production. We hypothesized that cows painted with black and white stripes on their body could avoid biting f...

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Autores principales: Kojima, Tomoki, Oishi, Kazato, Matsubara, Yasushi, Uchiyama, Yuki, Fukushima, Yoshihiko, Aoki, Naoto, Sato, Say, Masuda, Tatsuaki, Ueda, Junichi, Hirooka, Hiroyuki, Kino, Katsutoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6776349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31581218
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223447

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6776349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31581218
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223447

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