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Capybara: Efficient estimation of generalized linear models with high-dimensional fixed effects. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
This paper introduces capybara, an R package implementing computationally efficient algorithms for estimating generalized linear models (GLMs) with high-dimensional fixed effects.
Mauricio Vargas Sepulveda
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Phylogenetic Inferences Based on Distinct Molecular Markers Confirm a Novel Babesia Species (Babesia goianiaensis nov. sp.) in Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) and Associated Ticks [PDF]

Microorganisms, 2023
Piroplasmids (order Piroplasmida) are a diverse group of tick-borne protozoa that may cause disease in animals and occasionally in humans. Novel Piroplasmida clades and species have been found in wild animals from Brazil based on the phylogenetic ...
Felipe da Silva Krawczak, Ana Cláudia Calchi, Lucianne Cardoso Neves, Sarah Alves Dias, Bianca Barbara Fonseca da Silva, Warley Vieira de Freitas Paula, Luiza Gabriella Ferreira de Paula, Mariana Avelar Tavares, Gracielle Teles Pádua, Nicolas Jalowitzki de Lima, Ennya Rafaella Neves Cardoso, Daniel Graziani, Filipe Dantas-Torres, Marcos Rogério André   +13 more
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Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) in the City: Understanding Urban Coexistence, Management Strategies and the Animal Welfare Implications [PDF]

Animals
In Brazil, the presence of capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) in urban environments has raised concerns due to ecological, sanitary and coexistence challenges. This study investigates the growing presence of capybaras on Santa Catarina Island, Brazil,
Katia M. Nunes Sayn, Maria José Hötzel, Selene S. C. Nogueira   +2 more
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The International Biodiversity Agenda at the Local Level: the Case of Capybaras in Curitiba, Brazil [PDF]

Ambiente & Sociedade, 2021
The capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) is a South American native rodent with an outstanding capacity to colonize urban environments. In Curitiba, a city worldwide known for its urban planning, the capybara adaptation comprises an interesting case to ...
Tatiana Maria Cecy Gadda, Jana Magaly Tesserolli de Souza, Gabriel Antônio Rezende de Paula, Tamara Simone van Kaick, João Henrique Diniz Brandão Gervásio   +4 more
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Morphoquantitative evaluation of the heart of cutia (Dasyprocta agouti) and capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) [PDF]

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2020
The cutia (Dasyprocta agouti) and capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris ) are hystricomorphic rodents of the Brazilian fauna. The wild animal anatomy is essential to the clinic and surgery practices and conservation programs.
T.H.C. Sasahara, D.W. Rocha, F.C.M. Abdala, M.A. Miglino, V.C. Rabello, M.A. Ruaro, A.R. Oliveira, F.G.G. Dias   +7 more
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What determines demographic growth in green anacondas? Strong interactions among vertebrates in a neotropical ecosystem

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
IntroductionTrophic cascades can produce important effects on a community where some species may have strong effects on other parts of the community up, down the food chain, or both.
Jesús A. Rivas, Will Jaremko-Wright
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Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) exposure to Rickettsia in the Federal District of Brazil, a non-endemic area for Brazilian spotted fever

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2021
In this study, whole blood samples and ticks were collected from 57 capybaras in recreational areas in the Federal District, Brazil, aiming to investigate the presence of Rickettsia spp.
Ana Paula Nunes de Quadros, George Magno Sousa do Rêgo, Thamiris Figueiredo da Silva, Andréa de Moraes Carvalho, Thiago Fernandes Martins, Lina de Campos Binder, Márcio Botelho de Castro, Paulo Sérgio Ribeiro de Mattos, Marcelo Bahia Labruna, Giane Regina Paludo   +9 more
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Update of Cestodes Parasitizing Neotropical Hystricomorphic Rodent

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022
This review aims at identifying cestodes that are present in hunted rodent species in the neo-tropical region. The rodent species that was investigated were the capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, Linnaeus, 1766), lappe (Cuniculus paca, Linnaeus, 1766),
Kegan Romelle Jones, Kegan Romelle Jones
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Nutritive Value and Physical Properties of Neo-Tropical Rodent Meat-with Emphasis on the Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

Animals, 2020
This review will focus on the nutritive characteristics of meat from neo-tropical rodents which have not yet been domesticated. These rodents include the capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), agouti (Dasyprocta leporina), and the lappe (Agouti paca ...
Anwar Jamaal Ali, Kegan Romelle Jones
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Morphometric Patterns and Blood Biochemistry of Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) from Human-Modified Landscapes and Natural Landscapes in Brazil

Veterinary Sciences, 2021
The capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, is the largest extant rodent of the world. To better understand the correlation between size and body mass, and biochemical parameters of capybaras from areas with different degrees of anthropization (i.e ...
Hector R. Benatti, Hermes R. Luz, Daniel M. Lima, Vinicius D. Gonçalves, Francisco B. Costa, Vanessa N. Ramos, Daniel M. Aguiar, Richard C. Pacheco, Ubiratan Piovezan, Matias P. J. Szabó, Katia Maria P. M. B. Ferraz, Marcelo B. Labruna   +11 more
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