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jird [jərd] (vertebrate zoology) Any one of the diminutive rodents composing related species of the genusMerioneswhich are inhabitants of northern Africa and southwestern Asia; they serve as experimental hosts for studies of schistosomiasis. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Jirds (Meriones libycus), jird carcasses, rodent burrows, and rodent excreta were found at the camel corral. Although spirochetes readily pass between ticks confined in the same feeding chamber, none do so when the infected ticks feed on the back of a mouse while noninfected ticks are feeding on the mouse's head (3), when attached to different ears of a jird (5), or when the distance separating the infected from the noninfected ticks is 3 cm (4). |
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