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Importance of xenarthrans in the eco-epidemiology of
BMC Research Notes, 2009 Background Several pathogens that cause important zoonotic diseases have been frequently associated with armadillos and other xenarthrans. This mammal group typically has evolved on the South American continent and many of its extant species are ...
Pedrini Silvia CB +6 more
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Laboratorio de ArteCon la llegada a América, decenas de animales fueron traídos a Europa como alimento, pero sobre todo como mascotas exóticas. Su presencia en jardines y cámaras de maravillas pronto despertó la curiosidad de científicos y artistas, que incluyeron estas ...
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Disease Models & Mechanisms, 2013 Leprosy (also known as Hansen’s disease) is an infectious peripheral neurological disorder caused by Mycobacterium leprae that even today leaves millions of individuals worldwide with life-long disabilities.
Rahul Sharma +7 more
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20: ARMADILLOS TESTED AS POTENTIAL EGG PREDATORS OF WILD TURKEYS IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 1973 To explore indirectly the allegations that armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) are important predators on wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) nests, we placed 42 dummy nests, each containing three to six chicken eggs, in areas of recent armadillo activity in
James Earl Kennamer +1 more
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Brazilian Journal of Infectious DiseasesParacoccidioides brasiliensis causes paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) that is one of the most prevalent systemic human mycoses in Latin America. Armadillos show a high incidence of PCM infection and could, therefore, be a natural reservoir for this fungus ...
Angela Satie Nishikaku +4 more
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Leprosy survey among rural communities and wild armadillos from Amazonas state, Northern Brazil.
PLoS ONE, 2019 There is evidence that in southern US, leprosy is a zoonosis infecting wild Dasypus novemcinctus armadillos but the extent of this finding is unknown.
Mariane Martins Araújo Stefani +12 more
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DiversityThe fossil and molecular evidence suggests that the area of origin of the Hairy Armadillo Chaetophractus villosus was the central Pampas region of Argentina, with a current distribution that includes Bolivia, Paraguay and Chile.
Aldo Arriagada +4 more
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Revista de Biología Tropical, 2000 We censused and measured armadillo burrows in ten 10 m x 40 m plots in each of four habitat types at a study site in northern Florida and one in the Atlantic coastal rainforest of Brazil.
Colleen M. McDonough +4 more
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DiversitySubsistence hunting remains vital for food security and cultural identity in the Amazon, but its sustainability is uncertain. In Loreto, Peru, hunters often target commercially valuable species such as paca (Cuniculus paca), collared peccary (Pecari ...
Brian M. Griffiths +1 more
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