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Descrevem-se, pela primeira vez, o isolamento e a identificação do vírus da raiva em morcego frugívoro Artibeus fimbriatus no município de São José do Rio Preto, Estado de São Paulo.
Elenice M Sequetin Cunha +4 more
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Distributional extensions of Carollia castanea and Micronycteris minuta from Guatemala, Central America [PDF]
Field expeditions in 2011 that inventoried the terrestrial vertebrate fauna of two wildlife protected areas in the tropical Caribbean of Guatemala have produced the first confirmed records of two bats for the country: the white-bellied big-eared bat ...
Barahona, R +6 more
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Host‐Driven Genetic Diversity of Leptospira in the Americas: A Continental Perspective
Leptospira is a genetically diverse genus of spirochetes comprising over 68 species, including several pathogenic taxa such as L. interrogans, L. santarosai, L. noguchii, and L. weilii. These bacteria infect a wide range of vertebrates, especially mammals, with infected animals serving as renal carriers that excrete the pathogen through urine.
Alejandro Suárez-Galaz +14 more
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Apresentam-se os primeiros isolamentos do vírus da raiva em morcegos frugívoros, espécie Artibeus lituratus em Montes Claros, Minas Gerais. Diagnosticou-se através da reação de imunofluorescência direta, prova biológica e tipificação viral.
Nídia Francisca de Figueiredo Carneiro +4 more
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Chiropterans play an important role in the maintenance of the environmental balance, since they are pollinators, seed dispersers and predators. They contribute to transmission and spreading of microorganisms such as helminths, fungi, protozoa, bacteria ...
Thaliane França Costa +8 more
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Molecular characterization of rabies virus isolated from Desmodus rotundus captured in Rio de Janeiro State [PDF]
Caracterizou-se filogeneticamente o vírus da raiva, isolado de morcegos hematógafos (Demodus rotundus). Cento e noventa e nove D. rotundus foram capturados em cinco abrigos, no Norte e Noroeste do Estado do Rio de Janeiro e sul do Espírito Santo.
BRANDÃO, P.E. +7 more
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Cascading Effects of Overhunting on the Functional Tree Composition of Amazonian Forests
We examined how overhunting‐induced defaunation affects the functional composition of tropical tree communities in western Brazilian Amazonia. Using a robust, spatially replicated dataset from 30 forest plots across a well‐defined gradient of hunting pressure, we assessed the impacts of vertebrate depletion on plant recruitment patterns, dispersal ...
Andressa Bárbara Scabin +5 more
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The aim of this study was to analyze the degree of fluctuating asymmetry in wing traits and digits of three bat species in extensive livestock systems of Córdoba Department, Colombia.
Dennis Castillo-Figueroa
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Mammalia, Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae, Artibeus planirostris (Spix, 1823) and Trachops cirrhosus (Spix, 1823): first record for the state of Sergipe, northeastern Brazil [PDF]
Two specimens of bats deposited in the mammal collection of Universidade Federal da Paraíba have been found: one young female of Artibeus planirostris and one adult male of Trachops cirrhosus. These reports represent the first record of these species for
José Feijó, Hannah Nunes
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Auditory opportunity and visual constraint enabled the evolution of echolocation in bats [PDF]
Substantial evidence now supports the hypothesis that the common ancestor of bats was nocturnal and capable of both powered flight and laryngeal echolocation.
Thiagavel, Jeneni +5 more
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