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Prevalência de Cryptosporidium serpentis em serpentes de cativeiro Prevalence of Cryptosporidium serpentis in captive snakes

open access: yesCiência Rural, 2011
Cryptosporidium é um protozoário encontrado em uma grande variedade de espécies animais como responsável por casos de gastrite e enterite, porém com epidemiologia pouco conhecida em animais silvestres. A presente investigação teve como objetivo avaliar a
Paulo Custório Ruggiero   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diversity Loss and Homogenization in Snake Communities in a Deforestation Hotspot

open access: yesDiversity and Distributions, Volume 31, Issue 10, October 2025.
ABSTRACT Aim Agricultural expansion into tropical forests causes massive biodiversity loss. However, existing knowledge about these losses is heavily biased towards rainforests, as well as towards birds and mammals. Focusing on the South American Chaco, a global hotspot of deforestation and defaunation, we assessed how agriculture‐driven deforestation ...
Hugo Cabral   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Celomitis debida a distocia obstructiva por huevo en güio perdicero (Boa constrictor)

open access: yesRevista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Perú
Se describe el caso clínico de una Boa constrictor, hembra, adulta, de baja condición corporal, deshidratada, con disecdisis, abultamiento en cloaca, y con evidente dolor a la palpación.
Karen Sofia Parrado Godoy   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cutaneous mycobiota of boid snakes kept in captivity [PDF]

open access: yesArquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2019
Boids are large, constrictor snakes that feed mostly on mammals, reptiles, and birds. These animals are commonly raised as pets, and their improper handling can favor the emergence of fungal infections, which can lead to dermatological diseases that are ...
B.C. Freire   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The evolution of muscle spindles

open access: yesExperimental Physiology, Volume 110, Issue 10, Page 1401-1421, October 1, 2025.
Abstract Muscle spindles are stretch‐sensitive mechanoreceptors found in the skeletal muscles of most four‐limbed vertebrates. They are unique amongst sensory receptors in the ability to regulate their sensitivity by contraction of the intrafusal muscle fibres on which the sensory endings lie.
Robert W. Banks, Uwe Proske
wiley   +1 more source

Morphological and molecular identification of ticks infesting Boa constrictor (Squamata, Boidae) in Manaus (Central Brazilian Amazon)

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2014
The Boa constrictor is one of the world's largest vertebrate carnivores and is often found in urban areas in the city of Manaus, Brazil. The morphological identification of ticks collected from 27 snakes indicated the occurrence of Amblyomma dissimile ...
Leonardo Costa Fiorini   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Ultra-sonografia do fígado, aparelho renal e reprodutivo da jibóia (Boa constrictor) Ultrasonography of the liver, renal and reproductive apparatus of Boa constrictor Snake

open access: yesPesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2009
Atualmente os animais silvestres têm despertado o interesse particular na criação domestica. Na medicina de animais selvagens, os exames ultra-sonográficos podem ser considerados como ferramenta para diagnosticar e prevenir doenças.
Francisco C. P. Neto   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

[Review of] Harold Bascom. Apata [PDF]

open access: yes, 1990
Apata is subtitled: The story of the reluctant criminal. This more or less sums up the plot, for after page sixty-three, the hero\u27s fortunes plummet steadily, culminating in the biggest manhunt ever seen in the colony of British Guiana, with Apata
Wilson, Lucy
core   +1 more source

Surface Topography and Ultrastructure of the Spectacular Cells in the Eyes of Land and Sea Snakes (Squamata, Reptilia): Functional Adaptations of Micro‐Ornamentation

open access: yesJournal of Morphology, Volume 286, Issue 9, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Although the surface micro‐ornamentation of the scales within the skin of snakes has been the subject of many previous studies, there has been little work done on the spectacle, a protective (keratinised) goggle separated from the underlying cornea by a sub‐spectacular space. The surface ultrastructure of the “Oberhäutchen” of the spectacle is
H. Barry Collin   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Utilização de Placas de polipropileno e fios de náilon na técnica de fixação espinhal segmentar modificada em uma jibóia Polypropylene plates and nylon suture in a modified technique of segmental spinal fixation in a redtail boa

open access: yesCiência Rural, 2011
Um exemplar adulto de Boa constrictor com histórico de atropelamento foi atendido no Hospital Veterinário. Exames clínico e radiográfico identificaram a presença de uma luxação no terço médio da coluna vertebral.
Simone Borges Salgueiro De Simone   +4 more
doaj  

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