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Reunion overseas: introduced wild boars and cultivated orange trees interact in the Brazilian Atlantic forest [PDF]

, 2019
Little is known concerning novel interactions between species that typically interact in their native range but, as a consequence of human activity, are also interacting out of their original distribution under new ecological conditions.
Borges, R., Falconi, J. R, Fedriani, José M., Malara, T. M., Peris, J. E., Peña, L., Peña, Leandro   +6 more
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Quadro citológico vaginal, concentração plasmática de progesterona durante a gestação e medidas fetais em paca (Cuniculus paca Linnaeus, 1766). [PDF]

, 2019
Em 27 pacas (Cuniculus paca Linnaeus, 1766) objetivou-se descrever aos 30, 60 e 90 dias (D) de prenhez diagnosticada por ultrassonografia (US), os tipos celulares do epitélio vaginal em esfregaços vaginais, relatar as condições de abertura da vulva e as ...
CARNEIRO JUNIOR, J. M., PORTELA, M. do C., RAZZA, E. M., RIBEIRO, V. M. F., RUMPF, R., SATRAPA, R., SATRAPA, R. A.   +6 more
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Natural Habitat, Housing, and Restraint of Six Selected Neotropical Animals in Trinidad and Tobago with the Potential for Domestication

Scientifica, 2020
This paper highlights the natural habitat, housing, and restraint needs of 6 Neotropical animals that are found in Trinidad and Tobago with the potential for domestication: agouti (Dasyprocta leporina), lappe/paca (Cuniculus paca/Agouti paca), capybara ...
Kavita Ranjeeta Lall, Kegan Romelle Jones, Gary Wayne Garcia   +2 more
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Ulcerative keratitis in paca (Agouti paca)

Acta Scientiae Veterinariae, 2018
Ulcerative keratitis is a disorder mainly caused by fights and scratches in rodents. This disorder was described in a 7-year-old female paca with ocular secretion, blepharospasm, chemosis, conjunctival hyperemia, edema and corneal neovascularization. After anesthesia using azaperone (1mg/kg, i.m.), ketamine (20mg/kg, i.m.) and xylazine (0.2mg/kg, i.m.),
Oliveira, Fabrício Singaretti de, Almeida, Denise Eliza de, Vicenti, Felipe Antônio Mendes, Machado, Márcia Rita Fernandes, Canola, Júlio Carlos   +4 more
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Net primary productivity but not its remote-sensing proxies predict mammal diversity in Andean-Amazonian rainforests. [PDF]

Ecology
Abstract Tropical forests are disappearing, but we have a limited understanding of the factors driving species coexistence in mammal communities of old‐growth forest ecosystems. The total energy that is bound by plants is assumed to be a key factor determining mammalian species richness, but accurately measuring energy flows in complex ecosystems is ...
Holzmann KL, Alonso-Alonso P, Correa-Carmona Y, Pinos A, Yon F, Lopera A, Brehm G, Keller A, Steffan-Dewenter I, Peters MK.   +9 more
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Ultrastructural features of agouti (Dasyprocta aguti) preantral follicles cryopreserved using dimethyl sulfoxide, ethylene glycol and propanediol [PDF]

, 2012
The objective was to develop an efficient protocol for cryopreservation of agouti (Dasyprocta aguti) ovarian tissue. Agouti ovarian fragments were placed, for 10 min, in a solution containing MEM and fetal bovine serum plus 1.5 M dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)
Báo, Sônia Nair, Campello, Claudio Cabral, Faustino, Luciana Rocha, Figueiredo, José Ricardo de, Lima, Isadora Machado Teixeira, Lopes, Cláudio Afonso Pinho, Luza, Hiédely Kenia Machado, Rodrigues, Ana Paula Ribeiro, Silva, Alexandre Rodrigues, Wanderleya, Livia Schell   +9 more
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El uso de la fauna por constructores de concheros en la prehistoria de la Bahía Babitonga, Costa Norte de Santa Catarina, Brasil [PDF]

, 2016
The study of faunal remains from archaeological sites is based on qualitative and quantitative data that contribute to our understanding of the consumption of animal protein, environment, and lifestyle often goes beyond understanding daily activities ...
Rocha Bandeira, Dione da
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Thresholds of riparian forest use by terrestrial mammals in a fragmented Amazonian deforestation frontier [PDF]

, 2018
Species persistence in fragmented landscapes is intimately related to the quality, structure, and context of remaining habitat remnants. Riparian vegetation is legally protected within private landholdings in Brazil, so we quantitatively assessed ...
A Fonseca, A Uezu, AC Lees, AF Bennett, AS Bueno, B Zimbres, BA Endress, Barbara Zimbres, C Gascon, CA Peres, Carlos A. Peres, CL Armour, CM Souza Jr, DA Saunders, DB Lindenmayer, DI MacKenzie, DI MacKenzie, DP Tubelis, E Broadbent, ESRI, F Michalski, F Michalski, F Umetsu, FW Preston, G Mendieta-Aguilar, G Sparovek, Gabriel Penido, H Beck, J Hawes, J Royle, J Terborgh, JA Hilty, JA Tracey, JA Wiens, JB Dunning, JF Eisenberg, JJ Gerwing, K Henle, L Parry, LC Garcia, M Kéry, M Sberze, NM Haddad, NM Haddad, P Beier, P Beier, PD Taylor, PM Fearnside, PR Prist, R Fraga De, RC Richards, RF Noss, RH MacArthur, Ricardo B. Machado, RJ Hobbs, RJ Naiman, RL Harrison, TA Gardner, TG Martin, TH Ricketts, WF Laurance, WZ Lidicker   +61 more
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An Autochthonous Case of Echinococcus vogeli Rausch & Bernstein, 1972 Polycystic Echinococcosis in the State of Rondônia, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2002
The present case report refers to a patient from the State of Rondônia, North region of Brazil, attended with clinical suspicion of hepatic echinococcosis.
Rosângela Rodrigues-Silva, José Resende V Peixoto, Regina Maria Figueiredo de Oliveira, Roberto Magalhães Pinto, Delir Corrêa Gomes   +4 more
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Agouti paca

, 1982
Agouti paca (Linnaeus, 1766). Syst. Nat., 12th ed., 1:81. REVIEWED BY: J. Ramirez-Pulido (JRP). TYPE LOCALITY: French Guiana, Cayenne. DISTRIBUTION: S.E. San Luis Potosi (Mexico) to Paraguay, Guianas, and S. Brazil. Introduced into Cuba (CAW). ISIS NUMBER: 5301410022001001001 as Cuniculus paca.
Honacki, James H., Kinman, Kenneth E., Koeppl, James W.   +2 more
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