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1. www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu › news › virus-detectives-howThe Virus Detectives: How Dangerous Is a Hidden Infection in ...

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   Mar 6, 2019 · When researchers announced the identification of a novel virus in captive red pandas in the journal Veterinary Pathology last year, the discovery raised more questions than it answered. Does this virus pose a health risk to affected pandas? Is it widespread among captive populations?

2. science.sandiegozoo.org › science-blog › red-pandaRed Panda Amdovirus: Viral Diseases and Conservation in the ...

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   Jun 30, 2017 · We found virus in archived tissues from diseased pandas, normal tissues, AND feces from live animals at the Sacramento Zoo, who are completely happy and healthy. So far, feces from San Diego Zoo red pandas have tested negative.

3. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesAMDOPARVOVIRUS INFECTIONS ARE PREVALENT, PERSISTENT, AND ...

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   These populations are maintained separately in zoos, with limited opportunities for contact between them. Thus, if RPAV infections are native to or spilled over into Himalayan red pandas, the Chinese red panda subpopulation may have been relatively protected by their separate management.

   • DOI: 10.1638/2021-0082

   • Published: 2022/03

4. www.pbs.org › wnet › naturePanda Fact Sheet | Blog | Nature | PBS

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   A newborn panda is about the size of a stick of butter, about 3 to 5 ounces, which is about 1/900th the size of its mother. Female pandas can grow to be about 200 pounds, while males can grow to be about 300 pounds as adults. Adults can grow to be more than four feet tall.

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   Pandas are well-known for their round bodies and the large, black patches around their eyes. They are known for their black and white coloring. Each panda’s markings are unique and differ slightly from any other panda. Scientists are not sure the reasoning behind their coloring but suspect it has to do with camouflage or for finding a mate. Not all...

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   A panda’s diet is almost entirely bamboo. They eat the leaves, stems and shoots of various bamboo species. Because bamboo contains very little nutritional value, they must eat around 26 to 84 pounds of it every day, depending on what part of the bamboo they are eating. They spend at least 12 hours each day eating bamboo. Pandas branch out from time...

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   Pandas spend most of the day eating and sleeping like other bears. Wild pandas are solitary creatures and are protective of their space. Their territorial behavior is due to their reliance on large amounts of bamboo for their survival. If two pandas happen to cross paths, they’ll typically growl, swat, lunge at each other and possibly bite each oth...

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   Habitat loss and hunting are the largest threats to pandas. Infrastructure development is increasingly fragmenting and isolating panda populations, preventing pandas from finding new bamboo forests and potential mates. While the Chinese government has established more than 50 panda reserves, only 67% of wild pandas live in these reserves, according...

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   In China, panda protection efforts began in 1957. In 1989, the Chinese Ministry of Forestry and WWF formulated a management plan for the giant panda and its habitat. It called for reducing human activities in panda habitat, managing bamboo habitat, extending the panda reserve system and maintaining captive populations of pandas. WWF continues to wo...

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   Adopt a panda:Make a symbolic panda adoption to support WWF’s conservation efforts. Support: Conservation groups like the San Diego Zoo Global Wildlife Conservancycan use your help in their efforts. Source: WWF and the San Diego Zoo

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5. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesVirome comparisons in wild-diseased and healthy captive giant ...

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   Aug 7, 2017 · Using a viral metagenomic approach, we surveyed viruses in the feces, nasopharyngeal secretions, blood, and different tissues from a wild giant panda that died from an unknown disease, a healthy wild giant panda, and 46 healthy captive animals.

   • Author: Wen Zhang, Wen Zhang, Shixing Yang, Tongling Shan, Rong Hou, Zhijian Liu, Wang Li, Lianghua Guo, Yan...
   • DOI: 10.1186/s40168-017-0308-0

   • Publish Year: 2017
   • Publication: Microbiome. 2017; 5: 90.

6. animalcorner.org › animals › red-pandaRed Panda - Facts, Diet & Habitat Information - Animal Corner

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   Red Panda Habitat. Red pandas live in remote mountainous areas of the Himalayas in dense forest and bamboo thickets. The forests have a dense under story of bamboo and small trees. Red panda habitat temperatures usually fall between 10 – 25 degrees centigrade.

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   Does a red panda have a virus?

   • Takeo, a red panda at the Sacramento Zoo, plays with an enrichment toy. The Virus Detectives: How Dangerous Is a Hidden Infection in Red Pandas? When researchers announced the identification of a novel virus in captive red pandas in the journal Veterinary Pathology last year, the discovery raised more questions than it answered.

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   Are red pandas enzootic viruses?

   • Because RPAV was discovered in a single zoo cohort, it was unclear whether these infections represented a widely distributed, enzootic virus of red pandas or a localized ‘spillover’ from a different host species into this collection. The first goal of this study was to estimate the prevalence of RPAV in US zoos.

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   Did a red panda die from a virus?

   • In 2014, she evaluated a very old red panda from the Sacramento Zoo that died with microscopic changes suspect for a viral disease. Tissues were submitted for metagenomics analysis, and a new virus called an “amdovirus” was identified.

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   Are red pandas infected with RPAV?

   • RPAV is a genetically diverse but monophyletic viral species, and multiple viral lineages are present in US zoo–housed red pandas. The authors do not know how red pandas were originally infected, but RPAV is very common in red pandas in the United States, and infections are persistent—presumably for the lifetime of the animal. INTRODUCTION

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8. sciencing.com › characteristics-behaviors-giantCharacteristics & Behaviors of the Giant Panda | Sciencing

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   Apr 5, 2018 · Pandas drink fresh water from streams and rivers to supplement the water that they get from bamboo shoots, which can contain up to 90 percent water. Where to Find Pandas About 1,600 pandas are living in the wild, according to Animal Info, and an additional 300 pandas are in zoos.