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Tarsal gland

Tarsal gland Black-tailed deer, Odocoileus hemionus columhianus... [Pg.44]

Alarm pheromones. Many mammals live in family groups that are prone to attack. Some of these species have evolved chemical signaling systems that are triggered when danger is perceived. This is best described perhaps in deer, which release a series of odorants from their tarsal glands when startled, although the active component(s) have not yet been definitively isolated and identified.96... [Pg.247]

Monkey (Rhesus) 48 mo pmm 37-Ppw22 1 x/d (C) 0.005 (inflammation of tarsal glands, nail lesions, gum recession, and reduced IgM antibody levels to SRBC in infant offspring) 0.02 (fetal and post-partum deaths Arnold et ai. 1995 in 4/4 impregnated monkeys) 1254 ... [Pg.101]

Monkey (Rhesus) 72 mo (F) 0.005 F (inflammation of tarsal glands, nails and nail beds in infants) Arnold etal. 1997 1254... [Pg.101]

The last tarsomere in all legs of both sexes and all castes of Apis, Bombus, Trigona and Melipona contains a large gland, called the tarsal or Arnhart s gland (Cruz Landim and Staurengo, 1965). The tarsal gland is a secretory cell-lined sac that fills most of the tarsomere and empties via the arolium of the pretarsus. [Pg.402]

In honey bees the tarsal gland produces an oily exudate, the footprint pheromone , that is deposited wherever a bee walks. Queens produce 13 times more... [Pg.402]

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